Chapter 493: Five-member Elders Council

From disdain to shock.

When the remnant soul asked this question in an extremely excited tone, Wei Changtian realized in an instant that the meaning of the Kuilong jade tablet, including the message it represented, was absolutely extraordinary.

Otherwise, the remnant soul would never react like this.

Is this jade token an item that only the high-ranking officials of Kuilong can handle?

But it was just someone sending a message, is the reaction necessary to be so intense?

“.”

"Senior, I did receive the message."

After a moment's silence, Wei Changtian slowly replied: "But please answer my question first, and then I will tell you the truth about the news."

“.”

“It’s actually true.”

"Finally found it?"

The strange voice was intermittent, with a tone of disbelief and indescribable excitement.

The remnant soul did not immediately pay attention to Wei Changtian, but just muttered to himself for a while, and then slowly regained his composure.

"Boy, I know what you received without you telling me."

"Someone said that they have something important to discuss with you and have set a time. Is that correct?"

“.”

Huh? You can guess that?

Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes, remained silent for a while, and then whispered a word.

"yes."

“As expected.”

The remnant soul paused.

"Boy, your token is not something that ordinary Kuilong people can possess."

"Although I don't know how you got it, I can kindly remind you."

"You shouldn't, and you don't have the ability to, get involved in what they're discussing."

"So you'd better pretend you didn't see that message."

"You should find a place to throw the token away as soon as possible to avoid getting into bigger troubles in the future."

"There are some things that people like you are not supposed to know."

“.”

There are some things that people like you shouldn't know.

This sentence is undoubtedly full of the condescending attitude of those in a higher position towards ordinary people.

But it does make sense coming from the mouth of a remnant soul.

On the one hand, he didn't know Wei Changtian's background, and probably thought that the latter was just an ordinary young master from a noble family with some power.

On the other hand, the secrets involved in a mysterious and ancient organization like Kuilong should indeed be far beyond the understanding of "ordinary people".

Curiosity kills the cat. "Knowing too many things you shouldn't know" is an extremely dangerous behavior.

What's more, Wei Changtian's token was from an unknown source. Wei Changtian didn't know whether Canhun's reminder was really out of kindness or for some other purpose.

However, he keenly noticed a problem in the latter's words.

"them?"

Wei Changtian lowered his head and stared at the Xuantian Sword hanging in front of him.

"Senior, wasn't this message sent only to me?"

“.”

As if he just realized that he had let the cat out of the bag, the remnant soul's answer was obviously a beat slower.

He hesitated for a moment, then explained slowly: "Yeah."

"There are five tokens like yours, and only people from Kuilong's Council of Elders can possess them."

“.”

For general gangs, sects, religions, and countries, there must be a "supreme leader" in the organization.

Even if some "leaders" are in name only and their power has been usurped by their subordinates, such a "position" must exist.

But Kuilong is not like that.

It may be because there are too many extremely powerful masters among the Kuilong, and no one is willing to submit to anyone else, so it is difficult to choose an absolute leader who can command the support of the crowd.

It may also be because the previous infighting between the "hold-outs" and the "abandoners" has made everyone realize that only "democracy" can make an organization develop in the right direction.

In short, ever since the internal strife between the Kuilong and Long factions came to a temporary end a thousand years ago due to the appearance of the two first-grade masters and the true immortals, the Kuilong faction has no longer had any "leader" in the literal sense.

Of course.

Although there is no "leader", Kuilong definitely still needs to be "led", and someone must stand up and make decisions when encountering major events.

The "Presbyterian Church" is the "highest decision-making body" born under such circumstances.

There are five people in total, and the number will never increase or decrease.

In order to ensure the neutrality of the Elders' Council, the five people were initially selected by a method that sounded a bit ridiculous, namely "drawing lots for all members".

According to what Canhun said before, Kuilong has set up twenty-two branches all over the world, with more than ten thousand people under his command, among which there are no less than a thousand top-three masters alone.

The first five members of the Council of Elders were randomly selected from among these more than 10,000 people.

Even the inheritance of the seat in the Presbyterian Church is kept extremely secret.

If an elder is about to pass away, he needs to hand over the Kuilong token to someone he trusts most before he dies, and no one else can know about it.

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In other words, the true identities of the five elders are unknown to anyone, including each other.

They may be the leader of a branch of Kuilong, or they may be some ordinary casual cultivator, or even just a young boy. As long as he is a Kuilong person, he may be a Kuilong elder.

It is these five people, whose true identities, positions, strengths, and even genders are unknown, who will jointly decide all the most important matters for Kuilong.

What's even more exaggerated is.

No matter how unreliable their decisions sound, all Kuilong people must still strictly implement them without any room for negotiation.

From this perspective, the power of the Council of Elders is indeed considerable, and every decision it makes is indeed sufficiently neutral.

As for whether there will be elders trying to secretly win over other elders and jointly influence the decision of the Council of Elders. Not to mention whether he can find out the identities of the other elders, even if he can, this move will still be extremely risky.

This brings us to the only three iron rules that every Kuilong person must never violate.

[1. Do not interfere in any secular fights]

【2. All decisions of the Council of Elders must be followed】

[3. Do not seek information from the Council of Elders, and elders must not reveal their identities to anyone other than the sole "successor"]

[No matter who violates the above three laws, anyone who is a Kuilong has the obligation to kill them as soon as possible]

There was no wind or sound in the dark room. There was only a condemned prisoner who had died from excessive blood loss in the corner and a faint candlelight.

It took about an incense stick of time for the remnant soul to finally tell Wei Changtian everything about the Elders' Council.

After listening to this, the latter fell into deep thought for a long time.

The situation is now very clear. The token given to him by Old Zhang is undoubtedly the token of the Kuilong Elder Council.

In this case, there are only two possibilities.

1. Old Zhang is actually one of the five elders of Kuilong.

2. Old Zhang accidentally killed a Kuilong elder and picked up this token from the latter.

In Wei Changtian's opinion, the possibility of the first situation is very small.

After all, people of Kuilong are strictly forbidden to interfere in secular affairs, and Old Zhang's previous act of "beheading Yama Luo" has undoubtedly violated this rule.

Besides, if he was really Elder Kuilong, he should have told me about the affairs of the Elder Council when he handed the jade token to me, instead of just walking away.

Therefore, it is most likely the second case.

"Senior, you just said that the elder Kuilong's inheritance was secretly handed over to others by the elder himself before his death."

Thinking of this, Wei Changtian suddenly asked:

"But what if an elder dies suddenly due to an accident?"

"Will he then be unable to hand over the token, and his identity as an elder will be exposed?"

“.”

"Kid, listen to what you mean."

Without directly answering Wei Changtian's question, the remnant soul just asked back quietly:

"Did you kill an elder Kuilong?"

“.”

“Not me”

Wei Changtian shook his head, as if he heard the remnant soul heaving a sigh of relief.

But before the latter could speak, he added with a quick breath: "My master killed him."

(End of this chapter)