"If you remain in my group, you can join the sect with me."
Ken gave a charming smile as he waved the discipleship token Elmer gave him when the elder from the Four Seasons Sect tried to kill him.
"Wait! If you come with me, I will also…"
·?θm Daisy panicked and began a sentence that sounded like a promise, but she stopped before finishing it. The reason was that she never liked Tiara. She didn't hate her, but she also didn't like the woman.
In Daisy's opinion, the ice princess was selfish and disloyal. The fact that she managed to become so strong in a weaker sect spoke volumes about her hard work, but it also testified to the large number of resources her former sect invested in her.
However, despite all that investment, she was looking for a new sect without looking back. It was a sign of a bad personality and ungratefulness.
"You will also what?"
Ken asked Daisy with a smile. He knew that as a truly righteous person, Daisy wouldn't invite a snake into her sect, but he didn't mind.
"I will also have her back since we can both trust each other."
She said while biting her lower lip. It was better to remain silent than to speak openly and practically announce she didn't want Tiara in her sect, but she lost control over herself.
"I see. I will remain with Ken and Alaric then. Be careful."
Tiara made her choice. She was an ambitious woman, and even if it was risky, she'd take the option that offered more rewards.
"O- Okay. I will leave then, there's nothing else I want and can afford."
Daisy said with a downcast expression. Her countenance said it all; she was scared of going alone, and she was extremely disappointed at how useless the prizes were. They were objectively good, but she couldn't use them because they were all meant for evil cultivators.
She purchased 2 Terror Talismans just to be safe before walking into a portal that led her outside. She soon disappeared, and the team of three remained behind.
"Team Leader, are you sure about joining the Serene Lotus Sect? You can come to my Divine Sword Sect, I'm a core disciple and I can easily arrange your recruitment!"
Alaric couldn't remain quiet inside. He wanted to follow Ken and keep in touch with him also when they leave the secret realm, but it wouldn't be possible if Ken entered a rival sect.
"I will not join the Divine Sword Sect. I don't understand how you can be there, Alaric. It seems like the culture there is rotten to the core, or else how will you explain that a core disciple stabbed you in the back for resources and three inner disciples tried to do the same to me?"
"That's not representing the true face of the sect!"
"Oh really? Then tell me, didn't you have to fight other teams from your sect? Do you want to be in the same sect as those scumbags, Alaric?"
"I… No, it's not true! I…"
"Tell me, did other teams attack you as well?"
"Yes."
Alaric's voice conveyed his conflicting emotions. He loved his master, but he was disappointed when he thought about his friends' deaths and how his fellow disciples tried to kill him. He didn't want to admit it, but they acted like evil cultivators.
"Then forget your sect and follow me. When we are strong enough you can make a difference and purge all the traitorous people from this continent."
Ken said with a low voice to the man's ears. The young voice acted almost like hypnosis on Alaric. He could see visions of himself slaughtering evil cultivators as he listened. Little did he know that he had been consuming contaminated pills ever since he woke up. Ken inserted his Bloodlust Qi in every pill he concocted for the man's recovery.
"I will consider it."
Alaric said with some difficulty and walked hurriedly to take a look at the prizes. Tiara was having doubts about whether she made the right decision, but it was too late for regrets.
"So, you two, any reward you want to take with you?"
"I only want the weapon, but it costs too much. I have slightly more than 50,000 so I can't afford it."
The spearman said sadly. He used a fifth-grade spear that the team looted earlier from someone who wanted their BP, but it was a great opportunity to gain a seventh-grade spear.
Producing such a weapon required a seventh-rank blacksmith to cast the spear and a seventh-rank runologist to draw runes and enhance the tool. The cost of commissioning two seventh-rank artisans would cost an arm and a leg even for an elder.
"Same," Tiara spoke in a single word.
"Let's get you some BP then!"
Ken smiled devilishly and started taking out materials from his storage ring. He brought out ores, herbs, and many Qi Stones. He arranged the ores and drew runes on them, creating formations that covered the whole room. He even paid another 1,000 BP to increase the time the doors were locked.
"Are you sure we should kill them? They didn't attack us."
Alaric said hesitantly when he understood Ken's plan. He didn't want to become the same as those he despised.
"We will pretend to be wounded and only kill those who try to rob us."
Ken said confidently and kept working on the formations. He created a triple suppression formation, potent enough to turn those elite peak fourth-stage cultivators into weaklings that any bandit could torment. Those formations were of the fifth rank and their suppression was the real deal.
"First I will purchase all the dangerous items, so the wrong people won't get it even if they don't attack us."
Ken said righteously before purchasing everything he wanted.
'Why do you even need to ambush those people then?!'
The other two screamed inwardly as they watched him spend a ridiculous amount of BP.
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