Under the bright moon, the white snow was glowing, illuminating the Snow Sect even in the night.
Ricky and Agnes looked at each other under the moonlight. He was a handsome young man and she was a beautiful woman. They looked like a lovely couple, but Ricky's eyes had a mischievous gleam to them.
"Agnes, you've come to look for me so late. Are you feeling empty?" Ricky smiled suggestively.
"Shut up!" Agnes didn't have the patience for Ricky when he was like this.
"Ha-ha, alright I'm sorry. What can I do for you at this hour?" Ricky asked, dropping the joking tone.
"I want to ask you to do me a favor!" Agnes said quietly.
"A favor? Is it for something dangerous?" Ricky asked anxiously.
"Nothing dangerous."
"I can do it, if that's the case." Ricky replied after some consideration. "But, you still have to tell me what's in it for me... even if you are really pretty." Agnes scowled at this.
"Money, and cultivation resources!" she replied, half regretting that she had come to him.
"What about a beautiful woman?" Ricky grinned.
"I will find someone who suits your request if you insist," Agnes said seriously. "However, to make things clear again, I will never give myself to you."
"That would be no fun," Ricky curled his lip and said.
"Well, I am going to find someone else!"
"Forget it, Agnes. I was only jesting. What is it that you want to talk about?" Ricky said, noticing that Agnes wanted to leave.
Agnes turned around, saying, "I want you to visit Billow City with me..."
And then she explained.
Billow City, a large city west of Snow Land, was controlled by the people of Shui Clan and was one of strongest forces under the Snow Sect. Three demi-immortals and numerous strong warriors were in the Clan.
The strange thing was that most of the population of the Shui Clan were women, and even their three demi-immortals and strong warriors were almost all women too.
Three demi-immortals represented three factions respectively among the Shui Clan. They were not harmonious, constantly fighting over control of Sui Clan and even the Billow City.
But they could not fight outright, because they all belonged to Shui Clan. It would be self-destructive and they would only end up in the hands of people from other clans.
Therefore, the three major factions arranged for their juniors to compete. The faction whose junior won the competition would control Billow City for the next year.
In twenty days, this traditional competition for the juniors of three factions in Billow City would be taking place.
According to the rules of the Shui Clan, every junior who participated in the competition must invite a young male disciple who was non-native to the city, and was younger than sixteen to compete.
Ricky could understand these two rules that served as the guidelines. But he was baffled at why they had to be male warriors.
Agnes explained that there were too many female in Shui Clan, so they had to invite younger male warriors.
Ricky accepted this reluctantly, at present unable to visualize the culture of Agnes' hometown.
"Well, when do we leave?" Ricky asked, indicating that he agreed to her request.
Ricky was planning on cultivating outside the Snow Sect and had been worried about where to do so. Billow City was just right. Besides, Ricky knew that Billow City was far away from the Snow Sect, and that the Casting Faction and Refinement Faction would have no power there.
"In three days' time," Agnes said.
"Okay. But you know that we must leave secretly. You know why!" Ricky answered.
"All right, see you at the perimeter of the Snow Sect by midnight! Three days, Ricky!" Agnes said, leaving.
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