Seeing Yang Chen agree to Linghua Heavenly Venerate's offer, the others grew dispirited as well, secretly thinking that even heroes could not pass the beauty's test. Though Yang Chen had come all the way from the Southern region and accomplished miraculous deeds, he was still, in the end, a young man.
Young men were naturally romantic. Now that Yang Chen had joined the Three Flowers Sect, he surely had his eye on the sect's beautiful female disciples.
Unfortunately, their own sects did not have many female disciples. Otherwise, they could have spoken as plainly to Yang Chen as Linghua Heavenly Venerate had. Wouldn't he then have agreed to join their sect instead?
Everyone thought so, even Linghua Heavenly Venerate herself. Still, there was nothing shameful about it.
******** was itself the great way of the mortal world. At their level of cultivation, they had long since seen through such things.
Most importantly, with talent and cultivation like Yang Chen's, if he came to the Three Flowers Sect seeking female cultivators, forget her, a senior—even the junior female cultivators would probably dream of his arriving sooner.
The higher a female cultivator's cultivation, the more she understood just how precious an outstanding person was.
What they did not know was that Yang Chen had other reasons for joining the Three Flowers Sect.
Clearly, however, these words could not be spoken now. Yang Chen looked around, feeling apologetic.
Linghua Heavenly Venerate could not wait any longer. "Young Friend Yang Chen, let us leave from here."
Yang Chen nodded. "I'll have to trouble you, Senior Linghua."
"No trouble, no trouble!" Linghua Heavenly Venerate laughed heartily.
Thus, Yang Chen rose and left with Linghua Heavenly Venerate.
Watching Yang Chen depart, Yunqi Heavenly Venerate felt rather wistful. From the very beginning, Yang Chen had been within