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Chapter 111 - Xun Wei's Past

Inside the restaurant, Xun Wei followed Xiao Hei up a few floors till she reached the entrance to the very top floor. The door was heavily guarded, so there was no way she could open it without attracting attention to herself.

Xun Wei watched as the guards let Xiao Hei and the woman in after she showed them a special nameplate.

'It seems only nobles from the 4 major families are granted entry to that floor,' Xun Wei thought.

She remembered that Xiao Fang had given her Gao Chen's spatial pouch after he killed him, so she took it out then looked through it till she found his family's nameplate.

Xun Wei came out of [ Stealth ] then showed the guards the Gao family nameplate. After seeing it, they immediately let her in.

'If I get caught with this I'll probably be connected to Gao Chen's murder,' she thought.

After thinking about it for a moment she eventually put the Gao family nameplate back into Gao Chen's spatial pouch before getting rid of it all together.

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Without [ Stealth ], Xun Wei watched as Xiao Hei entered Song Du's room, but because she needed to wait a few more minutes before she could use [ Stealth ] again she decided not to follow them in.

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Inside Song Du's room Xiao Hei saw him sitting next to the window while staring at the festival below. When he heard someone walk in, he turned his head and saw the cute little girl wearing nothing but a thin fairy-like gown that only went down to her knees.

Standing about 143cm tall, Xiao Hei had to be the most beautiful and cutest looking girl he had ever seen in his life. He had many privileges, but never till today was he truly thankful for it.

While he was eyeing Xiao Hei with a lecherous gaze, the busty woman walked up to him then whispered a few things into his ear. He then pointed at the only two men in the room and ordered them to follow the busty lady out. Leaving only Xiao Hei and his sexy women in the room with him.

Xiao Hei didn't know where they were going, but she could tell from the expression on the woman's face that there was a problem.

The lady had informed Song Du that Xiao Hei had a guard with her. So to avoid a troublesome situation, Song Du had ordered them to go find out who her backer was.

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A few moments later the busty lady walked out of Song Du's room while being followed by two men.

The men were wearing special belts around their waist showing that they belong to the Song family. Xun Wei immediately recognized it, and it made her frown because it sparked a terrible memory.

A bloodthirsty glow appeared in her eyes as she turned the corner to reveal herself. She had her sword in hand and it was pointing down at the ground in front of her.

The busty lady was instructed to learn about the Xiao Hei's backer and to create a rapport if she was someone with a special status. Since Xun Wei was on this floor, that meant she was definitely someone with a special background, so her immediate reaction was to humble herself in front of her.

"Could I know young miss's noble name?" She asked Xun Wei.

Xun Wei ignored the question. She approached them with her sword emitting a spine chilling glow.

Seeing that she didn't want to talk, the two guards stepped in trying to prevent her from getting any closer.

One guard spoke while standing in Xun Wei's way, "She asked you a question."

No one saw Xun Wei's arm move, but in the next moment the guard's head was suddenly decapitated.

"What!"

Just as the second guard moved back, Xun Wei moved forward. He too was decapitated.

Blood sprayed everywhere but nothing touched Xun Wei.

After she killed the 2 guards she went after the busty lady next. The lady fell on her butt in fear.

"W-who are you?", she asked Xun Wei with a shaky voice.

"Do you really not recognize me?"

Xun Wei used to be a very ordinary looking girl, so it was understandable that people wouldn't recognize her. However, after taking a closer look she was finally able to recognize who Xun Wei was.

"Little Wei, why are you doing this? When Song Du finds out what you did our family and friends back home will suffer."

Xun Wei didn't seem to care about what she said, she simply continued walking.

"Chun Wei, I'm telling you to stop."

Xun Wei stopped then faced the woman before saying,

"My surname is not Chun."

"What are you talking about."

Xun Wei then took out a burnt and tattered wooden nameplate. It was badly damaged but the name on it could still be read.

~'Xun'~

"How can this be. The Xun family were wiped out before you were even born."

Xun Wei didn't bother explaining. Instead, she put the nameplate away then continued walking towards her.

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During the destruction of the Xun family, there were a few dozen people that were able to escape, including Xun Wei's parents.

Since the clan was destroyed, many of the survivors wanted to go far away, but others wished to stay and regain their strength to get revenge.

Xun Wei's mother played a pivotal role in that rebellion, so she chose to stay and fight. Xun Wei's father also wanted to stay since he was someone many people looked up to, but for Xun Wei's sake he chose to flee with her.

Young Xun Wei and her father broke off from the main group and traveled for several months, but because he had his cultivation crippled he couldn't travel very far. He eventually settled in the Chun family sect and lived in the house of an old friend of his.

Even though they traveled a great distance, the Chun family sect was still a subsidiary power to the Song.

One day, her father went out but didn't return, and in the morning Xun Wei heard a public announcement.

Xun Wei's father had been caught.

The night before he was captured, Xun Wei's father spoke to his long time friend, Chun Hua's father, saying,

"The Song have crippled my cultivation and I watched as they slaughtered my friends and relatives. However, my little girl's heart is too kind, she might never understand how cruel this world really is till it's too late. Please grant my dying wish. Make sure she watches what happens tomorrow," Xun Wei's father told Chun Hua's father.

"Didn't you come here to live a peaceful life with your daughter? Why are you throwing it away?"

"I came here because I trust you to take care of Xun Wei when I'm gone."

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So on the night of the execution, Chun Hua's father granted his old friend's cruel dying wish and made Xun Wei watch her father's gruesome death. Even when Chun Hua's father could no longer watch it, Xun Wei never blinked or turned away. She would never forget the day the Song family took what she loved the most, her papa.

Unfortunately for Xun Wei, even though she got into the Black Paradise sect, her cultivation wasn't anything special.

She lost hope on ever achieving her goal, and nearly lost interest in cultivation all together. But then she met Xiao Fang and the fire of revenge burned within her once again. Today is when it all starts. After today there is no turning back.

Just as Xun Wei was walking past the lady on the floor, she suddenly attacked Xun Wei.

Normally, from such a close distance, a surprise attack like that would be impossible to dodge. However, Xun Wei never planned to let her live...

Chapter 112 - Revenge Killing

Xun Wei had no grievances with the woman, but she would've been a liability if kept alive. At least now the Chun family was free from suspicion, they wouldn't expect the assassin to kill one of their own.

Xun Wei waited outside for a few more minutes before walking in with [ Stealth ].

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Meanwhile, Xiao Hei was seated comfortably on a pillow seated across from Song Du.

"What is your name little girl?" He asked.

"Xiao Hei."

The name Xiao Hei was commonly used for pets, so he didn't believe her. He assumed she was just trying to keep her identity a secret.

"I was told that you wanted a collar. Please wait here while I go fetch you one. In the meantime, you can order anything you like from the menu."

Song Du gestured for one of his loli girls to follow him into the next room. She was less than 3 inches taller than Xiao Hei, but when she walked past her she could see how nervous she was to follow Song Du.

Although Xiao Hei was curious, she wanted to ignore it since it was none of her business, but only a few moments after the door had closed, she could faintly hear what was going on in that room.

Xiao Hei frowned.

The more she heard the more annoyed she got.

"Hmph," she scoffed as she looked at the door as if she could see Song Du right through it.

One girl that worked under Song Du saw the look on Xiao Hei's face and assumed she was unhappy with the meals on the menu.

"Young miss, Xiao Hei, would you like me to get you a different menu?" She asked politely.

Xiao Hei didn't say anything as she abruptly stood back up. Seeing the direction Xiao Hei was walking in, the girls panicked.

"Wait, you can't go in there," one girl said as she stood in Xiao Hei's way, but Xiao Hei ignored her and moved the girl out of her way.

The way Xiao Hei pushed the girl surprised all of them. Xiao Hei was a small girl, but no one would've expected her to be so strong.

"Please wait, if you go in there... he'll punish us," one of them screamed.

Xiao Hei paused, and the frown on her face got deeper.

Spirit pets were forbidden from killing or crippling humans without their master's permission. She just wanted to teach that Song Du a lesson, but it turned out that she would be doing more harm than good.

Suddenly, she watched as a figure became more visible the closer it got. It was Xun Wei.

Xiao Hei smiled when she saw Xun Wei, but the other girls in the room couldn't see who she was smiling at.

Xiao Hei opened the door, then the two of them walked into Song Du's room together.

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Inside they witnessed a sickening sight. The poor loli girl had cum and piss on her face, and Song Du was forcefully trying to dig his dick into her tiny asshole.

"Xiao Hei, you're not supposed to be in here."

Xiao Hei and Xun Wei didn't bother wasting time speaking to this monster.

Xiao Hei's eyes became sharp and Xun Wei's blade shined a chilling light as she came out of [ Stealth ].

"Who the hell are you?!" He said while pointing at Xun Wei.

In the next moment, Xiao Hei and Xun Wei both pounced towards Song Du. The little girl he was raping squeezed him as if to hold him in place, but it was unnecessary, Xiao Hei and Xun Wei were too quick.

Before Song Du could even take a step back, he suddenly had a deep cut across his chest, and a claw that had cut him from his navel to his balls.

It was too sudden for him to even realize what had happened, seeing the blood on his hands after touching his open chest, he suddenly collapsed.

His body was a gory mess. Xiao Hei had dug her claw in so deep that there were visceral torn up chunks pouring down where his crotch should've been.

Song Du's eyes were open wide in shock, he began coughing up blood.

The little girl he had been raping had eventually gotten up and looked at him with a disgust. She wasn't disgusted that he was cut up so badly, but because he was just such a vile person.

Song Du was still coughing up blood as his life slowly escaped him, but the little girl only sped up the process as she began stomping on his face till his face was unrecognizable. Even after he had died, she didn't stop till Xiao Hei pulled her away.

"He's already dead," Xiao Hei told her.

When the girl looked at Xiao Hei she hugged her then said numerous thanks, but when she turned to look at Xun Wei she discovered that she was already gone.

"Where did she go?"

"Ehm, I don't think she wants to be seen," Xiao Hei replied with a smile.

"Unfortunately, I didn't get a good look at her. The next time you see her can you relay my thanks to her as well?"

"Mn, I will," Xiao Hei nodded.

Xiao Hei eventually left, but the other girl stayed. She walked back over to Song Du's body then squatted over it before releasing a warm sparkling yellow liquid on his mangled corpse.

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On the way back home, Xun Wei watched as Xiao Hei skipped happily along the dirt road. Xun Wei's hands trembled and she couldn't stop the scene from replaying in her head, but somehow Xiao Hei looked completely fine. Perhaps it was because she wasn't human so it was easier for her than it was for Xun Wei.

"Why do you look so happy after doing what we did?"

Xiao Hei then took out a spatial pouch from her side.

"This belonged to Song Du. After I give it to Xiao Fang he'll definitely reward me with all the Yang qi I want," she snickered.

"You little thief... what's inside?"

"I'm not telling," Xiao Hei said before sticking her tongue out at Xun Wei.

"Hmph, as if I would care what you got in that-" before she could finish the sentence she jumped towards Xiao Hei in an attempt to snatch Song Du's spatial pouch from her hands.

However, Xiao Hei was suspicious of Xun Wei all along, so she was able to dodge her in time.

"Hahahahaha," Xiao Hei laughed.

Xun Wei's eyes twitched. She knew what Xiao Hei was trying to do, but she didn't want to give her the satisfaction. For all she knew, there was nothing in that spatial pouch.

But then, Xiao Hei suddenly pulled up her thin black gown then started shaking her smooth little butt side to side in a mocking fashion at Xun Wei, all while making a face at her.

"You little demon, show me what's inside that pouch!" Xun Wei yelled before giving chase.

Like the time Xiao Fang chased Xiao Hei in the cave in the city of Mannan, the more Xun Wei chased her, the angrier she got. By the time they reached the house Xun Wei had forgotten all about Song Du and was ready to commit a second murder.

Xiao Fang wasn't home yet so Xiao Hei was upset. When Xun Wei finally caught up, she found Xiao Hei resting in the open space at the center of the house. As Xun Wei sneaked up on her she suddenly saw her toss a pouch towards her.

"Is this Song Du's spatial pouch?"

"Mn, open it."

Xun Wei finally looked inside as her eyes began to shine expectantly.

"This is..."

Chapter 113 - Li Lian's First Kill

[ Black Lake ]

The water was calm, the air was chilly, and there was a subtle mist eerily building up over the lake.

Since nothing happened for a while, Li Lian eventually opened her eyes.

Xiao Fang was pleased to see that she finally built up the courage to do it. So he stopped massaging her scalp then he let her raise her head off his lap.

"How do you feel?" He asked.

She turned her head to look him in the eye, then with a soft tone she said,

"I'm ready."

Xiao Fang smiled.

"Good."

[ Reaper's Grasp ]

Suddenly, several figures appeared to be jumping out of the water when, in fact, they were being pulled.

The 12 men screamed, but it sounded as if they were shouting their battle cries.

[ No Sword Style: Divine Sword Cutting Air ]

Xiao Fang whipped his arms in both directions, creating two crescent blades of Sword qi that cut everything it touched within a 10 meter radius.

The screams abruptly stopped and it was followed by the sounds of human chucks splashing into the lake.

The blood from the mutilated corpses polluted the water, making the reflection of the moon and stars appear blood-red. The thick stench of blood was nauseating, and it made Li Lian feel as if she were living a nightmare.

Suddenly a strange energy seemed to be escaping their dead bodies and it entered Xiao Fang's. When he felt it flowing into his dantian, the curse marks quickly began to fade.

Despite not being able to see the mysterious energy, Li Lian could see the effects it was having on his body. There were no physical changes, but there was something about him that made him seem as if heavy shackles had been finally removed from his body.

Xiao Fang wanted to laugh out loud. All this time, the curse mark made him feel as if he was dragging heavy weights around, but now that the marks were gone he felt as if he could finally breathe again.

The rower stopped rowing the boat. He was paralyzed in fear. He eventually fell on his butt, which reminded Li Lian that he was still alive.

She thought that Xiao Fang had spared his life because he had nothing to do with it. However, in the next moment, he was also starting to be pulled towards Xiao Fang with [ Reaper's Grasp ].

He desperately tried to hold on to something, clawing at the boat till his nails peeled off. His screams were so horrifying and desperate, but Xiao Fang didn't stop pulling him closer. Li Lian wanted to cover her ears, but she braved through it.

The man was no longer being pulled. Xiao Fang had walked around him then pulled him up by his hair to put him on his knees.

"Xiao Fang, what are you-"

"Kill him," Xiao Fang suddenly said.

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Later that night Xiao Fang and Li Lian returned back home. As soon as he opened the door Xun Wei was there hopping on the spot. Li Lian didn't pay any attention to Xiao Hei as she went straight to bed. Xiao Fang understood how she must have felt so he didn't bother her.

"Xiao Fang, do you notice anything different about me?" Xiao Hei said while looking up at him with her cute round eyes.

Laying on the bed, Xun Wei rolled her eyes when she heard Xiao Hei bragging about what she got from Song Du's spatial pouch. She made it seem as if it were some sort of treasure when it just looked like an ordinary accessory.

Xiao Fang reached down to Xiao Hei's neck to feel the thin black fabric wrapped around her neck.

"What is it?"

"It's a choker."

Despite seeming harmless, it was actually a sex tool used to choke women during intercourse to heighten the experience.

This was the first time Xiao Fang was hearing about a sex tool because it didn't exist in this country, or at least it was extremely hard to come by. Even from the country Xiao Hei was from, the weakest of tools like the collar she wore around her neck were accessible to commoners, while the medium grade, and high grade stuff were only accessible to the most wealthy of individuals.

The more she explained it to Xiao Fang the more interested he got. Although the choker were pretty weak sex tools, it was something only someone from a major family could get their hands on in this country.

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As the two of them discussed more about sexual toys, Xun Wei was in bed slowly falling asleep, but then she suddenly felt someone hugging her from behind.

"Li Lian? What's wrong," she said as she turned her body around to face her.

"Xiao Fang... he made me kill someone today."

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"Who did you kill?"

Li Lian sighed.

"That's the thing, I didn't know anything about him. He didn't do anything to us, but I killed him anyway."

"Oof, that's tough. Now that you brought it up... I also killed someone today."

Li Lian raised her head as if she finally found someone she could relate with.

"You seem to be handling it pretty well. Who was it?"

"Do you know Song Du?"

"Yeah, I met him a few times when I was younger. He had a lot of girls crushing on him, but he never seemed interested in any of them."

"I killed him."

Li Lian's jaw dropped.

"Are you insane," she whispered.

"Not much worse than killing Gao Chen," Xun Wei joked.

"Hmph, that had nothing to do with me."

Xun Wei snickered.

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"Are we bad people?" Li Lian asked.

"That depends on the perspective. Don't think too much about it. The sooner you get used to this sort of thing, the better."

"Do you think we'll need to kill again?"

"Definitely. Cultivation resources become even more scarce the higher your cultivation gets, we might need to kill to get the resources we need. Kill your enemies to get stronger, kill your enemies to survive, and kill for revenge. As cultivators, it's a part of our lifestyle. This is just the start, so it's best that you get used to it. We aren't little girls anymore."

Li Lian curiously asked for more information, so Xun Wei opened up to her about her past. The more she spoke the less Li Lian thought about the events that took place today. No matter how tragic Xun Wei's story was, it made Li Lian realize the cruelty of the world, and it started to change her worldview.

The two of them eventually went to sleep, and Li Lian started feeling better about what she did.

Xiao Hei gave Song Du's spatial pouch to Xiao Fang. Even though there weren't many useful scrolls for him to use there were plenty of useful cultivation pills and merit points. Combine that with the 12 men he killed he now had well over 100,000 merit points to spare.

Xiao Fang went outside then crossed his legs before meditating to cultivate the [ Death Reaper ] method. With the dense energy of death filling his dantian and the valuable spirit cultivation pills that were now in his possession, he was easily able to breakthrough to the 1st stage of the [ Death Reaper ] Spirit Refinement realm.

A torrent of air entered his nose as he breathed it in, then a narrow stream escaped his lips as he calmly exhaled.

Xiao Fang had finally reached the prerequisite to practice new [ Death Reaper ] techniques so he browsed through the techniques that were in Xiao Hei's mind-space then chose one that was to his liking.

"Are you sure, Xiao Fang?" Xiao Hei asked, questioning his decision to practice the technique he chose.

"I'm sure."

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Technique: Fear

Type: Debuff attack

Realm: Profound Realm

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1st level: Eye of the abyss

> Prerequisite:

• Spirit Refinement Realm,

• Bloodlust

> Invoke fear to a single target.

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2nd level: Death Aura

> Prerequisite:

• Spirit Core Realm

• Bloodlust 2nd level

> Emit a terrifying aura that could make anyone within it have a strong urge to flee.

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3rd level: Nightmare

> Prerequisite:

• Profound Spirit Realm

• Bloodlust 3rd level

> Trap someone in a temporary nightmare

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[ Bloodlust ]

1st level: 10 kills

2nd level: 100 kills

3rd level: 1,000 kills

Chapter 114 - Elected Head

In the Matriarch's hall in the Black Paradise sect, the Matriarch was sitting across a much older woman drinking tea while playing a game of Go (Chinese chess).

If Xiao Kong was here, he'd recognize her as the woman that threatened him in the royal court (Chapter 78), but to the Matriarch of the Black Paradise sect she was Quan LiuXian, the Elected Head of the Province.

Although she was elected, it almost always came down to strength. This woman was actually the most powerful cultivator in the entire province. Much older and far stronger than even the Matriarch of the Black Paradise sect.

Even Though Xiao Kong had completely suppressed her with a single glance in the royal court, that didn't make her look weak in the eyes of the crowd because they knew how terrifyingly strong she was. The only thing they learned from that exchange was that the rumors were true, Xiao Kong was a monster, a God amongst men, and he was in a realm no one could even fathom.

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"Quan Luixian, it's always a pleasure to have you here, but I have a feeling you came here for more than a chat."

Quan Luixian flipped her wrist, her spatial ring lightly glowed, then a mysterious scroll appeared on her hand.

"This! But how did you get your hands on another one!?" the Matriarch said in shock as she stared at it.

"It was given to me. I'd rather not say who I got it from."

Back when she confronted Xiao Kong in the royal court, he tossed her a spatial potch with this scroll inside. She didn't understand why he would give her something so valuable, but she accepted it nonetheless.

Xiao Kong was known for being a ruthless and evil character, so telling the Matriarch that she got it from him might give her the impression that she made some sort of shady deal to get her hands on it.

"Shi Lan, has the Heavenly Fire spirit attribute accepted anyone yet?"

The Matriarch had a depressed and apologetic expression on her face as she shook her head.

"Not yet. There doesn't seem to be anyone that meets it's standards... I don't understand, why not use the spirit attributes yourself?" The Matriarch asked.

"For the sake of the province its essential that we invest on our younger generation," she answered righteously.

"I see. That's very generous of you."

"Perhaps... as for this spirit attribute, the power within its scroll is far stronger than anything I've ever seen before. I'd be lying if I said I didn't want it for myself. Unfortunately, it rejected me," she laughed helplessly.

"What! Are you serious?!" The Matriarch's eyes widened in shock.

"I am."

"But if you can't cultivate it, then wouldn't that mean it's impossible for anyone else in this province to cultivate it?"

"Spirit attributes don't choose cultivators based on talent alone. Whatever this spirit attribute seeks, it's made it clear that I didn't have it."

She sighed then continued, "Every few years our standings have been going down. Now we've been branded as the weakest province in the country because of how poorly the disciples in this sect have been performing. At this pace, I fear we won't even be considered a province for much longer."

"How can that be? No matter how poorly we do, it shouldn't affect our status as a province."

"You don't understand how the politics work. Once we're ignored by the royal court, major neighbouring sects like the Divine Sword sect will come sweeping in..." Quan Luixian paused when she realized something.

'Xiao Kong, you damn bastard! That day, you made me bow my head in front of all those people like some kind of obedient dog. Dammit!'

The cup in Quan Luixian's hand broke and her brows became knitted.

When Quan Luixian remembered the condescending look on Xiao Kong's face it made her want to vomit blood.

Quan Luixian slammed the desk, destroying the table before she got up.

She tossed the Matriarch a spatial pouch full of valuable spirit cultivation pills, then gave her a stern look.

"This is the best sect in the entire province. If we don't do better next year, then accept more men into the sect."

"Again? But we already-"

"Yes, again, whatever it takes!!"

"I-I understand."

'Dammit, Xiao Kong. I hope you die in the worst way possible.'

Quan Luixian's hair and robes fluttered wildly as her eyes shined. Suddenly her robes began to spin into a vortex, warping the space around her.

"Shi Lan, do something about these useless disciples. Do not fail me!" Her voice echoed.

In the next moment she was gone.

After she left, the Matriarch let out a long sigh. She never saw Quan Luixian so mad before. It seems things were really making a turn for the worse, and the Divine Sword sect had something to do with it.

The Matriarch looked down at the scroll in her hands, but she also couldn't feel anything from it.

'So it's rejecting me too.'

Although Quan Luixian never blamed her for it, this was her sect, so naturally the disciple's failure was also her own.

With a deep frown on her face, the Matriarch immediately wanted to make some changes to improve the sect, but before she could even get up, Elder Yao Wu requested an audience.

"Come in," the Matriarch said.

Yao Wu walked in then respectfully bowed while cupping her hands.

"Quickly, speak," the Matriarch urged her to get on with it.

"It's Da Long... I believe he's-"

"Forget about Da Long, we have much more pressing matters to get to," the Matriarch said while getting up from her seat.

Yao Wu noticed that she was holding something, but it only took her a moment to realize what it was.

"Is that!-"

The Matriarch tossed the scroll to her then Yao Wu caught it.

Seeing that there was no reaction, the Matriarch sighed.

"Looks like it rejected you too. Put it in the sect's archives with the Heavenly Fire spirit attribute scroll. When you're done with that come meet me in the inner court's training ground."

Yao Wu was glad that the Matriarch was finally taking her responsibilities seriously, so she smiled lightly.

"I'll do it right away," Yao Wu bowed then left.

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Meanwhile at Li Lian's house. Xiao Fang had just finished practicing his new technique. It didn't take him long to learn, since he had already comprehended a lot of it by dual cultivating with Xiao Hei.

He laid on the grass while looking up at the spatial pouch in his hand. He had so many merit points he didn't know what to do with them. He had already given Li Lian and Xun Wei a few thousand merit points to buy whatever they wanted.

Xiao Fang imagined that Li Lian was using the merit points to buy cultivation resources while Xun Wei was spending it on spirit herbs to practice concocting pills.

Xiao Fang sighed as he saw that he still had more than 100,000 merit points to spare.

"What do you think I should do with this."

Xiao Hei was resting next to Xiao Fang in her feline form.

{"I don't know. Maybe you can buy a new technique or some spirit cultivation pills."}

"The spirit cultivation pills they sell in the outer court are worthless to me, and the last time I went to the Sect's Archives for a new technique I couldn't find anything I liked."

"That's because your expectations were too high. Just find something basic."

Xiao Fang sat up.

"Alright, it's better than doing nothing with it."

Xiao Hei raised her head to watch him leave.

Chapter 115 - True Immortal Lightning Tribulation

After Yao Wu left the Matriarch's Hall, she went straight to the Sect's Archives.

The first thing Yao Wu noticed was the absence of an elder standing at the post, there was only an outer court disciple there accepting entrance fees.

There was only an outer court disciple there because no one from the inner and core court would waste their time doing this kind of job when they could be cultivating.

Elder Yao Wu approached the young outer court disciple and the disciple immediately stood up straight in the presence of an elder.

"Young disciple, where is the elder that should be here with you."

"Ah, s-she told me she would be back soon. Would you like me to go get her for you?"

The truth was that the elder that should've been here was actually neglecting her duties. She didn't want to waste her time here when she could be doing other things, so she would always leave the outer court disciple alone to do this menial job.

Yao Wu could understand why she would be slacking off. The elder was stationed here not only to supervise this post but to also notify the Matriarch if the Heavenly Fire spirit attribute had chosen one of the disciples. But since no one was chosen in so many years, the elders had stopped believing that it ever would.

"No need. I can't be here for long anyways. I'll just finish what I came here to do and be on my way."

The outer court disciple bowed nervously as Yao Wu walked in.

'It seems I've dodged a bullet this time,' the outer court disciple thought.

Inside of the Sect's Archives, Yao Wu quickly sealed the new spirit attribute.

'Hm that's strange.'

Till now Yao Wu assumed that the Heavenly Fire spirit attribute was just hiding its flames from her, but she was sure that the scroll was supposed to be in this spot that was now vacant.

Yao Wu gasped as her eyes widened.

'Could it be?!'

She then rushed out of the Sect's Archives, confronting the outer court disciple standing outside.

"Where is she!?" She yelled at the disciple.

"I..."

Yao Wu could tell that she didn't really know where the elder was, so she didn't want to waste anymore time here. She quickly turned to leave, but the moment she did, she saw a blindfolded man walking past her.

Although it seemed strange, she didn't have the time to think about it. She needed to confirm her suspicions quickly because the Matriarch was waiting for her in the inner court.

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Xiao Fang wore his blindfold and hair down because he didn't want to waste time dual cultivating with anyone.

"50 merit points to enter," the outer court disciple said.

Xiao Fang tossed the merit points to her then proceeded inside.

As soon as Xiao Fang entered the Sect's Archive, he immediately felt a strange aura in the air. Whatever it was it seemed to be calling him.

Xiao Fang followed that feeling till he saw a mysterious light farther down the aisle.

Xiao Fang had a good idea of what it was since he recognized the feeling and it was coming from the same place the Heavenly Fire spirit attribute scroll used to be. The only difference was that it was several times stronger.

Standing before the scroll, white and blue electric shocks moved over the box. Suddenly the auspicious lightning began to engrave words into the hard metal sealed box.

[ True Immortal Lightning Tribulation ]

[ Mastering others is strength, Mastering yourself is true power. Immortal lightning strikes from the highest Heavens. Can you endure it? ]

[ 100,000 merit points ]

Xiao Fang wasn't sure last time, but now he could say for sure that these spirit attributes had a life of their own.

He paid the merit points to open it, but the moment he tried to pick up the scroll from the bottom of the box it zapped him, making him pull his hand away. He read the description again then laughed.

"Are you trying to test my endurance? I already paid 100,000 merit points for you. I'll show you just how much I can endure."

Xiao Fang tried to reach into it and pull it out quickly, but the moment the lightning touched him, it forced his hand to slow down.

Xiao Fang had one eye closed as he tried to fight through the pain. The closer he got to it the more intense the pain got.

Body cultivators are known to have an extremely high tolerance to pain. However, Xiao Fang wasn't just any body cultivator, he had been tortured from training all his life, so his tolerance to pain was much higher than even the toughest body cultivator amongst the younger generation. Despite how impressive his tolerance to pain was, his hand had only moved 2 out of 5 inches closer to the scroll, but he already felt as if he was at his limit.

Finally both eyes were closed tightly as he tried to push his hand closer. When he was only 2 inches away from touching it he screamed and released the power or his Profound Body realm and Spirit Core realm at the same time, but it didn't ease the pain. Xiao Fang was experiencing the worst suffering he ever felt in his life.

The only thing Xiao Fang feared more than this kind of pain was having to do it again if he failed. No, that absolutely couldn't happen.

Only an inch away from it now, but Xiao Fang felt as if he had already surpassed his limit and couldn't go on any further. This felt like the end, but Xiao Fang didn't know when to quit.

He kept pushing as the pain flooded his senses.

Suddenly, Xiao Fang's eyes opened wide and they started to emit a ferocious blue and white electric light.

"YOU'RE MINE!!!!!!!!"

Finally, after much struggle, Xiao Fang was just barely able to touch it with his finger.

The scroll disappeared as it was put into Xiao Fang's spatial ring. Xiao Fang collapsed as he tried to catch his breath. His whole body was vibrating, shaking, and spasming. Even though the lightning was gone, he could still feel it circulating throughout his entire body. He could feel the power within him.

Even though it took a while to describe, the whole thing only took less than 30 seconds.

Xiao Fang finally got up once the pain was starting to lessen. Even though he could still feel the torturous pain, he was in a rush to get up because he couldn't wait to get home to cultivate it.

Xiao Fang picked up his blindfold then put it back on. Despite the pain he was in, he still walked happily out of that place.

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Meanwhile, Yao Wu and one other elder returned to the Sect's Archive. The outer court disciple bowed as they approached, but they didn't stop to greet her as they went directly inside.

"Yao Wu, if it's true, then-"

"Let's not make speculations, just find the Heavenly Fire spirit attribute scroll first."

The elder quickly led Yao Wu down one of the aisles then suddenly stopped.

"What is it, did you find it?"

The elder's finger shook as she pointed at the shelf.

"I-It should be here."

The elder took the empty box down then confirmed it.

"Yao Wu, someone really!-" the elder paused when she saw the expression on Yao Wu's face. She was staring at a spot on the shelf.

Yao Wu slowly took the empty box off the shelf then examined it.

"100,000 merit points... What kind of technique was in there?" the elder commented on the box Yao Wu was holding.

Yao Wu released the power of her Divine Body, then in the next moment she disappeared right before the elder's eyes. Outside of the archive Yao Wu suddenly appeared in front of the young outer court disciple standing at her post.

"That blindfolded boy, which way did he go."

The girl could clearly tell that Yao Wu was extremely serious.

She pointed in a direction then Yao Wu vanished again.

"Even the Matriarch and I were rejected by it. Just how talented is that boy, and how could someone like that be put into the outer court."

Even though she knew that the Matriarch was waiting for her, this was far more important. She was prepared to search the entire 33rd District if she had to.

Then she remembered something. There was someone that had completed the entrance exam in under 3 hours, but he was never found.

'It must be the same guy,' she thought.

After thinking about it a bit more she realized that she hadn't seen a single blindfolded cultivator in the outer court the last time she was searching for Da Long.

'Could it be him?'

It all seemed to connect. Yao Wu finally stopped and then turned around. She headed straight towards the inner court to report everything to the Matriarch.

If what she suspected was true, then Da Long was someone they really couldn't ignore.

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Yao Wu quickly finally found the Matriarch in the inner court.

"There you are, what took you so long?" the Matriarch said.

"Matriarch, something serious has come up."

"What is it?"

"It has to do with Da Long."

"I told you to forget about him. We have more important things to do."

"With respect, Matriarch, you're going to want to hear this."

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When Xiao Fang returned, he immediately went into seclusion to cultivate the lightning spirit attribute scroll. Seeing Xiao Fang return in a rush, Xiao Hei watched quietly as he ran upstairs to go into closed door training.

Xiao Fang took the spirit attribute scroll out then sat down cross legged in the empty room. He began to recite the words on the scroll, then slowly slipped into a meditative state.

Even though he was slowly integrating the spirit attribute scroll into his body, his cultivation realm was staying the same. However, he could clearly feel that his battle power was quickly rising.

The process of integrating the spirit attribute into his body was nothing like Li Lian described it would be. It felt like his dantian was being electrocuted and torn apart. The process was extremely painful, but it only seemed to be getting worse as time went on.

Chapter 116 - Q & A

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Hello readers,

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Thanks for all the support and I apologize for stopping at such a terrible spot. I hope to see you again when I return. Till next time, Cya :)

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Questions and Answers:

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Q: "In what month is the test for: Outer Court, Inner Court, and Sect Tournament?"

A: Outer and inner court exams take place at the same time, but the sect tournament take place a month earlier when the sect heads are invited into the royal court.

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Q: "But, didn't they go to the Divine Sword Sect about 3 months before the Inner Court Exam?"

A: The Patriarchs and Matriarchs of the 13 sects all had another reason for going to the royal court.

Retired Patriarchs (like Xiao Kong) lived in the royal court, so they would play politics and participate in discussions relating to the well-being of the country and carry out missions with other Retired Patriarchs under the instructions of the Royals court. When the current Patriarchs (like Xiao Jianghong) enter the Royal sect, their first order of business is to inform their Retired Patriarch on what's been happening back at their sect, then they will try to come up with a plan for its future.

The tournament starts 1 month before they leave, but until then, the handful of selected disciples from each of the 13 sects enjoy a comfortable place to train that is rich with natural qi and valuable cultivation resources they can't get anywhere else in the country.

So it's not only for Patriarchs to discuss important matters, but it's also an opportunity for their disciples to train in their special training grounds.

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Q: "Was Zhao Pan secretly raised and trained by Yao Wu within the inner or outer court of the Black Paradise sect?"

A: The Black Paradise sect is more than just a sect. The whole city is a part of their territory. Yao Wu secretly kept Zhao Pan inside of the city, but not inside the actual sect walls till she was old enough to do the entrance exam.

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Q: "Can someone know the nature of someone's qi and recognize the cultivation method they practice without seeing them use a cultivation techniques?"

A: One cannot tell what cultivation method someone possess without seeing them use a method-specific technique. However, cultivators that practice the same cultivation method could recognize (guess) that they cultivate the same method, purely by looking at their aura and/or physical characteristics. Cultivating a method doesn't change your qi permanently (like a spirit attribute does), but it will change your aura and physical body.

Body Method Example: If Cultivator A* sees Cultivator B* (a swordsman), and if Cultivator A* has a lot of experience fighting against swordsmen or is a swordsman himself, then Cultivator A* might be able to guess that Cultivator B* is a swordsmen just by looking at the things they wear or the way they are physically built. However, Cultivator A* won't know for sure what cultivation method he practices till he see Cultivator B* use a sword technique. Even then, unless Cultivator B* uses a method-specific sword technique (Like Xiao Fang's 'Divine Sword' technique which comes directly from the Divine Sword method) and not a general sword technique (like Xun Wei's 'Quick Sword' technique that she got from the Black Paradise Sect's Archives) Cultivator A* won't know which sword method Cultivator B* is practicing.

Spirit Method Examples: Death Reaper method makes Xiao Fang carry around an aura of death the more people he kills. Death Reaper cultivators might recognize it and assume he is a fellow Death Reaper cultivator, but they won't know for sure till they see him use a method-specific technique like [ Reaper's Grasp ]

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Q: Does the black paradise sect only accepts cultivators that are at the age of 18? If not, is there an age limit for students to be accepted after the age of 18?

A: The Black Paradise sect only accepts 18 year olds unless they are brought into the sect by an elder. Elders can bring 1 disciple into the sect, but only into the outer court and they have to be under the age of 30. The new disciple will have to climb to the inner and core court by passing the exams just like everyone else, and they will be kicked out if they don't pass the inner court exam before the age of 30.

Age limit changes the higher up you go:

30 for outer court

40 for inner

50 for core

30+ Elders (if they pass an elder's test)

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Q: "Let's say that there is a strong disciple that can't pass the exam before being expelled by the age limit, can they become elders of the outer court?"

A: Yes, they can do that. Many elders were inner court disciples that gave up on trying to pass the core court exam. Similar in Jiang Mei's case, she gave up on passing the core court exam really early, so she just focused on passing the elder exam.

Note: Inner Court disciples that want to become an elder needs to start as an outer court elder after they pass the elder exam. The only way to become an inner court elder is by having your disciple pass a specially made test. To deter outer court elders from just getting a bunch of disciples and trying her luck that way, the sect made it so they are stuck with one disciple for at least 5 years before they can accept another one. That's why many elders are really picky with their choice.

As you will learn when they get into the inner court, becoming a core court elder is much more difficult.

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If you stayed till this point then I feel like I should reward you. Here's just a bit of the next chapter:

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Next chapter: Searching The Outer Court

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[ Li Lian's house ]

Upstairs in a large empty room, Xiao Fang sat in the lotus position as he tried to fully integrate the [ True Immortal Lightning Tribulation ] spirit attribute into his body. The time it took him to cultivate the spirit attribute was already much longer than Li Lian's and Xun Wei's combined, but he didn't break his concentration, even when he was beginning to feel weak.

As the days passed, the outer court gradually descended into madness. Li Lian, Xun Wei, and Xiao Hei didn't know about it because they had been at home for the last few days.

Since they killed people, they thought it would be wise to stay at home and keep a low profile.

However, one day there was a knock on the door. Li Lian got up to answer it, but not without getting Xun Wei's attention first.

Xun Wei and Xiao Hei suddenly stopped what they were doing as Li Lian went to answer the door. When she opened it she saw two women standing at her doorsteps, but she froze when she saw the colours of the two women's robes.

One was white, meaning that she was from the core court, and the other was black, meaning that she was from the inner court.

"Hello, we're both a member of the disciplinary department. Respectively from the inner and core court," the black robed woman said as she pointed at herself then at the white robed disciple standing behind her.

Li Lian didn't know what to say. She still couldn't believe a core court disciple would come knocking at her door. The admiration in her eyes slowly turned into worry when she started to suspect that the came to investigate Song Du's murder.

The outer court disciplinary department always did their own investigation, and they were usually really good at it. However, their punishment would only go as far as making them pay a large fee of merit points.

The day Li Lian returned from the Divine Sword sect with Xiao Fang, she was apprehended and forced to pay 25,000 merit points. If she didn't have the money they would have forced her into doing manual labour for the sect till she could pay it off. Luckily for her, Xiao Fang had boat loads of merit points that he didn't know what to do with, so paying the fee was no big deal. Xiao Fang was upset that they were accusing her instead of him, but they just accused him of simping.

Although there was a general rule against killing other disciples, no one really cared enough to do anything about it, especially if the victim was a man. Perhaps because Song Du came from a more noble family they were taking the case a little more seriously, but it didn't make sense that they would go so far as to bring people from the inner and core court to do the investigating.

Li Lian dismissed any thoughts that they were in any trouble, so instead of worry she became curious. However, before she could ask why they came, the inner court disciple suddenly spoke.

"May we come in?"

"Em, sure. Please come in," Li Lian replied.

Li Lian idolized the Core Court disciples of the Black Paradise sect since she was young, so inviting one into her home was like a dream come true.

Seeing that people were being invited into their house, Xiao Hei went into [ Stealth ], then quickly ran upstairs into Xiao Fang's room. Seeing that Xiao Fang was still meditating, she tried to be quiet even though she knew that he couldn't hear, see, or feel anything in that state.

Back downstairs Xun Wei had confronted the visitors after wiping the sweat off her skin with a piece of cloth.

"What is this about?" Xun Wei asked.

"We are doing a quick inspection of the outer court," the Inner Court disciple said.

She then took something out from her spatial pouch and handed them to Li Lian and Xun Wei.

"Put your qi into them."

Li Lian did as she said. Xun Wei hesitated for a moment then eventually did the same.

Shortly after their qi entered the crystals, they slowly began to glow.

"The crystals are glowing. What does that mean?" Li Lian asked.

Chapter 117 - Searching The Outer Court

[ Li Lian's house ]

Upstairs in a large empty room, Xiao Fang sat in the lotus position as he tried to fully integrate the [ True Immortal Lightning Tribulation ] spirit attribute into his body. The time it took him to cultivate the spirit attribute was already much longer than Li Lian's and Xun Wei's combined, but he didn't break his concentration, even when he was beginning to feel weak.

As the days passed, the outer court gradually descended into madness. Li Lian, Xun Wei, and Xiao Hei didn't know about it because they had been at home for the last few days.

Since they killed people, they thought it would be wise to stay at home and keep a low profile.

However, one day there was a knock on the door. Li Lian got up to answer it, but not without getting Xun Wei's attention first.

Xun Wei and Xiao Hei suddenly stopped what they were doing as Li Lian went to answer the door. When she opened it she saw two women standing at her doorsteps, but she froze when she saw the colours of the two women's robes.

One was white, meaning that she was from the core court, and the other was black, meaning that she was from the inner court.

"Hello, we're both a member of the disciplinary department. Respectively from the inner and core court," the black robed woman said as she pointed at herself then at the white robed disciple standing behind her.

Li Lian didn't know what to say. She still couldn't believe a core court disciple would come knocking at her door. The admiration in her eyes slowly turned into worry when she started to suspect that the came to investigate Song Du's murder.

The outer court disciplinary department always did their own investigation, and they were usually really good at it. However, their punishment would only go as far as making them pay a large fee of merit points.

The day Li Lian returned from the Divine Sword sect with Xiao Fang, she was apprehended and forced to pay 25,000 merit points. If she didn't have the money they would have forced her into doing manual labour for the sect till she could pay it off. Luckily for her, Xiao Fang had boat loads of merit points that he didn't know what to do with, so paying the fee was no big deal. Xiao Fang was upset that they were accusing her instead of him, but they just accused him of simping.

Although there was a general rule against killing other disciples, no one really cared enough to do anything about it, especially if the victim was a man. Perhaps because Song Du came from a more noble family they were taking the case a little more seriously, but it didn't make sense that they would go so far as to bring people from the inner and core court to do the investigating.

Li Lian dismissed any thoughts that they were in any trouble, so instead of worry she became curious. However, before she could ask why they came, the inner court disciple suddenly spoke.

"May we come in?"

"Em, sure. Please come in," Li Lian replied.

Li Lian idolized the Core Court disciples of the Black Paradise sect since she was young, so inviting one into her home was like a dream come true.

Seeing that people were being invited into their house, Xiao Hei went into [ Stealth ], then quickly ran upstairs into Xiao Fang's room. Seeing that Xiao Fang was still meditating, she tried to be quiet even though she knew that he couldn't hear, see, or feel anything in that state.

Back downstairs Xun Wei had confronted the visitors after wiping the sweat off her skin with a piece of cloth.

"What is this about?" Xun Wei asked.

"We are doing a quick inspection of the outer court," the Inner Court disciple said.

She then took something out from her spatial pouch and handed them to Li Lian and Xun Wei.

"Pour your spirit qi into them."

Li Lian did as she said. Xun Wei hesitated for a moment then eventually did the same.

Shortly after their qi entered the crystals, they slowly began to glow.

"The crystals are glowing. What does that mean?" Li Lian asked.

The inner court disciple seemed extremely shocked by this, but the expression on the core court disciple's face didn't change in the slightest.

The inner court disciple took the crystals back with a special glow in her eye, before looking back up at Li Lian and Xun Wei.

"Truthfully, I don't know the answer to that, but if you come with me I can take you to someone that does."

Li Lian and Xun Wei looked at each other with confused looks. Whatever was happening it likely didn't have anything to do with Song Du's death.

While the girls were occupied downstairs, the Core Court disciple had actually planted an illusion of herself downstairs as she went off to search the house.

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All the disciples from the inner and core courts were instructed that they needed to perform the crystal test for every disciple in the outer court. However, the Core Court disciples were instructed on a covert mission: [ Find Da Long ]. That was the reason why it was taking so long to check the whole outer court, because they didn't include the outer court disciplinary department, and because they were going around in pairs instead of spreading their limited numbers.

The reason the mission was split up this way was because Yao Wu believed that there were a few outer and inner court elders that were trying to keep his identity a secret. She felt that she could only trust the core court disciples with this task.

The only reason the inner court disciple in Li Lian's house wasn't looking down on her was because she was living in such a large and luxurious house, which usually meant that she came from a very noble family. Which in this case was true since Li Lian was from one of the four major families in the province, the Li family.

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The Core Court disciple was upstairs checking each room for the man known as Da Long. Xiao Hei could hear someone quietly snooping around and checking every room so it made her nervous. She didn't trust someone that would try to sneak around in their house, so when she finally opened their door, Xiao Hei put a hand on Xiao Fang's back then used [ Stealth ], hiding the both of them.

Since the room was completely empty, she didn't look inside for more than a second before moving on to the next room.

After she had gone through every room in the house she finally went back downstairs, returning to her illusory body as if nothing had happened.

As they were getting ready to leave, the core court disciple saw the glowing crystals in the inner court disciple's hands. One glowing a fiery red, and the other glowing a ghostly white. A bit of shock appeared in her eyes then she looked back up at the two girls. She also didn't know what it meant, but for the sect to go to such lengths just to find these two girls, she knew it must've meant they were special.

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They eventually left the house, and they took them to meet an elder as they were instructed to do. The elder took one look at the glowing crystals and nearly jumped with joy. Although Li Lian and Xun Wei were both exceptionally beautiful, the elder couldn't sense anything special about them, but she knew the crystal didn't lie so she took them straight to the Matriarch.

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[ In the Matriarch's Hall ]

There were several elders wearing white robes, but they had special decorations in specific colours to show their difference in rank.

The outer court elders wore white and pink robes, inner court elders wore white and black robes, and the core court elders wore different shades of white robes, and the Supreme Elders wore white and purple robes.

The Supreme Elders were all very old people that had performed meritorious or outstanding services in the past. This also includes those that had accomplished something major for the sect.

Despite being surrounded and stared at by so many powerful elders, there was only one person that caught their eye. She was the woman sitting on the highest seat, the one with the lofty air, and the most dazzling one amongst them all.

The Matriarch.

Chapter 118 - The Matriarch's Proposal

In the presence of the Matriarch and several powerful elders, Li Lian and Xun Wei both bowed their heads in respect.

They immediately recognized who the Matriarch was since she had such an overwhelmingly heavenly air. She had long black hair, a smooth exposed leg, and she wore beautiful white robes decorated in gold.

Although Li Lian was intimidated by it, Xun Wei wasn't because she was used to being in presence of her master, who was several realms stronger than the Matriarch was.

"Rise."

Hearing the Matriarch's command, they both raised their heads then slowly looked around them at the elders that were staring at them.

Shortly after raising their heads the Matriarch tossed them both a new crystal.

"Show me."

The Matriarch wasn't the only one that was skeptical of them possessing a Spirit Attribute, all of the elders found it extremely hard to believe as well.

The Sect's Archives were sectioned off depending on status. Inner court disciples had access to cultivation techniques that weren't accessible for outer court disciples, and the same goes for core court disciples to inner court disciples.

The sect generally treated disciples better depending on which court they were in. As for the Spirit Attribute Scrolls, they were set up so that anyone could attempt to get the scroll's acknowledgement, but unlike the inner court and core court disciples, the outer court disciples needed to pay a ridiculous price to attempt the challenge. If they can't get the scroll's acknowledgement then the box would eventually close, but the disciples would not get their merit points back. The reason they made the price so high for the outer court disciples was because they were trying to discourage them from attempting the challenge. If the inner and core court disciples couldn't get it's acknowledgement then they didn't believe the outer court disciple could do it.

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Li Lian and Xun Wei both began to infuse their qi's into the crystal like they did the first time, and they again began to glow; Li Lian's fiery red and Xun Wei's ghostly white.

A few elders began to get up from their seats, when the crystals in Li Lian and Xun Wei's hands began to glow. They couldn't believe it.

Seeing that the elders were impressed, Li Lian thought this was a good opportunity to demonstrate her true strength. She thought if she was lucky, she might even be able to find a master among them.

Li Lian's hair and clothes began to flutter, attracting everyone's attention. Her eyebrows became knitted, her grip on the crystal got tighter, then the fundamental nature of her spirit qi began to change. Her hand, eyes, and hair suddenly ignited into magnificent flames, giving her a fierce look.

This was the first time many of the elders were seeing a Spirit Attribute in person, so many more elders started to get up from their seats.

Li Lian's flames burned more and more fiercely until she wore it on her body like an extra layer of robes, but then the most unbelievable thing happened next, the crystal cracked.

All of the elders were now on their feet as they watched Li Lian's flame become denser and even more beautiful.

"How is this possible."

"Her battle power is still rising!"

The Elder's didn't understand how the crystals could break, only the Supreme Elders knew, but they refused to believe it.

"I-It can't be."

The elders that were confused looked at the Supreme Elders for answers, but they were too shocked to give them an explanation. Even though it was happening right before their eyes they still couldn't believe it. However, what happened next eliminated all doubts that were in their minds.

ROAR!!~

They all heard the same thing, it was a sound they could hear reverberating deep within their souls. It was the roar of a dragon, but it carried so much weight and authority that it gave them the impression that it was the sound of a thousand dragons roaring all at once.

"Matriarch. She..."

"I know, I can't believe it either. She's already unlocked the 1st stage of Dragon Perception."

Li Lian's flames began to settle down, but unlike before, her flames now seemed much more refined, much more beautiful, but also much more deadly.

The Matriarch was the last to stand, but she didn't just stand, she walked down the few steps then walked straight towards Li Lian.

"What is your name?"

"This disciple's name is Li Lian."

"Li Lian, how would you like to be my disciple?"

There were a few elders that couldn't believe what they were hearing, but only the Supreme Elders that knew the true strength of [ Dragon Perception ] weren't surprised by the Matriarch's proposal. The truth was, just from what they witnessed over the past few seconds, it wasn't an exaggeration to say that Li Lian would soon be the most famous name in the entire country.

"I don't understand, why would the Matriarch say such a thing?" one elder asked a Supreme Elder.

"One could train all their life and never reach the 1st stage of Dragon Perception, it all depends on the cultivator and how well they can connect with their spirit attribute. To be this young and already make that kind of connection is unheard of. Her future might really be limitless," the Supreme Elder said.

After speaking such high praise about Li Lian, all of the elders that heard her words started to see Li Lian in a different way.

Li Lian was shocked by the Matriarch's proposal.

"Are you serious?" Li Lian asked.

"I'm serious."

Li Lian hesitated for a few moments then cupped her hand and bowed her head.

"This disciple greets master."

"Good, very good! If you work hard, you'll definitely accomplish great things in the future."

The Matriarch laughed out loud as she patted Li Lian on the shoulder.

"Oh right. What is your name?" The Matriarch asked Xun Wei.

Xun Wei looked at Li Lian then back at the Matriarch, she didn't want the Matriarch to ask her to be her disciple because she already had a master back at the Divine Sword sect. Since Wu Yue was a much stronger cultivator than the Matriarch, she was able look past her lofty appearance, and knew that she wouldn't mesh well with her. So when asked what her name was, Xun Wei answered unenthusiastically, "My name is Xun Wei, and I'm a body cultivator."

The Matriarch could already tell that Xun Wei was uninterested in becoming her disciple. She didn't want to be rejected in front of all the elders, but she also couldn't let her get swarmed by all the elders after she left, so she called her right-hand-man (woman).

"Elder Yao, you are also a body cultivator. How about you take Xun Wei as your disciple?"

No one knew the Matriarch like Yao Wu did, so her eye twitched when she realized what the Matriarch was planning. She knew the Matriarch's personality well. There was no way she wouldn't ask Xun Wei to be her disciple unless she was confident that she would say no. That meant that she was going to use Yao Wu's public rejection as a way to deter the other elders from bothering Xun Wei in the future.

'Sorry, Yao Wu. It's better you than me,' the Matriarch thought.

Yao Wu had her arms crossed as she displayed the air of authority. She couldn't not do it or else the elders would think she was a fool. Since the Matriarch put her in this position there was no getting out of it.

"Xun Wei, what do you say?" Yao Wu said, making it clear that she didn't care what her answer would be.

"Sure."

"What?"

"Since you're asking, I'd gladly take you as my master."

Although the other elders weren't surprised by her answer, the Matriarch and Yao Wu were both stunned.

"Did I hear you right? Do you really accept me as your master?" Yao Wu asked again.

"Mn, I do."

"Then say it properly, you damn brat!"

Xun Wei cupped her hands then bowed her head slightly.

"This disciple greets, master."

"Hahahaha," Yao Wu laughed joyfully.

She then jumped down from the steps and landed in front of Xun Wei.

"Good, good. I'll definitely treat you well in the future. Let's quickly get you out of these ragged robes and get you something nicer," she said as she guided Xun Wei out.

The Matriarch couldn't believe what she was seeing, Yao Wu was definitely rubbing it in her face, but in case it wasn't obvious, Yao Wu looked at the Matriarch then briefly stuck her tongue out at her.

'Real childish, Yao Wu,' the Matriarch thought.

The taunt might've been a bit immature and out of character, but it was clearly highly effective.

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The reason Xun Wei said yes was because Elder Yao Wu was a body cultivator just like her, also because she felt like she could get along with her well. Xun Wei knew the benefits she could gain by being the disciple of a core court elder so she wasn't foolish enough to pass up on that opportunity.

Chapter 119 - Li Lian's Message

Yao Wu was happy to have such a talented disciple under her wing. However, Xun Wei never believed that she was an exceptionally talented cultivator. She just believed that she was extremely motivated by revenge and had a few fortunate encounters and opportunities to get as strong as she was. She might say that she was also persistent, persevering, and had a good work ethic, but she wouldn't say that she was talented.

What Xun Wei didn't know was how rare it was for even the weakest spirit attribute to acknowledge and accept a cultivator. Although it mostly came down to one's personality, one also needed to be extremely talented in the art of cultivation to be accepted by it.

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As happy as Yao Wu was, something didn't add up. How did Xun Wei get so many spirit points, and what happened to the blindfolded man?

When asked for an explanation, Xun Wei told Yao Wu that she killed Song Du and his men to get that many merit points. As for the blindfolded man, she knew she was referring to Xiao Fang so to keep his identity a secret she denied seeing him there.

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[ Li Lian's house ]

After coming back from the Matriarch's Hall, Li Lian went to check on Xiao Fang, but found that he was still cultivating in seclusion.

She then sighed as she thought, 'This is probably how Xiao Fang felt when I was locked away in cultivation for so many days.'

She was always cultivating because he made her want to be stronger, and seeing how hard she was working also motivated him to do the same.

They had what some might consider to be a strange relationship. They loved each other, but didn't let that interfere with their passion for cultivation. That was the reason why she wasn't mad at him for sleeping with other women, because that was his dao, and no matter who he slept with she knew he wouldn't love them the way he loved her.

Xiao Hei was resting in her feline form with her body laying in a crescent shape around Xiao Fang's body. When she saw Li Lian open the door she lifted her head.

Xiao Hei got up, transformed into her human form, then walked out of the room to talk to Li Lian. She was curious to know who those people were and where they took her.

Li Lian told Xiao Hei everything that happened, but the reason she came back was to deliver Xiao Fang a message. She whispered it into Xiao Hei then left.

Xiao Hei sighed, not because of what she told her, but because she was bored again.

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A few days later, Xiao Fang finally opened his eyes.

"Xiao Fang, you're awake!" Xiao Hei said with excitement.

Xiao Fang looked down at his hand as he tried to activate his [ True Immortal Lightning Tribulation ] spirit attribute. At first nothing happened, but then he felt as if he was continuously being struck by lightning.

He had a bit of a pained expression on his face, but he quickly adapted to it. Even though he could take the pain, he assumed it would eventually go away, but it never did.

"Woah," Xiao Hei said as his hair and pupils became white.

Thin lines of electricity streaked across the surface of his robes and skin, giving him a much more intimidating presence.

The more he released it the more intense the lightning got, but also the more painful it became. Eventually it got so bad that he needed to stop before he could fully unleash it's true strength.

"Why did you stop?" Xiao Hei asked.

"It hurts, why does it hurt so much? It feels like my body was being torn into pieces. Did something go wrong?"

Xiao Hei had a confused look on her face, "I've never heard of a spirit attribute that hurts the cultivator activating it."

Xiao Fang sighed since it seemed that his new spirit attribute was unusable.

"Where are Li Lian and Xun Wei?" Xiao Fang asked after sensing that the house was empty.

Xiao Hei then told Xiao Fang everything that happened when he was in seclusion.

"Hmm, I see."

"Xun Wei came by a few times, but she didn't stay long since you were still cultivating the spirit attribute. She wanted me to tell you to be careful of the Matriarch. It seems that she doesn't have a very good relationship with the Divine Sword sect."

Xun Wei also said to come eat her ass, but Xiao Hei chose to leave that part out.

Even without knowing what Xiao Hei told him, Xiao Fang was a pretty cautious guy. He wouldn't have exposed his identity that easily.

"Well it seems that my girls are doing well," Xiao Fang said as he got up to stretch.

"Li Lian also left you a message."

"Oh, what did she say?"

"She wanted me to tell you she said she'll surpass you."

Xiao Fang blurted out laughing.

Till now Xiao Fang had been so focused on mastering his techniques that he had been neglecting his cultivation training.

He felt the fire of competition burning in his soul again. If Li Lian wanted to surpass him, he definitely wouldn't make it easy for her.

Xiao Fang suddenly put his hand on Xiao Hei's chest then began to release his spirit qi into her.

"Xiao Fang, doing it this way is no fun."

"We can have fun another time. You asked me how I was able to make a clone right? If I remember correctly, you can preform the same spirit cultivation techniques as me if I feed you my spirit qi right?"

"Mn," Xiao Hei nodded.

"Show me."

Xiao Fang's and Xiao Hei's eye both shined for a second, then Xiao Fang reached to touch Xiao Hei but she faded into a formless fog of qi, dissipating into nothing.

"hahaha, smart girl."

Not even Xiao Fang was able to make a [ Spirit Clone ] on his first attempt.

Xiao Fang could no longer sense Xiao Hei because she had escaped a far enough distance before using [ Stealth ].

Xiao Hei then pounced towards him. When she was within a 7 meter radius from him her [ Stealth ] became useless, but she was moving too fast for him to dodged in time. However, the moment her hand touched him, his body suddenly faded into a formless fog just like she did earlier.

She then felt a hand patting her on the head. She looked up and saw that Xiao Fang was standing behind her.

"You failed. Go again."

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Xiao Fang and Xiao Hei spent the next few hours honing her skills and technique. When he was satisfied with her progress, he eventually told her it was enough then started walking towards the door.

"Where are you going?" she asked.

Xiao Hei had patiently waited for almost 2 weeks for him to wake up, but in all that time she had no one to play with. So seeing Xiao Fang leave her to be home alone again made her sad.

"I'm going to meet my master," he said casually.

He then paused when he reached the door then looked back at Xiao Hei.

"Aren't you coming?"

Hearing his words, her eyes widened before she started jumping with joy.

"Yay!~" she said as she jumped and latched onto his arm.

The sect had no problem letting Xiao Hei in when she was a small little cat because he just explained that she was his harmless pet, but when she grew 2 meters long it took a bit more convincing that she wasn't a dangerous beast when he was trying to get her in after returning from the Divine Sword sect. If Xiao Hei was caught in her human form outside of the house, it would be hard to explain what she was since there were no spirit pets in this country.

"Let's go."

Xiao Fang was amused. She was small, and acted like a child, but he knew that she was much older than she looked.

With a skip to her step she followed Xiao Fang out, holding his robes from behind as they walked outside.

Seeing her so happy to leave the house made him feel bad, but he knew she wouldn't need to suffer like a prisoner for much longer.

Chapter 120 - Xiao Hei's Master (18+)

Xiao Hei did everything Xiao Fang said because he was her master, but Xiao Fang never saw her that way. She was a part of the family, and as family he wanted to make sure that she was happy.

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[ Jiang Mei's Residence ]

Xiao Fang knocked on Jiang Mei's door and she quickly answered.

"Da Long, what a pleasant surprise."

Jiang Mei invited him in, but as soon as he stepped inside he leaned in and kissed her. She was taken aback by it at first, but she eventually closed her eyes, wrapped her arms over his shoulders, then pressed her massive tits against his chest as she hugged him tightly.

She hadn't seen him in over a week, so she felt as if she were going through stages of withdrawal.

Feeling the way he kissed her lips and squeezed her ass, she couldn't wait to take him to her bedroom. So she reached into her cleavage then plopped her large breasts out.

"I said it before and I'll say it again, you have the best tits I've ever seen," Xiao Fang said while lightly squeezing one in his hand.

"Maybe you'll like them better when your long thing is between them," Jiang Mei smiled.

She saw that the door was still open, so she reached out to close it. However, just as she was about to touch it, she suddenly saw a little girl standing close behind Xiao Fang.

"Ahhh!" She said as she struggled to cover her boobs.

Xiao Fang laughed.

"Don't worry, she's my spirit pet."

"Spirit pet?" Jiang Mei had a confused look on her face as she looked back at Xiao Hei. Besides the thin black collar around her neck, there was nothing about her that indicated that she was a 'pet'.

Instead of explaining it, Xiao Fang sent Xiao Hei a spirit transmission, telling her to transform back into her black panther form.

Xiao Hei was in a bit of a daze because, like Xiao Fang, she really loved playing with people's breasts, and this was the first time she was seeing one bigger than Chun Hua's.

Xiao Hei eventually snapped out of it then did as he said.

Jiang Mei's eyes widened as she watched Xiao Hei quickly transform into a black panther. She was speechless.

A few moments later, a door suddenly opened in Jiang Mei's house, it was Su Yun.

She walked out of Jiang Mei's bedroom yawning as if she had just woken up. She walked into the kitchen then clumsily started rummaging through all of the drawers till she found what she was looking for. A bottle of alcohol...

She brought the rim of the bottle to her lips then flipped it upside down, chugging it all at once.

When it was done, she finally put the bottle down, then slowly started opening her eyes. She blinked a few times as she was looking directly at the 2 meter long black panther in the living room.

She looked back down at the bottle of booze in her hands then back up at Jiang Mei.

"This is some good stuff."

Acting as if there was nothing strange about it, she grabbed another bottle then yawned and scratched her messy blond hair as she returned back into her sleeping lair.

"..."

There was a long moment of silence before Xiao Fang finally spoke.

"It's the middle of the afternoon..."

"Don't mind her, she usually likes this during her days off."

Jiang Mei looked back down at Xiao Hei.

"You said she was your spirit pet?"

"That's right. Although she can change into a human, this is her natural form. I brought her here because I wanted to ask you for your help."

"Help with what?"

"Please help me find a master for her."

"..." Jiang Mei was speechless. Even Xiao Hei, who had been silent till this point, looked up at Xiao Fang with a confused look.

Xiao Hei cutely tugged on Xiao Fang's robes to express her disapproval.

{"Don't worry, Xiao Hei. You'll still be my spirit pet."}

Assuming the Black Paradise sect had the same rule as the Divine Sword sect. Elders had the power to bring only one disciple into the sect and make them an outer court disciple without having to do the entrance exam.

This was the reason why girls like Bai Fan were allowed into the outer court without doing the entrance exam first, because her grandmother was an Elder. However, even if she didn't need to do the entrance exam to become a disciple, she still needed to pass the inner court exam like everyone else to become an inner court disciple.

"Xiao Fang, she's not even human. I don't think she'll be able to get away with this."

"Probably not, that's why it's important that the master you choose for her is someone you can trust."

"Someone I can trust? I might be acquainted with a few elders, but I wouldn't say they are friends, much less people I can trust."

"Do you really not have a single friend that can help us out?"

"... I do have one friend, but I don't think you'll like it."

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Xiao Fang, Jiang Mei, and Xiao Hei were all standing on the perimeter around Jiang Mei's bed. Sleeping on it was Su Yun with her arms and legs stretched as if the whole bed belonged to her.

Jiang Mei saw Xiao Fang reach down to pick something up, when he got back up he was holding an empty bottle in his hand.

Xiao Fang recognized the alcohol as it was famous for being extremely strong. Cultivators would never get sick, but that didn't mean they were invulnerable to the effects of alcohol. A single bottle of this can knock someone out, but she had chugged two...

Jiang Mei smiled bitterly.

Xiao Fang sighed then put the bottle on the bedside table before trying to shake Su Yun awake. She opened her eyes for a few moments then quickly went back to sleep.

"Maybe we should come back later," Jiang Mei suggested.

"We don't have much time for that. The inner court exam starts tomorrow."

Xiao Fang reached down then started fingering Su Yun's pussy to wake her up. She hugged her pillow as she moaned in her sleep. She hugged her body pillow tighter and tighter till she was squirting all over it.

Just when it seemed that she was going to wake up, she started snoring quietly again. Jiang Mei sighed, but Xiao Fang squinted.

Xiao Fang took his long dick out, climbed the bed, then guided it into her wet pussy. He slid his fat dick in then raised her waist off the bed before fucking her deep and slow. Her ass clapped against his body as his penis rubbed pleasurably in her soft pink meat sleeve. The only thing better than seeing a beauty was fucking one. Maybe this is what they meant by being beautiful inside and out.

He nearly moaned feeling her squishy fat ass. She really did have a great body, he wouldn't mind cumming in her all day if he could.

Jiang Mei watched as Su Yun was taking his entire dick deep in her pussy. She wouldn't be surprised if his dick was literally thrusting into her womb right now. Su Yun started moaning in her sleep, then Jiang Mei started touching herself as Xiao Fang began to thrust even harder.

"Nnn~ ahha~ ahha~" Su Yun moaned quietly.

Xiao Fang picked up the pace, making ripples on her fat ass every time their lower bodies collided.

Jiang Mei rubbed herself even more vigorously as she watched Xiao Fang ruthlessly pound Su Yun's pussy. Since she couldn't make herself cum, she eventually climbed onto the bed then squatted over Su Yun's back while facing Xiao Fang.

"Da Long, you're going to make her cum in her sleep. Is she tight? Does it feel good? Harder, harder, make her cum, and shoot it all in her pussy. Ahhh!~"

Xiao Fang took one hand off Su Yun's waist then started rubbing Jiang Mei's wet vagina before he started fingering it.

"Mhhmm, that's it. Right there, right there~"

"Yes, yes, yes... yes~ ahhhhh~"

Jiang Mei moaned while she was cumming on Xiao Fang's hand. He rubbed her nice and slow, then gradually began to pick up the pace again.

Just as he was starting again, she suddenly felt a pair of small hands fondling her tits and a mouth teasing her erect nipples. It was Xiao Hei.

Under Xiao Fang's instructions, Xiao Hei played with Jiang Mei's heavy breasts while sitting on Su Yun's ass to make her pussy tighter on Xiao Fang's dick.

A few minutes later, not only was Jiang Mei approaching a climax, even Xiao Hei felt like she was going to cum since Xiao Fang was fingering her pussy too.

Jiang Mei put her hands on Xiao Fang's shoulders then kissed him passionately, squishing Xiao Hei between them. They all felt like they were all going to blow.

"Ahhhhhhh~ I'm cumming!!"

Suddenly, the 3 girls all began to squirt fireworks of Yin qi.

Xiao Fang's dick whipped out of Su Yun's pussy, then entered Xiao Hei's tight asshole, straightening her back as if someone had dumped a bucket of cold water down her back.

From the three girls, Xiao Hei's hole was definitely the tightest. So with his dick plunged deep inside of her asshole, he started to release his thick semen. She clenched her asscheeks then lightly moved her waist while he was cumming.

'Fuck this feels too good.'

She was so tight and warm he lightly moaned as his dick slowly thrusted and came deep inside of her asshole. Feeling Jiang Mei and Xiao Hei's soft pussies squeezing his fingers as they squirted made fucking Xiao Hei in the ass feel even better.

Jiang Mei fell back on the bed and Xiao Hei squatted on the ground, waiting to see his cum pouring out of her ass.

Meanwhile, Xiao Fang had slid his long dick into Jiang Mei's dripping wet pussy then started fucking her next.

"Ahha yes!~ fuck my wet pussy."

"This feels amazing. My pussy is squeezing you on its own."

"Ahh~ yes yes yes, make me cum, make me cum on your big fucking dick!"

She screamed her moans as was pounding her pussy and sucking her beautiful tits. Naturally, he fucked her even more pleasurably since she was his woman.

After climaxing several times, Xiao Fang finally took his dick out of her dripping wet pussy. Letting her recover as he moved onto his next target.

For the next few minutes Jiang Mei slowly recovered. When her climax had fully subsided she noticed that Su Yun was no longer laying beside her, she was now sitting up and kissing Xiao Fang on the lips while receiving Xiao Fang's deep hard thrusts.

"Su Yun, you're awake."