The Most Vicious of Women (Please Vote and Add to Favorites! Please Be Kind to the New Book!)

The Most Vicious of Women (Please Vote and Add to Favorites! Please Be Kind to the New Book!)

The disciple saw someone approaching and immediately put on a welcoming smile. But after taking a closer look at his cultivation, his face turned cold. "You're only at Qi Refining Layer 4. What are you doing here, trying to join a team? Get lost, get lost! Don't waste my time."

"Senior Brother..." Pei Ling tried to plead his case, but the disciple had already put on a broad smile again and walked past him to greet a Qi Refining Layer 6 disciple. "This fellow disciple..."

Pei Ling: "..."

He frowned and quickly moved on to look for someone else. "Senior Sister..."

"Little Junior Brother, are you looking for a team?" The female disciple stood not far away and had seen the whole scene. At his question, she gave him a knowing smile. "It's just that your cultivation is a little too low. Taking you out of the sect would be a real headache..."

Her words made it sound as though there might be a chance, and Pei Ling immediately perked up. "Senior Sister, then may I ask..."

Before he could finish, his whole body stiffened. He watched helplessly as the broad-backed, beefy Senior Sister, her face covered in thick flesh, reached out as if no one else were there and pinched his waist, then brazenly slid her hand inside his robe.

What the hell?!

Pei Ling sprang back three zhang. "I'm sorry, Senior Sister. You're right. My cultivation is too low. I'm not worthy of joining your team!"

With that, he took off running, afraid she might latch onto him.

Having learned from the last encounter, Pei Ling didn't dare approach any more female cultivators. He watched the crowd for a while before going up to an older male disciple. "Senior Brother, I..."

"Qi Refining Layer 4, looking to join a team and leave the sect for a mission?" The male disciple looked him over. He didn't chase him away or try to get handsy, but just as Pei Ling was starting to relax, the man held out one hand and said bluntly, "I'll only bring you there and back. I won't be responsible if you die, and it won't count as a mission. Twenty Low-grade Spirit Stones for the round trip! If you want me to bring you there and back and do my best to keep you safe, that's forty Low-grade Spirit Stones. You'll count as part of the mission team, but I'll take half your reward! As for having the whole team revolve around you alone..."

Pei Ling took a deep breath. "...Sorry to bother you."

He turned and left before the man could finish.

The hell kind of Sect Rules produce disciples like these? Every single one of my fellow disciples is more money-grubbing than the last!

If I had that many spirit stones, would I need to grovel to you people?

Pei Ling was so furious he didn't notice someone watching him from nearby. After a while, that person turned and hurried out of the Miscellaneous Affairs Department, then made a beeline for a courtyard planted with all kinds of flowers, with a small pond in front. "Senior Sister Sun, I just saw Pei Ling at the Miscellaneous Affairs Department. Guess what he was doing? He was looking for a team, hoping to go outside the sect on a mission! Hahaha, the man doesn't even know his own cultivation level! Every team he's approached has turned him down. Should we go teach him a lesson?"

Sun Yinglan had been cultivating, and was quite displeased at being disturbed. But when she heard this, her eyes lit up.

She had spent many years in the Outer Sect. Her beauty and cunning had served her well, and though she hadn't always gotten her way, no one had ever treated her the way Pei Ling had.

After what happened yesterday, Pei Hong Nian had humbled himself and sworn up and down, but Sun Yinglan was still seething. She had secretly sworn to make Pei Ling pay.

Hearing this, she was just about to agree when a thought crossed her mind. "Are you sure he's looking for a team? And that he wants to take a mission outside the sect?"

"Of course, Senior Sister!" the man quickly replied. "I heard it all clearly in the crowd! Pei Ling's obviously the kind of man who thinks too highly of himself and too little of others. Doesn't he know why the sect requires someone at Qi Refining Layer 6 to lead those missions? Maybe he's used to throwing his weight around back in a tiny place like the Pei Family, but he's come to the Sacred Sect and still doesn't know how high the sky is..."

"Since that's the case, then I'll give him a hand!" Sun Yinglan interrupted with a cold laugh. "Zhao Yan, go to Senior Brother Chen Huan and tell him I've found the final Blood Sacrifice ingredient he needs for his Soul Summoning Banner. Pei Ling's talent and aptitude are no worse than Pei Hong Nian's, and he's even younger, with vigorous blood and qi. He's perfect for the refining."

Zhao Yan, the messenger, was taken aback, then said enviously, "Pei Ling actually has good aptitude? Is Pei Hong Nian an idiot? Anyone would try to suppress a talented clansman like that, yet he brought him into the Sacred Sect."

"Fool!" Sun Yinglan shot him a scornful look and sneered. "Pei Hong Nian used his talent for drawing talismans to get close to Senior Brother Zheng of the Inner Sect, but with a mind like his, how much standing could he possibly have in front of Senior Brother Zheng? If he went out of his way to bring Pei Ling along, Pei Ling must have something special about him. If Pei Ling achieves anything, how could he not bring glory to Pei Hong Nian, the Sect Son of the Pei Clan? Tell Senior Brother Chen your theory. He'll make his own decision."

Seeing Zhao Yan still lost in thought, she stamped her foot and urged him, "Hurry up! What if Pei Ling gets turned away everywhere and gives up?"

"Oh... oh... yes!" Zhao Yan jolted and hurriedly replied, "I'll go find Senior Brother Chen right away."

Not long afterward, in front of several connected bamboo buildings, a pale-faced, soft-featured male cultivator raised an eyebrow. "Pei Ling? What's his background? I don't recall hearing of anyone by that name from Huaiyin Peak."

"Don't worry, Senior Brother Chen. Pei Ling is someone that useless Pei Hong Nian brought over from the Pei Family," Zhao Yan quickly said. "He's Pei Hong Nian's clansman, and his only connection is that he's a disciple of the Pei Clan. But he's exceptionally talented, so Pei Hong Nian pleaded with his family and then boldly asked Senior Brother Zheng to bring him into the sect."

Chen Huan was a cautious man. Though he had often schemed to get his fellow disciples into his Soul Summoning Banner to increase the power of the Talisman Tool, he never provoked anyone he couldn't afford to.

At this, he gave no indication of what he thought and said, "Senior Brother Zheng is proud by nature. I heard he's leaving the sect this time with Fairy Li. I wonder whether Pei Ling was fortunate enough to travel with them and leave them with some impression of him."

Never mind Fairy Li—even Zheng Jingshan's status and strength weren't worth Chen Huan making an enemy of him over Pei Ling.

There were plenty of Outer Sect disciples, after all. Who did it matter if he used one or another?

"You're overthinking it, Senior Brother. Senior Sister Sun already asked Pei Hong Nian about the whole thing." Zhao Yan knew that Sun Yinglan was set on making Pei Ling suffer a miserable death—and preferably worse than death—so he continued, "Pei Ling was just lucky. At the time, Fairy Li had smoothly obtained Elder Luo's Nascent Soul Method and was in a good mood. Senior Brother Zheng was quite pleased to see that, too... Pei Hong Nian asked them while they were both in high spirits, and they agreed without thinking."

"In fact, when the Xuan Gu Ling Yin Boat landed at Zhan Chen Platform, neither Fairy Li nor Senior Brother Zheng was on deck."

"So you can see they didn't care about those two brothers at all."

"Otherwise, why would Senior Sister Sun recommend Pei Ling to you? Does she want to offend Senior Brother Zheng and Fairy Li?"

Chen Huan pondered for a moment. The tension around his eyes gradually eased, and he nodded. "If that's the case, then I owe Junior Sister Sun a favor."

As he spoke, he instructed a female cultivator who looked somewhat like him, "Come with me to the Miscellaneous Affairs Department."

Meanwhile, inside the Miscellaneous Affairs Department, Pei Ling lowered his head and discreetly wiped the cold sweat from his brow.

Just moments ago, he'd heard someone mention the three of them—Li Siguan and the others!