Chapter 46：Invitation (2/2)

The sect leader was about to say something when a loud voice came from someone else, ”YU MING!!! Is that true, kid?” Wen Cheng, the presumed sect leader of the Tiger Sect cried out.

'What's going on? Am I in trouble?' he was surprised.

”Are you really Yu Ming?” he asked once more.

”Yes,” Alex replied in a small voice.

”Where were you yesterday night?” he asked.

”Yesterday? Umm… I was in the eastern side of the forest hunting monsters.” He replied simply.

”And you didn't meet anyone else?” he asked. His presence was very heavy on Yu Ming right now.

”Umm… I did meet a few people. Namely Luo Mei and Meng Yun of the Tiger Sect.” He said.

”So it is you. I have been searching for you the entire night on the eastern side. To think you were out here in the west.” Wen Cheng said.

'Searching for me? Why?' he couldn't understand.

”What's going on?” Ma Rong said from the side.”Why is the sect leader of the Tiger Sect searching for my sect's disciple?” she asked.

”Ma Rong. I want this disciple of yours. I want him to join our sect.” Wen Cheng said.

”Oh,” Ma Rong got curious. ”And why do you want him, exactly?”

”Uhh… My direct disciple told me that she met an outer sect disciple from your sect with great talent in cultivation. From her information, that disciple was this kid. Since you people focus on alchemy, and not cultivation, it would be a waste to let a gem get buried under the mud in your sect.” Wen Cheng tried to give reasoning as to why he wanted him.

Of course, he didn't give out the fact that he knew Alex had cultivated for less than 10 days and had reached his current cultivation. Or the fact that Alex had a fantastical ability to find alchemy ingredients. Most of all, he didn't tell them of the fact that Alex was also a genius in alchemy too.

If Ma Rong were to find that, he was absolutely sure she would never let go of her disciple.

Ma Rong wasn't stupid either. She knew he was hiding something, but couldn't be sure what. There was no reason for a Sect Leader to go around searching for an outer sect disciple of Hong Wu Sect, just to invite them.

However, she couldn't stop making the choice to go to the Tiger sect either. If he was an inner sect disciple, she could have made some arguments. But, since he was an outer sect disciple, one that joined very recently as well, she couldn't keep him forcefully at all.

Ma Rong was now stuck in a dilemma, and couldn't come up with any reason why she should decline Wen Cheng.