266 Love at First Sigh (2/2)
Judging by how Luo Qinghan was trailing behind the Jihan Sect all by herself, it was not difficult to infer that she was the weakest in the group of early Dharma disciples from the sect.
There was no way her abilities would be this weak if she had switched to training with the Technique of Everlasting Youth.
”She's as stubborn as ever,” Zhou Donghuang said with a quiet sigh.
”Sect Leader Meng, the disciples from your Jihan Sect are always the center of attention no matter where they go.”
As the group of people from the Jihan Sect moved closer, Tiansong Sect Leader Huang Chunqiu greeted the beautiful lady who was leading the group with a smile. ”If I hadn't already known that you're here to take part in the Alliance Hunt, I'd really have thought that you assembled the prettiest disciples from your sect to gather here.”
”Sect Leader Huang, you're good with your words, as always.”
The beautiful lady was the leader of the Jihan Sect, Meng Yuping. She shook her head with a smile when she heard Huang Chunqiu's words. The woman was already pretty to start with but when she smiled, it was like flowers were blooming in that instant.
Meng Yuping and Huang Chunqiu were, obviously, old friends, and it was clear that the pair had a pretty good relationship with each other.
Meng Yuping led the group of people from the Jihan Sect, moving to stand between the people from the Lightning Sword Sect and those from the Tiansong Sect.
Just then, someone from the group of Dharma disciples from the Tiansong Sect—a young man decked in grayish brown robes—moved out from the crowd to stand beside another young man who had been standing all the way at the front of the group.
This young man was dressed in sky-blue garb, and there was a trace of something wicked in his handsome face. This was the very man who was the focus point of the few female disciples of the Tiansong Sect who were present.
He was the number one of the Tiansong Sect's younger generation, Mo Yitian.
”Senior Brother Mo,” the young man, the one who had walked out from the last row of the
Tiansong Sect disciples, greeted Mo Yitian respectfully.
”Yuan Zheng?”
Mo Yitian looked over at the young man mildly. ”What are you doing here all of a sudden?”
”Senior Brother Mo, do you remember the Luo Qinghan I mentioned to you before? She's the one dressed in green, standing all the way at the back of the Jihan Sect people,” Yuan Zheng said to Mo Yitian as he looked at the woman who was standing at the end of the Jihan Sect.
There was a glint of resistance in Yuan Zheng's eyes as he looked at Luo Qinghan, but it was soon gone.
That year, when he was on the Tianxuan planet in the Luohe galaxy, he had coveted her.
To that end, he had even gone as far as to rope in her closest friends to drug her, only for her to escape. He never got his way.
After that, Luo Qinghan's level of training increased exponentially, and she was then more or less on par with him.
Sometime after that, both of them were brought to the Hengliu galaxy by the people of the alliance of sects in the Hengliu galaxy. Luo Qinghan had been accepted into the Jihan Sect, and he into the Tiansong Sect.
”That's Luo Qinghan?”
The lady dressed in green, who was standing at the back of the Jihan Sect, had become the center of attention for the entire place when she made her entrance.
Even Mo Yitian had noticed her, and he felt himself stir with want.
A fair lady was a gentleman's good mate, after all.
Mo Yitian had never known a shortage of female company, but this was the first he had seen such an extraordinary woman.
This woman made him want to take her as a concubine.
To this day, he had been celibate with no wives or concubines to speak of.
However, if he were to marry, he would have to marry someone who would be a good match for him. If the woman in front of him came from a profound background, he would be glad to marry her… For the time being, however, she was only good enough to be his concubine.
”Senior Brother Mo, you have to hold on to her if you've got your sights set on her… There aren't many men in that sect, but there's still quite a number of them. Don't let them snatch her from you,” Yuan Zheng said.
Actually, Yuan Zheng's martial ability was no match for the current Luo Qinghan.
The only reason he was able to be here on this day was because he had ceaselessly and diligently been licking boots since the day he entered the sect, which eventually landed him the spot of an inner sect elder like his master.
There was also the fact that he had connections everywhere within the sect. Because of all the ties he had, he had stood to gain quite a fair bit.
After he heard that Mo Yitian had taken a liking to the woman, he switched tactics. He intentionally approached the latter and mentioned Luo Qinghan, the young lady of the Luo family from his hometown, the Tianxuan planet in the Hengliu galaxy. He took it a step further and aggressively praised Luo Qinghan in front of Mo Yitian and made her out to be a rare beauty in this world.
”You've got good taste, Yuan Zheng.”
Mo Yitian looked firmly at Yuan Zheng. ”I'd initially thought that you were just running your mouth to get close to me… Now that I'm seeing it with my own eyes, it seems you were telling the truth.
”Luo Qinghan, she's truly top-tier.”
As he spoke, Mo Yitian's gaze that was fixed on Luo Qinghan seemed to burn more fervently.
”You're funny, Senior Brother Mo. There's no way I'd dare cheat you,” Yuan Zheng said with a laugh.
Mo Yitian's eyes gleamed, and then he ignored Yuan Zheng. He took to the skies directly, looming over the higher-ups of the Tiansong Sect. He then made his way over to stand beside Huang Chunqiu, who had been in a conversation with the Jihan Sect leader, Meng Yuping.
Huang Chunqiu was not just the Tiansong Sect leader; he was also Mo Yitian's master.
”Master.”
Huang Chunqiu stared at him with suspicion as the latter made his way over. Just then, Mo Yitian said to him seriously, body still low in a bow, ”I've fallen in love at first sight of the Jihan Sect disciple, Luo Qinghan… I ask of master to have Junior Uncle Meng betroth her to me.”