Ed had been led by the slender assistant towards the first section. He had never been in this part of the great spill before, but then again, he had never been in much of the great spill since his arrival. He looked at the greatly spaced caves.

The first section must be the elite section. The astral energy Ed felt here, was as thick as back in his old cave. Then one could only imagine how thick it would be in these caves.

The assistant glanced back at Ed to see his reaction, but she was disappointed when he did not have any expression at all. She could tell he was only at spirit-picking. At this stage, a normal cultivator would be shocked by the purity of the energy in the area. But he was not. Even though she had heard that Ed killed so many people on the battlefield, she did not think him anything great. After all. Those killed were mostly at spirit-picking and he, himself was just a spirit-picking junior.

He looked to be no older than twenty-five. Still, a spirit-picking junior at this age, his future was limited. She knew that most in the top ten were all young and had not hit twenty yet. Yet they were at least on the spirit-merging stage. Still, they could be seen as the lowest of geniuses. She had travelled the world with the first elder and knew that such people in the top ten were very many in the world. Those classified as geniuses here are nothing but ordinary outside.

Compared to Ed walking behind her, there was nothing special about him. He could be classified to be the lowest in this world just after the mortals.

Ed did not know that this girl was analysing and already looking down on him. He just followed behind her quietly till they reached a dark building. Well, it used to be dark, as the red and almost white sands of the grounds have coloured it over the years. The great spill was also a desert plane, so this was normal.

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He was led into the innermost room. The astral energy here was pure and strong. It was as though the building was constructed upon the main astral vein itself.

Inside was a woman seated in lotus fashion. Maybe it was because of the manner used to speak about the elder, he had expected the first elder to be a man, but this did not at all shock him. There were women just as scary as men. This woman before him did not give out half the aura he perceived from Madam Ge, but she was strong. She was at the mid-spirit awareness stage.

He almost nodded at this. He had heard about the clans outside and knew that even the Ah clan ancestor was at the peak of spirit awareness. For the South side to control the great spill, they did not need someone more powerful than their city lord.

"You are Ed?" the woman's calm voice entered his ears. This voice could calm even the wildest of men. It did not help that she was stunning either, but this did not work on Ed. Calm? He had heard calm. Beauty? Nothing in the world is as beautiful as the sister in white. After one looks upon her, it is impossible to see anyone as truly beautiful. She was his quest. He had to return to her. All the women in this world could never compare.

Seeing Ed completely unfazed by her charm, she smiled. Very few men in the world would be unfazed by the presence of a beautiful woman.

"Come. Sit," she offered him a seat. Ed sat before her in silence. She too said not a word.

"Is there a reason you called me?" Ed asked after a while.

"Insolence!" the assistant bellowed at Ed. It is okay if this man was not fazed by the master's beauty, but to talk to her that casually? He was asking for death! Ed completely ignored her.

"That's okay, Ntia. You may leave," Hearing the first elder speak, she calmed herself before leaving after a bow.

"Ignore her, she is not used to people talking to me casually," the first elder said, but Ed did not answer.

"You want to know why I called you? Your actions are commendable,"

"Is that it?" Ed did not believe she called him here because his actions were commendable.

"Because of this, I am making an exception. I will accept you as my disciple," she said and he paused.