Chapter 37 The Fourth Elder's Personal Desires

As Lan Mi was pondering this, she heard a knock on the door: "Saintess Lan Mi, may I come in?"

The voice sounded familiar; it belonged to the current Fourth Elder, Ruonuan, who was also the only male among the four elders.

Nowadays, the elders in the clan are replaced every ten years, but she, the Holy Maiden, has held this position for 150 years. Therefore, she looks down on the elders.

The Holy Witch Clan reveres women because the power of witch spirits is gentle yet strong, making it more suitable for women to cultivate. Men who wish to attain the position of elder must exert far more effort than women.

Ruonuan is the nephew of the current clan leader Ruoqiang, and also the weakest of the four elders in terms of cultivation. Lan Mi never even bothered to give him a second glance.

"Come in!" Lan Mi said indifferently.

"Saintess Lanruo, are you alright?" Ruonuan asked with concern.

"What could be wrong with me?" Lan Mi raised her voice slightly, thinking that this person was there to laugh at her.

"That feather fan today was really outrageous, it embarrassed you in front of all the clansmen!"

She doesn't even consider how much you've sacrificed for your people over the past 150 years!

"She's only been a saintess for a few decades, what right does she have to come back and boss you around?" Ruonuan said indignantly.

Lan Mi, who had previously looked down on him, finally felt a little better after hearing this. It seemed that not all her clansmen were opportunists, and someone had finally seen her efforts.

Seeing that her expression had softened, Ruonuan moved closer. The woman's faint fragrance wafted into his nostrils, and Ruonuan was momentarily intoxicated.

But he quickly regained his senses.

The woman before him held a high and mighty position in the clan, far beyond what a Spirit Fusion Realm elder like him could even dream of.

Moreover, she is the current Holy Maiden. As long as she remains in office, she will never be able to marry and live a normal, sweet life with him.

“I feel indignant for you, but I am but a nobody, and most of my clansmen have been won over by that feather fan. If she succeeds in killing the garrisoned cultivators of Dongyuan Town this time, my clansmen will only have eyes for her from now on, and no longer have eyes for you,” Ruonuan said.

"So what if she's powerful? She's already married and no longer worthy of being a saintess!" Lan Mi was furious and smashed the wooden table in front of her with one hand.

"But as you saw today, the people of our tribe don't care about anything else. When they see her, they call her the Holy Maiden of the Feather Fan with great affection."

Ruonuan continued to provoke, her feminine gaze lowered, staring intently at Ruonuan's soft, white fingers, wishing she could transform into a handkerchief in Ruonuan's palm and be kneaded at will.

"If she can truly lead her people to glory, I will resign from my position as Holy Maiden, enter the Temple of the Witch God in seclusion, and not emerge until I break through to the Heavenly Realm," Lan Mi said resolutely.

Having served as a saint for 150 years, she possessed an extremely proud and aloof nature, and she absolutely could not tolerate anyone oppressing her.

"You can't do that! The Temple of the Witch God only opens once every ten years, and if that feather fan doesn't want you to come out, it can even change it to open only once every fifty years. By then, you might have a hard time leaving the Temple of the Witch God," Ruonuan said in a panic.

He had worked tirelessly and endured hardship to finally obtain the position of elder, which allowed him to see her often through his position. If she were to go into seclusion, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain?

"That's my own business, it has nothing to do with you. If there's nothing else, you can leave," Lan Mi said coldly.

"Actually, I have an idea to make that feather fan lose face, but I'm afraid you won't be able to bring yourself to do it," Ruonuan quickly said.

"Speak!" Lan Mi stared at him with a cold gaze.

“I remember that when the envoy from the Nameless Sect came to see you last time, he left behind a jade slip containing the message of their sect leader.”

"As long as you contact that sect leader and tell him that Yu Shan has already killed the deputy envoy of Dongyuan Town and is now going to kill their chief envoy, I suppose..." Ruo Nuan said sinisterly.

Lan Mi's first reaction was: He is a traitor within the Nameless Sect, and he should be killed immediately!

However, his proposal did indeed tempt her. As long as the leader of the Nameless Sect sent people to besiege Dongyuan Town, Yu Shan would surely die.

Once the former saintess dies, the people will realize that the current saintess is more reliable, and the power of faith will flow to her continuously.

The problem is that after the Nameless Sect killed Feather Fan, they would not let the Holy Witch Clan off the hook. Their ambition to annex the Holy Witch Clan has always been obvious.

However, because they currently have to deal with other tougher opponents than the Holy Witch Clan, they are maintaining the status quo for the time being and have not taken direct action against them.

Without the feather fan, how could she possibly resist the oppression of the Nameless Sect on her own, leading a group of weak clansmen?

At this moment, Lan Mi was naturally torn.

One moment he was thinking of betraying Yu Shan and getting him killed;

Then she thought again, if Yu Shan died, and the clansmen found out that she was the one who informed on the truth, then she would become the eternal sinner of the Holy Witch Clan and would be cursed by the clansmen for all eternity.

"Lan Mi, what's so great about being a mere Holy Maiden of the Holy Witch Clan? With your unparalleled beauty and your cultivation at the Heavenly Questioning Realm, if you were willing to join the Nameless Sect, the sect leader would definitely give you the position of an angel."

I've heard that the Nameless Sect has already established branches of equal rank in the four surrounding cities. If you can become the angel in charge of a branch of equal rank, you will have at least fifty Spirit Realm cultivators under your command.

By then, you'll have everything you want, so why worry about not having enough resources to break through to the Heavenly Realm?

Ruo Nuan's words were full of temptation, and Lan Mi felt dizzy. She slumped into the rocking chair and remained silent for a long time.

Ruonuan was anxious. In his view, this was a golden opportunity, and if he missed it, he would never have another chance to get close to Lan Mi.

Thinking of this, taking advantage of Lan Mi's mental turmoil, he quietly took out the communication jade slip of the Nameless Sect Master from the bookshelf.

Last time, Lan Mi casually tossed it on the top shelf of the bookshelf because she had no intention of using it, so she didn't put it in her storage ring.

Ruonuan opened the communication jade slip and quickly wrote a message on it: "The Dongyuan Town branch is in danger! Send people to its aid immediately. If an important figure can be captured, please, Sect Master, consider my merit in reporting the crime and show some leniency to the Holy Witch Clan."

His message was quite well-written; if he had simply said that the former Holy Maiden had gone there, the Sect Master of the Nameless Sect might not have believed it.

Only by mixing truth and falsehood in this way, making the sect leader believe that Lan Mi was forced to betray the alliance in order to protect her clan, can the credibility be increased.

Regardless of whether the Feather Fan Saintess can escape this calamity, as long as he secretly spreads the information about the Blue Mist Saintess's affair with the Nameless Sect Master in the future, she will no longer be able to stay in the Holy Witch Clan.

At that time, even if she was unwilling, she would have no choice but to go with him to seek refuge with the Nameless Sect.