74 Two Sects, Two Motives (1/2)

Red Bamboo Province at the same time was also embroiled in savage battles with the monster wave. Its population was larger but this also served to lure in much more vicious monsters that preyed on humans specifically. Blood sucking iron mosquitoes. Hill giants. Zombies and skeletons. Monsters of all shapes and sizes flooded into the province, causing mass panic.

Over the past month, Divine Blazing Mountain disciples had separated into smaller groups for maximum efficiency. There were too many missions and all grouping up was impossible if they wanted to get the most amount of points. The senior disciples and elders all wanted to get on top of the leaderboard. The only one that was slightly different was Fen Ziping.

Fen Ziping wasn't a slouch as he still made sure his elite group would get the best missions and they were very efficient as they burned through hordes of monsters, scoring up the most amount of points in the sect. However, his main focus lay in women. He didn't care about the dream cultivation array. He was clear about his immortal Dao which relied on one thing, women!

”Immortal Prince Fen! Immortal Prince Fen!”

The residents of a frontier town chanted as Fen Ziping stood before them in the town square. His team had just eradicated a demonized skeleton horde. Burnt bones were still scattered throughout the town which was almost completely devastated. The residents had lost everything and they would soon have to embark on an arduous journey back west. They showed their gratitude as they cheered.

Fen Ziping waved to the crowd but his mind was on other matters. He eyed the crowed carefully, looking for any woman that was pretty enough to peak his interest. Although this was a backwater town, out of a population of several thousand, there were bound to be a few nice women.

He used an invisible spiritual energy to mark the women he was interested in. Then, he gestured to his attendant, who was also a powerful 10th level Spirit Initiate cultivator.

”Fen Duwu, do you see the one's I marked?” Fen Ziping uttered under his breath.

Fen Duwu nodded, ”Sir, we will take care of it!”

The crowd dispersed afterwards and continued to clean up the town. They burned dead bodies, treated the wounded, and scrounged for anything left to eat and that they could use. The Divine Blazing Mountain disciples commandeered best undamaged house in town as their residence. The owner was going to migrate west and forced sell the house for a pittance.

As night fell, Fen Ziping's men came back to the house having accomplished their mission. Four men each led in four or five women for a total of eighteen women of all ages. They were all quite pretty, some more so than others. They stood around nervously in the living room in awkward silence.

Fen Ziping walked in front of them and spoke, ”My name is Fen Ziping, first disciple of the immortal Divine Blazing Mountain. You all understand why you're here?”

The women nodded.

”You've all received your payment?”

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The women all nodded once more. Some women were orphans after the battle, having lost their parents. Some were widows who lost their husbands. These were more desperate and accepted a little payment of gold. Other ones might not have lost any family but had lost everything else. They refused at first but were enticed by the additional reward of land deeds within the Divine Blazing Province. To Fen Ziping, land deeds were worth less than the gold. But to commoners that no longer had a home, it was a path of survival.

However, it would be disingenuous to claim that these women were here completely of their free will. As the 'wife bandit', Fen Ziping had many techniques and schemes. Taking advantage of the misery caused by disaster was one of the easiest ones. Power and authority combined with desperation made persuasion easy.

”Good,” Fen Ziping examined each women closely. His burning desire had slowly been building up and he wasn't going to hold back anymore. He picked out ten of the best women for himself. ”You all, follow me upstairs. The rest of you stay down here and serve my men well. The food and drink in this house, you all can take with you tomorrow morning.”