Chapter 225 - 148: A Prophecy Fulfilled, No Fate with Cyan Mist

Chapter 225: Chapter 148: A Prophecy Fulfilled, No Fate with Cyan Mist

Suppressing and killing three Great Powers of Transcendence was indeed terrifying beyond imagination in their eyes.

But in the eyes of the Cyan Mist Saintess, perhaps it wasn’t all that outstanding. At the very least, it wasn’t worthy of a second glance from a Saintess who bore the very name of her sect. Not to mention, the Cyan Mist Saintess’s status on Thousand Sects Island was already supreme; even some Sect Leaders might not necessarily get a chance to meet her.

Jiang Hao also understood the underlying meaning of this scene. In the end, it was highly likely that she simply thought little of him; he had failed to catch the eye of the number one Saintess of such a major sect.

Jiang Hao didn’t take the Cyan Mist Saintess’s attitude to heart. His initial plan had been strictly limited to gathering information about Thousand Sects Island. As for getting deeply involved with the Cyan Mist Sect, he had never considered it from start to finish. Being too deeply tied to such a large sect wasn’t necessarily a good thing—especially for a Loose Cultivator like him, who was a stranger in a strange land. However, since he still needed to rely on these Cultivators to guide him to Thousand Sects Island, Jiang Hao simply followed behind them at a leisurely pace.

Silence fell over them as time slowly slipped away.

Half a day later.

Jiang Hao finally followed the people of the Cyan Mist Sect into the Earth Realm of the Demon Ridge.

"Within the Demon Ridge, great demons are everywhere, and Demon Kings occupy the territory. It is incredibly dangerous. Legend has it that within this vast Demon Ridge, there might even be a slumbering Demon Emperor.

"If you stay on Thousand Sects Island for the time being, you must never casually enter the forbidden grounds of the Demon Ridge without a good reason," Mu Wan Ning cautioned him.

Perhaps knowing that the Cyan Mist Saintess’s attitude toward Jiang Hao was somewhat underwhelming, Mu Wan Ning spent the entire journey explaining everything around Thousand Sects Island to him, as if trying to make up for it.

While passing through the Demon Ridge, Song Changlin couldn’t hold back any longer. He found an opportunity to speak his mind to the Cyan Mist Saintess.

"We are in the midst of a battle for supremacy among geniuses, and the Cyan Mist Sect is precisely in need of talented people.

"If we can keep this man in our Cyan Mist Sect, he will definitely become a great asset to you in the future, Saintess," Song Changlin urged.

Faced with Song Changlin’s earnest advice, the Cyan Mist Saintess remained silent. It was only after a long while that she shot a faint glance at the young man in white.

"Elder Song, my master and the others will consider it. If he is truly worth keeping in the Cyan Mist Sect, my master and the Sect Leader will naturally make a decision."

Watching the Cyan Mist Saintess tear through the air ahead of them after finishing her words, Song Changlin and Elder He looked at each other with bitter smiles.

"It seems the Saintess hasn’t taken a liking to Young Master Qin," Elder He remarked.

"If the Saintess had witnessed that scene with her own eyes, perhaps she wouldn’t think this way," Song Changlin replied.

After speaking, both men let out long sighs. The two Elders only wanted to make their sect stronger and had no ulterior motives. However, thinking about it carefully now, apart from suppressing and killing three Great Powers of Transcendence, that Young Master Qin didn’t seem to have displayed any other extraordinary qualities.

Just as their voices fell, another Elder of the Cyan Mist Sect let out a long sigh, his eyes filled with helplessness.

"Elder Song, Elder He, I’m afraid the two of you have misunderstood the Saintess. There is something you two don’t know. The current situation of the Cyan Mist Sect is not looking good. Our cultivation resources have been compressed to the limit, reaching an extremely tense situation. Even if this young master you speak of is worth recruiting, the Saintess and the Supreme Elders will have to carefully weigh the pros and cons.

"To put it bluntly, our Cyan Mist Sect does not have any extra cultivation resources to nurture another top-tier genius—not unless this Young Master Qin you speak of can bring a much greater gift to the Cyan Mist Sect in the short term.

"After all, he is just a Loose Cultivator with some talent and potential. How big of a wave can he truly make? I’m afraid that..."

The Elder trailed off and slowly shook his head, his meaning self-evident.

Listening to his words, Song Changlin and Elder He suddenly seemed to understand. However, none of the three expected that the Elder’s words would turn out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Not only did the Cyan Mist Sect fail to recruit the young man, but their higher-ups even harbored murderous intentions toward him at one point.

The development of the situation exceeded everyone’s expectations.