Chapter 100: "Why Don't You Give the Flower Offering Sect a Try?"_3
This time, the Heavenly Dao Ranking was doomed to be just a plaything for those people.
Apart from feeling envious, they had no other means.
But when the Fame Ranking began displaying one unheard-of name after another— not just three or four, but hundreds—those sects and families that had given up could no longer sit still!
Especially when they learned that these individuals were neither suddenly emerging evils nor Heavenly Prides of any sect, and their Cultivation was only at the third or fourth level of the Qi Refinement Realm, those originally envious sects almost went mad.
Outside the capital, inside the Flower Offering Sect Hall.
The Flower Offering Sect Master was incredulously looking at the few Memory Stones in his hand, casting aside his prejudices, and after closely observing them several times, he finally sat in the Sect Master's chair and looked down at the Flower Offering Sect's Heavenly Girl, exclaiming in shock,
"It's these Memory Stones that allowed those mortals to climb onto the Fame Ranking?"
"Could it be that my reputation as the Flower Offering Sect Master is actually lower than those mortals who expose their shameful deeds to the world?"
"Would people rather remember these mortals and not me, the Flower Offering Sect Master?"
Honestly, the moment this 'Fame Ranking' was released, he, the Flower Offering Sect Master, saw an opportunity and immediately dispatched sect disciples to buy a large quantity of porridge to distribute near small towns in Jing Province.
And every time they served a bowl of porridge, the disciples would loudly state, "This is a gift from the Flower Offering Sect Master 'Bao Yichao' to you."
However, after two days, he hadn't even made it into the top thousand, so he gave up.
But who would have thought that these mortals could climb to over six hundred on the ranking by such insidious means? This was practically insulting him, throwing his face to the ground and trampling on it harshly.
"Hmm."
The Flower Offering Sect Heavenly Girl, kneeling in the Sect Hall, her limbs on the ground, her body trembling slightly with fear, hoarsely said, "Responding to Sect Master, the disciple ensures this is true, that group of people used such means to massively push hundreds of mortals onto the ranking."
"The entire Xuzhou is filled with countless Memory Stones spreading continuously, and those people's fame is still rising."
"Feeling the significant opportunity of this matter, the disciple returned to the sect immediately to report to you face to face."
"Hmm..."
Sitting on the quest chair, the Flower Offering Sect Master narrowed his eyes slightly, thoughtfully saying, "This indeed is a good tactic; your report was very timely. Just Xuzhou alone has gotten so many people onto the list; what if I could snap up three provinces before other sects react?"
"Pass the order!"
"Let all elders come out of seclusion to discuss important matters together at the Sect Hall!"
"Yes!"
The disciple standing at the entrance of the hall responded loudly and quickly retreated.
...
"Come up."
The Flower Offering Sect Master, his temples already turning white, looked down at the kneeling Heavenly Girl with an ambiguous smile, waving his hand to signal her to come forward, "If I remember correctly, the task I sent you on was not this, was it?"
"Although this is also a merit."
"But what about the task I assigned to you?"
The Heavenly Girl, kneeling on the ground, shook even more at these words, but still forcibly suppressed her fear, crawling step by step onto the platform, and familiarly placed her blood-stained head on the Sect Master's lap.
"Hmm."
The Sect Master, smiling, stroked the Heavenly Girl's head: "You previously let go of the Flower Offering Sect's nutritional supplement privately, already committing a taboo of the Flower Offering Sect, I let you redeem yourself by going to Fufeng City in Xuzhou."
"I ordered you to seduce Zhao Yishi, the True Disciple of the Caotian Sect, and kill the supplement you let go, but you failed to do either."
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"Why is that?"
"Zhao Yishi's physique makes it difficult for him to find a Taoist couple, and your entry perfectly satisfies him, you are his best partner, his nature is naive, how could he withstand your Charming Technique?"
"I..."
The Heavenly Girl, her head pressed firmly, struggled to voice out hoarsely, "I... couldn't find... the opportunity."
At this time—
The Great Elder of the Flower Offering Sect and other elders took their seats one after the other, all old men in poor condition, regarding the Heavenly Girl kneeling before the Sect Master as usual, but only after everyone was seated did the Great Elder voice his doubts, "Sect Master, why have you called us all out of seclusion?"
"You all,"
The Flower Offering Sect Master, expressionless, glanced at the gathered elders: "You've really let your brains rust shut in seclusion, take a look at the recent Fame Ranking."
...
An hour later.
The Heavenly Girl, her injuries more severe, staggered out of the Sect Hall, her ragged clothes revealing too much, yet indifferent to it all, her gaze numb as she made her way toward her own cave abode under the complex looks from the Flower Offering Sect disciples.
"..."
Standing at the entrance to her cave, the Heavenly Girl waved to release the barrier, looking at the stone bed covered in pink reeds, she stood silently for a long time before finally sitting on the bed, gazing into the distance outside her dwelling.
Fat Long was the one she had let escape; releasing a supplement in the Flower Offering Sect was no small matter.
As a result, she also faced some punishment.
Fat Long...
At the time Fat Long was captured and returned to the Flower Offering Sect, to escape from there, he had flattered her in every way, such as specifically searching for the pink reeds for her, like skillfully making her a hairpin from human bones from the back mountain, and even telling many jokes to make her laugh.
She naturally knew that Fat Long's affections were feigned, his purpose merely to escape the Flower Offering Sect.