Luluman had also made quite a splash at this Azure Blaze Sect gathering.
It was not because she had taught such an outstanding disciple as Saine, but because of the second-grade Karma Fire Red Lotus hovering beneath her feet when she first arrived at the Flame Sigh Holy Tower.
Long regarded as an "unconventional Plant Element Mage" within the Azure Blaze Sect, Luluman had finally demonstrated how well she fit into this fire-focused lineage.
The exquisite red lotus, radiating surging karma fire power, had drawn the eyes of every member of the Azure Blaze Sect, including the widely knowledgeable Grandmaster Cuilisi.
Saine's other martial aunt, Pei Nasi, had practically turned green with envy over it.
After learning from Luluman that the red lotus was a gift from her beloved disciple,
Pei Nasi had latched onto Saine almost on the spot.
She declared that she was willing to pay any price, provided she could have a red lotus just like it.
Seeing Saine repeatedly wave his hands, looking thoroughly troubled, Pei Nasi promptly pushed her personal female Knight, Beleka, forward as well.
"How about both of us together?"
"As long as you give me a similar red lotus—even a first-grade one will do—we'll agree to any conditions you set."
Pei Nasi teasingly ran her tongue over Saine's Faceless Mask.
The shock sent Saine stumbling several steps backward.
Although he had long known that his martial aunt Pei Nasi was a fiery woman who would dare to do anything, even Saine found such an uninhibited elder of his sect more than he could handle.
The Immortal Domain Civilization had an old saying: better a fellow cultivator die than me.
Saine hastily threw the Princess of the Netherworld Blood Sea's Asura Race—Ghost Brake Woman—under the bus.
He explained that he had obtained the