It was a very ordinary opening speech, filled with boilerplate platitudes, but Shangguan Yun spoke with an elegant grace.
She was enthusiastic and cheerful, appearing incredibly approachable. Though she possessed an innate air of nobility, she didn’t seem overbearing at all.
What caught Mu Yanxi’s attention was Shangguan Yun mentioning she had cultivated at the Spiritual Moon Chu Sect for three years. This meant she had advanced directly from within and had been a student there previously.
Nearby, other disciples from the Spiritual Moon Chu Sect were whispering among themselves. “Oh my god! Lady Shangguan!”
“President Shangguan really is the chief disciple of the first year.”
“With President Shangguan’s results, she could have easily entered a heaven-grade High Sect. Why did she choose to stay at the Spiritual Moon Sect?”
“The Spiritual Moon Sect likely promised her plenty of special treatment and scholarships, right?”
Earlier, a senior sister had called Fang Cangming ‘President’, and now these disciples were calling Shangguan Yun the same. It seemed ‘President’ was indeed a special status.
Mu Yanxi made sure to remember this, along with the fact that Shangguan Yun’s grades were high enough for a heaven-grade High Sect.
“That is all I wish to say. I hope everyone succeeds in their studies at the Spiritual Moon Sect and has a pleasant life here. I hope you can all enter your ideal Great Sect and find a job you like in the future. Thank you.”
After she finished, Shangguan Yun gave a slight bow. Thunderous applause erupted from the audience as her elegant temperament captivated nearly everyone present.
Then, Headmaster Mo returned to the podium and smiled. “Thank you for the speech, Yun’er. Next is the most important matter: the placement examination for new disciples and the pairing of partners for dual cultivation.”
“Eh?” Exclamations of surprise rang out from all corners of the Assembly Hall. Although most of the disciples knew exactly what the Spiritual Moon Sect taught, picking a dual cultivation partner immediately upon enrollment felt a bit too rushed and blatant.
Mu Yanxi wasn’t particularly surprised by this. In her past life, she had heard that when the Sect of Harmony recruited disciples, they often paired a man and a woman for dual cultivation right from the start.
What truly puzzled Mu Yanxi was that the Spiritual Moon Sect was a female-only sect. Dual cultivation usually involved a man and a woman to balance yin and yang. How could all these girls engage in dual cultivation together?
“Our sect has two basic cultivation methods: the Spiritual Moon Art and the False Phoenix Art. Both are dual cultivation methods.”
“Among them, the Spiritual Moon Art increases beauty and charm, rapidly raises cultivation levels, and helps dao companions break through bottlenecks. However, it is a method that must be practiced with a man,” Headmaster Mo continued.
“Therefore, it is necessary to study a secondary basic cultivation method, the False Phoenix Art. This method allows you to practice dual cultivation between two women.”
“It shares the same origin and complements the Spiritual Moon Art, allowing you to practice the Spiritual Moon Art even without a male dao companion.”
‘Something like that is possible?’ Mu Yanxi really hadn’t expected there to be a technique for female-to-female dual cultivation. Didn’t that mean she would have to choose one of these disciples to be her partner?
Mu Yanxi didn’t feel any repulsion toward dual cultivating with a woman. After all, she had been a man in her previous life.
Although she used to look down on techniques centered on dual cultivation, considering them the ways of a demonic cultivator, she decided to follow the local customs.
It seemed this world didn’t view dual cultivation as a demonic path, so as long as she didn’t have to do it with a man, she could accept it.
The problem was that she barely knew anyone here — well, except for one person. Mu Yanxi’s gaze involuntarily drifted toward Ruo Xuan, who was sitting beside her.
Ruo Xuan seemed to have thought of the same thing; she turned her head and met Mu Yanxi’s eyes.
Then her face instantly turned beet red, as if it were on fire. She immediately looked away and spoke forcefully, “No! As expected, it’s still no good!”
It will come someday.