Becoming the Only Male in an All-Female Sect

Azure Cloud City.

It was here that there were 2 sects currently engaged in an all out war. The Iron Palm Sect, which consisted of mainly males, was attempting to subjugate the Hundred Flowers Sect, which consisted of all females.

Like their name suggests, the Iron Palm Sect favoured close combat with their bare hands that had been tempered to be as hard as steel. They are able to easy catch the sharp edge of swords and other weaponry easily, as opposed to typical cultivators that would struggle against opponents with weapons.

On the other side, the Hundred Flowers Sect had much more variance. Some wielded swords and spears, while others even had mastery over the dual sash. All of the women were young and beautiful, which is why the Iron Palm Sect were very aggressive and wanted to capture these pretty flowers.

Of course, some of them were sick animals who didn't care if the woman was dead or alive to satisfy their carnal pleasures.

In the middle of the battle was a woman seemingly more beautiful than the others. Her luscious hair was held back neatly with a butterfly pin, and her movements were graceful and elegant in her martial arts.

However, her delicate, jade-like face was slightly creased in worry. This was the leader of the Hundred Flowers Sect, Xia Qingwu, a young woman who had just turned 19 as well as inherited the position of sect leader.

Dressed in pale green robes, she looked like a celestial fairy that descended from the heavens. Xia Qingwu bit onto her red, luscious lips, struggling in the fight against her opponent.

The previous sect leader, her adoptive grandmother Su Yating, had recently passed away. Without her, the Hundred Flowers Sect had lost their only War Grandmaster and were very vulnerable.

"Hehe. Tell your little girls to surrender already, Sect Leader Xia." Her opponent, an elder from the Iron Palm Sect named Tie Gang, sneered victoriously.

Both of them were at the Dou General of cultivation level, but the Iron Palm Sect vastly outnumbered them. Xia Qingwu's fair eyebrows sharpened in anger as she launched repeated strikes towards Tie Gang to push him back.

"We promise not to treat you all poorly." The man grinned evilly, licking his lips. "Our members have many single men looking for wives. Why don't you surrender already and come under our Iron Palm Sect?"

"We would rather die than become your playthings." Xia Qingwu's voice were like cold windchimes in her stony reply. "Girls, to me!"

Forced to mature early and bear the heavy responsibility of being sect leader, Xia Qingwu's tender body trembled under all of the pressure and stress. Once her grandmother passed away, other sects would be looking to forcefully oppress them.

Xia Qingwu knew the the Hundred Flowers Sect was losing the battle, and all of them were being pushed back and encircled. However, there was nothing she could do about it.

Tie Gang smiled confidentally and waved the other members of the Iron Palm Sect forward. Compared to the Iron Palm Sect, the Hundred Flowers Sect was much smaller and consisted of only weak little girls.

After that old monster Su Yating died, there were no one above Dou General in their sect anymore. Tie Gang was grateful that their sect leader approved of his plan to subjugate and conquer these females before he went into seclusion.

[Dance of Spring]

Charging again, Xia Qingwu's sash continued to lash out with her graceful movements, just like a dance. Tie Gang smiled serenely as he easily blocked the multitude of strikes with his hardened palms, unaffected by the heavy blows thrown towards him.

"Are you finished, Sect Leader Xia?" Tie Gang snickered, prepared to use one of his own Qi techniques.

[Iron Palm Strike]

Earth Qi gathered in his hands, and he launched out a palm strike that collided with the sash. The exchange knocked Xia Qingwu off-balance and made her stagger back in pain.

"Sect leader!" The girls cried, a few catching her and supporting her with snow-white delicate hands. Unable to stand the cultivation difference, Xia Qingwu spat out a mouthful of blood from the force of her opponent's attack.

"Elder Gang is mighty!" The Iron Palm members cheered.

"Ahaha. No need to praise me, boys." The man's heart was ecstatic with the praise, but chose to wave and be humble with his words.

Tie Gang's cultivation was 6 layers higher than Xia Qingwu, being in his early 30s. The elder was confident in his plan to dominate the Hundred Flowers Sect, and no one will be able to save them today.

"I'm alright." Xia Qingwu gasped, forcing herself to stand outright.

"Sect leader..." The girls were weeping in sorrow. All of them were dirty and battered, some also injured worse than herself.

It was a miracle that they had no casualities yet, but it was mainly because Tie Gang wished to capture them alive. Xia Qingwu grit her pearl-like teeth and made a hard decision.

"If I surrender, will you let my sisters go?" The young woman bravely stood in front of her members, teetering slightly.

Tie Gang's eyes became crescents. His words were cruel and contained a trace of sadism. "Of course not, Sect Leader Xia. We want all of you to become guests of the Iron Palm Sect and be under us."

The elder snickered. "In both ways obviously."

"You all..." Xia Qingwu took out a dagger and pointed it at her slender, fair neck. "Then we would rather die than be humiliated!"

"Do you really have a choice?" Snapping his fingers, Tie Gang brought forward some Hundred Flowers Sect members that were already captured during the battle.

"Don't... Don't worry about us sect leader." The tied up girls struggled, but it was futile. One by one, the men began tearing at the clothes of the poor women, making the remaining members and Xia Qingwu cry out in indignation and anger.

"Such pretty little butterflies." Tie Gang chuckled. "Have fun, boys."

"No!" Xia Qingwu screamed.

"I'm sorry grandmother... I was unable to protect the sect..."

Having the elder's approval, the men were about to enjoy themselves when something suddenly crashed into Tie Gang from the back, instantly breaking his spine.

"Crack!"

"A-Ack." Tie Gang could gasped out in shock, trying to turn around and understand what happened. However, only pieces of bone and innards came out from his mouth.

"Boom!"

The object then proceeded to crash forward and land into the ground, sending a large number of Iron Palm Sect members flying. A massive explosion of dust and debris erupted, obscuring the vision of everyone.

"E-Elder Gang!" The Iron Palm members were shell-shocked as to what even just happened. When the vision finally cleared, they saw Tie Gang's mangled corpse and were beyond terrified.

Was there a hidden master protecting the Hundred Flowers Sect?

Not willing to stay any longer without their leader, some of the members dropped their weapons and ran for their lives. The crowd mentality soon took over, causing all of the Iron Palm Sect to escape, trampling over some of their own in the process.

"Feifei, Mengmeng!" Xia Qingwu picked herself up and rushed to her captured sisters, ignoring her injuries.

She untied the half-naked girls with a painful heart, and breathed a sigh of relief when all of them were okay. The beautiful girls then all hugged each other, crying in both fear and relief.

"Sister... What happened?" The girl, Han Mengmeng asked with teary eyes.

Even with her cultivation, Xia Qingwu couldn't see what happened to cause Tie Gang's sudden death. Regardless, the young woman was only grateful that her sisters were safe and alive.

"S-Sect leader!" Another member of the Hundred Flowers Sect pointed to the crater's epicentre, where a small figure laid and was slowly picking himself up.

...

"Ow ow ow..." The writer rubbed at his head painfully.

Jiu Qing's world still spun around him when he finally landed. The people he crashed into cushioned the impact, and he hoped they weren't exactly good people or it'd have an impact on his conscience.

Opening his eyes, Jiu Qing was stunned at the massive crater he was standing in. By all means, he shouldn't be alive at all, and yet he was still breathing.

Using his hands, he began to feel for injuries when he noticed something wrong.

Was his body always this small? Also, why does his voice sound so strange?

Crawling out of the crater, Jiu Qing continued to check his body when a sharp point suddenly prodded his back. He finally noticed his surroundings, looking up and noticing many beautiful girls surrounding him with weapons drawn.

"Uh..." Jiu Qing slowly raised his hands in surrender, blinking blankly.

"Sect leader, what should we do with him?" One of the girls asked.

Xia Qingwu slowly stepped forward, observing the curious sight in front of her. A little boy stared back up at her with eyes that were as clear as water, hiding deep intelligence.

He was wearing a black and white robe, with snow-white hair. The boy had beautiful features that didn't lack even compared to her, with smooth, porcelain skin and big, pretty eyes that made him quite adorable to Xia Qingwu.

Unbeknowingst to Jiu Qing, the other girls saw him as a stoic but very cute young boy. He exuded a regal and aloof aura, as if it was the bearing of an emperor looking down on the world.

"Put your weapons down." Xia Qingwu didn't know why, but she wasn't scared of this little boy in front of her. He seemed to be only at 6 or 7 years of age.

"Did you do this?" She pointed towards the body of Tie Gang.

Jiu Qing didn't know what to say. He wanted to say no, but his instincts told himself to tell the truth instead.

Seeing a silent nod, it confirmed Xia Qingwu's suspicions. She tried to see through the small boy's cultivation level, but was surprised to detect no aura fluctuations.

He was incredibly mysterious and strange, but Xia Qingwu felt the boy meant no harm to them. Pondering for a moment, the young woman came to a decision.

"Would you like to come with us?" Xia Qingwu asked, laying a small but fair hand on top of his head.

"Ehh? Sect leader, isn't he a male?" Some of the other girls started to protest, but then stopped when they got a closer look at the boy.

Something about him just made them stir on the inside. Whether it be motherly instincts or just finding the small boy very adorable, an unknown feeling overcame them and the protests immediately stopped.

Seeing how he had nowhere to go in this world, Jiu Qing also felt that he should follow these beautiful sisters. Maintaining eye contact with Xia Qingwu, the writer gave a small nod in his shota form, replying in a quiet voice.

"En."