Chapter 10: Meaning of Immortal
In the great hall of River East City, a singles meetup was taking place. The entire disciple finding examination had been going on for almost two hours. At first, while a majority were those that hadn't been tested yet, the atmosphere was tense and serious. As the number of rejects grew and they began to chat and discuss among themselves, becoming more and more lively. By now, everybody in the hall was a reject.
It was rare for such large gathering of young men and women who were all excellent specimens of their gender. They began to socialize in earnest. The city lord even had people bring in refreshments and food. The air in the hall that was dim and gloomy at first now was a most lively affair.
There was a discrepancy in the number of males to females which created an interesting dynamic.
These young masters took advantage of the situation to charm and seduce the numerous s.e.xy young ladies. It was like a silent alliance among men as they did not seek to out compete each other, as every male had the attention of at least one or two ladies. The young ladies who usually had chaperones were in their element, preening and laughing coquettishly at the most unfunny jokes. They jostled for attention from the most handsome and talented potential husband's, dialing up their flirtatious charm.
A couple brave and fearless fellows even dared to approach Lin Qingcheng. Did they dare to try snatch prey from the mouth of a dragon? Lin Qingcheng sat by herself at the head of the hall silently, she was extremely eye catching and tempting like a freshly blossomed rose. She grew up happy but sheltered in a backwater town so she didn't know how to socialize in these situations or how to talk to these young men. She also wasn't attracted to them at all as she was quickly developing a secret crush for Chen Wentian. She felt her master a shining beacon of hope and the only man she wanted in her life and tried to ignore the insignificant flies buzzing around her.
The side door opened and final exam finally finished. The curious gazes of the rejects directed at Zhou Ziyun specifically, trying guess what happened. Surely that wench failed, thought many of the young women viciously. Zhou Ziyun had cleaned up carefully after her affair. Her face was flawless once again, the red slap mark long gone. Her dress was magically mended and spotless.
Chen Wentian looked over at Lin Qingcheng who still had an annoying fly with her vicinity. Chen Wentian was pretty happy to see that she was obediently trying to cultivate and ignore the distractions. He headed towards her with Zhou Ziyun following behind him with a proud and confident look.
Chen Wentian went to the front of the hall as all eyes gathered on him. "Ladies and gentlemen of River East, this disciple finding examination has come to a close. Luckily, fate has brought me another disciple." He gestured to Zhou Ziyun as he continued, "She has the greatest innate talent for cultivation, her intellect and knowledge are tremendous and unmatched, and finally she is a noble lady and a great person." Chen Wentian was extremely pleased with Zhou Ziyun for obvious reasons so he tried to exaggerate her as much as possible. He finished, expecting applause was only met with some murmurs and grumbling.
"Impossible..." "How can it be her!" "Why..."
The complaints continued until the first buxom beauty spoke up, "Sir Immortal, Zhou Ziyun is average at best and her looks are bad. How can you select her!"
"Yeah, I beg you to reconsider, Sir Immortal!" A young male added bravely.
"How can that bitch be the best of us?" A shrill angry voice sounded.
Another vindictive female added, "Perhaps she's just selling her body." There seemed to be nods from the crowd in agreement. The first buxom lady must have lost her mind to anger at this point because her words were the most offensive, "I agree, she probably f.u.c.k.i.e.d him! I saw how the immortal was studying every inch of our bodies with l.u.s.t filled in his eyes."
If Chen Wentian was a normal man, he would have been stumped. How the hell do these bitches know everything? Was my staring too obvious? Is this some crazy woman's intuition? Of course, since he was an immortal, he wouldn't take shit from these idiots, even if what they said was extremely close to the truth. How could he let them throw such scandalous accusations?
He put on a serious face as he extended a hand filled with spiritual power, a hush came over the crowded. What came next was unexpected to them as a blue wave of spiritual energy suddenly manifested and crashed down from the ceiling. It pressed down and around each of their heads, causing their skulls to feel like it was being crushed by a vice. Their eyes bulged and were about to pop out. They were suffocating and couldn't breathe. It was like two iron spikes were also being driven into their brain from their ear. He let them suffer for a few minutes, letting the pain and agony teach them a good lesson, before he let them go. The young men and women collapsed in terror to the floor, the several vile ladies that accused Zhou Ziyun looked especially anguished, their hair wild, face a mess. Their sorry lives were completely in the hands of Chen Wentian and they dared not raise their heads.
This is what it meant to be an immortal! How can mortals utter such slander in front of an immortal? Are they seeking death? Chen Wentian was young and looked the same age as the men and women in the hall. This was why they had subconsciously lowered their evaluation of him. They forgot just who was standing in front of them.
He only used a bit of power to punish these flippant people. There was a rule established that immortals should only fight other immortals or demons that are threatening innocent lives. Otherwise, if he wanted to, he could lay waste to this entire castle.
Chen Wentian gave a dour glare at the city lord, "River East Lord, you need to educate your people better."
The city lord dropped to his knees in panic, "Yes sir, Immortal. This peasant failed to educate. Thank Immortal for your guidance!" He bowed desperately.
Chen Wentian didn't want to stay here any longer. He spread his spiritual cloak around both Lin Qingcheng and Zhou Ziyun and flew out of the hall.