Chapter 235
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Chapter 235
The Order was quite fortunate to have one of the teleportation locations in central Graotan. Since all of their members would be as safe as possible well within the borders, Grand Elder Kseniya was able to leave them behind and return to meet with the other Grand Elders before twenty-four hours had passed. That did result in the meeting being called at odd hours, but emergency meetings functioned quite that was, and Kseniya was quite certain that some information would be time sensitive.
Ill just give a quick summary, Grand Elder Kseniya said as she addressed the other eight. The ranks had changed significantly in recent years, including Kseniyas own position. Everheart did something that resulted in around a hundred high cultivation members of the Twin Soul Sect, maybe more, dying in some sort of deathtrap. Plus some others he rooted out for whatever reason. Kseniya shrugged, Also Anton for a bit but apparently that was a mistake. Some people might have had questions about that, but Grand Elder Kseniya didnt stop for a moment. Emma Strand was one of them.
Kseniya tossed a bag onto the table, inside of which it was easy enough to sense the womans equipment and whatever had previously been in the storage bag.
Theres nothing incriminating in there, but from the fact that she didnt come out Grand Elder Kseniya shook her head. Plus, Anton was nearly killed by her.
I know you said we will get to that point, one of the new Grand Elders, Laszlo Fodor, interrupted. But it seems like Antons entanglement with that should be treated very seriously. Grand Elder Fodor was young, as far as Life Transformation cultivators went. He should have been close to Antons age, in fact, somewhat over a century. Of course, Laszlo had been cultivating for the majority of that time instead of starting six years prior.
About that, Kseniya said. Weve had some of you practicing techniques for detecting Twin Soul Sect members. Grand Elder Vandale
Vandale nodded, I do believe I have had sufficient time.
Myself as well, a man nearly as old as Vandale- but with a significant gap in cultivation- brought attention to himself. Einars Zajoc had not been particularly inclined to seek out the position of Grand Elder, but with so many positions becoming available at once someone had to fill them.
Wonderful, Kseniya said. Then first we should have you inspect each other, then myself and the rest of us.
Grand Elder Fodor sighed, I would hope that none of us were traitors, but as one of those who was recently promoted in position I agree it is quite reasonable to have us all checked. Emma Strand was not close to a position of Grand Elder, but from what I recall she was a solid member. Or at least appeared to be.The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
Performing regular missions, but not standing out in any way, Kseniya nodded. Well have to check everyone. I imagine it wont be terribly quick.
It should be possible in a few weeks, Vandale said, The problem being those who arent present at the moment. If Everheart was accurate in whatever he was doing we shouldnt need to concern ourselves with the group who went to the tomb, which is a relief.
It was on the moon, by the way, Kseniya noted.
Everyone looked at Vandale, who smiled. Its still there. There was a collective sigh of relief. Nobody could say for sure what would happen with Everheart involved.
The Frostmirror Sect operated from a logical standpoint. They didnt commit crimes not because they felt there were objective moral standards they thought they should follow, but simply because going by agreed upon rules kept them safe. Even if the rules werent formalized, they would prefer not to anger anyone of great strength. Likewise, keeping within certain boundaries made it easier for them to gain and retain allies. On the other side, minor infractions that could be explained away let some things slip through the cracks.
-----
Information about what happened on the moon spread quickly. Sects were suddenly performing internal investigations- spurred on by the sudden fact that the Twin Soul Sect would realize they were not as secret as they wanted to think. From the perspective of the Sects performing the investigation, things were bad. From the perspective of the Twin Souls, things couldnt be any worse.
Many of their high ranking members died suddenly in the tomb, and though there had been some indication that people were catching onto their schemes suddenly losing contact was a problem. Even those who hadnt been present were rooted out from sects they were hiding in. Majken knew that they had their own safehouses and groups that were not part of any sect, but things were looking bad. The only thing she was optimistic about was the fact that secrets died with the high ranking members in the tomb, and that she had kept her identity concealed.
She had been so close to sweating as Grand Elder Vandale checked over her. She was only early Essence Collection, nothing compared to Emma Strand- who she hadnt even known was also a member of the Twin Souls. Still, Vandale could crush her with one hand. A pinky maybe. But it seemed the technique for rooting them out wasnt perfect.
After the inspection was over and people were finally allowed to leave the sect, the first thing she wanted to do was flee. Promises of abundant cultivation resources in the next life were all well and good, but if she died without accomplishments- and at the same time as a whole bundle of other people- she doubted it would mean anything.
But leaving immediately would be a dead giveaway. There werent any good missions to go out on. On the other hand, Majken needed to get in contact with someone. She hoped her contacts werent among the myriad of those who died. There were some related sources who should be able to get her hooked up with the Sect, but Majken had the feeling some of them would be keeping their heads down. Or turning traitor, since the whole plan was blowing up.
What a mess. Shed have to figure out some way to get something out of all of this. It would just take caution and care.
-----
As soon as he sorted through his storage bag, Anton was extremely aware that every piece of fruit and every vegetable he had collected had been consumed. It had been enough resources to let him cultivate like a king for a year- or more likely a sect leader, since kings were an extreme rarity in the cultivation world. The only consolation he got was that all of the seeds were still intact, just with all of the valuable energy-infused flesh eaten off. He didnt see anything that could be the cause, but it didnt seem to have happened to others.
So while his cultivation wouldnt directly benefit, he could still work with Elder Howland to reproduce some of them. It might take years for some of the plants to grow into a usable state, and some of them might fail but Anton wasnt doing all of that for just himself.
He just wanted to improve the state of things overall. Even with more details about what would be happening in the future, Anton stuck to that idea. While the thought of people scouring the world for resources and benefiting from his work make him unhappy, it really wouldnt be possible to try to stop the invaders without raising the quantity and quality of cultivators throughout the world. Even if it was just Graotan, anything that could be a thorn in their side and cause more of them to die would be a benefit in a way. And if they simply consumed all of the cultivation resources before the invaders arrived, they wouldnt get much out of it.
Of course, not everything would suddenly go away. Equipment would be needed for the battle hopefully a century away, but at least a few decades. It wasnt possible to prevent them from getting that, nor from tearing apart any structures or fields that were still being used. But it certainly wouldnt do to hoard resources for later generations. There would only be a few generations at most, depending how they were counted.
By Antons standards it would be two or three, since he came from a background of a mundane person where a person growing to adulthood and having a child defined the length of a generation. By the standards of cultivators it would likely be Antons generation that was involved in the fighting- even people starting cultivation a few decades after him would be part of his generation. After all, the variance in time it took people to get to higher ranks of cultivation- late Essence Collection and Life Transformation- could be from a handful of years apart on the small end to a hundred or more between those with the most and least talent.
Antons previous thoughts of just making sure that the weakest people had some cultivation and were able to stand up to the rest now seemed inadequate. In a way, ascenders returning to invade them for resources was a more extreme example of exactly what he wanted to stop. And he was sure as hell going to do it. He might also die, but he was going to do it no matter what.
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Chapter 235
The Order was quite fortunate to have one of the teleportation locations in central Graotan. Since all of their members would be as safe as possible well within the borders, Grand Elder Kseniya was able to leave them behind and return to meet with the other Grand Elders before twenty-four hours had passed. That did result in the meeting being called at odd hours, but emergency meetings functioned quite that was, and Kseniya was quite certain that some information would be time sensitive.
Ill just give a quick summary, Grand Elder Kseniya said as she addressed the other eight. The ranks had changed significantly in recent years, including Kseniyas own position. Everheart did something that resulted in around a hundred high cultivation members of the Twin Soul Sect, maybe more, dying in some sort of deathtrap. Plus some others he rooted out for whatever reason. Kseniya shrugged, Also Anton for a bit but apparently that was a mistake. Some people might have had questions about that, but Grand Elder Kseniya didnt stop for a moment. Emma Strand was one of them.
Kseniya tossed a bag onto the table, inside of which it was easy enough to sense the womans equipment and whatever had previously been in the storage bag.
Theres nothing incriminating in there, but from the fact that she didnt come out Grand Elder Kseniya shook her head. Plus, Anton was nearly killed by her.
I know you said we will get to that point, one of the new Grand Elders, Laszlo Fodor, interrupted. But it seems like Antons entanglement with that should be treated very seriously. Grand Elder Fodor was young, as far as Life Transformation cultivators went. He should have been close to Antons age, in fact, somewhat over a century. Of course, Laszlo had been cultivating for the majority of that time instead of starting six years prior.
About that, Kseniya said. Weve had some of you practicing techniques for detecting Twin Soul Sect members. Grand Elder Vandale
Vandale nodded, I do believe I have had sufficient time.
Myself as well, a man nearly as old as Vandale- but with a significant gap in cultivation- brought attention to himself. Einars Zajoc had not been particularly inclined to seek out the position of Grand Elder, but with so many positions becoming available at once someone had to fill them.
Wonderful, Kseniya said. Then first we should have you inspect each other, then myself and the rest of us.
Grand Elder Fodor sighed, I would hope that none of us were traitors, but as one of those who was recently promoted in position I agree it is quite reasonable to have us all checked. Emma Strand was not close to a position of Grand Elder, but from what I recall she was a solid member. Or at least appeared to be.The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
Performing regular missions, but not standing out in any way, Kseniya nodded. Well have to check everyone. I imagine it wont be terribly quick.
It should be possible in a few weeks, Vandale said, The problem being those who arent present at the moment. If Everheart was accurate in whatever he was doing we shouldnt need to concern ourselves with the group who went to the tomb, which is a relief.
It was on the moon, by the way, Kseniya noted.
Everyone looked at Vandale, who smiled. Its still there. There was a collective sigh of relief. Nobody could say for sure what would happen with Everheart involved.
The Frostmirror Sect operated from a logical standpoint. They didnt commit crimes not because they felt there were objective moral standards they thought they should follow, but simply because going by agreed upon rules kept them safe. Even if the rules werent formalized, they would prefer not to anger anyone of great strength. Likewise, keeping within certain boundaries made it easier for them to gain and retain allies. On the other side, minor infractions that could be explained away let some things slip through the cracks.
-----
Information about what happened on the moon spread quickly. Sects were suddenly performing internal investigations- spurred on by the sudden fact that the Twin Soul Sect would realize they were not as secret as they wanted to think. From the perspective of the Sects performing the investigation, things were bad. From the perspective of the Twin Souls, things couldnt be any worse.
Many of their high ranking members died suddenly in the tomb, and though there had been some indication that people were catching onto their schemes suddenly losing contact was a problem. Even those who hadnt been present were rooted out from sects they were hiding in. Majken knew that they had their own safehouses and groups that were not part of any sect, but things were looking bad. The only thing she was optimistic about was the fact that secrets died with the high ranking members in the tomb, and that she had kept her identity concealed.
She had been so close to sweating as Grand Elder Vandale checked over her. She was only early Essence Collection, nothing compared to Emma Strand- who she hadnt even known was also a member of the Twin Souls. Still, Vandale could crush her with one hand. A pinky maybe. But it seemed the technique for rooting them out wasnt perfect.
After the inspection was over and people were finally allowed to leave the sect, the first thing she wanted to do was flee. Promises of abundant cultivation resources in the next life were all well and good, but if she died without accomplishments- and at the same time as a whole bundle of other people- she doubted it would mean anything.
But leaving immediately would be a dead giveaway. There werent any good missions to go out on. On the other hand, Majken needed to get in contact with someone. She hoped her contacts werent among the myriad of those who died. There were some related sources who should be able to get her hooked up with the Sect, but Majken had the feeling some of them would be keeping their heads down. Or turning traitor, since the whole plan was blowing up.
What a mess. Shed have to figure out some way to get something out of all of this. It would just take caution and care.
-----
As soon as he sorted through his storage bag, Anton was extremely aware that every piece of fruit and every vegetable he had collected had been consumed. It had been enough resources to let him cultivate like a king for a year- or more likely a sect leader, since kings were an extreme rarity in the cultivation world. The only consolation he got was that all of the seeds were still intact, just with all of the valuable energy-infused flesh eaten off. He didnt see anything that could be the cause, but it didnt seem to have happened to others.
So while his cultivation wouldnt directly benefit, he could still work with Elder Howland to reproduce some of them. It might take years for some of the plants to grow into a usable state, and some of them might fail but Anton wasnt doing all of that for just himself.
He just wanted to improve the state of things overall. Even with more details about what would be happening in the future, Anton stuck to that idea. While the thought of people scouring the world for resources and benefiting from his work make him unhappy, it really wouldnt be possible to try to stop the invaders without raising the quantity and quality of cultivators throughout the world. Even if it was just Graotan, anything that could be a thorn in their side and cause more of them to die would be a benefit in a way. And if they simply consumed all of the cultivation resources before the invaders arrived, they wouldnt get much out of it.
Of course, not everything would suddenly go away. Equipment would be needed for the battle hopefully a century away, but at least a few decades. It wasnt possible to prevent them from getting that, nor from tearing apart any structures or fields that were still being used. But it certainly wouldnt do to hoard resources for later generations. There would only be a few generations at most, depending how they were counted.
By Antons standards it would be two or three, since he came from a background of a mundane person where a person growing to adulthood and having a child defined the length of a generation. By the standards of cultivators it would likely be Antons generation that was involved in the fighting- even people starting cultivation a few decades after him would be part of his generation. After all, the variance in time it took people to get to higher ranks of cultivation- late Essence Collection and Life Transformation- could be from a handful of years apart on the small end to a hundred or more between those with the most and least talent.
Antons previous thoughts of just making sure that the weakest people had some cultivation and were able to stand up to the rest now seemed inadequate. In a way, ascenders returning to invade them for resources was a more extreme example of exactly what he wanted to stop. And he was sure as hell going to do it. He might also die, but he was going to do it no matter what.
Chapter 235The Order was quite fortunate to have one of the teleportation locations in central Graotan. Since all of their members would be as safe as possible well within the borders, Grand Elder Kseniya was able to leave them behind and return to meet with the other Grand Elders before twenty-four hours had passed. That did result in the meeting being called at odd hours, but emergency meetings functioned quite that was, and Kseniya was quite certain that some information would be time sensitive.Ill just give a quick summary, Grand Elder Kseniya said as she addressed the other eight. The ranks had changed significantly in recent years, including Kseniyas own position. Everheart did something that resulted in around a hundred high cultivation members of the Twin Soul Sect, maybe more, dying in some sort of deathtrap. Plus some others he rooted out for whatever reason. Kseniya shrugged, Also Anton for a bit but apparently that was a mistake. Some people might have had questions about that, but Grand Elder Kseniya didnt stop for a moment. Emma Strand was one of them.Kseniya tossed a bag onto the table, inside of which it was easy enough to sense the womans equipment and whatever had previously been in the storage bag.Theres nothing incriminating in there, but from the fact that she didnt come out Grand Elder Kseniya shook her head. Plus, Anton was nearly killed by her.I know you said we will get to that point, one of the new Grand Elders, Laszlo Fodor, interrupted. But it seems like Antons entanglement with that should be treated very seriously. Grand Elder Fodor was young, as far as Life Transformation cultivators went. He should have been close to Antons age, in fact, somewhat over a century. Of course, Laszlo had been cultivating for the majority of that time instead of starting six years prior.About that, Kseniya said. Weve had some of you practicing techniques for detecting Twin Soul Sect members. Grand Elder VandaleVandale nodded, I do believe I have had sufficient time.Myself as well, a man nearly as old as Vandale- but with a significant gap in cultivation- brought attention to himself. Einars Zajoc had not been particularly inclined to seek out the position of Grand Elder, but with so many positions becoming available at once someone had to fill them.Wonderful, Kseniya said. Then first we should have you inspect each other, then myself and the rest of us.Grand Elder Fodor sighed, I would hope that none of us were traitors, but as one of those who was recently promoted in position I agree it is quite reasonable to have us all checked. Emma Strand was not close to a position of Grand Elder, but from what I recall she was a solid member. Or at least appeared to be.The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.Performing regular missions, but not standing out in any way, Kseniya nodded. Well have to check everyone. I imagine it wont be terribly quick.It should be possible in a few weeks, Vandale said, The problem being those who arent present at the moment. If Everheart was accurate in whatever he was doing we shouldnt need to concern ourselves with the group who went to the tomb, which is a relief.It was on the moon, by the way, Kseniya noted.Everyone looked at Vandale, who smiled. Its still there. There was a collective sigh of relief. Nobody could say for sure what would happen with Everheart involved.The Frostmirror Sect operated from a logical standpoint. They didnt commit crimes not because they felt there were objective moral standards they thought they should follow, but simply because going by agreed upon rules kept them safe. Even if the rules werent formalized, they would prefer not to anger anyone of great strength. Likewise, keeping within certain boundaries made it easier for them to gain and retain allies. On the other side, minor infractions that could be explained away let some things slip through the cracks.-----Information about what happened on the moon spread quickly. Sects were suddenly performing internal investigations- spurred on by the sudden fact that the Twin Soul Sect would realize they were not as secret as they wanted to think. From the perspective of the Sects performing the investigation, things were bad. From the perspective of the Twin Souls, things couldnt be any worse.Many of their high ranking members died suddenly in the tomb, and though there had been some indication that people were catching onto their schemes suddenly losing contact was a problem. Even those who hadnt been present were rooted out from sects they were hiding in. Majken knew that they had their own safehouses and groups that were not part of any sect, but things were looking bad. The only thing she was optimistic about was the fact that secrets died with the high ranking members in the tomb, and that she had kept her identity concealed.She had been so close to sweating as Grand Elder Vandale checked over her. She was only early Essence Collection, nothing compared to Emma Strand- who she hadnt even known was also a member of the Twin Souls. Still, Vandale could crush her with one hand. A pinky maybe. But it seemed the technique for rooting them out wasnt perfect. After the inspection was over and people were finally allowed to leave the sect, the first thing she wanted to do was flee. Promises of abundant cultivation resources in the next life were all well and good, but if she died without accomplishments- and at the same time as a whole bundle of other people- she doubted it would mean anything. But leaving immediately would be a dead giveaway. There werent any good missions to go out on. On the other hand, Majken needed to get in contact with someone. She hoped her contacts werent among the myriad of those who died. There were some related sources who should be able to get her hooked up with the Sect, but Majken had the feeling some of them would be keeping their heads down. Or turning traitor, since the whole plan was blowing up. What a mess. Shed have to figure out some way to get something out of all of this. It would just take caution and care. -----As soon as he sorted through his storage bag, Anton was extremely aware that every piece of fruit and every vegetable he had collected had been consumed. It had been enough resources to let him cultivate like a king for a year- or more likely a sect leader, since kings were an extreme rarity in the cultivation world. The only consolation he got was that all of the seeds were still intact, just with all of the valuable energy-infused flesh eaten off. He didnt see anything that could be the cause, but it didnt seem to have happened to others.So while his cultivation wouldnt directly benefit, he could still work with Elder Howland to reproduce some of them. It might take years for some of the plants to grow into a usable state, and some of them might fail but Anton wasnt doing all of that for just himself. He just wanted to improve the state of things overall. Even with more details about what would be happening in the future, Anton stuck to that idea. While the thought of people scouring the world for resources and benefiting from his work make him unhappy, it really wouldnt be possible to try to stop the invaders without raising the quantity and quality of cultivators throughout the world. Even if it was just Graotan, anything that could be a thorn in their side and cause more of them to die would be a benefit in a way. And if they simply consumed all of the cultivation resources before the invaders arrived, they wouldnt get much out of it.Of course, not everything would suddenly go away. Equipment would be needed for the battle hopefully a century away, but at least a few decades. It wasnt possible to prevent them from getting that, nor from tearing apart any structures or fields that were still being used. But it certainly wouldnt do to hoard resources for later generations. There would only be a few generations at most, depending how they were counted.By Antons standards it would be two or three, since he came from a background of a mundane person where a person growing to adulthood and having a child defined the length of a generation. By the standards of cultivators it would likely be Antons generation that was involved in the fighting- even people starting cultivation a few decades after him would be part of his generation. After all, the variance in time it took people to get to higher ranks of cultivation- late Essence Collection and Life Transformation- could be from a handful of years apart on the small end to a hundred or more between those with the most and least talent.Antons previous thoughts of just making sure that the weakest people had some cultivation and were able to stand up to the rest now seemed inadequate. In a way, ascenders returning to invade them for resources was a more extreme example of exactly what he wanted to stop. And he was sure as hell going to do it. He might also die, but he was going to do it no matter what.
