The Fallen Consort

With everything set on going with the Sect, Yi Ling became more free.

She no longer have to worry about supplying money nor giving concoctions for the Sect. She only had to focused on helping Xiang He with his fire element and guiding him in his Cultivation. Even then; he only shows up roughly about 2-3 times a week, since he is busy with his job as an Emperor. Although he doesn't frequently visit the Sect, doesn't mean that he neglected his Cultivation. He usually spend half of his day on this and half for governing his kingdom.

What Yi Ling focused on nowadays, was her combat abilities. She would usually have a friendly match with either Muxin or the 5 Senior Elders.

Aside from this, Qianru also spent her time guiding the guards and healing herself with the help of Linyu and Haoran at night. Since the two had done it before, it was less awkward now. But sometimes, it still causes Haoran to blush or making Linyu felt disgust.

The new arrivals also found out the reason for the masks. Only people who wore masks, are allowed to come in or out of the Sect. Once they came in, only the authorized person who owned that mask can freely enter and out of the sect. For this reason, all of the guards was given a uniformed masks. They all wear a white mask that has a beautiful Blue Rose Logo in their left cheek, while a Chinese number on the right. There is also a intricate golden designs around the area where their eyes could be seen.

The numbers corresponds to their ranks and identities. Thus they call each other by number and not by names. This would also allowed them to be easily recognized and remember. For this, Number 1 is the Commanding Officer of all the guards. Tefei and Qianru picked him as the commander since he showed resilience and good judgement. He was about 30 years old and was on 7th Rank of Nascent Stage. As soon as he was promoted, Yi Ling gave him a concoction that allowed him to breakthrough Emergent Stage. Not only him, but also the rest of the guards. This would give them motivation on their jobs, as well as commitment and loyalty.

The Elders were given masks as well, they had different designs that corresponds to theirs courts. Such as; The Medical Court has Phoenix Herb on their Mask, The Jade Court has a Jade Colored Mask, The Inner Court has an Ice Lotus Flower design and The Outer Sect has an Fire Dragon Herb design. There is also 5 Elders who oversee the whole Sect. They are the ones who ran the Golden Hall. For this, they had a Golden Mask with a blue rose design.

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The heirarchy goes like this. From the highest to lowest.

The Sect Master : Yi Jin

The Senior Elders : Minzhe, Tefei, Linyu, Haoran, Qianru

The Court Elders

Sect Master's Direct Disciples and #1 Guard Commanding Officer

Doctors and Alchemists

^ --- (They have higher ranks because they are considered the backbones of the Sect)

Jade Court Disciples

All Elder's Direct Disciples

^ --- (If some elders wanted to accept some of their own disciples)

Medical Court Disciples

Inner Court Disciples

Guards

Cooks

Servants

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Aside from that, no one else was given any more masks. As masks acts like keys to the Sect's Barrier Formation. But that doesn't mean that they don't have any other extra masks made. For example, if a servant was tasked to go out; he/she would personally go to the Golden Hall to request permission. Only then would they be given a mask to go out after writing down his information, such as the reason for going out. Only that person who was allowed to go out would the only one who could wear the mask. The same way with how the disciples masks, the guards masks and the elders masks works. It would also read their inner thoughts, to see if they were thinking bad things towards the Sect or not. Their masks would turn all black, when it happens. Whenever this occurs, they would then be given a trial in the Golden Hall. If proven guilty, they would be punish depending on the severity of their actions and then be kicked out of the Sect. Some could also lead to execution.

Not only for the servants, but also for everyone who don't have a mask; like the doctors, blacksmiths, alchemists, cooks and teachers. The reason for this is to minimize the risk of the Sect.

But with how the salary and good environment that was given and provided, nobody complained. If one wishes to go out, they were free to do so. They just needed to ask permission in the Golden Hall.

Given how much Yi Ling invested when she just founded the Sect, she now didn't have to take out her personal savings anymore. Aside from earning money from the concoctions sold to Auctions, The Sect was also able get establish a small Mercernary shop in the Imperial Capital. There, any regular person can enter and request a task to be done by the Sect Disciples. This was Tefei's idea, since he handles the Task Board in the Training Ground. As the disciples earns contribution points for themselves, The Sect earns real money from the person who requested the mission.

Nowadays, Yi Ling didn't have to worry about the Sect. She only have to worry about her self and her son's needs. Though Minzhe didn't really needed anything, Yi Ling started to dote on him. Yi Ling would occasionally find trinkets or expensive clothes for her son. More or less, it would be for the young version of him.

With this slow pace, a month has passed. By then, the Sect was more or less settled down. 5 more months and they would be accepting more disciples for the Sect. With more people inside this time to help, it was more convenient for the Sect.