Chapter 270: A Public Duel
The elders of the Pure Conduct Society were divided into two types: civil elders and martial elders.
Tang Peigong was a civil elder. Wu Decheng was a martial elder.
The key difference between them was that Wu Decheng, the martial elder, was a cultivator. He was a level-six Mentalism Cultivator, a top-tier expert in Blackstone Slope.
Li Banfeng had Ma Wu conduct a thorough investigation of the Pure Conduct Society, so he knew there was someone called Wu Decheng in Blackstone Slope and had made full preparations against him. However, he had not expected Wu Decheng to stay away from the movie theater entrance.
There were some hidden circumstances behind this that Li Banfeng did not know of.
At the beginning of the year, Tang Peigong and Wu Decheng had a dispute. Tang Peigong had scolded Wu Decheng in public. Unable to bear the humiliation, Wu Decheng had withdrawn to his estate outside the city to recuperate for a period of time.
They were both elders of the Pure Conduct Society, and Wu Decheng was a cultivator, so why did Tang Peigong have the right to reprimand him?
This was a unique convention of the Pure Conduct Society.
There were differences in rank among the elders, and their status was not determined by cultivation level but by virtue and talent.