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Xuandu Sect.
Situated within Xuandu City, surrounded by palatial buildings.
"Refused?"
The Sect Leader of Xuandu Sect frowned as he listened to the report, "Did this new Hall Master visit the other two?"
Each time Mount Dan Sect assigned a new disciple to the Heavenly Fire Domain, the three of them would send out invitations. This was both a form of alliance-building and a test.
Based on past experiences, a new disciple from Mount Dan Sect would typically have two choices.
The first choice was to select one sect to attend the banquet, indicating a connection with that sect.
All three of them had backers in Mount Dan Sect, with a Steward standing behind each of them. Sometimes the invited disciples were arranged by those very Stewards.
The other situation was when a disciple from Mount Dan Sect rejected their invitations because all three had invited them simultaneously, and the disciple did not wish to attend one in particular, to avoid discontent from the other two.
