What Gives You the Right to Call Yourselves the Heaven Above, Earth Below, I Alone Reign Sect?

"Who was that girl?" Liu Shuyue emerged from the building connected to the Ability Store. Watching Lingdang shuffle away like a walking corpse, she couldn't help asking.

"A beginner who wants to join the Heaven Above, Earth Below, I Alone Reign Sect," Chen Xuan replied.

"What? Someone actually wants to join a sect with a name that ridiculous?" Liu Shuyue was astonished. "Did she get the address wrong?"

"You said the name sounded impressive!" He glared at her. "Has Lin Qing been whispering in your ear?"

"The name sounds impressive, but the sect itself is pretty shabby. Proper sects claim some treasured place for themselves, somewhere thousands of seekers can look up to." Liu Shuyue blinked, feigning innocence.

"Like the Lotus Cloud Sect on Kunlun Summit, right?" Chen Xuan was now certain Lin Qing had led her astray. "You're practically this sect's deputy leader. You're not supposed to talk us down."

Liu Shuyue only smiled. "Still, if she came to the right place, there's no harm in accepting her... I think she has potential."

Chen Xuan knew Lingdang had potential too. Her second visit had struck him as suspicious, so while she concentrated on pushing the Six-Reel Instrument, he had scanned her several times with the Scanner Gun. The screen showed that she had one blue and one green talent conducive to cultivation, as well as several white-tier spells. Even without joining a sect, she had begun training systematically. Someone skilled had to be guiding her.

"You don't mind teaching disciples from outside Mala Village?" Chen Xuan asked.

To survive in the Myriad Mountain Great Wilderness, the villagers needed to bathe in Dragon Blood to awaken their Qi-Sensing and learn spells to defend themselves. Liu Shuyue's willingness to break the Lotus Cloud Sect's rule against sharing its spells with outsiders