Chapter 111:


    The giant golden lotus was currently opening. Golden Lotus’s excited voice sounded in ire’s mind. “Old Ma, I’m full now, I’m going to go cultivate now. With your current strength, if you meet any experts, at the very least, you’ll still be able to escape unscathed. I’m going to be gone now.” Before ire responded, Golden Lotus disappeared in the blink of an eye. There was no response no matter how much ire called.


    The faint golden hue gradually disappeared. ire slowly stood up slowly and looked into the distance. She felt the burning sensation of another flower petal. Power, an indescribablyrge power flowed through her entire body. She silently clenched her fist. There would definitely be a day when she could remove the Dark mark! She definitely wasn’t the type of person who would wait to be ughtered. God of Darkness! Just wait, not only will you remove this shameful mark, I will return the humiliation and disgrace two-fold!


    “ire!” Li Yuewen called out and ran over. Her clenched heart finally calmed down.


    ire slowly turned around. Seeing the group of people behind her, she suddenly smiled a strange, faint smile. Under everybody’s rmed gaze, ire extended two arms, smiling as she fell backwards.


    But behind ire was a bottomless abyss!


    “ire!”


    Multiple rmed voices rang out at the same time. Everybody moved instantly. What was ire doing? Was she crazy? Suicide? Their hearts beating crazily, they charged madly to the edge of the precipice.


    Leng Lingyun had already thrown himself over, preparing to fly off the cliff to save ire.


    But just when they reached the edge, boiling hot aura blew at them, making their entire body stiffen.


    Whoosh....


    There was the quiet sound of air flow. Golden light, dazzling.


    ire flew up slowly, smiling sweetly. She just floated gently.


    Everybody stood rooted in ce, eyes wide as they stared at such a scene.


    Behind ire was a pair of golden mes!


    Molded mes?!


    The golden light shined on their faces. Their eyes were affixed to the beautiful scene, all dumbstruck and at a loss for words. It was the first time they had seen such a technique! mes could actually be molded into wings! And ire’s clothes were still perfectly intact. The wings hadn’t damaged her clothes at all.


    ire pped her wings and slowly flew upwards. She looked down towards them, a faint smile appeared on her face. “Sorry, I have worried you all.”


    “You, you brat!” Li Yuewen came back to her senses. She angrily berated ire. “You came here to mess around instead of sleeping? Don’t you know your body still hasn’t fully healed yet?”


    “I’m sorry to have worried you.” ire smiled and was about to fly down when she spotted a white figure approaching. Leng Lingyun also sensed it and turned around and saw the quickly approaching white figure. It was a human and their power was rather strong!


    The people on foot also followed the two’s gazes and saw the white figure speedily approaching. It was probably an expert attracted by the strange anomaly.


    “Let’s go, more people wille soon. We’ll talk more after getting back,” Leng Lingyun said quietly.


    “Yes.” ire nodded. This ce, Feng Hua city, was a hidden den of talents. Individuals who could traverse into Wandering Mountain were no ordinary people. Soon, there would be many people rushing over.


    But when they were in the middle of conversing, someone had alreadye. It was a stern middle aged man draped in a long, moon-white robe, a golden belt around his waist. They felt an indescribable pressure emanate from him. He was staring at the me wings behind ire.


    ire and Leng Lingyun slowly descended and ire dispersed the me wings.


    “Let’s go,” ire said to everyone else.


    “Wait. Littless, did you see who caused the strange scene in the sky?” the stern middle aged man asked. In his heart, the middle aged man didn’t think that it had been caused by any of the people before him. With the lightning from a few minutes ago, whoever was bearing it must have been injured whereas the people before him were perfectly fine. Clearly, they must have been attracted to the scene like he was and were just fortunate enough to be near at the right time so they were able to get here earlier than him.


    “We didn’t see. When we got here, there was already nobody around,” ire shook her head slightly, calm. They were just about to leave, but the middle aged man wasn’t willing to let them go just yet.


    “Wait, littless.”


    “What is it?” ire asked faintly.


    “Are you from an ancient n?” the middle aged man asked. His question was reasonable because of ire’s me wings. They were definitely not magic nor Dou Qi.


    ire shook her head; she didn’t n on getting involved with the middle aged man. She turned around, about to leave.


    But the middle aged man quickly stopped ire.


    “Wait!”


    “What else is it?” ire frowned, a little annoyed.


    “Do you know of a hidden sect on this continent?” When the middle aged man said this, a proud expression surfaced.


    ire stopped for a moment, shook her head, then looked towards Camille.


    “Hidden Sect*, a formidable secret sect, a powerful force towering at the peak of the continent. All disciples of this sect are unordinary, all people of ancient ns with their own ancient techniques. Hidden Sect has over a thousand ancient techniques. Many people wish to join and find an ancient technique suitable for them. After all, Dou Qi and magic has its limits but there are countless variations of ancient techniques. Also, once you join you must follow the regtion of not interfering with the outside world.” Camille’s words made them apprehensive because Camille never exaggerated. Since he had already described the secret sect this way, it could only be imagined how powerful it was.


    *TL: gah there’s no way to tell when they are referencing A hidden sect or THE hidden sect, I asked my native Chinese friends but still, nope


    Leng Lingyun’s expression also shifted slightly. He knew a little about them. Even the pope avoided the subject, but because the Hidden Sect paid no attention to the outside world, the pope never worried that it would be a threat to the Temple of Light. But just because the Hidden Sect didn’t pay attention to the outside world didn’t mean they weren’t capable. Rather, on the contrary, the Hidden Sect could decimate a country if they wanted to, and quite easily at that.


    “Not bad, you actually know about our secret sect.” The middle aged man smiled proudly, then said to ire, “I am Elder Huo* Xiyu of the Hidden Sect. Today, I was impressed by you, littless, and I felt you were worthy. Are you willing to join our Hidden Sect and be my direct disciple?”


    *Elder means a high position in the sect b/c filial piety Chinese culture, and Huo means fire (TINY SPOILER: he specializes in fire)


    Bing the direct disciple of an Elder of the Hidden Sect was definitely an opportunity many people would yearn for. Bing part of the Hidden Sect would mean having an extra shield. Not even the temple of light would be able to harm the shield. It would mean walking the path (*dao) of the strong.


    But ire refused without any hesitation. “No. Thank you for your kind intentions. We are currently engaged in business and we’ll be taking our leave.”


    Huo Xiyu’s expression changed. It was the first time he had offered to take on a disciple. Never did he think that this would be the result. The young girl had actually refused!


    “Understand that by joining the Hidden Sect, your prospects will be limitless,” Huo Xiyu started to exin, holding back his temper. He felt that perhaps, the littless didn’t understand how formidable the Hidden Sect was.


    “I’m not interested,” ire once again refused coldly. She did not wish to be bound by shackles, and she already had a master. Not interfere with the outside world? There was no way she could ignore the Hill family, her warm mother and headstrong yet likable Lashia. She had been been craving to join ire on her journey but in the end, stayed behind to protect Mother.


    Huo Xiyu finally could not control his temper.


    “Ignorant fool, do you know how many people want to join the Hidden Sect but are unable to join? Even though you are not from an ancient n, I was going to make an exception and ept you as my disciple, but you foolishly refused!” Huo Xiyu was finally angered. To his understanding, making an exception and epting a someone who was not from an ancient n was already a earth shattering favor. But this girl before him actually dared to refuse such kindness!


    Hearing this, ire frowned and retorted, “There must be mutual agreement for a master-disciple rtionship. So what if I’m unwilling? Besides, I already have a master.”


    But Huo Xiyu didn’t care. Instead, he flew up, reaching out with the intentions of grabbing ire unreasonably.


    “Your talents will grow best under my teachings. Come with me right now.”


    ng!


    Jean stopped him with his sword and brandished it towards Huo Xiyu, but a terrifying power suddenly exploded. Huo Xiyu was scowled and immediately waved his hand. A visible Qi energy attacked towards Jean. Jean’s expression changed. Dou Qi bursted out as he parried with his sword.


    Swoosh...


    Jean had been pushed back very far. A visible straight line trailed on the dirt ground.


    Huo Xiyuughed coldly and said disdainfully, “Humph! A trifling Sage warrior, an ant.” In one moment, he had discovered Jean’s true strength, but his tone was disdainful.


    “Don’t be unreasonable.” ire’s expression hardened. ording to Camille, the Hidden Sect was not simple, standing at the peak of the continent. How could a sect that even the narcissistic Camille praised be simple? She wanted to avoid any conflicts if it were possible.


    “Making an exception and epting you as my disciple as already a great favor! Go!” Huo Xiyu said coldly and arrogantly. He reached out to grab ire again.


    “Unreasonable and self aggrandizing! What bullshit Hidden Sect, actually daring to force someone to be a disciple! Is the Hidden Sect such a trashy sect?” Li Yuewen proimed angrily. She had already pulled out her dagger and was in front of ire to protect her.


    No! But before ire could protest, Huo Xiyu had already exploded with fury.


    “You dare!” Huo Xiyu roared. With one wave of his hand, a violent,rge Qi energy attacked at Li Yuewen. Leng Lingyun immediately created a barrier, but ire still pulled Li Yuewen behind her. The barrier wouldn’t be able to withstand the blow. The Qi attack would smash and pass through the barrier and attack straight at ire.