Chapter 72: The Ten Great Sects

Afterwards, the group followed Yin Ningyu to take a tour around the Baihua Sect.

The Baihua Sect is not the same as the Lingerie-Sect.

All disciples are on Yuhua Peak; the outer sect male disciples plant flowers at the foot of the mountain, the outer sect female disciples are at the mountainside, and the inner sect disciples are all at the summit.

"Senior Sister."

After arriving at the Baihua Hall on Yuhua Peak, Tu Qing took out a Storage Bag and handed it to Yu Yan.

Yu Yan took the Storage Bag and nodded.

Inside this are all Linger Gu.

Afterwards, Yu Yan took Li Mengqiu and a group of Lingerie-Sect disciples to feed the Linger Gu to the Baihua Sect disciples.

"This great hall is not as impressive as our Lingerie-Sect."

Gu Qing looked around and said while staying by Jiang Xun's side.

Tu Qing sat on the main seat without ceremony and crossed her legs; Jiang Xun sat on the left, Ming Ning sat on the right, Gu Qing and Liu Ruoyun stood to Jiang Xun's left and right, and Xie Leng stood behind Tu Qing.

Hou Rui watched as the other Elders all stood behind their Master, and for a moment, she did not know whether she should sit or not.

"Why are you standing there stunned? You are an Elder now; you need to have some of an Elder's presence. Sit." Jiang Xun said while looking at Hou Rui.

"Yes." Hou Rui nodded hurriedly and sat in the seat next to Jiang Xun.

Only Yin Ningyu was still standing in the center of the great hall.

"Are you satisfied?"

Yin Ningyu asked while looking at Tu Qing.

"The jade chair is not bad."

Tu Qing smiled.

"It is yours anyway."

Yin Ningyu smiled.

"There is resentment."

The corners of Tu Qing's mouth curled up.

"That is only natural."

Yin Ningyu said truthfully.

"You must return to the Lingerie-Sect with us; you cannot stay here."

Tu Qing put away her smile and continued.

"It suits my wishes perfectly."

Yin Ningyu looked at Jiang Xun, her gaze burning.

Tu Qing could only sigh in her heart; this was not only to keep a close watch on Yin Ningyu, but also to make her Senior Brother happy, as her Senior Brother surely wanted Yin Ningyu to go to the Lingerie-Sect as well.

"Senior Sister Ming Ning, I must trouble you to take people to set up a Formation at the entrance of Zhong Lingqing's seclusion cave dwelling; capture her the moment she comes out and seal her internal energy."

Tu Qing looked at Ming Ning and said.

"Mm."

Ming Ning nodded and stood up, looking at Yin Ningyu: "Would Sect Master Yin please lead the way?"

"..."

Yin Ningyu felt helpless upon hearing this; she had not expected them to go so far as to hunt down her Master.

"Rest assured, there is no intention to kill her." Jiang Xun spoke up: "If your Master is willing to join the Lingerie-Sect, then naturally everyone will be happy; if she is not willing, she is a senior in the Void Refinement Realm after all, so we must still show her some respect and let her leave on her own."

"Mm."

Yin Ningyu nodded.

She knew that Zhong Lingqing must be in a weakened state after coming out of the Secret Realm, and with the addition of a Formation, Zhong Lingqing would be unable to resist.

But since Jiang Xun had already promised not to kill her Master, then so be it.

Besides, she was currently unable to resist Jiang Xun's words.

"Gu Qing, Liu Ruoyun."

Tu Qing then looked at Gu Qing and Liu Ruoyun.

"Present."

The two hurriedly walked in front of Tu Qing.

"Go and replace all the Baihua Sect's insignias with those of the Lingerie-Sect."

"Yes."

The two acknowledged and walked outside.

"Xie Leng."

"Present."

"Go and compile the roster of all Baihua Sect disciples, including details on their cultivation."

"Yes."

Xie Leng then also left the great hall.

"Sect Master, what should I do?"

Seeing that the Elders had all left, Hou Rui also hurriedly stood up and asked.

"Go and assist Xie Leng."

Tu Qing thought for a moment and said.

"Good."

Hou Rui nodded hurriedly and walked quickly to catch up.

For a moment, only Jiang Xun and Tu Qing remained in the great hall.

"Senior Brother, aren't you too amazing now? You are clearly only at the Nascent Soul Early Stage Peak, yet that Spirit Transformation Mid-Stage Liang Ru was completely no match for you."

After everyone had left, Tu Qing ran over to Jiang Xun's side, crouched down beside his legs, and looked up with a face full of admiration: "I feel like you are even more powerful now than before!"

"Hahaha, is that so?" Jiang Xun patted Tu Qing's little head: "You also have quite the demeanor of a Sect Master."

"Hehe." Tu Qing chuckled: "I just didn't expect that the original plan wouldn't be used at all; it was all thanks to you and Senior Sister stepping forward that we took down the Baihua Sect."

"The two people with the highest combat power in the Baihua Sect were both taken down; if the others had continued to fight, it would only have increased casualties in vain. No one wanted to cause such an ugly situation. If those thousand-plus disciples of the Baihua Sect had died today instead of leaving, then it wouldn't have been so easy for us to take over the Baihua Sect."

Jiang Xun nodded and said.

"It's just that I'm a bit worried about Senior Sister Ming Ning's situation. I feel that the Formation she used to break through must have extremely strong side effects, but she refuses to tell me."

"Shall I ask her later?" Tu Qing nodded upon hearing this.

"Mm, you must ask her, otherwise I'm afraid something might happen to Senior Sister Ming Ning."

Jiang Xun nodded earnestly.

"Master is also something else; she didn't tell us about this before going into seclusion, and we don't even know when she prepared the Supreme Position for Senior Sister, nor do we know where that Void Refinement Realm barrier is, or whether the person is male or female."

Tu Qing sighed when she said this.

She had once been happy because her own cultivation realm had surpassed Ming Ning's.

Now...

"Senior Sister said she originally intended to accumulate her strength until the Void Refining Great Perfection to attempt the Integration Realm, which might have taken another two or three hundred years. By that time, Master would have already come out of seclusion, so that must be why Master didn't tell us."

Jiang Xun said helplessly.

"Then, Senior Sister breaking through early today was just to protect you. If Yin Ningyu's attack had hit you at that time, I'm afraid you would have been dead or at least severely injured. I didn't expect that Senior Sister Ming Ning, who usually seems quite cold toward you, actually cares about you quite a bit."

If it weren't for the fact that Tu Qing knew nothing had ever happened between Jiang Xun and Ming Ning, she would definitely be extremely jealous right now.

Jiang Xun smiled and said nothing, knowing in his heart that perhaps the Barrier-Breaking Pill had played a role?

Or perhaps, Senior Sister Ming Ning had, after all, watched him grow up?

Who knows what she was thinking.

The affairs within the Baihua Sect were proceeding in an orderly manner. Once the Baihua Sect's seal was replaced with the Lingerie-Sect's seal, the Lingerie-Sect returned to the ranks of the Ten Great Sects.

With Tu Qing, Yu Yan, and Yin Ningyu, three at the Spirit Transformation Stage, and Ming Ning at the Void Refinement Realm, the Lingerie-Sect leaped directly to become the seventh sect.

Those pushed down were the Shanhai Pavilion, which had long been eighth, and the Yunlang Valley, which had previously fluctuated between seventh and sixth; the one that filled the tenth spot was the Guiyi Sect.

The current ranking of the Ten Great Sects is: Tianwai Island, Wushang Pavilion, Baiyun Sect, Shushan, Spirit Sound Sect, Leiming Temple, Lingerie-Sect, Shanhai Pavilion, Yunlang Valley, and Guiyi Sect.

Among them, Tianwai Island and Wushang Pavilion are said to be ridiculously strong.

Previously, at the Void Sect Secret Realm, neither Tianwai Island nor Wushang Pavilion sent anyone, supposedly because they looked down on that pile of junk.

As for the people from Leiming Temple and Shanhai Pavilion, just as the Secret Realm began, the people from Shanhai Pavilion, who had been invaded by Demonic Qi, attacked everyone. The people from Leiming Temple had firmer mentalities, were able to move, fought with them, and ended up perishing together.

The people from Yunlang Valley died on the plaza in front of Xuwang Hall, having been swatted to death by a Demonic Beast.

The Guiyi Sect is a newly emerged sect. Being able to charge into the eleventh spot in one go, and now picking up the ready-made tenth spot, their strength and luck cannot be underestimated.