Chương 50: Meta Sect Master

Now that Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang are busy flying atop a crane, I focused my attention elsewhere. Since Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang are registering in the Disciple Registration Hall, I have been splitting some of my attention to observe the Miscellaneous Hall Master, who left in a hurry after Ren Qingquan accidentally broke the mirror. After leaving Ren Qingquan, the Miscellaneous Hall Master threw his abacus into the air, where it inflated and flew at high speed.

During its flight, the Miscellaneous Hall Master kept a concerned look. Soon, he arrived at the Main Peak, where Ren Qingquan had first arrived after being teleported to the cultivation world. Entering the intricately decorated hall, the Miscellaneous Hall Master hurried in, using a technique to move faster. In the blink of an eye, he arrives at a lavishly decorated hall primarily constructed of jade and stones, all infused with a high concentration of spirit qi, showing their value.

At the end of the hall, a staircase leads to numerous seats, most of which are currently unoccupied, except for the largest seat, positioned on the highest step, where the Sect Master currently sat. Sitting on the chair, the Sect Master wore a mysterious expression that was slightly melancholic.

"Looking at your anxious expression, it seems the thing I feared has come true. Is one of them a child of destiny? Did they break the Heaven Prying Mirror replica we used to test disciples' luck?"

"How did you know?" The Miscellaneous Hall Master seems extremely surprised after hearing what the Sect Master said.

"After our past sect got destroyed due to the accident involving two children of destiny, I have been collecting records on people suspected to be children of destiny."

"On those records, nine out of ten children of destiny came from a backwater place where the strongest cultivator is either at Golden Core, Foundation Building, or even at the Qi Refining realm." The Miscellaneous Hall Master threw a confused look at the Sect Master's sudden explanation, "What does it have to do with how you knew about one of them being a child of destiny?" The Sect Master smiled, "Haven't you understood? What place is even more of a 'bacwater' place than the lower realm?

Among those suspected to be children of destiny, around one-tenth of them are suspected to have come from the lower realm."

"This might seem low, but the number of cultivators coming from the lower realms is also incredibly small. All of them are either geniuses with strong will and sufficient luck, or have insane level luck to be accidentally sent to this world like those two." The Miscellaneous Hall Master felt overwhelmed by the Sect Master's sudden info dump: "Wait a moment, Sect Master. We don't have time to talk about this. We should quickly prepare a countermeasure."

"You don't need to be anxious. Actually, this might be the chance for our sect to regain our status as a top force in the world." The Miscellaneous Hall Master immediately calmed down once the Sect Master told him to. Honestly, I understand why the Miscellaneous Hall Master calmed down. This Sect Master seems like an expert when it comes to those protagonists-like children of destiny. Seeing the Miscellaneous Hall Master calm down, the Sect Master said casually, "You should know of the Profound Snow Sect, right?"

"Of course. It's said that the Profound Snow Sect ascended together a long time ago." The Miscellaneous Hall Master's expression changed after he spoke, "Wait a moment. Are you saying that the Profound Snow Sect's mass ascension is real and related to a child of destiny?" The Sect Master nodded, "Exactly. According to the records I found, the child of destiny who joined the Profound Snow Sect is likely one of the most powerful children of destiny ever born.

From all the records I examined, this child of destiny seems to be adored by everyone and even the world itself. Wherever they go, causality appears to distort, tragedy turns to comedy, and their enemies' intelligence decreases to the point of idiocy. After reaching the peak of this world, they discovered a way to smuggle the Profound Snow Sect into the immortal world."

"Thanks to such a world-shattering event, I could dig up some records regarding the Profound Snow Sect of that time. Although Nowadays, some already begun to doubt the validity of that story, thinking it's just a massive prank by the older generation." I gasped in surprise after hearing what the Sect Master said. Just how serious is his obsession with child of destiny?

For a cultivator with a long lifespan, like the Miscellaneous Hall Master to call something 'a long time ago' means it definitely happened an extremely long time ago. Perhaps tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands years ago. To think the Sect Master could still dig up information from that time. Not only that, but he also gathered enough information to determine how powerful the child of destiny from that time was. Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon.

Apart from the Sect Master's obsession with children of destiny, I focused on two other things. First, the notorious protagonist halo, which suppresses their enemy's IQ, indeed truly existed. Second, Ascension also exists in this world, and from what the Sect Master told me, many people seem to have ascended to a place called the Immortal World. Honestly, I am not too surprised by the second point. After all, this is a cultivation world, and Ren Qingquan has just smuggled himself here from a lower world.

Furthermore, I still remember many xianxia stories I read from Earth. In those stories, ascending to a higher world is a common way to expand the worldview and milk the series. In some novels, the protagonist even kept ascending from one world to another. With each ascension, the power level keeps getting more and more outrageous. At some point, every character could start destroying the universe, multiverse, dimension, and whatnot with a single punch. Honestly, I hope this world isn't as ridiculous as that.

I don't want to randomly die simply because a young master with a universe in his body got face-slapped by a protagonist with a universe in his body, thus causing this universe to get destroyed in the aftermath. Being killed by a universe-grade face-slapping plot is much more ridiculous than how I died from overcooking popcorn. While I am distracted, the Sect Master mentioned Ren Qingquan.

"Anyway, how did you handle Ren Qingquan?"

"I simply left him after registering."

"Hmmm.. That's good enough. For now, I'll observe him through the Heaven Prying Mirror. I want you to not leak the news while making sure no short-sighted disciple and elder accidentally mess with him or his fatty friend and trigger the intelligence-reducing effect from that child of destiny."

The Miscellaneous Hall Master nods his head before suddenly stopping and looking at the Sect Master in surprise, "Wait, I have never mentioned that Ren Qingquan is the one who broke the Heaven Prying Mirror replica and is suspected of being the child of destiny. How did you know?" The Sect Master answered with another melancholic look, "Do you remember the second child of destiny that's responsible for our old sect's fall?" The Miscellaneous Hall Master nodded.

The Sect Master spoke with a serious expression, "He also has a fat friend nicknamed Fatty who ascended with him to the immortal world."

"Is… is that seriously how you guessed he's the child of destiny?" The Miscellaneous Hall Master became speechless. The Sect Master didn't answer. Instead, he waved his hand.

"Alright, enough chatting. For now, I want you to find a way to naturally let that child join any peak of his choosing. From which peak he decides to join, I could try to estimate what kind of child of destiny that Ren child is, and whether we should keep him or make a move." The Miscellaneous Hall Master bowed, "Understood." He then prepared to leave, but the Sect Master stopped him, "Wait! I forgot to mention another important thing." The Miscellaneous Hall Master paused and listened to the Sect Master.

"Remember to hide our genius female disciples and young female elders. Actually, force them to enter secluded cultivation or send them on a mission far away. This should be enough to buy time until I have a conjecture about what kind of child of destiny that Ren child is."

"I don't want the past event to repeat itself," the Sect Master said solemnly.

"Yes," the Miscellaneous Hall Master also wore a solemn expression.

"Then I shall leave to make the preparations." The Sect Master waved his hand, "Go, make sure the preparations are thorough." The Miscellaneous Hall Master used his technique to leave the sect's main hall. When he arrived at the entrance and had just thrown his flying abacus, he heard another message from the Sect Master through a secret voice transmission, "Wait! Come back here! Actually, I have a better idea."

The Miscellaneous Hall Master shrank the abacus and returned it to his storage bag before returning to the main hall. There, the Sect Master still casually sat, "Lets do an exchange program with the Pure Yang Sword Sect. We'll send our important female disciple and young female elder there for an exchange study. That virgin filled sect definitely won't dare to do anything to our female disciples, so their safety should be guaranteed.

Just made up some nonsense reason like having some yin will do good to their sect because the way of heaven is the way of balance, and that we want to foster a deeper relationship with their sect." When the Sect Master said this, the fat on the Miscellaneous Hall Master's face trembled.

"Sect Master, let's not talk badly about other sects. What if someone overheard it and told someone from the Pure Yang Sword Sect about it?"

"No worries. This main hall is something salvaged from our old sect. It specialized in blocking divine senses. So, even a peak expert will have trouble eavesdropping on our conversation."

"Sigh, whatever you say. Then, I'll first send a messenger to the Pure Yang Sword Sect and prepare a way to let Ren Qingquan join a peak of his choosing as soon as possible." After he said that, the Miscellaneous Hall Master walked away. Before he left, he asked once more through a voice transmission, "Sect Master, you really have nothing to say, right?" I heard the Sect Master sent a voice transmission to the Miscellaneous Hall Master: "Yeah, you can go for real now."

The Miscellaneous Hall Master once again took his abacus from his storage bag and expanded it before jumping and flying away. After flying, the Miscellaneous Hall Master entered a building and started working. It looks like he's drafting an official message to request a learning exchange with the Pure Yang Sword Sect. It was a bit boring, so I shifted my attention to others' [Scan]. In the Martial Arts World, Ren Shiluo and Azure Emperor are still busy traveling.

Meanwhile, in the cultivation world, Ren Xuan is also in the midst of travel. I also tried to check on the higher-ups of the Pure Wave Sect, but aside from the flashy-looking woman who was currently in front of a furnace forging something, and the Sect Master who was standing in front of a mirror monitoring Ren QIngquan, the other higher-ups were either busy with paperwork or cultivating. Thus, I mostly watched the flashy woman forge weapons.

The clanking sound and burning furnace kinda remind me of those ASMR back on Earth. What a pity. Soon enough, Ren Qingquan arrived at his destination. So I need to focus on protecting him again.