Chapter 481: 219: Giving Away a City, Isn’t Chen Baimao Afraid of Potential?
(Extra Chapter for Monthly Pass)_1 Chapter 481: 219: Giving Away a City, Isn’t Chen Baimao Afraid of Potential?
(Extra Chapter for Monthly Pass)_1 Several days later.
With the sudden personal visits of Elders Wen Liyan from the Inspection Hall to Chen Dengming’s cave dwelling, and on to Golden Core Elders Gongshu Zai and Guan Chao’s cave dwellings, stirred up the calm.
Even Yang Zidao, Miao Fei, Sang Tianrong and many False Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators such as Old Man Wu from Merit Hall, were individually interrogated by the cultivators of Inspection Hall.
Various whispers began to spread within the Longevity Sect.
“Hey, have you heard?
...
Uncle Chen is rumored to have bribed many elders and numerous members within the sect.
It seems it was all just to gain votes.
These means, my goodness, are pretty low, aren’t they?”
“Isn’t this considered vote-rigging?
Why bother?
With Uncle Chen’s reputation and power, there’s no need for such tactics.”
“Exactly, look at the other candidates, why haven’t any of them resorted to such strategies?
These newcomers from Changchun Sect are somewhat!”
Cultivators queuing outside the Bureau of Internal Affairs began discussing.
After the topic spread, many disciples who originally planned to vote for Chen Dengming hesitated.
Even now, two cultivators planned to vote for Chen Dengming, hesitated.
One sighed and told the executive officer,
“I…
I’ll vote for Martial Uncle Rao Ling.”
The other cultivator seeing this change of heart, sighed, “I’m voting for Senior Uncle Hua.”
A subtle influence began to brew among the crowd.
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Once people’s hearts change, a certain herd mentality shatters.
It’s like pouring a bucket of cold water on a group of enthusiastic people, waking some up from their fervour.
Small tricks at this time can often lead to big problems.
Yet at this moment, there were vague sounds of argument coming from the back of the crowd.
A cultivator with a hint of white hair in his temples was arguing with the previous speakers.
“How can you accuse without evidence?
You say Uncle Chen bribed, did he bribe?
Has the Inspection Hall issued an official announcement?
Has it completed the investigation?
I could accuse you of slander.
Who after joining the sect, if they have slight social skills, wouldn’t visit their neighboring brothers and give some gifts?
Haven’t you privately invited brothers for drinks?
Don’t you have any friends?”
The opposite cultivator’s face turned red from the argument, yelling, “You’re nitpicking!
Can this be compared to our actions?
We’re not running for the Longevity Seed, what’s wrong with inviting a few brothers for drinks?
Since there are no calculations behind it.
Also, he presented gifts to the elders, can that be considered as deep friendship?”
“Can’t it be seen as respecting the old and loving the young out of filial piety?”
The white-haired cultivator immediately retorted, “You say it’s calculated, but from what I understand, Uncle Chen’s actions, many occurred two to three years ago.
At that time, was he aware that he would be selected as a candidate for the Longevity Seed?
Was he gathering goodwill then?
If this is considered bribery, then we all have bribed.
Say, several years later, we could also be chosen as candidates for the Longevity Seed, could things from decades ago be dug up then?”
“White Hair, are you causing trouble?
Can this be mixed up for discussion?
Don’t you already know whether you can become a candidate for the Longevity Seed?
Plus, didn’t you already vote a while ago?
Why are you here again?”
“Silence!
Is the front of the Bureau of Internal Affairs a place for noise and bickering?”
Just as everyone was in dispute, an executive officer emerged and silenced the crowd.
However, the arguments from both parties made many cultivators who were originally disappointed in Chen Dengming gradually realize something.
Right.
Who, upon joining the sect, wouldn’t take proactive steps to make friends and seniors?
Could this be considered bribery?
It’s just considered getting to know the ropes and familiarizing oneself with each other.
For ordinary cultivators, this is simple sociability.
For people like Uncle Chen, who are exceptionally gifted, this kind of sociability, in this sensitive election period, gets magnified and becomes a problem.
Yet, if we trace back to a few years ago, who could accuse Brother Chen of bribery?
He could not have predicted that he would be chosen as a candidate for the Longevity Seed several years later.
Looking at it from another angle, did other candidates not have such sociable characters in the past?
At this sensitive time, Chen Dengming is suddenly being investigated, is it a coincidence, or is someone plotting with ulterior motives?
Who stands to gain?
Many disciples of Longevity Sect aren’t fools either.
At this moment, after the white-haired cultivator’s words, they gradually began to sense that something was off.
What’s happening right in front of them might not always be true.
Inspection Hall hasn’t even issued the official announcement yet.
How does that saying go—let the flying sword fly once more.
For a moment, some cultivators that originally intended to vote for Chen Dengming, decided to stand firm and vote for Chen Dengming.
They combined their perception of Chen Dengming’s humble and amicable nature with his usual demeanor and felt that Uncle Chen was not that type of person.
One’s humility can be feigned, but if it has been portrayed for several years since joining the sect, then it can be considered genuine humility.
They haven’t seen a Great Cultivator with a False Core as warm and friendly as their Junior Brother who is still in Qi Cultivation stage.
Even the highly-famed Senior Uncle Hua Zhenyu hasn’t demonstrated this.
This was where Chen Dengming’s years of accumulated reputation came into play.
Aside from those who remained firm to vote for Chen Dengming, some chose to wait for the official announcement from Inspection Hall.