Chapter 358: Chapter 358: Recruiting Disciples, The Ancestor of the Ning Family
The stars twinkle in the sky.
Ye Feng looked up at the boundless starry sky, once again feeling the longing for the stars.
“I wonder when I will be able to walk amongst the stars.”
Ye Feng whispered to himself.
The disciples stood around, heard his voice, and also looked up to the stars, pondering over Ye Feng’s words.
To walk amongst the stars?
Just hearing it sounded incredibly carefree.
But in this world, how many people possess the formidable ability to walk amongst the stars?
Not to mention the Great Powers of the Divine Origin Realm, even the elders of the Void Break Realm may not have the ability to venture into the starry expanse, right?
At the very least, it would require an Ancient Saint to walk amongst the stars and appreciate the splendor and brilliance of the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
“Sect Master, will we ever have the chance to walk amongst the stars?” Li Jiaojiao looked up at the starry sky, her eyes filled with longing.
“Walk amongst the stars… That’s too difficult, isn’t it? With our aptitude, even if we consume elixirs every day, we might not be able to advance to the Divine Origin Realm in the future, not to mention the higher Void Break Realm or become an Ancient Saint,” grumbled Wang Ping’an, the King of Cursed Praise, feeling that walking amongst the stars was a challenge too great.
The other disciples remained silent.
However, they all yearned for such a day.
To tread on the stars, to wield the sun and moon, to traverse the myriad Great Worlds with a single sword—how vast and free that would be.
“There will be such a day!”
Ye Feng affirmed as he gazed at the sky.
Aptitude?
Limits?
In front of me with my cheats, they are all nothing!
Ye Feng looked deep into the starry sky, only wishing to shout at the countless worlds:
Blessings, come forth!
The disciples, witnessing Ye Feng standing with his hands behind his back and his robe fluttering, felt as if he was a chosen child of heaven, contending with the universe, sworn to break all boundaries and surge into the endless domain.
For a moment, everyone felt a deep respect.
…
The next morning.
When Ye Feng woke up, he realized that he had had too much to drink the night before. He quickly rubbed his temples, washed up, ate a pork bun, and then took his disciples to the Sect Main Plaza not far away.
A large flag was raised.
The three characters for “Misty Sect” instantly caught the attention of many people.
“Look, the Misty Sect is starting to recruit members!”
“Let’s go check it out!”
Because the news had spread yesterday, there were already people waiting in the Sect Main Plaza early in the morning.
In an instant, hundreds of people arrived.
Ye Feng sat in his seat, with a wooden square table in front of him, on which lay a writing brush, ink stick, paper, and inkstone, as well as the roster of the Misty Sect and the Sect Leader’s Seal.
He sat there, his presence calm.
Behind him stood Mo Ying, Huo Yunjie, Li Jiaojiao, Qiao Jiaxi, Ji Ziling, Wang Ping’an, and other six disciples.
“The Misty Sect actually has two Element Gathering Realm disciples; this rate of cultivation increase is divine!”
“Look, that female disciple wearing the black veiled hat has actually reached the Fourth Layer of the Element Gathering Realm!”
“As expected of the Misty Sect. If we join, our cultivation level will definitely increase this swiftly too.”
Very quickly, a lot of people gathered around Ye Feng.
“Greetings to Sect Master Ye!”
“Sect Master Ye, I come from the One-Star Bai Guang Sect, with middle-grade roots, at the Eighth Layer of Qi Refinement. Do you think I can be admitted to the Misty Sect?”
“Sect Master Ye, do you think I’m fated with you?”
The cultivators present babbled on.
Ye Feng glanced at the hundreds of people nearby and said, “Those over the age of twenty need not come over.”
Although older individuals could be recruited as stewards or elders, none of the people around him were in the Element Gathering Realm, not fitting even the minimum conditions for stewards, let alone elders.
“Tch!”
“This is discrimination against older youths!”
“I’m going to tell my mother!”
Many people immediately waved their hands and quickly moved aside, turning into onlookers.
Only about a dozen people were left in the plaza.
“Sect Master Ye, do you think I meet the criteria to join your sect?” asked a chubby youth weighing 300 pounds as he approached, causing the ground to tremble slightly beneath his weight.
“Let’s check your pulse first,” Ye Feng reached out his hand to take the young man’s pulse.
“Ding! This individual is a notorious thief and will severely affect the harmony and reputation of the sect. He does not meet the criteria for joining the sect.”
“Damn!” Ye Feng quickly released his hand and pointed to the left, “Please go that way.”
“So, I passed?” asked the chubby youth, winking and leering before he glanced over at the beautiful Li Jiaojiao and Ji Ziling, unable to resist licking his lips.
“Oh, I forgot to say, please leave through the left gate if you don’t meet the requirements,” Ye Feng pointed to an archway on the left.
That was one of the gates leading out of the Sect Main Plaza.
“I… I don’t meet the requirements?” The chubby youth’s eyes widened in shock.
However, he didn’t dare say much more.
A man’s reputation is like a shadow cast by a tree.
Even though Ye Feng didn’t show any signs of strong aura, his deed of slaying the Demon King was well known to everyone. They knew he was someone who seemed harmless but possessed terrifying strength.
People had heard that Ye Feng was approachable, so they felt they could tease him a bit.
But no one present dared to offend him to his face.
“Moreover, we in the Misty Sect admit disciples based on fate, we don’t care about anything else,” Ye Feng added.
Upon hearing this, more people crowded around.
“Sect Master Ye, do you think I have what it takes?”
“Sorry, we are not fated to be together.”
“And what about me?”
“You too lack fate with us.”
After what felt like half an incense stick had burned, Ye Feng took the pulse of dozens of people, but found that not a single one met the System’s requirements.
Now that was truly distressing.
Thump thump thump!
Just then, a large group of young cultivators approached the Sect Main Plaza, some wearing the garments of various major sects, and others dressed in ordinary clothes.
They entered the plaza but only stood by, watching coldly.
“Those are people from the Top Hundred Sects, what are they here to see?”
“Probably just here to enjoy the spectacle,” replied someone.
The surrounding onlookers whispered among themselves.
Hearing the murmurs, Ye Feng looked at those people and thought to himself, I’m only recruiting some disciples, what spectacle is there to see?
“Look at Misty Sect, recruiting all the way to County King City. What an honor!”
A boisterous voice came from afar.
The crowd looked towards the source of the voice but couldn’t see the speaker at all.
“I’m recruiting disciples, what does it have to do with you?” Ye Feng said indifferently, without even looking in the direction of the voice.
“Hmph! Just a mere Misty Sect needing the Sect Master in person for recruitment, it’s evident how weak this sect must be. Everyone, open your eyes, don’t join them and end up being looked down upon!” another voice sneered from the shadows.
“Coward, do you dare to show yourself?” Mo Ying stepped forward, her Element Gathering Realm triple layer aura soaring into the sky.
“Little girl, it’s not your place to speak here!”
The voice from the darkness sounded again.
“Sect Master, let me go and cut down that person,” Mo Ying said, sword in hand, ready to chase the source of the voice.
Ye Feng nodded.
“Such a rat doesn’t warrant the hand of a Misty Sect disciple. Sect Master Ye, let this old man catch him for you!”
But just then, an old and deep voice came from above, and everyone looked up to see an elderly man in white robes with white hair and beard, stepping on thin air as he approached.
He emitted an aura as deep and vast as the sea.
A Spirit Sea Realm expert!
“That’s Ancestor Ning from the Ning Family, one of the Top Ten Noble Families. It’s said that he has ascended to the second peak layer of the Spirit Sea Realm,” someone whispered.
Crack!
Ancestor Ning broke through three nearby tall buildings and captured three middle-aged men from within, all displaying the strength of the Fourth Layer of the Element Gathering Realm.
Bang!
He threw these three men to the ground with swollen faces marked by bright red handprints.
Boom!
With a surge of his imposing aura, the three men instantly spat white foam and clutched their bellies, rolling on the ground continuously.
“Who are these three?”
“I don’t recognize them!”
The surrounding onlookers exclaimed in surprise.
“Sect Master Ye, I have apprehended these three rats for you. Please continue with the recruitment of disciples,” Ancestor Ning said with clasped hands as he stood on the ground.
His white robes fluttered with the wind, exuding the air of a venerable master.
Ye Feng and his disciples were filled with questions.
Why would the ancestor from one of the Top Ten Noble Families, the Ning Family, take the initiative to help them catch someone? Could it be that he was trying to curry favor?
And who were those three middle-aged men? Which power did they belong to?
As these thoughts crossed his mind, Ye Feng’s gaze turned to Ancestor Ning.