Chapter 128 Reorganizing the Family
The mansion of the nine core elders was knocked open with a "bang". "Marshal Lei Bao, what do you mean? Is there any misunderstanding? Why did you lead people to surround and force your way into my mansion?"

The nine core elders were very worried when they saw the First Division of the Jidao Legion suddenly breaking in, fearing that their affairs would be exposed. He naturally understood what the deployment of the Jidao Legion meant, and asked the commander of the First Division, Zhuang Leibao, with a smile.

"This is an order from me, and you know why. Search everything, don't let even a fly escape, and don't miss a single place." Zhuang Xingyu walked in and commanded the legion to start searching.

"Greetings, Young Clan Leader. I am innocent! Is there any misunderstanding here? It is very likely that foreign forces are trying to sow discord." The nine core elders bowed and saluted, thinking that their affairs might have been discovered, but they were constantly looking for opportunities to escape with the corner of their eyes.

"You are right. It was indeed the foreign forces who instigated the incident." Zhuang Xingyu said as he directly took control of the nine core elders. The other party wanted to resist, but he could not withstand Zhuang Xingyu's attack. He didn't even have time to struggle free his arms before his soul power was sealed.

The rest of the legion also took control of everyone in the mansion, and the relatives of the nine core elders outside the mansion were also brought in, but his eldest grandson Zhuang Panguo was not found. The files showed that Zhuang Panguo had left the family half a year ago.

Zhuang Xingyu carefully checked the other party's storage soul guide, financial statements, secret letters and other things, and finally sorted out the cause and effect.

It turned out that the nine core elders and the Spirit Hall had started to contact each other a year ago. At that time, the Spirit Hall saw that the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan was getting stronger and stronger, and sent several batches of Spirit Hall people to act as spies, but all of them were not trusted or were killed, so they decided to directly lure some high-level clan members inside the other side to be their own spies.

The nine core elders were bribed by the other party with a large sum of money. The key reason was that the family was in a period of great construction at that time, and some materials needed for cultivation resources and the production of legion armor... A large part of the materials needed to be purchased from outside the family, and the nine core elders were responsible for part of the business. There were too many properties passing through their hands every day. They could not resist the temptation and embezzled the treasures belonging to the family and secretly turned them into their own treasures.

But he was also afraid of being discovered. He couldn't explain the source of the huge treasure within the clan, and he couldn't spend it, so he tried to transfer the resources out.

Then the Spirit Hall came on the scene and not only helped the nine core elders transfer their property, but also handed over 30% of the Spirit Hall's clothing business and some industries near Spirit City to the nine core elders, which led to their rebellion.

His eldest grandson Zhuang Panguo had joined the Spirit Hall half a year earlier to take over the transferred treasures and the assets given by the Spirit Hall.

But the Nine Core Elders were not stupid. He knew that the reason why the Spirit Hall gave him benefits was because the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan was too strong and because of his identity as a core elder. Once he lost this identity, once he leaked all the secrets he knew, he would be nothing and he would have no value for his benefit.

Therefore, Zhuang Danyang can only rely on constantly discrediting the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan and promoting the false beauty of the Spirit Hall to continue to obtain those benefits. In addition, he is still in the stage of transferring treasures and has not yet revealed the secrets of the Spirit Hall.

But those treasures that were moved away were a big loss for the family.

"Zhuang Danyang! Do you have anything else to say?" Zhuang Xingyu laughed in anger and slapped Zhuang Danyang's face hard with the evidence. He never expected that there would be someone in his family who had the potential to become Qin Hui or the Donglin Party.

"Young Patriarch, please forgive me. I admit my mistakes. It was all because of me who was bewitched and deceived by the Spirit Hall. My children are innocent and they were unaware. I am willing to take all the responsibility. We can take advantage of the situation and spread false information to the Spirit Hall. Please let them go!" Zhuang Danyang burst into tears when he saw that the truth was revealed.

"It's too late! I don't need a traitor like you." Zhuang Xingyu blew Zhuang Danyang into pieces, then pointed at Zhuang Danyang's descendants and said, "Kill all these people, leaving no one behind." "Yes!" For a moment, shouts of killing were heard everywhere. Zhuang Xingyu used his soul power to cover up the sound and prevented it from leaking out.

A quarter of an hour later, all of Zhuang Danyang's followers were eliminated except Zhuang Panguo who had already joined the Spirit Hall.

Looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground, Zhuang Xingyu set them on fire and said, "Lei Bao, pour these ashes into the Sunset Forest to feed the soul beasts."

"I will obey the order." Lei Bao hurriedly collected the ashes and headed for the Sunset Forest.

Zhuang Xingyu then issued an order, "Come here, publish the family obituary: The old injury of the Nine Core Clan elder Zhuang Danyang relapsed, and the treatment by the soul master was ineffective. He died suddenly this afternoon. He left a will: I, Zhuang Danyang, was born in the northern border of the family. I want to be buried outside the Arctic Ice Field after my death, and there will be no funeral. The family decided to follow his wishes. The body will not be buried in the ancestral mausoleum, but will be buried outside the Arctic Ice Field, and there will be no funeral. Zhuang Danyang's descendants are all extremely sad, and they voluntarily resigned from all positions in the clan and went to the Arctic Ice Field to guard Zhuang Danyang's mausoleum."

Although Zhuang Xingyu wanted to inform the whole clan and even wanted to build a kneeling statue of Zhuang Danyang and let it kneel in front of the city gate forever, he couldn't do that at this stage. As the saying goes, family disgrace should not be made public. If the news of a high-ranking member of his family betrayed the clan, it would have a very bad impact and would be disgraceful. He only let the Soul Emperor level and above in the clan and the person who just handled the case know.

After the traitors were eliminated, the matter was not over yet. The Spirit Hall provoked this matter, and the family must fight back, otherwise how could they save face! And Zhuang Panguo must also be killed, and the stolen family treasures must also be recovered. More importantly, the entire family must be investigated to see if there are any similar people.

Zhuang Xingyu directly sent Zhuang Shushen to sneak into Wuhun City and kill Zhuang Panguo. These traitors must be killed.

Zhuang Jingxing, Murong Yunxue and others were also very angry when they heard about it, and they directly destroyed a main hall of the Spirit Hall that night. After the Spirit Hall learned about this, they knew they were in the wrong and did not dare to say anything, but just pushed the blame on the evil spirit master.

The family also began a comprehensive and strict investigation. Fortunately, only Zhuang Danyang's lineage rebelled, and the rest of the people were fine. The Zhuang Wei clan naturally received a lot of rewards.

This also sounded a wake-up call for Zhuang Xingyu. How can he restrain his subordinates from being tempted by the enemy? This is really an eternal problem. Human nature is unpredictable. It can only be solved by further improving clan rules, strengthening ideological education, and increasing the punishment for rebellion. So far, there is no permanent solution.

Zi Han asked in confusion, "Xingyu, don't you think that Zhuang Danyang and the others have a guilty conscience? The family gave birth to them, raised them, and provided them with so many cultivation resources every year. It can be said that everything they enjoy today was given to them by the family."

"Besides, our family is now the strongest in the entire Douluo Continent, but why are there still so many people kneeling to join the Spirit Hall? They can't see the situation clearly. Aren't they afraid that the family will settle accounts with them in the future?"

"Especially that Zhuang Wu Yu, he was so blatant, I don't understand why he is so shameless and stupid."

Zhuang Xingyu sighed and shook his head helplessly, "It's all due to interests. They are just using the clan flag to oppose the clan flag. There are a bunch of bad rats inside that faction. So far, there is no good solution. We can only kill them until they are scared. If one of them appears, the whole family will be implicated. We will also suppress his lineage and let them supervise and expose each other."

(End of this chapter)