47 Chapter 47 – Top Ten Disciples (1/2)

After the end of the fight, he went back to his courtyard to rest but the rest of the clan was in turmoil because of him.

In the clan's central palace main hall, Zhu Donglai was sitting in the main seat and all the elders are sitting in two rows on left and right side of the hall. One of the elders spoke ”What should we do clan leader? I'm not sure if the clan will face problem because of him suddenly gaining power.”

Another elder also said ”I thought we can just make him live a normal life and keep them from noticing him, but the way he is acting he will be noticed by them sooner or later, and it will bring us a calamity.”

Zhu Donglai has been observing everyone and found Zhu Jia Li is acting calm. He asked with a stern voice ”Jia Li, did you know about his cultivation level before and how strong he is?”

Everyone turned towards her and she replied calmly ”Yes, I knew. Though I don't know how he activated his elemental roots, I knew his strength before today.”

Zhu Donglai snorted in anger and said ”You should have mentioned it to us. If we had known, we would have stopped him from doing anything reckless like this and put him under house arrest.”

Zhu Jia Li retorted in anger ”I knew you all would do something to him and that's why I didn't mention it to you or anyone else. He suffered from his birth and you still want to control him. Now that he already appeared in the selections he has to continue and you can't control him. He will leave to Lei Shu academy immediately after the selections, so why are you worried about our clan. Let him live his life.”

Zhu Donglai's voice thundered in the hall with anger ”Do you really think they will let us go just because he is not here? You are naive if you think they would let us off. I have met them once and I know how they act. They are cruel and merciless.”

Even though Zhu Jia Li was worried for her clan for Zhu Xuan, she didn't show it outside. She believed nothing will happen to them.

Looking at Zhu Jia Li's calm attitude, he let out a sigh and continued ”Anyway, how did this kid even activate his elemental roots and get strong this fast?”

Zhu Jia Li said ”I don't know how he activated his elemental roots, but is it really a surprise he gets strong this faster?”

Zhu Donglai sighed again and said ”I suppose not, considering who he is. Let's end this meeting; I need to think about our situation further.”

Everyone dispersed silently and Zhu Jia Li looked back at deeply thinking Zhu Donglai with a worry filled face.

At the same time in another hall, Zhu Lang, Zhu Li and his lackeys were sitting around and talking about Zhu Xuan. Everyone was suggesting different course of action to get to Zhu Xuan, but finally Zhu Lang said ”He is improving faster and if he give him some time I'm afraid he might ever surpass me. If I'm not wrong, he must have come across some ruins of a very powerful cultivator and gained a lot of resources fro that place.”

Zhu Li also agreed ”Yes, what you said makes sense second brother. How about we arrest him using law enforcement hall and pressure him using elders to hand him over the information about the ruins and his resources?”

Zhu Lang replied ”That won't work Sixth brother. Even though he didn't have any support from most of the clan, he has support from our Aunt and she has a very huge influence within the clan because of her alchemy knowledge. So we can't force him to hand over the information, and I'm sure he would have told aunt about the ruins too since she is the only one who was close to him since the beginning, and the only one he considers as family.”

He paused and continued ”Moreover, we are not even sure whether what we speculated is what really happened. He already knows I sent him to die in Snowcape Demon Mountain and also he killed the scout and retaliated against us in every turn. I'm also sure Zhu Ting and others from law enforcement hall were all killed by him or someone protecting him from the dark. He is getting too mysterious and hard to read.”

Zhu Li also realized the situation ”Then how about we capture him or kill him after we reach Lei Shu Academy? With your status it won't be an issue once we all reach the academy. Aunt Jia Li won't be able to interfere either.”