140: Fang Yuan begged to join the cult!

【Fang Yuan also successfully searched the cultists and found the divine needle "Asking Spirit", which had been auctioned off earlier. Due to his ability to refine the "True Immortal Pill", he was hailed as a "Once-in-a-Myriad-Years Alchemy Prodigy" and sought after by many forces to be their guest elder.】

The overview of the event ends here.

After looking through it, Lin Sheng found that this should only be a medium-sized event.

It wasn't too big, nor too small.

【Ding! Officially entering the event!】

As the light screen slowly appeared before his eyes.

Bai Huaer also gently patted his chest.

Lin Sheng opened his arms. Seeing Bai Huaer take a step back and look up at him with her pure, snow-white cheeks, he said, "I'm going to Morning Dew Valley. If you want to find me, come to the lakeside of the Star-Moon Lake beside Morning Dew Valley, and I will appear then."

"Okay."

Seeing this.

Bai Huaer nodded, and flashed into Lin Sheng's palm-sized world.

Shaking his head.

Lin Sheng suppressed the romantic thoughts in his heart and focused all his attention on the scene displayed on the light screen before him.

......

Cloud City is the largest city in the central part of Immortal Continent Island.

The auction house here has the reputation of being the "First in the Immortal Continent". Every auction is packed with people, with Immortals filling the seats.

And at this moment.

Cloud City's 32nd auction was about to begin, and figures began to flash into the seats.

"Hahaha.... I didn't expect such an interesting thing to happen today. The young people nowadays are too interesting!"

"The items for this session are all good. I heard there's even an Ascension Pill being auctioned?"

"The Heavenly Dao would actually bless such a cultivation technique? Could it be that the Heavenly Dao is truly changing, just as the rumors say?"

"Hahaha! Old ghost friend, you've come too......"

"Did you see the profusion of recording stones in the black market just now? That former young master of the Li Family, Li Fei, is not only a zoophile, but he has also defected to the Demon Clan!"

"......"

Compared to the bustling front desk.

The backstage of the auction house was extremely quiet at this moment.

Inside a translucent square formation, the owner of the auction house, Wang Shijie, looked down at the white-haired young man tied to the ground before him and chuckled sinisterly, "I've already inquired. So, you are the Little Divine Doctor of Yaoxian Valley, Fang Yuan."

"No wonder you could refine an ancient wonder like the Ascension Pill."

Wang Shijie was skin and bones with sunken eyes, his graying hair sparse and messy. He was hunched over and wore a gray robe filled with an aura of death.

He didn't look like the owner of the auction house; instead, he resembled a living dead person on the verge of death.

He stretched out his hand.

His withered fingers extended from his sleeve and touched Fang Yuan's head.

"Little Divine Doctor, I'll ask you one last time, do you want to join our Overlord Sect?"

He wore a melancholic expression.

He said to Fang Yuan earnestly, "Although others say our Overlord Sect is an evil cult, in our view, it's just a difference in philosophy. This world is inherently one where the strong prey on the weak; those weaklings will eventually be eliminated by nature. Instead of letting them die without value, why not let them transform into nourishment to enhance our strength?"

"Our Overlord Sect won't kill innocent people indiscriminately; we just reclaim the useless trash of this world."

"For a talent like you, we will treat you very well......"

Wang Shijie wasted a lot of words.

Seeing that Fang Yuan kept his head down and was completely unmoved, he let out a light snort and furrowed his brow, "If you're unwilling, then don't blame me for being ruthless."

"It's just that your ability to refine the Ascension Pill is truly too important to our sect."

Hearing this.

Fang Yuan slowly raised his head.

He looked at Wang Shijie's neither-human-nor-ghost appearance, spat disdainfully, and then sneered fiercely, "Even if I die, even if I jump from this rooftop, I will not join your Overlord Sect!"

"Just give up on this idea!"

【Life Choice Triggered!】

【The Cult Leader of the evil cult 'Overlord Sect', Wang Shijie, has extended a sincere invitation to you. After careful consideration, you decide to——】

【A: Consider it in more detail.】

【B: Die rather than join.】

【C: Beg to join the evil cult.】

【D: It doesn't matter, joining or not is fine.】

C.

"Alright!"

A fierce light flashed in Wang Shijie's eyes, "Since you are unwilling to join, then......"

Plop!

Just then, Fang Yuan in front of him suddenly bent down and heavily kowtowed to him!

"Wait, I was wrong!"

"I am willing to join the Overlord Sect!"

Wang Shijie and the surrounding cult members were all stunned.

【Breakdown Value +40】

"You're willing to join?"

"It is the honor of my life to join your esteemed sect!"

Wang Shijie felt something strange in his heart and let out cold laughs, "Weren't you very tough just now? Refusing to join even if you die? What made your attitude suddenly do a complete 180-degree turn?"

【The other party is asking about the reason for your sudden change in attitude. You decide to answer——】

【A: Afraid of death, afraid of being brainwashed.】

【B: Suddenly enlightened, deeply understanding the correctness of the Overlord Sect's doctrines.】

【C: Just kidding to trick you.】

【D: If you beg me, I'll tell you.】

D!

"Beg me."

Fang Yuan inexplicably became tough again.

That face seemed to once again show the superiority of refusing to speak even unto death: "If you beg me, I'll tell you! If you don't beg me, don't ever expect to know!"

?

Doubt and confusion flashed across Wang Shijie's forehead.

He just felt that the other party might have been overly stimulated.

Turned silly?

Just a moment ago, he was saying he would die rather than join, but in the blink of an eye, he knelt down and begged to join.

Now, when asked for the reason, he's stubbornly demanding that he beg?

【Breakdown Value +50】

Wang Shijie was about to say something else.

But at this moment, a hand patted his shoulder.

He turned his head to look and saw it was Vice Leader Zhang Beixuan, the Deputy City Lord of Cloud City and the Deputy Cult Leader of the Overlord Sect.

He wore black clothes, had a handsome face, and a imposing physique. There wasn't a hint of cult aura about him; instead, he looked like a righteous person.

"Cult Leader, wait."

"Hmm?"

"Didn't you notice that Fang Yuan's current situation is a bit abnormal?"

"Hmm..."

Vice Leader Zhang Beixuan clasped his hands behind his back, staring at Fang Yuan with a thoughtful expression, "Recently, these young prodigies, one after another, have been displaying very bizarre behavior. The dual prodigies on the martial arts stage, and Li Changsheng this afternoon... it's become known to everyone. I've investigated and found that they weren't like this before."

"You mean..."

"I suspect they have been interfered with mentally by some kind of power, or by the same thing."

"I've heard such rumors too... So you want to solve the case?"

"Solving the case or not doesn't matter."

Vice Leader Zhang Beixuan stroked his chin, staring at Fang Yuan as if looking at a huge treasure, his eyes flashing with fanaticism, "The main thing is, Cult Leader, if we can obtain and even control this power that can interfere with the mind, then the entire world wouldn't it be easily taken into our grasp!"

Hearing this, Wang Shijie was also somewhat moved.

He looked at this core strategist of their sect beside him, who was like a "military advisor", and quickly asked, "How do you plan to do it?"

"Very simple."

"First! We need to find the common points among these prodigies! For example, what common characteristics do they have, what same things have they all come into contact with, or do they have a common enemy?"