in front of a huge stone gate that had some kind of a blue marine energy spiralling in midst of it, stood thousands of youths in a uniform manner with solemn looks on their faces. they were wearing garbs colored in black and gold, with a swan badge in their hearts area.
at the front of these youths, stood an old man wearing almost the exact same garb, the only difference was the color change, instead of gold he had bright red.
As the old man over looked the youths in his presence, he opened his mouth to speak.
"Disciples of the great serene lake sect"
His voice propagated through the area, surprisingly, his words that were not loud, reached the very back line of the youths, his words were heard clearly by every person present.
"This is a great opportunity for you all, the land of 12 extremities is filled with treasures, but one must not let greed cloud his judgement, your priority is taking a hold of the closest mountain sect out of the twelve mountains, The Yaksha mountain, for the benefits of the sect."
As the old man reached this point in his speech, he signaled to 8 middle aged men near him with his eyes.
Soon the 8 middle aged men, stepped up and stood behind the old man.
"You will be lead by the 8 great elders of the sect, disobeying any of their orders will be considered the same as treason to the sect."
"We don't know what had exactly happened, 20 years ago, that lead to the destruction of the land of twelve extremities, but what the sect knows is that the other sects wont stand by and watch as we claim the mountains"
"So you should never drop your guards as you traverse the land, you could be ambushed at any time"
"You're the elites, of the great serene lake sect, remember that, now go "
As the old man finished his small speech, the disciples brought their fist to their palms in front of their chest, and bowed in a uniform manner.
" Long live the great patriarch!!! Long live the great serene lake sect!!"
Their uniform shouts shook the land, as they set off towards the gigantic stone gate, led by the 8 sect elders, one by one they went in.
the great patriarch, nodded his head in a satisfied manner as he witnessed this, He actually wished to lead his disciples himself, but the sect could not be left unprotected.
There was a huge chance that a great war could happen because of the fights over the recourses that presented themselves now, and because of that he had to stay, and protect their main base the sect itself.
The great patriarch looked over the gate and the disciples going in one more time and then he turned around left.
Li Ba, a 15 years old male, disciple of the great serene lake sect, frowned at what his eye's saw.
Utter destruction, a red sky, and no sign of life, he unconsciously swallowed his spit, and started to look around for any sign of danger.
Soon he noticed that not only him was feeling this nervous, almost every sect brother of his, had sweat coming off their heads, and nervous eyes.
"There is no time to sight see, start moving"
A rough voice sounded off, at the front, it was one of the great elders.
At the calm voice of their elder, the disciples started to calm down.
'The great elders are here, there is no way anything could harm us'
Most of them thought, but little did they know, that the elders were actually more nervous then they were.
The stronger you're, the better your perception is.
And all of the sects great elders felt it.
The feeling of dread.
But they couldn't back off now, so they put on a brave mask and pushed on.
Li Ba with sweaty palms walked towards a girl nearby.
"Senior sister Ya, I don't feel good about this at all"
The girl turned around and smiled while saying.
"There is no need to worry junior brother Ba, just stand behind me when danger comes I will surely protect you" she said while showcasing her flimsy arms muscles.
It was a rather funny scene, but Li Ba didn't underestimate his senior sisters strength at all, he himself had actually just made it to inner disciple 1 week ago, while sister Ya, had been an inner disciple for 4 years now, and she ranked amongst the top of the inner sect disciples in strength, she is far far stronger than he is.
Li Ba, flashed her a smile and said "I'll count on senior sister Ya then" when the surrounding males heard him, they gave him a menacing glare filled with jealousy and hate.
Li Ba in response wore a smug and victorious smile, he didn't know why his senior sister had fancied him, perhaps she fell to his extremely handsome face, supreme prowess and charisma.
As Li Ba was starting to wonder off in his delusions, he heard the elders commands them to stop, his voice full of fighting intention.
The disciples started to arm themselves and channel their Qi in preparation for battle.
"Sharp as always elder Sima"
As the words sounded off a tall man showed up ahead, he had a very menacing look, with two scars on his face.
"If I didn't recognize your foul presence, elder wu, I would not be worthy of my seat"