Fifth Grand Elder Emerges from Seclusion

Guiyuan Upper Sect, Floating Cloud Peak, Dao Origin Hall.

"What? You said Poyun had gone missing? Why didn't you notify me sooner?"

Hearing the roar from inside the hall, the two young children at the entrance exchanged glances and hurriedly pretended they had heard nothing, standing motionless at the doorway.

The hall doors were violently shoved open. A red-haired, gray-bearded elder with knotted muscles rushed down Floating Cloud Peak, taking two or three steps at a time.

A man who looked to be in his thirties hurried after him, wearing a bitter smile. "Master, it wasn't that this disciple deliberately hid it from you. You were at a critical point in your breakthrough, and I didn't dare disturb you."

"Didn't I tell you that anything concerning Poyun was to be reported to me immediately? Did you take my words for the wind? My grandson has disappeared now—what does a breakthrough matter?"

"Master, please calm down. The moment the news came back, this disciple posted a mission with the Martial Alliance and informed our fellow disciples outside to keep an eye out for Poyun's whereabouts.

"The sect also invited Grand Elder He to personally search the place where Poyun vanished for clues.

"I watched Poyun grow up as well. This disciple is no less anxious than you over his disappearance."

"Is there any news of Poyun now?" He Yanming frowned deeply, his worry obvious to anyone.

"Uh... not yet. Grand Elder He found nothing either, but in the city where Poyun disappeared, he recruited an independent Martial Momentum expert into the sect. That person is now the sect's Tenth Grand Elder."

"The Tenth Grand Elder?" Grand Elder He's thoughts turned as he made a decision.

"Is that Tenth Grand Elder currently within the Guiyuan Upper Sect?"

"That Tenth Grand Elder has