74 Two Sects, Two Motives (2/2)
”Thank you, Immortal Prince Fen!” The women all bowed.
Fen Ziping led the ten women upstairs into a bedroom with a huge bed. He closed the door and looked at their nervous faces, each having her own unique charming features.
”Relax, its going to be a long night. Now, lets see... you first!”
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The Glacier Sect were also in the Red Bamboo Province but thousands of miles away in another region. They faced the exact same situation. There were too many missions to complete. Battles everywhere resulted in mass casualties and huge waves of refugees flowing westward. The teams of Glacier Sect disciples also competed hard for high rankings, as evident by their overall sect point total being the third highest in the year long competition.
On this particular day, three Glacier Sect teams led by Long Yifei converged on a city that was being overrun by a family ice giants. All species of giants love to eat humans and they couldn't resist a large city of over twenty thousand. They besieged it from all sides, preventing escape. The ice giants were over six or seven meters tall and they used their ice hammers and ice axes to smash apart the city walls with ease.
Long Yifei arrived in time to save the city but not before a large number of commoners died. There were many other similar missions but she chose this because the ice giants' core was very beneficial to improving their Eternal Winter Sutra. It was a difficult battle but the Glacier Sect disciples were able to overwhelm the ice giants one by one due to their superior ice arts.
After the battle, the Glacier Sect disciples gathered for a quick meeting.
”2nd Elder, lead your team towards the west gate. 4th Elder, lead your team towards the north gate. I will handle the rest. You all know the plan.” Long Yifei gave out her orders.
”Understood!”
While the elders were older than her, as the first disciple of the sect master her authority was absolute. They separated and headed out into the half destroyed city, aiming for the areas that were less devastated. Along the way, they helped dig through debris with their power and locate survivors with their spiritual energy. Long Yifei led the way, bathing the commoner's in her ethereal presence. The people soon knew of her name and they all thanked her with all their hearts.
With their strength, surveying the city only took a little time and they soon returned to their meeting spot.
”Reporting, the west side has over a hundred.”
”Reporting, the north side has over a hundred as well.”
Long Yifei looked satisfied, ”Good, adding that to the center which has slightly less than two hundred, we'll have about four hundred. Well within our expectations.”
Her aim, and the aim of the other core Glacier Sect elders and seniors, was to scout for new disciples for their sect. The sect only took in virgin women who wanted to dedicate their entire lives to it. This was difficult under normal conditions but with this monster disaster, there were many orphaned girls with no other option or broken families who could no longer raise girls. The sad fact was that it was much better for the poor families to sell their daughters to an immortal sect than to human traffickers.
This was also a critical time for the sect to increase their number and thus their future strength. Long Yifei wouldn't waste it. ”Very good. Time is short, lets begin!”
”Yes Madam!”