This rule would make the heavenly joy peak and the depraved profanity peak which rely on this to attract people at a disadvantage.
Ken asked the barber "What is the rule about no charm and seduction technique?"
The barber: "I think the sect doesn't want the people who comprehend them hoarding resources and partners.
There are political reasons but you shouldn't worry about it."
Ken now was thinking away to get what he wanted without giving his freedom and the best way was to become an outer disciple in the top 11 to 20 to get good resources.
Ken: "Well see you around rumo."
Rumo is the main character of the cliché erotic romance comedy novel he always gets ignored by women in the novel he is reading.
After Ken went out of the shop the barber started to laugh as a woman started to materialize.
The woman is a new elder for the shadow garden. She started to report "We have reached our goal on the number of recruits but we lack women who don't usually like spy work, unlike men."
Rumo: "Did you hear what that brat called me?"
The woman's report seems to fall on deaf ears but she again asked what to do.
Rumo: "Start some rumors about our poison arts and the piercing cold heart sutra for women that hate men.
Hey, do you think he will choose the shadow garden?"
The woman said "I think so will see" as she wanted to stop herself from getting involved his senior was infamous for his demeanor and he didn't care much about things if they weren't interesting so he turned down missions that were given to him by the sect.
But if he is interested in someone he becomes obsessive about them to the point of being irrational and people found out about it when the last general admission happened.
Where he wanted to recruit someone he was interested in but the myriad fragrance peak elder disagreed and he attacked and almost killed him.
The woman was praying his junior was like him or she couldn't think about it as cold sweet ran down her back.
Ken was taking a leisurely walk when he noticed stores that had always been closed started to open.
But the only one that caught his eye was a small candle and amulet shop so well hidden many would miss it and even if they saw it they wouldn't find it interesting but seeing the other shops that advertised their peaks and sold items specific to their peak these small shops don't even have a proper sign.
Ken wanted to check it out since he wasn't in a hurry. Unlike the other shops that have inviting fronts.
Ken went in and found an old lady cleaning the empty shelves. She turned to me and asked, "Would you like to buy a candle or amulet?"
Ken: "I will just look around madam."
Ken was interested in the shop because until now the sect had meticulously controlled the environment of the ship so this shop which didn't have any backer was a question mark.
Ken found the interesting out of the mundane one quickly but he wasn't sure what to do with it.
So Ken asked "Madam are these items for sale because I think they break the guidebook rules in the mind manipulation category?" as he pointed to the flaming feeling condensation formation and the pleasure amplification amulet.
The old lady smiled "What do you think about mind manipulation? It is putting a new idea into people's minds so it doesn't break the rules don't worry young man."
Ken's mind lit up like charismas
He immediately asked, "how many do you have in stock I like to buy them all?"
The old lady: "I only have two each and are you sure this is very expensive for mortals? The candle formation is 1000 qi stones each and the amulet is 300 qi stones each. The total is 2700 qi stones."
Ken was so destructed with his thought he noticed the sum didn't add up and he took out 2600 qi stones.
Ken: "Madam it is 2600 qi stones right?"
The old lady smiled "The extra is for the information I provided?"
Ken was reluctant to pay 100 qi stones but he did it nonetheless after thinking about it a bit Ken asked
"Are there shops like this and will you restock these items?"
The old lady looked at him with a knowing smile and seeing this Ken took out another 100 qi stone as his heart was bleeding.
The old lady looked at the stones and said "You asked to questions?"
Ken: "They aren't as important as so 50 stones each."
The old lady agreed "I am the only shop that sells things like this and these aren't just simple products I can't find the materials in the ship so I am going to close the shop as soon as to go out."
Ken paid and collected his purchase which will give him an advantage in the evaluations and left the shops to put them safely in his room.
The old lady closed up her shop as fast as she opened it and left for the upper level of the ship with a small smile on her face.
The old lady's small smile might look like an innocent one to those who don't know her but this old lady was a legendary schemer that was feared not only in this continent but in the world.
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In a pavilion, there are 13 screens erected monitoring the insides of the 13 peak halls as she strolled right in.
The elders knew she was an existence beyond them but every time she recruited someone they would go to the leviathan archipelagos to the south of the continent.
The elders were more nervous right now she had a smile that looked like a cat that found an interesting toy.
A magma coffin peak elder asked her "Have you already sold all your goods?"
The old lady: "Yes, the important ones, and I found a little snake too."
As the elders were speculating what that meant Rumo stated
"I saw you. He is going to be at our peak and I don't fear you so go find other candidates to entertain yourself."
As he said it the tension in the room could feel heating and the elder were caught with their pants down not knowing who these two were talking about.
The old lady: "he is just a small snake you don't have to worry about."
And just like that the atmosphere diffused.
But for the woman who was the new elder for the shadow garden and the elders who were caught unprepared, it was a relief.
The other peak elders ordered their subordinates to find who they were talking about but the new elder the mission she taught was going to be easy became a headache if these two came to blows.
She didn't want to think about it she just wanted to finish the mission and cultivate and get as far as she could from these people or maybe take an instructor job at the sect.
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