"All right. I've said everything, whether I should have or not. What are you going to do with me?" Jiao Zhong seemed to have kept these matters bottled up for a long time, and after speaking, he appeared to let out a long sigh of relief. Yet the thought of his future still filled him with uncertainty. He had no idea how the people of the Azure Cloud Sect intended to deal with him.
Still, he had nothing to fear. Since ancient times, death alone had been the hardest hurdle; at worst, the Azure Cloud Sect would simply dispose of him.
He decided to put the question directly to Fang Qianyuan.
Fang Qianyuan pondered for a moment, then said, "Would you be willing to leave the darkness for the light and serve me, and through me, the Azure Cloud Sect?"
Jiao Zhong asked in surprise, "You intend to recruit me?"
Fang Qianyuan said, "Indeed. I am in need of people right now. The Warrior Hall has just been established, and it needs experts like you to join its ranks."
"I'm afraid that won't work. It's not as though I don't know what happens to others of the Unorthodox Path who seek refuge with the Righteous Path. Once you enter the martial world, your life is no longer your own. I killed too many in my younger years, and the weight of karma is too heavy. I can no longer turn back." After a moment of silence, Jiao Zhong spoke in a grave voice.
Although his words betrayed a hint of temptation, he still refused.
Fang Qianyuan said calmly, "I know you have many concerns. But if you serve under me, I will shoulder all your karmic debts and grudges for you. Besides, the Warrior Administration is a vital organ of