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"Before I declare my choice, Can I ask this elder something?" Jessie said while pointing her finger at Rudra.

"Ask away little girl!" Rudra laughed allowing her to ask him a question.

"How did you know I was going to win, elder?" Jessie asked seriously, hoping to get an explanation out from him, as far as she was concerned no one knew of her hidden preparations.

"Of course, I know how you were going to win, who in this city doesn't know that the boy competitor had hots for you."

"What are you saying elder, are you implying that I only won because Chen liked me, so he let me win."

Chen who had just recovered his head after the brutal beatdown was stunned into silence, of course, he thought that the princess was pretty but he wasn't going to risk his whole future for something childish as love.

Rudra shrugged causing Jessie to grumble in anger she stared daggers at him.

"You must be mistaken I beat Chen fairly."

"Oh! then how about you try to beat him again." Rudra said while laughing in his head praising himself for the ploys he came up with.

"I have already beaten him once and I don't need to again!" Jessie scoffed, as she turned to look at the grey-robed elder,

"Elder, can I join any sect that I like?" Jessie inquired.

"Yes, as the winners of the event you are privileged to join any sect of your liking but be sure to choose a sect that matches your affinity." The elder from the Valley of swords reminded her kindly.

"Then I wish to join the Poison Valley." Jessie's word caused every elder to look at the direction of a veiled woman who was in dark green attire.

"Are you sure, after all, you have no affinity to poison!" a feminine voice sounded from behind the veil, causing all elders to agree as they started asking the winner Jessie to rethink her decision.

"No, I am determined to enter the Poison Valley!" Jessie declared shutting everyone up.

While Rudra lamented in his heart for his ploy was failed as the fish did not bite the bait and moved on to select her sect.

Rudra turned to look at his 'nephew' Shin, "What is up with this Poison Valley?"

"Uncle, the poison valley is a very reserved sect, they have almost no contact with the outside world, they are believed to cultivate poison, an unorthodox type of cultivation and due to their fierce nature no sect wants to make them an enemy."

"OH!" Rudra said looking at Jessie who made her way towards the elder from the Poison Valley the veiled woman.

"Uncle, her excellency is the fiance of the current sect head of the Poison Valley."

"Hmmm," Rudra was surprised as he was using the Omniscient Eye to peer at the woman in the veil but all he could see was a black gas surrounding around her restricting his mental vision.

"Interesting" Rudra muttered as it was the first time for him that Omniscient Eye had failed.

As Rudra was busy pondering, prince Antonio the organizer of the event, and the ruler of this territory moved on the stage greeting each elder and soon he was before Rudra who was busy pondering over stuff.

Cough!

The steward beside Antonio coughed causing Rudra to leave his stupor,

"It is a pleasure to meet such an accomplished young man like you Elder." prince Antonio opened his mouth to spew pleasantries.

"Ah, the pleasures all mine buddy!" Rudra said as he grabbed the hand of Antonio and started shaking it causing everyone looking at the scene to be stunned.

"I must say Elder you have done a great deed for my people accepting such a large amount of disciples from my dominion." Antonio continued to speak not minding his hand being grasped by Rudra.

"NA Na, don't mention the fact, after all, I am just doing what I must," Rudra said with a cheeky smile still grasping onto the hand of Antonio.

All the onlookers were stunned at the shamelessness of Rudra, cursing inside their hearts, who are you trying to fool clearly you are in desperate need of disciples selecting even the lamest in the bunch.

Antonio moved on walking towards the next elder completely skipping the part where he was supposed to ask Rudra to leave the family members and only take the disciples but after his stunning interaction, he was forced to shut his mouth and overlook the fact that he was going to lose a considerable population from his town.

The same night despite some formal requests from the Prince for the elders to stay the night and the elders politely declining the requests after making excuses, many flying ships started to fly in the air, the most of all them empty.

While two ships were jam-packed with people, it was the ships of the Valley of Sword and the black flying ship of Rudra.

"Fuck how am I going to get all the people from the events back to the sect." Rudra scratched his head as the question haunted him throughout the way.