The Two Senior Sisters Leave
Wang Yan left with Su Liuyue and was taken away by Li Yuxin. Although Shen Ge didn't get any definite answer in the end, it seems they are alright now.
Actually, he understood when his senior sister spoke up earlier. She was probably afraid that if he went to the Heavenly Sword Sect, his Samsara Method would be targeted, so she offered to take his place.
At the mountain peak, Mo Qingyu's Sword Qi aura still soared into the sky; clearly, her anger had not yet subsided.
Meanwhile, Shen Ge, standing to the side, was surrounded by several Sword Intent, and judging from the way the sword light flickered, it seemed as if it might pierce down at any moment.
Shen Ge smiled wryly as he looked at the Sword Intent in front of him. He carefully raised his hand to try to deflect it, but couldn't budge it after one try, so he stopped trying.
"Master, calm down. After all, we're at a disadvantage now, and getting angry won't do any good," Shen Ge whispered, trying to persuade him.
"It's time to calm down. This is the first time I've ever been treated like this, with someone running right up my neck!" Mo Qingyu's voice was low and deep, clearly suppressing her anger. "I'll remember this. One day I'll definitely go to their Heavenly Sword Sect and beat them up in front of everyone!"
"Yes, yes, Master, please call me when the time comes, and we'll go together to rescue our two senior sisters." Shen Ge with a forced smile.
Mo Qingyu suddenly turned to look at Shen Ge, glared at him, and then returned to her cave abode without saying a word.
"Master, be mindful of your State of Mind, and don't rush things," Shen Ge quickly reminded him.
After watching their master leave, Chu He, Qingfeng, Jin Ling, Lu Xiu, and Zhang Fengge flew to Shen Ge's side shortly afterward. A powerful Sword Intent had been lingering there, so they hadn't dared to come closer.
Chu He patted Shen Ge on the shoulder and forced a smile, saying, "Wouldn't you two senior sisters have stumbled upon a stroke of fortuitous opportunity? Maybe they'll leave us far behind in the future."
Jin Ling glared at Chu He, but didn't say anything. Although she was also furious, she didn't show it.
A chance fortuitous opportunity? Nobody wants fortuitous opportunity they're forced to agree to!
"It's all those people's fault. Couldn't they have been a little more discreet? They made such a show of themselves, as if they wanted everyone to notice them. In the end, they dragged us down with them," Zhang Fengge complained.
"Alright, stop making excuses," Shen Ge said. "This whole thing is because of me. If I hadn't brought that woman here, none of this would have happened."
After sighing, Shen Ge glanced at where Su Sui was in seclusion, then said, "I'm going to cultivate. You guys calm down."
After saying this, Shen Ge returned to his cave abode. Although there were no casualties this time, the fact that his two senior sisters, Su Liuyue and Wang Yan, were forced to follow others still made him feel somewhat down.
After Shen Ge left, the group exchanged glances, lost all desire to chat, and returned to their respective cave abode to begin their secluded cultivation.
Everyone is angry this time, but what's the use of anger? Ultimately, it comes down to their weakness. Otherwise, who would dare to treat them like pushovers?
Beyond the Ancient Desolation, atop a great mountain in the Rock Moon region, palaces rise from the ground, resembling the abode of immortals.
A path winds its way down the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, the words "Myriad Stars Sect" are inscribed on a boulder. The three characters are written in a vigorous and elegant style, clearly not the work of an ordinary person.
The Myriad Stars Sect was formed by four righteous sects in Heavenly South; those Devil Dao Sect and people from the Luo Heaven Sea were not with it.
Moreover, although there were people from the Purple Qi Sect among them, their sect leader Zi Nü, did not choose to stay with them. Instead, she took her remaining clansmen and chose to act alone.
At the mountaintop, in a grand hall called Spirit Moon, Ziyang looked down at the thirty people below with a slightly melancholy expression. Although things had settled down, of the more than seven hundred people they had brought from the sect, only these thirty remained, a heavy loss indeed.
"Sect Leader, the entire 100,000-mile area to the east has been explored. There are three sects and two Lineage forces, and each has Spirit Severing Realm expert in charge."
"In addition, the resource area here has been investigated. There are three iron concentrates and two copper mines, but the output of the two copper mines is extremely low, so it is estimated that not much copper can be extracted."
"As for spirit medicine herbs, there are far fewer, and most of them are only first or second-tier spirit medicine. These places are frequented by cultivators year-round, so it's difficult to find anything above the third tier. Therefore, we'll probably have to cultivate our own spirit medicine in the future."
"Furthermore, Sect Leader, we've inquired around and found that the strongest sect in the Rock Moon region is the Golden Dragon Sect. They are the only dominant force, with countless powerful experts within their ranks. Slightly weaker is the Zhantai Feng Household, followed by the Water Moon Valley."
"However, our area is not under the jurisdiction of those three forces; it belongs to the Hundred Refinements Sect. From what I've heard, if we want to open a sect, we must inform the Hundred Refinements Sect and obtain their consent before we can begin recruiting disciples on a large scale. Otherwise, we might encounter trouble later."
"Alright, I understand. I'll report it later."
This strange sect management system gave Ziyang a headache. The system of lower-level management made them feel like they were subordinates of others.
But there's nothing we can do about it; after all, they're the weakest, so we have to follow the rules.
After leaving Spirit Moon Hall, Ziyang had just arrived at the central Myriad Stars Hall when several more figures flew over. Among them were Fang Ding from the Evergreen Sect, Wan Xiao from the Purple Qi Sect, Li Xueying from Yellow Maple Valley, and Hanyue, the former sect leader of Flowing Gold Valley.
Although Flowing Gold Valley was defeated and forced to merge into the Evergreen Sect back then, it still had some foundation. In addition, about fifty of them remained after this migration, so they became an independent peak again.
The group of people here were all at the Nascent Soul Realm, and each was also the master of their own peak, so Ziyang stepped forward and politely said, "Fellow Daoists, how have you been?"
Among them, only Ziyang and Hanyue are at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, while the other two are at the Nascent Soul Early Stage.
Of course, the Myriad Stars Sect now has more than just a few Nascent Soul cultivators. They have as many as fifty Nascent Soul Realm experts, but only four of them are willing to manage the sect. The others have all devoted themselves to cultivation.
After all, they've come all this way to the Heavenly Desolation Domain, where spiritual energy is so abundant; who would want to waste time on such trivial matters?
However, those people were all given sinecure positions, since who would be willing to support their cultivation if they didn't contribute any effort?
"Fellow Daoist Ziyang, how have you been?" Hanyue greeted him. "It seems everyone has come to report as well. With the sect newly established, it looks like there are a lot of troubles ahead."
"Yes, it's quite a hassle," Wan Xiao sighed. "But if we want to gain a foothold here, we have to face these troubles. There's no other way."
"Gentlemen, let's go inside and talk."