It took 3 days to sort out the over 200 women. He was stunned that nearly 50 stayed behind. They simply did not understand the problem with staying but Lind had the guards swear on Heaven and Earth to not allow the women to be harmed in any way.
Marie did find some promising women who were able to pass the test the Dancing Flame Sect had set up. He had also learned how her sect had discovered elixir masters did not need the fire element to create. It had been an accident.
The test for essence manipulation was easy to do if tedious. It had been surprising to see many try that had no fire element but had excellent essence control. After that, it had been a little trial and error but they learned that a fire element cultivator could work with one that did not have it to create elixirs successfully.
