Double Cultivation
what if I refuse
Inside the Medicine Hall, Lan Liqing calmly walked down the stairs with her mediocre expression.
When the disciples saw him, their faces shone brightly.
"Master! You finally got out of your room!"
One of his disciples ran towards him and handed him a jade slip. "Master, the Patriarch visited yesterday, but he quickly left when we told him that you are in closed cultivation. He also left this jade slip for you before leaving," the disciple said as he handed Lan Liqing the jade slip.
"Patriarch?" Lan Liqing wondered what she wanted from him.
"Thank you, I will head to the Yin Yang Pavilion to see the Patriarch now." Lan Liqing suddenly stopped at the exit and turned to ask: "By the way, have you heard anything about Su Yang lately?"
The students shook their heads.
"Su Yang left the sect for a mission a week ago and we haven't heard anything about him since."
"He left the sect?" Lan Liqing had been cultivating by herself in her room ever since Su Yang plucked the flowers, so it was not strange that she did not know about it.
After leaving the Medicine Hall, Lan Liqing directly went to the Yin Yang Pavilion, where the Patriarch and Matriarch were currently staying.
Unlike normal sects, the Blooming Flower Sect had two sect masters, instead of one – one man and one woman. This way, if any male or female has problems with each other, they will have their own representatives without fear of being treated unfairly just because of their gender.
"Murid Lan greeted the Patriarch." Lan Liqing bowed to the handsome middle-aged man with long black hair, who was calmly sitting on his bed before him.
While he was a sect elder, he was also considered a sect disciple, and under the presence of sect masters, all the elders were still disciples.
"Look off." The patriarch casually waved his hand and continued: "Do you know why I called you here?" She asked.
"No, this student doesn't know."
"It has been more than 25 years since you joined the Profound Blossom Sect as a disciple, since far away when I was only an elder, and as far as I know … you are the only elder in the sect who has not really experienced double cultivation. "Patriark then sighed.
"You are a very good student with a bright future when you first joined and everyone is fascinated by your appearance, but because of your stubbornness that refuses to double cultivate, everyone is fascinated by your appearance, your talent never really grew. Although the sect did not force the disciples to double cultivate. Against their will, you are now over 40 years old, yet you are still a pure girl … for what reason did you join the Blossom Sect when you didn't want to double cultivate? " he continued with an expression of pity.
When Lan Liqing was still in his first years, he was one of the most promising disciples within the Profound Blossom Sect with superior looks and great talent that captivated many disciples. His charm was so great that it even attracted the attention of some core disciples.
"The previous Sect Masters may have allowed you to do whatever you wanted because of their kindness, but I wasn't as calm as them. Disciple Lan, you are a disciple of the Profound Flower Sect, so you have an obligation to follow his teachings and dual cultivate. "
Lan Liqing, who had been standing there silently, finally opened her mouth and said: "What if I refuse?"
"Then you will be forced to cultivate or forced to leave the sect," the Patriarch said in a cold tone. "But it would be futile to waste you after spending so many resources on you, especially when you still have your Yin Essence …"
"The rules of the sect forbid forcing dual cultivation, even if it was commanded by the Patriarch," Lan Liqing calmly replied without revealing the fact that his Yin Essence had already been stolen by a mere disciple, he said, because he has been through many similar situations.
"You are right, but being a disciple of my Sect Blossom Sect, you are obligated to serve me, as it is one of the many privileges of being a sect master," said the Patriarch, her narrowed gaze filled with lust as she scanned Lan Liqing's delicate figure.
Lan Liqing frowned at his words. He's correct. As long as he was a disciple of the Blossom Sect, he was obliged to serve the sect master if requested.
"However, to honor the previous sect master who loved you as if you were his own grandson, instead, I'll give you one last chance – you have until the end of the month to find yourself a partner among the elders now before I call you to my room again, and it won't end with just a few words like today. Don't force my hand, Disciple Lan. "
Lan Liqing left the Yin Yang Pavilion immediately after the Patriarch's last words. When he returned to the Medicine Hall, his complexion was pale, causing the disciples there to look at him worriedly.
"Master! Are you all right? You look terrible!"
"I'm fine .. I just need to rest in my room for a while …"
The disciples there silently watched Lan Liqing slowly walk upwards, looking as if she was desperate.
"What happened to her? Was he scolded by the Patriarch?"
"Maybe…"
Lan Liqing was a disciple in this Profound Blossom Sect only because of the previous patriarch, who took him in and raised him as his own after he saved him moments before being kidnapped by the bandits who brutally killed his parents.
If he had not been attached to this Profound Blossom Sect that he saw as his home, he would have long since left that place when the previous patriarch died.
Inside her room, Lan Liqing was quietly sitting on her bed, her chaotic gaze staring at the small piece of cloth in her hand that was stained by some blood spots. "Su Yang ...," he muttered, feeling confused by the situation.