Take a Master? Impossible!

Dongfang Bai glanced at the elders, his gaze soon settling on Li Xuansu. Before coming, he had spoken with his senior brother about Xu Yan and her master. After all, he was bound to come into contact with both of them at the Supreme Simplicity Sect.

From his senior brother's description of her appearance, Elder Li Xuansu was very likely Xu Yan's master.

"I'd like to join Supreme Yin Peak," Dongfang Bai said, stepping up to Li Xuansu.

"Good, good, good!!!"

Li Xuansu was overjoyed. Supreme Yin Peak was not particularly strong; compared with the main peak, Supreme Simplicity Peak, it was certainly some way behind. Yet Dongfang Bai had chosen their Supreme Yin Peak.

"Dongfang Bai, our Peak Master is away, so I'll represent Supreme Yin Peak and grant you the status of an inner disciple. Come with me." Li Xuansu led Dongfang Bai away and headed for Supreme Yin Peak.

The elders from the other peaks were green with envy, but they couldn't stop them. Dongfang Bai had already made his choice.

Only after Li Xuansu had left did several elders grumble in low voices. "That old woman Li Xuansu is terribly underhanded. How could a perfect female disciple like Dongfang Bai choose Supreme Yin Peak? I'm afraid that old woman will lead her astray."

"That's right. She should have joined our Supreme Simplicity Peak."

"Our Supreme Cha Peak isn't bad either!"

The elders argued among themselves.

Supreme Yin Peak.

Dongfang Bai followed Li Xuansu there. Li Xuansu first completed his sect enrollment procedures, then had him collect the Supreme Simplicity Sect's standard-issue Supreme Simplicity Sword, a Storage Bag, several Cultivation Methods, and so on.

"Every inner disciple of the Supreme Simplicity Sect receives one Low-Grade Spirit Stone a month. You probably haven't seen one before, have you? Once you reach the True Qi Realm, you can use Spirit Stones to increase your True Qi. Some formations also need Spirit Stones to power them."

Li Xuansu explained the importance of Spirit Stones to Dongfang Bai. Spirit Stones came from Spirit Stone veins, and nearly all of those veins were occupied by sects of four stars or higher. Even when three-star sects discovered small Spirit Stone veins, they had to keep them hidden for fear of being found out.

Thus, in Li Xuansu's view, a Body Forging Realm Rogue Cultivator who was also a young woman most likely had never seen a Spirit Stone.

"One Low-Grade Spirit Stone a month?"

Dongfang Bai rolled his eyes inwardly. He had thought inner disciples of a four-star sect like the Supreme Simplicity Sect would receive much better treatment, only to find they got just one Low-Grade Spirit Stone a month. His sect had given him a thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones all at once to come here as a spy. How many years would it take to get that many Spirit Stones from the Supreme Simplicity Sect?

The Supreme Simplicity Sect is so stingy!

Dongfang Bai sighed inwardly, but he didn't dare say it aloud. Instead, he pretended to be excited. "Thank you, Elder Li."

Li Xuansu continued, "Dongfang Bai, would you be willing to take me as your master?"

Take a master? And Li Xuansu, the one who crippled senior brother? If senior brother found out, wouldn't he fight me to the death?

He hurriedly said, "Elder Li, I come from an ordinary farming family. An elderly Rogue Cultivator once took me as his disciple, and I swore then that he would be my only master in this life. Later, my Rogue Cultivator master passed away, and only then did I prepare to join the Supreme Simplicity Sect. But even after joining, I remain unwilling to take a second master."

"What a pity." Li Xuansu didn't press Dongfang Bai. He was already a disciple of her Supreme Yin Peak, so whether he took her as his master or not made little difference.

Afterward, Li Xuansu arranged a residence for Dongfang Bai in an area where many inner disciples lived. Each had a courtyard of their own.

"Dongfang Bai, our Supreme Yin Peak has six Innate Realm elders, sixty-three inner disciples, and more than three hundred outer disciples, all women. But a third of our servant disciples are men. The servant disciples live at the foot of the mountain and serve us. The men do all the heavy labor, while only the female servant disciples are allowed onto Supreme Yin Peak to clean, wash clothes, and cook for us. There's no need to be too polite to them. You can tell them to do whatever work needs doing," Li Xuansu explained.

"Yes, Elder Li."

Dongfang Bai answered, secretly startled by the Supreme Simplicity Sect's strength. There were six Innate Realm elders on Supreme Yin Peak alone. How many must there be in the entire Supreme Simplicity Sect? Such strength was indeed beyond anything the one-star Black-Yellow Sect could compare with.

Faced with a behemoth like the Supreme Simplicity Sect, his master could only send him here as a spy. If the Supreme Simplicity Sect really wanted to deal with the Black-Yellow Sect, it could still crush it, even with the Martial Alliance's rules in place.

"Elder Li, I'd like to get to know the senior sisters of Supreme Yin Peak. Could you introduce me to them?" Dongfang Bai asked.

Of course, he mainly wanted to find out about Xu Yan.

"Very well. I'll first introduce you to my disciples."

Li Xuansu then told him about her five disciples, Xu Yan among them.

"My fifth disciple, Xu Yan, has decent aptitude. She possesses the Mystic Asura Physique and has the potential to reach the Innate Realm. She has the best aptitude of my five disciples. The two of you can get to know each other." Li Xuansu was quite satisfied when she spoke of Xu Yan. After all, she had gone to great lengths to find this disciple outside the sect. As for her somewhat poor temperament, that was no problem. Li Xuansu's own temperament was poor too, and it hadn't stopped her from breaking through to the Innate Realm.

"Elder Li, I'd very much like to meet the senior sisters."

"As it happens, my fifth disciple Xu Yan is at the sect. I'll call her over and have her show you around."

"Thank you, Elder Li."

Before long, Elder Li called Xu Yan over.

"Greetings, Senior Sister Xu," Dongfang Bai said, cupping his fists.

"Hello, Junior Sister Dongfang." When Xu Yan saw Dongfang Bai, she was truly dazzled by his exquisitely beautiful bearing and graceful figure. On her way over, she had also heard from her master that Junior Sister Dongfang Bai had passed the sect's three assessments with the best results, prompting many elders to compete for her, but had ultimately joined Supreme Yin Peak.

"All right, you two have a chat." Li Xuansu left.

After Li Xuansu left, Xu Yan took Dongfang Bai around Supreme Yin Peak and brought him to the Supreme Yin Spring. "This is a hot spring, and it contains Spiritual Qi. If you're tired from cultivating, you can take a soak here and let much of the day's fatigue melt away. Junior Sister Dongfang, how about I take you in for a try?"

"I... think I'll pass. I don't like bathing in a place like this."

Dongfang Bai refused. If he soaked in the hot spring, wouldn't the fact that he had an extra part be exposed? Even if that thing was useless to him, it was still there, and he couldn't bear to cut it off.

"Junior Sister Dongfang, you're far too shy. I was like that when I first arrived too, but I got used to it in a few days." Xu Yan then took Dongfang Bai to other places on Supreme Yin Peak. They toured nearly all its main locations; there were only a few places inner disciples weren't allowed near, so he couldn't enter them.

Back at his residence on Supreme Yin Peak, Dongfang Bai opened the Cultivation Methods the Supreme Simplicity Sect had issued him. "They're all low- and mid-grade Profound-tier Cultivation Methods and martial arts, and there's also the mid-grade Profound-tier Supreme Simplicity Sword Technique. Too bad they don't quite suit me."

The Black-Yellow Sect.

Lin Ye lay back in his chair and reckoned the time. "Dongfang Bai should have reached the Supreme Simplicity Sect by now. With his strength, joining it shouldn't be a problem. I just wonder whether the sect will value him?"