"Greetings, Master!"
Upon entering the hall, Aaron saw Immortal Lady Nine Truths reclining lazily upon a jade couch, attended by eight young maidens.
Aaron merely glanced once before daring not to look again. He hurriedly bowed.
"Eh?"
Immortal Lady Nine Truths looked over at him, then gave a startled cry. "Good disciple... after only a few months apart, you have already achieved Condensing Killing Intent? And where did this Killing Intent you refined come from?"
"I traded for it with fellow disciples. After all, my Primal Chaos Mystic Light Qi does not fuss over the quality or purity of Killing Intent..."
Aaron answered truthfully.
He had now recovered his Condensing Killing Intent cultivation and could use mana once more.
"Not bad, not bad."
Immortal Lady Nine Truths said, "I called you here only to ask: Mount Emei is to engage the Profound Heaven Dao in a sword duel. Would you like to accompany your Second Senior Sister to observe the ceremony?"
"Master, please hear me out. This disciple has devoted himself wholeheartedly to the Dao and does not wish to watch this spectacle."
Aaron grumbled inwardly, "Is such a spectacle really meant to be watched? In the cultivation world, are there not countless cases of people watching the excitement, only to watch themselves right into it and help fulfill a calamity of slaughter?"
"I never expected... your Dao heart to be so steadfast!" Immortal Lady Nine Truths gave her youngest disciple a slightly astonished look.
Yet she did not see Wu Mei rolling her eyes in secret beside them. "Master, you have no idea how wildly this little junior brother played around in the outer sect... It is only because Luo Fu Mountain does not prohibit such things. If this were an orthodox profound sect, he would likely have been