I'm the villain in the book

Chapter 493 Five Presbyterians
From disdain to shock.

When Remnant Soul asked this question in an extremely excited tone, Wei Changtian realized in an instant that the meaning of the Kui Dragon Jade Plaque, including the message, was absolutely extraordinary.

Otherwise, the remnant soul would never have reacted like this.

Is this jade tablet something that only Kuilong high-level can grasp?

But it was just someone sending a message. Was the reaction so intense?

"."

"Senior, I did receive the message"

After pondering for a while, Wei Changtian slowly replied: "However, senior, please answer my question first, and then I will truthfully tell you what this news is about."

"."

"It turned out to be true"

"Finally found it?"

The treacherous voice was intermittent, with some unbelievable and unspeakable excitement in his tone.

The remnant soul didn't talk to Wei Changtian immediately, but just muttered to himself for a while, and then slowly regained his composure.

"Boy, I don't need you to tell me what you have received."

"Someone said that they have something important to discuss with you, and set a time, right?"

"."

Ok?
Can you guess this?

Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes, and after a long silence, whispered a word.

"Yes."

"as predicted."

Remnant Soul paused.

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

"Although the old man doesn'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 want to discuss."

"So you'd better ignore that message."

"Let's find a place to lose the token earlier, so as not to get involved in bigger troubles in the future."

"There are some things that people like you should not know"

"."

There are some things that people like you should not know.

Undoubtedly, this sentence is filled with the meaning of a superior looking down on ordinary people.

However, it is also reasonable to come from the mouth of the remnant soul.

On the one hand, he didn't know the details of Wei Changtian, and he probably only thought that Wei Changtian was an ordinary son of some powerful family.

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

Curiosity killed the cat, "knowing too much what 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 few words.

"them?"

Lowering his head, Wei Changtian fixedly stared at the Xuantian Sword hanging in front of him.

"Senior, isn't this message only passed on to me?"

"."

It seemed that he had just realized that he had slipped his tongue, and Remnant Soul's answer was obviously a beat slower.

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

"Your kind of token has a total of five yuan, and it should only be mastered by Kuilong's elders."

"."

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

Even if some "leaders" are nameless and their power has been evacuated by their subordinates, such a "position" must exist.

But Kuilong is not like that.

It may be because there are too many super-strength masters among Kuilong, and everyone refuses to obey anyone, so it is difficult to choose an absolute leader who can convince everyone.

It may also be due to the previous internal struggle between the "persistence faction" and the "abandonment faction" that made everyone realize that only "democracy" can make an organization develop in the right direction.

In short, since the infighting between the two factions of Kuilong a thousand years ago came to an end temporarily because of the appearance of the two first-rank and true immortals, Kuilong no longer has 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 up his mind when encountering major events.

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

A total of five people, never increase or decrease.

And in order to ensure the neutrality of the Presbyterian Church, the initial selection of these five people turned out to be a "all-member draw" method that sounded a bit childish.

According to what Remnant Soul said before, Kuilong has a total of twenty-two sub-rudders in the world, and there are more than ten thousand people under his command, among which there are no less than a thousand of the top three masters.

And the first five members of the Presbyterian Church were randomly selected from these more than [-] people.

Even the inheritance of the seat of the Presbyterian Council is extremely confidential.

If an elder is about to die, he needs to hand over the Kuilong Token to a person he trusts most before he dies, and no one can know about it.

In other words, no one knew the true identities of the five members of the Presbyterian Church, including each other.

They may be the rudder master of a sub-rudder of Kuilong, or they may be an ordinary casual cultivator, or even just a brat. As long as he is a member of Kuilong, then he may be Kuilong elders.

And it is these five people whose true identities, positions, strengths, and even genders no one knows will jointly decide all the most important matters of Kuilong.

Even more exaggerated.

No matter how unreliable their decision sounds, all Kuilong people must still strictly implement it, and there is no room for negotiation.

From this point of view, the power of the Council of Elders is not insignificant, and each of its decisions is indeed sufficiently neutral.

As for whether there will be any elders trying to win over other elders in private, and jointly influence the resolution of the elders' council.
Not to mention whether he could find out the identities of the other elders, even if he could, it would be a huge risk.

This is to mention the only three iron laws that every person who is a Kuilong must not violate.

[[-]. Do not interfere in any secular struggle]

[[-]. All decisions of the Presbyterian Council must be followed]

[[-]. Do not inquire about the information of the Presbyterian Council, and the elders are not allowed to reveal their identities to anyone other than the only "successor"]

[The above three laws, no matter who violates it, anyone who is Kuilong has the obligation to kill him as soon as possible]

There was no wind or sound in the dark room, only the death row prisoner who had died from excessive blood loss in the corner, and a weak candle.

It took about a stick of incense, and the remnant soul finally told Wei Changtian about the matter about the Presbyterian Church.

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

The current situation is obvious, and the token that Lao Zhangtou gave him is undoubtedly the token of the Kuilong Presbyterian Church.

In this way, there are only two possibilities.

[-]. Lao Zhangtou is actually one of the five elders of Kuilong.

[-]. Lao Zhangtou accidentally killed an elder Kuilong, 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 "cutting Yama" has undoubtedly violated this rule.

Besides, if he was really Elder Kuilong, he should have informed him about the elders' meeting when he handed over the jade card to him, instead of just walking away.

Therefore, the high probability is the second case.

"Senior, you just said that the inheritance of Elder Kuilong is that the elder himself secretly handed over the token to others before he died."

Thinking of this, Wei Changtian suddenly asked:

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

"Then wouldn't he be unable to hand over the token, and his identity as an elder would be exposed?"

"."

"Boy, listen to what you mean."

Without answering Wei Changtian's question directly, Remnant Soul just asked quietly:

"Could it be that you killed an Elder Kui Long?"

"."

"not me"

Wei Changtian shook his head, as if hearing the remnant soul heaved a sigh of relief.

But before the latter could speak, he continued to add in a rapid inhalation:
"My master killed it."

(End of this chapter)