Chapter 42: The other prime disciples
Bai quickly dragged Leon out of the outer sect ground and to the area of core disciples, this was also the place that prime disciples used to carry out their activities.
There were not a lot of prime disciples so they didn't get to have their own sect ground and shared with core disciples, just that they had more access to restricted areas than core disciples.
Bai Quing finally let go of Leon's ear after they reached the core sect ground.
She immediately turned and looked at Leon seriously.
"What happened to Master? Did you do anything to her?" She questioned strongly, her tone made Leon feel like she knew something.
Leon was spooked and immediately became nervous, he could already feel sweat on his back and was forcing his face not to make any expressions that would give him away.
'It can't be that she heard us yesterday, right?'
With his Senior sister's temper, he was sure that she would not need to ask him anything if she was already aware of the situation and would directly persecute him. For all he knew, she might be playing mind games with him to force him to speak up.
(Enchanted tongue activated, 200 exp deducted)
"I-I don't know what's wrong with Master; I'm only at the 3rd level; what could I possibly do to her? She could kill me with a single slap!" Leon voiced out with nervousness as he looked away, not daring to make eye contact with Bai Quing.
The latter continued to stare at Leon with a piercing gaze for a few seconds before turning her head away with a sigh, she was only suspicious of him and didn't have any evidence that he did anything. Besides, what he said made sense; he was too weak to do anything to their Master.
"Forget it, I was just worried because of how she looked this morning when I went to visit her. She looked weak and could barely move. It's strange for martial artists to fall sick, especially one as strong as Master; I guess it's exhaustion from making pills?
Anyway, let's forget about that for now." Bai Quing said with a sigh before asking Leon to follow her and that she had something for him to do.
Carrying his new sword in his hand, Leon walked behind Bai Quing while looking around the place.
They walked for a few minutes and encountered some elders and disciples in slightly darker sect robes compared to Leon's.
They soon arrived at the place that Bai Quing wanted to bring him to, it was a huge training pagoda.
The building had several floors with balconies on each step and had dozens of floors that stretched into the sky.
The two entered the lowest floor where they saw some disciples training.
Since it was an only female sect, disciples were less reserved amongst themselves and didn't really care about what they were around each other; this caused Leon to meet a scene that made his blood boil immediately after entering the pagoda.
Skin, lots of skin covered in glistening sweat!
Bai Quing immediately realized this and turned around swiftly before chopping at Leon's head with the side of her palm and ordering him to turn around.
Leon grumped and rubbed his head before turning around with unwillingness.
Bai Quing watched this reaction with a poker face before turning to face the disciples and ordering them to cover up.
"Weren't you all informed of the Grand Elder's new disciple? Why are you all still going around half-naked?" Her stern voice sounded as she scolded the disciples.
"Sorry, sect mistress"
All the disciples replied in unison before quickly covering themselves up.
Only then did Bai Quing allow Leon to turn around.
Without any form of introduction, Bai Quing continued to lead Leon toward the wooden stairs in the corner as they ascended the pagoda.
They encountered more disciples on different floors of the pagoda who were training with different weapons; they all stopped to greet Bai Quing the instant they arrived.
They finally reached their destination after climbing through fifteen floors; Leon was beginning to feel light-headed from all the climbing; thankfully, they reached their destination before he could give up.
Here, Leon saw a group of six youngsters in similar robes as his. Unlike the other disciples who were training with various weapons on the other floors of the pagoda, these six were sitting cross-legged on the ground and were meditating with their eyes closed.
Incense sticks burned on the floor and filled everywhere with a soothing scent.
All six disciples slowly opened their eyes immediately after the two entered the place, their eyes fell on Leon before moving to Bai Quing.
The two also looked at the two of them.
"Greeting, sect mistress" The six rose to their fist and bowed to Bai Quing.
The latter waved her hand and the six stood up before turning their gazes to Leon.
The latter was also looking at them as he thought to himself how stunning the six disciples looked.
"I see you have all been working hard; you two have reached the 4th level," Bai Quing said as she stared at two of the six disciples.
"It's all thanks to the sect nurturing," the two disciples cupped their fists and said humbly.
Bai Quing nodded, satisfied with their attitude before proceeding to introduce them to Leon.
Leon realized that the Falcon sect originally had only seven prime disciples; he had become one after taking the position of Zi Yan's disciple.
As for these six, their names were Wanxu, Linxu, Muging, Yue, Rongyu, and Feifei.
Wanxu was the disciple of the 3rd Elder; she had a small figure and a cute face, and she had green hair that was tied into a bun, and she was at the 3rd level.
Linxu was a tall beauty with a round face and brown eyes that matched her hair; she was at the 3rd level of martial arts and was the disciple of the 5th Elder.
Muging was a beauty who didn't lose to the previous two, she had black wavy hair and was at the 3rd level as well.
Her Master was the 6th Elder.
Yue, the disciple of the 8th Elder, 3rd level of martial arts, spiky red hair.
As for the last two, they were the ones that Bai Quing had complimented on having reached the fourth level.
Rongyu was the disciple of the 4th Elder and was a blond beauty with an hourglass curve.
Feifei was the disciple of the 7th Elder and had an innocent look on her face as she blinked cutely at Leon; she wasn't too tall and looked like a 17-year-old girl who was still developing.
"And this is Leon, my new Junior brother, and the Grand elder's second disciple. He's at the 3rd level just like most of you" Bai Quing ended the introduction.
Leon noticed that Linxu's and Yue's gaze towards him appeared hostile, unlike the rest, who were just curious but brushed it off with the guess of their behavior behind a first-time meeting treatment.
Bai Quing continued.
"Now that all prime disciples have gathered, there's a mission for you"