Reaper of the Martial World

Chapter Book 7: 344: Meeting (4)

Book 7: Chapter 344: Meeting (4)

Erea Niveus looked toward Dyon. Her features were just as calm as usual as she spoke, her white hair falling gently to her shoulders. Although in the past she could have been a beauty that didn’t lose out to Dyon’s wives, years of toil had taken their toll on her. Even her cultivation had suffered.

She knew quite well that Dyon could see through her actions. Establishing the Yin-Yang Guild behind Dyon’s back to circumvent the rules against the formation of Sects was a slap to his face. She had already expected to incite his ire, yet, Dyon ignored the situation for half a year already. Whether it was his intention or not, she felt like she was walking on pins and needles.

In fact, she wasn’t alone. Numerous small factions and clans formed organizations like this. For example, the Big Sects that once gave Dyon problems back at Focus Academy once more banded together. Although they didn’t name their faction like Erea did, they had all built their clan lands near one another. Only a fool wouldn’t be able to see through this in a single glance. Erea believed that since so many had done this, that it would be impossible for Dyon to police it all.

While others created these alliances for the sake of survival in a new environment, Erea did so because she couldn’t bring herself to watch the Niveus Sect crumble in her hands.

While Dyon out making a name for himself in the martial world, Erea was struggling to keep what remained of the Niveus Sect together. With Matriarch Niveus dead and her elder sister gone, the burden fell on her shoulders. Yet, even after suffering through more than 30 years of hardship, Dyon suddenly swooped in and banned the creation of new Sects. How could she simply silently swallow such a thing?

The Niveus Sect was meant to be a haven for women who were often treated as nothing more than property in the martial world. Erea believed in this core principle, so she couldn’t bring herself to stop. This was as good as an opportunity as any to bring Dyon to a heel.

In truth, she wasn’t entirely wrong either. Even the oldest graduates of the academies were only 16 years old. After they had learned all the academy was willing to teach them, what were they supposed to do?

Without a Sect willing to accept them, they had no place to go. Many of them would become fed up with the lives they were living, and that would slowly breed animosity toward Dyon. They’d all believe that he was an elitist that couldn’t be bothered to deal with normal individuals like them. Unless they were outstanding geniuses, they had no use to him, so he tossed them aside.

After almost 8 years now since the academies were established, this feeling was already beginning to brew. Considering Dyon banned them from entering the tower, he was essentially also cutting off the chance they had to reverse their fates as well. This matter only bred more displeasure.

Of course, Dyon found these thoughts silly. He footed the bill for their carefree education from the ages of 7 to 16. Afterward, who said they couldn’t enter Sects? Dyon placed no restrictions on who could become working disciples. Although they couldn’t become official disciples, they would still receive cultivation resources that Dyon, once again, paid for.

However, sometimes, when individuals are privileged, they forget the times when they had nothing to their name.

Then there was the Niveus Sect. What obligation did Dyon have to allow their legacy to continue? Erea should consider that Legacy to have shattered in the hands of Matriarch Niveus, not him.

“Interesting.” Dyon nodded unperturbed. “How many of you believe that the standards of the six Sects are too high?”

Many of the leaders looked around at each other before raising their hands. More than 90% of them seemed to agree with this, causing Erea to breathe a sigh of relief.

“It’s not that we don’t understand your viewpoint, Leader Sacharro.” A member of the former Big Sects supplemented. “However, because you restricted the establishment of other Sects, there are a large group of people left with nowhere to go. Of course, we know that it’s possible to become a working disciple and receive some benefits, but the tasks one must complete to remain a working disciple are too great.”

Of course, Dyon wouldn’t allow individuals to simply freeload off of his hard work. Where there were those who had good intentions, there would always be those to take advantage. As a result, working disciples had a number of quotas they had to complete every month. Actually, much of the law enforcement of the six planets were made up of working disciples of the various sects.

But, somehow, earning your keep had suddenly become too much of a burden. How amusing.

“Even the branch sects have ridiculous high requirements. To become an outer disciple, you must become an essence gather by 13 years old. For the main sect, it’s even more exaggerated at 10 years old.

“Then, to become an inner disciple, you must become a saint by 18 years old for the main sect, and by 30 for the branch sects. The core disciple requirements are even worse. As of now, only True God Agios has met the requirement of becoming a celestial within 50 cultivation years. As for the branch sects which require a 120 cultivation year minimum, no one has managed to reach it…”

The middle-aged man wanted to continue to speak about Legatees, but Dyon had never made an announcement about them. You could only imagine the kind of crazy requirements they would have.