Far away from the current position of Qiang Feng, but still inside the holy gate sect territory, two man were flying with a huge speed , suddenly , when they reached near a mountain range they started slowing down and finally descended to the ground. In front of them there was a huge opening that reached the top of the mountain.

"Brother Qiu , this is my first time meeting the grand elder , do you have any advice for me ."the man said to the other person.

"Brother Jin, one year ago you broke through to the divine fusion stage thus you were welcomed as a core elder of the holy gate sect, but one year is only one year , take me as an example I already served for more than 70 years as a core court elder and there is others who were here for more than a hundred years " the named Qiu said.

"I understand brother , but what this has to do with the grand elder?." The man named Qiu asked.

"Just listen to me and you can judge later... anyway , as I was saying, when I first entered the sect ,the grand elder was already in his position and that was more than three hundred years ago, at that time there was the same rumour as now , but no one could do anything about it , not even the sect leader or I should say the sect leaders" Jin said , " From what I heard , during all the time that the grand elder was in his position, there was three sect leaders, during each of their reign the grand elder position wasn't threated a bit . " He said again.

Hearing this, the man named Qiu was surprised and a look of respect appeared on his face. When he first broke through the divine sea stage ,he thought life was going to be easy for him ,but to his surprise it was just the beginning, after more than eighty years of cultivating he was able he was able to surpass the divine sea and break through to the legendary realm that only a few dreamed of , but just then he discovered the existence of the core court where almost everyone is a fusion stage expert, thought they weren't many , only eleven people , two of them are the vise leaders, four are them sect protector , a grand master alchemist , a grand master weapon refiner , and finally the sect leader and two grand elders, since he was a new ,he was appointed as a sect protector where his only job was to protect the sect in case of any foreign invasion . Even so the grand elder seems to have the single higher position in the whole sect even, but again why would someone release such rumours about him if it won't do anything.

"Anyway, I am only saying this because you are a core elder and I don't want you to believe some random rumours. The moment we enter this pathway, we will be on the grand elder territory , so don't say anything disrespectful , because trust me, he will know" Jin said.

"Don't worry brother Jin , I will never do such thing" Qiu said.

With this ,the two man continued walking towards the pathway , the moment they reached the other side , someone appeared in front of them , from his aura , it was obvious that his cultivation wasn't low.

"Brother Jin, long time no see , the master is waitin... heh, brother Jin who's that person with you"the man said.

"Brother Jiang meet brother Qiu , he is a new appointed sect protector , brother Qiu this is brother Jiang , he is not associated to the sect and only serve the grand elder" Jin started to introduce them to each other.

" So it's a brother Jiang, thank you for taking care of our grand elder" Qiu said respectfully.

"You don't have to be so respectfully , I already know all the rumours about the grand elder and you are probably thinking the same thing as them" the man named Jiang said.

"Brother Jiang, I wouldn't dare" Qiu said and a look of worry appeared on his face.

Seeing this the mane named Jiang smiled and said" Relax , I am just kidding , someone who reached the same stage as you wouldn't have the mindset to easily believe those kind of rumours", just then , the look of worry disappeared from Qiu face.

"Anyway , brother Jiang , I come today because I have some information concerning the grand elder's son " Jin said.

When Jin said those words , Jiang face became serious and said" The grand elder already informed me of your coming, follow me"

Just when they cross to the other side of the pathway, Qiu was totally shocked " This.." he was too stunned to speak, the density of the spiritual Qi inside the mountain range was too high that even the tribulation city which is considered the place with the highest spiritual Qi density in all of the the holy gate region can't compared to it ( Of course the place with the highest spiritual density that isn't a private cultivation place) . But that wasn't the end, the more they walks in, the more spiritual herbs appeared , mortal grade , yellow grade, even some blue grade spiritual herbs can be seen here and there.

After walking for five minutes or so , they reached what it seemed like an old wooden house which was connected to a small lake.

Just then, the man named Jiang stopped walking . Seeing that Jin didn't stop to check, Qiu ignored it and followed him .

"This is the grand elder private house, without permission even the sect leader can't enter it, so naturally brother Jiang won't enter it even if he was the grand elder closest servant" Jin said after noticing the confusion on Qiu face.

Inside the house was simple, almost no decoration except for one huge portrait of a beautiful women , the two men couldn't help keep staring at it.

"Beautiful, isn't she?", suddenly a voice come out from behind them, when the two men turned to see who was there, they saw a middle aged man that looked like he was in his fourthies .

Just then Jin bowed and said with outmost respect" Greeting , grand elder", herring this Qiu did the same thing, surprisingly this middle aged man was actually the grand elder.

"Relax ,both of you look like you just saw a ghost" the grand elder said.

"Grand elder you must be joking , we were just surprised by you sudden appearance"Jim said while trying to keep his posture.

Qiu on the other couldn't help but to wonder what's this man cultivation level , he was able to sneak on them , two fusion stage expert without any of them noticing, and not only that each time he look at him ,he would feel a strong aura coming from him . For him even the sect leader couldn't make him feels this kind of feelings.

" And who is this person with you , I can notice that his cultivation reached the first level of the divine fusion, hmm not bad"the grand elder said, while a smile appeared on his face.

On the other hand , Qiu was about to puke blood all over the floor, the legendary divine fusion stage is only not bad in the eyes of the grand elder.

"Responding to the grand elder , he is our new sect protector" Jin answered the grand elder question.

"Sect protector.." the grand elder said , and a look of seriousness appeared on him," so for you to bring him here that's mean...'

"Yes , we already checked his background, and watched over him this entire year , I can assure to the grand elder that he is clear" Jin responded .

Qiu naturally didn't understand anything of this , and only kept listening to their conversation.

" Hmm , I see , so he is good, well ,sect protector Qiu , after I finish my business with sect protector Jin ,I want to talk to you about something, during this you can stay with Jiang outside" the grand elder said.

"Heh, AHH, ok"regardless of his confusion sect, protector Qiu couldn't do anything but to wait outside.

After he went out, the grand elder looked at Jin with seriousness and said"So where is he?"

" I followed the young master during all his journey, during that time he visited several region and met other sects geniuses , everything was normal , until he met a certain Qiang Feng, this person had a talent that even surpassed the pillars by a lot ." Jim said.

Hearing this , the grand elder was shocked , the pillars is the name given to the likes of Heng An, Ling Huanling, and several others . Each pillar should have a monsterious talent and a great comprehension ability, becoming one was already this hard , so what would people think of someone who surpassed that level of talent.

"When I say by a lot , I mean by a lot of a lot, for example he defeated a bandit that was an enlightenment expert when he was a fifth foundation building stage " Jin continued talking, but the grand elder was also too shocked to speak." I presume that you did a background check on him." The grand elder said.

"I already did it, it seems that this Qiang Feng is the son of the Qiang family , a second class power in the broken sword sect region, until a few months ago, his talent was descent and it could even be said that he was somehow a genius , but later, his cultivation started advancing too fast , in Just a few months he reached the fifth level of foundation building stage and left his village, later he was noticed again in another city where he sold a second stage enlightenment beast , I presume that he was the one who hunted it, and it was that same day when he met the young master, so we can say that he is safe and was not sent by "them", and most likely found a heritage that is related to "that place". Jin reported everything he knew about Qiang Feng.

"It seems that this world was really blessed by a new genius ,if he kept advencing like that ,wouldn't it be... No I shouldn't raise my hope too much" the grand elder said,"Anyway where are they now"

"I followed them until they reached an ancient site , I didn't enter since there was some age restrictions but the spiritual Qi there wasn't high , so it shouldn't be a very dangerous place."Jin said.

"Hmm, Heng An is going to be 19 years old in a few months , we should find those ingredients before that time, or else.." The grand elder sighed, it was clear that those ingredients were very rare.

"Don't worry grand elder ,we already found almost all the ingredients, there's only two left on the list , and i already located one and sent some men to retrieve it" Jin answered.

"If I remember correctly the last ingredient on the list is a spiritual herbs that contains the power of two opposite elements , it should be extremely hard to find it." the grand elder said.

"Don't worry grand elder , our men are on corner of the continent searching for it, it's only a matter of time before we find an information about it"Jin responded again , he seemed to have a solution to every problem.

"Good, with finding this ingredient you are not only doing me a favour but you are doing it to the whole world"the grand elder said.

"Don't worry grand elder , I am only doing my job.Excuse me then I should return to that ancient site, I will leave the set protector Qiu with you."Jin said while leaving the wooden house. After saying goodbye to both Qiu and Jiang , he left the mountain range and went towards the ancient site .