"Ding, the Strongest Sect System in History has successfully upgraded!" (When you open the first page, please put your brain down)
"Holy crap, System, you've finally finished upgrading!"
Su Bai did a carp jump, springing up and spitting out the dogtail grass he had been chewing.
He had been transmigrated to this world for three days, and he had waited three days for the System to load!
Soon, a transparent System screen appeared before Su Bai's eyes.
【Host】
Name: Su Bai
Age: 18
Realm: Mortal
Items: 20 copper coins
【Sect Information】
Sect Name: Tiandao Sect
Sect Level: 0 Stars
Sect Members: 1
Sect Territory: Within a hundred-meter radius (Host is absolutely invincible within the territory)
Sect Building: One dilapidated thatched cottage (Sect Hall)
Sect Assets: 0
Sect Points: 0
One-Star Sect Upgrade Condition: Recruit one Disciple (requires kneeling and kowtowing before the Sect Hall to become a Disciple)
Mission: Please upgrade to a One-Star Sect as soon as possible, reward: one Immortal Arts Pavilion
Host Feedback: Host's Strength is ten times the sum of all Sect Disciples' Strength
...........
"Recruit one Disciple? And they need to come kowtow in front of the Hall to become a Disciple?"
With a flash, Su Bai arrived in front of a dilapidated thatched cottage. On the door of the cottage, a plaque hung, engraved with the three large characters "Tiandao Sect."
Moreover, the Tiandao Sect was on such a barren little hill, with nothing but dogtail grass.
No way, buddy, with these conditions, you can still recruit Disciples?
Which Immortal Sect Hall isn't magnificent and grand?
Which Immortal Sect's mountain isn't shrouded in clouds and filled with Immortal Qi?
This isn't messing with me, is it?
Su Bai muttered to himself.
But still, complaining is complaining, the Sect still needs to be upgraded, the mission still needs to be done, and Disciples still need to be recruited.
An hour later, Su Bai appeared in the "talent market" of Yunshui City, over ten miles away.
Of course, in this world, it wasn't called a talent market, but rather the Hundred Sects Meet.
The so-called Hundred Sects Meet was where all nearby Sects and Influence would gather to recruit Disciples centrally, in order to increase efficiency.
There were many such Hundred Sects Meet on the Continent, and the one Su Bai came to was naturally the closest one to him.
.........
Yunshui City, Lingxiao Sect Branch.
"Your official Disciple assessment did not pass. Try again in half a year!"
A cold voice echoed in the small room. Zhuge Feng looked up at the middle-aged man seated at the desk. The other party didn't even look at him, stating directly, "Next!"
"Wang Executive, I was first in all six tests of the Lingxiao Sect. Why didn't I pass?"
"Senior Brother Gan failed all of them, why could he pass?" Zhuge Feng asked unwillingly.
The middle-aged man called Wang Executive turned his head and glanced at him: "Why? Do you have a Foundation Establishment Elder for a father like him?"
Zhuge Feng was speechless, then said, "What about Junior Brother Han? His score was so much lower than mine, why did he pass?"
Wang Executive chuckled: "Do you have three hundred taels of silver like him?"
.......
He had scraped together every penny, emptying his family's coffers just to get two hundred taels of silver, which he paid for half a year's handyman fees at the Lingxiao Sect. Now, where did he have even one copper coin left?
Seeing this, Wang Executive shook his head mockingly and continued, "No money? Either wait for the next assessment in half a year, or get lost!"
"But... but my talent and comprehension are stronger than others, even..." Zhuge Feng still wanted to try and argue.
"Heh heh!"
Wang Executive sneered dismissively, interrupting him: "In this world, the least lacking are self-proclaimed Geniuses like you!"
"Let alone an official Disciple, even for your handyman position, there are at least eighty, if not a hundred, people eyeing it. If you don't do it, plenty of others will!"
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Feng fell silent, clenching his fists so tightly that his fingernails dug into his palms without him noticing.
After a long while, he loosened his fists, turned, and pushed the door open to leave.
"Just a nobody, really thinks he's a Genius?" Wang Executive's muttered voice echoed from behind.
Outside the door, a long line had formed. Young boys and girls were nervously waiting for their results, hoping they would pass.
Becoming an official Disciple of the Lingxiao Sect meant gaining access to Sublime Methods. Although it still required a large amount of silver to purchase, that was Sublime Methods!
If they succeeded in cultivation, they could become Immortals who could summon wind and rain!
These were children from ordinary families. Many families had already gone bankrupt just so their children could enter the Lingxiao Sect.
Therefore, they were even more expectant, just like Zhuge Feng before, looking forward to the day they would become Immortals.
Zhuge Feng didn't know what to say. Should he tell them it was impossible to pass the official assessment?
Should he tell them the spots were already reserved, and the so-called assessment was just a formality?
The people who could pass the assessment were over there, watching the show!
Under a tree not far away, several luxuriously dressed young boys and girls were leaning, watching the crowd in line with mocking smiles.
Senior Brother Gan, Junior Brother Han, Junior Sister Liu...
They didn't need to wait to see if they would pass, because they already knew the results before the assessment.
"Alas!"
Unwillingness, injustice, indignation, helplessness... various emotions filled Zhuge Feng's chest, ultimately turning into a light sigh.
Could he really demand that Wang Executive, who was at the Qi Refining Peak, force him to pass?
He was just an ordinary person with no power or Influence, an insignificant ordinary person in a vast world. How could he contend with a cultivator?
How could he reason with a powerful Sect?