Chapter 2513

The silver fox chuckled softly. "The outside world is indeed wonderful, but no other sect has as many disciples with innate constitutions as our Azure Sovereign Qingdi Sect."

"Azure Sovereign Qingdi Sect? It sounds like an obscure, minor sect. How could a small sect have so many disciples with innate constitutions? Are you all cultivated by a specific clan?" The blue-robed Daoist didn't want to let the question fester, so he asked directly.

Zhu Yanyi glanced at the blue-robed Daoist and said, "You are half right and half wrong."

"Which part is right, and which part is wrong?" The blue-robed Daoist looked at Zhu Yanyi, hoping for an answer.

Zhu Yanyi smiled brightly. "The right part is that we are indeed an obscure, minor sect. We were only established fifty years ago, and this Heavenly Fortune Competition is our very first one."

She said this without a hint of shame, seeming rather proud of her new sect.

"As for the wrong part, we have no connection with any clan." Zhu Yanyi tilted her head, thinking for a moment, then looked at Yan Aohan beside her. "Hubby, should we establish a clan in the Immortal Realm too? I think it would be quite fun." She spoke as if establishing a clan was as simple as predicting rain.

"Cough." The blue-robed Daoist nearly choked on his saliva. It was the first time he had heard someone treat the establishment of a sect or clan as a mere game. "You didn't establish the Azure Sovereign Qingdi Sect just for fun, did you?"

"Not anymore, but when I first started, it was indeed for fun," Zhu Yanyi said, unbothered by the potential mockery.

"Very well. Then are you confident in this Heavenly Fortune Competition?" the blue-robed Daoist asked.

"Why would I need confidence?" Zhu Yanyi glanced at her. This blue-robed Daoist seemed overly enthusiastic. Was she a spy from another sect? "You aren't some insider spy, are you? Specifically here to gather intelligence on a sect like ours? That’s not a good job to have."

"Nonsense," the blue-robed Daoist said immediately. "I am from the Dongji Sword Palace. How could I be a spy for any sect?"

"The Sword Palace in the Dongji Region? It does sound quite formidable," Zhu Yanyi said. She had naturally heard of the Sword Palace, as it was one of the Five Great Sects.

"Indeed," the blue-robed Daoist said with a proud expression. "Listen, little girl, why don't you transfer your ten disciples to our Sword Palace? I can authorize your Azure Sovereign Qingdi Sect to become an affiliate of our Sword Palace."

"No," Zhu Yanyi rejected her outright. To her, the Sword Palace was nothing special. "Although the Sword Palace is decent, our disciples are our own children. Our children make their own decisions. If you have the skill, go ahead and try to poach them."

The blue-robed Daoist’s eyes lit up. She looked at Cui Wan and the others like a wolf spotting a flock of sheep. Her gaze was so intense that Cui Wan and the others immediately hid behind Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan. Cui Wan poked her head out and said, "We don't want to go to the Sword Palace! The Azure Sovereign Qingdi Sect is our home. We aren't going anywhere."

"Exactly," the other nine echoed. "The Azure Sovereign Qingdi Sect has food, fun, and siblings. We don't want to go anywhere else."

"Our Sword Palace also has food, fun, and siblings," the blue-robed Daoist hurriedly said.

"Look at you, acting like snake soup is a delicacy. That already proves your Sword Palace’s food must be terrible. We don't want to go there. The food in the Azure Sovereign Qingdi Sect is the best, and we have lots of delicious fruits," Cui Wan said, looking at the blue-robed Daoist with clear disdain.

The blue-robed Daoist frowned. "As cultivators, how can you always think about gluttony? You should focus more on how to become excellent cultivators."

"That’s exactly why we don’t want to go there," Cui Wan replied. "You don’t even know the true meaning of life. If we went there, we’d surely suffocate. Only fools would give up a good life to suffer in your place."

Cui Wan’s answer left the blue-robed Daoist speechless. He had always believed that if he extended an olive branch, Cui Wan and the others would eagerly grab it. But now, he realized he was wrong. They didn’t just not want the olive branch; they despised it.

She cleared her throat. "Little girl, I think you should reconsider. If you go to our Sword Palace, your future will be boundless." She continued with her wolfish tone.

"Come on. If I really went to your Sword Palace, my future would be 'boundless'—meaning no light at all," Cui Wan added, emphasizing her point.

The other disciples behind her nodded obediently. "We won’t go to the Sword Palace, Sect Master. We’ll stay in the Azure Sovereign Qingdi Sect."

Zhu Yanyi smiled proudly and looked at the blue-robed Daoist. "Although I don’t know your name, you can see clearly now that our boys and girls are not willing to follow you to your Sword Sect."

After speaking, she comforted Cui Wan and the others slightly. "Don’t worry. As long as you don’t want to leave, I will never drive you away."

The blue-robed Daoist’s face was full of envy. "I say, girl, as the Sect Master, don’t you think about their future? Their talent and aptitude are so good. In a small sect, their prospects won’t be great."

"That’s why the Azure Sovereign Qingdi Sect is participating in the Heavenly Fortune Competition," Zhu Yanyi said with a smile. "Perhaps the Azure Sovereign Qingdi Sect was small before, but I believe it won’t be small for long."

The word "small" had two different meanings here. Zhu Yanyi knew the blue-robed Daoist understood.

The blue-robed Daoist naturally understood. She looked at Zhu Yanyi seriously. At this moment, she realized that Zhu Yanyi’s cultivation might not be merely at the Immortal Saint level as it appeared. After all, she was pregnant.

Because she was pregnant, the blue-robed Daoist became even more curious about Zhu Yanyi. All cultivators knew that a female cultivator’s power would decline during pregnancy. If Zhu Yanyi’s cultivation had truly declined, what was her original level? Was she an Immortal Emperor or an Immortal Venerable? But if she were truly an Immortal Emperor or Venerable, she would have heard her name.

Moreover, she had glanced at her bone age and knew she was not even a hundred years old. Under such circumstances, how could she be an Immortal Saint?

But the blue-robed Daoist was no ordinary person. she would not believe that her Immortal Saint status was fake. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Little girl, are you really that confident that your Azure Sovereign Qingdi Sect will shine in this competition?"