“Hmph, as everyone knows, the protection array can only be activated three times. It has already been


    activated twice. Cillian activated it the final time without our consent and without discussing it with us.


    “Clearly, he doesn’t regard us or the thousands of Path takers in Quiet


    Winds Church with any importance!” Cain said coldly.


    “Senior Trey is right. If Quiet Winds Church has to face a strong enemy again without the protection


    array, the lives of the practitioners will be at risk. Cillian doesn’t care about them at all and is not worthy


    of being the head!” another elder from the Cain Sect immediately chimed in.


    “Cillian is not worthy? Then do you think you’re worthy?” Lloyd arrived just then with his hands behind


    his back.


    “Senior!” everyone greeted him.


    Lloyd looked at Cain and the elder who spoke earlier with disda the head, Cillian holds the highest


    authority in Quiet Winds Cl His decisions represent the entire sect. What are you gossiping a behind


    his back?”


    Cain’s expression darkened. “We only have three uses with the protection array. It’s already been used


    twice, and this is thest!”


    Lloyd looked at Cain as if he were an idiot and said, “You think I need you to tell me that?”


    “I need an exnation from you!” Cain demanded.


    He had already won the hearts of a small number of Quiet Winds Church practitioners. All he needed to


    do was give the order and he could lead the group away. However, his goal was not to divide Quiet


    Winds Church but to reim it in its entirety.


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    “An exnation?”


    Lloyd’s eyes turned cold. With a wave of his sleeve, vast true energy instantly sent Trey flying. “You


    have no power but constantly scheme for the leading position. Take a look at yourself before talking


    nonsense!”


    At that, the third-generation practitioners and several of the elders exchanged nces. They were


    unable to believe their ears when they heard such vulgarnguageing from Lloyd’s mouth when


    he was known for his teachings.


    Lloyd had disliked Cain for a long time. The man harbored envy and hatred. He was always plotting to


    overthrow Cillian. Lloyd even suspected that Cain might have been behind the poisoning incident when


    his junior was young.


    Cain was a stage five great-grandmaster, but his strength worth mentioning in front of Lloyd, who was


    at stage nine.


    Clutching his chest, Cain sternly said, “Lloyd, you’ve gone too far!


    Lloyd straightened his flowing white eyebrows and sneered, “I’m grand elder of Quiet Winds Church. Is


    there a problem with me disciplining you when you are only the third elder?”


    Cain’s eyes burned with fury, and the veins on his neck bulged.


    Seeing him silent, Lloyd turned to the few elders standing with Cain.


    What do you think? Is there a problem with me disciplining the third elder?”


    “N-No problem!”


    “No problem at all!”


    They shook their heads repeatedly.


    Lloyd held a position in Quiet Winds Church that was just below the head. Sometimes, his influence


    even surpassed that of the head.


    It was a hard task for them to shake Cillian when Lloyd was by his side.


    “Disperse, everyone. For the next three days, no one is allowed to enter or leave Quiet Winds Church!”


    Lloyd withdrew his gaze and left leisurely with his hands behind his back.


    Cain stared at Lloyd’s departing figure, his eyes flickering with cold killing intent. After a while, he


    returned to his room with his people.


    The six elders, abandoning their previous submissive attitu expressed their grievances, “Lloyd has


    indeed gone too far to find a way to suppress his arrogance!”


    The seventh elder echoed, “Exactly They just want to monopoli church’s power. We elders can only


    trail behind. We don’t even ha say!”


    The rules state that important decisions concerning the Quiet Winds Church should be jointly discussed


    by the eight elders. However, Cillian and Lloyd had clearly disregarded them and made decisions on


    their own.


    This matter would surely spread tomorrow, and by then, they would undoubtedly lose their reputation.


    At this moment, the eighth elder suddenly opened his mouth and said, “I recall that there’s a way to


    deactivate the array. We should do it now before the power ispletely out.”