Chapter 284

Chapter 284: The Recruiting War

Shen Sang Ruo said: “Everyone else should be on their way out now.”

As she said, people began coming out of the Barrier Ward one after another.

Even the badly hurt Dong Fang Xu and Xu Han rolled and crawled their way out.

After counting heads and making sure no one was left inside the Starfield Plain, the elders of every sect finally breathed in relief, and the Auction Pavilion Masters also looked much more at ease.

Luckily, a short time in Devil Qi would not cause serious harm. Besides those two, everyone else was in good shape.

Guan Hui was shocked and shrieked: “Who hurt you like this? Was it the Great Devil? Elders of the Medical Pavilion! Elders of the Medical Pavilion! Quick, clear the Devil Qi from them!”

These two were Elite Disciples of the Beast Taming Sect, candidates for Young Sect Master. Nothing could be allowed to happen to them.

If they had run into the Great Devil, then it made sense they failed to find treasures.

His anger at them faded at once, and he even wanted to snatch some credit for himself. He thought: the reason Shen Sang Ruo could devour the Great Devil was that Dong Fang Xu and Xu Han paved the way for her.

The Elders of the Medical Pavilion quickly surrounded the pair. Dong Fang Xu and Xu Han both looked like they wanted to speak but held back and said nothing.

Guan Hui made a huge fuss so everyone turned to look, watching the two closely. Being wounded by a Devil Cultivator was no small thing.

Shen Sang Ruo knew how the two were hurt and guessed what Guan Hui wanted. She only smiled and kept quiet.

Guan Hui was about to speak when the Beast Taming Sect’s Elder of the Medical Pavilion cut in first and said: “Uh… hm. They only have a light layer of Devil Qi on the surface of their bodies. There is no Devil Qi in the wounds. They probably were not hurt by a Devil Cultivator.”

“What?” Guan Hui’s words stuck in his throat, then he snapped: “Then who dared to injure my sect’s disciples!”

The elder said weakly: “Their wounds look like they were caused by them fighting each other.”

Guan Hui fell silent, his face twisting like he had swallowed a fly.

The scene went quiet at once. Only the crisp crack of sunflower seeds could be heard.

Zhu Hua Qiao and Chen Zhou Xing had just come out and ran into fresh gossip. They cracked seeds with great enthusiasm.

Guan Hui’s face turned green as he glared at Dong Fang Xu and Xu Han like he wanted to eat them alive.

The Beast Taming Sect lost face among the top sects yet again.

Dong Fang Xu and Xu Han shot Shen Sang Ruo a resentful look, but for the sake of pride, they swallowed everything that had happened in the Starfield Plain.

“Back to the sect! Back to the sect! Shameful things!” Guan Hui stormed off in anger, not even taking the treasures his disciples had found. He was furious.

After the Beast Taming Sect left, everyone’s attention returned to the Great Devil Ya Lan who had been in the Starfield Plain.

Shen Sang Ruo looked around and said: “The Great Devil is dead, but the Starfield Plain is filled with Devil Qi. Clearing it will take a lot of work.”

“We will handle that,” Ming Xi and the other Sect Leaders answered. “We will send people regularly to clear the Devil Qi.”

“A Great Devil was sealed in the Starfield Plain, and none of us knew,” Jiang Wen Sheng sighed.

“Maybe it was sealed here in ancient times,” Liang Yue added. “There might have been a great battle here long ago.”

Shen Sang Ruo’s eyes showed surprise. [With so many elders holding most of the Cultivation World’s information, even if it was long ago, there should be some record.] While she was thinking, their words turned back to her: “Thanks to you. If you hadn’t defeated the Great Devil, once he got the Divine Soul Power, everyone in the Starfield Plain would have been in danger.”

No one else could have done this.

The elders of each sect thanked Shen Sang Ruo sincerely. Thinking back, they still felt a chill. The top sects’ Elite Disciples had almost been wiped out in the Starfield Plain.

“Yes, yes, many thanks, Fellow Daoist Shen,” the Auction Pavilion Masters echoed, wishing they could raise her on a pedestal.

“This is what I should have done,” she answered with a smile. “I was trying to save myself too.”

Even after she spoke, the elders kept staring at her, their eyes burning hot.

They looked like they were about to beam and rub their hands together at her.

Shen Sang Ruo asked, puzzled: “Seniors, what is this about?”

Immortal Lord Chang Li and Daoist Wu Wei reacted at once. They pulled her behind them, faces very alert.

Zhong Chuan grinned and said: “What are Immortal Lord Chang Li and Daoist Wu Wei doing? We only want to invite Little Fellow Daoist Shen to visit us.”

Immortal Lord Chang Li smiled without warmth and said: “Are you sure it is a visit and not trying to snatch her away?”

Daoist Wu Wei added: “Our Ninghua Sect is a great place. The child can stay in Ninghua Sect. No need to ‘visit’ other sects.”

“There is no need to say it so final,” Zhong Chuan kept joking.

Liang Yue gave Shen Sang Ruo a look that said you know what I mean.

Several other sects also threw olive branches to Shen Sang Ruo.

Before, they had at least held back out of respect for the Grand Adepts of the Ninghua Sect. Now they were showing their hands completely.

She was simply too outstanding. Even with Immortal Lord Chang Li standing there like a mountain, they still could not stop themselves from trying to recruit her.

Ye Huai and his group treated it like a crisis and rushed to stand in front of their junior sister. Fang Yu, Ji Zi Cang, and Lin Qian Yin did the same. Even Yuan Jin, Liu Ru Yan, and other elders hurried over, acting like no one was allowed to take their ancestor away.

The Ninghua Sect people surrounded Shen Sang Ruo on all sides.

Off to the side, Shen Dao Chen and Master Ling Xiao were very unhappy that every sect wanted to poach her.

Even if someone was going to recruit her, it should be the Flying Cloud Sect. No, she should return to the Flying Cloud Sect.

What were these other sects compared to them?

They were already upset that Shen Sang Ruo still had not returned to the Flying Cloud Sect. Now that several new rivals had appeared, their heads hurt even more.

Master Ling Xiao could not help but give a cold laugh and said with scorn: “You call yourselves big-name sects, yet all you do is poach? Do you think you can take her away just like that?”

Shen Dao Chen said sternly: “Acting like this is not very decent.”

Everyone there already knew what these two were like. Hearing them, they only rolled their eyes.

The Flying Cloud Sect was not what it used to be. People did not even want to give Master Ling Xiao any face.

Jiang Wen Sheng smiled just right and said: “You two are mistaken. If we talk about poaching, wasn’t the Flying Cloud Sect the first to start?”

“Trying to recruit excellent disciples is not shameful. We all understand. But you scolding us for it, that is what is not decent.”