Chapter 39: Princesss Arrival (1) (2/2)

“I’m afraid only the Princess and the Demon King would clearly know the answer.” In the end, this was the only thing Protector Mo could say. Some things, he couldn’t reveal too much about.

The First Elder took a deep breath of relief and said: “Relay my order to Li Qiye; tell him to take good care of Princess Li during her stay here. We absolutely cannot let her have a hint of displeasure; try to win the Princess’s favor. When the time is ripe, tell him to propose to her. If he could marry the princess, then the sect will heavily reward him!”

The First Elder made so many commands that Protector Mo was frozen without words. In fact, Li Qiye didn’t even want to marry the Princess; even if Princess Li was willing to follow him, the best she could do was being a sword maid. Of course, Protector Mo couldn’t tell the First Elder that, because he would certainly become crazy.

“Yes!” Protector Mo quickly affirmed. He would definitely relay the order to Li Qiye, but he also knew that Li Qiye would definitely just laugh it off.

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Overnight, the news regarding Li Shuangyan’s visit to the sect spread throughout the entire faction; everyone was ecstatic.

Especially the young male disciples, they were more excited than anyone else. Although they haven’t seen her figures, they had heard about her reputation; Princess Li of the Old Ox country, the descendant of the Nine Saint Demon Gate, a beautiful and peerless talented woman.

She was the G.o.ddess in everyone’s dream, the object of affection for many of the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect’s male students.

A senior brother couldn’t help but exclaim: “G.o.ddess Li, you can say that she is the real beauty of our Grand Middle Territory. Five years ago, I was on a mission to the Old Ox country, I only caught a glance but I guarantee that she is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.”

“Princess Li’s visit! Maybe there is a chance to get her favor!” Another younger brother started daydreaming and said: “With regard to looks and talents, I am also famous in the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect. If I could get her attention, then I could soar up into the sky. In the future, I will be the Sect Master of the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect, it is no problem!”

All of a sudden, the male disciples became more active; some started to dress up meticulously. Especially the disciples who were considered to be talented in the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect; they put on their True Armors and True Treasures in visible sight so that Princess Li would take a second glance at them.

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The next day, all of the disciples in the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect gathered outside the Dao gateway, the Six Elders were present as well, along with the Protectors and sectional leaders; as long as they were still present in the sect, they had to partic.i.p.ate in this feast today.

All of the disciples were wearing their most extravagant clothing, even the female disciples were dressed up.

Normally, only the upper echelons were allowed to stand on top of the Dao gateway, but there was an exception today. There were two other people qualified to stand here to greet Li Shuangyan.

One of the two was today’s hero, Li Qiye, and the second was Leng s.h.i.+zhi, who was known as the genius of the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect.

Leng s.h.i.+zhi was only twenty years old with a handsome face, a fit and muscular body, and his confident smile which always gave him the aura of a genius.

Leng s.h.i.+zhi was a disciple of the second elder, Cao Xiong. This Leng was the most talented disciple, he was considered the top genius of all of the third generation disciples.

Leng s.h.i.+zhi had been in Elder Cao Xiong’s ranks for almost twenty years; today, he is at the Warrior Canopy ranking. At such a young age with such a strong cultivation in a declining sect like the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect, he was not just a genius in name.

Back then, when Second Elder Cao Xiong had an aspiration of ambition to become the Sect Master, Su Yonghuang appeared out of nowhere and he lost the chance to become the head of the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect. This event had always haunted him.

Today, Su Yonghuang didn’t have a successor; Cao Xiong used all of his resources to groom Leng s.h.i.+zhi so that this disciple could easily win the seat. He had wanted for Leng s.h.i.+zhi to become the Prime Disciple, but Su Yonghuang had refused, and the First Elder didn’t support him. This was the second hatred in his heart.

Even though Li Qiye was now the Prime Disciple, Cao Xiong did not put Li Qiye – this waste of life – in his eyes. With Li Qiye’s disposition, he was not qualified to fight with his disciple, Leng s.h.i.+zhi, for the seat of the Sect Master.

So, for this visit of Princess Li to the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect, Cao Xiong had especially commanded his disciple, Leng s.h.i.+zhi, to seize this golden opportunity; if he could get Li Shuangyan’s favor, then becoming the Sect Master, it would no longer be up for question. No one in the sect, then, whether they be the Elders or Su Yonghuang, wouldn’t be able to stop his steps at becoming the Sect Master.

So today, Leng s.h.i.+zhi was particularly well dressed, wearing treasure clothing with radiating lights, with a pair of boots accompanied by white clouds, and on his waist was an Eight Treasures Jade Jewel with a faint sound of the Grand Dao; his whole body, with the treasures, exerted a formidable pressure.