28. Begging the master for severe punishment! (4500 words, 2 in 1)

Ye Hongyi rushed out, arriving at the entrance of the hall.

"Hongyi..."

An aged, hoarse voice came through.

Ye Hongyi suddenly looked up.

Only to see in the sky, a figure with white hair and a hunched back, clad in the white Sect Master robes, sitting cross-legged on the back of a blue-eyed demonic mandarin duck, slowly descending.

It was her most doting grandfather, the Cangming Old Ancestor, Ye Taiyan!

"Grandpa!"

Ye Hongyi was overjoyed, quickly running to greet him.

However, the next second.

When she saw her grandfather's face clearly, her beautiful eyes froze, unable to utter a word!

She saw that this former legendary Demon Path figure, the Cangming Old Ancestor, had dull eyes, a withered face, and a broken, desolate aura, the whole person resembling a leaf about to wither in the wind and disappear in the next instant.

"Grandpa, you..."

Ye Hongyi felt her nose sour, rushing up to hold her grandfather's withered hand, "What's happened to you? How did you become so haggard?"

"Hongyi, listen carefully."

Ye Taiyan, with half-closed eyelids, spoke in a weary voice: "Grandpa's time is near, from now on I can no longer protect you..."

"Time... is near!?"

Mulling over these four words.

Ye Hongyi's small face froze for a few seconds, then, like a little girl, she rushed into her grandfather's arms and cried!

"Child, do not act this way."

Ye Taiyan raised his arm, gently caressing his granddaughter's hair, encouragingly said:

"You are a descendant of the Ye family, the future leader of the Cangming Sect, you should have an indestructible, invincible demon heart, you must not display such weakness! Do you understand?"

Feeling her grandfather's aura growing weaker.

Ye Hongyi nodded tearfully, saying: "Understood, Grandpa... Hongyi won't cry! Won't cry!"

"That's my good child."

Ye Taiyan nodded slightly, continuing:

"The immortal path is ruthless, longevity is hard to find, even a true immortal in the Mahayana stage will have a time of life exhaustion. Grandpa is merely at the Unity Cultivation stage, enduring for thirty-five hundred years, instead, it was your father who went before me..."

Saying this, he sighed heavily, his expression growing more desolate.

"Grandpa, don't worry! Hongyi will one day lead the Cangming disciples, overthrow the True Martial Sword Sect, and avenge father!"

Ye Hongyi said, clenching her teeth.

"Oh, really? Hehehehehe."

Ye Taiyan's eyes suddenly gleamed with a slyness, letting out an odd laugh, "If you want to achieve this, then our little Hongyi must first take the position of the Sect Master, you know."

"Grandpa, I..."

Ye Hongyi wanted to say something, but was interrupted:

"Child, time is short, Grandpa has some matters that must be entrusted to you today."

Seeing her grandfather's serious expression, Ye Hongyi held back her tears, bowing and kneeling said:

"Hongyi listens to Grandpa's instruction!"

Ye Taiyan said: "Do you know why grandpa has to hold a Sect Master election meeting this time, instead of directly passing the position to you using his authority?"

Ye Hongyi shook her head, saying: "Hongyi does not know, please enlighten me, Grandpa!"

"Hongyi, you are different from your father."

"You are still young, lacking in cultivation, with shallow roots within the sect, and being a daughter, if Grandpa directly passed the position to you, the four Hall Masters below, various Masters, and those forces outside the sect submitted to our Cangming Sect, they would not be convinced."

"After I pass away, they would surely rebel and seize power."

"You must know that our Demon Path is different from the Righteous Path, never concerned with courtesy and humility, the biggest fist is the only truth!"

"When your father passed away suddenly, both inside and outside the sect immediately erupted in disputes. It was Grandpa's thunderous means of suppressing and killing two rebellious Masters that stabilized the situation."

"Grandpa speaks rightly, but..."

Ye Hongyi said dejectedly: "Hongyi is far inferior to Grandpa, and may not be able to stabilize the situation..."

"Child, do not belittle yourself."

Ye Taiyan patted his granddaughter's small face, encouragingly said: "You possess the most perfect 'Ice Crystal Clear Jade Body' in the history of our Ye family. With enough time, you will surely achieve more than both me and your father!"

"What you need to do now, is obtain the support of the majority of sect high-levels and Supreme Elders in the upcoming 'Sect Master Election Meeting'!"

Saying this, Ye Taiyan paused for a moment, then continued:

"Among the ten Supremes, six are from the Ye family. If you participate in the election, they will surely support you, that is unquestionable."

"Therefore, what you need to do is to win over as many remaining sect high-levels and Supremes as possible."

"But..."

Ye Hongyi bit her lip, weakly asked: "As you said, Hongyi has shallow qualifications, and my Black Moon Hall's strength among the ten halls is only middle range, I'm afraid I won't be able to win over those veteran high-levels..."

"What you worry about, Grandpa has long considered."

Ye Taiyan gave a mysterious look towards his granddaughter: "Grandpa will first ask you a question, among the four Hall Masters, which one do you think is easiest for you to win over and use?"

Ye Hongyi thought for a second and blurted out: "Naturally, it's the master of Asura Hall, Ren Qianfan! He is the younger brother of Hongyi's deceased mother, according to the secular world, he is Hongyi's uncle! He will surely lend a helping hand!"

"Not so."

Ye Taiyan shook his head, "Master Ren has a timid character, lacks decisiveness, seeks small profits at the expense of honor, avoids risk in big matters, and his individual strength is the weakest among the four Hall Masters."

"Moreover, it's known throughout the sect that your uncle must always obey that young, beautiful wife of his on major matters, he can't make decisions himself."