Chapter 792 Meeting with the network (1)

Chapter 792 Meeting with the network (1)

Yang Qing unaware of the commotion he had left behind from his interaction with the lilies, was already outside the Scorpion lotus sect. His eyes shone with a runic light as the protective ward that hid the sect from the outside world came into view. It was in the shape of a scorpion and was a blend of attack and defense, with its attacking aspect being the most potent of the two.

From its strength, Yang Qing had no doubt it could kill a peak-stage core formation expert. It could be considered to be at the very top amongst orange-grade arrays.

Though it was lethal against those in the core formation realm, to him it was as fragile as a spider's web. A wave of his hand and it would shatter. The illusory effect was useless against him also as he could see every single thing that was happening in the sect.

The disciples were hard at work in their duties. The youngest of the disciples whom Yang Qing assumed to be outer sect disciples because of where their abodes were, their cultivation bases, the color of their robes, and their demeanor, those disciples were busy rushing all over the place, some were headed to the lecture hall for their classes, others to what looked like a library, others to the alchemy halls, others to the gardens, with others passionately showing off to their fellow disciples on a cultivation art they learned.

The more senior disciples, whom Yang Qing assumed to be the inner disciples, were more reserved and contained, unlike the younger disciples. Some were meditating, others were practicing their cultivation arts, pausing every now and then to evaluate their performance, and others were having discussions with the elders of their sect.

As for the elders, some were guiding disciples, while others were in deep seclusion. Yang Qing managed to spot his target, the sect master of the sect. It was a mature-looking woman who looked to be in her forties, with a slender face, fair skin, black flowing hair, and an air of wisdom and stability around her. She was also the person with the highest cultivation base, with her being at the ninth stage of the core formation realm, and based on the fluctuations Yang Qing sensed from her, it wouldn't be long now before reaching the tenth stage.

Yu Mei was a descendant of that founder. The Order appraised her of her ancestry when she tried to join. Her talents were not sufficient to join but because of her background, which she had no idea of, she was given an alternative way of joining, and that was becoming a source, and in exchange, the Order would secretly support her and the sect by association.

The Scorpion Lotus Sect still existed by the time she was told of her relation with it, but it had been falling on hard times and wasn't what it was today. It only had a single core formation expert holding things together, unlike now when they had about thirty of them.

The flesh of the lotus scorpion was great for refining a cultivator's soul and in terms of purging toxins from one's body, it worked just as well as their refined venom, even better, because its flesh didn't require the hands of a skilled alchemist to transform it a usable form. One could eat it as is.

Because of its value, the Scorpion Lotus Sect which had a herd of them, was constantly targetted, falling on hard times. The reason they held on so long was because of support from one of the noble clans of the Sunbirch Kingdom.

After Yu Mei accepted her role as an informant, she was trained in everything about nurturing lotus scorpions, the knowledge even exceeding what the Scorpion Lotus Sect had accumulated since it was founded, and using the Green Jade Pavilion, the Order funneled resources into the sect, helping it develop into what it was today.

Because of her ancestry, and the struggles the sect had, her integration into the sect had been somewhat easy, which was further helped by her sincere efforts to protect her ancestor's legacy. She had grown up alone, unaware of her background. When she joined the Order, she had been an orphan who had been working at an inn. She fled the inn when the owner made inappropriate advances prompting her to slap him. Fearing for her safety and no one to turn to, she made her way to the Order in the hopes that she would be accepted and find shelter under its wings.

For someone who felt like nothing, had nothing, and believed she would live a nothing life, finding out about her ancestor, his story, and the legacy he left behind, she finally had something, something worth living for. She was not nothing.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m