Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 3333

Andrew smiled. "You're right. Harmony Sect is just a group of weak women who can't help much. Then may I ask, Elder, are you a woman disguised as a man, or something else mixed in among them?"

Giovanni flew into a rage and finally realized he had walked straight into Andrew's trap. His face turned red as he snapped, "I am a man, not a woman, and certainly not a woman in disguise."

Andrew shrugged. "But just now, Elder, you were the one who said the Harmony Sect was nothing but women."

Giovanni was furious. "You…"

Dorothy shot Giovanni a sharp look.

Although her gaze was stern, to outsiders it still looked charming and alluring, as if she were flirting rather than scolding him.

Andrew sneered inwardly. That Dorothy was skilled, no question about that. She was working her magic every second without even trying. Unfortunately, it just did not work on him.

"Mr. Lloyd, please forgive my disciple for speaking out of turn," Dorothy said, offering Andrew a graceful, apologetic smile.

Then, she continued, "But as Elder Cantino pointed out, the women of Harmony Sect are not fighters. Even if we wanted to help, what could we possibly do down there?"

Andrew's tone stayed even. "Madam Fontaine, you're selling yourself and your sect far too short. Harmony Sect is one of the Eight Ancient Sects. Everyone knows what you're capable of, so there's really no need for the humility act."

Dorothy smiled brightly, her eyes locking onto Andrew's with a glimmer that was anything but subtle. "My, my… To think Mr. Lloyd holds us in such high regard. I'm genuinely flattered."

The flirtation in her eyes was completely unmasked. However, Andrew held her gaze without flinching, without so much as a flicker of reaction.

That caught Dorothy off guard on the inside. He was young, sharp, and full of energy, and yet he was sitting there completely unfazed by her.

His reputation, it turned out, was well earned.

Dorothy let out a small sigh, as though she were reluctantly backing down. "Mr. Lloyd, I know you're a man who means what he says and doesn't waste time. Since you've come all the way to Harmony Sect, I suppose refusing to join the fight for Holtrien really isn't an option anymore, is it?"

Harmony Sect's dual cultivation was not as simple as just sleeping together. But the way Eric put it made it sound vulgar, which she found deeply distasteful.

She argued, "I think you've got the wrong idea there. Dual cultivation in the Harmony Sect is a legitimate and structured martial practice between a man and a woman. The focus is on advancing one's cultivation and achieving growth in the martial path; it's not as simple or as crude as what you're suggesting."

She added, "Mr. Lloyd is an exceptional man, truly one in a million in all of Holtrien. He's exactly the kind of partner our disciples have always aspired to cultivate with."

Eric was completely unmoved. This crafty woman could dress it up however she liked, but the story was the same either way. Not only that, but she did not even have the decency to look embarrassed about it.

From across the room, Valerie, Rowan, and Nyx all spoke at the exact same time, their voices cold and firm.

"We don't agree to that."

Just like that, the entire room hit a wall, and the atmosphere went tense.