And so, the young man who had captured the attention of the entire Merak Sect became one of its members amidst a storm of controversy.
"Those people are really going too far. The things they're saying are so nasty!" said one of Li Wenxi's disciples, the young woman who had stood guard outside Li Wenxi's courtyard that day, speaking up for Xu Luo.
"They don't know Xu Luo and look down on his secular origins. But I believe Xu Luo will use his actions to make them all shut up!" the girl who had greeted Xu Luo at the sect gate said with a determined expression.
"Whoa, no way. You have that much faith in Xu Luo? Don't tell me you've fallen for him?" a group of girls teased.
The first girl's face flushed red, and she didn't dare to respond.
