Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan-Chapter 1881 - 1409: Pending Revision 2

But this time, the clarity of thought did not enhance his mental state.

And this, in fact, is the normal situation; for someone at Li Zhirui’s realm, progress is not that easy!

If it were that simple, why would there still be so many Heavenly Immortals stuck in the Primal Spirit Realm, unable to transcend depart after countless years?

So although there was a hint of disappointment, his mindset quickly recovered.

"Oh?"

At this moment, within Li Zhirui’s view, the figure of a Great Confucian suddenly appeared.

"Everyone, please quiet down, could you hear me out?"

As that Great Confucian spoke, he infused a trace of Confucian power into his words, and the scene indeed quickly quieted down. He bowed and said, "Here, I, Zuo Qu, on behalf of the Confucian school, express my sincerest apologies to everyone!"

"The problems do exist, and it is indeed our Confucian school’s mishandling that caused many innocent people’s interests to be harmed. But please rest assured, and please believe that we will definitely actively rectify these issues to ensure everyone’s interests."

"I hereby promise on behalf of the Confucian school that any citizens whose interests have been harmed can come to us for reimbursement!"

"Please give the Confucian school another chance!"

After speaking, that Great Confucian bowed deeply to everyone once again.

The people looked at the old man with a head full of white hair, listening to his ’sincere and heartfelt’ words, and could not help but be moved.

"Oh dear! Elder, please rise quickly, we cannot accept such a courtesy."

"Alas! Every place has its bad eggs and scum; we should not vent our anger at those bad people onto all Confucian disciples."

...

Various repentant voices arose among the crowd, as if they hadn’t been the ones clamoring to oppose the Confucian school just moments before.

In the inn, Li Zhirui observed this entire performance intently.

Indeed, to him, this was merely a performance, and the Great Confucian’s acting was not even that great; the disdain and humiliation were all too evident in his eyes.

It might only be this group of the most pure-hearted, kind, and easy-to-deceive populace who would truly believe what he said.

Yet it must be admitted that the Confucian school’s method was effective, able to quickly dissipate the populace’s hostility and anger towards them.

And as long as they went through the motions a bit afterward, they could successfully regain the people’s trust.

However, this was all contingent on the absence of interference!

With such a major blunder and issue from the Confucian school this time, how could officials from other schools in the court possibly let go of such a great opportunity?

Not to mention, the current Emperor’s patience with the Confucian school was at its limit, and this gave him the perfect chance to make a move.

As expected!

The next day was Daqian’s grand court assembly, usually purely symbolic, but today, unlike usual, a large number of minor officials emerged to impeach various Confucian officials.

Moreover, they did not act on hearsay coupled with their own conjectures but had substantial evidence.

For example, when the Assistant Minister of Rites served as a prefect, he secretly accepted ten thousand taels of silver from local family tributes to protect a murderous scion of a noble family.

Or how the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, in his past role as a local official, secretly embezzled warehouse grain, cloth, and so on.

Even though it had only been a day and a night, these officials were able to uncover a large number of errors committed by Confucian officials, which seemed quite formidable.

But the few high officials from the Confucian school in the court, such as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Minister of Rites, all wore grim expressions.

Because they had come to a terrifying conclusion; that Emperor seated on the supreme throne was not as simple and naive as he appeared, but a True Dragon hidden deep within the abyss!

And now, he soared into the sky on the body of the Confucian school!

Some of those law-breaking deeds might have been collected by various schools themselves, but more likely, they were the handiwork of this Emperor.

After figuring this out, the high-ranking Confucian officials understood,

...

Let us speak of two blossoms, each on a different branch.

Amidst the Void Chaos, from some unknown corner, resounded the intense sounds of battle and slaughter.

——

On the other side.

Li Zhirui stood in the guest room, looking at the impassioned crowd on the street below, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

The primary purpose of his journey to Daqian for training had finally been fulfilled; although not perfect, it was completed nonetheless.