Chapter 972: Chapter 972: The Ancestor Tricks People
Jiangli rested her chin on one hand and toyed with the cup lid with the other, smiling, "Just now, Master Qu Lin mentioned something: our Jiaoyang Temple was once the head and leader of Xuanmen. Since now you want me to re-enter the Xuanmen registry, naturally, you should restore the position of Sect Leader to me, right?"
Master Qu Lin was taken aback.
Pei Jiu and Bai Changfeng were also a bit surprised.
But before they could speak, Jiangli smiled again, "However, I heard that there is no longer a Sect Leader in Xuanmen. Oh right, your Xuanmen families are now called the Xuanmen Association, and the head is called the President, isn’t it?"
She looked at Master Qu Lin with a meaningful expression.
"Oh, I forgot, Master Qu Lin is currently the President, so wanting me to re-enter the Xuanmen registry, I wonder if Master Qu Lin is willing to step down and let me take the President’s position?"
Pei Jiu couldn’t bear it anymore and slammed the table, "Jiangli, don’t go too far! Back then, it was your Jiaoyang Temple that declined with no successors. Given the conditions of your Jiaoyang Temple, you should have been expelled from the Xuanmen registry long ago. We were already giving you face by delaying so long before deleting you from the registry! What is there to complain about?"
"Pei Liang, silence!" Upon hearing this, Master Qu Lin’s face immediately darkened.
Pei Jiu, indignant, said, "President, why should I be silent? I’m not wrong in what I say, even if it sounds unpleasant! With Jiaoyang Temple’s current qualifications and conditions, entering the Xuanmen registry is difficult! There are countless Taoist Temples better than Jiaoyang Temple, as numerous as cattle’s hair, all begging day and night to enter the Xuanmen registry, and they don’t even have the chance. They’re the ones who should be pleading with us, so why degrade ourselves before her? Don’t tell me, President, you truly intend to give up the President’s position to a young girl like her?"
Jiangli chuckled lightly, leaned back, and leisurely sipped her tea, seemingly unfazed by Pei Jiu’s words.
Instead, it was Master Qu Lin whose face turned as dark as a pot bottom upon hearing Pei Jiu’s words. He placed his hands on his knees, without looking at Pei Jiu, and said solemnly, "If it could make our Xuanmen Association better, then what would it matter to give up the President’s position? The Abbot may be young, but her skills far surpass yours and mine, and I should yield to her!"
Pei Jiu was so angry that the veins on his temples were pulsing, unable to fathom what possessed Master Qu Lin.
They initially agreed to carefully observe and assess whether Jiangli was indeed the same Jiangli from eight hundred years ago.
Why let Jiangli take advantage as she pleases?
Pei Jiu, full of anger, was about to speak when Bai Changfeng pulled him aside, "Uncle Jiu, calm down for now."
"How can I calm down!" Pei Jiu exclaimed, shaking off Bai Changfeng’s hand.
Bai Changfeng was at a loss.
Jiangli raised an eyebrow, as if watching a play, "It seems your Xuanmen Association hasn’t discussed it internally. But rest assured, even if you give me the President’s title of the Xuanmen Association, I won’t re-enter the Xuanmen registry."
Pei Jiu looked over sharply, his eyes almost popping out: "So you were just deliberately teasing us just now?"
Jiangli blinked innocently, "How could you say ’tease’? You just haven’t discussed it properly. Seeing you all in such discord, I didn’t want to make things difficult for you. Did I do something wrong then?"
Pei Jiu: "You!"
How can someone lie through their teeth, turning black into white!
Pei Jiu was trembling with anger.
Jiangli smiled sweetly, "If there are no further matters, I won’t keep you any longer. Don’t let me see you out."