Though every faction was trying their best to ruin the Gracious Sword Sect's reputation, all this didn't really affect the sect from inside.
Although, the upper management did look into the incident and deaths due to the ambush during the beast tide.
The Sect Leader called the Grand Elder to the main hall along with many core elders, and both of them had a heated argument over this matter. No one wanted to take the blame but instead called themselves victims in this incident.
At first, they thought maybe this was done by a third party, who wanted to fish some benefits from the chaos in the Gracious Sword Sect. However, these thoughts were suppressed when the elders who were investigating the incident found clear-cut evidence that this was indeed done by some elders and disciples of their own sect.
Now, everyone was suspicious of each other. But the investigation wasn't over yet. Something weird was found out by the investigating elders which led to even more conflicts.
They found out that the ones who were ambushed were mostly part of the World League, which was headed by Jiang Yun while those who ambushed them were part of the Heavenly League.
Now, the Leagues had become a part of this conflict.
It was said that Jiang Yun was very angry due to this matter and Sect Leader personally went to meet him to calm him down. And that was also the day when Sect Leader started to support the World League.
As for the Heavenly League, they soon became the target of everyone's anger. But a surprise turn of events changed everything.
Grand Elder came out to their support and declared that all this was happening to frame the Heavenly League because no one would be stupid enough to leave so many clues and evidence at the ambush site.
If all this wasn't enough to suppress the opposition against the league, Yuan Shuchun came forward and joined them. Within a few months, she became its leader, shutting up anyone who spoke against 'her' league.
Now, the two disciples who were the hope of the sect were against each other. Jiang Yun led the World League with Sect Leader's support and Yuan Shuchun headed the Heavenly League with Grand Elder by her side.
With both of these top disciples at loggerheads, they mutually decided the Grand Spirit Hunt to be the stage of their main confrontation.
As a result of this, both sides started to recruit new and old Inner Court disciples to strengthen their leagues.
Due to the World League being the victims of this incident and Jiang Yun's halo, disciples joined them in masses. While the Heavenly League decided to look for quality over quantity. They invited all top disciples of the Inner Court and after the Inner Court Entrance Hunt, they also put forward their invitation to the top disciples of the Outer Court Disciples with high hopes that many will join their ranks.
To boost this, Yuan Shuchun was going to organize a banquet which would include top outer court disciples of all the peaks, present at one place. This seemingly small event was going to be the trigger of an even bigger incident which will not only affect the Gracious Sword Sect, but also its enemies.
Ye Tian Yun wasn't very much informed about what this 'trigger' was going to be, but one thing that he was sure of was that this banquet was going to be very interesting for him.
Just as he thought about his future, the reason why he came to this floor popped up in his mind. And without wasting any time, he resumed his search for the manual.
However, there was no positive result. Even though there were incomplete manuals, like earlier, he wasn't didn't find anything unique from them.
Gazing at the setting sun on the western horizon, Ye Tian Yun couldn't help but shook his head in regret. He had failed his objective. He didn't get the manual.
He took a deep breath and started thinking. Out of nowhere, he suddenly thought of the system, who had been very silent since the end of the hunt.
'System, you still alive?'
[Host, System is always with you in all obstacles, marching forward!]
'Um... so you should know what I am here for, right?'
[Host is looking for a manual]
'Yes, and I need your help. Find that manual for me.'
[System cannot help you in this.]
'Then tell me where it is?'
[System cannot help you in this.]
'Tell me how do I get it?'
[System cannot help you in this.]
'...'
Taking in a deep breath he asked, 'Is there any way you can help me here?'
[Host can use his fate points.]
'Fate points? But didn't you say that they will be useful to get the Token?'
[Well, the host is trying to get the token here]
'Ok, so how do I use my fate points to get the manual?'
[Host is allowed to ask questions which, with enough fate points, the system is allowed to answer]
'Oh? So, tell me where is that manual.'
[Insufficient Fate Points.]
'Ugh, then tell me, did Xiao Ming obtain it?'
[Xiao Ming did not obtain any manual.]
[Fate Points consumed: 7]
[Remaining Fate Points: 13]
"What?" Ye Tian Yun couldn't stop himself from shouting out loud, resulting in getting glares from everyone on the Third Floor. Some were even filled with killing intent.
However, Ye Tian Yun ignored them because right now his mind was in turmoil.
'Xiao Ming didn't get the manual? How is this possible? The manual isn't here, the manual isn't with Xiao Ming then where in world is that manual?'
'Did I get the wrong information again? Is the manual not in this stack but somewhere else? No, that is impossible. That day the informants themselves were sure that Xiao Ming got this manual from this rack after the Hunt ended. So where is it?'
'System, can you tell me, is the information I have about the manual correct?'
[The information is not fully correct]
[Fate Points Consumed: 2]
[Remaining Fate Points: 11]
'Huh? Then what is wrong? Is the fact that the manual is from this rack, wrong?
[The manual is indeed from this rack.]
'Then who the hell has it?'