281 Illusory Butterfly Formation (1/2)
”With such a strong person holding the fort, it won't be possible to take over the Crawford Kingdom now. We should have hit them with everything we had instead of being cautious of the Bloodfiend Sect playing tricks behind our backs.”
”Everyone already knows that. Don't speak if you have nothing constructive to say.”
”Y-You! You do have something against me, don't you?!” The Third Elder was angered, before slowly smirked, ”Oh, I think I know why. Is it because I took away your favorite female disciple and played with her for a few days?”
The Fifth Elder's expression became solemnly dark.
”Enough! We should be discussing our next course of action!” Sixth Elder voiced his words, displeased, before suggesting, ”Should we pull back all our disciples to avoid our disciples being captured and selling out our own sect's location?”
”That won't work. Even if we did that, there is still Second Elder and the disciples who followed him. The plan would be for naught if they decided to reveal themselves and sell out our sect's location.” The Sect Master frowned.
”Have we found out where they are hiding yet? We need to get rid of this ticking time bomb before it bites us back.” Fifth Elder said.
”It already 17 years ago. If not for that traitorous Second Elder's interference, we would have succeeded replacing the Crawford Royal family with our pawn and takeover the Crawford Kingdom. But not only did we failed, but the Overseer also came and taught us a lesson.” Sixth Elder sighed.
”But if we didn't fail, we would not have learned the existence of Overseers and the people above them. But it was also true that if we had succeeded, then they would not have bothered with us either. After all, the dead cannot be revived.”
”I still can't wrap my head around the existence of these people stepping on our heads. How can they be so powerful yet be such gullible idiots as to believe in a fortune teller's words? How is it possible for someone with the destiny to break humanity out of its cage that is the Human Domain, possibly born in that backward kingdom?” A Core Disciple spoke.
”I also find it nonsensical, but what's important isn't what we believe, but what THEY believe. We are too helplessly weak in front of absolute strength.” The Third Elder said, before shifting topics.
”Anyway, we don't have to worry about Second Elder too much. He had been struck by my Poison Palm. He would have had no choice but to abolish his cultivation and start over. He can't become powerful and cause any big waves without the resource and the environment to cultivate.”
”En, I've guessed that he should be hiding somewhere in the Capital.” The Sect Master said, before asking, ”Any news from the Blood Mountain? The Sect Master of Bloodfiend Sect had been quiet lately. We could look into—”
Bang!
”Outrageous! Is this the place a lowly outer disciple like you can enter as you want!?” The Third Elder jumped with the intention to kill the outer disciple with a single palm strike.
The outer disciple paled with pure terror. He did not intend to deliver the Spider Queen's words, but it did not stop him from being killed by the enraged elder.
”Stop it, Third Elder! I believe we should at least listen to what this outer disciple has to say first. I believe this disciple would not ignore sect rules and barge into the meeting hall without a proper reason for doing so.” Fifth Elder stopped the Third Elder's attack promptly, before saying, ”Isn't that right?”
The outer disciple nodded like a pecking duck.
”Dammit, Fifth Elder! You're bent on going against, aren't you?!”
”Enough, Third Elder. What Fifth Elder said was reasonable. Besides, Eldest Brother had not said anything yet. Don't you think you are acting out of line? Or do you think your authority supersedes Eldest Brother's authority as Sect Master, hmm?” Sixth Elder said.
Third Elder felt a significant amount of anger bottled up inside him. What Sixth Elder said was insidious and vicious, directing pitching him against the Sect Master.
Feeling the Sect Master's chilly gaze, the Third Elder had no choice but to back down and retract his hand.
”Of course not. I would never think as such. I just thought this outer disciple was extremely rude for disrupting the Sect Master's words.” The Third Elder said with an appealing smile, but a bottomless pit of fire was raging on inside.
”What do you think, Eldest Brother?” Sixth Elder asked.
All the numbered elders and sect master were all fellow direct disciples of the same master, the previous sect master. Still, the way they address each other shows their relationship to one another.
The Sect Master nodded and spoke one word.
”Speak!”
The outer disciple sighed with relief and was about to explain when an inner disciple barged into the hall this time.
”This is bad, Sect Master!”
”What is it?”
The Sect Master said with a low tone. Having disciples from the sect barge in twice, the new must be important.
”An outsider is killing our disciples outside! I suspect the outsider is a Transcendent!”
”What about you, what did you want to report?” The Sect Master asked the outer disciple grimly.
”Exactly as the inner disciple had said, Sect Master!” The outer disciple trembled. What was his value if someone else also came to report it?
Instead of exploding with outrage from the news, the elders and core disciples around the table sunk into grim silence with a heavy feeling.
”Did the Overseer come to punish us?”
”This timing is too coincidental. It… should be the case.”
The outer disciple opened his mouth, seemingly having something to say but weren't sure whether to say it.