Elder Hall's Plan

Shu City, Sixth Elder's Sixth Residence Hall.

The Sixth Elder strode through the pitch-black corridor. Reaching the door at the end, he pulled a black card from his inner pocket. Red light flickered in his hand, and in the next second, the glow flowed into the black card. As if it had come alive, the card broke free from his hand and flew straight into the card slot at the center of the door.

Hiss.

The mechanism on the door activated. Blood-red liquid flowed out from around the card slot, tracing the design on the door: a giant dragon coiled around a long staff, its eyes gleaming with icy killing intent.

Beep.

The door opened in response, and the lights came on. The meeting room's furnishings came into view: eleven chairs stood around a long table. Aside from the luxurious golden nanmu chair at the head of the table, the backs of the other chairs were engraved with large Chinese numerals. Each of the ten chairs bore a distinct pattern.

The Sixth Elder walked over to the chair engraved with the character "Six," pulled it out, and sat down. With a flick of his left hand, the card from earlier flew over and landed in the device before him.

Buzz.

As the device hummed, ten blue beams of light fell upon the other ten chairs. In the next moment, ten AI virtual avatars appeared in the meeting room.

The Sixth Elder met the Seventh Elder's gaze from diagonally across from him. They nodded at the same time, then turned toward the seat at the head of the table.

A black figure appeared in the luxurious golden nanmu chair. None of its features could be seen, but the moment it appeared, all ten others stood and bowed to it.

The black figure raised his right hand and said, "Sit. Keep it brief. Xiao Ze, Xiao Xiong, display the information on that brat and the six people who died."

The Sixth and Seventh Elders, whose names had been called, swiftly operated the devices before them.

Before long, all kinds of information regarding Ye Lei and the six people who had died were projected into the air.

"This is the person who appeared in Xiao Xiong's territory and has affected us. In three days, he has already killed six of Xiao Ze's people, while more than a dozen of Xiao Xiong's people were eliminated on the second day. I have two ideas. First, the ten of you can each send your own men to encircle and suppress him, wiping out everyone around him. Second, leave him alone for now. I believe those six people did not reveal the Elder Hall's secrets, so his impact on us is not significant. However, with his strength, he faced three Soul Elders and two Soul Grand Masters alone, yet dealt with them calmly and defeated them one by one. Even if we send more troops, it will be futile. Therefore, I have decided to withdraw our stationed informants and begin secretly cultivating our talents. One day, we will eliminate him!"

The black figure's weathered voice echoed through the meeting room. After a moment, the old man seated to his left spoke. "I think my lord is right. What we should do now is strengthen our Elder Hall, not keep focusing on some insignificant ant!"

After speaking, the old man glanced at the other nine, receiving resolute looks from all of them.

"I have a new technology here. I will hand it over to you. When the time comes, arrange for it to be implemented in major schools and publicly promote its benefits to the people. No one will suspect a thing!"

The black figure paused. His dark hands seemed to be fiddling with something. In the next second, the devices before the Ten Great Elders all let out a beep, and a file icon appeared before each of them.

"Xiao Xiong, give me a copy of the list in your possession. We need to send someone to follow him in secret and report his every move to us."

The black figure's gaze suddenly shifted to the Seventh Elder. The latter hurriedly responded and sent him a copy of the list in his hand.

The black figure nodded and said, "All right, it's getting late. This meeting is over. Dismissed!"

With that, the black figure vanished. Only the Ten Great Elders remained in the room. After exchanging looks, they all logged off.

After removing the card, the Sixth Elder leaned back in his chair and let out a deep sigh before pushing open the door and leaving.