Sam arrived at the Inner region the next day morning.
They started scouting the places to hide and find a way to communicate with Watt.
After finding a secluded place, he took out a portable communication tower, which has enough range to cover the inner region and the core region.
Meanwhile.
Watt trained his ass off, for the past nine months, he beat the crap out of all the candidates who are within the grand realm in a one-on-one fight. The only person he wasn't able to beat is Sanjay.
Even though Watt reached level-7, he was still far away from Sanjay's level as that guy is at Peak stage. His progress is faster than Watt and even Sam.
He is not able to beat Sanjay when they are at the same level, there is no way for him to deal with him now.
Even though he is frustrated about this, he took it out all on the other candidates.
Right now, he is preparing for Sam to come here. He knew that he doesn't have the means to escape here, he would definitely need Sam's help and from what Sanjay said, Sam should be coming tomorrow and he has something to do with the family meeting that is happening the next day.
He has heard the rumors about how Sam is labeled as the traitor's son and being called as Bastard all over the sect, that is also one of the reasons for him to bash these guys.
He knew Sam's past and also knew the soul occupying the body of Sam doesn't belong to this world, but he still couldn't help but get angry.
For him Sam is an omnipotent person, he can do whatever he wants and achieve whatever he wished for. These people in the Beast faction, who are sheltered and groomed and with their egos which are inflated due to their position as a disciple or a member of major power are not even suitable to be Sam's servants, much less be his family members and even being called names by them.
Sam came to this position all by himself. He might have resources and all kinds of knowledge, but he is up against the world and the society, he was all alone and still climbed to where he is today, does these guys who are enjoying the power and influence built upon by their ancestors, does they have enough qualifications to criticize Sam?
Absolutely not. At least, that is Watt thinks.
So, he decided to crush the confidence of the members, because once he starts killing, he would die and if he dies here, Sam would go crazy and become irrational. That much he knew for sure.
As he is making preparations for tomorrow in case Sam arrives, Sanjay came in.
There is a possibility that Sam arrived in the Beast faction. We found a person tied up in the woods and left completely unconscious. When he woke up, he said that someone infiltrated and asked for the information on entry to the Inner region.
If Sam contacts you, tell him to just meet you. I know you cannot trust me, but I can assure you that both of you will stay safe, I have more authority than you think within the faction. Think it over."
Sanjay said these words and left without waiting for the answer.
After he left, Watt was a bit excited and expectant, he took out the communication token from his pocket. He didn't keep it in the spatial ring because it would lose the connection.
After waiting for an hour or so, the communication token suddenly lit up and Watt's lips curled into a smile.
. . .
The next day, the family meeting was about to begin in a few hours. The preparations are done and everyone is moving towards the special area which is specifically left for the family meeting only.
All the disciples who are selected to participate in the duels of the meeting are already in their specified locations and are waiting for their chance to show off, in front of the higher-ups.
Some of them are proudly standing in their spots to receive rewards for their merits.
Soon, the ceremony started.
The family meeting is basically divided into two parts.
The first one is the Inner Court and Outer court disciples' competitions, rankings, rewards, and merits. As for the second part. It is for the four families' competition.
The Core disciples who are promoted from the inner court would have to choose one of the four families to join.
So, in the second part, the Core disciples and the newly promoted elders who belong to the four families will compete to show their might and prove their worth to gain more resources in certain areas.
This also includes, the fight to be the future heir.
Generally, the leader of the six major powers wouldn't be changed for many decades and sometimes, even centuries.
So, the future heir will not be selected for every generation. But they will select an outstanding genius in a certain generation who has prospects to be a future heir and once that candidate appears, anyone who is in the same generation can compete for the title.
Once the holder of the title becomes strong enough to defeat the current head easily, then he can take over the position.
So, every family meeting will be a competition for the future heir position if there is a future heir in the place.
Sanjay sat in his position and Watt has a seat arranged right next to him. He didn't let Watt stay in the room and he doesn't want to leave Sam an opportunity to sneak Watt out of this place.
Today, he is determined to know what happened twenty years ago. He has to know if what he accidentally read is right or wrong.
He has to know what happened to the uncle and why has he been staying in the bas.e.m.e.nt for the past twenty years without even thinking of coming out.
What does he always have a certain tinge of resentment when it came to faction matters and the Faction-head.
Who is this person who was labeled as a traitor?
Today, he wants to get an answer to all of those questions.
Right now, Sam is sitting in the last row at the back of the crowd as he watched the whole ceremony.
There are more than a thousand members in the venue. And he could still find Watt who sat along with the core disciples on the front row seats.
The Faction-head stood up as he spoke in an amplified voice.
"Today is the auspicious day our Beast faction. The Family Meeting is not just a competition to show our might or a venue of competition. It is a celebration of our glory and the achievements we have obtained…"
The Faction-head spewed all kinds of powerful words that would rile up the audience with a straight face.
He made it sound like being a member of the beast faction is the most valuable thing in the whole world.
Sam listened to this as he patiently observed every detail he can see and tried to play various scenarios in which he can use the surroundings to his advantage.
As for Philip and Jack, they are nowhere to be seen.
The meeting went on and the battles started.
There are some mini-tournaments between the top rankers of all categories within the outer disciples and the inner disciples.
Many competitions are held simultaneously. Sam didn't care as he observed the whole venue silently.
It is like a Colosseum. The Outer disciples and the inner disciples all took the seats as the audience except the participants took the front row seats.
The Higher-ups like the faction head, the heads of individual families, Grand elders all of them sat in a VIP Booth from where they could see all the venue.
As for the core disciples, they have their seating positions in another booth, which was placed directly under the main booth of the Faction head and the rest.
These booths are open and are similar to the seating positions of the royal families and the important guests of the Colosseum.
If chaos occurred, there is no way for all the disciples to move instantly and many lives would be lost.
Sam's heart was beating fast as he trembled in excitement. He is weirdly excited by the fact that he would be taking on the whole beast faction now and taking away his friend right under their nose when they are all watching and all the power of the beast faction is gathered in one place.
As time passed, the first part of the meeting was over. Now it is time for the four family battles.
The battles would be team battles and will be the deciding factors of the resource distribution until the next family meeting.
The four teams got ready to perform their best as the core disciples and the elders stood up. Sanjay didn't go as he is the holder of the future heir position.
The current head and the holder of the future heir position will be part of their family but they are banned to interfere in the resource allocation and all other stuff which has to be distributed among the four families.
By the time they held their positions, they have to be impartial towards all four families, so they are directly banned from participating.
And the second part of the family meeting thus began.
