Chapter 8

Translator: Lordbluefire

Just when he felt somewhat disappointed, the scenery before his eyes suddenly changed. He was already outside the gravity field.

As he stretched out his hand, the restriction barrier from this morning appeared again,

Bang!

Bang!

After a few bangs, he knew that it was ineffective, so he gave up.

He then took out 30 gold coins from his pockets honestly. Just when he was about to place them into the metal box, Wen Ping slowly walked out of the forest. However, he didn’t walk over. Rather, he waved his hands at Yun Liao at the forest’s edge. “Let’s go, follow me down the Cloudmist Mountain for a trip.”

“What’s the matter?”

“Nothing much. Right now, the Immortal Sect doesn’t even have a single disciple, so we naturally have to head down the mountain to recruit disciples. As an instructor elder of the Immortal Sect, you should follow me there. Since the gravity field’s cultivation time is already used up today, you might as well do me a small favor and help out.”

“Mn.” After a moment of hesitation, Yun Liao spoke, “Sect Leader Wen, can I discuss something with you?”

“Just speak if you have something to say.”

“Can you extend my daily cultivation time in the gravity field by two to four hours daily? I can use items of equal value in exchange.”

Wen Ping shook his head. He then turned his head and gazed at Yun Liao. “Is eight hours a day still not enough? It’s already equal to 72 hours.”

“It’s still too little. As long as Sect Leader Wen agrees to my request, I will have the confidence to break open my Earth Destruction Arterial Gate within one to two months. By doing so, the Immortal Sect would have a Mystic Realm cultivator presiding over it, and it would be extremely easy to recruit disciples.”

Yun Liao had a look of anticipation on his face as he stared at Wen Ping, waiting for Wen Ping to nod his head.

Experts at the Mystic Realm posed a fatal attraction to the starless sects. Even for 1-star sect, as long as the Mystic Realm experts asked for something and their request wasn’t too over-the-top, they would be granted whatever they wanted. Yun Liao admitted that Wen Ping was a person with many rules, but he hoped that he could use this temptation to make Wen Ping compromise.

(What does the Immortal Sect lack now? Isn’t the answer disciples?)

However, Wen Ping didn’t answer.

Yun Liao gritted his teeth and steeled his heart. “I’m willing to pay double for the extra time added.”

Wen Ping still didn’t answer.

Yun Liao continued. “Even if I have to pay triple or quadruple, I’m fine with it.”

“You are really so willing to spend…” Honestly speaking, Wen Ping was a little moved. Dazzling gold coins…how could he feel that he had enough of them? But when he heard the slight coughing voice of the system in his mind, he understood the system’s meaning.

“There’s really no solution.” Wen Ping increased his pace, no longer wanting to discuss the problem of gold coins with Yun Liao. “If you defy the rules, you will be on the blacklist.”

“Ai.”

Feeling helpless, Yun Liao could only sigh.

Wen Ping then said, “Go shower and change your set of clothes first. Right now, your entire body is like a bag full of sweat.”

“I can only continue tomorrow then.” Yun Liao basically didn’t care that his clothing was drenched by his sweat.

…

In the main hall of the Immortal Sect.

A three-story building stood tall at the center of Cloudmist Mountain’s peak. Its aura was grand, and the eaves of two sides resembled dragons looking up. After the remodeling by the system, this place looked even more imposing than before, exuding grandeur, much more majestic compared to the previous main hall.

Other than this, the stairs leading up to the main hall had an additional stone platform, and there was the statue of a ferocious white tiger on it. The statue was about one meter wide and five meters tall, looking extremely life-like. Its front paws were lifted up, and its entire body looked as though it wanted to jump into the clouds.

Wen Ping entered his office that was located on the third level of the building and took out the registration forms within. At the same time, he spoke to the system, “System, you told me that after the main hall was done, there would be a force of attraction. You haven’t provided any explanation about that.”

“I’ve explained before but you didn’t listen.”

“Can you explain it once more?” He was sure that the system only mentioned it in passing after the remodeling.

The content of the words it spoke that day was too limited.

“The current Immortal Sect is a 0-star sect, so the attraction force is only effective within 5,000 meters. As long as people are in the radius, they will subconsciously be attracted to this place. This is a method of assistance that I provide for the host to recruit disciples.”

“So, have you turned that function on during these few days?”

“Nope.”

“Why not?”

“During that day, the host seemed to neglect this function. So as the system, I didn’t take matters into my own hands and didn’t turn it on for you.”

“I’m going to be driven mad by you. You are pretty on the ball when it comes to setting rules though.” Wen Ping helplessly rolled his eyes. “Turn the attraction function on. If you had turned it on earlier, my disciples would have long since filled the world.”

…

That afternoon, Wen Ping brought Yun Liao to the foot of the Cloudmist Mountain.

Before the sword monument, he set up a table and a wooden sign with the entry fee stated on it. However, this time around, he added more information to it.

Lowest requirement for sect-joiners: 15 years old, fifth level of the Body Refinement Realm.

After Yun Liao saw this, his countenance changed and he asked Wen Ping, “Sect Leader Wen, are you serious?”

“Why are you so shocked? This is the simplest standard. Right now, our Immortal Sect is in its development phase, so we cannot afford to recruit a bunch of ordinary disciples just to make up the numbers. We can only choose the path of elite disciples.”

“But isn’t this a little too over the top? A cultivator at the fifth level of Body Refinement and at 15 years old…” He wanted to say that these people could just join 1-star or 2-stars sects, and they would be treated very well. How would they be willing to come and join the Immortal Sect who had declined so badly to the point where they only had three people remaining?

Like this, Wen Ping would only cause more people to be unwilling to join the Immortal Sect.

Yun Liao felt that given the current situation, if Wen Ping wanted to strengthen the Immortal Sect, he had to immediately recruit as many disciples as possible while also abolishing the rule governing the gravity field. They could then slowly develop, and when their fame spread, they would release the news about the gravity field.

By then, many body-refinement cultivators at the tenth level and above would be willing to join the Immortal Sect, and it would surely be able to regain its previous glory.

However, Yun Liao knew Wen Ping would definitely not choose to do this. Otherwise, Wen Ping would have accepted when Yun Liao had said that he was willing to pay four times the price this morning.

Just when Yun Liao was preparing to find a place to sit cross-legged in meditation, Wen Ping suddenly called out, “Elder Yun, what are you doing?”

“Sect Leader Wen, those who see the sign will surely leave. With such a standard, no one will want to come the moment they hear about this.”

It would then be strange if people still came with such a harsh recruiting standard!

“Hi, can I ask if the Immortal Sect is currently recruiting?” A youth who had just passed 15 years old stood before the table.

Yun Liao started. He then cast glances at the surroundings, feeling some disbelief that people were coming.

How face-smacking!

There was only a street leading here, so this person must have specially come all this way for the Immortal Sect, right?

Wait a minute!

This was a youth of around 15-16 years old that was at the fourth level of the Body Refinement Realm!

It was unscientific. The Immortal Sect had been in decline for a year, and even beggars in Cangwu City would know about this, correct? So why did he still come here?

At this moment, Wen Ping glanced at this person’s information which popped up.

…

Li Ji

Gender: Male

Age: 15

Cultivation Base: Fourth level of Body Refinement

…

“Yes, we are recruiting, but your aptitude is too inferior. Even if you pay 1,000 gold coins, the Immortal Sect won’t accept you.”

“But I’m already at the fourth level of the Body Refinement Realm.” The youth felt a little stumped upon being rejected.

Wen Ping cast a glance at Yun Liao who was beside him.

Yun Liao obediently pointed to the words written on the wooden sign. The requirements of 1,000 gold coins and reaching the fifth level of the Body Refinement Realm by 15 years old could be seen there.

“Are you serious?” The youth angrily panted. After that, he left without even turning his head back.

Before he walked away, he mocked under his breath, “A declined sect even dares to despise me. How crazy!”

Yun Liao laughed helplessly when he heard this.

A fourth-level Body Refinement cultivator was something 1-star sects would fight each other to recruit. Now that they let him go, he would spread the news of this rejection, and no more people would come to join the Immortal Sect.

After that, Yun Liao shot a glance at Wen Ping only to see Wen Ping being indifferent.

He was as composed and relaxed as before..