When Canhun asked this question in an extremely excited tone, Wei Changtian immediately realized that the meaning of the Kuilong jade tablet, including the message, was absolutely extraordinary.
Otherwise, Remnant Soul would never react like this.
This jade token...is it an object that only Kuilong's top brass can master?
But it was just someone who sent a message. Was the response so intense?
"..."
"Senior, I did receive the news..."
After pondering for a moment, Wei Changtian slowly answered: "But senior, please answer my question first, and then I will truthfully tell you what this news is."
"..."
"It turns out to be true..."
"Finally found it..."
The strange voice was intermittent, with a tone of disbelief and unspeakable excitement.
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 having to tell me."
"Someone said they have something important to discuss with you and set a time, right?"
"..."
Um?
Can you guess this?
Wei Changtian squinted his eyes, and after a long moment of silence, he softly uttered one word.
"yes."
"as expected......"
Remnant Soul paused for a moment.
"Boy, that token of yours is not something that ordinary Kuilong people can possess."
"Although I don't know how you got it, I can kindly remind you."
"You should not and have no ability to get involved in the matter they are discussing."
"So you'd better pretend you didn't see that message."
"Let's find a place to lose the token earlier, so as not to get involved in greater trouble in the future."
"There are some things that people like you shouldn't know..."
"..."
There are some things that people like you shouldn't know.
This sentence is undoubtedly full of the connotation of a superior looking down on ordinary people.
But coming from the mouth of Canhun, it makes sense.
On the one hand, he did not know the details of Wei Changtian, and probably only thought that the latter was an ordinary young man from a noble family with some influence.
On the other hand, the secrets involved in such a mysterious and ancient organization as Kuilong should indeed be far beyond the understanding of "ordinary people".
Curiosity killed the cat. "Knowing too many things you shouldn't know" is an extremely dangerous behavior.
What's more, the origin of Wei Changtian's token is still unknown...
Wei Changtian didn't know whether Remnant Soul's reminder was really out of good intentions or if it had another purpose.
However, he was keenly aware of a problem in the latter's words.
"them?"
Lowering his head, Wei Changtian stared at the Xuantian Sword hanging vertically in front of him.
"Senior, didn't this message only reach me?"
"..."
As if he realized that he had let something slip, Canhun's answer was obviously a beat slower.
He hesitated for a moment, then slowly explained:
"Um."
"There are five pieces of your token in total. Only people from Kuilong's Presbyterian Church can master it..."
"..."
...
For general gangs, sects, religions, and countries, there must be a "top leader" in the organization.
Even if some "leaders" are in name only and their power has been eclipsed by their subordinates, such a "position" must exist.
But Kui Long is not like this.
It may be because there are too many extremely powerful masters among Kuilong, and no one obeys anyone. It is difficult to choose an absolute leader who can convince everyone.
It may also be due to the previous internal fighting between the "adherence faction" and the "abandonment faction" that everyone realized that only "democracy" can make an organization develop in the right direction.
In short, since the internal fighting between Kuilong and Kuilong came to an end thousands of years ago due to the appearance of the two first-grade and true immortals, Kuilong has no longer had a "leader" in the literal sense.
Of course.
Although there is no "leader", Kui Long definitely still needs to be "led", and someone must stand up and make decisions when encountering major events.
The "Presbyterian Church" is the "supreme decision-making body" born under such circumstances.
There are five people in total, and they will never increase or decrease.
And in order to ensure the neutrality of the Presbyterian Church, the initial selection of these five people was actually based on a "all-member lottery" method that sounded a bit childish.
According to what Can Hun said before, Kui Long has a total of twenty-two sub-rudders in the world, with over ten thousand people under his command, among whom there are no less than a thousand upper-level third-level masters.
The first five members of the Presbyterian Church were randomly selected from among these more than 10,000 people.
Even the inheritance of Presbyterian seats is kept secret.
If an elder is about to pass away to the West, he needs to transfer the Kuilong Token to the person he trusts most before he dies, and it must not be known to anyone.
In other words, no one knows the true identities of the five Presbyterians, including each other.
They may be the helmsman of a certain branch of Kuilong, or they may be some mediocre casual cultivator, or they may even be just a young boy... As long as he is from Kuilong, then he
It might be Elder Kui Long.
And it is these five people, whose true identities, positions, strengths, and even genders that no one knows, who will jointly decide all the most important matters in Kui Long.
Even more exaggerated.
No matter how unreliable their decision sounds, all Kuilong people must still strictly implement it without any room for negotiation.
From this point of view, the power of the Presbyterian Church is not insignificant, and every decision made by it is indeed neutral enough.
As for whether some elders are trying to win over other elders privately and jointly influence the decisions of the Presbyterian Council...
Not to mention whether he could find out the identities of the other elders, even if he could, this would be a huge risk.
This brings us to the only three iron rules that every Kuilong person must never violate.
[1. Do not interfere in any secular battles]
[2. All decisions of the Presbyterian Council must be followed]
[3. You are not allowed to pry into the information of the Presbyterian Church, and as an elder, you are not allowed to reveal your identity to anyone except the only "successor"]
[No matter who violates the above three laws, any Kuilong person has the obligation to kill him as soon as possible]
...
There was no wind or sound in the dark room, except for the death row prisoner who had died of excessive blood loss and a weak candle in the corner.
After spending about a stick of incense, Canhun finally told Wei Changtian everything about the Presbyterian Church.
The latter fell into deep thought for a long time after listening.
The situation now is obvious. The token given to him by Lao Zhangtou is undoubtedly the token of the Kuilong Presbyterian Church.
In this case, there are only two possibilities.
First, Lao Zhangtou is actually one of the five elders of Kuilong.
Second, Lao Zhangtou accidentally killed an elder Kui Long, and this token was picked up from the latter.
In Wei Changtian's view, the possibility of the first scenario is extremely slim.
After all, the people of Kuilong are strictly forbidden to interfere with the secular world, and Lao Zhangtou's previous act of "killing Yama" has undoubtedly violated this rule.
Besides, if he was really Elder Kui Long, he should have informed him about the matter of the Presbyterian Council when he handed the jade token to him, instead of just leaving like that.
Therefore, it is most likely the second case.
"Senior, you just said that Elder Kuilong's inheritance was that the elder himself secretly handed over the token to others before his death..."
Thinking of this, Wei Changtian suddenly asked:
"But what if an elder dies suddenly due to an accident?"
"Then he won't be able to hand over the token, and his identity as an elder will be exposed because of this?"
"..."
"Boy, I hear what you mean..."
Instead of answering Wei Changtian's question directly, Remnant Soul just asked quietly:
"Can't you kill an elder Kuilong?"
"..."
"not me"
Wei Changtian shook his head, as if he heard the remaining soul heaving a sigh of relief.
But before the latter could speak, he added with a rapid intake of breath: