Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 149: Don’t Let Them Down

“Young master Fang, ah no, Imperial Duke Fang…” Fang Qingyao stuttered with a reddened face.

Elder Jinnan and the others were intrigued. They could tell that there were peculiarities between Fang Chen and Jade Fairy back then, and it seemed the same for this woman too.

“It should be my turn, right?” Daoist Crow asked the other cultivators.

“Let her choose,” Fang Chen said.

Daoist Crow was startled. He was displeased, but he dared not express it in view of Fang Chen’s background, so he sheepishly replied, “All right, we’ll let her choose.”

“Miss Fang, the elders gathered here are from major cultivator sects. Who do you wish to take as your master?” Fang Chen asked with a smile.

Fang Qingyao slowly calmed down. She looked at the cultivators with a conflicted expression, and a second later, she shook her head and said, “I don’t want to become a cultivator…”

You don’t want to become a cultivator?

Elder Jinnan and the others were taken aback. The Great Xia’s emperor and the officials of the imperial court took a long stare at Fang Qingyao.

Is this lady out of her mind? Such a rare opportunity was presented before her, but she wants to turn it down?

Among the crowd, Fang Qingyao’s maid and Li Maocai stared anxiously at Fang Qingyao. They looked as if they wanted to rush onto the stage and choose a sect on Fang Qingyao’s behalf.

“Why is that so?” Fang Chen asked.

“Who’ll look after the orphans in the Compassion Halls if I leave?” Fang Qingyao whispered.

Fang Qingyao’s maid fell silent.

She knew Fang Qingyao had always fancied Fang Chen, but she dared not to express it due to the huge gap in their standings. Fang Qingyao could have closed the gap between them if she became an immortal; Fang Chen wouldn’t have been far beyond her reach anymore…

Yet, she was giving up on this opportunity for the orphans in the Compassion Halls?

Fang Qingyao’s maid knew how difficult it was for her to make this decision.

Abbess Clearlotus whispered into Abbess Moonchaser’s ears, and the latter shot to her feet and looked at Fang Qingyao. “You

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