Max looked at Xiao Bilan who also looked at him with an indescribable gaze in her eyes.
He then slowly exhaled.
"Alright Deputy Sect Master" Max said and then stretched out his hand to accept the orb.
As soon as he did so by holding the orb with both hands, the ball lit up and then a brilliant blue radiance emanated from the ball in all directions.
Then in the next second, Max felt a force move from the ball into his body and then spread out to reach every inch of his body.
A few minutes later, the force that moved to every area of Max's body returned to the orb that Max held in both hands, then the bright blue light emitting from the orb suddenly changed to an ink-black light.
'Damn!' Max said inwardly.
He then looked at Lou Yufei who looked at him with a cold gaze in her eyes.
Then before Lou Yufei could take any action against him, he quickly said "Deputy Sect Master, please hold on. I don't mean your sect any harm since I didn't come here with evil intentions. I am seriously here to learn how to cultivate, so I can advance from being a mortal to an immortal"
"But the orb proves otherwise. Tell me what you are here for, or I will take you to the Law Enforcement and Punishment department in the sect. Trust me, you won't want to know what they would do to you afterwards" Lou Yufei said and then threatened.
Then before Max could speak, Xiao Bilan hurriedly spoke out for him, since she felt that Max might lie to the Deputy Sect Master, Lou Yufei, again.
"Actually, Deputy Sect Master, he is not really here to learn our sword technique or become a disciple of our sect." She said with a wavering voice since she knew she had done something wrong.
"Oh." Lou Yufei uttered as she became perplexed.
She then asked "What is he really here for?"
"Actually, he didn't discuss much on that with me. But he however wants to learn about our world and the things in it. He said that he was fascinated about our world and wanted to have an understanding about it and the marveling things that it possesses" Xiao Bilan answered. She however lied too, but it was closer to the truth.
Lou Yufei looked at Max with an astounded gaze and asked "You want to know about our world and the amazing things therein?"
Then before Max could give a reply to her question, Lou Yufei said further with curiosity in her eyes "Although you don't really look like one of our males, you should still be someone from our world, right?"
"No, Deputy Sect Master. He isn't from around here. He is from a world that he called Earth." Xiao Bilan hurriedly said.
Although one would see it as she trying to defend Max, she was however defending both Max and herself. She didn't want to ruin her good reputation at the sect herself because she brought in a stranger that the Heavenly Contract orb showed he had other intentions in mind apart from being a bonafide disciple.
"Xiao Bilan, let him speak for himself. When I am done with him, I will come back to you. However, keep in mind that what you did deserves a severe punishment. How could you bring someone to our sect whose full intention isn't known to you?" Lou Yufei said and then angrily asked.
"I am really sorry Master Yufei. I was only thinking for myself when I brought him. Also, I didn't want to force him to reveal his motive to me, since we as cultivators don't ask after another person's secret. But I guess I was wrong with that approach. Such won't ever happen again, Master Yufei. I promise." Xiao Bilan said with a remorseful tone in her voice.
"Hmm. Alright Xiao Bilan. I have forgiven you. I wasn't going to punish you anyways. I was only crossed at you by not understanding the full motive of someone that you were bringing to our sect. Anyways, I have closed that chapter. Now, what do you really mean by what you said earlier? That you were only thinking for yourself when you brought him here?" Lou Yufei asked with a deep curious gaze in her eyes.
She wanted to comprehend what Xiao Bilan meant by that.
"Although he can be seen as a mortal since he doesn't exude the aura of power that cultivators usually exude from their bodies, he is however super-strong and extremely fast, like a true cultivator. The laws of our world that only cultivators can lift heavy things and move at insane speeds surprisingly doesn't apply to him. It doesn't affect him"
"So, I wanted to borrow his immense strength and prowess to accomplish some really hard tasks that I had in mind. I couldn't complete them all these while because of lack of strength to fulfill them since I haven't broken through into the next cultivation level which is the Sky Commander realm" Xiao Bilan replied.
"Hmm. So in summary, you mean that despite him being a mortal and doesn't cultivates, he is however very strong and tremendously fast like he is an actual cultivator?" Lou Yufei asked with an arched brow to confirm what she heard.
"Yes Master Yufei" Xiao Bilan answered.
"Then how strong is he? Like in what cultivation realm would you put him in?" Lou Yufei asked, scanning Max with deep surprise in her eyes from his head down to his feet. But she couldn't detect anything greatly astonishing about him.
"Well, he is stronger than me. So I can say that he is possibly at the seventh or eighth-stage, Earth Commander realm." Xiao Bilan answered with a pondering and calculative gaze in her eyes.
"What?!" Lou Yufei loudly asked with her mind reeling from shock and amazement.
Then she said further by asking "Xiao Bilan, are you really sure about that?"
"Yes, Master Yufei" Xiao Bilan answered.
"How come you are able to acquire such strength despite not being a cultivator?" Lou Yufei asked looking at Max.
"Well, like Xiao Bilan said earlier, Master Yufei, I am not from this world. I came from a world called Earth. Therefore, the laws of your world definitely can't apply to me."
"So, since I am different, as in a foreigner, I can't abide by the system of any law of your world, or operate under their programming" Max answered.
"Hmm. Alright." Lou Yufei said.
She then asked further since her interest had been piqued "That world, Earth, which you said you came from, how is it like? And where is it located? If I may ask."
All her life up to this stage, she had never heard or saw in books that another world existed outside of theirs. So, by discussing with Max, she felt her horizons really broadened. And she felt that she could use this to achieve a breakthrough in her comprehension.
"Well, it's definitely a large world since it contains billions of people. And it's driven by powerful space-age technology."
"Master Yufei, there are just so many things about my world that I can't start listing them for you, or it would take me months to list everything for you" Max replied.
"Okay. But I would like to know what you are really here for? If you can tell me your true intentions and they can feel genuine and harmless to me and my sect, I will allow you to become a disciple of my sect without any further questioning or threat from me. Also, I could even help you in the quest that you came to our world for."
"Although one can't trust any cultivator since they are all after power and will do ultimately everything at their disposals to get it. However, there are still a few generous and good-hearted ones, like me, since I practice the Pure Radiant Heart Sword technique that requires that my heart be perfectly void of every form of evil or every degree of wickedness so I could climb up to Godhood. It's one of the numerous powerful technique from the Eternal Saint Grand Sword Art."
"So, go on and tell me why you are here in our world and at my sect?" Lou Yufei asked with a persuasive tone and with a gentle gaze in her eyes this time.