Chapter 377: Joining an All Female Sect
It wasn't possible to simply fly to the Pureflower sect's headquarters because a great magical formation would strike down anyone who tried to get close without permission. Instead Zae Zin Nim had sought their representatives, who were really more like outer sect members, and gone through several tests to determine whether they were worthy.
That journey took them far northeast, almost to the end of the Western Wilds, where the land gradually flowed into gentle mountains. Now as they soared in a Pureflower vessel they flew over gorgeous forested peaks that almost reminded her of home, though the elevations here were more extreme than in the Eastern Plains.
Finally she saw it: Pureflower Mountain speared upward, piercing the clouds and making all the mountains around it look like mere foothills. She had no idea how the lone mountain rose so high above the others, but it carried an awe-inspiring nobility around it. Exquisite white flowers and blossomed trees adorned the mountain and even seemed to bleed over into the hills around it, creating a clear bastion of beauty and purity.
"Looks kind of like a dick," Omilaena said.
"Omi!" Zae Zin Nim urgently gestured for her to hush while casting a nervous glance at the cultivator who was flying the vessel. "Don't say such things."
"You expect me to look at the giant phallic mountain thrusting up like that and not say something?"
Zae Zin Nim shook her head. "This is ridiculous. If you think every object that is longer in one dimension is phallic, that is your problem."
"Normally I'd say fair, but look." Omilaena reached out as if to cup the mountain's base. "Those two big hills at the bottom could be the balls, and the sect at the top is glistening lik-"
The vulgarity cut off when Zae Zin Nim covered the other woman's mouth, but she could feel her wife smirking behind her hand. She knew it had been done just to tease her, because Omilaena always did that. Even if Zae Zin Nim wasn't the biggest proponent of the Pureflower sect, speaking so crassly about it was absurd, especially since they needed to worry about causing offense.