Chapter 8: Second Disciple (II)
The girl that walked in had a red palm print on her cheeks from a slap. Her light blue dress had been ripped at the sleeves and it looked like she had fallen on the ground and rolled in the dust. She looked a bit miserable but she had a calm and determined look on her face as she stopped in front of Chen Wentian.
He examined her, noticing that her level of beauty was a bit average compared to the previous female candidates but the good thing was that she didn't go too overboard with the makeup and that she had a natural effortless charm. Perhaps it was due to her poise and confidence even with what happened to her. She had brownish dark hair which was tied up in an elegant bun behind her head. It showcased her attractive slender neck, the fascinating angles of her chin, and her understated but complementary pearl earrings which framed her oval face. Like prior candidates, he enjoyed every detail of these fascinating young women.
Finally he asked, "Your name? And can you tell me what happened to you?"
The girl made a slight curtsy. "Sir Immortal, this mortal is named Zhou Ziyun. I am the only child of the head of the Zhou merchant clan. Though my family is a prominent merchant clan in the province, in the last generation, it has a lost a lot of big business deals and lot of manpower. The reason is that the other major families are greedily eyeing the assets of my family and thus I had some disagreements with some of the people out in the hall." She earnestly said.
"Hmm, and then?"
"A couple of those stuck up bitches that went first and failed the exam were complaining about Sir Immortal. I was merely patiently waiting my turn when I glanced at them and they took it as an offense and an excuse to abuse me. This is the result."
Chen Wentian nodded his head. He hadn't bothered paying attention to such trivial matters in the hall so he was a bit surprised that people would start fighting at his finding disciple ceremony! These people truly had guts! Chen Wentian was bored and didn't want to bother with them anymore but he felt Zhou Ziyun was bit special for some unknown reason so he wanted to know her a little better.
"Your talent is decent, age 18 and a half, 6th Level of Body Refinement, but not spectacular either. Tell me, with your clan facing hardship, what have you done?"
Zhou Ziyun was extremely intelligent and she perked up at this, "Sir Immortal, since I could read I have studied math and language. My father taught me everything he knew about finance, accounting, and day to day management of a business. Since I was fourteen, I have been placed in sole control of a farm produce distribution business and have run it successfully ever since." She had a determined and proud look on her face.
"Sir Immortal, I sincerely wish to be your disciple. I want to take care of my parents, and my clan. I also want to take care of the kind and hardworking people I've gotten to know. My main focus in the past has been business and my cultivation is slacking but I swear I will put forth all my effort. I want to be strong and I want to be able to protect everybody that are dear to me."
"Hmm, good." Chen Wentian said casually, he was secretly pretty excited as she would be perfect for managing all the headache inducing aspects of his new sect. But he didn't want to act too eager and he still wanted to test her a bit.
"So, Ziyun... to me your cultivation doesn't matter... your talents in business, its good but ultimately it also doesn't matter as I can find many people with the same talents..." Chen Wentian looked at her steadily.
"What special talents do you have?" Chen Wentian ran out of questions to ask so he awkwardly asked a random one that popped in his head.
What Chen Wentian didn't know, since he can't read minds and he is terrible at interacting with beautiful women, is that Zhou Ziyun was in an extremely precarious situation with her family. Her father had just last month lost a huge business deal that would have supplied the entire clan with funds for two years. The cause of the event most likely had to do with the coalition of enemy families trying to destroy her clan. Zhou Ziyun had put up a brave and determined face in front of her enemies and in front of Chen Wentian but she was almost out of options.
A clan that used to be their closest ally, under the guise of providing support to the Zhou clan, were pressuring her father to marry her off to their young master. That bastard is one of the vilest man-s.l.u.ts in the entire city. He would be first in line to buy every new p.r.o.s.t.i.t.u.t.e that debuted and constantly violate peasant girls and then payoff their families. With enemies all around, it was suffocating and Zhou Ziyun had been bearing the pressure for a long time.
When Zhou Ziyun heard Chen Wentian's last question, she completely misunderstood him but she immediately pounced on it as it seemed like he was giving her a direct shot at becoming his disciple. Becoming a disciple of an immortal would immediately solve all of her families problems. She had the skill set in business that he needed for his new sect, this she understood. She also made up her mind that she would take care of his other needs as well. She was brave and fearless when it came to any and all business transactions and although she was a v.i.r.g.i.n she was well read in area of human s.e.x.u.a.lity.
Zhou Ziyun's movement was swift and determined as she fixed her eyes on Chen Wentian's waist belt. Before Chen Wentian realized what had happend, Zhou Ziyun had kneeled in front of him and had unfastened his belt.
"What?..." Chen Wentian muttered dumbly as he glanced down. In the next second, his underwear was pulled down and his little brother was exposed to a beautiful young woman for the first time.