Chapter 96: Get on Your Knees First

Three days later, Daxton Mabbett arrived at the foot of Bladeveil Hollow. A crowd of young men and women had already gathered there. Daxton's timing was impeccable. Bladeveil Hollow happened to be recruiting new disciples that very day. At the mountain's base, a stone stairway a hundred zhang long climbed straight up toward the sect. Below it sat a broad plaza, and at its center stood a sword embedded in the ground: the Emberveil Blade. Daxton's gaze settled on it. He had heard a few rumors from...