Chapter 1

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The Eastern Continent.

There was an immortal empire and a sect’s sacred land resided by tens of thousands of clans.

As the former leader of the top five sword sects in the Northern Spirit Realm, the Sword Control Sect began its annual disciple recruitment at this moment.

Just then, close to a hundred people were gathered on the bluestone square outside the Sword Control Sect’s main gate.

These people looked to be 15 or 16-year-old youths.

They were all new disciples who had gone through many tests and possessed cultivation spirit roots. They were about to be chosen to join the Sword Control Sect.

However, the elders of the Sword Control Sect had to personally choose the disciples.

“It’s finally about to begin.”

In the crowd, Wu Ye raised his head and looked at the row of grand cultivators, who were riding swords and floating in the air not far away. He clenched his fists tightly, looking extremely excited.

He was a transmigrator.

It had been three years since he came to this world.

There were demons and monsters in this world, but fortunately, there were also many cultivators. As such, this world could be considered peaceful.

However, ever since he learned that the town he lived in was actually a town under the protection of the Sword Control Sect, he had not been able to live in peace.

In particular, he learned from some incomplete books that there were many realms in cultivation.

Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Soul Formation were the top five realms.

Of course, there were more realms beyond these. Unfortunately, he only came across incomplete books, and many of the contents had been damaged and lost.

However, Wu Ye knew one thing that made him extremely excited.

The thing was that those with high cultivation realms could not only ride flying swords and develop natural resources, but they could also have a lifespan of more than a hundred years or even a thousand years.

It was not easy for him to transmigrate to this immortal cultivation world. With the immortal cultivation sect being right in front of him, how could he miss the opportunity to cultivate?

Moreover, it was the Sword Control Sect that he yearned for the most!

The sword was the king of all weapons.

The path of the sword was one that all immortal cultivators must cultivate in attacking and killing.

He also wanted to be like those high and mighty sword immortals.

How free it was to ride a flying sword between heaven and earth to slay demons and devils!

Therefore, Wu Ye traveled thousands of miles to the Sword Control Sect. After going through many tests, he was finally qualified to officially join the Sword Control Sect.

‘With my talent, perhaps the elders will take a fancy to me and accept me as their personal disciple.’

Wu Ye wore a smile as he thought about it confidently.

He was not the only one who thought so. Many disciples in the square now had very confident expressions on their faces as they stared intently at the elders hanging in the air.

Their ability to make it here had already proved their potential and perseverance. They had met the entry requirements.

If they could become the disciples of the elders, it meant that they could take a shortcut in cultivation in the Sword Control Sect.

With the guidance of a master, the path of cultivation would be much smoother.

In addition, once a disciple was valued by the elders, they would be promoted from an in-name disciple to a core disciple. This was equivalent to making a name for themselves in the Sword Control Sect.

“Junior Brothers, please choose your disciples.”

In the middle of the nine sword controllers, a white-haired old man stroked his long beard and said with a smile, “Yes, Sect Leader Senior Brother!”

The elders of the Sword Forging Hall, Punishment Hall, and Deacon Hall nodded. They immediately flew down on their swords and landed on the square.

Then, the eyes of the eight elders lit up and swept across the hundred or so youths. The elders personally pointed at each and every disciple.

Besides them, the Sword Control Sect master was also pointing out some disciples. However, compared to the actions of the other elders, he appeared to be at ease.

However, in their eyes, these disciples’ innate abilities were only passable.

A truly gifted youth would not even need to wait for the disciple recruitment as they would already be accepted by the elders.

Of course, when the elders chose the disciples, they did not just pick them by random. Instead, they each had their own division of labor.

The youth with a strong body and three above-average spirit roots was sent to the Punishment Hall.

The youth with fire and gold spirit roots was sent to the Sword Forging Hall.

The youth with fire and wood spirit roots was sent to the Alchemy Hall.

…

Soon, over a hundred disciples were all taken away in turns.

Among them, the elder of the Deacon Hall chose the most people, namely 62 youths.

The elder of the Spirit Plant Hall chose the least people in that he only took in one disciple.

This disciple was none other than Wu Ye, who had earth, wood, and water spirit roots as the main and gold spirit root as the auxiliary.

The Sword Control Sect’s master turned to look at the elder of the Spirit Plant Hall and said, “Junior Brother Du, why don’t you choose more disciples?”

At this time, Wu Ye was aware of his future. He could not help but look at Elder Du, who had pointed him out just now.

“Hehe, Sect Leader Senior Brother, I have stricter requirements in selecting disciples. Among these disciples, the other senior brothers deliberately left a batch of disciples with wood and water spirit roots for me just now. However, when these disciples saw that the others were taken away one by one, they were already anxious.”

“With such a temperament, I’m afraid that they can’t endure the loneliness of planting all year round.”

After saying that, Elder Du shifted his gaze to Wu Ye and nodded with a smile.

Wu Ye let out a light sigh.

He knew that it was a test just now.

These elders seemed to be randomly selecting disciples, but in fact, they were already prepared.

He was the disciple who was chosen in the last round. However, with a soul of an adult, he remained calm.

He noticed a pattern from the past several rounds of selection.

After a few elders finished choosing the disciples in each round, the remaining disciples would all be taken in by a bearded man.

These disciples might have been given up by the other elders.

Although Wu Ye did not know these elders, he could at least confirm that this bearded man was an elder of the Deacon Hall.

The so-called Deacon Hall was responsible for all kinds of miscellaneous affairs in the sect. It was similar to the human resources department and the logistics department of his previous life.

Wu Ye joined the sect to practice the sword control technique instead of wasting time on such things.

His current situation was neither good nor bad.

Although it was incomparable to the sects under the Punishment Hall or the sect leader, as long as he completed the daily mission of taking care of the spirit plants, he would have a lot of time to cultivate.

After all, these spirit plants took a lot of time to mature. The only drawback was the absence of a sword master.

Three days later.

Qianyuan Mountain of the Sword Control Sect.

In a remote herb garden at the back of the mountain.

A handsome youth in a short green robe was sitting cross-legged on a futon under a tree, meditating with his eyes slightly narrowed.

However, there was a hint of helplessness on his seemingly calm face.

“I’ve finally joined the Sword Control Sect and officially become a disciple.

“Oh well, although working in the herb garden is relaxing, it can be dangerous.

“If all the spirit plants in the herb garden are lost, the inspecting deacon disciples will definitely gossip about it. It won’t be good if the elders of the Alchemy Hall hear it.”

Wu Ye’s head hurt at the thought of those deacon disciples’ words.

As for his own master, other than the few spirit plants in the herb garden to which Elder Du attached more importance, he did not care about anything else after giving him a manual on spirit plant cultivation.

“I don’t care anymore. I’ll take good care of these spirit plants that the Alchemy Hall needs first. I’ll think about cultivation after I become skilled in my work.”

Just as Wu Ye was about to pick up the water ladle to water the spirit plants in the herb garden to drive away the insects, a crisp voice suddenly appeared in his mind.

[Do you want to sign in at the herb garden?]