Chapter 106: I Am Not the Person That You Think I Am (2/2)
The Sect Leader’s heart was moved. On the surface, he maintained his composure while secretly activating his magical tool defense. His usual weapon, the Seven Stars Atlas, was also in his hand, which could be launched at any time.
“Well, actually, you don’t need to be this tense because this is just my pa.s.sing voice technique. I myself is far from this place, so it’s normal if you can’t find me, but it would be insane instead if it’s otherwise.”
The Sect Leader suddenly felt as if he had just eaten a rotten apple. d.a.m.n! After considering everything, he had actually neglected this most basic possibility; he really lost his face this time.
“What do you want?”
“I’ll go straight to the point; I want to invite you to join the Wisdom Sect.”
“...” The Sect Leader froze for a moment and then laughed. “You’re asking me to join the Wisdom Sect? This joke of yours is so funny.”
“My feeling is definitely real, and my sincerity is as bright as the sun and the moon.”
“Then I will clearly say... in your dreams.”
“Now, now, no need to refuse this fast. Even if according to the rejecting-someone-after-being-deeply-touched routine, you need to show a bit of hesitation first, no? My Wisdom Sect is a rapidly expanding sect with promising future. If you join our sect now, you can still become one of the original founders. If in the future you decide to join, then you won’t be offered this cheap deal anymore.”
The Sect Leader was calm and collected as he refuted, “If I want to enter another sect, base on my cultivation level, except for the top sects in the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals, which sect I can’t enter to? I won’t even accept being an Elder in the sect like Ten Thousand Flowers House, and for many decades, I have received countless similar offers, so your little Wisdom Sect should get in line first.”
w.a.n.g Lu was still trying to elaborate the difference between his Wisdom Sect and the other traditional sect. However, the Sect Leader hurriedly interrupted him, “I know your background is extraordinary. Before I came here, I look up some of your Wisdom Sect’s information. In just a few months in the Great Ming Country, your sect has developed to such a scale, so I dare not believe that you’re just a loose cultivator without a backing. But if you think you can rely on the big sect that back you up to do whatever you please, then you are gravely mistaken. In fact, I very much would like to know if the sect behind you knows that you have developed a sect in the Great Ming Country, whether they would really support you?”
Dozens of miles away, upon hearing this remark, w.a.n.g Lu was very much amazed; he sighed. “Old man, your IQ must be ten percent higher than what I originally expect.”
From when he started to develop the Wisdom Sect in the w.a.n.g Family Village three months ago till now, he had many contacts with loose cultivators and sects. Although w.a.n.g Lu’s ident.i.ty has been kept strictly confidential, most people could see that his background was deep. And realizing this, people only thought that this was an unbeatable advantage, yet only a few people could think that, if w.a.n.g Lu indeed came from a top sect within the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals, would his sect look favorably on him operating an evil cult in the mortal world?
There was nothing strange with this. In the eyes of today’s world of loose cultivators, it was hard for them to understand the way of thinking of the top sects in the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals. For those top sects, the value in exploiting the world of mortals was next to nothing. When the Seven Stars Sect occupied a prefectural capital, they ama.s.sed hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, enough to make these motley band of loose cultivators crazy. However, for a top rank sect, just the sect’s public expenditure alone would reach at least tens of millions of spirit stones per annum. If it were Shengjing Sect, then it would be even more astronomical… hundreds of thousands of spirit stones were not enough to fill the gap between the teeth.
Therefore, it was hard for them to understand that those top rank sects simply didn’t care about the wealth of the world of mortals. Tens of millions of spirit stones were far less important than the sect’s face.
“Regardless of how you want to develop your Wisdom Sect, our Seven Stars Sect doesn’t intend to interfere with it. Some people from my sect couldn’t resist the temptation and switched over to your sect… I can also let that bygones be bygones. In the future, well water will not interfere with the river water, and no one will provoke anyone.”
With that, the Sect Leader intended to leave right away, but how could w.a.n.g Lu let him go that easily.
“What a joke. Now you may say these nice words, but when you go back, I’m afraid you’d give me trouble. Not directly, of course, but you could probably spread around report letters that say a certain disciple from a top rank sect have been developing an evil cult so the relevant department in the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals should investigate it… So I say, it’s better for you to stay here.”
The Sect Leader laughed loudly. “After all of that, in the end, you still want to fight?” As soon as he finished, he turned to look at Xie Chi, whose face showed a helpless look and had retreated several steps back, indicating that this matter was beyond his control and he didn’t want to help both sides.
The Sect Leader was slightly gratified; he nodded his head. “Very well, then let me experience the method of a prestigious sect’s disciple!”
As soon as his voice fell, seven-colored rays of lights flickered out from the palm of his hand and together with the Seven Stars Atlas, shrouded the area within several hundreds of meters. More than ten figures that lurk in the shadows were forced to reveal themselves, which was followed by a burst of cries.
“It really is an ambush,” the Sect Leader inwardly cried, but he was not surprised in the least bit. When he reached an agreement to meet with Xie Chi near the Dog Ear Mountain, he didn’t naively think that the opposite party would come alone; even if Xie Chi was true to his words, would the Wisdom Sect’s Sect Leader?
If there were no ambush, that would’ve been really strange!
But even so, he still came, because this kind of situation was not the first time for the Seven Stars Sect. In the past, when the Seven Stars Sect occupied a prefectural capital, they forcefully took it after trampling the White Horse Camp’s Skeleton of the Dead that was stationed there. Afterward, they had a turf fight with the Jade River Sect, that was when he went to the opponent’s place alone and was surrounded by more than ten cultivators...
That b.l.o.o.d.y battle lasted for three days, and in the end, Jade River Sect was removed from the Immortal Cultivation World, even if that sect originally didn’t even exist in the prestigious sects’ record. Though the Sect Leader was severely wounded, because of that fight, his Seven Stars Atlas was refined into magical treasure, and its power was doubled.
This fact, besides to the two most trusted Elders in the Seven Stars Sect, wasn’t disclosed to anyone by him. That included Xie Chi who only knew that the Seven Stars Atlas was just a top rank magical tool. Thus, when the Sect Leader suddenly launched his weapon, it really took the opposite party by surprise.
And then… the Sect Leader’s mouth slightly arched up, but before he could rotate the array in the atlas, a voice that let his Primordial Spirit tremble came through the back of his head, causing his Jade Mansion shook.
“Ugh, I’m bored to death, you guys are so slow.”