Chương 63: A brewing storm

The entire Mortal heaven sect was in chaos the next morning. Different rumors were spreading around the inner and Elite court. Some said that a treasure had been stolen from the Core court among other spreading rumors. The sect elders all had scrunched up expressions as they did their jobs. The main reason for this weird atmosphere in the sect was because the sacred cultivation ground of the Core had been sneaked into and used by a mysterious person. This was a mind blowing piece of news!

The sacred cultivation ground of the Mortal heaven sect had been cleanly absorbed, and the culprit was unknown. This hasn't happened in a very long time, as no one would dare to commit such an outrageous crime. When had this ever happened? This was a humiliation, a direct challenge to the entire core court! Would the unbearably arrogant core disciples take this humiliation? In the meantime, Long feng, Yan Jian and Li Yue'er were seated in a side of the training ground.

They had heard about the sacred cultivation ground, and Yan Jian had been stunned beyond words when he found out that it was done by Long feng and Li yu'er! His mind nearly crumbled.

"Are you insane! How can you do something like that? If you are caught, the Mortal heaven sect would roast you! You just challenged the authority of the Core court by doing that!" He was speechless. Long feng yawned. He couldn't care less about what was going on. As long as they weren't caught, then there was nothing to worry about.

"The Core court challenged my authority earlier as well. Is it wrong to give them a taste of their own medicine? If I get caught, then I guess my luck is against me." He retorted. Yan Jian's face reddened as he stared at Long Feng.

"Y-you! … You heartless fellow! You used such a great opportunity without me! Argh! I'm really mad!" He pointed a finger at him. Long Feng laughed.

"It's not my fault. You just weren't fortunate enough to get a share. Perhaps if you were there, we would've been caught. Who knows?" Yan jian was left speechless. He helplessly turned to Li Yue'er who remained silent by the side.

"A-and you! I trusted you! Argh, you two have broken my heart." He moaned. If you come across this story on Amazon, it's taken without permission from the author. Report it. Li Yue'er utterly ignored him without sparing him so much as a glance. Yan jian breathed deeply and sighed, giving up.

"Are you really not going to escape?" He asked. Long feng was startled as he shook his head.

"Escape? Of course not. What'd I do to run?." He replied, blinking wildly. Yan Jian sat back down in defeat.

"We can only hope you aren't exposed!" He sighed. Li yu'er didn't say anything a single word.

Within the depth of the Core court, humongous palace stood, spanning a size of over a mile. This palace was the gathering place of all the elders of the sect. As long as the elder was a Yang level cultivator, he could come into this palace on invitation. Currently, the palace was fill of hard faced elders. They were slightly above fifty in total, all emanating an aura above the Yin level!

In the center of these elders was a calm man who seemed to be in his late fifties, but the truth was that he was nearly a hundred years old! His eyes were calm, filled with knowledge. He didn't seem to be affected by the foul moods of the elders around him. Looking around, Lord Yi Ming, Elder Zhang, Elder Bei and many others were within this palace hall.

"Lord Sect Master!, this matter can not be taken lightly. We must find this culprit at all costs and punish them severely as a warning!" A female elder broke the silence, speaking to the calm man in the center. The fact that she was here meant that she was a Yang level cultivator! She was the leader of the Elite court. And more shocking was that the calm faced man was the mysterious Sect Master of the Mortal heaven sect! The other elders nodded.

"If we swallow this insult, what face would we have left? All the other sects will take us for nothing but a joke!" Another Elder spoke. The Sect Master frowned slightly.

"What do you advise us to do then?" He spoke slowly.

"We must investigate this matter properly. It couldn't have been done by the Core disciples because they were all with me when it happened. And they know the rules clearly. They wouldn't break it for anything." An elderly man replied.

"Send for the guards who were by the gates last night. Also send for Han Man, Ning Chen and Qiu Mei!" The Sect Master spoke after a long silence. Lord Yi Ming sighed and closed his eyes.

"Brat, you're a reckless one. To think you swaggered out, expecting you won't be caught? Ah, you have a lot to learn." After a few minutes, all the guards walked into the palace, followed by Han Man and two more youths, a man and a woman; Ning Chen and Qiu Mei respectively. They all bowed to the elders within the palace. The Sect Master nodded slightly.

"You already know of the sacred cultivation ground. Who and who were granted entry into the Core court yesterday?" The leader of the Elite court asked, her voice strict. The guards were frightened.

"No one. We didn't allow anyone into the Core court last night!" They spoke in a fluster.

"You mean the sacred river simply vanished on its own?" An elder asked with a piercing gaze. Suddenly, one of the guards looked up.

"I... I remember! We let three Elite disciples into the Core court yesterday. One of them claimed to be Lord Yi Ming's disciple, so we let them in." He spoke, terrified. Many elders glanced at Lord Yi Ming briefly.

"What happened after that?" An elder asked.

"One of the three Elite disciples left immediately after. The remaining two disciples didn't leave until last night!" The guards blurted out. Lord Yi Ming sighed to himself. It looked like he would have to protect his reckless disciple's life again.

"Who were those two?" The Sect Master asked, slight interest in his voice.

"They were a young man and woman. They both looked very young, about fourteen or fifteen years of age and the male said his name was Long feng. The lady was unconscious when they took her in, so we didn't bother!" A guard replied. Hearing the name 'Long Feng', Han Man, Ning Chen and Qiu Mei all frowned. Long feng? Cultivators all had extremely keen memories, often remembering tiny details for a long time.

Wasn't that the young boy who had trespassed into the sacred cultivation ground and almost had his cultivation crippled by Han Man?

"Immediately send for the three Elite disciples right now!" An elder said. The guards unhesitatingly ran out of the palace and headed to the Elite court!