Chapter 346 - Homosexuality (1/2)
The envoys, custodians, and disciples moved aside to make way in an orderly fashion.
Qin Nan was startled after glancing at the incoming stranger. The young man had not reached his thirties yet, but his cultivation was now half-Martial Dominator Realm. Although he could not detect the rank of his Martial Spirit, judging from his strength alone, the rank would be at least eighth-grade Xuan ranked or even higher.
“Peak Leader, and the rest. Just like I said, I’ll be guiding Junior Brother Qin Nan. What do you guys think?”
The young man let out a soft laugh. His gentle voice was extremely soothing.
“That’s not a problem!”
“First Senior Brother, go for it!”
“Aha, since First Senior Brother is here, I’ll be leaving first!”
“……”
The previously tense atmosphere between the envoys and the custodians vanished as they shook their heads and gave up on the idea of contesting for the chance.
Peak Leader Duanmu raised his head slightly and spoke, “Zhao Fang, you will be in charge. Remember to tell them the stuff about the two Sacred Areas in detail.”
“Roger that!”
Zhao Fang nodded his head and smiled, before he made an inviting gesture to Qin Nan and his crew. After Qin Nan and the others acknowledged the gesture, they immediately followed Zhao Fang’s lead and left the place.
Meanwhile, the envoys and the custodians stared at Qin Nan and his crew as they walked away. Their eyes were filled with a troubled look.
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“The Qinglong Sacred Area, sixteen mountains; each mountain has their own strength. For example, Duanmu Peak mainly focuses on improving one’s state of mind. The Fabled Immortal Lotus Dojo and few other places are useful in improving your state of mind. Similarly, you will find various dojos, Martial Skill inheritances, Pill Alchemy, friendly duels, casinos, shops, etc. on other mountains—pretty much everything.
“Our Qinglong Sacred Area is different compared to the Feiyang Sacred Area; the Feiyang Sacred Area focuses on strength alone. The stronger ones will be respected while the weaklings will be treated like servants. Only the powerful geniuses are allowed to kill anyone ruthlessly. On the other hand, our Qinglong Sacred Area emphasizes on teaching everyone how to survive.”
Zhao Fang explained everything at a steady pace, allowing Qin Nan and his crew to learn more information regarding the two Sacred Areas.
“Survive?”
Qin Nan was confused when he heard the term.
It was his first time hearing a faction focusing on survival.
“Correct, surviving it is.” Zhao Fang wore a pure smile as he continued, “In the Qinglong Sacred Area, you have the chance to learn Pill Alchemy or Weapon Forging, etc. Why are these important? That’s because the previous Sacred Leaders of the Qinglong Sacred Area agreed that the path of a cultivator does not only include fights and blood, nor fame and reputation, but that it is more about surviving. In simpler words, if you are quite good at Pill Alchemy, even if your cultivation is relatively weak, you won’t find yourself struggling after heading to the upper district, since you will be able to make a living by making pills.”
Zhao Fang hesitated for a while before he continued, “Besides that, you are allowed to challenge anyone to a duel in the Qinglong Sacred Area, but you are not allowed to kill, or cripple one’s cultivation or body. Otherwise, it doesn’t matter who you are, you will be severely punished. That being said, scamming, cheating, and robbing are not breaking the rules here in the Qinglong Sacred Area!”
“What? Robbing, cheating, and scamming are not violating the rules?”
Sma Kong stared with his eyes open wide.
If that was the case, this Qinglong Sacred Area was like a paradise to him!
“Interesting! Interesting!”
A grin appeared on Princess Miao Miao’s face. Even the Longhu Ancestor Beast beside her chuckled as evil thoughts were formed in his mind.
“Yeah.” Zhao Fang’s expression remained the same as he said, “The sect wants the disciples to know how dangerous the Martial World can be. With just a careless mistake, even an expert would suffer losses.”
“I see…”
Qin Nan’s eyes flickered.
The focus of the sect was to allow the disciples to learn various skills and witness the cruelty of the world in order to improve their survival skills and alertness.
Although Qin Nan was thirsty for battles, it was his first time hearing such an extraordinary way of teaching in a sect, thus he was quite interested in having a go.
“Alright, here we are. Longhu Ancestor Beast, Princess Miao Miao, Pang Qiu, these will be your residences from today onward!”
Zhao Fang’s footsteps came to a stop.
They could only see three pitch-black caves halfway up the mountain. The entrance of the caves were surrounded by wild grass, with no sign of Qi around, as if the place was utterly filled with poverty.
“What?”
Princess Miao Miao and the others were stunned.
Are you seriously calling these caves residences?
It was nothing but a cave!
Was the Qinglong Sacred Area seriously forcing them to live in a place like this?