His tone was full of complaints, he knew that his strength was too weak, so he needed time, needed time to complete his magnificent sword god wish.

But right now, he's wasting time here listening to others talking about himself behind his back.

The critique meeting continued, the rumors still roared in the ears, and the flies were still screaming.

Ning Hongyuan clenched his fists fiercely, his bones gurgling, and bright red blood slipped from the cracks between his nails and nails, forming a clear line of blood.

He longed to leave this place of right and wrong, but the Demon Venerable made him have to stay.

Why is that?

Just when Ning Hongyuan was puzzled, the Demon Venerable spoke, "The deity told you that you naturally come here for a purpose, don't you want to see clearly which people are loyal to your Divine Sword Sect, which people are traitors, and which people are the ones who see the wind and steer the rudder? Isn't this a good opportunity! Let you see the nature of all of them, loyalty, selfishness, seeing the wind and steering the rudder, there is everything here!"

In the past, you always thought that as the sect master, others should respect you, and with your hard work, you have made contributions to the Divine Sword Sect, but they still want to oppose you, why is this?

The voice of the Demon Venerable was full of vigorous and majestic momentum, making people listen to it as if they were on the eighteenth layer of dark hell, as if there were bursts of evil ghosts screaming in their ears.

If it weren't for the fact that Ning Hongyuan had already become accustomed to such a tone in the past three years, at this moment, I am afraid that he would really surrender.

Listening to the words of the Demon Venerable, Ning Hongyuan began to ponder, "Actually, I also know why, your old man is nothing more than to let me know their true faces, but for such a purpose, I don't think it's enough! In my heart, I already know what kind of people they are, why use such a method again, isn't this an extra move?"

Facing this impetuous young boy, the Demon Venerable did not say a word.

Ning Hongyuan was like a shrew at this moment, and couldn't stop complaining, "Demon Venerable, you have to give me a reasonable explanation again, you have sucked my "True Meaning Sword Yuan" for three years, and let me fall from a genius to such a situation, you have wasted my time for three years, my time is not enough, but you let me come here to listen to them talk about me behind my back? Do you old man think that my time is sufficient?"

Whenever he thought of his efforts in the past three years and turned into a bubble, Ning Hongyuan felt angry in his heart.

After all, it was a whole three years of hard work, and it turned into a bubble in an instant, who would feel good in their hearts, if it weren't for such a failure, these people wouldn't dare to make such a mistake!

It has always been like this, once he is in a dull mood, Ning Hongyuan has found a special way to eliminate the anger in his heart, this method is to communicate with the Demon Venerable, otherwise he will always listen to the rumors of this group of elders in the secret room, with his temper, he will definitely not endure it all the time.

Because he's not mature enough.

However, this heart-to-heart also regards the Demon Venerable as a punching bag.

"Boy, the deity has lived for 10,000 years, traveled through various martial realms, and seen thousands of people, and you are the first to speak to the deity like this!"

After finishing speaking, I saw that the Demon Venerable was in Ning Hongyuan's divine sense, and let out a burst of wild laughter that looked at the world.

"I, Ning Hongyuan, treat people I trust, I always talk about things on a case-by-case basis, and I don't want to blame you if you don't get used to it! You still hurry up and tell me the purpose of coming here. Ning Hongyuan replied indignantly.

For such a Martial Realm Venerable who brought him endless pain and endless growth, Ning Hongyuan never told lies.

He's angry.

But as soon as he finished venting, Ning Hongyuan felt extremely remorseful, after all, it was his own teacher!

He suddenly began to regret and began to blame himself, how could he be so young.

"Boy, it's true that the deity has absorbed your true yuan for three years, but don't forget, if you don't have my guidance to you, can you really accomplish your ideals? Sword God, hahaha! No matter how diligent you are, you can't reach that realm, and I will tell you realistically, with the genius you thought you just said, this so-called genius talent, when you reach that continent, you can only become a sword king at most, a sword king for a lifetime. Demon Venerable replied to the doubts in the young man's heart lightly.

After Ning Hongyuan heard this, he was silent, and had to admit that what the Demon Venerable said was very reasonable, without the support and help of the Martial Realm Venerable, he could only do it behind closed doors in the end.

Behind closed doors, what will be the end of doing this? Ning Hongyuan couldn't be clearer.

Sighing with regret, Ning Hongyuan began to feel a little guilty for his recklessness just now, and said in his heart: "Why do you know that it is not good to be young and vigorous, but you can't control it? Demon Venerable is my life mentor, how can I contradict him like this? Hey." ”

Ning Hongyuan let out a long sigh, his fists clenched tighter, and the blood of remorse slowly dripped down his fingers from his palm.

If he can't even respect the teacher, what else can he do?

Why, why couldn't I control it just now?

Next time, never again!

In the secret room, at the same time, the meeting to criticize Ning Hongyuan was still going on.

Thinking of his previous reckless behavior, Ning Hongyuan began to admit his mistakes, gritted his teeth, and his face was full of guilt, "Demon Venerable, I'm sorry, I admit it, I came to another world, and I really don't know anything about this Shenxia world, I came to this world, I thought that what the books said was everything, I didn't think that our Tianyu Continent was just the tip of the iceberg of the Shenxia world, if it weren't for your old man, I, Ning Hongyuan, would definitely only be a frog at the bottom of the well, and my future is indeed as you said, without your help, I am a so-called "Tianyu" The geniuses of the continent, when they reach the new world, can only become the sword king at most. ”

Calming down his anger, Ning Hongyuan remembered the grace of his mentor, and while blaming himself for his own impulsiveness, he was also full of gratitude.

"You're really self-aware compared to those young people!" the Demon Venerable complimented with certainty.

He looks up to Ning Hongyuan precisely because Ning Hongyuan is not only down-to-earth, but also has the courage to admit mistakes.

"Now is not the time to communicate, you old man should tell me quickly, why did you let me come here? That reason just now is not enough!" Ning Hongyuan continued to ask, this time his tone was extremely humble.

"Boy, your talent is too weak now, so many people dare to poke you in the back! The deity asked you to come here just to help you! Think about why you failed! You are indeed too weak. ”

Hearing what Demon Venerable said, Ning Hongyuan suddenly felt a little ashamed in his heart.

"Hey, am I really that weak?" he said in a low tone, and began to complain.

He suddenly remembered that he had failed miserably in the martial arts test meeting, and had lost face to his father and the Divine Sword Sect, and his father brushed his sleeves away, his fists clenched even tighter.

You see, the cause of this whole thing did not come from these elders, but from himself.

He could obviously avoid such a thing from happening, he just needed to raise his eyebrows at the Martial Realm Test Conference, fight for his father and the Divine Sword Sect, and establish the majesty of the Divine Sword Sect, would these elders still hold a secret meeting here to criticize his mistakes?

Everything is about being famous, as long as he Ning Hongyuan does not fail to break through the martial realm, and gives these people 10,000 guts, they will definitely not dare.

The cold wind was howling non-stop, Ning Hongyuan looked down at the pair of calloused and blood-soaked hands, and felt at a loss in his heart, "Why, why did I fail to break through the martial realm at the martial realm test conference? In the past three years, I have been one step at a time, practicing sword moves and body techniques according to the instructions of the Demon Venerable in the morning, familiarizing myself with the classics of various martial arts worlds in the afternoon, and practicing how to refine the true yuan qi in the evening, I have never slacked off on a single day, even if it is a holiday, I have always spent it in the sword training room, and even there is an annual meeting for a year, I have not attended! Why, why have I worked hard for so long, actually... Is this really the case?

After working hard for fifteen years, but he couldn't even break through the fourth stage of the swordsman, this is not a mediocre talent, what else would it be?

Ning Hongyuan's fists clenched even tighter.

Talent and perseverance in the Martial Realm World are equally important, and it can even be said that talent is a little more important.

Hearing that Ning Hongyuan's tone was a little arrogant, the demon clan immediately began to persuade him sharply, "Don't be discouraged, how old are you as a young man, how old has the deity lived? How many people in this world are standing still because of complaints, the weak complain about the world, and the strong open up the future, didn't the deity teach you before, complaining, jealousy, these are the two most humble feelings of human beings, and they are also the two most worthless feelings!" It's a pity that there are countless weak people who complain and envy again and again, do you want to be one of these weak people? What is it to fail once? Where in life can there be no failure?"

Demon Venerable's tone was resolute and intimidating, and Ning Hongyuan had to hear it solemnly in his heart.

This is a crown statement, but it is not unreasonable, Ning Hongyuan can only be convinced.

These people under the stage were discussing Ning Hongyuan's mistakes, and Ning Hongyuan was talking about the road of life with the Demon Venerable in his divine consciousness, and these two things were going on at the same time.

While the two of them were talking, these rumors under the roof never stopped.

"Keep listening, there will always be someone who will come to help you! Don't doubt the eyes of the deity, not to mention that some rumors are also a treasure for you. ”

Afraid of the majesty of the Demon Venerable, Ning Hongyuan had no choice but to continue listening.

The moon was faint and the clouds were thin, and the biting cold wind was still howling.

The two elders of Zhu and Zhao, who presided over this meeting, of course, did not just hold such a simple criticism meeting, and of course they would not make such a big deal for the sake of just a young sect master.

How could Ning Hongyuan have such a big face, not to mention that Ning Hongyuan failed to break through the martial realm, it was too late for them to be happy!

You may think it's incredible, why these people are very happy in their hearts about Ning Hongyuan's failure to break through the martial realm, but their faces look so angry.

If you've been involved in power struggles, you'll know this very well, because the faces and hearts of people here are often reversed.

As for why they felt so happy in their hearts, it was because they wanted to use this as an opportunity to test the attitude of some people in the sect towards the new patriarchal law formulated by Ning Hongyuan's father.

Ning Hongyuan's failure to break through the Martial Realm was just a kind of fire for them to achieve this purpose, even if Ning Hongyuan's failure to break through the Martial Realm was not successful, they would also look for another reason.

When today's domain is about to usher in troubled times, there are many heroes, if you want to compete in this troubled world, you must first stabilize yourself, and stabilizing yourself requires reform, and reform must touch the interests of these elders, so they held this criticism meeting just to see how many elder clans in this Divine Sword Sect are dissatisfied with the reform.

The selfishness and greed of vested interest groups are one of the sources of social contradictions, and if they are not handled well, they will turn into disasters and even wars, as has been the case since ancient times.

The treacherous tactics of the vested interest groups, coupled with the rudder of the people at the bottom, who are mercenary, ignorant and arrogant, form a war.

Both are indispensable.

Nowadays, this is exactly the situation in the Heavenly Domain, and war is to fight money, if there is no reform, there is no need for enemy forces to fight, and the Divine Sword Sect will die because of civil strife.

No matter what the world is, the purpose of the reform is always to let more people earn from their hard work, so that more people can be lazy and have no income, and Ning Yiwu's reform of the Divine Sword Sect this time is completely in line with this.

But if things are so simple, it will seem that this world is too fairytale, it is precisely because the purpose of Ning Yiwu's reform this time is to make more people "lazy and have no gain", so they must stand up and resolutely defend their dignity and resolutely defend their status.

This is the real reason behind the whole thing, Ning Hongyuan failed to break through the martial realm, this is just the most suitable banner of justice that they thought of.

In such an era, for the sake of interests and power, what is there that human beings can't do? Killing one's father is still a piece of cake, not to mention criticizing the young sect master of the Divine Sword Sect?

For the sake of profit and power, this is almost turning into a rebellion that is on the verge of breaking out.

On the scene, except for the two elders Zhu Zhao, the rest of the elders' faces fluctuated, they didn't know what kind of fate they would bring if they did this, but they still had luck.

But they are afraid because of luck, and they are pale because of fear.

They have been drinking tea to dispel the tension and fear in their hearts, and the tea in the teacup has bottomed out several times.

"Rules are rules, if our Divine Sword Sect didn't have rules, how could we be strong today!" another elder in the room continued to echo.

"We've already given him a chance, the last time we tested the Sword Realm among the younger generation, he would have been eliminated!

"It's not because the sect master is partial, I have to give him another seven days!"

"Hmph, how can the sect master be so partial, how can he unite people's hearts?"

Ning Hongyuan on the roof heard this, and couldn't help but sneer, "Hmph, why do you old guys say so righteous, you want to look at me like this, it's just that I don't want to spend time attending your birthday banquet on weekdays, in the final analysis, I, Ning Hongyuan, am not just to save time for martial arts training, I don't give you enough face on weekdays, hum!"

"Think about the warriors who still stick to their posts on the heyday of the Divine Sword Sect, and compare them with these elders who put on a big banquet and pretend to be face-saving, it's really distressing, people with no power stick to their posts, and people with power are doing nonsense here! It is with these moths in my Divine Sword Sect that my father is walking on thin ice, killing them, and showing jokes to external forces, so that the people outside will benefit, if they don't kill them, and reconcile with them, they will make a comeback in the future, once my father loses power, these people must be very happy in their hearts! How can this work?"

"You kid, you're finally a little enlightened, even though the deity hates the struggle for power, but you kid still learns a little bit. ”

"Yes. ”

"Do you still have so much anger in your heart now?"

"No, I understand, it turns out that my failure to break through the martial realm is just a cover for this criticism meeting!"

Ning Hongyuan suddenly understood everything directly, and at this moment, there was not so much anger in his heart.

Thinking of these deep-seated stakes, Ning Hongyuan sighed in his heart, "I finally understand my father's sadness! No wonder my father once said that if he was given a chance to choose again, he would not become the sect master! It was really difficult to be in politics, and it was really not as true as cultivating the martial realm wholeheartedly. ”

Ning Hongyuan hated the world, he used to cultivate his own martial realm wholeheartedly, and he was basically noncommittal about the feast of these elders.

The result of doing his own thing can be imagined, and the attitude of such a person will inevitably cause countless people to be prejudiced against him, so the elder clan who took this opportunity to see his jokes accounted for nearly one-fifth.

The rumors continued, and the flies were still screaming.

The person Ning Hongyuan was waiting for had not come forward until now.

Sighing, Ning Hongyuan no longer thought about so many questions about this aspect, but instead pondered his own martial arts cultivation avenue, instead of these conspiracies that made him tired, "We martial arts cultivators, time is so urgent, how can we waste time on this kind of banquet! Not to mention that now that my Divine Sword Sect is worried about internal and external troubles, these elders are actually spending money to put on a feast! Demon Venerable! Do you say this is the truth." ”

"Time is the life of the strong, these people are just a group of frogs at the bottom of the well, don't worry about them. ”

"But Demon Venerable, isn't it a little too unsympathetic for me to do this, maybe it's because I don't say anything about their banquets on weekdays, which has led to today's public resentment!"

Ning Hongyuan suddenly felt that as a young sect master, he often refused to participate in the birthdays of these elders, was it a little too unkind.

"There is no affection between the strong and the weak, the reason why the deity lodges on your soul is because you are a boy with a character suitable to be a strong person, do you want to be like them, throwing feasts all day long, spending all day drinking? Why are you ridiculed by these people? Isn't it because you are not strong enough? If you are strong, you can take their lives with a flick of your fingers, do they dare to do this to you? Do they dare to disobey your father's commands? Power is a double-edged sword, and if used well, it can make people obey unconditionally in a favorable direction. Demon Venerable said calmly.

Compared to the fluctuating emotions in Ning Hongyuan's heart, the Demon Venerable seemed extremely peaceful.

"It's not that you don't do enough favors, but that you're too weak!", this sentence repeatedly swirled in Ning Hongyuan's mind.

"That's right, Demon Venerable, you always hit the nail on the head when you speak. Ning Hongyuan said with emotion.

"It's not that you don't do enough favors, but that you're too weak!", this sentence Ning Hongyuan will remember for the rest of his life.

Ning Hongyuan secretly swore at this moment that in the future, he would definitely work a hundred times harder than before, what if he failed to break through the fourth stage of the sword master? Could it be that he became lazy because of this? Could it be that he was going to become a sentient being in the eyes of the Demon Venerable because of this?

"Keep listening to the deity, someone will come to relieve you soon, the old man has sensed her soul fluctuations!" said the Demon Venerable.

"Is it really her?"

Ning Hongyuan began to be curious, now that he has become the target of public criticism, is there anyone who disregards public grievances and comes to speak for him?