105 Waiting Game (1/2)
Two months passed since the start of the monster invasion as well as the monster fighting competition. The Immortal Association had their face slapped for suffering a monster invasion during their sect competition. They weren't about to take it without a proper reply and the counterattack of human cultivators was fierce and coordinated.
Sects, mercenaries, loose cultivators, they all saw the dangers as an opportunity. While it wasn't a huge draw for immortals, it captured the attention of the mortal population in the Eastern Sanmu Subcontinent. It was also an opportunity for a certain brand new immortal sect to slowly increase its fame.
This particular sect was also the target of jealousy and consternation among the other immortal sects in the area, particularly the Beast God Sanctum...
A heavy first struck a dining table, sending glasses tumbling and making plates clatter. The turbulent spiritual aura threatened to extinguish the light from the lamps around the room.
He Xinghan was in one of his foul moods. The servants standing around the room shivered and kept their eyes down. Yuwen Bing and Yuwen Tian who were accompanying him looked at each other nervously.
\”Ten Thousand Flower Valley... Chen Wentian...\” He Xinghan muttered to himself.
He Xuange sat opposite his father and was obliviously wolfing down a large roast of beast meat.
Bam! He Xinghan slapped the table again, \”He Xuange! Stop eating like a god damn pig! The task I gave you, did you finish it?\”
He Xuange choked on his food from shock and coughed and spluttered before finding his voice, \”F...father! Yes!\”
\”Wu Qianyu... she is the third disciple that Chen Wentian recently accepted. Her background prior is that of an ordinary cultivator within a insignificant Green Leaf Sect. Her sect was destroyed due to a devil beast infestation and she was sole survivor. There's no other information on her.\”
He Xinghan glared at him, \”Nothing else? Useless!\”
All the top sects and their top contenders were trying their best every day but this Wu Qianyu seemed to take days and weeks off and it was like she wasn't even trying. She had once again taken back the first place spot today after dropping down outside of the top fifty a couple weeks ago. It didn't matter though as she would quickly climb back to first place before disappearing again. All the cultivators were being driven mad by her seesaw rankings. It was like she was mocking all of them.
\”You're telling me a random woman he took off the streets is dominating our best disciples? And his other disciples?\”
There was nothing new to report on Lin Qingcheng and Zhou Ziyun but He Xuange reported the info he found on Li Yuechan and her four sisters. He explained that they used to be Glacier Sect disciples that met an unfortunate accident and were cast out of the sect before being picked up by Chen Wentian. They had been mere afterthoughts in the competition but within the last two weeks, they had made steady movements up the rankings until they had broke into the top five hundred.
It could be said that general rankings were pretty much decided within the first month and a half. If a cultivator was strong, they would stay strong. The weak would stay weak unless they obtained a breakthrough. The way Chen Wentian's five new disciples continuously improved and increased their rankings was a huge consternation for the other sects.
He Xuange finished his report looked on helplessly. His father had a sore spot for anything related to Chen Wentian and it was driving him insane.
\”Father, please excuse my impertinence... but shouldn't we be focusing more on the Eagle faction? They are getting rowdier and less reasonable every day.\” He Xuange tried to change the subject.
\”Yeah, master!\” Yuwen Bing chimed in as well, \”Sis and I, we got harassed today by some Eagle faction bastards today on the streets. In broad daylight even.\”