The Sect Leader's Demonic Saviour [BL]

Chapter Seventeen: Bai

Seventeen year old Yi Lian had just come of age to enter the Spirits Festival. After two years with the Bai Sect cultivating in their caves and exploring the region, he had gained insight and reached earthly immortality. He had achieved all these things before reaching adulthood, yet not many knew of his name, even with this amazing fleat. To many he was still just the surprise of Yi Jian having another sibling he had never mentioned and after they would soon forget.

He had also grown extremely close to Bai Hua during the two years he'd stayed with him as they both achieved immortality around the same time through similar methods and had the same friends and status as him.

He truly loved the people of Gardens River Crossing. They were nice and caring. Yi Lian made many friends. Those of which he was traveling with.

Today Yi Lian had to enter the event as a member of the Yi Sect. He was originally going to miss the event entirely and go to the Bai Sect's regions city to pick up Bai Hua's birthday gift but sadly Yi Lian had been bombarded with letter after letter. His brother asking casually, not admitting his previous faults but asking Yi Lian to come and have fun this year, telling him to 'give it a go' and 'it wouldn't hurt to try'. This differed wildly from the letters he had received by his Uncle, Father, even Mother who spoke so little to him, were all now begging him to help them save face.

He cared about them. Of course he did, however he cared for them because how else would he look at them? He did love his Uncle and he cared somewhat for his brother. His time in solitude and around welcoming and loyal people had brung him much insight into the world and the people around him that his views on his own family had shifted.

His parents raised Yi Jian up on a pedestal above all others yet because Yi Lian was different, never properly understood things, he was kept out of conversation. His mother hardly spoke to him. His Father tried to actively avoid conversation with him. The only person that understood him was his Uncle and slightly Yi Jian. He would say Yi Xien but he was so similar to himself he knew he wasn't bothered with the difference between understanding motives or feelings but just what needed to be done. You could say they were off in their own little world most of the time.

Over the past two years he had many visits from his Uncle. He would bring things from the royal vault to read, trinkets and come and talk to him all day long from when he arrived up until he departed.

His friends would comment on his good character. He really loved these new friends. It turned out that Bai Sect disciples were actually some of the strongest in the region. They cultivated in peace then traveled long journeys for night hunts. Yi Lian thought it would be months before they'd invite him or even talk to him for that matter, yet after the first night they had asked him to travel with them for a week to go on a night hunt along the northern border.

This group was the same group that sat in the carriage today. Bai Cong, Bai Ho, Bai Xi-Wang and Bai Hua. The Sect leader, Bai Jin, called them 'The Five Wonders' because they would often leave with a small stash of money and wander off into the night.

Obviously they didn't actually just wander off.

They would plan which city they would go to next and make their way there by boat, foot and if they had enough money; carriage. They would use their swords to fly but Bai Ho's cultivation level was extremely low due to him both being brought into the Sect at an older age and just that he found cultivating hard in general.

They made money as they went. Stayed in inns and shared one room between them to cut costs but they didn't mind. They didn't mind at all because they'd be laughing into the night, sharing drinks, playing cards, gambling on miscellaneous objects like stones for pride.