Legend of the Heavenly Swordsman
Ch.101 - Meeting of Elders

As the day began to turn evenings Fu Chen and his friends immediately ended their training. Fu Chen felt a little guilty that the weapons of his two friends had been destroyed, but he did plan to give both of them a new heirloom in the near future.

"After that, when we come back, I'll replace it with a better one." Fu Chen smiled awkwardly as he tried to cheer up Sin Lou and Kyoto who looked hollow. Fu Chen did not expect the reaction of the two would be like this.

"You know, I got this sword with great difficulty." Sin Lou's lips trembled, the only sword he had was destroyed just by practicing a match, it was very sad.

Fu Chen only scratched the nape of his neck while smiling awkwardly, not knowing what to answer.

Meanwhile, the letter that Xiao Jung had handed over had been received by Feng Youxin. While reading the letter Feng Youxin was a little surprised and did not believe the contents of the letter.

There were so many questions on Feng Youxin's head that he asked a servant to call Xiao Tian to his residence. On this occasion Xiao Tian left with Xiao Jung because the young man kept forcing him.

Xiao Tian felt no problem when Xiao Jung came along because it was possible that this nephew of his could help in certain situations. However, Xiao Tian was still a little worried whether the other sect elders would be willing to hear his opinion after what happened.

"Please come in, sir." A servant welcomed Xiao Tian and Xiao Jung, then led the two into Feng Youxin's room.

Upon arriving, the servant immediately opened the door, "He is inside" said the servant, bowing his head.

Xiao Jung glanced at his uncle for a moment before taking a slow breath. Xiao Tian's face looked tense, it was obvious that the man was trying to get rid of his worry.

When the two of them had entered, Li Han who had just arrived at his residence this afternoon was also there. Li Han did not expect that he would be called to meet his own men, Feng Youxin.

"Sit down." Feng Youxin then asked Xiao Jung and Xiao Tian to sit near the round table in the room. There were only the four of them in the room, even though it looked big it had actually been soundproofed so that the people outside could not hear their conversation.

Feng Youxin handed the letter he received to the table before sitting down. The atmosphere was silent for a while as no one tried to speak.

"Can you explain the contents in this letter?" Feng Youxin did not want to be stale.

Xiao Tian nodded slowly while Li Han slightly frowned and picked up the letter that was on the table. Li Han opened the letter while listening to Xiao Tian's explanation.

Xiao Tian explained everything in detail, from the reason the sect had admitted intruders to their attack plans. Xiao Tian also explained the condition of the Noble Xiao family that had previously been under threat to seek information regarding the heirloom in the Holy Sword Sect three years ago.

The Xiao Royal Family back then had no other choice but to obey him. However due to the reason of being dissatisfied with the Xiao family's performance, the person who threatened them started to get fed up and insert spies into the sect without the Xiao family's knowledge.

That person had sent two spies to the Holy Sword Sect and each of them was only an inner disciple and an outer disciple. Xiao Tian did not know what information the person had obtained but Xiao Tian could confirm if their goal was an heirloom existence in the sect.

The role of the Xiao family ended when the man gave a warning through a spy he sent two weeks ago. Luckily the Patriarch of the Xiao family had previously been successfully healed so Xiao Tian was determined to divulge this plan of attack to the sect.

"So you want to have an elder's meeting on this matter?" li Han asked Feng Youxin because he had previously received an invitation to the elders meeting.

"No, the meeting was actually to discuss something else but now we have to put more serious things first." Feng Youxin massaged his head which started to hurt.

Li Han only shook his head slowly while closing his eyes, "It seems like this sect has gotten into a lot of trouble," Li Han said as he stroked the beard.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Jung looked at each other for a moment, they were very curious from the beginning why a library guard could be in this room. Their shock grew as Li Han looked disrespectful to Feng Youxin.

"Please forgive all the actions I have taken so far, I am forced to do so to ensure the safety of the patriarch of the Xiao family." Xiao Tian got up from the chair then bowed his body, he had already thrown away his pride as a noble this time.

"I understand your situation," Feng Youxin let out a heavy sigh, "Patriarch Xiao who now has a great influence in the Song Empire, of course his death will have a big impact but I don't guarantee that the other elders will understand what you're doing."

"No need to worry, the Sacred Sword Sect is not a weak sect. We can definitely get through this matter," Li Han said.

"But we can't underestimate them, they are very confident in letting the information of this attack know the other side. Doesn't that mean they've already measured the strength of this sect and prepared with even greater strength?" Xiao Tian grew increasingly anxious, however, that the person who had infiltrated the Xiao family residence would also participate in the attack later.

"Elder Xiao is right, their confidence should be considered but if their goal is just an heirloom I think we can solve this problem well." Feng Youxin then asked Li Han's opinion because he himself did not know what kind of heirloom they were after.

Li Han sighed for a moment, so far he was still curious how the information regarding the heirloom of the Sacred Sword sect could be known to outsiders. Li Han firmly believed that the existence of the heirloom had not been known since hundreds of years ago.

"Your mindset is too naive of Youxin, if they bring a lot of troops of course they won't come back with just one heirloom. Most likely they will seize the resources and scripture in this sect," Li Han said seriously.

Feng Youxin was speechless to hear it, if so the situation of the Holy Sword sect was truly dire. There would be a lot of casualties on their side especially for disciples with low abilities.

"Sorry to interrupt your conversation but please listen to my opinion." Xion Jung slightly raised his hand and made the people in the room focus on him.

"Say! Any idea would help in this situation." Feng Youxin smiled modestly as he looked at Xiao Jung, but his eyes explained such great concern.

"Alright.." Xiao Jung then explained his opinion on the matter. Xiao Jung wanted all the inner disciples and outer disciples to be evacuated to safety by giving them a mission.

Xiao Jung said that the group of students will be guided by several core students and directed towards the same place. This needs to be done so that supervision runs smoothly.

Xiao Jung then explained that this evacuation was done gradually so that enemy spies did not suspect him. Moreover, the elders and a few other core disciples would remain in the sect to welcome the arrival of the enemy.

Although it was certain that this mission would not surf it but at least the casualties on the part of the Sacred Sword Sect could be minimized. Xiao Jung was quite certain that the enemy would not bother chasing the entire disciple if their goal was only heirlooms and resources.

"Well, I think that's the best option, I'll think about it and try to talk about it in the meeting later." Feng Youxin nodded slowly.

"Thank you, Chief.. But may I join the meeting?" ask Xiao Jung.

"Sure, the meeting will start tonight, I'm very much looking forward to your arrival." Feng Youxin then got up from the chair, "This meeting I think is enough, we will meet again later tonight."

Xiao Tian and Xiao Jung also got up from his chair, the two of them bowed respectfully before leaving the room. A slight sense of relief implied on their faces, now the two could only hope that the elders would listen to their explanation.

Meanwhile Li Han only sighed softly before closing towards the window to look at the courtyard of the residence. Li Han's face seemed to be tangled with brows constantly wrinkling, his feelings starting to be uncomfortable when imagining the imminent battle.

Feng Youxin was a little worried looking at him, he had regarded Li Han like his own teacher because of the many things he got from him. "What's the teacher?"

Li Han closed his eyes before taking a slow breath, "I never expected something like this to happen, for nearly 500 years the sect was free from threats. Even information regarding the sect heirlooms had never leaked to the outside world, how did they know about it?"

Li Han sighed softly, could it be that the heirloom they had been guarding would pass to a stranger?