I'm Going to Raise a Ruckus Again

"Your sect certainly is lively." The familiar, commanding voice arrived through spiritual transmission, making the scalps of several elders, Yun Chong included, prickle.

"Sect Master of the Scarlet Moon Sect, you already took Elder Lu away yesterday. Surely there's no longer any grudge between our two sects?" Yun Chong could only send a helpless reply.

"Although I've taken him away, my daughter's emotional wounds aren't so easily healed. For what your sect's elder did, the Southern Spirit Sect ought to offer some compensation, shouldn't it?" The Scarlet Moon Sect Master's transmission was thoroughly self-righteous.

She kept her transmission within a precise range, allowing all the elders nearby to hear it.

The elders exchanged glances. Thinking of how their sect's elder had deceived someone's young daughter, and even kept eighteen cultivation partners outside the sect at once, they had to admit that he really had behaved disgracefully!

Yun Chong lost some of his confidence too and could only reply, "Red Moon, what compensation do you want? Let's be clear first: nothing too expensive. If all else fails, we can give you Elder Lu."

Of course, Elder Lu actually had some backing. He was a descendant of the Grand Elder's branch, though their blood ties had grown extremely faint. Besides that, the Lu Household was a wealthy lineage with considerable influence in the Southern Region.

If he handed Elder Lu over, the Lu Household would certainly jump out to ransom him. The Southern Spirit Sect wouldn't even need to do anything.

The little abacus in Yun Chong's mind clacked away.

"That won't be necessary. I'll return Elder Lu to you later. He isn't worth wasting this opportunity on," the Scarlet Moon Sect Master rejected him mercilessly.

Of course, she couldn't guarantee what condition Elder Lu would be in when she returned him.

Since he had dared mistreat her daughter, letting him return alive would already be showing the Southern Spirit Sect's Grand Elder tremendous respect.

"So..." Yun Chong suddenly had a bad feeling. He kept sensing that she was plotting something.

"That young girl in your sect named Lan Yue is quite good. I think her root bone is excellent too. She's very well suited to cultivating in our Scarlet Moon Sect." The Scarlet Moon Sect Master finally unrolled the map to reveal the dagger.

She had indeed heard those inner thoughts back then, but she had been in a towering rage at the time and assumed someone else was sending her a spiritual transmission.

After returning home and thinking it over carefully, she realized how unusual that voice had been. It was fundamentally different from a normal spiritual transmission.

Other people's spiritual transmissions always carried spiritual energy, but that voice had caused no fluctuations in spiritual energy at all. It had sounded directly in her mind.

Such an unusual phenomenon had stirred her curiosity. Besides, the girl's name was rather special too: it also contained the character for "moon." She was practically a disciple tailor-made for the Scarlet Moon Sect!

"Don't even think about it! You want to trade a mere Elder Lu for our sect's most outstanding disciple? Don't even think about it!" Yun Chong had known something bad was bound to happen, and sure enough, his fears had come true!

The Scarlet Moon Sect Master really had a razor-sharp eye. She had picked out their sect's most extraordinary disciple at a glance! How could Lan Yue not be extraordinary? She possessed an Immortal Artifact!

After all, very few sects in the entire Cultivation World possessed Immortal Artifacts.

"Don't be so anxious. I'll take this girl as my chief disciple. I might even let her inherit the entire Scarlet Moon Sect. Becoming the chief disciple of our Scarlet Moon Sect would surely be much better than remaining an ordinary disciple in the Southern Peace Sect, wouldn't it? I believe Lan Yue will know what to choose." The Scarlet Moon Sect Master still refused to give up.

Naturally, she wasn't merely painting a grand feast to feed them empty promises. She had genuinely considered this.

After her daughter had been gravely injured and nearly died, she had come to a profound awakening and no longer intended to remain in the Scarlet Moon Sect.

Apparently, she wanted to establish a small sect together with the other seventeen people who had saved her.

She had always supported her daughter's wishes, and she had never intended to place the heavy responsibility of the Scarlet Moon Sect on her shoulders. All she wanted was for her daughter to live without worries.

Now that she had found a suitable successor, she naturally wanted to scoop her up and train her.

Of course, she was also very curious about what this girl possessed that allowed her voice to sound directly in her mind.

"No, no, no, Sect Master of the Scarlet Moon Sect, you must have misjudged her. Lan Yue's root bone actually isn't very good. It's been over three months since she achieved qi induction, and she still hasn't learned Sword Flight!" Yun Chong sold out Lan Yue's embarrassing history without so much as blinking, neither guilty nor short of breath.

He had completely forgotten that he had just called her their most outstanding disciple.

"That's fine. I like children who learn slowly. I can teach her patiently. I have plenty of time." The Scarlet Moon Sect Master refused to give up in the slightest.

"Either way, absolutely not! Give up!" Yun Chong stopped picking through her embarrassing history and rejected her outright.

"What a shame. Then how about this? Let me stay as a guest in the Southern Spirit Sect for a while, and we'll consider this grudge settled. I won't come looking for trouble over this matter again." The Scarlet Moon Sect Master retreated to advance, deciding to get herself into the Southern Spirit Sect first.

As long as she found an opportunity, she would definitely be able to persuade the girl and take her away!

"Otherwise, I'm going to raise a ruckus again!" The Scarlet Moon Sect Master's voice carried a smile.

Yun Chong: "..."

The elders: "..."

The Scarlet Moon Sect ranked alongside their Southern Spirit Sect as one of the Southern Region's top sects. For Red Moon to overwhelm an entire sect single-handedly, her combat prowess was clearly no empty boast.

The fact that she had shattered a mountain peak's defensive array with a single slap yesterday showed just how formidable this woman was.

If they let her come and cause trouble again, how much would she destroy?

"Fine, come in and stay as a guest for a while. Just don't get any ideas about our sect's disciples!" Reluctantly, Yun Chong opened the Protective Array and let her in.

The next instant, the Scarlet Moon Sect Master's red-clad figure suddenly flashed into view before them.

While Yun Chong was still on high alert, those inner thoughts rang out again from nearby.

[Lan Yue: It's perfectly normal to like sleeping with a kitty in your arms, but why was the Fifth Elder crouching outside a disciple's door late last night, heaving one long sigh after another? Let me see what happened. Hahaha, so the Fifth Elder stole the spirit cats' dried fish and ate them! Every last one!]

[Lan Yue: Good heavens, does the Fifth Elder like dried fish that much? He actually stole the kitties' food! I'm dying, I'm dying! No, Silver Snow, I have to share this scene with you!]

Lan Yue clicked the share button beside the system, and a clear scene immediately unfolded in the minds of everyone nearby.

Yet she still hadn't realized it, assuming that only she and Silver Snow could see it.

In the scene, everyone could see crumbs of dried fish still clinging to the Fifth Elder's beard.

The three little spirit cats looked at the completely empty plates before them, then at the crumbs on the Fifth Elder's beard. In that instant, they were utterly stunned.

Lan Yue clicked the button beside it, and with a click, she took a close-up of the little spirit cats.

[Lan Yue: Too bad I can't make reaction images. I'll just have to add the captions myself.]

[Shocked kitty face.jpg.]

[Lan Yue: Hahaha, I'm seriously dying of laughter. I have to save this reaction image and look at it over and over. This will be my entertainment whenever I'm bored! Of course, I have to save the Fifth Elder's reaction image too. What should I call it? "Sneaking fishies" sounds pretty good. Gahaha, another close-up!]