Chapter 681 Retreat

Li Darong, who was originally handling affairs in the family hall, hurried over after hearing the news, looking at the figure in the center of Lei Jie with worry and expectation.

About an hour or two later, the thunderstorm dissipated, and a burst of golden elixir aura came from Li Wenli's room.

"Okay, okay!" Li Darong was overjoyed when he saw this, he cheered repeatedly, and then hurriedly left.

"It seems that there is no controversy about the next clan leader." A clan member suddenly said in the crowd.

"It's impossible. I've only been the clan leader for a few decades. Isn't he going to step down so early? What's more, there are several candidates." Some clan members questioned.

The tribesman glanced at him, shook his head and said with a smile, "Just watch."

Clan members who pay more attention to family affairs all know that Li Darong, the clan leader, is just a transitional person. Once a suitable candidate is found, he will probably hand over his position immediately.

As for the other candidates? Can they break through the golden elixir in the near future? If not, then the position of clan leader is destined to be missed by them.

After all, if you want to be the leader of the clan now, the first requirement is to cultivate your golden elixir!

Sure enough, in less than the second month after Li Wenli consolidated his state and came out of seclusion, Li Darong held a family meeting and proposed to resign as the patriarch in front of all the elders.

"Clan leader, are you too anxious? Those candidates haven't grown up yet." An elder said that he did not accept this proposal.

Not just him, several elders spoke up, hoping that Li Darong would serve as the clan leader for a longer period of time to give them a chance to grow.

Because Li Wenli does not belong to their faction, and is not even close to them!

Although the Li family has tried every means to suppress and contain the factions, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and it is impossible to completely eliminate them!

Therefore, what the Li family can do is to prevent these factions from becoming too powerful and causing the family to become a mess.

Li Darong glanced at him, sneered in his heart, and said: "Who said he hasn't grown up yet? Wen Li broke through the golden elixir just a month ago."

The elder choked after hearing this and added, "But it's not fair to the other candidates."

Li Darong curled his lips and cursed in his heart, 'You idiot, even if the next patriarch is not Wenli, he cannot be the junior in your family. Our ancestor will never allow a certain faction to become big. ’

You know, the final candidate must be reported to Li Zhirui, and only with his approval can he be considered the real successor!

Although he had never rejected a clan leader before, Li Darong was sure that if those candidates were allowed to come to power, he would never nod.

When the time comes, I don’t know how embarrassing it will be!

Among several candidates, why does he value Li Wenli? It's because his parents are mortals and have no connection with the various factions of the family.

Li Darong, who had had a lot of contact with Li Zhirui, claimed that he understood the ancestor's thoughts better. Therefore, during his years in office, he never formed cliques and was very strict with his own children and did not allow them to bully others.

Although this ancestor rarely interferes with family affairs, it is absolutely impossible to say that he knows very little about it! In fact, many major events are seen by him, but they are still within the scope of his tolerance, and he just treats them as unknown.

"Tell me, what's unfair? The family provides the same resources to all candidates for the clan leader. Why can Wenli break through the golden elixir? Others can't?"

Although Li Darong is lazy, he has been a clan leader for decades, so he still has some majestic aura, "And Wenli has been assisting me in handling family affairs all year round. You must all know how busy I am, and I can say that I have the least time to practice!" "

"But in this case, he can break through the golden elixir, why can't others?!"

Everyone was speechless and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Don't say that I won't give them a chance. I will serve as the patriarch for another year. No matter what, after one year, I will resign as the patriarch and propose the election of a new patriarch!" But unexpectedly, Li Darong did not continue to insist. , but took the initiative to take a step back.

The elders were overjoyed when they heard this, and made up their minds to urge the juniors to practice hard after returning, and strive to retreat within a year to achieve the golden elixir.

No matter whether they can break through or not, it will give them a reason to continue delaying!

After a successful breakthrough, with their support, are you still afraid that you won't be able to become the clan leader?

Li Darong glanced at them and knew what they were thinking, and sneered in his heart, 'Let's see if you can still sit in your current position by then! ’

Why is he so anxious to resign as the clan leader? Isn't it just that I want to lure these people out and then clean them up, so that they will not be resentful and join forces to eliminate Li Wenli and make the family a mess?

They are still complacent here and have unrealistic fantasies. It won't be long before they cry!

"Okay, let's all get busy first."

All the elders stood up and left, leaving only Li Darong and Li Wenli in the hall.

"Thank you, Patriarch, for all you have done for me." Li Wenli, who was on the side, saw all this. How could he, who had been carefully trained by Li Darong, fail to see the profound meaning of this?

"It's not for you, it's for this family!"

Li Darong shook his head and said solemnly: "I hope that what I did today can be done when you hand over the position to the next one!"

"Clan leader, don't worry! I will try my best to maintain the family's development trend, suppress various factions, and prevent them from raising their heads." Li Wenli responded seriously.

"Now the ancestor is still practicing with great concentration. I don't know when he will be released from seclusion. Until you get his recognition, you will only be able to handle family affairs as the acting clan leader."

Li Darong pointed out: "But this is fine. As long as you can make achievements or find ways to establish prestige, then you can better control the family after removing the word agent."

When he first came to power, he had Li Zhirui's support behind him, so there was no need to make it so complicated. Xiao Gui followed Cao Cao and made no mistakes.

But Li Wenli is different. First, there are many competitors, and they also represent their own power. Even if Li Darong liquidates them and steps down, it is impossible to drive them out of Ten Thousand Immortals Island. These people will definitely try their best to find him. Wrong place.

Second, Li Darong's situation was quite special at that time. Now that the family inheritance rules have been restored, it is impossible for Li Zhirui to support Li Wenli as openly and openly as before.

"I'll give it serious consideration."

In fact, he has a draft, but it's not perfect yet.

After all, Li Darong had told him about the family's situation a long time ago and had always cultivated him as his heir. (End of chapter)