I Can Extract Everything

A few days later, in the Sky Dragon Pavilion, Sleeping Dragon Sect.

This place is the Sleeping Dragon Sect's central power and governing body. This place was the place for the core elders to gather to discuss important matters of the sect and issues concerning the safety and interests of the Sleeping Dragon Sect.

The meeting place itself was shown gathering in an ample, open-air space, a massive balcony covered by a roof held up by columns and arches, with railing visible on both sides.

The round, azure table that housed the core elders ' meeting was among the columns, sitting on a light blue carpet with golden edges flanked by gray, rhomboidal squares. There are also thirteen chairs on the side of the table representing the twelve core elders and sect masters.

Each core elder was sitting on an armchair with white and golden frames and azure stuffing.

Currently, the five elders have gathered in this place.

The Sleeping Dragon Sect had twelve core elders known as the Twelve High Elders and were all Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators.

Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators!

What kind of concept is that?

Only the Top Three Great Sects had that many Nascent Soul Cultivators.

If others found this out, they would be scared to death. After all, the Sleeping Dragon Sect is considered a declining sect. Even if they were still a great sect, the number of Nascent Soul Cultivators they had could not possibly be this much.

In other words, this Sleeping Dragon Sect is playing wolf in sheep cloth.

At this moment, a fit elderly man with long graying hair and a long beard. He is moderately clad in a fitted robe; has an ornate cape draped over his shoulders.

He was the First Elder and served as the meeting leader when the Sect Master was unable to attend. He suddenly spoke, "Only five people?"

Although his voice contained a bit of regret, the expression on his face remained unchanged.

The High Elders' meeting is held once a year. However, there was always a High Elder who was absent every year. Only when the sect faces imminent danger are they willing to show themselves together.

Although the High Elders Gathering was necessary, they were, after all, high-level cultivators, a group of people who were extremely difficult to control.

Those present in this meeting were the First Elder, Fifth Elder, Seventh Elder, Ninth Elder, and Eleventh Elder. In contrast, the other seven High Elders were absent with their respective businesses.

Faced with this question, the other four High Elders present could only look at each other.

The First Elder sighed and said, "Putting aside the Third Elder, Sixth Elder, and Tenth Elder, they followed the Sect Master to help the Supreme Guardian suppress the Border Seal, but the other High Elders? They should at least report their situation before deciding not to attend this meeting."

Suddenly someone coughed slightly.

He has short and has broad, muscular shoulders. His long, thick grayish beard almost covered his entire body. 

This person is Fifth Elder, and he reported: "First Elder, the Second Elder is currently chasing his runaway wife."

The First Elder suspiciously asked, "What has he done this time?"

The Fifth Elder looked blank. Apparently, he didn't know the reason.

However, Eleventh Elder suddenly said: "I heard that Second Elder secretly went to the brothel, but unfortunately, at that time, his wife was also in there to visit her friend."

That Eleventh Elder was one of the two female High Elders in the Sleeping Dragon Sect. She was pretty close to the Second Elder's wife, so she knew what had recently happened between the two of them.

Hearing this, the other High Elders were stunned.

This is obviously a big scandal!

The Seventh Elder sitting next to the Eleventh Elde suddenly became interested in this topic and immediately went into gossip mode. He nudged her and asked in a whisper, "Tell us, Eleventh Elder, who is the Second Elder going to meet at the brothel? Is that his wife's best friend?"

The Eleventh Elder put on a troubled face regarding this question. She didn't want to talk about her friends' private matters behind their backs, but... but as a woman, gossip was irresistible.

"The Second Elder is quite good-looking and charming, so naturally, many women flock to him. However, I didn't expect him to go to a brothel. How could a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator go to brother? Where's his dignity?" The Fifth Elder shook his head and sighed.

The Seventh Elder nodded his head as he said thoughtfully, "That's right. The Second Elder is a disgrace of the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators. First Elder, I think we should reprimand him later when he comes back! Anyway, Eleventh Elder, which brothel did he visit, was it that good that a dignified Nascent Soul Realm cultivator as a Second Elder would even visit that place?"

The Eleventh Elder his little eyes rolled slightly as she was not willing to answer the question.

Does he think she doesn't know what's on a man's mind?

...

The First Elder's gaze swept across the room. As he realized that the mood of their conversation wasn't quite right, he couldn't help but cough to remind them that they had a meeting, not gossip.

"Let's forget about the Second Elder's household matters. What about the other three High Elders?"

The Eleventh Elder replied, "Fourth Elder went to Black Water City to attend the Formation Master Convention. She is one of the leading Formation Masters there, so it can't be helped..."

The First Elder nodded as he could not blame the Fourth Elder for this apparent reason.

He asked again, "What about the other two?"

This time, the Seventh Elder answered: "Eight Elder said that he went fishing with Uncle Wang."

The Fifth Elder tilted his head in doubt as he couldn't help but ask, "Which Uncle Wang?"

"It's an uncle surnamed Wang."

"Of course, I know that Uncle Wang's last name is Wang. What I want to know is which Wang are you referring to?"

The Seventh Elder raised his brows. Instead, he asked back, "Are there many Uncle Wangs in this world? In the first place, who is this Uncle Wang?"

The Fifth Elder's veins nearly burst as he angrily yelled, "Didn't you say that the Eight Elders went fishing with Uncle Wang? Now you're the one asking who Uncle Wang is?!"

"It's the Eight Elders who said that!" The Seventh Elder refuted strongly.

Two High Elders suddenly get into a fight because the unknown "Uncle Wang" truly made the First Elder dumbfounded.

This meeting is going nowhere...

He looked up at the ceiling and secretly sighed. He suddenly missed his Sect Master. At least with the Sect Master's presence, meetings never ended in such a mess.

'Let's end this meeting quickly. This bunch of fools is just trying to drive me crazy!'

The First Elder closed his eyes for a second before he said, "Let's start this meeting."

"...but First Elder, you still haven't inquired about the Twelfth Elder-"

"Let's start with the first topic..."

"I heard he went to Food City for the Gluttony God Contest..."

"..."

***

A few hours later, the High Elders in the Sky Dragon Pavilion were almost at the end of the meeting.

The First Elder, "I've received a lot of reports about the destruction of many mortal villages in our territory. It's happened time and time again in the last ten years. Does anyone have a clue regarding this case?"

The Fifth Elder suddenly turned to the Ninth Elder, who had been silent, and spoke, "Ninth Elder, isn't your disciple, Li Hai, the one in charge of investigating this case? Is there any result?"

The Ninth Elder didn't say anything, but he took out a scroll and handed it to the First Elder.

The First Elder received it and immediately read the contents of the scroll.

After he finished reading it, he casually threw it on the table. He spewed out some words, "A bunch of clowns."

The other High Elders looked at each other. They took turns reading the scrolls, and they couldn't help but be stunned.

The information on the scroll revealed that the Five Guardian Clans worked together to attract beast tides from Fire Pit Mountain to Ancient Dragon City.

Not only that, but they had also recently cooperated with a particular organization and were involved in the disappearance of several villages in the Sleeping Dragon Sect's territory.

Right now, Li Hai was still figuring out their reason for doing something like this.

"This.... Are they crazy?" The Seventh Elder revealed a surprise color.