1501 Big Tribulation

"Oh, Xu fellow, I don't understand what you mean. You say that you want to form a girl group in the Jade Lake. What is this and of what use is it?"

In the Jade Lake entrance hall, Bai Cailing, who was accompanied by several Elders, looked at Xu Que with a questioning expression.

After Xu Que had arrived in the Jade Lake, he'd gotten straight to the point and told them his idea of forming a girl group.

However, these cultivators had never heard the term girl group before, and they had no idea what it meant.

"Oh, my god, how can you not know what a girl group is? How can you be so ignorant." Buttface looked disdainful, glancing at the crowd and starting to show off. "Surely you must know what a boy group is?"

"Boy group?" Other than Xu Que, everyone in the audience was sitting with their mouths wide open, looking like dunces.

"You don't know what a boy group is either? What about idols?" Buttface asked again.

"Buttface, enough already, stop being obnoxious. We're only thinking of forming a girl group, why bring up boy groups? And idols? You're nuts!" Xu Que covered Buttface's mouth. This guy was showing off his superiority again, just because he had visited Earth once.

"Everyone, I only had this idea because it would benefit the Jade Lake greatly. At least it could bring you more Celestial Arts and lots of treasures." Xu Que looked at Bai Cailing and the others with a smile.

"Of course this could be a good thing, but I still don't understand. What is a girl group?" Bai Cailing frowned slightly, full of puzzlement.

If it was simply about having affairs with women, she felt that Xu Que's Exploding Heavens Faction had enough experience there. She couldn't understand any reason to come to the Jade Lake.

Xu Que explained, "The girl group idea...actually, the idea is to use a lot of young girls, ahem, that is, to let a bunch of girls form a group and then teach them singing and dancing, with their focus on improving their abilities and creating characters that are attractive to people and travel around the world performing. This will enhance their popularity, and they will become famous. In the future, there will be lots of people who will be willing to pay high prices to see them perform. This will make the Jade Lake well known throughout the world, but also..."

"Enough!" Suddenly, Bai Cailing stood up and interrupted Xu Que.

The Elders of Jade Lake who were with her all had extremely ugly expressions on their faces, and even all the other Jade Lake disciples glared at Xu Que, obviously disgusted by his shamelessness.

This situation suddenly made Xu Que feel a little embarrassed.

"Er, Miss Bai, did I say something wrong? Why are you looking at me this way?" Xu Que spread out his hands innocently.

"Xu fellow, please show some respect." A white-haired Elder stood up and said in a deep voice, "Isn't what you call a girl group just getting the Jade Lake female disciples to become like geisha singers?"

"Well, even if the Jade Lake goes into decline again and can't return to its glory days, it will never be reduced to us letting our members become geisha singers." Another Elder muttered icily.

After which, one of the most senior Elders also stood up and looked at Xu Que coldly. "Xu fellow, because of our relationship with your father, Elder Xu, we will just treat your remarks as if we haven't heard them, and we also request that you speak to the women of the Jade Lake with more respect in the future. Otherwise, even if the Jade Lake's strength doesn't measure up to the Exploding Heavens Faction's, I won't accept such humiliation."

After that, several Elders turned to leave, and all of the Jade Lake female disciples followed closely behind.

In the large entrance hall, only Xu Que and an expressionless Bai Cailing were left behind.

Xu Que was a little bit surprised and confused, but, after he recovered his senses, he helplessly patted his own head with a bitter smile.

This could only be considered a huge missed opportunity. Some of the perceptions that these cultivators had were so old-fashioned and simply couldn't be compared with the ideas of modern people on Earth.

In ancient times on Earth, singers and dancers had had an inferior status in society. They had no personal freedom and mostly relied on their talents to please men. Their status was similar to that of slaves.

In the World of Cultivators, this situation was almost the same and was far from the modern concepts of Earth.

No wonder the people in Jade Lake got so angry after listening to him.

"Miss Bai, you have misunderstood me on this matter. I didn't mean to humiliate the Jade Lake. In my hometown, famous singers are respected and sought after by millions of people." Xu Que shrugged his shoulders and smiled ruefully.

Bai Cailing frowned. "How is this possible? People who just dance and sing are admired and sought after by millions of people?"

"Uh, even though I agree it sounds ridiculous, I can't help but tell you that these indeed are the facts."

When he had lived on Earth, singing and dancing stars had indeed been admired by millions of people. He hadn't thought that there was anything strange about it. In fact, it had seemed like a very normal matter.

But now that he had reached such a position in the World of Cultivators, he also felt that this adoration of singers and dancers was indeed unreasonable. Since ancient times, wasn't it only the martial arts heroes who had been respected by millions of people?

Since when had the good people who'd sacrificed themselves to save others or those who had accomplished all kinds of good deeds been ignored by the world, and actually had been replaced by talk about, or really gossip about, singers and dancers and their love lives.

"In your hometown, is that really the case?" Bai Cailing was not convinced.

"I swear, it's true!" Buttface raised his hand and shouted.

"Regardless of whether it's true or not, it is now in the past. I ask that Xu fellow not mention it again. No matter how many treasures it may bring, I can't let my disciples appear in public to try to please others." Bai Cailing nodded her head and spoke solemnly to Xu Que.

"Okay, this was really an oversight on my part." Xu Que nodded helplessly. He had rushed over here with an ignorant confidence that he could form a girl group, but he'd not expected that his plan would come to such a premature end.

However, there was always a way out. Even if the people of the Jade Lake were unwilling to modernize their identities, there would always be someone who was willing to be a singer.

However, now that Bai Cailing and the other residents of the Jade Lake were making such a fuss about it, Xu Que's enthusiasm about forming girl groups instantly diminished significantly. Everyone's attitudes almost made him think that he was really a piece of trash.

"Reporting!"

At this moment, an anxious shout came from outside the chamber.

A female disciple hurriedly rushed over, looked at Bai Cailing, and shouted, "Reporting to the Holy Virgin, there is a secret order from the ancestors and our Saint."

"Secret order?" Bai Cailing paused for a moment, and her expression became deadly serious. "What are the contents of the secret order?"

"This..." The female disciple was a little hesitant and glanced at Xu Que and the others, hinting to remind Bai Cailing that there were outsiders present.

"There's no harm here. This is Elder Xu's, son Xu Que. You don't need to conceal anything from him." Bai Cailing was pretty trusting of Xu Que and was even more trusting of Jiang Hongyan and the others. Even if it was a secret order, she didn't intend to hide it from Xu Que and the others.

"Oh, no, no, no. Since it's a secret order, we'd better leave first," Xu Que said quickly.

He had figured out what Bai Cailing was thinking.

On the surface, it seemed that she was showing good intentions. In reality, she was worried that the secret order was detailing some troubling matters. She realized that once he'd heard that they were in trouble, he would be embarrassed if he didn't actively offer to help.

"Xu Que, you don't need to be so polite. Elder Xu was the great benefactor of the Jade Lake, and so the Jade Lake has an unconditional trust in you," Bai Cailing said, looking at the female disciple who had come to report.

Hearing this, the female disciple said, "The secret order of the ancestors and the Saint is asking you and all the Elders to lead all the disciples of the Heaven Celestial Stage and above and to rush to the Ziwei Celestial Realm to participate in a Selection Ceremony.

"A Selection Ceremony?" Bai Cailing was momentarily confused. She didn't seem to know what this Selection Ceremony entailed.

"In the secret order, it has mentioned that there is going to be a big tribulation in the Heaven Continent. All the forces in the Heaven Continent will participate in this Selection Ceremony in order to select a group of candidates. They will undergo training and grooming and be used to deal with the upcoming big tribulation." The Jade Lake female disciple answered loudly.

In the hall, everyone looked confused. They all had shocked expressions.

Xu Que took a deep breath, and his expression could not help but become serious. The Heaven Continent's Big Tribulation was coming so soon?

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