"Yes!"
The disciple turned and ran as though he had been granted a pardon.
Mu Qinglan had earned quite a few spirit stones lately and had been in a good mood. In the past, failing an assignment twice in a row would have earned him a scolding, even if he escaped punishment.
As for Han Jiufeng, he rarely left the sect.
Unless something major happened in the sect, he would rather stay in his cave abode in secluded cultivation than bother going out.
Surely he hadn't gone out too?
Mu Qinglan waited patiently for a while.
Before long, the disciple appeared outside the hall again.
This time, even his calves were trembling.
"S-Sect Master..."
"E-Elder Han isn't in the sect either."
"What?" Mu Qinglan abruptly straightened on her throne.
One person being absent could be a coincidence.
Two could still be chalked up to chance.
But even Han Jiufeng, who never liked going out, was absent. That was getting hard to explain.
"Go again!" Mu Qinglan's heart sank, and she immediately ordered:
"Go see whether Sun Wujiu and Zhao Chenshan are in the sect!"
"Yes!"
The two disciples guarding the entrance obeyed, rushing out of the hall in two gusts of wind and disappearing in the blink of an eye.
This time, they returned even faster.
The two disciples rushed into the hall one after the other, their faces deathly pale, and knelt on the floor without daring to raise their heads.
"Sect Master..."
"Grand Supreme Elders Sun Wujiu and Zhao Chenshan are... are both absent too!"
The hall fell abruptly silent.
Mu Qinglan did not fly into a rage. She simply sat on the Sect Master's throne, her expression darkening little by little.
These five Grand Supreme Elders were usually on good terms. They were also the veterans who