“What do you think is happening outside?”

“According to the evacuation order, we should arrive at a safe location in a few days, then the elders will notify us if we are free to leave…”

“Cheng Yun… do you think that the sect is really done for?”

“I don’t know Yang Rong but it didn’t look good, I could see the confusion and fear in the senior’s eyes… it's never good when the Soaring Dragon Sect is involved…”

Two youths were sitting together by the window of their dorm room. Their names were Yang Rong and Cheng Yun and they were both outer sect disciples from the United Element sect.

They had been at the sect for many years and both had managed to pass the foundation establishment threshold after long days of trial and training. They were soon expected to be promoted to inner sect disciples as their cultivation was progressing smoothly but now that dream might be at an end.

“This is bullcrap! This great Yang Rong was supposed to be a core elder and marry at least ten sect sisters!”

Yang Rong started shouting in indignation through the opened window while looking into the vast expanse of this pocket dimension. Both of them were inside the dimensional regalia treasure that was able to house all of the disciples for the evacuation.

“Be quiet you idiot, I’m trying to sleep!”

“Who was that? Who dares call this Yang Rong an idiot! Come out so I can shove my fist in your face!”

Cheng Yun gave out a sigh as he heard his friend arguing with some other disciples that were stuck in this pocket dimension. It hasn’t been that long but it was long enough to make them worry,

While the news of the approaching Soaring Dragon Sect was still fresh and they haven’t been here for long. Cheng Yun was still worried as if everything went well outside they would have been allowed to go back to the sect. It had already been a full day which could mean that the person with the regalia was actually heading towards the secret hideout.

“Yang Rong, is it you again? Stop causing troubles for your seniors, go to sleep or meditate!”

“Elder Fei! It’s an honor that you have graced these eyes of mine with your beautiful form!”

Yun peeked out from the window and could see a rather beautiful woman down on the ground. She was holding a whip which was promptly used to deliver a strike to Yang Rong’s forehead.

“ACK!”

“Be quiet you stinky junior, now stop causing trouble for everyone here!”

“I’m sorry elder Fei, he just needs some sleep!”

Cheng Yun quickly closed the window while bowing his head at the woman. While she was one of the prominent beauties around the whole sect, everyone feared that whip. There were certain rumors that many disciples and elders alike fell to it when trying to court the busty beauty.

While she was shapely and beautiful, she was also very strong. There weren’t many people that could keep up with her which meant that it was hard to make her settle down. She had already progressed past the foundation establishment realm and was one of the inner sect elders at quite the young age.

“Rong, you should stop that… you’re going to die one day…”

“Hah, this is but a scratch, it's nothing in the pursuit of love! Did you see how she didn’t even pull any punches, look at how my forehead bleeds, it is truly a mark of our love!”

Cheng Yun squinted with his eyes, he was not sure what was wrong with this sect brother of his. If he didn’t know that he was actually a good person that would put his life on the line for his sect sisters and brothers, he would probably evade him like the plague.

‘What’s wrong with these people…’

Lan Fei gave out a sigh while walking away from the large building that housed hundreds of people in it. This was but one of the structures that had been created in this pocket dimension and there were many more spread around it. This one in particular was given to her to watch over as she had been promoted to an inner sect elder not so long ago.

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‘That old crow isn’t telling the whole truth… I know she knows something…’

Lan Fei walked away from the dorm after it had quieted down. She entered a separate building where some other elders gathered along with the one in charge, an old granny that looked like a potato that had been out in the sun for too long.

“Little Fei? I hope that the children aren’t causing too much trouble for you.”

“Junior greets elder.”

Her name was Feng Maling and she was the grandmother of the current matriarch. While her cultivation level wasn’t all that high compared to the other elders, she still had a lot of backing. Even elders at the nascent soul level feared offending her in any way.

“It’s just one trouble maker, nothing the senior should worry about.”

The building they were in was in the middle while the dorms spread out like flower petals in all directions. The one she was responsible for was the closest one so she spent most of her time here.

Feng Maling was the person with the right to opening this pocket dimension. Without her approval, nothing could get in or get out. Lan Fei along with the other elders didn’t really know what was happening outside as everything went through this old lady.

‘She has to know something…’

Even when the information didn’t go through she did spot the old elder talking with someone through a communication jade recently. No information did get through so the state that the sect was in was a mystery.

‘Is the sect really done for? They would have let us out by now if everything was fine, I don’t like this…’

Lan Fei had been living in this sect for many years now. At first, she wasn’t sure if she made the right decision of coming here as she did have a history with its Patriarch. In the beginning, she thought that it would be a boon but then she realized that the man she was chasing was already married.

With nothing else to do she remained and quickly found out that this sect had quite the prestigious disciple program. With the merit-based system and her already high cultivation, she managed to progress through the ranks quite fast. From an outer sect elder all the way up to the inner sect elder.

With some more work, she was even hoping to get into the core elder position and attain the nascent soul prestige. But when she was so close to her goal, this strange event with the Soaring Dragon Sect transpired and she was now stuck babysitting kids.

‘Should I just make a run for it when we reach the sanctuary?’

She looked at the old lady that was smiling and drinking some green tea. She knew the evacuation procedures that they were going through. The elder with the medallion would reach a certain spot and place the medallion there. Only then they would be allowed to leave this place.

While leaving was limited to the elder generation she with her current status would be allowed to leave. Then she could decide if it was smart to remain in this sect or if they had offended the Soaring Dragon Sect to the point of no return.

Even though that was the best way to survive she somewhat felt that it would not be the correct choice. She owed the sect quite a bit, all of her current strength was all thanks to them and their Patriarch.

The same man that she had a fling with. During the years in the sect she could see him from a distance performing some speeches but the two never really interacted with each other again. The biggest problem was Feng Liena, his wife that she was afraid of.

She feared that if that woman ever found out about her husband's encounter with her she would be done for. Even though this was something that happened before the two met, she wasn’t so sure if Liena would care much for it.

‘Did he really perish? If he is really dead then there might be no future left for this sect.’

While she liked her current position she didn’t like it more than her life. Without Zhang Dong being in the lead she feared that it would go down in the wrong direction. The debacle with the Soaring Dragon Sect might just be the straw that broke the camel's back.

If she could go back in time she wished that she could grab the man called Zhang Dong for herself. To this day she regretted that she let someone like that slip through her fingers.

“Huh? Right now?”

Fei was about to go do another round around the dorm to check if the troublemakers were still at it. Before she could stand up though, the old grandma spit out her tea.

“Elder? Is everything alright?”

She asked while Feng Maling fumbled around with her communication jade, it seemed that something had happened outside and it didn’t look like anything good.

‘Could have we really angered the Soaring Dragon Sect?’

She asked herself while her legs quaked slightly. Even though she was thinking about leaving when the coast was clear she was still responsible enough to help the juniors first. If it was really required she would do her duty to protect them.

“Alright? Well…”

The old lady stood up from her seat and started to slowly walk outside. Lan Fei along with some other elders that were here remained half a step behind the old lady while being curious of what this was about.

‘That is…’

They ended up before the teleportation area through which people that were given access to the regalia could come in. The old lady just smiled while waiting here and soon someone started to appear before her.

“Why does it always take a crisis for you to show up?”

The old lady asked as a certain white-haired Patriarch appeared before everyone. His looks were known by everyone here as it was hard not to notice all of the statues in the sect.

“Hey granny, I hope that you have been well, I need to borrow this place for a while…”

As soon as he spoke more and more people started appearing behind him. All of them were of various ages but they had one thing in common, they were all at the great circle of core formation.