289 Poaching (2/2)
As the crowd watched on, the Deputy Alliance Leader, a mid Primordial Soul elder, looked at Zhou Donghuang and said in a friendly manner, ”Besides being the Deputy Alliance Leader, I am also the Distinguished Elder of the Guiyuan sect, He Qingshan.”
As he spoke, his eyes flashed as he got straight to the point. ”Zhou Donghuang, I know that you are currently a disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect. But as the saying goes, water flows downwards, while men will always climb higher. If you agree to join our Guiyuan Sect, I will surely take you as my own disciple, and I can promise you that the whole Guiyuan Sect and I will surely do all we can to groom you!”
When the leader of the Lightning Sword Sect, Yu Yucheng, saw He Qingshan introduce himself eagerly to Zhou Donghuang, he had already known that something was not right.
Before he could react, He Qingshan had already tried to poach Zhou Donghuang from his sect.
Instantly, his expression darkened as he looked at He Qingshan with disapproval. ”Brother He, what you are doing? Zhou Donghuang is a disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect and a member of the Alliance... what you are doing surely goes against the rules of the Alliance, does it not?”
The Alliance of the Hengliu galaxy was made up of the 52 top sects of the Hengliu galaxy, and the Alliance had its own internal rules to allow the various sects to remain on good terms with each other. In order to achieve that, sects were not allowed to poach disciples from other sects
But now, He Qingshan, the Deputy Alliance Leader, was breaking this rule!
Faced with the disapproval of Yu Yucheng, He Qingshan was calm as he replied flatly, ”Leader Yu, in normal circumstances, poaching disciples would surely harm the relationship between different sects of the Alliance... but in special situations, there is no need to heed such rules that limit us.
”Zhou Donghuang is just twenty-six years old, but he is already a late Dharma adept and has even perfected his Dharma Power to such an extent that he has mastered the technique of Dharma Power Control... based on his current level of achievement, there is nobody else in the entire history of Hengliu galaxy that can compare to him now.
”Someone like this, even the Qi Dynasty of the Guangling Academy would want to have him.
”Today, I made this promise to him to ensure that he remains with us in the Alliance... otherwise, would you want to lose him to the Qi Dynasty or the Guangling Academy?”
Seeing Yu Yucheng open his mouth as if he was about to respond, He Qingshan quickly continued and said, ”I know that you want to say that your Lightning Sword Sect can also provide anything that the Guiyuan Sect can give... But don't forget that your Lightning Sword Sect has only been around for so many years; your history can hardly be considered half of ours in the Guiyuan Sect.
”If we were to talk about history, the Lightning Sword Sect surely can't compare to the Guiyuan Sect, would you disagree with that?
”Furthermore, what the Guiyuan Sect can provide to Zhou Donghuang, your Lightning Sword Sect may not be able to do the same.”
He Qingshan's words left Yu Yucheng speechless, as he could not respond. What He Qingshan said was indeed the truth.
The Guiyuan Sect was one of the oldest sects that were still surviving in the Hengliu galaxy to date. They had a long and illustrious history, almost comparable to the Transcendental Forces of the Qi Dynasty and the Guangling Academy in the Hengliu galaxy.
The Lightning Sword Sect was only established sometime after.
If one were to compare history, the Lightning Sword Sect was definitely nothing compared to the Guiyuan Sect.
Seeing Yu Yucheng unable to respond, He Qingshan then looked at Zhou Donghuang again and wanted to continue his pitch to convince him...
However, before he could speak again, the leader of the Yunyue Sect had already spoken up. ”Zhou Donghuang, based on history, our Yunyue Sect is comparable to the Guiyuan Sect... as long as you agree to become a disciple of our Yunyue Sect, whatever the Guiyuan Sect can give you, our Yunyue Sect can also give to you and more!”
Once the Yunyue Sect Leader had said this, there were immediately other Sect Leaders who also chimed in, each trying to poach Zhou Donghuang from the Lightning Sword Sect, trying to convince him to join their respective sects instead.
These sects were all as old as the Guiyuan sect and had long histories.
When the Yunyue Sect Leader had spoken, He Qingshan's expression had already turned sour. Now that so many other Sect Leaders had also started speaking, his expression turned sour... however, he could not say anything to refute them, because these sects were indeed as established as his Guiyuan Sect.
In fact, some of them had even longer histories than the Guiyuan Sect.
”Zhou Donghuang!”
Then, even the leader of the Jihan Sect, Meng Yuping, also stood up to join in the fun. She looked at Zhou Donghuang with a warm smile on her face and said, ”Our Jihan Sect has a long history as well and is as established as any other sect... if you join our Jihan Sect, we can give you anything that any other sect can offer you.
”On top of that, you can even be together with Luo Qinghan here and be a couple.”
As Meng Yuping spoke, the Yunyue Sect Leader had a bitter smile on his face. Hearing Meng Yuping's words, he could not help but give her a thumbs up. ”Leader Meng, you're really something else! Looks like nobody else here can compete with you today.”
When He Qingshan and the rest of the Sect Leaders, who had tried to recruit Zhou Donghuang, looked on with confusion, the Yunyue Sect Leader quickly explained the relationship between Zhou Donghuang and Luo Qinghan, and their expressions changed totally immediately.
They would never have expected that the Jihan Sect would have an advantage like this!
Hearing the words of Meng Yuping, Zhou Donghuang looked at Luo Qinghan, but saw that she was also looking at him and shaking her head slightly.
”Luo Qinghan!”
When Meng Yuping saw Luo Qinghan's little action, her face darkened immediately as her gaze turned serious.