Chapter 1035 - 1036: Yin Yue Sect, Raksha Gate

Miao Jiayi’s family isn’t in Beijing.

His family can be considered to have official and scholarly roots, but their power in the local region isn’t great.

On ordinary days he gets along very well with Jiang Hanyi and Yu Shuo, the three of them play together quite a bit. Later, by a stroke of chance, Yu Shuo took him in as a disciple.

This man has a little problem: whenever he sees a beauty, he can’t move his legs, and no matter what he has to flirt a couple of lines—there’s a wicked streak in his bones.

Even though he looks like a tough guy on the outside, inside he’s a total flirt, but he never actually harms anyone.

Gu Jin gave them a slight nod and had everyone sit down to talk.

Miao Jiayi didn’t sit down. Instead, following Yu Shuo’s instructions on the way over, he respectfully knelt and kowtowed to Gu Jin.

After three kowtows, he raised his head, his expression obedient: "Greetings, Grandmaster!"

Although Miao Jiayi likes beauties, in front of Gu Jin he’s as well-behaved as a cat, not even daring to let his eyes roam.

"Get up. There are no outsiders today, just relax."

"Yes—"

Miao Jiayi stood up and sat down beside his junior brother Han Xiyuan.

Gu Jin propped her head with one hand and swept her gaze over the disciples and grand-disciples seated on both sides, getting straight to the point: "I’m sure you all know that our Xuanji Sect has been invited to this Cultivator Conference. Which of you wants to go?"

"I’ll go!" Wanqi Jingyi spoke up first.

For this Cultivator Conference, he absolutely had to go.

The Hidden Market is territory the Wanqi Family has controlled for many years, and they understand it far better than anyone else.

"I’ll go too!"

"And me!"

Yu Shuo and Jiang Hanyi spoke at the same time.

Ever since they learned that this Cultivator Conference harbored ill intent toward Xuanji Sect, they had already secretly decided to accompany Gu Jin to the appointment.

Wanqi Heyang, Han Xiyuan, and Miao Jiayi also indicated they wanted to go along.

Gu Jin smiled, but did not state her position.

Wanqi Jingyi’s expression grew solemn as he looked at Gu Jin, whose face remained as calm as ever: "Master, the Wanqi Family also has a certain amount of say in the Hidden Market. On the day of the Cultivator Conference, the Ancestor will be there, and my father and second uncle will all be present. I doubt the old Sects in the Hidden Market would do anything that would tear their face with the Wanqi Family."

The underlying meaning of his words was to reassure Gu Jin.

That wasn’t what Gu Jin was worried about. She shifted her gaze to her third disciple, Wanqi Jingyi: "Which two Sects in the Hidden Market founded the Cultivator Conference? Do you know their detailed information?"

"I do!"

Once this topic came up, Wanqi Jingyi launched into an unending stream.

The Wanqi Family has controlled the Hidden Market for many years and knows many things that outsiders don’t.

The Hidden Market is a mixed bag of dragons and fish, a refuge favored by many fringe figures. There’s not a single man or woman there who’s clean.

Anyone who steps into the Hidden Market, even if they don’t have a life on their hands, has more or less been stained with someone else’s blood.

There are many Sects in the Hidden Market, and among them the two that must not be provoked, with the foulest reputations, are two great Sects.

They are the Yin Yue Sect and Rakshasa Gate.

"Within the Yin Yue Sect there are eight Golden Core Cultivators, and it’s rumored they have one Nascent Soul expert as well. The lowest cultivation among their other disciples is Foundation Establishment Cultivation. They rely on absorbing other cultivators’ blood to increase their own cultivation. Of course, there are also some who purely rely on their own effort to advance, but such people are extremely rare.

Ten years ago, Rakshasa Gate had fewer Golden Core Cultivators than Yin Yue Sect, only three. But in the past two years, the number of Golden Core Cultivators in their Sect has unexpectedly increased by seven or eight. Nowadays they have over ten Golden Core Cultivators in the Sect, though they have no experts with Nascent Soul Cultivation.

These two old Sects hold a Cultivator Conference once every ten years. Those they invite are all people from Sects with little fame, but the ones they pick to attend are all individuals their Sects have high hopes for—existences like ’phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.’"