Chapter 360: Chapter 360: Heartache, Activate Mission
Ye Feng expressed great excitement.
Heavens be merciful, he actually encountered talents with Upper Grade root bones in County King City!
The smile on Ye Feng’s face gradually became twisted.
However, in a distant corner, the maid Yue’er was wide-mouthed with an anxious look on her face.
“After all this time, the Commandery Princess’s most valued Lei Xiaohu has been poached by Misty Sect?” After a while, the maid Yue’er swallowed a mouthful of saliva and forced a bitter smile.
These hundreds of youths were specially cultivated by Commandery Princess Shu Hongyu in her County King’s Manor.
In the future, they would follow Shu Hongyu and become capable aides at the future Commandery Prince’s side.
The well-performing ones could even become core figures.
Therefore, these hundreds were all meticulously selected, with both aptitudes and personalities being top choices.
Among them, Lei Xiaohu received Shu Hongyu’s favor the most.
“Ah, I shouldn’t have arranged for them to come here as Misty Sect’s plants; what should I do if Sect Master Ye takes all these people?”
The maid Yue’er covered her face with her hands, wanting to cry.
On the Sect Main Plaza.
Ye Feng discovered that these hundreds of youths were of high quality; at least a third met the requirements for joining the sect.
“So exhilarating!”
Before long, Ye Feng had taken in dozens of disciples, all with at least Middle Grade root bones, his smile becoming even more twisted.
During the process of accepting disciples, Ye Feng noticed a phenomenon.
These youths, whether they were accepted into the Misty Sect or not, all seemed rather indifferent.
“People so young couldn’t possibly have such high states of mind, so they must have known the outcome in advance, or more precisely, they were already prepared for it.”
Ye Feng watched the queue of youths, making such conjectures.
Near the Sect Main Plaza.
The maid Yue’er stood on tiptoes and looked out towards the plaza, patting her chest, she let out a sigh of relief, “Luckily, only a third were accepted into Misty Sect; that I can accept.”
Before long, these hundreds of youths had all been screened, and in total, more than eighty people joined the Misty Sect.
Including Ning Xiangxiang and others from the Top Ten Noble Families, the number of disciples accepted today had broken past a hundred.
“Ding, congratulations to the Sect Master for accepting over a hundred disciples in one day, earning the title ‘Disciple Collecting Maniac,’ and awarded a Miniature Sword Formation set.”
System prompts.
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng’s eyes bulged.
There were even rewards for this?
This System, how exhilarating!
Although the Miniature Sword Formation’s power was just so-so, able only to round up ordinary Demon Generals, it was better than nothing.
Then came noon.
“We’ll pause accepting disciples, we’ll continue in the afternoon!” Ye Feng waved his hand grandly and led the disciples back to the lodgings provided by Mo Wenshi.
As for the maid Yue’er, she reunited with the remaining youths and returned to the County King’s Manor on a Flying Sword.
“Hey, why are so many people missing?”
Shu Hongyu, looking at the youths below, asked, “Yue’er, where are Lei Xiaohu and the others?”
“They… many of them have joined Misty Sect.” Yue’er’s expression was awkward as she quickly lowered her head.
“What! How many?” Shu Hongyu was shocked.
“Including Lei Xiaohu, more than eighty have joined Misty Sect… Commandery Princess, please don’t be angry, I had no choice!” Yue’er, fearing punishment, her eyes reddening.
“This… what a disaster!”
Shu Hongyu covered her face with her hand.
She had sent Lei Xiaohu and others merely as stand-ins, just to bolster Misty Sect’s image a bit, but who knew more than eighty would end up joining.
She was extremely frustrated!
And moreover, heartbroken!
“Let it be, let it be, Misty Sect is also a sect I was once part of, and having Lei Xiaohu and others join Misty Sect, they’re still my people, it’s not a loss, it’s like they’re undergoing training in Misty Sect!”
In the end, Shu Hongyu employed self-consoling, akin to the spirit of Ah Q.
Yue’er kept her head down, trembling, not daring to speak.
…
Ye Feng was unaware of Shu Hongyu’s frustration to the point of wanting to spit blood.
At the moment, he stood in the courtyard, looking at disciples like Ning Xiangxiang and Lei Xiaohu, nodding with satisfaction.
“Hmm, all very good. From today, you are the Second-generation Disciples of my Misty Sect.”
“Join my Misty Sect, and ascending during daylight is no longer a dream!”
Ye Feng began his speech.
The new disciples found Ye Feng’s speech truly dull and began to feel sleepy as they listened.
“Alright, just a couple more words.”
A quarter of an hour later, after taking a sip of water, Ye Feng continued for another two quarters of an hour, leaving the disciples stunned.
This… is this what he calls “a couple more words”?
The disciples clicked their tongues in amazement.
“Well, next up, let’s eat!” Ye Feng took the hundred or so disciples to a massive restaurant and spent hundreds of spirit stones to reserve an extravagant dining hall.
“Indeed, he’s the Sect Leader!”
“Following the Sect Leader, there is always meat to eat!”
The disciples enjoyed the dishes prepared by professional spirit chefs and felt that joining the Misty Sect might not be too bad after all.
At the very least, they could eat their fill and not starve.
Li Jiaojiao, eating dishes stir-fried by the spirit chef, couldn’t help her professional habits. She snuck into the back kitchen, exchanged cooking techniques with the restaurant’s spirit chef, and learned quite a few things.
In the afternoon, Ye Feng continued to take in disciples.
Even though the Misty Sect was well-known, there weren’t many young cultivators left in County King City who hadn’t joined a sect yet.
Furthermore, since the Misty Sect only took disciples based on “fate,” from every couple of hundred people, they could only accept about one.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
On the first day, Ye Feng accepted over a hundred disciples in total, including Ning Xiangxiang and Lei Xiaohu.
On the second day, he took ten.
On the third day, he took two.
Ye Feng’s mentality exploded.
“It seems there won’t be any more newcomers.” Ye Feng slapped his forehead, wrapped things up with the disciples, and found Mo Wenshi.
“Elder Mo, I am grateful for your propaganda efforts. Because of them, our Misty Sect has taken in quite a few disciples,” said Ye Feng with a clasped hand gesture.
Looking at the hundred or so people before him, Mo Wenshi’s mouth twitched.
He had spent three days in the County King City with a population over a hundred million, and in the end, they only took in a little over a hundred people?
The rate of discipleship acceptance was too low!
Mo Wenshi was speechless, but a smile appeared on his face, “Congratulations to Sect Master Ye for the substantial increase in disciples, this is indeed a joyful occasion.”
“It was all thanks to Elder Mo’s assistance.”
After exchanging a few pleasantries, they dined together.
Before leaving, and finding out that Liu Ming was still in closed-door cultivation, Ye Feng took the disciples present and boarded the Spirit Snake Flying Boat back to the Misty Sect.
“Is this the Spirit Snake Flying Boat?”
On the way back to the sect, disciples from the Top Ten Noble Families like Ning Xiangxiang eyed the Spirit Snake Flying Boat with envy.
“You recognize this item?” Ye Feng was surprised.
“Yes, recently Elder Gong Qingqiu arrived on this boat. Legend has it, it can withstand even the full-strength blow from the top tenth assassin, Mad Blade; it’s so powerful!” Ning Xiangxiang explained.
“Sect Leader, what materials were used to forge this, making it so sturdy, and its speed so fast?” Lei Xiaohu was very curious.
Ye Feng smiled, “Previously, the protector slew the Mad Python King in the Barren Desert. I stripped all its scales and combined them with the Demon Core of the Poison Scorpion King to forge this Flying Spirit Artifact.”
“The Mad Python King, the Poison Scorpion King?”
All the disciples gasped in shock.
Is this the scale of Sect Master Ye? Nonchalantly speaking about slaying Demon Kings; truly terrifying just as the legends say!
“Sect Leader, what’s the situation like in our Misty Sect?”
“Yes, I want to know too.”
The second-generation disciples sat on the flying boat, chattering amongst themselves.
“Our Misty Sect…” Just as Ye Feng was about to start introducing the sect, a notification sound suddenly crossed his mind.
“Ding! The total number of sect disciples has exceeded one hundred fifty, and there are five in the Element Gathering Realm. The fourth stage mission for the Sect Leader is now open. Please check the relevant instructions.”
At these words, Ye Feng stopped speaking abruptly.
He stared blankly at the distant sky, eyes wide open, leaving the disciples utterly confused.
The disciples didn’t understand this action from the Sect Leader.
After a brief moment of joy, Ye Feng felt a sense of tastelessness wash over him as he complained internally, “System, are you on a 2G network? It’s been half a day and you’re just now sending the notification!”
However, the system gave no response.
Meanwhile, the disciples nearby all turned their gazes towards him, not understanding why Ye Feng looked the way he did.