After speaking, Luo Pengfei led the other six council members to their seats.

Then, Chen Chuiping began to expose and denounce the seven council members' misdeeds in front of all the Onmyoji from East Country. However, no matter how fierce Chen Chuiping's words were, or how shocked and angry the reactions of the Onmyoji below were, the seven council members sitting on the stage remained unmoved, even occasionally showing smiles on their faces.

At this moment, the thoughts of the seven were no longer on the current proceedings, but were filled with anticipation for the next few minutes.

The time reached 9:10.

Huang Can, who had been busy making phone calls with his head down, turned to look at Luo Pengfei and said, "President, it seems that we can no longer get in touch with the person in charge of guarding the Soul Corpses at those five locations!"

"Then call the person in charge here in our city and tell them to send out the Soul Corpses right now!" Luo Pengfei ordered.

Having said that, Luo Pengfei let out a snort, and the five council members beside him all turned their gazes towards him. Seeing Luo Pengfei make a gesture to give the order to assassinate, the five council members nodded in understanding.

Half a minute later, at 9:11, the planned moment to release the Soul Corpses in six locations simultaneously arrived.

Just when the council members on stage were preparing to join hands to cast a forbidden sealing spell to seal the more than three hundred Onmyoji below, Huang Can suddenly said in a hurried whisper, "Everyone, hold off on acting, I can't contact the person in charge in our city either."

"What!" The other six were taken aback.

After a moment, they regained their senses, their heads hanging down in dejection, faces ashen, a stark contrast to their previously triumphant demeanor just minutes before.

"President, what should we do next? Should we proceed with our plan?" Xiao Yutai asked urgently, his heart burning with anxiety.

"No, something must have gone wrong!" Luo Pengfei shook his head.

Du Xiao's eyes widened as he raised his voice in desperation, "President, are you considering changing your mind? Zhang Chuiping has already aired all our past deeds in front of the entire nation's Onmyoji, today is our last chance!"

"Shut up!" Luo Pengfei turned his head to look at Du Xiao and bellowed, "We still have plenty of opportunities, there's absolutely no need to panic. As for what Zhang Chuiping has just revealed, let me ask you, which one of the more than three hundred Onmyoji here doesn't know about them? They just don't dare to stand up to us."

Seeing Luo Pengfei angry, Du Xiao didn't dare to say anything more.

"What should we do next?" Ma Xiaokang asked Luo Pengfei.

"Don't seal them just yet, let the meeting proceed as usual. Later on, I will announce an election for the next term, and during the afternoon and evening, we will clarify what happened with the Soul Corpses in the six locations. Then we can consider our next move. Currently, there are still over five thousand Soul Corpses in the sect, and my most important weapon will be completed in the next two days. Taking over D City will not be an issue at all, our plan is still underway," Luo Pengfei said.

After hearing Luo Pengfei's words, the other six council members all released a sigh of relief, and the cloud over their faces dispersed.

"Du Xiao, capture that Zhang fellow and the few behind him!" Luo Pengfei commanded, as he could no longer suppress his anger and urgently needed to vent it.

Du Xiao nodded and then suddenly slapped the table and stood up, shouting at Zhang Chuiping, "I can't stand listening to you anymore, you are spouting complete nonsense, framing and slandering us!"

"How is this framing and slandering? There are so many colleagues here, which of you hasn't been oppressed and controlled by you?" Zhang Chuiping retorted.

"Everyone," Du Xiao diverted his gaze from Zhang Chuiping and scanned the Onmyoji below, "if any of you believe Zhang Chuiping's slander to be true or think that we seven council members have not done a good enough job, feel free to stand up and voice your opinions. As the President of the national Yin Yang Master Association, I assure you all here that if two-thirds of you think that we seven council members are not up to the mark, then the seven of us will immediately declare our resignations!"

After Du Xiao finished his speech, the originally noisy audience fell silent. Everyone understood very well that no one dared to stand up, for Du Xiao's words also contained another implication: Even if two-thirds of you oppose us, we simply don't care.

"Du Xiao, in front of so many onmyojis, do you dare swear that what I am saying is true?"

With a smile, Du Xiao nodded and said, "I swear!"

"Everyone, did you hear that?" Zhang Chuiping spoke loudly to the rows of silent onmyojis in front of him, "As long as two-thirds of you stand up, we onmyojis can from now on stand tall and speak without oppression."

No sooner had Zhang Chuiping finished speaking than a burst of laughter rose from below the stage. Everyone could hear the subtext in Du Xiao's words, yet he still naively thought two-thirds would stand up.

Five minutes passed, and aside from the ten people behind Zhang Chuiping, only the president from Y City, Ren Deshan, and a few onmyojis from towns who had recently received help from Chen Hao found the courage to rise. Like Luo Luo, these people believed in their hearts that Chen Hao would today topple the seven people on stage and bring the onmyojis into the light once more.

"Hmph!" Du Xiao slammed the table in anger. He had thought no one would dare to stand up, but unexpectedly, there were nearly twenty who were not afraid to die.

With Du Xiao's angry bang on the table, the initially indecisive onmyojis below were even less likely to stand up.

"You! You!" Seeing no more than twenty onmyojis stand up, Zhang Chuiping was nearly beside himself with anger, "You really don't have any backbone, bringing shame to all onmyojis!"

"Zhang Chuiping, the one bringing shame is you!" Du Xiao retorted angrily, "You just listed so many accusations against us; which one is supported by absolute evidence?"

"We are the witnesses; we are the ones who have been threatened, suppressed, and imprisoned within the Wooden City by you!" An onmyoji behind Zhang Chuiping spoke out.

"What are you talking about?" Du Xiao looked bewildered, "Where is the Wooden City? Do we have such a place in East Country? Zhang Chuiping, don't think that just by finding a few witnesses their statements can serve as evidence. With over three hundred people present, enough can vouch for us to prove your accusations are false, right everyone?"

For a long time, there was no response from the audience.

Suddenly, Du Xiao, in a rage, slapped the table and demanded, "Everyone say it, isn't it true, aren't they just framing us?"

After a moment of hesitation, the onmyojis below responded in unison, "Yes, yes! Zhang Chuiping is falsely accusing us!"

Seeing this, Zhang Chuiping's face darkened, and he sat down on his chair feeling utterly disheartened.

"Husband, husband, don't be sad!" Luo Luo consoled, fearing that Zhang Chuiping wouldn't be able to handle the emotional distress.

"Ha ha!" Du Xiao laughed loudly, "Zhang Chuiping, do you have anything else to say? Or do you have any evidence to present?"

Just then.

The doors behind Zhang Chuiping in the conference hall opened, and a blinding ray of sunlight entered. One could only see a figure walking in.

"I have irrefutable evidence!" The person declared while walking in.

"Ah! Chen Hao!"

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