102 A Small Foundation Establishment Arrived at the Wang Family Village... (1/2)
On a barren hill at the Eastern Way Prefecture of Great Ming Country in Blue River Region, there was a secret high-level meeting of Seven Stars Sect.
This kind of low-level trash sect, which couldn’t even meet the minimum requirements to join the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals, was doomed to take an unusual road for their development and operation.
First, because their main businesses were to swindle and operate a cult, thus, in the territory of Union of Ten Thousand Immortals, they were destined to lurk in the dark, even their altar was covered up by them, building it on a barren hill. Otherwise, among the low-level trash sects, the Seven Stars Sect could be regarded as a rising star, not down and out like they were right now.
Second, because they did not amount to something, many proper things that were naturally arranged in a normal sect were not in theirs. For example, the Sect Leader and the other Elders lacked the necessary communication channel. Usually, for the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals, there were Immortal method links between their higher ups, either with Water Mirror Fantasy Screen or dispatching communication talismans, flying sword messenger, and so on… For those top rank sects, their Absolute Summoning Talisman could even break countless of restriction arrays to arrive at the destination—each of it could buy the whole Seven Stars Sect.
As for the Seven Stars Sect, they could only use mortal means, by arranging the time and place for their high-level meeting.
Although the Seven Stars Sect was not a large scale sect, their business network was really complicated. The Elders usually have their own respective domain of operation and would usually be busy with their work. It was rare for them to have the time to come together. So, each time before the meeting, they would express their unity to the sect and greet each other. But today, the atmosphere on the altar, which was their main base, was somewhat odd.
A middle-aged man dressed in a black robe rushed to the hill. His name was Xie Chi, the youngest of the Six Stars Elders of the Seven Stars Sect. He was a highly talented cultivator that the Sect Leader of the Seven Stars Sect personally recruited from one of the sects in the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals several years ago. Usually, he was regarded as very important by the Sect Leader, but this time, he had encountered some trouble in handling his affair. Because of this, he accidentally forgot their regular meeting. Thus, he rushed to their meeting place in a hurry, but he was still a bit late.
When he entered their meeting place with a smile plastered on his face, ready to admit his mistake, he suddenly felt his breathing stagnated as if there was a heavy burden on his body.
When he looked up, he realized that the Sect Leader was seething with anger.
Thus, he no longer chit-chatted, quickly arrived at his own position, and then whispered to the Elder next to him, “What happened?”
That Elder, likewise, transmitted his voice in secret, “Didn’t you notice that we are a person less?”
Xie Chi was stunned. “Where’s old He?”
“Heh, we also want to know his whereabouts… It is said that we have lost contact with him for quite a while. Didn’t he also absent on our previous meeting? Two times of unclear absence in two meetings in a row. Even if Sect Leader doesn’t say anything about it… you also know what it means, right?”
Xie Chi somewhat couldn’t believe it. “Old He, he...is not someone who has the guts to betray the sect, is he tired of living? Although his cultivation is not bad, it still couldn’t be compared to Sect Leader…”
“Who knows what’s going on with him? That’s why Sect Leader is so annoyed, and he still keeps such a big thing like this in the dark.”
Xie Chi asked, “Is there anyone else besides old He?”
“Except his partner Wu Feihua, the others are all third level or lower disciples who don’t have the qualifications to contact us.”
Xie Chi asked again, “We always have the qualifications to contact them!?”
“All the name of the disciples in the Marquis County is in the hands of Old He and Feihua, even Sect Leader doesn’t have the copy, so how are we going to contact them!?”
Xie Chi gawked dumbfoundedly. “Why… is it that our Seven Stars Sect’s management system is so full of nonsense!?”
“Hey, don’t compare it with your Ten Thousand Flowers House standard. Humph, perhaps after this incident, we all have to be careful a bit.”
The two were happily chatting in secret, but all of a sudden, they heard a stuffy voice from the Sect Leader.
“Humph, that’s enough. Be quiet.”
The Elders immediately quieted down.
A voice which contained a slight anger came from the air, “I have just figured this thing out. Luckily, I know a black market merchant who happens to know that, some time ago, someone had purchased a batch of materials and brought them to the Dog Ear Mountain. Heh, this time running to the Dog Ear Mountain, they must have planned to rebel!”
His voice on the last few words was like claps of thunder, which frightened the Elders.
Although the Sect Leader’s cultivation stage was just Xudan Stage, there was an insurmountable gap between him and cultivators of Foundation Establishment Stage. As such, they wouldn’t dare to be impudent.
“Xie Chi, I want you to handle this matter. On the specific on how you are going to do it, I don’t need to spell it for you, understood?”
Xie Chi’s heart turned cold. “Understood!”
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Three days later, Xie Chi had rushed to the Dog Ear Mountain at the Marquis County alone.
Even after three days, Xie Chi still couldn’t forget that murderous intention that came from the air before he departed.
The Sect Leader was truly angry this time… However, his anger was not without cause. Although the Seven Stars Sect was mostly suppressed by other sects in recent years, they never had a problem internally. This Old He usually would just wallow in lust and sex, so no one has ever thought he had the courage to rebel. Thus, this betrayal hurt the Sect Leader the most, because now he suddenly felt that no one else around him could be trusted!