Senior Sister June caught the blue gemstone with her hand and stared at it.
Is he not afraid I won't return this treasure? I've never t soone as generous as him. I still can't believe he rejected the chance to be our next sect master. I refuse to believe he doesn't have a shred of greed in him. Hmph, I'll stick around him and expose his hidden greed.
Leyvi, Leyvi. I have made it this far because I am persistent. I will not leave your side and will pester you until you agree to co to my sect.
Two days later, they t again and went to another low-level hunting ground, the Sunken Marshes. Here, they had to hover in the air most of the ti because the marshland was full of deep mud pits and strange sinkholes that could swallow unwary cultivators. The thick, humid air clung to their skin, and the buzzing of marsh insects made it an unsettling place.
Sotis, they encountered strange spiritual mist that could put cultivators into bizarre illusions. Leyvi wondered what it was like to be under a natural illusion, so he let himself be exposed to the spiritual mist.
Since Senior Sister June was around, Leyvi wasn't worried about their safety. Her presence made him feel unafraid to experience phenona like this. However, this was only true for Leyvi. The rest of the group didn't dare to put themselves in such situations.
After a few hours of struggling with the illusion, Leyvi finally overca it and escaped without external help.
"Fuuuh..." Leyvi let out a long, relieved breath.
"What kind of illusion did you experience?" Anda asked curiously. She, too, could put soone under an illusion with her ability, but her illusions were heavily influenced by her own mind. She was interested in knowing the difference between hers and a natural one.
Leyvi's expression turned serious. The ladies gulped at his deanor, assuming he must have gone through sothing terrifying.
"In the illusion, I experienced countless night battles with a thousand seed-sucking ladies led by Anda. It took
hundreds of years to finally satisfy them all and break the illusion," Leyvi said, wiping his sweat.
"..." All the ladies except Anda and Nala were speechless.
That's the terrifying illusion?
"Leyvi, you probably weren't seeing an illusion but the future! Hehe! As expected of my husband to conquer a thousand ladies. Right now, we barely have ten, but we'll eventually reach that number!" Anda spoke happily.
"Darling is the best!" Nala hugged his arm excitedly. "Darling, did you see any of them in your illusion?" She pointed at June and her junior sisters. Nala didn't ask about Sawi because she was already in the bag; it was just a matter of ti.
"Them?" Leyvi looked at the four ladies and tried to recall. His brows furrowed in concentration as he searched the depths of his mory.
When Leyvi glanced at them, they imdiately blushed from embarrassnt. Even a Soul Formation expert like Senior Sister June couldn't help but feel the sa. How could these people casually talk about sothing like this? Night battles? Did they turn that intimate activity into a sport?
"Uhh... strange. I can't seem to rember the details anymore. Everything faded away quickly, like a dream. I only rember Anda," Leyvi explained after failing to recall the specifics.
"What? Not even ? Darling! How could you do this to !" Nala shook Leyvi's hand, dissatisfied with the conclusion.
"That's it! I'm going to work harder so you'll rember
next ti!" Nala quickly recovered and ford a new resolve.
A day later, another group of vile rcenaries showed up and surrounded them again, targeting the girls. At this point, Leyvi wondered if there was a group like this in every hunting ground. After they were dealt with, Anda put the sole survivor in an illusion, forcing him to spill the beans. It turned out they had a surveillance thod to locate groups with won.
This revelation enraged Senior Sister June, prompting her to make a request to Leyvi.
Four days later, they finished their training at the Sunken Marshes and moved to the next hunting ground imdiately without returning to rcenary City.
Senior Sister June requested Leyvi's group act as bait. She wanted to confirm if rcenary groups targeting won existed in every hunting ground. If so, she planned to eradicate them all.
Leyvi sought the ladies' opinions before agreeing. Anda and the others were equally enraged by such behavior. Thinking about how many won had been hard by these groups made them furious.
Sawi was horrified upon learning about the heinous activities occurring outside the city. The sheltered safety she had known within the city walls felt like a distant dream compared to the harsh reality outside. The difference in safety inside and outside the city was like night and day.
"Dear Ancestor Vulcan, forgive this descendant for breaking our promise. The world is dangerous, and I'm scared to go out. I want to hide in the city forever." Sawi whispered while holding onto Lilian.
When they arrived at the next hunting ground, they proceeded to explore and hunt demonic beasts as usual. Soti later, as predicted, a group of obviously evil rcenaries surrounded them, spouting typical villainous dialogue. Their overconfidence was palpable.
As usual, Senior Sister June killed them all without hesitation. She used the sa coral sword technique she used last ti.
Thus, Leyvi's group changed their agenda from hunting demonic beasts to hunting rcenary scum.
Two weeks later, they returned to rcenary City to rest. During these two weeks, they visited five more hunting grounds and eliminated nurous vile rcenaries.
It was unbelievable to Leyvi and his group that these rcenaries had been able to commit such heinous activities for so long.
Upon their return, Nala finally received a reply from Paulina. She had successfully contacted all her forr group mbers and was ready to et Leyvi anyti.
They scheduled the eting for two days later at the sa hotpot restaurant they had visited before, The Lusty aty Pot. This ti, they reserved the largest room, capable of accommodating fifty people.
Surprisingly, Senior Sister June and her three junior sisters also wanted to join them, citing the excuse of trying the famous hotpot. Leyvi didn't mind. After all, hotpots were ant to be enjoyed by large groups.
Two days later, Leyvi and his group t Paulina in the largest room at The Lusty aty Pot. With her were thirty-five strong-looking ladies of varying sizes. So were petite, and others were large-built. Each was sexy and attractive in her own way. Most importantly, they were all cultivators in the Core Formation realm.
Leyvi let out a wry smile when he noticed a few of them glaring at him with disgust. Nala had been right—so of them hated n. He could sense others also resented his presence but concealed their emotions better. He couldn't bla them, considering what won experienced outside the city.
For this reason, he wasn't going to negotiate with them. That task fell to Anda. The won would be more comfortable and likely to accept the recruitnt offer if it ca from a fellow woman. As a man aspiring to live off his won, playing the role of a useless husband was his specialty.
"Forgive
for taking so long to reach out again. It wasn't easy to contact and convince everyone to co. Since our rcenary group disbanded, we've been living in the city, working various jobs to survive," Paulina said politely.
"No worries. I understand everyone's difficulties. That's why we're here to recruit you ladies. My sister Nala recomnded you all for this job, and we trust her judgnt," Anda replied, her tone warm and reassuring.
"Are we going to work directly under you?" A tall, brown-skinned woman with a mole in the middle of her glabella asked while selecting ingredients for the hotpot. Her question carried a bluntness that matched her deanor, her movents deliberate as she added food to the bubbling pot.
Having co all this way, she wasn't going to miss the opportunity to eat her fill. She wasn't alone; the others had also begun picking ingredients, manners be damned. After all, they were forr rcenaries—a rough bunch.
If not for n collectively targeting, suppressing, and assaulting won in every hunting ground, they might still have been rcenaries. Nowadays, the profession is dominated by n, with only a few won willing to endure being treated as their playthings.
When they reported these atrocities to the City Lord of Warhaven City, he dismissed them, claiming that incidents outside the city were not his responsibility. His duty, he argued, was to ensure the safety of those within the city walls. Vexed but powerless, the won had no choice but to quit rcenary life.
Being a rcenary, hunting demonic beasts and gathering rare plants, was far more lucrative than the jobs they now held. So the reduced inco naturally affected their cultivation as well, making them held more resentnt.
"Ah, this is our forr vice leader, Chloe Petra," Paulina introduced.
Anda nodded and said, "Miss Chloe, we are not recruiting for , but for the current City Lord of Bara City, Layla Leyan."
"A female city lord?" Their interest was piqued.
"Yes. A Protector recently awarded my husband here a Deed of Sovereignty, but he isn't interested in governing. So, he entrusted Layla with full authority to govern the city," Anda explained.
"What? You received a Deed of Sovereignty? Why didn't you tell
earlier?" Senior Sister June suddenly stood up and questioned Leyvi.
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