Chapter 1770: You Have Made a Great Mistake

"Countermeasures? What countermeasures could you possibly have? I have already investigated the other party's true identity through certain channels," Song Yimu said coldly. "The other party is a Dharma Cultivator from Huaxia, and he is very close with our high-ranking officials in Fusang."

"He stepped in to resolve one of our crises, and the Beiwu Family is his absolute supporter. Do you think that if a person like this wanted to exhaust all efforts to wipe out our Songyi Family, how long could our Songyi Family hold out? If I were you, I would find a way to have our direct descendants overseas go into hiding to protect themselves, rather than issuing a decree to summon them all back."

Song Yimu's words stirred up quite a commotion at the scene. An elder immediately raised a challenge: "Song Yimu, you must be responsible for what you have said. Is the other party really that close with the Beiwu Family? Has he obtained the support of the Beiwu Family?"

"It is not that he obtained the support of the Beiwu Family, but that the Beiwu Family obtained his support." Song Yimu sighed slightly. "My uncle, that fool, openly humiliated him in front of that Dharma Cultivator, and then even brought up the invasion of Huaxia, which caused that Dharma Cultivator to fly into a rage. That is what brought this crisis upon our family."

"Nonsense." Songyi Chi's expression changed slightly. Not many people knew that he had offended Chen Yu, but since Song Yimu had said it in front of everyone in the clan, things were looking rather ominous.

After all, this matter concerned the life and death of the family, and if people knew that this incident was caused by him, he would likely have a difficult time in the family from now on.

"Is this true?" The emotions of some people had already been stirred up. After all, half of the direct descendants had already gone to meet their Great God Baqi; who didn't have siblings who had died miserably in this crisis?

And knowing that the true cause of this incident was this guy's big mouth, everyone became restless.

"Of course it is true. I have evidence to follow. Because of his arrogance, he offended a Dharma Cultivator, and this Dharma Cultivator is powerful enough to overthrow our entire clan. Is this the clan leader that your Elder Council selected?" Song Yimu accused. "More than half of the direct descendants in the family are dead or injured; all of you have a responsibility."

"Or do you think that we had too many direct descendants, which affected the interests of a small portion of you, so you deliberately used Chen Yu's hand to kill our people?"

"Shut up." The expressions of several old guys in the Elder Council changed slightly.

Although what Song Yimu said was nonsense, if one followed conspiracy theories, his words held water. This would lead to the family becoming divided, and then the problems would be huge.

"Someone, take this guy who is spreading rumors and confusing the public away and lock him up." Songyi Chi was no longer calm. He felt that if he let Song Yimu continue speaking, his future position would be very unstable.

Several bodyguards from the clan immediately came up and dragged Song Yimu away.

"Heh, if you have the ability, just kill me. I tell you, tonight, none of you will escape; don't even think about walking out alive." Song Yimu shrieked, a strange smile appearing on his face.

"Songyi Chi, although Yimu is a bit extreme, what he said is not entirely without reason, and it is indeed true that you provoked Chen Yu." An elder from the Elder Council stood up. "Because of your arrogance, more than half of our clan's direct descendants are dead or injured. You must take responsibility."

"I... will resign from the position of clan leader after this matter." Songyi Chi's expression was dejected. He knew that the matter had already spread, and it was serious; he had to pay the price for his arrogance.

"Resigning is enough?" An elder snorted coldly. "More than half of the young people in our clan have died. These are all the bloodlines of our family, and the culprit who caused all of this is you. Do you think it is acceptable if you do not commit ritual suicide?"

"This..." Songyi Chi's expression changed slightly. He looked up at the Elder Council in shock, only to see that those who usually supported him were now looking at their noses and hearts, clearly tacitly approving of this matter.

His heart immediately went cold. It seemed that his actions had already aroused the dissatisfaction of everyone. Today, regardless of whether the family could survive this, he would have to pay a price.

"If you commit ritual suicide to apologize, your direct relatives of this lineage will still be members of our Songyi Family. This decision is one that our Elder Council has just discussed. Consider it carefully yourself," an elder said coldly.

Songyi Chi remained silent. He knew that because of his own mistakes, nearly a hundred direct descendants of the clan had been killed; this was a responsibility he had to bear no matter what.

And he had no other way now. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he could only bow deeply: "Regarding my actions, I am very sorry. I have no face to face the ancestors of the Songyi Family, so after this matter, I will commit ritual suicide to apologize."

"Please do not worry, everyone. We have an expert helping us here." After saying this, he raised his head: "Old Master Liu Sheng knows about the situation of our Songyi Family, and he has already come out of seclusion to assist our family in overcoming this difficulty."

"Master Liu Sheng? Which Master Liu Sheng?"

"Is it Yagyu Heiichi, that great swordsman?"

"Heavens, Yagyu Heiichi, that is a legend of our Fusang."

"Not a legend, he is a god."

"With Old Master Yagyu Heiichi coming forward, we will definitely be fine this time."

This news exploded in the hall like a heavy bomb. Everyone's faces were extremely excited; they never expected that this time, Yagyu Heiichi would personally come forward.

Regarding Yagyu Heiichi, he was a god-like existence to their family and even all of Fusang. Some said he had already lived to be two hundred years old, and he was already...

Originally, in the past few days, Honghou had pushed their family to the point of having almost no way out, but upon hearing this news, everyone could not help but feel invigorated again. They felt that as long as Yagyu Heiichi was there, their family would be fine.

"Yes, as the clan leader, I am very ashamed because my mistakes have caused irreversible damage to everyone." Songyi Chi slowly knelt on the ground and kowtowed in repentance: "I deeply apologize for this matter. After the matter is over, I will resign from the position of clan leader and then commit ritual suicide to apologize."

Watching Songyi Chi's repentant appearance, most people remained silent. Everyone was extremely angry inside, because this guy's arrogance had caused their family to face such a great predicament; it would be a lie to say they didn't hate this guy.

But things had reached this point, and no one had a better way, so they could only silently endure it.

Just at this moment, a figure flashed in the room. A silhouette suddenly appeared, and everyone only felt a blur before their eyes, only to see an old man appear in the room.