The Sect Leader System

Kang Lin was quite curious about why Master had called for her and the twins to meet with him. If it was about the tournament, why was she being included, and if it concerned the expedition, why hadn’t Jin LiJuan been invited?

Either way, Kang Lin would find out soon enough. After a luxurious bath and a not quite as decadent meal from the cafeteria, she definitely felt much better. Roughing it in the wilds was an accepted part of being a cultivator, and with her elevated realm and the convenience of a storage ring, a lot of the downsides were much easier to handle.

That being the case, it was called roughing it for a reason. Just the ability to get truly clean again was an enormous boon. She almost felt pleased. Until she again considered the results of the expedition.

Yang Ru has surpassed her once again. His new use of his Momentum Transfer technique was sure to make him a star in the tournament. He wouldn’t win the lower Foundation Establishment division, of course, since he was just in the first minor realm, but only the best of the best from the other sects would defeat him.

A membership in which she was definitely not included.

Though Yang Xiu hadn’t made any obvious advancements, the casual manner in which she dealt with even peak rank fours left no doubt that she was much stronger than Kang Lin.

She was falling further behind. The twins would eclipse her soon, and that wasn’t even counting what would happen when they gained access to the qi sources that Master was creating.

Not for the first time, she wondered why anyone was still even giving lip service to her and Yang Ru marrying. Sure, Master and Yang Ru offered assurances that it would all work out okay, but that wasn’t how sects worked. With her roots upgraded to B-, her use of Lightning qi, and the status of her family within her sect, she would normally be a good match for just about anyone.

The problem was that Yang Ru wasn’t just anyone. Not only was he one of the heirs apparent of a sect that, though small at the moment, had a profound future ahead of it, but he had A ranked talent. Once he showed himself to be a powerhouse at the tournament, his pedigree would be firmly established.

Kang Lin should never have been considered a proper match for him in the first place.

In contrast to her doubts were those assurances provided by Master. Just thinking about the solution to how she might keep up with Yang Ru, Dual Cultivation, triggered many emotions in her. The actual mechanism made her blush, and she couldn’t help but be a little curious about the process. And she also couldn’t help but give in somewhat to her most greedy impulses at the thought of her cultivation progress being eased. Cultivators routinely killed for resources that provided lesser benefits than what she imagined.

Mostly, though, she didn’t know whether she was flattered that Yang Ru would consider sacrificing so much of his own advancement for her or if she should be disgusted at herself for the need. She mostly settled on both simultaneously.