While Dana was walking towards her two subordinates, she instantly noticed the strange atmosphere around the Sect, and this was especially apparent as she passed the disciples which immediately became respectful upon seeing her.

Dana found this incredibly weird, as she believed that not many should have figured out her true identity yet as a result of the change within her appearance, and the fact that no one has ever come out of the Secret Realm early within the history of the Secret Realm itself, thus making it highly unlikely anyone would associate herself with the 'Dana' who is Yueqin Wen's disciple.

Moreover, even if some guessed her identity, she still doesn't think that would garner such a reaction from the disciples, as before she remembered clearly that although they have shown a trace of respect to her because of her Master, this was only directed towards her Master not to mention it couldn't even be compared to the amount of reverence she is receiving at the moment from these disciples.

In addition, what dumbfounded Dana, even more, was that this wasn't just from the common students, but even the nobles who were the proudest and the haughtiest bunch of individuals within the School, and even if her Master were present they wouldn't necessarily show such a look of respect towards her.

But, being an observant person, Dana soon found that wasn't the only thing within their eyes.

Did she see a trace of fear?

However, thinking that is impossible, as for why would they be afraid of her? She hasn't even demonstrated her strength within this form, nor done anything that would result in such a reaction from them.

On further thought, Dana's mind wandered towards the troublesome duo of Maia and Lavendia, and then a sense of foreboding appeared within her mind.

They didn't do anything drastic in my absence, right?

She kept trying to reassure herself, but the further she walked within the Sect, the weirder the sights she saw, as she suddenly saw there were disciples wearing two different sets of uniforms, and from further listening, she found they belonged to two separate factions which currently have a fierce rivalry.

A sense of crisis emerged in her mind, as she found that these two factions were led by two beautiful girls who arrived within the Sect three months ago, and from the further discussions led to them bragging about their strength and saying they are clearly within the strongest faction.

However, this just led to a fiery argument between other factions who believed they were following the strongest individual within the Sect, but Dana found that this wasn't even the most popular discussed subject between the Factions, and it all seemed to revolve around another thing entirely.

With the subjects being comparing the appearance of the girls themselves, as it seemed that most of these faction members seemed to be from the male population, and with each of them idolising the girls they seem to be debating whose looks are superior.

But, there are still many female supporters within the two factions, with them crazily supporting the girls as a result of their strength and looks.

Overall, this reminded Dana of an 'Idol' group back in Earth, but it instead focused both on their cultivation and appearance.

As the clamouring of conversations continued among the disciples, with both separate factions having a distance between them while ignoring the other faction, but there is still some aggressive behaviour now and then, but this ends quickly, probably because they were told not to 'Fight' within the Sect grounds and to only do so within the Arena.

Yet, these heated discussions instantly stopped after witnessing Dana's appearance, inspecting her themselves many became shocked, as due to Dana rushing around the Sect within a day and then disappearing for the past three months, many which were on Sect missions or were not 'fortunate' enough to cross them didn't see Dana's appearance themselves.

Originally, they thought it was merely an over exaggeration of the others saying Dana beauty is even superior to their faction leaders, and many scoffed at this thought not believing that the figures which they have raised so high in their heart can be replaced.

But, even they have to admit that Dana's beauty easily surpassed their faction leaders by far, and the none could disagree with that as there is still a debate on which of the Faction leaders beauty is superior to the others, but adding Dana into the equation you couldn't even discuss it all and she would easily be ranked above them with no argument from anyone.

As the disciples lost themselves for a moment within Dana's beauty, they suddenly remembered one of the most important rules of each faction, and that was to always show respect to Dana, with it even being above the level of their faction leaders!

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Deep down they fully didn't accept this, as they believed that this is undeserved, as because they didn't witness Dana's strength for themselves they thought that two geniuses such as the Faction leaders with such cultivation at a young age to be below Dana, someone whose cultivation they thought is superior, and her only superior feature is her appearance made them still have a slight unwillingness to put her before Lavendia and Maia.

However, thinking back to the words Lavendia and Maia told them, made them instinctively shiver as they felt there was no chance of them even considering the possibility is offending their Faction leaders, as they witnessed for themselves the beating which the nobles have gotten for not putting them within their eyes.

And, this is especially with the subject of Dana as they felt that whoever dares to slight Dana in any way in front of those to definitely would end up dead!

Thus, similar to the disciples which greeted Dana earlier, the large crowd of faction members each shown a stance of respect towards Dana as she passed them while on her way to the location of Lavendia and Maia.

Dana who is baffled at the extreme change within the Sect, thoughts wandered more and more to how both Lavendia and Maia could gather such a large influence here within such a short time?

Because seeing that the majority of the disciples within the Sect worship them as if they were Gods, meant that they were basically the biggest influence in the Sect, therefore they had taken over the Sect fully within three months, without even the slightest struggle of the disciple's whats so ever!

Why, is this so absurd?

As normally, anyone with astonishing strength can take over a place and force individuals to be their subordinates, but deep down they still didn't truly follow that individual wholeheartedly and wouldn't follow that individual with deep loyalty, the type which you wouldn't question them at all and would follow whatever that individual said, even if it could be a life and death encounter.

Whereas what Dana is witnessing at the moment is pure fanaticism, and these disciples look as if they would tear someone to pieces if they would dare talk about Lavendia and Maia negatively in any way, so this is what caused Dana to so amazed, and to possess disbelief that the duo actually accomplished this within a mere three months.

But, at the same time she believed it might not be a bad thing for the Elemental Sect, as before the disciples weren't that loyal, and only came to the Elemental Sect for resources, with many who would jump at the opportunity to betray the Sect for some benefits.

An example of this is the many disciples who got poached by other Sects over the years because of the Heavenly Noble Sect suppression over the Sect, making it many times weaker due to any disciple with decent potential leaving due to a few benefits.

Now, due to Maia and Lavendia, although it wasn't complete loyalty, it is still many times better than the situation before, with the Elemental Sect extremely worried about the decrease of disciples each year.

Furthermore, at the moment the only thing keeping the Elemental Sect afloat is the good teachers, as even though the Elemental Sect declined over the years, the teachers here were still incredibly loyal towards the Sect Head, as despite each easily being able to join into one of the strongest Tier 3 Sect within the Xinghai Continent, which will provide much more resources towards them, they remained in the Elemental Sect despite the disadvantages.

So, in a way, Dana believed that this perhaps might be a good thing for the Elemental Sect, but she removed this thought as soon she arrived within the Battlegrounds of the Sect, which is the only place has yet to attend within the Sect.

Now, knowing where both Lavendia and Maia is, Dana headed towards the loud sound of battle, as from the sound it, it is definitely a clash between two top tier experts which are extremely well matched.

A smile graced Dana faced, as she now knowingly knew what the duo is up to.

Increasing her pace, Dana headed towards the largest arena in the battlegrounds, which is made up of some of the hardest, and expensive materials within the Xinghai Continent.

Currently, two astonishingly beautiful women were fighting within the arena fiercely as their clashes caused resounding waves within the large arena, accompanied with it was the cheers of the strongest disciples of the two factions, which cheered on each of the girls while at the same time trash talking the other faction disciples about whos Faction Leader is the strongest!

Whenever one would gain the advantage, the other faction group would become louder and more boisterous, whereas the opposing group would become much quieter, as they became nervous at the thought of their faction head losing.

But, neither of the two women came victorious in these battles, as each time it would lead to a stalemate with them saying they would beat the other the next time within the Arena when they became stronger!

However, each time even though both girls strength increased at an enormous pace, it still ended within a draw, none coming out the victor.

"Give up sex fiend! You will surely lose this time, and I will prove to you that Griffins are superior in battle once and for all, compared to Dryads who spend more time battling in bed than actual combat!" Maia taunted.

"Hmm? You think I would dare lose to you! You clearly promised if I bested you, then we could engage in some sexual activities once again! So this Dryad would definitely not lose this opportunity!" Lavendia said.

Of course, their ongoing discussion is being concealed out of the ears of the various disciples, as even those two were not foolish enough to reveal that they are Spirit Beasts to the other disciples present.

As the two continued their battle, they were suddenly disturbed by a melodious voice, which instantly caused the loud surroundings to become astonishingly quiet.

Quickly, the source of the mesmerising voice is revealed, as a beautiful woman appeared, one which even surpassed the astonishing beauty of Lavendia and Maia.

Seeing the reaction of her subordinates, an enchanting smile appeared on Dana's lips as she said, "Well, what have you two been up to since I entered close-door cultivation?"