"I... My name is Yongqiu. I... I'm a guest elder of the Northern Lands Nan Household. I came to ask for aid..." The average appearance in this Eight Desolations world was quite high. That female immortal's looks were relatively ordinary, but her steady temperament was rather striking. Or perhaps, as a young person, she had intended to speak last.
"Ask for aid? Heh heh, you came to the wrong place, didn't you? Didn't our Windmist City need aid even more right now?" I smiled. For all I knew, Windmist City was still a clay Bodhisattva crossing a river, barely able to save itself. How could we have the time to bother with another household's affairs?
The immortals nearby couldn't help laughing as well, leaving the woman called Yongqiu thoroughly embarrassed. Still, she gritted her teeth and said, "The Northern Lands Nan Household is a small household, but it inherited a Heaven-grade cultivation method from its ancestors. Because of that, it has always been coveted by other households and sectarian forces. However, since those without the clan's bloodline cannot cultivate it, the household's population, though sparse compared with other households, was still able to survive. But this also brought about many problems. The clan's women were greatly coveted by various forces. Once a clan daughter reached a certain age, the thresholds of those coming to propose marriage would be trampled flat. Some were even threatened, bribed, and engaged while still young..."
"They want to extend their bloodlines and mingle in some of the Nan Household's blood, so they can learn that Heaven-tier cultivation method?" I asked curiously.
"That's right. However, the entire Heaven-tier cultivation method isn't easy to learn either. It doesn't look at the purity of one's bloodline or one's aptitude. Instead, it almost randomly selects someone from among the