Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Wang Xiong explained everything to Yun Bai and Lin Wu chimed in from time to time as well.

All this took about fifteen minutes, after which Yun Bai finally understood it all.

"This… will take a lot of work." Yun Bai spoke.

"That might be an understatement." Wang Xiong muttered.

"Mmm… there is one thing though: you will have to leave before the patriarch arrives." Yun Bai said looking at Lin Wu.

Lin Wu looked at the old fox for a moment before nodding in understanding.

"Why though?" Ye Jin asked.

"Even if this was all to save you all, he did technically massacre nearly a third of the sect. No matter what, the patriarch will have to act on this and even if he doesn't want to, he'll need to at least challenge Lin Wu to reclaim the lost face of the Frozen Cloud sect." Yun Bai replied.

"How can that be? If not for senior the sect would have been taken over by traitors." Ye Jin said with concern.

"That's just how it is. If he does not do that, the ranking of the sect will fall even worse than it will now. The other sects will simply see this as a sign of weakness and will become even more brazen in their approach." Yun Bai answered.

Lin Wu had already understood and had a couple of plans to assuage this. Though they will have to come later when the situation stabilizes a bit more. The frozen Cloud sect was something that Lin Wu wanted under him and would benefit him a lot too.

Thus, it was better to not let it lose too much power and standing. He didn't want the investment he had made falling in value the moment he got it.

~humm~

But just as they talked about this, Wang Xiong felt the jade slip on his waist buzz.

"Hmm!?" he seemed far more surprised than normal.

"What happened?" Ye Jin asked.

"I got a message…" Wang Xiong muttered.

"So? Why are you so surprised? We've been getting the reports non stop from the others?" Ye Jin said.

The other members of the Frozen Brook Division and the elders had already started to prepare for the coming days since they would need to begin the recovery work. And as such, they sent the reports to Wang Xiong and Ye Jin about anything important.

They had not checked them right now since they were with Yun Bai and Lin Wu, but now Wang Xiong was prompted to check it.

"It's not that… this is not the jade slip we use… this is the one Patriarch Bing gave me." Wang Xiong spoke.

"Huh? He contacted you!?" Yun Bai spoke, his voice getting a bit hoarse.

"What did he say? Is he coming?" Ye Jin questioned.

"Yes… he's already quite near." Wang Xiong answered.

"How's that possible? He went to the Long clan for the meeting. Didn't they say all communication was restricted because of security purposes?" Ye Jin was confused.

"Someone went to get him… Elder Weizhe." Wang Xiong revealed.

"Him?" Ye Jin and Yun Bai both were surprised.

"Who's this guy?" Lin Wu asked.

"He's also one of the elders of the Frozen Cliff division." Wang Xiong spoke.

"So I missed one." Lin Wu spoke, but then realized something. "No wait. There's no way he got to the Long clan that fast. Was he not here in the sect?" he asked.

"No… apparently he left a while ago. We thought he was still in seclusion, but he went out secretly." Wang Xiong spoke.

Yun Bai furrowed his brows and thought of something.

"He probably guessed that the Supreme elder and his son would be acting soon. He went to get the patriarch so that it could be stopped somehow." Yun Bai said, his tone a bit doubtful.

"Hang on, he's from the Frozen Cliff Division, right? Why did he go to the patriarch? This is against their goals." Lin Wu asked, feeling confused.

~Sigh~

"That man…" Yun Bai shook his head. "He's stubborn, but still dedicated to the sect."

"You mean to say… he betrayed the Frozen Cliff division?" Lin Wu questioned, feeling interested in this man now.

"Seems like it. Elder Weizhe was always one of the more… milder elders. His stance was also in the middle about the division of the sect. I still don't know why he didn't join the Frozen Plains division and stayed with the Frozen Cliff division." Wang Xiong answered.

"Isn't that obvious? For more resources?" Ye Jin stated.

"No… he isn't one to go for that. Besides… his condition is such that no resources will help him. He's already at the end of his life." Yun Bai spoke up.

"He is?!" Wang Xiong and Ye Jin both were shocked.

Elder Weizhe was actually an important elder in the Frozen Cloud sect and was one of the oldest high elders.

"Yes, He is actually of a generation before the current Patriarch Bing or even the supreme elder." Yun Bai revealed.

"What is his cultivation base exactly?" Lin Wu questioned.

"He should be the same as me." Yun Bai answered.

"If that is so, then why did he not become the Supreme elder? Rightfully he could have been, couldn't he?" Wang Xiong asked.

~Sigh~

Hearing this, Yun Bai sighed again and a deep memory flashed in his eyes.

"It's a long story." Yun Bai spoke, feeling unwilling.

"Tell me the gist of it." Lin Wu prompted.

"I guess I could shorten it for you." Yun Bai couldn't exactly deny Lin Wu like he could with Wang Xiong and Ye Jin.

"He did actually get selected for the position of the Supreme elder." Yun Bai revealed.

"He did? But why is he not then?" Wang Xiong asked.

"Partly it was his choice, too. He didn't want to become one and deal with the great politics that come with it. And on the other hand, he fell to the schemes of the current supreme elder. Fearful that Elder Weizhe might usurp the position again, he secretly poisoned him. But not to kill him, simply to make it so that his cultivation would stagnate." Yun Bai explained.