540 THE ELDERS

No less than thirty minutes later, the black and white horses galloped on the grass field toward the west. The white horse with a girl atop was leading the Yi Qing on the black horse.

The young man didn't utter a single question as he followed the young lady from the Black Sword Clan. But, he was cautious enough, looking for any sign of the enemy around them. It would be fine if he was alone, but since he was with Senja, he couldn't afford to make a mistake.

Two hours after the sun had set, finally they arrived in front of a hut. It was a small well- built hut, as if someone had been living there and took a good care of it.

Senja got off from the horse and tied the reins on the wooden fence, Yi Qing did the same and followed behind her toward the hut.

There was a light inside and men voices could be heard, however they stopped talking as Senja and Yi Qing were getting near, as though they knew their arrival.

"Young Miss Senja, may I know whose place is this?" Yi Qing looked warily at the door, faintly he could hear people moved swiftly inside.

"It's alright." Senja smiled at him and walked forward. But, after two steps, Yi Qing held her back again.

"Let me go first." He remarked as his hand brushed the hilt of his sword unconsciously, ready for any sudden attack.

Looking how worry he was, Senja shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly and let him led the way.

There were no more sounds or voices from behind the door, but the atmosphere suddenly turned silent and tense.

Yi Qing raised his sword and knocked the door with the hilt of it. There was no sound from inside or someone who greeted them.

"Okay, enough with this!" Suddenly Senja's temper flared upon seeing how cautious and tense both party. "Gong Xu! Open the door, it is me, Senja!" She exclaimed loudly while pulling back Yi Qing next to her.

A while later, there was a crack sound and the door opened widely.

From behind the door, appeared a young man with his jet- black hair tied neatly atop of his head in man bun, he was wearing a green robe and looked very mature than his actually age.

"We meet again!" Senja grinned.

Gong Xu groaned and muttered something incoherently about; didn't want to meet her.

"Don't you have to let me in?" While saying that she walked inside.

Yi Qing awkwardly nodded at Gong Xu out of respect and followed her. Despite it seemed Senja knew him, but he still couldn't let his guard down.

However the two figures inside the hut were the one that turned him flabbergasted as his eyes widened.

"Elder Fu, Elder Chen." Senja smiled and bowed slightly at the two elders.

Both of them have warm smiled on their lips upon seeing her.

"As expected of Elder Dam's granddaughter!" Elder Fu said proudly, walked over toward her and engulfed the purple girl with big warm hug that reminded her about the way Elder Dam always did.

Senja tightened her arms around Elder Fu's torso. She missed her gossiping grandfather.

"If it wasn't because of your information and plan, also Xiao Tianyao ability to adept with the situation, we will have been death by now." Elder Chen patted Sonja's shoulders.

"I can't thank you enough for what you have done Senja." Elder Fu shook his head. "I don't believe it that you have known about Zhong betrayal since the beginning and arranged all of this."

"That scumbag old man!" Elder Fu hissed under his breath furiously, the feeling of being betrayed wasn't something that easy to accept. "I will kill him!"

Senja let go of Elder Fu and gestured all of them to sit. She sat between Elder Fu and Elder Chen while Gong Xu and Yi Qing were sitting on the opposite side.

"Seeing the closeness of your relationship, actually I arranged all of this because it was hard for me to convince both of you about Elder Zhong's betrayal, hence I will show you instead."

Both of the elders nodded their head. It would be hard for them indeed to believe that one of them betrayed each other for power. They had been living for years in seclusion, away from power struggle and worldly matter, just because The Kingdom of Xinghe had destroyed and the mind controller was behind all of this while the Emperor of Azura's Kingdom was craving more power, the three of them were willing to help.

Within the four elders, Elder Dam was an exception, he should have lived in seclusion and handed over the Black Sword Clan to the next generation if it wasn't for his incompetent son.

In the end Wang Yu had failed Elder Dam miserably and died. The two elders didn't have a good impression ever since they saw Wang Yu when he was only thirteen years old, in such a young age he had showed bloodlust and calculative aptitude.

"So, is it safe if I assume you have another plan on your little head."

Senja grinned. "I have."

.....

"Where is Senja?" Senja tapped Gong Xu's shoulder and asked when he showed her room.

With that question, Gong Xu stopped his steps and glared at her.

"What?" Senja frowned with his reaction. "Why are you glaring at me?"

"You really didn't know where is she?" Gong Xu raised his eyebrows and looked at her coldly.

"Will I ask you if I knew?"

"It isn't time for you to act so arrogant like this." He crossed his arms in front of chest. "If it wasn't for you, Senja will not involve with all of this chaos."

Roughly Senja knew from where this irritated attitude came from.

"No." Senja rebuffed him. "She will never come with me if she didn't want to, no matter hard I beg her. You knew her and you must have known her stubbornness as well." Spending time with the other Senja, when they journeyed to the Mountain Sui Sword Sect, was enough for her to know that the girl had grown a strong enough back bone throughout her miserable years to have her own opinion.

"Yes, but you make it worse." Gong Xu said firmly.

"I gave her choices and what she had done was something that she chose for herself. You must respect that!" Senja yelled at him, suddenly her temper flared. Somehow it was easy to tempt her fury nowadays.

Seeing how angry the girl became, reminded him about his Senja when she had made up her mind about something. He sighed deeply and said. "I wonder if both of you are actually twin."

Upon hearing that comment Senja scoffed, it was impossible things to happen and she was sure about it. "So, where is her? Why she is not here with you?"

Without realizing it, both of them had stopped in front of Senja's room.

"After she brought many teenagers back with her along with that creepy Shadow Warrior, she elaborated the idea of you two and forced me to join this messy situation."

"And you complied." Senja concluded with grinned on her lips.

"I will not be here if it is not for her." Gong Xu stated another fact to avoid the real answer.

"Well, then what happen?"

Gong Xu opened the door's room and kept it opened to let Senja walked inside, but she was leaning on the frame door instead, waiting for his answer while looking at him with eyebrows rose up.

"While I was in the Q city to help the Elders, Senja was heading to the capital city to help Xiao Jun."