Divine Harem: My Sect of Heavenly Beauties

After she confirmed everything was good in the Sect, and giving Ying Yue some instructions, Lan Ming picked up a dark sword and teleported to the base which was still intact.

Appearing in the destroyed settlement, Lan Ming let her spirit sense spread as she tried to find the one she came looking for. And it didn't even take her a few seconds before she found him.

After all, Li Hai had spread his Spirit Sense around the settlement for any clues. The moment Lan Ming spread her Spirit Sense, they collided and alerted each other to their location.

Lan Ming stepped forward and disappeared from her position as she traveled hundreds of metres in a blink of an eyes and stopped on top of a broken house's wall.

On the opposite side to her, a middle-aged man was sitting on a wooden pole, caressing his beard. He looked at the newcomer and raised an eyebrow, "You are that Brat's superior?"

Lan Ming had adorned her devil mask along with her trench coat, as she knew the Elder might recognise her. The destruction of Wind Flower Sect had alerted even the Major Sects so they were bound to have information about every member of Wind Flower Sect.

'Fortunately, Zhi Yan and others were too insignificant so nobody noticed them,' Lan Ming thought as she put her hand on her sword's hilt.

"You can say I am," she spoke. "Scaring a young girl so much, what kind of Elder are you?"

"Haha! You're an amusing fella," Li Hai laughed. "I've been really curious about you and your little group. Tell me, you're the one who destroyed the Assassin Organisation, right?"

"Destroying would be a bad word, but you are right," Lan Ming narrowed her eyes, as she studied the environment and her opponent as well.

Fortunately, Li Hai was in a mood to talk so he didn't initiate the battle and continued to ask questions, "But why are you guys against them? If you are people from other side, them shouldn't you be targeting us?"

"We are not from that side," Lan Ming said. "As for why we destroyed the Slave Organisation? It should be clear. We aren't like you and we find disgust in what you all practice."

"Ah! Girl, you speak so weirdly," Li Hai spat on the ground and said. "Don't be so hypocrites. The world of cultivation is a world of oppression, cruelty and using others to grow stronger is all common. I don't believe you didn't slaughter anyone till now."

"You might be right. Master says he's very hypocrite for what he does," Lan Ming kept her voice low and composed as she answered. "But he will still judge the world by his moral compass."

"And that's what we do," Li Hai laughed. "We judge the world by our own judgement and according to that, weak have no rights. Their existence is solely to please the powerful."

Lan Ming tilted her head and said, "Please don't compare my master's ambition to your pathetic idles. He might be a hypocrite and does what he thinks is right, but he never harms any innocent."

"Which is once again decided by him," Li Hai shrugged. "Strong makes the rules. It's that simple."

"I can agree on that," Lan Ming sighed. "The only reason our beliefs matter is because we are strong. Otherwise, who cares who is right or who is wrong."

"I'm glad we can understand each other in some points," Li Hai chuckled. "So, tell me, what is this group of yours and what do you guys actually want?"

Perhaps it was because she found some understanding in Li Hai that Lan Ming was reluctant to kill him, so she decided to extend her conversation to understand him more.

Perhaps, he could help them.

"We are Shadow Garden and our goal is simple. My master don't like the current rules the world follow so he intends to take over the world and change the rules. To achieve this, he would need to eliminate the current rule makes so we are also ready for that." Lan Ming said.

"You guys are more interesting than previous ones," Li Hai nodded. "All those who came before you were just some people who wanted to take what is ours. In a way, you guys are same but atleast you have a decent goal."

He stood up and said, "You have my thanks, by the way. I never really liked Slave organisation, all because that bitch Liu Rutin was so arrogant. Oh yeah, did you guys kill her too?"

"As we speak, the headquarters of Slave organisation has already been demolished," Lan Ming nodded. "This is the last base of Slave organisation that has not been demolished and I came here to do that."

"Haha! Girl, you clearly came to kill me," Li Hai laughed. "Your killing intent can't be hidden from someone like me. I haven't lived so many years for nothing."

"Then, I hope you surrender," Lan Ming said.

"Not a fat chance," Li Hai shrugged. "I came here because of an order and I need to report it back. Oh yeah, how about you surender? My Sect will gladly take a prodigy like you."

As he spoke, Li Hai thought, 'She will be troublesome to deal with. Sword prodigy with Nascent Soul Realm Cultivation base at such a young age. What a monster.'

Even though he appeared carefree, he was sweating a lot as he thought about the information he had gotten till now. He had seen the destruction caused by Zhi Yan and confirmed one thing.

The Shadow Garden killed the Slave Organisation before actually destroying it. So, it was not that they used the strange artefact to destroy the Slave organisation.

No, they had more than enough manpower to actually take down Slave Organisation in a matter of hours. Not to mention, they had done the same with Assassin Organisation.

'This is bad! Even though these organisations don't compare to us, they were still something. This Shadow Garden would be really troublesome to deal with.'

"I refuse," Lan Ming took out her dark sword, and said. "Guess we have only one choice left then."

"Indeed!" Li Hai began hovering in the air and grinned. "I hope you don't disappoint me, little girl."

"We'll have to see who disappoints who," Lan Ming clenched the sword's hilt tightly and also began to hover above the air.

As the sword coating turned white, the world also exploded in a fit of destruction and chaos.

The two Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators didn't use any of their techniques, solely relying on their sword mastery to overpower each other.

Their figures turned blur as they exchanged hundreds of blows in a matter of moments. Swords clashed against each other, sending sparks flying around.

Several waves of our outbursts from their clash decimated the surroundings houses. The Settlement was now filled with a clanging sound, as the metal scrapped against each other.

After a while, the two separated and stood on their initial position, looking at each other in admiration. Surprisingly, there wasn't a single scratch on them and if it wasn't for the destroyed houses, no one would believe they had fought.

"You've really impressed me, Little girl," Li Hai said, looking at his longsword which has a few cracks. "In the last ten years, you're the only one who managed to damage my sword and even remained unscathed after confronting with me."

"Don't flatter me so much," Lan Ming said, looking at her dark sword which was as sharp and smooth as before. "My sword is a gift from my master so of course your sword can't compare to it."

"I see, now I want to see your master even more," Li Hai said in a serious tone. 'He made those strange artefacts, and now even such a sword. Even in outside world, he should be well-known based on his skills. I will need to talk with old man.'

"Honestly, why don't you join us?" Li Hai still tried to persuade Lan Ming. "I promise we will send you to the Holy Lands so you can have a better environment for your talent."

"Once again, I will have to refuse your offer," Lan Ming said, as her hair danced in the winds. "And I hope you get serious this time because I won't be holding back anymore!"

"That is what I was going to say," Li Hai smiled. "It's a shame I need to kill such a prodigy but sometimes we gotta do what what we don't want."

His aura changed, as his voice also took a serious tone. "I hope you give me some fun, Little girl!"