Chapter 203: Give You Another Chance to Reorganize Your Words (Second Update)

With all of the Li Clan Four Heroes becoming Elite Class Members, it is bound to significantly boost the influence of the Li Family, while also greatly increasing the confidence of the younger generation of the clan.

In order to let the Li Clan Four Heroes go further, Clan Leader Li Wenbo decided to reward them with a large amount of resources; however, although he is the Clan Leader, he cannot act as a dictator and must obtain the consent of the majority of Clan Elders on major decisions.

As Li Wenbo's voice fell, the Clan Elders began to discuss, and some of the more familiar elders even started whispering to one another.

The Internal Affairs Hall Elder is Li Wenbo's own brother, Li Wenhan, who was the first to speak: "How many resources has the Clan Leader decided to reward?"

"Three hundred Soul Crystals each!" Li Wenbo held up three fingers; he was already prepared to haggle with the Clan Elders.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves; the Internal Affairs Hall Elder immediately blew his beard and stared. He is in charge of the family's internal affairs, including the resources collectively gathered by the family, which is almost equivalent to the Minister of Finance of the imperial court, so he naturally knows exactly how many resources the family has.

"Clan Leader, you are the head of the clan. It's not like you don't know how many resources are in the family treasury. At most, there are only five hundred Soul Crystals. Under the premise of maintaining daily expenses and preparing for emergencies, we can only scrape together three hundred Soul Crystals at most. This shortfall is not small at all!"

The Internal Affairs Hall Elder began to complain. It is not that he does not support rewarding the four with resources, but three hundred Soul Crystals each is simply too much; even if the family could pay it, it would at least cause a major blow to the family's foundations.

"Then the family treasury will provide three hundred Soul Crystals! As for the remaining shortfall, let us all pool our wisdom and efforts, and each branch will chip in some. Even if we don't manage to gather it all in the end, the shortfall surely won't be too large, and we will have done our part. Since I proposed this matter, let me be the first to test the waters; my branch can contribute two hundred Soul Crystals!"

For the sake of the family's future, Li Wenbo had to choose to bleed heavily, hoping that the various branches would donate more. Although he is the Clan Leader, he still has to cultivate daily and maintain the training of his Demon Pets. Under the premise of not affecting his cultivation, two hundred Soul Crystals is the limit of what he can provide.

"Since the Clan Leader has said so, for the sake of the family's future, we cannot fail to show our support. This old man's branch can gather one hundred Soul Crystals!"

The Beast Garden Elder spoke up immediately after. He is Li Jingyi's grandfather, so his heart naturally leans toward her; how could he possibly disagree?

"Although this old man's branch doesn't have that many resources, we can still scrape together 50 Soul Crystals!"

This time it was the Clan Elder from Li Tianyu's branch, but he is only an ordinary Clan Elder, so the resources he possesses are naturally not as much as the Clan Leader and the Beast Garden Elder.

"I will also contribute 50 Soul Crystals!" Clan Elder Li Yi thought for a moment and also contributed some.

"Then this old man will join in the fun as well, 50 Soul Crystals; any more and I'd have to sell my family property!" The one speaking was the External Affairs Hall Elder. Unlike the other branches, his branch is not very populous, and there is a gap between his resources and those of the Clan Leader and the Beast Garden Elder.

"I will also contribute 50 Soul Crystals!"

"I will contribute 30 Soul Crystals!"

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After the External Affairs Hall Elder spoke, several other Clan Elders spoke up one after another, bringing the shortfall to nine hundred Soul Crystals, with only three hundred Soul Crystals left to make up the full amount.

However, although many Clan Elders have a long-term vision and chose to be generous, there are also many short-sighted or stingy Clan Elders. The Internal Affairs Hall Elder, Li Wenhan, is a representative of them; he did not speak, and several Clan Elders who are close to him would not speak either.

As long as Li Wenhan speaks, these few Clan Elders will naturally also open their purses.

However, Li Wenbo knows his brother very well. Li Wenhan is able to sit in the position of Internal Affairs Hall Elder, so he is naturally not a short-sighted person, but this guy is notoriously stingy. In order to save resources, he often does some unbelievable things, and coupled with his stubborn nature, it is very difficult to change a decision once he has made it.

Li Wenbo finds it very headache-inducing how to persuade Li Wenhan, but he is not without a solution.

At this moment, Li Wenhan finally spoke: "How about we just go with nine hundred Soul Crystals?"

Li Wenbo did not speak, but deliberately sighed. However, if one were to observe him carefully, one would find that his eyes were constantly glancing, intentionally or otherwise, at a pavilion not far away.

That is the place where his father is in seclusion.

Creak—

It was also at this moment that the door of the pavilion suddenly opened, and an old man with white hair and beard walked out slowly, leaning on a cane. Although his pace was slow, he entered the council hall in just two or three steps.

As soon as he saw the old man, Li Wenhan, who had been calm and composed, shuddered all over and almost bounced out of his seat. He felt that something was wrong and couldn't help but look at Li Wenbo.

The person he fears most is his father.

"Fine, Li Wenbo, you are scheming against me again!" Li Wenhan cursed inwardly, but why was there the word 'again'?

"Li Wenhan, how did I, this old man, give birth to a son like you? It's one thing that you are usually stingy, and I have turned a blind eye to it, but can you be stingy about this? On this point, your brother is doing the right thing. The four of them have brought great honor to our Li Clan and possess immense potential; their future can be described as limitless. The more resources invested in them now, the fewer detours they might take in the future, the fewer life-threatening risks they might face, and the better they will be able to grow! But look at you, not willing to take out a single cent; isn't this just letting people make a joke of us? You have simply lost all of this old man's face. However, I have always believed in convincing people with virtue, so I will give you one more chance to reorganize your words!"

That is what the old man said, but judging by the cane he was about to raise, once Li Wenhan did not give him a satisfactory answer, he would stage a full-blown physical confrontation.

Li Wenhan was terrified that his father's cane would strike him, which would be a huge loss of face, so he hurriedly replied: "I'll pay, I'll pay, is that not enough!"

"Then how much will you pay?"

"50... no, 100 Soul Crystals. Dad, it can't be any more than that; any more and your own grandson won't have resources to cultivate!"

Li Wenhan was almost crying. He had been afraid of his father since he was a child. He originally thought that he would change when he grew up, but the result was the same, because even if he grew up, he still couldn't beat his father!

The old man's name is Li Xinming, a veteran Fourth-rank Demon Tamer. In order to break through to the Fifth Rank, he passed the position of Clan Leader to Li Wenbo a few years ago, but unfortunately, he has never succeeded.

"That will do!" Li Xinming chose to agree. How could he, as a father, not know how many resources Li Wenhan has?

After Li Wenhan bled, the other few Clan Elders who were watching also spoke up one after another, and finally gathered 1,200 Soul Crystals.

"Wait, since the other three only became Elite Class Members with the help of Li Zhangsheng, how can they be treated the same? They must be rewarded with priority. This item has been with this old man for some years, but unfortunately, I have never obtained an excellent Wind Element Demon Pet, so I will give it to him, lest it gather dust in my hands!"

As the old man Li Xinming spoke, he took out a treasure.

(End of this chapter)