Chapter 58：Misuse of Authority (1/2)

While Alex was going around the garden looking at everything, while the elders were convening in the elder's hall.

Some elders arrived before even 15 minutes had passed after the sect leader's message had been sent out. There were 20 seats in the meeting chamber inside the Elders Hall.

3 of them were on top of a small podium, while the rest of them were on either side of the room. Elders started to enter the room and seating in their respective numbered seats.

”Oh seventh elder, you came rather early.” A young man walked into the room. He was in his late 20s but didn't look that old.

”Oh, Elder Lang congratulations on making into the numbered elders rank. Your father and master must be proud. Oh, I should probably start calling you eighteenth elder so that I don't confuse you between you and your father.” The seventh elder laughed as he said this.

”I don't think that is even possible, Seventh elder. My father won't respond to anything you call him other than the first elder. he is way too used to it now.” Elder Lang laughed as well.

Lang Shun was the son of the first elder, Lang Luoyang, and a direct disciple of the Great elder, Chang Peng. He had shown great progress in both alchemy and cultivation and had recently been granted the title of Eighteenth Elder.

As the Eighteenth elder, his primary task was to filter the disciples entering the sect. This was how he had come to learn about Alex's incredible test results and had given him a Silver library token.

Time passed slowly, and more and more elders entered the room. The seats on either side of the room started to slowly fill up. The seats on the podium however remained empty.

Sometimes later, the sect leader finally entered the meeting hall. Following behind her was a white-haired, and white-bearded old gentleman, who was the Great Elder.

Slightly behind them was a man that looked young, but wasn't, based on the whites in his hair and beard. He looked an older image of the eighteenth elder. This was the first elder, Lang Luoyang.

The sect leader walked up the podium and sat on the middle seat. The great elder sat to her left, and the first elder sat to her right.

Ma Rong looked at the elders in the hall and was about to start the meeting when she noticed two of the seats nearest to the podium empty.

”Have the 2nd and 3rd Elder not returned from the capital?” she asked the group.

”Hopefully they didn't forget to get back the information about the upcoming competition. Since we are all here, let's start the meeting.” Ma Rong said.

”I am holding this meeting to talk about 2 things, both regarding my disciple.”

Many of the elders that heard her were confused. ”Sect leader has a disciple? Why have I not heard this before?” some of the elders started discussing amongst themselves.