"You!"
Mu Leng's face instantly darkened, his voice filled with suppressed rage:
"Even if you made immeasurable contributions to the Ancient Capital Calamity, the Mu Ningxue lineage has already been expelled from our Mu Clan and is no longer part of our Mu Clan! You have no right to question our Mu Clan!"
Wang Feng sneered, his tone full of sarcasm:
"According to the Judgment Association's investigation, Mu He joined the Black Vatican more than ten years ago."
"I have reason to suspect that your Mu Clan is the Black Vatican's base, hiding more than just Cardinal Salang, a Red Cardinal, and it's even very possible that the Pope himself comes from your Mu Clan!"
He paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone present like a knife, his voice cold and sharp:
"Effective immediately, as a Honorary Councilor of Hangzhou and a Honorary Councilor of the Ancient Capital, I will unite all forces to settle accounts with the entire Mu Clan—starting from Mount Mu Pang!"
"Presumptuous!"
Mu Leng's face turned ashen with fury upon hearing Wang Feng's words.
"Please mind your tone when speaking to me. Right now, you are a guilty elder of a prominent clan, and I am the meritorious hero who saved millions during the Ancient Capital Calamity and was bestowed the title of Honorary Councilor!" Wang Feng said coldly.
"Cough, cough, Wang Councilor, that's enough, that's enough."
Zhu Meng saw that things were starting to spiral out of control and quickly stepped in to mediate.
"I'm just stating the facts."
The Mu Clan wanted to expel the Mu Ningxue lineage to protect themselves.
But the Mu Clan could not completely escape implication from this matter.
Even if the Mu Ningxue lineage was expelled, a lot of resentment still lingered against the Mu Clan.
They couldn't openly criticize the Mu Clan, but as the biggest contributor to the Ancient Capital Calamity, Wang Feng truly had the right to hold the Mu Clan accountable!
"Hmph! A mere greenhorn, does he really think he can hold our Mu Clan accountable just because he made a small contribution during the Ancient Capital Calamity? With just a paltry Honorary Councilor like him?"
Mu Leng sneered, his tone full of sarcasm: "If it weren't for your position as the National Government Team captain, you wouldn't even be qualified to sit here right now!"
Wang Feng unhurriedly took out a silver voice recorder from his pocket and slowly said:
"Since you are the representative of the Mu Clan, your words are equivalent to the Mu Clan's stance. I have already recorded your words with this voice recorder. I will announce your Mu Clan's attitude to the outside world, to the entire Ancient Capital."
Only then did Mu Leng realize he had been tricked!
The silver voice recorder was equipped with a sound-system magic array, which could clearly record all conversations from this meeting.
According to unwritten rules, the content of discussions in such meetings was confidential, and even written notes were not allowed.
But Wang Feng was an anomaly; he didn't care about secrecy or not.
If someone made things difficult for him, he would make sure they couldn't sleep!
No matter how powerful the Mu Clan was, it could not withstand the wrath of a million people in the Ancient Capital.
Once this recording was released, the impact would be even more severe than the Mu He incident, and the Mu Clan would likely suffer a devastating blow!
Mu Leng's expression shifted, and just as he was about to speak to salvage the situation, Wang Feng directly stood up.
This action immediately stunned all the big shots present.
"What are you doing?" Mu Leng said in a deep voice.
"What am I doing?" Wang Feng glanced at him and sneered:
"Of course, I'm going back to prepare. This Councilor already knows your Mu Clan's attitude, so there's no need to argue further."
"Go back and tell Mount Mu Pang to have everyone from your Mu Clan roll back and wait! Tomorrow, I will personally pay a visit!"
The cold voice entered the ears of everyone present, as if carrying an invisible oppressive force.
As an elder of the Mu Clan, Mu Leng was naturally also a Super-level Mage.
However, at this moment, he felt an inexplicable sense of oppression from Wang Feng, his throat seemingly blocked, unable to utter a single word.
Wang Feng's words startled all the National Government higher-ups.
From his expression and tone, they could tell—this was not a joke.
Although this argument was a confrontation between Wang Feng and the Mu Clan, they were originally just mediators, intending to smooth things over when tempers flared.
But they didn't expect Wang Feng to completely disregard conventions, starting with a bang!
After getting the evidence, he turned and left directly, even leaving a harsh threat that he would go to Mount Mu Pang to settle accounts with the Mu Clan!
What kind of place was Mount Mu Pang?
That was the Mu Clan's main base!
What was supposed to be a meeting to discuss whether Mu Ningxue's selection quota should be returned had now completely changed its nature due to Wang Feng's actions.
"Wang Councilor! Wang Feng!"
Zhu Meng saw that Wang Feng truly had no intention of staying and quickly spoke, trying to keep him.
But Wang Feng had already disappeared…
After Wang Feng left, he left behind a group of bewildered National Government higher-ups.
Mu Leng's face was overcast, looking even worse than when he heard Wang Feng curse him just now.
"Mu Leng, as the Mu Clan's representative, you should mind your words. How can you be so impulsive?" Zhu Meng said with a frown.
Mu Leng snorted, he didn't think he had done anything wrong.
He naturally looked down on mages of commoner origin like Wang Feng, and moreover, Wang Feng was so young, and his strength was only at the High-level.
In his opinion, Wang Feng was simply not worthy of being on equal footing with them.
"Dean Xiao, why don't you persuade your disciple?" Dean Shanhe asked tentatively.
"Why persuade him? If someone makes a mistake, they naturally have to bear the consequences," Dean Xiao said indifferently.
He truly hadn't expected Mu Leng to be so foolish as to say such words.
Wasn't this just offering his face for his disciple Wang Feng to slap?
Pang Lai, the Chief of the Forbidden City Court, glanced at Mu Leng: "'A small contribution to the Ancient Capital Calamity'… Heh heh, I really don't know where he got the courage to say such a thing."
Clearly, Mu Leng's words had angered everyone present.
Those in the know were well aware of how significant Wang Feng's contributions were during the Ancient Capital Calamity.
Without Wang Feng, it was uncertain whether Cardinal Salang could have been killed, but the Ancient Capital would definitely have been swallowed by the Calamity Abyss.
Yet, in Mu Leng's mouth, Wang Feng's contribution was just "a little"?
Even Pang Lai, who was originally neutral and watching the show, unhesitatingly sided with Wang Feng.
Seeing that none of the higher-ups sided with him, Mu Leng's face grew even uglier, but he still said stubbornly:
"Hmph! He's just a greenhorn, this matter is not for him to mess around with!"
"Then, Mount Mu Pang will see?" Pang Lai smiled slightly, a hint of playfulness flashing in his eyes.
He was now very curious how Wang Feng would deal with the Mu Clan.
From what he had seen and heard, Wang Feng was very good at leveraging power and was definitely not someone who would just make empty threats without acting.
Mu Leng's expression stiffened, and he said stiffly: "We await the Chief's presence at Mount Mu Pang at any time!"
With words spoken to this extent, Mu Leng dared not linger any longer, hastily ended the meeting, and rushed back to Mount Mu Pang.
"Chief, are we really going to watch Wang Feng go to Mount Mu Pang?" Zhu Meng couldn't help but ask.
"Who told the Mu Clan to be foolish? To offend Wang Feng for a selection quota, they truly think they've been accustomed to being powerful domestically, and everyone fears their Mu Clan?"
Pang Lai's words were full of disdain for the Mu Clan, or rather, for Mu Leng's foolishness just now.
Who was Wang Feng? The great hero who slayed Cardinal Salang! The savior of the Ancient Capital!
If he stepped forward to protect Mu Ningxue, who would still dare to say that Mu Ningxue had ties to the Black Vatican?
It's unclear who gave Mu Leng the courage to jump out and say such things.
Was it Liang Jingru?
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