Second Time

Chapter 47 - Caretaker

"Zhu Jiao, I want to host a tournament," Shao Yue said, inside Zhu Jiao's pavilion. "Is that possible?"

"Certainly, though whether anyone will participate is up to them and will be based on the prize."

Shao Yue nodded. "It will be held six months from now and will be in a two versus two format. The teams must consist of two female cultivators in Spiritual Manifestation or above. Swords are the only allowed weapon. One member must cultivate either yang, fire, or wood. The other member must cultivate either yin, water, or metal."

Zhu Jiao wrote down everything as Shao Yue said it, her handwriting smooth and beautiful.

"Arrays will be set up to restrict the combatant's power to Spiritual Manifestation First Stage. The team that displays the greatest cohesion will be accepted as direct disciples of me. In addition to the sect's usual benefits for direct disciples, they will receive thirty cultivation pills each month of grade five mid-rank or better and a grade seven cultivation technique each."

Shao Yue continued, "As for the prizes, the top three teams will receive a grade six technique for each member, their choice of cultivation or martial. You can distribute a month's worth of budget among the rankings in whatever way you think will be most appealing, I'll trust your judgement."

"Very well." Zhu Jiao showed Shao Yue the parchment she had used to transcribe everything. "Read this over and make sure it's accurate."

Shao Yue did so. "Yup, this is all correct."

"Then, I'll formalize it, then you can review it once more before I send it out to the other peaks."

"Sounds good. I'm going out today, so I'll return to review it tonight."

"I'll have it ready by then."

"I believe you."

Shao Yue said her farewells and left the pavilion, bringing out a flying sword and stepping onto it. She checked the list of disciples with trash bodies, removed the males, then sorted it by peak before flying off.

There weren't many to check. Since Shao Yue didn't have to lower her speed to match Zhu Jiao, she quickly flew from peak to peak. Though, even with her increased speed, the sheer distance she had to travel still made it take quite a while.

A few hours later, she'd checked two thirds of the women and hadn't found any Time Bodies. She hadn't expected to quickly find one, so she wasn't deterred.

As she was about to leave for the next peak, a woman called out, "Hey! You're the new elder, right?!"

Shao Yue stepped down from her sword and turned to face the source of the noise. A slightly pudgy woman ran towards her. She had brown hair pulled into a bun and wore the same green robes as the rest of the disciples in the branch that resided on the peak.

Shao Yue had yet to decide on a uniform for her branch, so she simply wore a sleeveless red top and white pants.

"Do you need me for something?" Shao Yue asked.

It was strange that anyone would recognize her, considering she'd only officially been an elder for about a week.

The woman stopped a few steps in front of Shao Yue and balled her fists to contain her excitement. "Elder Shao, is it true that you have a grade nine monster beast?!"

"It is," Shao Yue confirmed.

"Wah! Can I see it?!"

The woman looked to be nearly thirty, but her mannerisms were closer to a preteen.