In the palace on the Cloud Sect Main Peak, Cloud Sect Master Yun Huan sat on his high seat, his face dark.
Six or seven Inquiry Realm Elders sat in a circle below him, all wearing grim expressions.
First, their Ancestor had been dragged into mutual destruction by the Rain Sect's Ancestor. Then Du Pingsheng had disappeared with Medicine Mountain's many supreme treasures.
Connecting these events, everyone needed only a little deduction to realize one fact... Du Pingsheng had betrayed the sect!
If Du Pingsheng had merely left the sect on business, he would not have taken all the Cloud Sect's assets on Medicine Mountain.
Since he had left with everything, it meant he would never return.
They simply could not understand why Du Pingsheng would betray the sect for no apparent reason...
Everyone wore a dark expression. Only Elder Xia of Dew Mountain seemed to understand something, but she merely sighed inwardly.
Beside her, the Inner Affairs Elder and Elder Bai wore complicated expressions. Within the Cloud Sect, the two of them had been on fairly good terms with Du Pingsheng, and his betrayal and departure left them deeply puzzled as well.
After a long while, the Cloud Sect Master swept his gaze over the elders present and asked, "Does anyone have anything to say?"
Silence reigned below. No one spoke.
Just then, the Young Master of the Cloud Sect entered from outside the hall and bowed to the Cloud Sect Master on his high seat and the elders, appearing exceedingly respectful.
"Greetings, Master and elders!"
At the sight of the Young Master of the Cloud Sect's arrival, displeasure immediately appeared on several elders' faces.
"What did you find?" The Cloud Sect Master stared at his disciple, a trace of displeasure likewise showing in his eyes before he quickly