A day had passed in a blink of an eye; the sun was already tall in the sky.
Inside the treasury, where the sect's valuables are stored.
A loud tick reverberated.
Pak.
Their symbol artifact has gone missing!
There were currently two figures inside the treasury; their robes were extremely elegant, like painting turned to life.
A man who looked like he was in the middle of his thirties came along with an old sage who seemed one step close to death.
The former was the sect leader, while the latter was called Dark Moon Sage.
They were both furious!
Not only did their artifact symbol go missing, they've found out that it was taken by Old Shen, with Xi Xang and Xi Yang being his accomplices!
What's worse, they died, and the artifact was then robbed again!
The old man almost died after struggling to breathe!
Old Shen was his disciple, and he treated him like his own!
To think that he'd actually dare commit such a crime!
What an ungrateful, unfilial, disgraceful, disappointment bastard!
The old sage was incredibly furious!
Those were his thoughts, or at least his expression betrayed him, and even the sect leader was nodding at this point.
The thing, however, was that the robber was rather complicated.
They've already sent a middle faction's elder to investigate—not one, but two!
Actually, the old sage and the leader wanted to send some of the lower factions, but they faced a lot of strong opposition from the higher-ups.
Despite being the leader, there are old monsters living inside the sect; they were either in seclusion, journeying the world for fruitous encounters, or guiding juniors.
These old monsters have not just lived for hundreds of years; they are thousand-year-old monsters, although it might sound like a lot, they exists almost abundantly, especially in the wild!
These old monsters are living fossils in the eyes of the public, even the members of the sect themselves!
In total, there are 7 total old monsters inside the sect.
But due to the uprising tension on the borders and the continuous death of the vital forces, the sect, although tight of security, Old Shen really managed to rob the Treasury!
What guts!
A maggot actually dared rob in front of a collosal force!
Five of the old monsters are journeying the world and were not in sect; they often enter seclusion or venture the outside world to gather more natural essence.
Although the tensions were rising in the bordering territories, it wasn't to the point of all-out war; thus, they haven't been called in yet.
There are currently two old monsters residing inside the sect currently. The first firmly opposed, while the other remained undecided.
The total votes were four opposition, two supporters, and one neutral.
...
After the conclusion, the result was they managed to bargain and send additional three lower faction's elders, as well as fodder disciples.
The old sage was also unresigned; since the sinner was his disciple, he would naturally desire to clean up his glorious name!
He was the Dark Moon Sage after all, one of the seven old monster!
This attitude made the sect leader nod with a smile, washing disgrace and looking at the bigger picture, he couldn't help but admire.
He sighed before saying. "Elder Moon, the other higher ups must not know of this. We can at most buy a day or two before they will come looking for the artifact. Time is tight."
His voice was cold with the demeanor of a general and the charm of a lone prince.
Hearing this, Elder Moon couldn't help but nod and sigh in anticipation.
He would definitely kill who killed his disciple and take the artifact then...
Run with it.
Whosshh—
Elder Moon's face distorted, a visible disdain flickering in his eyes.
Someone actually dared to kill my disciple and take my treasure!
He leapt of tall trees while wearing a robe.
The robe was special, it concealed his presence allowing him to seem invisible to sense.
He was rushing towards the forbidden range!
There were monsters almost everywhere, but these monsters were almost all pushed towards the lower parts of the range, and they came from the peak and the upper body of it!
In his hand was a compass, pointing towards a certain location.
The location was quite peculiar and very well hidden; if not for the fact that he had a compass, he would've definitely found it!
He was still quite far from the location itself, but his powerful voice completely swallowed the whole space!
Show yourselves disgraceful bastards!!
He shouted; he was furious!
He felt robbed!
(The other old monsters had ways to be in contact with the sect. Either by leaving will, a communicative device, divine sense, or having attendant for them; the old monsters had ways to keep each others in check.)