chapter 5503: last-minute attempt
âthatâs not right, young noble.â the woman seemed happy to continue the conversation: âwould you have been here without fate calling? no, i donât think you would have taken a second look at our sect.â
âi suppose the world is rather large and i didnât necessarily need to come here.â li qiye stroked his chin.
ânot only did you visit, you also sat before our ancestors and analyzed our tablet. our sect might be small but it has beautiful scenery. the temple, venerable it may be, is not a place for sightseeing.â she continued.
âi do like sitting here.â he nodded.
âall of this points to fate, we are connected by fate, hence your presence in our venerable temple.â she continued.
âsure, letâs call it fate then.â he said.
âyoung noble, i should have been the one to show you ample hospitality but iâm afraid i canât do so.â she apologized.
âno need for troublesome formalities, iâm just here to take a quick look.â he shook his head.
âi appreciate it, young noble.â she bowed politely.
âwhat are you occupied with?â he asked.
âi am here to pay respect while trying to make a last-minute attempt at something.â she said while glancing at the runes on the tablet.
âis it important?â he smiled.
âyes, sunset glow requires a leader and i wish to offer my service.â she propped up her chin with both hands and furrowed her brows.
âit sounds like your rivals are capable.â he speculated.
âmy junior sister is exceptional. our cultivation is about the same but she had traveled outside, so her experience and knowledge surpass mine.â she said.
ânot always the case.â he responded: âas long as you have an open mind, your wisdom grows as well.â
âi certainly hope so.â she giggled and said: âhearing this lightened my heart.â
âfrom what i can see, you are rather confident.â he said.
ânot quite, iâm just ready to give my all to sunset glow. but first, i must gain the recognition of the immortal artifact.â she said.
âimmortal artifact?â he asked.
âseems like you donât know much about our sect, young noble.â she blinked mischievously.
âjust a little bit.â he admitted.
she glanced at the central statue and elaborated: âalthough cloudsweep fairy was not our founder, all of our current foundation and resources were bestowed by her. anything else from the distant past before her era has gone missing. it was just too long ago.â
the calamity and wars have weakened the sect. their prior resources from the last epoch were either expended or gone missing.
although they kept the same name, they didnât actually have much to do with sunset glow devil emperor and the other members.
nonetheless, cloudsweep fairy never made an attempt to take over or change the sectâs name. she still honored these ancestors and passed down their tales. otherwise, future generations of sunset glow would have known nothing about their origin.
âi can see that.â li qiye nodded.
âour fairy was unstoppable and had entered immortal dao city before.â she continued.
âthat is impressive.â he commented while staring at the tablet.
âyoung noble, you do know your stuff.â she said, aware of his focus on the tablet.
âyes, it is from immortal dao city.â he nodded.
ârumor has it that our fairy entered that place alone in search of someone.â she continued.
âit was not fruitful.â li qiye sighed.
she nodded and said: âright, but the records talk about her being able to enter a special domain in immortal dao city, something that couldnât be done by other monarchs and emperors.â
immortal dao city - one of the nine heavenly treasures - descended one day out of nowhere. immortal monarch yi ye and his allies seized it, turning it into their camp and a fortress for the people.
it naturally contained many secrets. rumor has it that the leaders managed to enter the deepest crevices of the treasure, able to witness its dao profundities.
âshe didnât only bring this tablet back.â he said.
âyes, she obtained the tablet first before entering the special domain. immortal emperor fei yang and immortal emperor bu zhan gained nothing from it but our fairy brought back the immortal artifact.â she said.
âan indomitable dao heart comes with rewards.â he said.
âyou heard of this before?â she couldnât believe it.
âa lack of desire was rewarded with an immortal artifact.â he said.
âincredible, these were all written down in the ancient text only available to our sect. i donât know how you have speculated all of this. i heard that the emperors were in awe when this happened.â she continued.
âand you wish to be recognized by the artifact.â he said.
âi do, it has been a while since we last had a leader. i wish for our generation to excel and live up to the greatness of our ancestors.â she said.
âyouâre not the only one.â he said.
âright, my junior sister has a lot of potential and is about as strong as me. we canât get the artifact to recognize us.â she said.
this woman in red had the title of sunset glow goddess - a genius with six sacred fruits. she was chosen as the successor and has been assigned many duties.
âyou wonât be able to.â he shook his head.
âisnât that a little rude, young noble?â she glared at him.n/-o./v--e--l/-b).i.-n
âgiven your abilities, getting recognition is tough enough, let alone controlling it.â he said.
she stroked her chin and said: âi know youâre right, ten emperors of celestial court coveted it too. they came but were sent flying by our fairy with just one hand sweep using the artifact. how can the likes of us hope to use it?â
this exploit was the reason why their fairy had the title of cloudsweep.