Chapter 321: Chapter 293: Mount Shu Takes on Disciples, Gathering of Geniuses! (4K)
Ten years after the end of the Zhong Zhou Grand Ceremony, Mount Shu’s disciple recruitment ceremony was conducted as usual.
Only this time, the ceremony of accepting disciples was extraordinary.
Young prodigies from various regions thronged to Xia State to participate in the Mount Shu ceremony of taking disciples.
Mount Shu’s Sect Leader, Lu Changsheng, having captured the championship at the Zhong Zhou Grand Ceremony, became famous throughout the world, drawing talents from all the major regions to come and learn from him.
At the Zhong Zhou Grand Ceremony, Lu Changsheng displayed Sacred Tier sword techniques and even the Ultimate Treasure, the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus of the twelfth grade.
Mount Shu had become, in the eyes of cultivators from all regions, a super sect on the same level as the Star Pavilion, Dragon Tiger Sect, and Thousand Swords Manor.
In the past, each Mount Shu ceremony for taking disciples saw only over ten thousand candidates, but this time, there were hundreds of thousands of candidates for the Mount Shu discipleship!
The Mount Shu Elders couldn’t stop smiling, and even many Supreme Elders specially left their retreats to take disciples.
This Mount Shu disciple recruitment ceremony saw many talented individuals from other regions, the likes of which were unprecedented.
“Mount Shu’s Sect Leader is the strongest in the world, soon to ascend to the Immortal Realm. To become his direct disciple would indeed be an extraordinary fortune,”
“I came all the way from Dan State specifically to join Mount Shu and seek the ultimate sword technique.”
“Give it up, with your talent, you might not even be able to reach Great Perfection with a Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique, let alone Mount Shu Sect Leader’s ultimate sword technique.”
“What’s the difference between a person without dreams and a salted fish?”
“What are you looking at?”
“So what if I am?”
“This is a sacred place in Mount Shu, no noise is allowed!”
Hundreds of thousands of candidate disciples crowded Mount Shu’s grand hall plaza, creating a sea of people, and some talented individuals from different regions got into a brawl due to jostling and were expelled by Mount Shu disciples maintaining order.
These candidate disciples came from all regions, with many strong sects sending their elders’ descendants.
If one could learn the Sacred Tier sword technique independently created by Lu Changsheng, it would be an opportunity of a millennium.
Streaks of light arrived at Mount Shu’s grand hall, with Taiyuan Zhenren, Situ Kong, Li Changye, Murong Shi, and other Supreme Elders of Mount Shu appearing.
The current Sect Leader of Mount Shu, Lu Changsheng, and various disciples of Qingyun Peak, arrived together.
Lu Changsheng’s terrifying presence enveloped the main peak of Mount Shu.
Not just the main peak of Mount Shu, but the whole range of Mount Shu trembled as well.
Lu Changsheng had reached the ninth layer of the Unity Realm and was already one of the strongest beings in this world.
All of Lu Changsheng’s direct disciples were in the Void Refinement Realm, and in any sect, they would be considered exceptional geniuses with promising futures.
“Greetings to the Sect Leader.”
Many Mount Shu Elders and disciples called out in unison, the momentum immense.
The hundreds of thousands of candidates on Mount Shu’s grand hall plaza grew solemn and respectful.
They had come from far and wide with the goal of taking Lu Changsheng as their master.
After all, Lu Changsheng was universally recognized as the strongest of the current era.
“I have never seen Mount Shu in such a glorious state.”
Uncle Master Situ Kong stroked his beard and sighed.
The scale of this disciple recruitment ceremony was dozens of times greater than previous ones, and even Situ Kong, who had lived for thousands of years, was moved by it.
“This time, as we select disciples at Mount Shu, we need to raise our standards,”
The various Mount Shu Elders whispered among themselves.
Even the solitary Elders of Mount Shu were intent on seizing the opportunity to take one or two extraordinary geniuses as their disciples.
Lu Changsheng swung his robe sleeve, and the inferior Immortal Artifact, the Gallbladder Mirror, was summoned, enlarging as it caught the wind.
The Gallbladder Mirror could reveal a candidate’s innate talent.
One by one, candidates stepped forward, their talents revealed in the Gallbladder Mirror.
“Luo Xintang, Qi Transformation Realm second layer, Root Bone above-average, Comprehension above-average, Qi Destiny below-average, possesses the special physique Thousand Poison Body.”
“Thousand Poison Body? Such a physique is extremely suitable for cultivating Poison Skills. As long as the poison skills are used for the Righteous Dao, it is not necessarily unacceptable.”
“Exactly. If such a special physique had appeared in the past in the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, it surely would have been cherished as the Holy Maiden.”
The Mount Shu Elders stirred with excitement.
Out of the hundreds of thousands of disciple candidates, not even a thousand had been reviewed yet, and already a special physique like the Thousand Poison Body had emerged!
All eyes turned to Lu Changsheng, wondering if he would take this disciple under his wing.
Lu Changsheng shook his head.
He was about to ascend to the Immortal Realm and didn’t have much time to train another disciple.
Even if Lu Changsheng wanted to take disciples, he would do so in the Immortal Realm to receive the rewards for accepting disciples there.
Although the Thousand Poison Body was rare, Lu Changsheng, already having six disciples, remained unmoved.
After elevating his perspective, Lu Changsheng had higher standards for accepting disciples.
The girl named Luo Xintang couldn’t help but feel disappointed.
With her physique, she could probably be nurtured by the Sect Leader if she wished to join another sect.
Under the protection of her family’s powerhouse, she had come a long way to Mount Shu, aiming to join Qingyun Peak, not just any Elder.
Only Lu Changsheng, Situ Kong, and Taiyuan Zhenren from Mount Shu were in the Unity Realm; the other Supreme Elders were merely in the Void Refinement Realm. Compared to Supreme Elders from powerful sects like the Star Pavilion, Dragon Tiger Sect, and Thousand Swords Manor, they had far less to offer in terms of resources.
Seeing the candidates’ concerns, Lu Changsheng said, “Upon ascending to the Immortal Realm, I will leave all my Cultivation Techniques behind in Mount Shu. Anyone who contributes to Mount Shu will have the chance to exchange for these techniques.”
The tens of thousands of candidates below stirred.
Even if the Sect Leader of Mount Shu did not take disciples, would they still get a chance to learn Lu Changsheng’s self-created Cultivation Techniques?
“Changsheng…”
Situ Kong and Taiyuan Zhenren were visibly moved.
Lu Changsheng, willing to leave all his mastered Cultivation Techniques in Mount Shu to retain talent, was a generous act for the sect.
Thousand Swords Manor had stood for hundreds of thousands of years, drawing countless Sword Dao geniuses with its Sect-Defending Skills like the “Selfless Sword Technique.”
Now, Lu Changsheng’s self-created Sacred Tier “Heavenly Earth Mystical Sword Technique,” which defeated Sun Jian’s Selfless Sword Technique at the Zhong Zhou Grand Ceremony, had become the Sect-Defending Skills of Mount Shu, attracting even more Sword Dao geniuses.