"Are you joking with us? Level 2? Is this some sort of sick joke? What sort of genius will be at level 2 under 30 years of age?!"
"Looks like the Grand Elder doesn't think much of the sect anymore; she thinks anyone can be considered a genius; I suggest that we vote her out or even kick her out of the sect!"
"I support that, the Grand Elder is too much!"
The elders immediately went into an uproar, shouting for Quin Xuxu to be kicked out.
Zi Yan and Lin Shuran had mocking smiles on their faces as they watched the commotion that the elders were creating.
This Quin Xuxu had truly gone nuts in the head to claim that an ordinary level 2 martial artist is more talented than even prime disciples who had been training for years and had the strength of ordinary elders. Wasn't she basically rubbing the reputation of the sect on a pile of poop?
Bai Quing looked at her master worriedly, waiting for her to say something. Even though she was a bit skeptical about Leon and why her master would claim he was a one-in-a-million genius, her short exchange with Leon had cleared some of her doubts, but she was still confused as to why he was only at the second level.
"Quin Xuxu, do you have anything else to say? You have insulted the sect more than enough, it looks like staying up your mountain for too long has turned you into a frog at the bottom of a well; you no longer know the expanse of the sky." Zi Yan flung her sleeves as she faced Quin. Xuxu, her voice overflowing with ridicule.
Quin Xuxu stared at Zi Yan's mocking face with expressionless eyes; she slowly opened her lips and said.
"He started training…three months ago"
Silence…
Zi Yan, Bai Quing, Lin Shuran, and the remaining 10 elders of the falcon sect were immediately shocked speechless after hearing what Quin Xuxu had just said; they stared at her as if she had just said a great abomination.
"Are…you telling the truth?"
Bai Quing was the one who spoke up first; she found it difficult to believe what she had just heard.
Zi Yan glared at Quin Xuxu while Lin Shuran gritted her teeth.
" Yes, I confirmed this myself," Quin Xuxu affirmed.
" Impossible! If he's really as talented as you claim, why would he come to a second-rated sect like us? Every sacred land, first-rated sect, and even the empire would do everything to pull him to their side!" Lin Shuran gripped her paper fan and sneered at Quin Xuxu.
" Or, could it be that you gave up your honor as a woman to get him to acknowledge you as his master? Did you sell your body for this? You're a disgrace!" Zi Yan spat from the side.
Quin Xuxu's expression changed slightly, her eyes narrowed and flashed with a cold glint as killing intent gushed out from her body.
"Courting death, don't lay baseless allegations; I'm not so friendly," She said in an icy tone that made Zi Yan and all the elders that were targeting her feel cold and gulp from fear.
They had almost forgotten that Quin Xuxu was the Grand Elder for a reason. Aside from being the master of the sect's mistress, she was the only level 7 martial artist in the sect; she was the strongest being in the entire sect, and killing all of them wasn't impossible for her.
"Tch!"
Lin Shuran clicked her tongue but didn't say anything; she was just a level five martial artist, and pushing someone of Quin Xuxu's level too hard was not a good idea.
"Humph! Even if he's really as talented as you claim, the rules of the sect still come first. We are willing to overlook your actions, but we will not let a man stay; he'll have to prove that he's worth us bending the rules!" Zi Yan's expression was grim as she let out those words through the gaps of her teeth.
"Prove that he's worth it? And what if I refuse, do you intend to fight me?" Quin Xuxu asked coldly.
Zi Yan's words stuck down her throat, her tongue felt heavy in her mouth and her face darkened; she immediately turned to face Bai Quing.
"The Grand Elder is obviously abusing her authority, is this going to be overlooked by the sect mistress?!" She voiced out; her words obviously meant to put Bai Quing in a difficult position since the other party was her master, and she was not allowed to be biased.
Bai Quing frowned and looked at her master, her eyes trying to convey something to the other party.
Quin Xuxu got the message and nodded before turning to look at Zi Yan.
"I agree to your demand, he'll prove that he's worth staying here"
Zi Yan's eyes lit up and she immediately pushed harder.
"Since you suggested that he participate in the martial competition, then he must have the ability to get in himself instead of riding on his master's influence.
The participants for the competition had already been decided amongst the prime disciples; if he wishes to participate, he'll have to take the spot of one of them" Zi Yan stated.
Quin Xuxu's face remained expressionless as she nodded, agreeing with what Zi Yan just said.
" Good, how about this? He'll duel my disciple, and if he wins, he'll take her spot for the competition, but if he loses…his meridians will be destroyed, and he will be kicked out of the sect; do you dare to accept?" Zi Yan proposed with a malicious smile on her face.
Bai Quing frowned. Those terms were too much, and no one in their right senses would agree to such; after all, Leon was only at the second level, but Zi Yan's disciple was at the fourth level!
Bai Quing was about to step in and stop Zi Yan when Quin Xuxu's voice suddenly sounded.
"I accept your terms,"
Zi Yan's eyes brightened upon hearing this, she was about to speak when Quin Xuxu added.
"But don't you think the stakes on both sides are unequal? If my disciple loses, not only will he get kicked out, he will also have his meridians destroyed and become a cripple. But your disciple will only lose her chance to participate in the martial competition if she loses, doesn't seem fair to my disciple, does it?" Quin Xuxu said as a cold smile slowly crept up her face.
Zi Yan felt a strange uneasiness when she looked at Quin Xuxu's smile, but she wasn't going to back down; her disciple was two levels ahead of this bitch's disciple; nothing could go wrong.
"Then what do you propose will be fair?" She asked after a moment of thinking.
"Simple, if your disciple loses the duel against my disciple, she'll have her meridians destroyed and both of you will be demoted from your positions; that's more generous than kicking you out of the sect, right?" Quin Xuxu smiled but her smile filled the hall with chilling coldness.
What kindness of not kicking them out? It was more humiliating since they would continue to stay in the second after falling from grace; Quin Xuxu was ruthless!
"What? Do you not dare to accept?" Quin Xuxu muttered, seeing as Zi Yan wasn't responding.
"Are you afraid of your disciple losing?"