"The reason for this meeting is to discuss the problems the sects are having, I have been the leader of the sects alliance but this meeting has never been held, in my heart, I consider it as a neglect of my basic duty towards all the sects so today, I have taken it upon my self to arrange this meeting. As an alliance, we are supposed to help each other solve the various problems that we are having in each sect and if anyone has any question to ask, you are free to ask" sect leader Lin said.

Of course, he won't be able to directly bring up the flame sect matter so he needs them to bring up the matter themselves then he can make a discussion out of it. ​​

"Alliance leader, the Wudang Sect hereby ask for your help, although our disciples excel in martial art, however, we are still lacking the funds to broaden our horizon, I hope Alliance leader Lin would assist us on this matter," Sect leader Wu said, the Wudang sect is one of the sect among the inferior sects that excel in martial, although they are not much in number, they have many talents in their sect, if not for their lack of fund and connection, they would have been among the superior sects.

"Of course, since Sect leader Wu have brought up, I will definitely see to this matter, although we belong to different sects and region, it is our duty to assist each other" He replied

Everyone in the hall started discussing, throughout the sixteen years he had taken the position of the Alliance leader, he has not interacted with the sects but he has assisted some of them in various ways thus earning their respect and his actions today has increased the level of respect they have for him.

"Sect leader Wu thanks alliance Leader for your benevolence," Sect Leader Wu replies with his head bowed.

"There is no need for such formalities as an alliance, we are families" Sect leader Lin quickly retorts, they all nodded their head in respect of his humble character.

"Alliance leader, I would like to report a problem to robbery in our vitality sect" Sect leader Yang said

"Go on," Sect leader Lin said as he moved his body forwards with rapt attention, everyone who heard sect leader Yang speak was eager to know what it was that he wanted to report because of the serious tone he spoke in.

"Months ago, the vitality sect was robbed by some people and we suffered severe causalities and one of my disciples is near death because of this incident, I beseech alliance leader to please look into this matter on behalf of the vitality," Sect leader Yang said with anger in his voice.

"What!!"

"Such a thing actually happened, why is he just reporting it now"

"The people who did such a thing are really audacious, how could they dare to rob the vitality sect, even if they are not one of the four most superior sects, they still have connections in the court and in other nations"

"Who would actually be so stupid to do such a thing?"

Everyone began to voice their opinion about the robbery but no matter what, they all thought that the person must have been desperate to offend the vitality sect.

"Sect leader Yang, may I ask why you didn't report this sooner" Sect leader Zhou who is the sect leader of the thunder sect said, he found it suspicious that over five months had passed and the vitality sect didn't report the incident to the alliance leader and he only chose to bring it up during the meeting.

Sect leader Yang sighed with the corner of his eyes crinkled.

"Sect leader Zhou, if such a thing happened to your sect, would you be proud to say it out, I am ashamed that my sect has failed to capture the perpetrators during the robbery and we still haven't found any clue of who they might be" Sect leader Yang replied with a downcast expression on his face.

"Sect leader Yang, how many of them infiltrated into your sect?" Sect leader Lin asked with a serious expression on his face, the vitality sect might not be superior but it is very important to the court and Jianghu world, they were the only source of any medication or herbs that cannot be obtained casually.

"I came out of my closed-door cultivation one month after the incident happened but I was informed that there were three people but they face were covered so my disciples couldn't identify them," he answered.

"Are you saying that only three people robed your sect and caused severe causalities at the same time?" Sect leader Lin asked

"I am afraid so" he answered.

They all gasped at the answer, even if the vitality sect is in inferior to some sect in terms of martial art, they are still not bad enough to have suffered such loss by three thief's, it was just unimaginable for them, the fact that the vitality sect has a lot of traps in their sect is also a well-known fact, if those people were able to pass through the traps and barriers then they must be really skilful martial artist.

"Do you have any clues or evidence regarding their identity, if they could commit such an act then they must be very confident that they would surely escape" Sect leader Lin asked

"Alliance leader, I have questioned my disciple but they didn't have any clues, I was wondering how they went past the energy-sucking forest then I realized that they lured…." He quickly stopped when he realized that he was almost divulging the secret of how to escape the energy-sucking forest without being poisoned.

"One of my disciples who was lured out of the forest by them was left unconscious outside the forest but when he was interrogated, he couldn't remember anything that had happened that day, so I am guessing that he must have seen their face" Sect Leader Yang said

"What did they steal from your sect?" he asked

"They only took two important herbs that can't be found around this time of the year, my guess is that they must have been desperate but if that was the only damage done, I would have forgotten this matter but a lot of my disciples are still injured while some are unconscious, The best disciple is also nearing his death, so I must find out who they are," Sect leader Yang said, as he spoke, they could feel the anger and frustration he felt inside of him.

But that wasn't the only thing bothering him, he was afraid that they might have seen what was hidden in the box they hid inside the storage, and if they knew the secret to go through the forest without being poisoned then he has to find them and silence them.

"Did your disciples mention anything about the set of martial skills they used to attack them?" Sect leader Lin asked.

All the sect leaders were now thinking of taking the robbers for themselves if they knew how to escape the traps and the energy-sucking forest then they would surely be useful to them.

"My disciples only fought with one of them while the other two were in charge of stealing the herbs, I was told that the person who dealt my disciples such damage is a little girl with really long hair, but the skills she used were very strange, she used a skill which allowed her to lift her opponent into the sky and beat him continuously with incredible speed, the speed she used in beating them was too fast for them to react" he answered.

"Sect leader Yang, are you joking with us, you are saying that three people robbed your sect but only a little girl dealt such damage to your disciples" Sect leader Zhou said.

"Sect leader Zhou, do you think I would joke with such things at this stage?" Sect leader Yang said with a hint of anger in his voice.

If what he is saying is true then I must find them, they will definitely be useful to me...

Sect leader Zhou thought to himself!

"Alliance leader, although I have no clues to identify the identity of the people who robbed my sect, I suspect that the flame sect might be involved in this incident" Sect Leader Yang said.

The hall became noisy once again at the mention of the flame sect, everyone was wondering what the flame sect as to do with the vitality sect….

"Oh-oh, why do you say so sect leader Yang?" Sect leader Lin said with rapt attention, he has been waiting for someone to mention the flame sect but he didn't expect that Sect leader Yang would actually suspect that the flame sect was involved.

"My disciples saw the fire when they decided to send someone to check it out, and they were bound by one of the trap vines in my sect, that vine cannot be destroyed by anything but fire and they managed to escape it but we didn't find the pieces of the vine, so they must have burnt it to ashes. They went out of the city and passed the cities that lead to the flame sect and the appearance of the golden eagle might have been because of them." Sect leader Yang said with confidence but it wasn't enough to convince them that it was the flame sect doing.

"I am afraid that what you have just said is not enough to convict them," Sect leader Meng said with doubts echoing in her voice.

"I…." Sect leader Zhou was about to speak but…...

"We are sorry for arriving late," A voice said as five people entered inside the hall, they all turned to look at the person who had just spoken, they realized that it is no other person than the Sect leader of the Azure demon sect.

They all started discussing amongst themselves, the azure demon sect is almost as secluded as the flame sect, no one has ever been able to determine which side they were on, they were the second sect that was unwilling to join the attack on the flame sect during the ever night.

Although they were called a demon sect, they were still accepted into the alliance because their martial techniques were confirmed to be demonic but they never used human blood.

The sect leader of the azure demon sect walk into the hall with great strides, just like the flame sect, they all wore red and black clothes but their sect leader was dressed in a regal manner with a black bird-shaped mask covering only his eyes and half of his nose, the red robe he wore made him seem more dignified than the alliance leader as he walked into the hall, he flapped his large sleeves and placed one of his hand at his back while the other was arched in front of his waist.

He stood in front of the sect leader and bowed his head with a fist and a palm joined together and raised in front of his head.

"I wonder why Sect leader Mo has arrived this late?" Sect leader Lin asked with feigned calmness on his face, his clenched in fist beneath his sleeves with anger, such acts is definitely an act of disrespect towards him and his authority.

"I was delayed by some trivial issues, I hope Alliance leader would forgive my impudence" Sect leader Mo said.

"Since it was not your intention then you can't be blamed, please have your seat," Sect leader Lin said reluctantly, Sect leader Mo raised his head slowly then his eyes caught Sect leader Lin's fist tightly clenched under his sleeves, he smirked at the sight them he raised his head and proceeded to seat in an empty sect while the four people who followed him with a mask on their faces stood behind him.

"Please continue speaking," Sect leader Lin said to sect leader Yang who was quite annoyed by the sudden appearance of the azure demon sect. He cleared his throat and continued….

"After searching for clues of their whereabouts, I found out that they entered Ping Yao city, which is reportedly the first place the golden eagle landed in but they one knew the exact place he landed in, after hearing the news of the second appearance of the golden eagle, I had my disciples to investigate of they also appeared there and they came back with the news that they weren't sure but three people wreaked havoc in Yu-Shan and their description fits the culprit of the robbery, so I am guessing that they are also the same person" Sect leader Yang said.

This time, they all felt that his theory might be true, the golden eagle did appear at those cities but no one knew where he landed on and the three people were in both cities but what could have prompted the flame sect to steal from the vitality sect…...?

"I think what he said makes sense, I was in Yu-Shan city the day the golden eagle appeared there and I saw one person on the golden eagle when it flew but by the time it was returning, the golden eagle was carrying four people" Sect Leader Wu added.