After sending out all the Guest Elders carrying Tai Xuan Tokens and distributing the masks the Flower Wandering Sect used to select disciples, Diga's life should finally return to peace for a while.
Setting aside Shadow of Sega's slanderous characterization of the two sects, there was still an essential difference between them in Diga's original design.
If the Flower Wandering Sect was more like a true sect, then the Tai Xuan Sect was more like organizations such as Qi Shi Fu and the Celestial Academy. It did not recruit disciples itself, but instead accepted outstanding talents from various schools for enhanced training and cultivation, which did not count as switching allegiance to another sect.
Such a somewhat unorthodox arrangement meant that the Tai Xuan Sect would have difficulty recruiting people from famous major sects at first. It was instead more appealing to independent cultivators.
The Flower Wandering Sect's disciple selection would not be settled overnight either. After finding a target, the masks would follow them for a while to observe them. They would not choose someone outright unless that person was practically born to cultivate the Flower Wandering Sect's techniques.
"Hmm?"
Diga froze halfway through stretching, nearly throwing out his back.
"How did it get results so quickly?"
How long had it even been?
Glancing at Shadow of Sega, who was still grinning with exaggerated eeriness, Diga shook his head and connected his consciousness to one of the masks.
"So it really was you, Xia He."
Xia He's Innate Ability, Xi Ji, was practically an extreme version of the Human Fragrance Scroll—only the technique-without-the-Way version. Its effects were incredibly strong, but it could not be controlled voluntarily.
Among the Three Scrolls of Celestial Fragrance, the Heaven Fragrance Scroll ranked highest, the Earth Fragrance Scroll came second, and the Human Fragrance