Wei Haolan's announcement set off a storm in Linhai.
As a cultivation group for female cultivators, Bixuan Court had been in Linhai for several thousand years. Everyone had long been accustomed to it and accepted their fate.
Now that they learned Bixuan Court was going to recruit disciples, all the male cultivators in Linhai were delighted.
Bixuan Court's female cultivators, on the other hand, felt a bit lost because this also meant they wouldn't have any privileges anymore.
"Senior Martial Sister Sect Head!" Someone came to the door that very night.
Mo Tiange and Wei Haolan were discussing important matters when they heard the voice outside, causing them to glance at each other.
There were a thousand things waiting to be done. The main hall was temporarily sealed, so they were now in an ordinary room without any disciples guarding the door.
Seeing that Mo Tiange didn't have any objections, Wei Haolan waved her hand to remove the Soundproof Barrier. "Come in."
The person who entered was Senior Martial Sister Yang, who once fought with that unruly young miss Hua Yilin out of jealousy.
After Ren Yufeng was killed, Xia Qing brought the two elders' remains back to the Dao-Achieving Pagoda to worship them. Afterward, everyone devoted themselves to rebuilding the group.
The first thing they did was to recompile Bixuan Court's disciple roster.
According to the disciples who stayed here, when Ren Yufeng suddenly appeared that year, they were all caught off guard. Some died, some ran away, but half of them didn't have time to escape. Many of them suffered extreme torture before they managed to survive.
Fortunately, Ren Yufeng was infected by the dead aura and gradually lost his mortal desires. Otherwise, who knew how many disciples in a cultivation group for female cultivators would've been humiliated?
However, when he recruited disciples later, he accepted everyone regardless of who they were, and there were also some people with bad conduct.
Upon hearing this, Wei Haolan showed no mercy. As long as they were identified, they would all be beheaded.
Fortunately, this kind of thing wasn't common. Among the individual cultivators they recruited, only a few of them lost their humanity like Ren Yufeng. Most of the Bixuan Court disciples just suffered a bit but didn't suffer any humiliation.
On one hand, she rewarded them; on the other hand, she displayed her might. Everyone, regardless of whether they were Bixuan Court disciples or not, finally quieted down.
Next, they had to deal with the specific matters of rebuilding the group.
"Senior Martial Sister Sect Head." After Senior Martial Sister Yang saluted, she didn't say anything and just stared at Mo Tiange.
Wei Haolan said, "Elder Qingyi and Elder Qingmiao already decided to invite this … Fellow Daoist Ye to become our Bixuan Court's guest elder. If you have something to say, just say it; there's no need to hide it."
Not revealing her real name was also Mo Tiange's request.
Since she used the name Ye Xiaotian in Bixuan Court, there was no need for her to keep changing it.
Moreover, she hadn't reported this matter to her Master yet, so it was better for her to keep a low profile.
Wei Haolan didn't care about this matter, so she listened to her.
"… Yes."
Senior Martial Sister Yang took a few more glances at Mo Tiange then asked cautiously, "Senior Martial Sister Sect Head, do you think … our Bixuan Court will no longer be a cultivation group for female cultivators from now on? Will the offerings and whatnot be reduced?"
Wei Haolan could not help but frown as she said, "You don't have to worry about this matter. Before the two elders left, they had already come to an agreement."
"Oh, I see …" Senior Martial Sister Yang let out a hollow laugh then cast a glance at Mo Tiange. "In that case, since the two elders have passed away, shouldn't we elect another elder?"
"Of course."
Wei Haolan didn't hide anything. "We'll elect two temporary elders. The two elders and I will be responsible for the main matters.
As for the future, according to our group's rules, once a disciple forms his or her Gold Core, he or she will automatically be promoted to an elder. "
Without waiting for Senior Martial Sister Yang to ask again, Wei Haolan said bluntly, "Junior Martial Sister Yang, there are too many things to do now that the group is being rebuilt. I really don't have time to answer these questions. If you're free, can you go and help Junior Martial Sister Xia and Junior Martial Brother Tang?"
"… Okay." Since the Sect Head ordered her to do so, what else could she do?
After Senior Martial Sister Yang left, Wei Haolan angrily threw the new register on the table and said mockingly, "I already said it wasn't difficult to recall the disciples, but it was very difficult to rebuild their self-esteem. Now, it seems I have to add another condition — it's even more difficult to make them set aside their selfishness for the time being!
What kind of situation is this?
The two elders have already passed away, but what kind of people are they saving?! "
Mo Tiange tried to persuade her. "No matter where you are, people like that are everywhere. Sect Head, don't be too angry; the important matter is more important."
Wei Haolan nodded. "You're right. I just hate that they don't know what's important; it's really annoying."
"Then don't count on them."
"In any case, the two elders have already decided on these matters, so we just need to do as they say."
When the two elders were mentioned, Wei Haolan was silent for a while. She then took a deep breath and pulled herself together. "In two days, we'll cremate the two elders first and offer them to the patriarch. In the future, whenever there's incense from the patriarch, the two elders will have a share."
Mo Tiange didn't have any objections. "This should be done. Without the two elders, the group can't be rebuilt."
"In addition … Elder Ye," Wei Haolan changed the way she addressed Mo Tiange, "I've already asked Junior Martial Sister Xia and Junior Martial Brother Tang to pick some reliable people to be in charge of recruiting disciples, but just in case, I still need you to establish your prestige."
Mo Tiange nodded.
Bixuan Court would no longer only recruit female disciples, so in the beginning, there would definitely be a mix of good and bad people, so it was necessary to intimidate them.
"As for the other matters … I have a lot of things to think about at the moment.
Elder Ye, you've worked hard. Go and rest first; we still have a lot of things to do. "
"Okay."
Mo Tiange didn't refuse. She indeed wasn't good at school matters, and she couldn't help Wei Haolan for the time being. It would be better for her to go back and adjust her condition. She would also be able to intimidate those who were dissatisfied with her.
After leaving Wei Haolan's room, Mo Tiange randomly chose a room in the building, laid a defensive formation then entered the Virtual Sky World, which she hadn't seen in a long time.
Inside the Virtual Sky World, the bamboo shadows rustled and the wind blew gently. It was no different from twenty years ago.
In the beginning, she couldn't enter the Virtual Sky World, but later on, she didn't have the chance to.
These twenty years were both simple and complicated.
Inside the Dao-Achieving Pagoda, aside from healing and cultivating, there was nothing else to do. However, in order to defeat Ren Yufeng, they made countless plans, which almost exhausted them both physically and mentally.
Now, they were finally … free …
She dragged her exhausted body towards the small room.
A golden dumpling ran out of the small room. As soon as it saw her, it pounced on her.
Mo Tiange reached out to catch it then stroked its head. "Long time no see, Feifei."
This Feifei, which was on the verge of making a realm-breakthrough but had been left inside the Virtual Sky World for twenty years, was now finally in the second rank. Its fur had also turned from white to golden.
Feifei arched itself in her arms.
Although they hadn't seen each other for twenty years, they had signed a contract, so Feifei didn't alienate her in the slightest.
After returning to the small room, Mo Tiange put Feifei down. "I'm really too tired. Can you go and play first?"
Feifei seemed to understand her words and became much more intelligent than before. It stared at her with its black eyes for a while then jumped onto her shoulder and put its paw on her head.
In an instant, a warm current flowed from Feifei's paw. Mo Tiange felt warm all over, and in an instant, all her fatigue disappeared without a trace …
Feifei could make people forget their worries.
So it was true.
After an unknown amount of time, Mo Tiange finally woke up. All the fatigue in her body disappeared without a trace, whether it was physical or mental.
Feifei squeaked then jumped down from her shoulder and arched itself in her arms to please her.
Mo Tiange smiled and stroked its head. "Thank you."
Having received her praise, Feifei happily rolled around in her arms.
Holding Feifei in her arms, Mo Tiange took out a Qiankun Bag from inside her robe and pondered.
This was Ren Yufeng's Qiankun Bag. She put it away, but because she had too many things to do, she forgot to give it to Wei Haolan.
Now that she was looking at this Qiankun Bag, an idea came to her mind. She put her hand inside and fumbled for a while. Finally, she took out a heavy stone tablet.
This was the stone tablet Ren Yufeng obtained from the ancient sacrificial temple, the one that recorded the so-called divine dragon secret technique.
On the surface, this stone tablet didn't seem abnormal, and the drawings on it were also very simple.
At the very front was a drawing of a dragon's skeleton and a person casting a spell. At the back, there were also drawings of many human bodies in some postures. There were also some patterns drawn inside the human bodies, which seemed to be spiritual aura circulation methods.
In addition, there were also some simple words carved on the side, but these ancient characters had long been lost, so she couldn't make out their meaning.
Strange, there didn't seem to be anything abnormal.
She couldn't help but reach out to touch it, but the moment she touched the surface of the stone tablet's patterns, her whole body went numb.
Then, many strange thoughts were transmitted from the stone tablet to her body …
Many scenes appeared in her mind …
Dragons flying in the sky, fighting, corpses … In the end, a person standing on top of a dragon's skeleton, absorbing the divine dragon's breath. The strange thing was, what he absorbed was black aura, and the divine dragon's breath on the dragon's skeleton was getting stronger and stronger …
She heard the sound of "wu wu". Feifei suddenly jumped over and bit her finger.
Mo Tiange felt pain on her fingertip. She came back to her senses from her meditation and broke out in a cold sweat.
Sure enough, there was something wrong with this so-called divine dragon secret technique!
It wasn't that the drawings were wrong, nor was it that her comprehension was wrong — this technique itself was a kind of evil technique!
This stone tablet had a kind of wonderful power. As soon as she touched it, her mind would be completely attracted to it.
If Feifei hadn't woken her up from her fantasy in time, the consequences would've been too horrible to contemplate!
Thinking up to this point, Mo Tiange hugged Feifei, feeling extremely grateful. "Fortunately, you saved me. Thank you so much."
Feifei tilted its head and looked at her for a moment. It then jumped down and kicked the stone tablet away with its short hind legs. It then shook its head at her.
"This thing can't be touched?" Mo Tiange guessed its meaning from her divine comprehension.
Feifei whimpered twice, but it still approached her and put its hand on hers.
That wonderful power appeared again and very soon, Mo Tiange regained her calmness.
"Alright, I understand."
The existence of the contract made them trust each other, so Mo Tiange trusted Feifei without any hesitation.
She ignored the stone tablet and continued to search Ren Yufeng's Qiankun Bag. There were still a lot of things inside.
Spirit stones, materials, magic tools … There wasn't anything special; there were just a lot of spirit stones and good materials, but the magic tools were very ordinary.
Right! After Ren Yufeng cultivated the evil technique, he never used magic tools. His dead aura was his best means of attack.
As for these spirit stones and materials, he must've plundered them in Linhai all these years, right?
Spirit stones aside, there were a lot of beast cores and materials unique to the Eastern Sea, so that should be the case.
Mo Tiange thought about it and decided to return this Qiankun Bag to Wei Haolan.
She didn't care about these materials, and she didn't lack spirit stones, but for Bixuan Court, which had just been rebuilt, these were timely help.