The Sect Master of the Sword Sect snorted. "She didn't even inherit your celestial bloodline, and yet you seem to value her so much. What exactly is it that makes her so important to you?"
The Sect Master of the Celestial Ice Sect shook his head. "Without being a father yourself, you could never understand. Whether or not she is a celestial, she is still my daughter."
This time, the Sect Master of the Sword Sect chuckled. "You have plenty of children, yet only she is treated well. You can drop the nonsense, I don't really care. Now, what exactly did you think you would accomplish by coming to my Sect?"
The Sect Master of the Celestial Ice Sect remained calm. "I expect a simple apology."
"Not happening." The Sect Master of the Sword Sect instantly denied it.
"In that case, I request a deal. I heard that Zhu Yi is going to participate in the Sword Sect's competition for Void Traversing realm cultivators. How about this, if he fails to reach the top ten, he apologizes to my daughter and works as her servant for a million years."
It seemed that the Sect Master of the Celestial Ice Sect had finally revealed his intentions.
"Naturally, he would have to follow her orders completely." The Sect Master of the Celestial Ice Sect added.
"Why would he accept such a thing?" The Sect Master of the Sword Sect asked.
"Let me finish. If he wins, I will personally owe him a favor. In addition, my daughter will publicly apologize and work as his servant for a million years. Now, if he gets in the top ten but doesn't win, then we'll act as if nothing happened and call it even." The Sect Master of the Celestial Ice Sect said.
Zhu Yi was about to speak, but he was nudged by the Sect Master of the Sword Sect.
"Me and my student will discuss this. Wait here."
Zhu Yi followed the Sect Master of the Sword Sect to the other side of the Sword Sect and spoke in a room that prevented anyone from hearing.
"I was going to reject the offer. Is something wrong?" Zhu Yi asked.
The Sect Master of the Sword Sect seemed to be in serious thought. "Bai Wei's goal in this is to obtain and use you, possibly even killing you. This would appease Bai Wei'er and get rid of a talented threat."
Zhu Yi nodded. He had thought the same.
"However, he also proposed such large stakes. Even willing to give up on his daughter if you win. I can tell you with confidence that there is something up with Bai Wei'er. Bai Wei wouldn't care about anything unless it had value. Bai Wei'er is not a celestial, so she could not inherit the sect. That means there is something extremely useful about her."
The Sect Master once again fell into deep thought. At this point, Zhou Fan spoke.
"She has a Divine Physique." Zhu Yi looked over in surprise.
"I noticed when we first encountered her, but I figured she would be irrelevant and didn't pay attention then. This time, I took a closer look. Her divine physique is not one that increases combat power. From what I could see, I named her divine physique The Fruit of the Self physique. Essentially, once she becomes far stronger, she can create a fruit that contains all of her life within it. Her memories, cultivation, talent, even her Divine Physique. She could either use it to tremendously assist someone else, or theoretically live eternally."
Zhou Fan's explanation shocked Zhu Yi.
"It is unlikely that anyone knows what exactly her Divine Physique does. Her father should only know that she has one. If you were to take this deal and win, you could make her create a Fruit of Self and cut it up into pieces. Doing that, you could avoid receiving memories or her personality, only taking good things. Perhaps we could use it to help restore some of my power as well."
Zhu Yi could hardly even believe how weird this Divine Physique was.
"To be honest, it's probably the most unusual one I've ever seen in my life as well." Zhou Fan said.
Noticing Zhu Yi staring into the distance, the Sect Master of the Sword Sect spoke. "Are you okay?"
Zhu Yi nodded. "I am. I think I want to take this deal, with some changes."
The Sect Master of the Sword Sect could hardly believe it. "You want to take the deal? Are you crazy?"
Zhu Yi shook his head. "I think I know something. I encountered her in the lower world long ago, and I believe I saw something on her that can help me tremendously."
The Sect Master of the Sword Sect looked at him suspiciously. "If you've taken some sort of fancy to her, there's no need to hide it."
Zhu Yi denied it immediately. "Absolutely not."
After thinking for a little, the Sect Master nodded. "It's your life. Plus, I suppose you planned to win the competition regardless."
Zhu Yi nodded. He refused to not win. He wanted to go to the main Sword Sect on the World Tree.
Zhu Yi was led back to the room with the Sect Master.
Upon entering, he once again saw the Sect Master of the Celestial Ice Sect, as well as Bai Xun and Bai Wei'er.
It was hard to read Bai Wei'er and Bai Xun's faces. Zhu Yi sat down with the Sect Master and spoke.
"I want to accept your offer, but change some of the terms." Zhu Yi said. The Sect Master of the Celestial Ice Sect seemed surprised that he was talking instead of the Sect Master of the Sword Sect.
"What do you want to change?" He asked as he leaned forward.
"If I don't reach the top ten, then I will be Bai Wei'er's servant forever. The same applies for her if I win."
The Sect Master of the Sword Sect widened his eyes as his head snapped over to Zhu Yi. He had forgotten to ask what changes Zhu Yi wanted to add. He didn't expect it to be something so ridiculous.
Bai Wei, the Sect Master of the Celestial Ice Sect, leaned back in surprise and laughed. Bai Wei'er's eyes widened as well.