Chapter 46 One Option Remains

'Why so early,' she thought. But remembering what kind of character he had, she was sure that something extraordinary had happened in the first stage. As she took the jade stone in her hands, she heard the voice of the elder.

[Sect Master, thanks to your good timing, I have found some good seedlings that will be very useful to the sect. In the time that has been allotted to our sect I have met three young cultivators and all of them are already in the realm of Earthly Ascension(2)]

Sect selection took place in the main city of the Blue Wind Empire for many reasons, but the main one was to prevent quarrels between sects, so that no such thing would happen the emperor came up with a rule that pleased all the higher sects of the righteous and demonic way.

It was simple, each member of the sect, i.e. their elders, was allocated a certain amount of time during which they had to not only conduct the selection stage, but also to look for good seedlings for their respective sects.

It didn't matter what sect it was, demonic or righteous, to prevent battles and destruction, everyone was equal. Xue Yan knew this well, because she was one of the first to agree to this rule, even though she was a demonic sect master she did not want bloodshed, at least as long as her disciples were not touched.

[The first seedling was quite good, it was a young girl of nineteen and her cultivation base was in the initial stage of Earthly Ascension(2), she had not only a good talent for cultivation but also a beautiful appearance. I tried to attract her to our sect, but unfortunately she decided to join the Pleasure Sect]

"The path of a whore..." Xue Yan snorted contemptuously, thinking that the master of this sect would be very happy to fuck yet another new student. What she hated the most among the demonic way was the cultivators who became stronger not through meditation and fighting, but through sexual intercourse.

It was too depraved, because if it was a woman oftentimes she not only had weak fighting skills, but she had to constantly change partners in order to get stronger.

[After she stated her choice I decided not to probe any more to lure her into our sect, but I soon managed to find a much better one than this girl. A man and a woman in their twenties and they are both in the late stage of Earth Ascension(2)]

At Elder Wu's words, Xue Yan's eyes lit up slightly, it was a very good find.

"I hope he was able to get them," she thought.

[But there is a slight problem, the both of them are a couple, and in our sect such relationships are forbidden by rules.]

Crack!

The jade stone was instantly destroyed after these words and Xue Yan's figure disappeared.

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"I hope she agrees, otherwise..." Swaying back and forth nervously across the room, Elder Wu murmured.

After Victor said that he would not mind joining the Temple of the Dark Moon, the elder immediately left Tangxiang City and returned to the sect, handing the jade stone to one of his disciples.

Not only did he hastily interrupt the search for seedlings in the selection for the sake of attracting Victor and Mikena, but he did not dare to personally report the news to the sect master, for he knew her approximate reaction.

Xue Yan hated such relationships thinking that they could hinder improvement, maybe she was right as she was one of the strongest people in this world or maybe not, the elder didn't think much of it, all he wanted to do was to make them the sect disciples.

For some reason he had a good feeling about Victor, he thought that if he joined the sect, it would be the best decision of his life. So the elder first sent the jade stone to the sect master, awaiting for her response.

p Even though he knew what she was like, he still hoped it would be different this time; it would have been a foolish decision to refuse them just because Victor and Mikena were in love with each other.

"The sect master must be on her way to my abode by now." The elder sighed bitterly; he understood the master's behavior perfectly well, for he had been under her command for over a hundred years.

It would be a miracle if the sect master allowed such a relationship in the sect, but Elder Wu was not going to despair yet, he had a backup plan and with the sect master's understanding the chance of success was quite high.

Boom!

Suddenly a loud bang in his yard interrupted the elder's thoughts. When he opened the door, he swallowed hard as he saw the figure of the sect master before him.

"Sect Master!" - The elder bowed. She was the woman who not only made the Dark Moon Temple the strongest sect among the demonic sects through her own efforts, but who was also extremely protective of the sect's disciples.

For those reasons the elder had a deep respect for her.

"You did a good job!" - Said Xue Yan.

The elder relaxed a little, it was good that her first words were not scolding about his report.

"And yet, what kind of dumb students have you chosen?"

'I knew it…' sighed Elder Wu, accepting them into the sect would have been a foolish dream of his.

"Sect Master, don't you want to get them into our sect? They are not even thirty years old and they are already at the late stage of Earthly Ascension(2), even you were not as strong as them in your time." - Suddenly he stopped because he realized that he had said too much; comparing a sect master with a mere disciple was an insult.

"So what of it? Even if they were in the realm of the Heavenly Ascension(3), I still wouldn't accept them in the sect! Our main rule forbids relationships between a man and a woman, and that rule exists for everyone, no exceptions even for me!" - She completely ignored the Elder's previous words, considering it not an insult but a fact.

There were many people who used to be stronger than her, but in the end nowadays there are few, if any, rivals who could pose any threat to her.

'Then there's only one option left,' the elder sighed deeply, trying to find the most plausible words possible.

"Sect Master, I wouldn't have reported this to you if it had been this easy, but when I refused him referring to our rules, he said something that shocked me!"