"What?"
Yao Ling'er's red lips fell open.
She had never imagined that this was why Ning Xuanwu wanted her to stay.
"I know this puts you in a difficult position..." Ning Xuanwu said earnestly. "But this concerns the future of our Black Tortoise Sect. The entire lifeline of the Black Tortoise Sect is in your hands."
"Besides, if you truly can become his woman, you would not be wronged. After all, his cultivation is at least at the Martial Saint level. Haven't you always worshipped the strong?"
With that, Ning Xuanwu cast an inquiring gaze at Yao Ling'er.
Yao Ling'er bit down on her red lips, pondering Ning Xuanwu's words.
There was some truth to them.
Setting aside whether he was a Martial Emperor, Martial Saint alone was enough to make countless people submit. If these events had not happened, that young man would surely have been someone Yao Ling'er admired and pursued.
And if she truly became that young man's woman, Yao Ling'er would naturally rise with the tide. Not only would she become someone above others, but the Black Tortoise Sect would benefit as well.
"Master, I do not really object. But could he truly take a liking to me?"
Yao Ling'er's face became uncertain.
Before anyone else, winning over a man would be nothing difficult. With her inborn beauty, coupled with her remarkable arts of seduction, she could capture one with ease.
But for an expert whose cultivation was at least Martial Saint, what kind of women could he not have? Why would he take a liking to Yao Ling'er?
Ning Xuanwu also furrowed his brow.
But things had come to this, and there was no other way. He could only comfort her. "Ling'er, as your master, I believe in your methods. Man proposes, Heaven disposes. You