The Story Never Ends

"Stop."

The moment Davion reached the gate he was told to stop by the two disciples guarding it. They were wearing the traditional dark blue colored robes of the sect and were in the early stage of Qi refining.

He didn't want to get into any trouble over here. So, he simply stopped and greeted them, "Hello, I am Davion."

The disciples nodded their heads and asked, "Why are you here? You should know that no civilians can enter the Sect."

Since Davion was not emitting any energy and was wearing white robes which didn't resemble any of the sects, they thought that he was a civilian.

"I've actually come here to meet someone by the name of Lilianna." This was the name that was written in the letter. So, he didn't hide anything and just told them the truth.

"Lilianna?" The two of them looked at each other and tried to remember whose name it was. As they were just the outer court disciples of the sect, they didn't know much about the higher-ups.

"Don't tell me that she's not in the sect." Davion was worried.

Suddenly one of the disciples exclaimed, "Isn't this the name of the elder who resides on the top of the Core Disciples Peak?"

"What? I remember now." The other disciple also cried out in surprise.

Then he set his sights on Davion and asked, "Did you mean by Elder Lilianna?"

"Oh! It seems like she is indeed here. However, doesn't this mean that she has already become an elder?" Davion thought and then replied, "Yes, she is the one."

"Who sent you here? We can't let anybody enter here without valid reasons."

"Especially, the elder might even get disrupted from her cultivation." They looked solemn and started questioning him.

"I.." Davion didn't know what to say? If he said that it was Sect Master Thaddeus from the Outer Region, then they would surely kick him out. How could they allow someone with an insignificant background to meet with the elder? The only thing that he could do now was to take out the ring given by the Sect Master.

While Davion was about to take it out, a female voice came from inside the gate.

"Why are you two dilly-dallying around here?"

"Senior Sister Stella? When did you come here?" Both of them cried out.

A young girl came infront of them and scoffed, "Can't I come over here?"

"Yes. You definitely can." Both of them replied.

"So, what's happening over here?" Stella looked behind them and saw a handsome young man with a strange beast on his shoulder. Her eyes sparkled seeing this.

One of them went and whispered something in her ears. After listening to his explanation, she approached Davion and asked, "Are you sure you want to meet her?"

"Yes." Davion nodded.

"Ok, then follow me." Stella started leading the way.

"What? How can you let him enter this easily?" The two of them were shocked.

"Humph, you two dare to question me?" Stella turned back and released her aura which immediately made them shut up.

"No, we don't." The two bowed and backed away.

Only after this, did she leave and Davion immediately followed her inside.

Seeing them leave, the two of them finally sighed in relief.

"When can we reach the late stage of Qi refining?" This was their only thought.

***

"Thank you." Davion thanked her after entering inside as it would have taken some time to get their consent.

"You're quite polite." Stella smiled and then asked, "Why do you think that I let you in this easily?"

Davion shook his head.

"Haha, I believe that you are quite interesting. Only elders from other sects are qualified enough to request an audience with the elders. But a young man like you without any background is the first one to do so." She laughed.

"Is that so?" He finally knew why those disciples started questioning him.

"Hehe, did you think that I let you enter just because you had a handsome face?" She chuckled. Indeed, this was one of the reasons but she would never say it out loud.

"Thanks." Davion smiled.

Inside the walls, Davion saw many small houses lined up. Ahead of them, he saw a large open field where many disciples were practicing.

Seeing that Davion's attention was focused on them, Stella said, "These are the handyman disciples at the Body Tempering Stage who have poor talent. Even though our sect only accepts talented disciples, we still need someone to do the chores for us. Thus, they are recruited. Only if they can reach the Qi refining stage can they get promoted to an Outer Court disciple."

Davion nodded and asked the question that he wanted to know for some time, "What are these seven mountain peaks for?"

"Oh, I was thinking when you would ask this." She smiled and continued, "Among the six, four of them are the ones where the disciples and the elders stay. One is for the Outer court disciples like me, while the other ones are for the Inner court disciples, the Core disciples, and the Elders. As for the other two, they are the Alchemy Peak and the Artifact Manufacturing Peak.. While the last one and also the biggest one is the peak where the Sect Master resides."