Chapter 5073 — I'm Back
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"There are many Tai Gu sects that come to the secular world for training. As for this Snow Valley business you mentioned, I don't know which sect was responsible. The only thing I can say for certain is that it had nothing to do with my sect." Xue Jianming's tone was that of a man wholly uninvolved. Then he added, "You see, my temper is quite mild. Even in the matter of recruiting disciples, I've given you all this time to think it over. Others simply go straight to your door and demand people. Have you made up your mind?"
"I've said it before—I will absolutely not go to the Tai Gu Alliance. And what you're doing has long since disrupted the order of the secular world. Do you mean to make enemies of every cultivation force in the secular world?" Qiu Lingshan said stiffly.
"Enemies of the secular world?" Xue Jianming looked surprised, then said with disdain, "What nonsense is Miss Song talking? Even if you added up every cultivation force in the secular world, their combined strength still wouldn't match a single Tai Gu sect. So there's no possibility of mutual hostility at all. The Tai Gu Alliance has never regarded the secular world as an opponent—otherwise the secular world would have been wiped out long ago."
"In other words, the Tai Gu Alliance doesn't take the secular world seriously at all. If you fancy a disciple with decent aptitude, you just reach out and take them. Is that what you mean?" Wu Chengtian said in a low voice.
"It sounds a bit harsh, but the meaning isn't wrong. It's just that some people go about it more aggressively, while I am relatively mild—which is why I'm here reasoning with you nicely." Xue Jianming nodded indifferently and swept his gaze over the crowd. "I see that all of you have excellent aptitude. To cultivate to the Great Perfection of the Heaven Rank in a rotten place like the secular world is truly rare. How about this—why don't you all come back to the Tai Gu Alliance with me? That way you can look after one another. Miss Song, that should be no problem, shouldn't it?"
Everyone was momentarily stunned. This fellow truly knew how to climb a pole when it was offered—not only did he want to take Qiu Lingshan, he wouldn't even let the rest of them go?
"Oh, and those unconscious beauties upstairs can come back to the Tai Gu Alliance as well. I can see you have no way to cure them, but I do. Only it has to be at the Tai Gu Alliance. How about it?" Xue Jianming's eyes darted about as he spoke.
"You can cure them?" Qiu Lingshan and the others felt a surge of joy at these words. Over the past three years, Gu Mengyao and the others had shown no signs of worsening, but neither had there been the slightest improvement. If this went on, no one knew what might happen. If there was a chance to cure them, it would be a blessing beyond measure.
"Of course. Just because the secular world can't do something doesn't mean the Tai Gu Alliance can't," Xue Jianming said with an air of profundity.
"Is that so? Then tell us—why are Sister Mengyao and the others unconscious?" Ying Ziyu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and cut in.
"Uh, well..." Xue Jianming was instantly stumped. In truth, he had no idea why Gu Mengyao and the other women were unconscious, and his talk of the Tai Gu Alliance being able to cure them was pure nonsense. The only reason he said it was to trick the women into coming back to the Tai Gu Alliance.
Never mind that the women were unconscious—each of them was a beauty that could topple a city, and that was plain for all to see. When Xue Jianming had come in earlier and swept a glance over them, he had immediately begun to drool, and could not help but conceive the notion of building himself a harem. If he could get all these peerless beauties back, the very thought of it was enough to make a man unable to stop himself!