Chapter 699 - 643: A Week In Hell (1) (1/2)
”Shu Ru? Why is she applying to join our sect? I thought she's the top disciple of the Mirage Era Hall.”
Arthur appeared genuinely confused as the description about her before tilting his head.
”I should be asking that. Hmpf! Didn't you spend quite a bit of time with her?”
”Sure but we are not particularly close.”
Lucy deeply stared at him before turning her head back to the list and muttering.
”I'll have to 'personally' ask her.”
”Hm? Did you say something?”
Lucy sweetly smiled, shook her head and went back to her seat.
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Currently, the MoonStar sect has a bit more than 15,000 disciples with 10% of them being inner disciples, who are more privileged than the outer disciples. To become an inner disciple, two factors are needed; one, you have to be at least at the Immortal Realm or higher, and second, you have to swear your loyalty to the MoonStar and sign and exclusive contract, which is quite restrictive of your freedom but it grants you countless benefits, such as the myriad of techniques present at the sect's library.
One week before the tournament, the city welcomed a staggering amount of cultivators, both famous and powerful ones.
As the tournament was going to happen in a newly-built area right beside the city, even the king of Green-leaf personally came.
Kang Amidel and his two children also arrived, but they were accompanied by an esteemed elder of the main branch of the Kang Family. Due to being extremely busy with the preparation of the tournament grounds, Arthur couldn't meet the elder, however, Lucy did but she didn't show the needed respect.
Nonetheless, the elder, who looked very old and coughed once every three seconds, was always smiling and treated the White Specter with politeness. He even brought a couple of priceless treasures, meant to be offered to the winners of the tournament, to which Lucy nonchalantly accepted.
It was also today that those who applied to join the sect will get their results. Out of the 20,000, only 200 were approved. Those youngsters hailing from rich families or powerful clans weren't pleased but one look at the parasite, whose aura alone gave them the shivers, made them shrink back and swallow their frustration.
As he faced the two hundred new disciples, Arthur, who wore a simple green t-shirt and black pants, appraised every single one of them before nodding his head and saying,
”Welcome to the MoonStar sect. I'm sure you've been warned but I'll say it again, once you join, you cannot just leave the sect whenever you want, especially you guys and girls.”
The youngsters remained calm and quiet as they stared at the parasite, who was so infamous that almost all the sects in Cloud Sea heard of him. His attack against the White Specter Clan or his battle in the Red Tower, all of it was spread far and wide.
Although he wields a dangerous power called Dark Magic, many people admired him and wanted to follow in his footsteps, just like Zodiak in the past.
”The information you wrote was all basic and does not determine your real prowess. I came here solely to see what you're capable of and if I'm disappointed, you won't become an Inner disciple.”
Arthur clapped his hands, suddenly causing the space to shake and before they could react, the new disciples found themselves standing in a wide green plane. The plane stretched as far as the eye could see and, apart from one lonesome silhouette standing a couple of hundred meters away from them, there was nothing else.
This place was actually an illusion created by Arthur. It isn't unbreakable but Arthur was able to strengthen it using his eyes and a couple of formations. Since he had a bit of time today and the tournament grounds were completed, at last, he wanted to test those newcomers and determine who's qualified.
He took his duties as the co-sect master very seriously and truly wanted to nurture strong people so they could help him in the future. Even if he's not here and a disaster befalls the sect, he won't be worried.