Ji Yuan was startled. He did not expect his former most prized disciple to be someone that could accept a protégé so casually. In the past, he was quite stringent when he was accepting protégés, especially direct disciples.
The middle-aged man was laughing jovially, “I didn’t expect that the renowned Fairy Ye Chengxi will have fallen so low and is so desperate to recruit new protégés to the Orthodox Sword Sect. To think that you can be so casual as to recruit any passerby to be your protégé. Or just because you think that he is a dashing young man and you want to keep him in your harem?”
Fairy Ye Chengxi ignored him and asked Ji Yuan gently, “Are you willing?”
The middle-aged man interrupted with another laugh before he said to Ji Yuan, “Young man, don’t be too hasty to reply. Let me tell you what. I’m Supremacy Li Qiang, one of the four elders of the Emperor Hall Sect. Why don’t you join my celestial clan instead? Fairy Ye is only a fifth realm golden celestial while I am a sixth realm golden supremacy.”
Fairy Ye Chengxi hummed coldly and she looked unhappy.
“Are you unhappy that I am stealing your recruit?” Li Qiang laughed jovially.
He turned to say to Yuan Ji, “Surely you must have heard of the celestial position of the Emperor Hall Sect. Compare to the inferior Orthodox Sword Sect, this isn’t even an option at all.”
Actually Yuan Ji had wanted to tell him that he really did not know about the celestial position of the Emperor Hall Sect.
Li Qiang was confident that any young men would surely pick the Emperor Hall Sect. No one would screw themselves, especially when it concerned their futures.
Fairy Ye Chengxi heaved a soft sigh. There was nothing she could do except to sigh weakly. It was because Li Qiang was right.
Yuan Ji was suddenly looking at Fairy Ye Chengxi as he said softly, “I will go with you.”
Fairy Ye Chengxi’s beautiful slim figure was jolted as she turned to Yuan Ji with a perplexed look.
Li Qiang was stunned as he looked at Yuan Ji with a look of disbelief. “Do you know what you are missing? Do you know that you have just missed your best chance of practicing the way. By going with the Orthodox Sword Sect, you are screwing yourself to the dead end. If you want to court your own death then I won’t stop you.”
Yuan Ji ignored him and instead he said to Fairy Ye Chengxi, “Master, please take me to the Orthodox Sword Sect.”
He felt a little weird that he was now calling his former disciple his master now.
Fairy Ye Chengxi nodded, “From now onward, I will be your protégé master and you are to address me as your master. You have two other senior protégé brothers in the Orthodox Sword Sect. Our sect is a small one with only less than a hundred protégés. They are mostly common protégés.”
With a soft sigh, she added. “It is exactly like what Li Qiang had said. We are a puny sect. Perhaps, you will regret it sooner or later.”
Yuan Ji said firmly, “I will not regret it.”
Fairy Ye Chengxi nodded quietly.
Before long, they had reached the heaven gates of the Orthodox Sword Sect, which was an unimpressive flight of stairs that were filled with weeds.
She took a quiet look at him before she sighed, “It must be a little forceful to make you come to this decision so hastily. If you regret it now and want to back off, I don’t blame you at all. It is actually my fault. I can even escort you down the mountains.”
She saw that there seemed to be some hesitations in his eyes as they approached the down and out heaven steps. The image of a powerful and reputable celestial clan lay with how well the heaven steps looked like because everything may be worse than it looked in the inside than outside.
“It isn’t that.” Yuan Ji smiled awkwardly. “You are very beautiful.”
Along the way, he had been watching her swaying slim figure keenly. He had never thought that his little disciple would now be such a beautiful goddess.
There was a slight flush on her countenance as she said melancholy, “Come with me.”
She took him to the inside and promptly introduced him to his two senior brothers. “This is your oldest protégé brother Zhao Gang and this is your second protégé brother Li Ming. This is Yuan Ji. From now on, he will be your third protégé brother. Do not bully him and get along well with each other.”
Yuan Ji sighed and saw that the Orthodox Sword Saint was actually in such a poor state and had little talents now.
“Yuan Ji, follow me to the inner hall. I shall impart to you our sect’s intricate formula.”
“Yes master.” He promptly said as he returned a respectful hand bow to his two older protégé brothers who looked friendly enough.
[Author Foreword]: This cultivation story will have many plot twists and the first 30 chapters are just the introduction for a ‘mystery’ plot. If you have the mood to figure it out, please do! If not, just hop on for a fun read with Yuan Ji on an unromantic ride! Hey, isn’t this story The Romantic Cultivator? ≧◉◡◉≦