Abducting Disciples

"I broke through to the True Qi Realm! This was all thanks to my own hard work!"

Lin Ye was thrilled. Only upon reaching this realm could he be considered an expert, but in this world, he was still very, very weak. Even the Blazing Sun Sect, a two-star sect, had more than one True Qi Realm martial artist, while three-star and four-star sects had even more experts.

Of course, the Chu Kingdom had only a few four-star sects, but there were quite a few three-star sects, even more two-star sects, and one-star sects were everywhere.

After breaking through to the True Qi Realm, Lin Ye prepared to get some proper rest.

"Come give me a massage."

Lin Ye lay back in his recliner and had the peak True Qi Realm Devil Dao puppet massage him. The puppet possessed a degree of intelligence, and since it was under his control and followed his orders, it could manage a simple task like a massage.

"That's too much force. Go lighter. My body's tough, but if it were any other martial artist who had just broken through to the first level of the True Qi Realm, you'd have crushed them already."

"Now you're being too gentle. Just increase the force by a third."

After Lin Ye's repeated training—no, guidance—the peak True Qi Realm Devil Dao puppet had become a competent masseur.

Beep, beep, beep!!!!

Lin Ye's sect master identity token was vibrating. Someone was sending him a message. He sensed it and found that it was his junior sister, Yu Yu.

"Senior brother, the sect is almost out of food, and I don't have any money," Yu Yu said.

"The sect is out of food?"

He had bought quite a bit of grain before, but the sect now had more people, including the big eater Yang Yang, who cultivated the Taotie Swallowing Devil Cultivation Method. No amount of grain was enough, and that was with wild game from the surrounding area supplementing their meals. Otherwise, the grain would have run out long ago.

Lin Ye then summoned Ye Chen, gave him several Storage Bags and some silver, and told him to go down the mountain and buy more grain.

Ye Chen soon went to buy grain and returned nearly half a day later. This time, he bought a huge quantity, enough to feed the sect for several months, provided Yang Yang wasn't allowed to eat his fill.

Another ten-odd days passed, and several disciples with lower cultivation levels broke through again. With the tenfold feedback, they almost raised Lin Ye's cultivation to the second level of the True Qi Realm.

"The Martial Alliance's people should be coming soon," Lin Ye murmured.

Sure enough, on this day, a giant bird came tearing through the sky, carrying martial artists from the Martial Alliance. Three had come in all. One was a True Qi Realm martial artist, while the other two were both at the peak of the Body Forging Realm.

"Greetings, Martial Alliance envoy."

Leading the people of the Black-Yellow Sect, Lin Ye and the others cupped their fists in salute.

The Martial Alliance envoy took out a booklet and looked at Lin Ye and the others. "The Black-Yellow Sect, a one-star sect. Who is the current sect master?"

"I am. My name is Lin Ye."

Lin Ye also took out the Black-Yellow Sect's seal, which had been issued by the Martial Alliance.

The Martial Alliance envoy examined it and confirmed that everything was in order. He recorded Lin Ye's name, then registered the Black-Yellow Sect's list of disciples. Having confirmed that the sect met the requirements for a one-star sect, he allowed it to retain its one-star status.

"Your Black-Yellow Sect meets the requirements for a one-star sect. You won't be assessed again for the next three years. After three years, another assessment will be conducted. Of course, if you want to advance to a two-star sect, you can take the assessment early, but... forget it."

The Martial Alliance envoy didn't believe the Black-Yellow Sect could advance to a two-star sect. There were only a few people in the entire sect, and its foundations were far too poor.

So he wasted no time and rode the giant bird demonic pet straight into the sky.

Only after the Martial Alliance envoy left did Lin Ye marvel at the strength of the Martial Alliance's foundations. The giant bird was probably a third-tier demonic pet, comparable to a True Qi Realm martial artist, and its cultivation was probably at the middle stage of the third tier, higher than his own. In a fight, however, he could easily kill it. But such a demonic pet was rare and precious, and not something the Black-Yellow Sect could afford.

"All right, everyone, you can disperse."

Lin Ye spoke.

"Yes, Master!"

Everyone dispersed. To them, making the most of their time to improve their cultivation was what mattered. One-star sects and two-star sects had nothing to do with them.

Now that the Martial Alliance envoy had left, he wouldn't come back for three years. Lin Ye could finally take out the sect's main hall and library pavilion.

So he deliberately went out and returned nearly half a day later. Then he took out the sect's main hall.

Boom!!!!

The enormous sect hall landed on the ground and fused seamlessly with it.

The hall was grand and magnificent, towering in splendor. One look was enough to tell it belonged to a major sect, especially the plaque above its entrance, where four characters stood with powerful strokes:

Heaven and Earth Devil Sect!

"Holy shit, System, what's wrong with you? Why did you write out the four characters for Heaven and Earth Devil Sect?"

Lin Ye immediately rushed over, pried off the character for "Devil," and repositioned the remaining three characters. He was quick, and by the time the others arrived, the plaque displayed the three large characters for "Black-Yellow Sect."

"Senior brother."

"Master."

Everyone stared at the towering Black-Yellow Sect hall, each of them utterly shocked.

"Senior brother, where did this hall come from? Did you find someone to build it? No, that can't be right. I came out here just over an hour ago, and it wasn't here!" Yu Yu felt as though her brain had turned to paste. She couldn't make sense of it at all.

Lin Ye explained, "This hall is a Law Treasure, a fortuitous opportunity I obtained from some ruins. I was afraid the Martial Alliance's people would see it before, so I didn't go get it. I just fetched the Law Treasure hall and put it here."

"So that's what happened!"

No one doubted him. They followed Lin Ye into the sect hall.

The hall had a front hall for meetings, a rear hall, several rooms, and a storage vault. Every part of it was exquisite.

"Senior brother, I want to live here."

Yu Yu had taken a liking to the place and wanted to move in.

"All right. From now on, junior sister and I will live here."

Lin Ye spoke.

The other disciples had no objections. This was the sect's main hall, and there were only a few rooms, so they couldn't possibly be given to disciples like them.

Afterward, Lin Ye took out the library pavilion and placed it on another open patch of land in the sect. It came with an array and an array spirit that could manage the pavilion.

"Sect Master."

The array spirit greeted Lin Ye respectfully upon seeing him. He appeared as a weathered old man.

"Can you change your appearance?"

"Yes."

"Change into a beautiful woman, then."

"Yes, Sect Master."

The array spirit quickly transformed into a beautiful woman.

Afterward, Lin Ye placed some cultivation methods in the library pavilion. He even put the earth-grade martial art Taiyi Devil Needle there, though he made a change to it, renaming it the Taiyi Needle Technique.

From today onward, all disciples could exchange points for the martial arts and cultivation methods here. He intended to create a points system and connect it to their identity tokens, which would make things much more convenient.

Lin Ye entrusted the matter to the library pavilion's array spirit. She quickly got it done and connected the system to the identity tokens, storing the points information in the pavilion's array. As long as the pavilion wasn't destroyed, the points system wouldn't collapse.

Once that was settled, Lin Ye informed the disciples about it.

Just then, the system issued another task.

"Host, the Heaven and Earth Devil Sect now has its own sect hall and library pavilion, and its disciples number five. To uphold the majesty of a Devil Dao sect, the first Devil Dao task is hereby issued-abduct disciples."

"Only abducted disciples are good disciples. Abducted disciples can become outer sect disciples of the Heaven and Earth Devil Sect. Please send disciples of the Black-Yellow Sect to abduct at least ten outer sect Devil Dao disciples, display the Devil Dao majesty of the Heaven and Earth Devil Sect, and intimidate the outside world."

What?

Lin Ye looked at the system task and was utterly speechless. Abduct disciples?

It was indeed difficult for the Devil Dao to recruit disciples, and many were snatched away. But his five disciples didn't consider themselves Devil Dao disciples, and he didn't dare go around snatching people. If word got out that the Black-Yellow Sect belonged to the Devil Dao, they would be finished.

Fortunately, the task wasn't mandatory, but the rewards for completing it were quite good.

Should I do this task?

Lin Ye began to ponder the question.