Chapter 33 - Disciple Recruitment

Chapter 33 Disciple Recruitment

“Hahahaha, kid, you’ll regret this decision!”

Once it became free, the Three-eyed Tiger started to posture again.

“Do you think it’s a good thing that you’ve managed to make me your sect’s guardian spirit beast?”

“I’ll turn this place upside down. Just you

wait!”

Jiang Cheng gave it a sidelong glance, as if he was looking at an idiot, and let it entertain itself.

In any case, it was enough if it could protect this group of disciples during critical moments.

After one night of cultivation, Jiang Cheng advanced to the seventh level of the soul division realm.

The Indestructible Celestial physique was too overbearing and allowed him to increase his cultivation level at an unbelievable rate.

After opening the system interface, he found that he had gained 320 points.

As a ‘corporate slave’, brother Cheng kept track of the number of points he had very closely.

“What’s going on? The system didn’t inform me of anything.”

He pulled up the record and, after looking at it, he finally understood where the additional points had come from.

Ji Linghan had leveled up from the eighth level to the ninth level of the yuan gathering realm last night, and he had received the corresponding reward of 300 points.

Luo Yuan had leveled up from the sixth level to the seventh level of the yuan gathering realm, earning Jiang Cheng a reward of 20 points.

So if his disciples leveled up, he would also be rewarded with points?

However, the difference in the points awarded for those disciples was too big, no?

Both disciples had advanced by a small realm, but the difference in the points awarded was 15 times!

Jiang Cheng touched his chin and sort of understood.

Ji Linghan’s innate talent was much higher than Luo Yuan’s. The system determined that she was more valuable, so the reward he earned from her advancement was much higher.

His thoughts started to drift.

If there were more disciples like her, perhaps tens of thousands more, would he not be able to receive a constant stream of points without doing anything?

He quickly gathered everyone together.

“Alright, now that we have secured a guardian spiritual beast to protect the sect, we should consider recruiting new disciples to expand the sect.”

At first, he had been worried about the sect’s safety. If the sect recruited too many disciples, not only would he be unable to protect all of them, but those disciples might even be used as a tool to threaten the sect.

Now that there were no longer such worries, they could put recruitment back on the agenda.

“Since sect master wants to recruit new disciples, does sect master have any criteria in mind?”

Everyone also felt that they really needed to replenish their numbers. The sect’s mountain base was so large, but there were only slightly more than 20 people residing inside it. It made the sect’s mountain base almost seem like a ghost town.

“My requirements aren’t high. It’s enough if our new disciples’ innate talents are at the level of core disciples.”

Jiang Cheng said those words as if the matter was a foregone conclusion.

However, other than Ji Linghan, all the disciples felt like their hearts had been pierced by an arrow.

This requirement was a little high, no?

They had all been core disciples previously, yet Jiang Cheng was now talking about their level as if such levels of innate talent were as common as cabbages. It was really hurtful.

Luo Yuan clutched his chest and laughed bitterly.

“Core disciples are not that easy to find!”

He remembered that when he had joined the sect back then, tens of thousands of young people had gathered at the Flying Immortal sect’s grounds to participate in the entrance assessment.

In the end, only 105 people successfully joined the sect.

Of these 105 people, 90 of them could only become outer sect disciples because their level of innate talent was average. There were also 13 people with sufficient innate talent who were selected as inner sect disciples, causing the onlookers to grow envious.

There were only two core disciples in that batch, one of which was him.

In addition, the quality of that year’s batch of disciples was actually considered to be quite good. It was not unusual to not be able to find even one core disciple in other batches.

The reason why geniuses were geniuses was because they were hard-to-come-by.

“The motto of our Flying Immortal sect is to value quality over quantity.”

Jiang Cheng had his own plans for the sect.

He knew that Luo Yuan’s innate talent was already considered very good. After all, the latter was a core disciple.

However, if his advancement only awarded Jiang Cheng with 20 points, then how many points would he receive from inner sect disciples?

As for outer sect disciples, it would probably be difficult to obtain even a single point from their small realm advancements.

If that was the case, it was meaningless to recruit too many disciples. The losses might even outweigh the gains.

After all, nurturing disciples also required the sect to constantly distribute spirit stones and spiritual pills.

At that time, the sect’s consumption of resources would skyrocket.

The news that the Flying Immortal sect wanted to recruit disciples quickly spread throughout the entire Qinglan Prefecture.

This news was originally disseminated slowly due to the lack of manpower. However, the Flying Immortal sect was too popular now, having annihilated four sects in a row. Even the slightest movement from the sect would cause a huge uproar in the prefecture.

As such, many people were eager to give it a go. The Flying Immortal sect was very powerful now. They had successfully destroyed four sects within two days. In the public’s eyes, the Flying Immortal sect was on the verge of becoming the third major power in Qinglan Prefecture.

It was only natural that many people wanted to ride on the sect’s coattails to success.

Moreover, everyone knew that the Flying Immortal sect currently had very few members. This meant that the newcomers who successfully joined would be able to receive a larger share of cultivation resources.

However, after seeing the recruitment criteria, many people’s hearts turned cold.

This time, they were only recruiting cultivators who were at the level of core disciples.

“Is the Flying Immortal sect crazy?” “How can they recruit disciples like this?” “Only recruiting those who are at the level of core disciples? Do they think that such people grow on trees?”

“Even the Duanmu family and the Crimson Sun sect don’t have such high standards.”

While the outside world was discussing this matter, another piece of big news spread.

Due to Fei Tongzhou’s death and the destruction of their four subordinate sects, the Crimson Sun sect was furious!

The sect master of the Flying Immortal sect, Jiang Cheng, and all his disciples were ordered to head to the Crimson Sun sect to kneel, apologize and submit to the Crimson Sun sect within three days.

Otherwise, the Crimson Sun sect would send an army to destroy the Flying Immortal sect!

Thanks to this, the outside world became less optimistic about the prospects of the Flying immortal sect.

Although the Flying Immortal sect had successfully destroyed four sects, the Crimson Sun sect could also do so easily.

The Crimson Sun sect had 30,000 members, and had been one of the overlords of Qinglan Prefecture for tens of thousands of years. Their prestige was deeply engraved into everyone’s minds.

No one felt that the Flying Immortal sect, with their 20 or so members, stood a chance against them.

“Unless the power behind Jiang Cheng appears, they will be crushed this time.”

“As for their disciple recruitment, who would dare to go at this time?”

“That’s right. If the sect is destroyed, wouldn’t these new disciples be buried together with them?”

The internal affairs hall of the Flying Immortal sect had also received the Crimson Sun sect’s ultimatum.

“Sect master, what should we do now?”

“That’s right. With the Crimson Sun sect causing such a ruckus, I’m afraid that we won’t be able to recruit any more disciples.”

“Why are you still thinking about recruiting disciples now? The most important thing is how to fend off this enormous new enemy!” All the disciples were engaged in a heated discussion. In the end though, they all turned around to look at Jiang Cheng.

“Sect master, give us the order. How do you want us to deal with this?”

Looking at the determination on everyone’s faces, Jiang Cheng was a little surprised, but also a little amused.

“With your tiny bit of strength, you wouldn’t even be able to kill a soul division realm cultivator. What catastrophe are you trying to prevent? What defense are you trying to mount?”

Luo Yuan and Yin Xue’er expressed their dissatisfaction at the same time.

“Sect master, aren’t you damaging our fighting spirit a little too much?”

“Yes, as the sect master, you should at least encourage us. How can you pour cold water on us like that?”

As the eldest senior sister, Ji Linghan was more composed. She asked, “Then, should we escape like last time?”

“Of course not.”

Jiang Cheng shook his head.

“I forgot to tell you that the Crimson Sun sect was the mastermind behind the four sects’ attack on the Flying Immortal sect.”

“What?”

“It was them?”

“I knew it. Why else would the four sects suddenly join forces?”

“Crimson Sun sect be damned!”

Only then did everyone find out the truth. Naturally, they now hated the Crimson Sun sect to the core.

Brother Cheng was about to make an impassioned speech to further strengthen his image as the sect master, but he was interrupted by a sneer from outside the hall.

“So you guys are so stupid that you didn’t even know who the mastermind behind your sect’s destruction was!”

Jiang Cheng was very angry about being interrupted during the act of posturing.

He raised his head and looked over. A strange-looking white jade platform slowly floated in from the main entrance of the hall.

The jade platform was three feet tall, and emitted a soul-stirring aura.

In the middle of the jade platform, there was a tiny green figure seated in a cross-legged position. It exuded a sacred aura that seemed inviolable.

Ji Linghan’s expression changed when she saw the tiny figure.

“Duanmu Chi, one of the four family heads of the Duanmu family. He is a spiritual altar realm expert. It appears that his spiritual altar has descended here.”