Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

In one of the peaks of the Frozen Cloud sect, a group of elders were sitting. They were all talking about something and had serious expressions on their head.

"How can this be possible? They failed for ten years and suddenly succeeded?" A brown haired elder said out loud.

"No matter what we say, it has already happened. Now we need to figure out how to stop them from gaining too much power." Another elder spoke.

"Elder Liewei is right, we need to do damage control." A few others chimed in.

~Sigh~

A loud sight could be heard coming from the oldest looking elder in the hall. The man seemed like he was over a hundred years old compared to a mortal's appearance. His skin was dry and saggy, with wrinkles so thick they hid his eyes.

Still, his sigh was enough to silence all the elders in the hall.

"Is there a problem… Elder Weizhe?" The elder who was sitting at the head of the hall spoke.

He was relatively younger than the other elders and seemed to be middle aged. Yet if one felt the spirit Qi fluctuation coming from him, they would be able to tell that he was at the Dao Shell realm.

From his position and authoritarian voice, it was evident that he was the leader of these elders.

The old elder named Weizhe looked up at the middle aged elder with a still face.

"How long will you keep this up? We should have stopped a long time ago, doing this will only harm the sect further." Elder Weizhe spoke.

"Oh? Has Elder Weizhe decided to leave the Frozen Cliff division?" The middle aged elder asked in an intrusive tone.

"I never said that, Elder Qianshu. Do not twist my words." Elder Weizhe replied, his tone still calm.

"If you are making such statements, then it only means that you are inclined on doing as I said. If you don't want to leave the Broken Cliff Division, then you will listen to our words and do as I say." Elder Qianshu said in a firm voice.

Elder Weizhe looked at the man and stayed silent. Five minutes passed like this, as the two men had a staring match.

"Fine… do as you want. I won't interfere in anything unless it comes to… that. But at the same time mark my words… we should have never taken the help of outsiders," Elder Weizhe said before standing up.

His back was hunched, and he had a weak gait while talking. If any laymen looked at him, they would think that the man had one foot in death's door. There weren't any detectable spirit Qi fluctuations coming from him either and his vitality was rather weak too.

The other elder looked at Elder Qianshu with interest, wondering if today was finally the day the two would battle.

'This damned old man… why does he still hand on to his life, his time is long gone…' Elder Qianshu thought.

His expression seemed upset, yet he did not do anything and forcibly held back. He kept on watching till Elder Weizhe reached the door of the hall.

~Creak~

But just as he was about to open the door, it opened on its own.

"Elder! I—" The person who had just opened the door was startled. "Elder Weizhe!" 

The old man watched the young disciples with a still expression and simply passed by him without saying anything. The disciple seemed a bit shocked but reeled in that, since he had something important to say.

"What is it?!" The brown haired elder asked in an irritated tone.

"Elders! This disciple has come to inform you that Chief Disciple Wang Xiong has left the sect once again!" 

Hearing this, the elders seemed a bit confused.

"Didn't he just come back three days ago after calming the mine? Why is he out again?" an elder asked.

"I-I don't know. He was seeing leaving just five minutes ago. I rushed here to inform you, as instructed." The disciple replied.

"Hang on, has he gone alone? Or is there someone with him?" the elder named as Liewei asked further.

The other elders seemed intrigued by why he had asked a question like this.

"The last time he left with a few people, but called more to claim the mine. If he is going for something big, he will probably take more people. We can asses his goals from that." Elder Liewei explained.

The elders nodded their heads in understanding and looked towards the disciple for answers.

"He left with core disciple Ye Jin. No one else is with him." The disciple answered.

"Oh? Just those two, huh…" Elder Qianshu said with interest.

"Are you sure those two didn't go out just to celebrate? We do know they are 'close' now." Another elder asked.

"I do not know about that, elder." The disciple replied, feeling helpless.

"What do we do now then?" A short elder asked.

"Hmm… we have kept to ourselves for quite a bit now. Our ally hasn't contacted us about the mine either and we have no extra information. I think it is time for us to probe for intelligence on our own this time." Elder Qianshu spoke.

Hearing this suggestion, the elders couldn't help but agree.

"But will our ally be fine with this? Didn't they say not to interfere till they make contact again?" The brown haired elder questioned.

"What do you think of us? We are the elders of the Frozen Cliff division! They are the outsiders and we are the ones who will be dealing with everything at once. Even if they are our ally, our relationship is that of a merchant and customer." Elder Qianshu said in a reprimanding tone.

"I-I… I understand." The brown haired elder lowered his head.

"If we do go through with this, what do you suggest we do?" A Female elder asked.

"Well… I'd like to ask Elder Liewei for a suggestion. He has always had an analytical mind." Elder Qianshu spoke.

Elder Liewei nodded his head, and a smile appeared on his face.

"With pleasure…"