102 Yuna Xiao was acting strangely

"Lady Yuna, we think that what is happening now is becoming a bit hastier. We still haven't united the whole continent and controlled the dark sects on our side. Will we be okay if the northern continent sends an all-out attack after what happened?"

Yuna remained silent in front of the other four strong cultivators in front of her. They were at the side of the table, while she was at the end of it, slightly lit and covered by shadow.

She made a frowning expression as she looked at the head of the Su family.

"Do you think I don't know anything about it? There were even mysteries that we couldn't discover. What do you think I am thinking?" Yuna made a ridiculous remark that instantly shut Take Su's mouth (Patriarch of the Great Family of the Northern Region).

"Please forgive me, My Lady."

As he said those words, Man Gao, the Patriarch of the Great Family of the Eastern Region, smirked, unable to hide the pleased expression on his face as he witnessed Take Su's mouth is shut.

When Take Su noticed it, he could only grit his teeth, irritatedly gazing at Man Gao.

"Get over the feud. How can we pursue unity if both of you are like that?!" Yuna exclaimed, as she also noticed how the both of them were looking at each other as if they were naturally born enemies to scorn each other.

Yuna was having a hard time thinking of what she was supposed to do. But seeing her people behave in this manner was unforgivable and unacceptable, especially since they were also heads of respective great families.

"Please ignore them, My Lady. Please continue with the plan." Kyla Yu, the matriarch of the Great Family of the Western Region, said.

Yuna glared at her, and after a few seconds, she calmed down.

"We don't have much time. I am still interrogating the criminal from the northern continent, so relay the reports of the tasks I've left in your hands." Yuna said.

Take Su and Man Gao could only nod and comply with Yuna's order. They then put something on the table, the results of their investigation into some mystery that has happened in their region.

"From my side, in the Eastern region, I've finally made the Lim family answer my question. Apparently, a master visited their city and asked for basic cultivation knowledge. And after that, he left and revisited."

"According to what happened there, their timing was perfect when the Red Moon Castle attacked the same city that the Lim family controls. And mysteriously, he, with a female companion, killed them all, as if killing them all in one shot using a mysterious weapon."

"There were holes present on their heads and some died from the pressures of their cultivation. What we suspect is that they are hidden peak experts." 

Yuna remained silent as she listened to Man Gao's explanation. She then caressed her chin and said her words.

"Forget about investigating them. They killed criminals, which could mean that they were not thinking of hurting the citizens, since apparently, from your report, you didn't mention anything about casualties from the citizens' side." Yuna said.

She let out a sigh, then continued, "They might be hidden peak experts that don't care about the happenings on the continent. At least, if they resurface, let's talk with them. Don't create any fuss about it; it will be difficult if we add them to our enemies."

All of them nodded, then looked at Su, followed by his report.

"The Heavenly Demon Sect and Flower Dark Sect didn't end up killing each other. We still don't have power over the northern region, so it might be difficult to try to hold them both. Their political power was still rival to ours." 

Yuna nodded, then cut off Su's report.

"Stop making them fight. We don't have any time to make them for ourselves. Just let them be, as I, the matriarch of the first family, will inform them when we need their power. It would be difficult to fight them now with your people since you stupidly killed the son of the Heavenly Demon Sect as if you were cunning at that time."

The more ridiculous Yuna wanted to make it sound, the more hurtful it was for Take Su. It was as if his mother was nagging him about things that he had mistakenly done, things that he thought would be good and make her mother proud.

But as Take Su contemplates it, he soon realizes that it was really all his fault and he has to accept the mockery Yuna sends to him. He had no choice. If he wanted to continue to show his loyalty to her, he had to at least comply with her.

Yuna sighed and then faced Anton Xie, the patriarch of the Great Family of the Southern Region.

"I don't have anything to report, My Lady. We've already controlled the mountain bandits and also the dark sects in the region. Unlike in the Northern Region, they were easy to handle since they'd been weakened by the Great World War." Anton Xie said.

"Same here, My Lady. We've already taken control of the Western Region. We are ready to start the training. We are only waiting for your call." Kyla Yu also said.

Yuna nodded at them and responded, "Start the training. Increase the grand formation near the Sacred Blood as well. Register unwanted cultivation techniques and also Blood Reversal Techniques."

Yuna was worried about what would happen, especially with the Blood Reversal Technique, since it was a dangerous technique that some cultivators use to drastically increase their power. However, as to how much more dangerous it was, it was easy to negate with an array formation since it had already been studied.

Blood Reversal is a somewhat inhumane technique that came from the ancient dark sects that have been forgotten. And as for how inhumane it was to make people act like beasts, it can be negated by reversing the energy back to its original form using array formation.

And even though it was the only possible method to fix it, there were still loopholes in it that they were still studying.

"Going on, be sure to focus on training and supply resources for those who are talented. We need them." Yuna said, then stood up.

"Meeting adjourned," she said and left them immediately.

The four of them were just dumbfounded by what Yuna had just done. It was something they weren't expecting, as deep inside, they thought that they already knew Yuna's personality.

However, for some reason, they don't know why Yuna was being too talkative in this meeting. It was as if something had happened or the pressure was just so great that she had no choice but to talk too much.

This was noticed by Kyla Yu. She is a self-proclaimed number one Yuna supporter. And as she admires her, she also studies every inch of her.

'My Lady is as if trying to change. I don't know, but it was as if she wanted to create something. Is she hiding something from us? It feels like it was like that.' Kyla thought but as soon as she realized what kind of thoughts she was entertaining, she shook her head and stood up from her seat.

"I will be going. Please take care, everyone." Then she disappeared from the meeting room.

The three male cultivators were just silent. 

Anton, on the other hand, just looked at the other two with a delighted smile.

"I hope you all have a good day." Then he disappeared.

And as the two were left alone, they looked at each other and started laughing. They both laughed as if there was no tomorrow, and remained laughing for a minute straight.

But first, they used a special technique to block off the sounds going out of the room, just for themselves.

When they were done, their palms met as they gave each other a high five.

"That was an amazing play, Man Gao. They still believed that the two of us were fighting each other. I think, with this play, the emperor will be pleased with us as the cover we made was too hard to see through." Take Su said.

"Right! Hahaha! Then intentionally destroy the plan! It would be difficult for them to see through because they will believe that those were the result of our feud." Man Gao said.

"Right. But did you notice it? Yuna Xiao was acting strangely. She was talking too much, unlike the cold self she had in the past."

"Yes... I also noticed it, and it was even more surprising."

"Hah... Do you think she had seen through our cover? We were spies for the emperor..."

Man Gao only snickered at Take Su then said, "You do worry too much. Didn't you notice that she thinks highly of her people? Even with us fighting with each other, she didn't kill us! Because she knew, she needed us!"

Take Su nodded after those words. "You may be right, but it isn't bad to be careful, right?"

"Of course, let's continue observing them and gathering information that we need. She still hadn't opened to the circle about the exempted divine beast. That mysterious blood that we wanted might be hiding in the Sacred Land."

"But it could also be a diversion."