chsdbacks Chapter 252: Trouble-Making, Jealousy Among the Sects
Chapter 252: Trouble-Making, Jealousy Among the Sects
"As for why we need to remove our clothes, this is a standard part of the entrance test. It's just a basic physical check and record-keeping process to confirm that you have no hidden illnesses, injuries, or restrictions placed on you. We will not do anything out of line with you."
Hearing this explanation and feeling the calming spiritual energy emanating from the surrounding array, the girls' tense nerves relaxed slightly.
But when we looked at each other, we were still blushing, neither of us wanting to be the first to take off our clothes.
Jiang Qingya stood there, her face hesitant. Her mind flashed back to the hardships she had endured to get to where she was today, from her remote mountain village. She thought of the suffering and torment she had endured over the years, and then of the benefits she had just heard about from the sect. Finally, she gritted her teeth and reached out to loosen the belt around her waist.
The fabric slipped down, revealing a full, well-proportioned, and well-maintained body to the cool air. Her snow-white skin shimmered softly in the light, and even after childbirth, her beauty remained undeniable.
With someone taking the lead, the remaining girls no longer had so many concerns. Gritting their teeth, they all took off their clothes.
More than ten young bodies, some delicate, some slender, some voluptuous, stood in the wooden house bathed in spiritual light, each possessing their own unique beauty. If the male cultivators outside were to see them, they would likely lose their minds on the spot and rush over like madmen.
Unfortunately, the formation isolated everything inside and outside, preventing even a glimpse of spring from leaking out.
Dongfang Shuyi's expression remained calm and composed. Holding a specially made booklet and a fine brush, he slowly walked to each female cultivator, carefully examining their appearance and meticulously recording their details. Occasionally, he would raise his hand to check their skeletal structure. His movements were disciplined, and his gaze was open and honest, without the slightest hint of disrespect.
However, those actions, when seen by the inexperienced girls, still made them blush, their ears burn, and their hearts pound as if they were about to burst out of their chests.
Fortunately, the verification process was short, taking only about half an incense stick's time to complete.
"Alright, verification complete. Everyone can get dressed now."
Finally hearing those words, the girls felt as if they had been granted a pardon. They hurriedly and clumsily picked up their clothes and put them on. The blush on their faces had not yet faded, but they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
As everyone walked out of the wooden house, Wu Tianyu had already arranged the next batch of thirty people into a queue. Lu Rou, meanwhile, was lying on the stone table, carefully registering and entering the verified disciples into the sect's roster.
The entire apprenticeship ceremony proceeded smoothly and efficiently...
until……
Bang!
Wood chips flying everywhere!
The wooden plaque of the sect, which was carved with the four characters "Yin Yang Sword Sect" on the mountainside, was suddenly shattered into pieces by a huge force, and the wood fragments were scattered all over the ground!
Immediately afterward, a group of cultivators dressed in green robes, exuding a dense aura of power, stepped over the scattered wood and pressed forward menacingly. Each step they took caused the ground to tremble slightly, and their fierce aura instantly filled the entire area.
"ah--"
The female cultivators waiting to register and be tested were startled by this sudden turn of events and gasped in surprise. They all turned pale and backed away, instantly making way for the newcomer.
"I originally thought it was just a small sect that had just established itself, and I was even hoping to help it out in the future. I never expected it to be a heretical sect that specializes in recruiting female cultivators and harbors all sorts of evil!"
The one leading the group was none other than Xu Hao, the disciple in charge of the Qingniu Sect next door!
At this moment, his face had lost all its previous gentleness, leaving only a sinister and cold expression. His gaze swept unscrupulously over the group of female cultivators who were stunned in the arena, his face full of sanctimonious hypocrisy.
"What are you doing! What right do you have to ruin our sect's reputation!"
Lu Rou had just finished rubbing her sore wrists when she was startled by the loud noise. When she saw who had smashed the sect's plaque, she instantly turned red with anger. She took a step forward and rushed over, pointing her finger at Xu Hao angrily and shouting like she was about to explode.
Wu Tianyu's eyes sharpened, instantly sensing the newcomer's ill intentions. He immediately stepped forward, subtly shielding the agitated Lu Rou behind him. His internal energy surged, his aura tightened, and he shouted sharply:
"What exactly is your Green Ox Sect trying to do?! My Yin Yang Sword Sect has no grudges against you, and is not some evil sect! Today you publicly smashed my sect's plaque, deliberately provoking trouble. Do you really think my Yin Yang Sword Sect has no one to rely on, that my sect leader will let you off the hook?"
Inside the wooden house, Dongfang Shuyi had just seen off a group of female cultivators who had completed their verification when she heard a loud bang and shouts outside. She quickly stepped out of the wooden house and saw the tense standoff in the scene. Her heart sank instantly. Without making a sound, she took out a communication jade ball from her storage bracelet, and with a flick of her finger, quietly crushed it.
"Heh, even now you're still stubbornly denying it?"
A sinister voice rang out beside Xu Hao, and a figure dressed in brocade robes slowly walked out. It was none other than Long Zuo, who had left in anger earlier!
Wu Tianyu's pupils suddenly contracted. He had actually joined the Azure Ox Sect?!
Her heart skipped a beat, realizing she was in trouble. The Long family was indeed notoriously vengeful; just because he had been rejected in public once, they had turned around and colluded with the Qingniu Sect, using their name to launch an attack! She just couldn't understand why the Qingniu Sect would listen to Long Zuo's instigation and do something that clearly intended to provoke a conflict between the two sects.
Xu Hao, on the other hand, looked completely confident. His brand-new green robe was spotless, with a striking green ox pattern embroidered on the back. Among the disciples following him, apart from four or five inner disciples who were also wearing green robes, the remaining dozen or so were dressed in various styles, clearly all of them new disciples who had just been recruited into the sect that day. And without exception, all of them were male cultivators.
Dongfang Shuyi, always perceptive, saw through the trick at a glance and instantly had the answer. She glanced around and, sure enough, besides the people from the Qingniu Sect, many cultivators from the neighboring sects had also gathered to watch the spectacle, each with a gloating expression on their face, showing no intention of dissuading them.
"Heh, this is going to be good." Someone in the crowd chuckled in a low voice.
Immediately, others chimed in, their voices brimming with undisguised jealousy and resentment: "Serves them right! Who told the Yin Yang Sword Sect to set such outrageous rules? They only recruit young and beautiful female cultivators, and to make matters worse, they offer far better treatment than any other sect! Now, female cultivators from miles around are all flocking here. What are we supposed to do with our disciples? They're just asking for trouble, breaking the rules! I bet their promises of free training in auxiliary cultivation methods and free lectures are all lies. They're probably running a brothel with evil cultivators, luring people in to commit immoral acts!"
The undisguised suspicions and schadenfreude surrounding them reached the ears of the three without missing a word. Dongfang Shuyi and Wu Tianyu instantly understood that the Qingniu Sect was merely a scapegoat pushed out. Even if Xu Hao hadn't come to cause trouble today, other sects would have come knocking on their door sooner or later!
The reason they dared to act so recklessly was simply because they saw the Yin Yang Sword Sect as a newly established sect, lacking foundation and resources, an easy target for anyone to bully, and a source of everyone's resources and interests.
Dongfang Shuyi exhaled a breath of stale air, all the gentleness on his face vanished, leaving only a cold calm.
She glanced up at the arrogant Xu Hao and Long Zuo, her red lips parted slightly, and she uttered two words:
"Spirit Sword".
As soon as she finished speaking, the scabbard behind her hummed, and a beam of shimmering white light suddenly appeared! It was the natal spirit sword that Zhang Ping had personally given her before his departure, and it landed steadily in her hand. The sword tip pointed diagonally at the ground, and her aura instantly transformed from that of a gentle painter into that of a sharp and ruthless swordsman.