Let them offer their loyalty!

"He doesn't take action himself, just arranges for others to capture him. How long will that take to achieve?"

"And... he's highly likely using very secretive methods to determine Pang Haichen's location. If that leaks, it would become his Achilles' heel."

"So, the combination of subjective and objective viewpoints led to his decision to kill Pang Haichen."

Upon hearing Tang Wanfeng's words, Third Elder Lei gave Tang Wanfeng a deep look and then said, "Enough of that, let's vote."

He continued, "Those in favor of temporarily suppressing Qiu Tu, using the Pang Haichen incident as a means to train him, raise your hand."

After speaking, he was the first to raise his hand.

As he raised his hand, Hu Jie, the leader of the "Free Democracy Faction," beside him also slowly raised his hand.

Tang Wanfeng glanced at Wang Guochuan.

The old man who once promoted Qiu Tu and later helped him, sat there with his eyes closed, silent and clearly unwilling to involve himself in this matter.

Tang Wanfeng himself certainly would not vote either. So, there were only two votes.

Thinking this, Tang Wanfeng couldn't help but smile slightly.

Although he also felt that Qiu Tu had gone a bit too far in this matter.

However... perhaps due to affection, Tang Wanfeng would always make some excuses for Qiu Tu.

This, instead, made him get closer to the truth when facing recent events.

This also resulted in relief when he saw there were only two votes from those present.

Suddenly, Rao Shou also slowly raised his hand.

Upon seeing this, Tang Wanfeng's pupils slightly contracted, and his brows furrowed lightly.

Clearly, he couldn't quite understand why Rao Shou suddenly changed his stance.

But Rao Shou's face merely wore that scholarly mask, looking more like a gentleman poet than a Sanctuary leader.

Seeing the votes over half, he laughed and said, "It seems everyone wants to suppress Qiu Tu a bit, so let's suppress him for now."

"Anyway, he has just been promoted to Two States Guardian and needs to wait a bit longer for further promotion."

"So there's no rush."

Seeing this, Tang Wanfeng's eyes slightly wavered, but he said nothing....

After voting to temporarily suppress Qiu Tu's Four States Guardian position, they started discussing how to handle the "Academic Faction."

This time, with Qiu Tu out of the picture, everyone's opinions were quite united.

Since there was to be a cleanse, it should be thorough.

The "Officer Academy" would be directly taken back by the Sanctuary, with the five factions each sending some elites for teaching.

All students or direct lineage of Pang Haichen from the "Academic Faction" would be dismissed locally and reassigned elsewhere.

The armies controlled by the "Academic Faction" would have all mid-to-high-ranking officers dismissed, with regular soldiers dispersed and integrated into neighboring states' forces.

Huang Shangzong, as the new leader of the "Academic Faction," would inherit its political legacy, consolidate its strength, and stabilize the situation. However, he would not be given the Deputy Speaker position of the Supreme Council.

In other words, he could not assume Pang Haichen's position as Sanctuary Leader, only as a small faction leader.

After establishing the plan for handling the entire matter, they began different roles to minimize the impact of the whole affair.

Soon, batches of mid-to-high-ranking members of the "Academic Faction" were dismissed and dealt with, while military officers were reassigned, and soldiers dispersed. They could no longer form a cohesive force.

Meanwhile, Qiu Tu was not idle either.

Because he had long received the promises from Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng, knowing he was about to be promoted to Four States Guardian.

Moreover, during this period, two guardians and four speakers from the four states were left only with Qiu Tu. Powers in the four states had been left unattended.

So naturally, Qiu Tu wouldn't miss this opportunity and began swiftly annexing the four states, expanding his power and influence...

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