Chapter 313: Appearance

Only then, as Bai Shuqing activated it,

the seven precious beads atop the compass began to emit brilliant light.

The special energy contained within started to converge into the groove at the compass's center.

Then it fused into one, transforming into an extremely pure energy that poured into Bai Shuqing's body.

This energy merely passed through the spiritual roots within Bai Shuqing's body like a brief visit.

It then directly poured into Bai Shuqing's dantian, beginning to continuously elevate Bai Shuqing's cultivation base.

Throughout the entire process, this energy placed no burden whatsoever on Bai Shuqing's physical body or his spiritual roots.

Meanwhile, just as Bai Shuqing activated the Seven Emotions Compass,

atop Mount Wanling,

"Hmm?"

Shortly after, Ye Qingxuan's expression shifted; with a single step, his figure vanished from Mount Wanling.

Jiang Wen glanced at Niu Dali, his face still expressionless as he said:

"Spiritual root?"

"Uh? No, that is, my name is Niu Dali."

"Hmm! Cultivation base?"

With a wave of his hand, the figure of the Starlight Hall suddenly materialized before him.

"Hmm?"

After pondering for a moment, Ye Qingxuan achieved unity of mind with the Starlight Hall.

It was seen that the Starlight Hall was currently trembling slightly, emitting a faint humming sound.

"Very well, next."

Clearly, Niu Dali, who had settled in Dongxuan City for a long time, still recognized Jiang Wen.

On the other side, at the foot of Mount Wanling,

"Uh? That is, Commander Jiang, may I ask what my assessment task is?"

"Late Foundation Establishment realm."

After recording the information, Jiang Wen handed Niu Dali a jade tablet and said:

"For all the cultivators recruited this time, everyone's assessment task is to slay a demon beast of equivalent rank."

Ye Qingxuan suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a look of confusion.

His spiritual sense surged forth, utilizing the power of the Star Array and the Starlight Hall to begin probing the entire Dongxuan City.

At the Dongxuan City cultivator recruitment point, Jiang Wen looked at the burly man standing before him and asked expressionlessly:

"Name?"

"Thunder, Fire, Wood, and Earth four-element spiritual root."

"I am Niu Dali."

"With the token in your hand, you may freely enter the territory where second-rank demon beasts dwell."

This time, since those joining Dongxuan City were basically scattered cultivators who had settled there for a long time,

Ye Qingxuan's assessment for this batch of cultivators was much simpler.

Hearing Jiang Wen's words, Niu Dali nodded hurriedly, clutching the token in his hand as he rushed away.

After Niu Dali left,

the cultivator behind Niu Dali slowly stepped forward.

Jiang Wen looked at the middle-aged cultivator before him and realized he could not see through his cultivation base.

His heart stirred; he narrowed his eyes slightly and asked with a smile:

"May I ask the honorable name of this Daoist friend?"

"Su Jianfeng, mid-Nascent Soul realm cultivation base, six-element spiritual root!"

Upon hearing Su Jianfeng's mid-Nascent Soul cultivation base,

Jiang Wen calmly recorded Su Jianfeng's information, then handed Su Jianfeng a jade tablet:

"With this jade tablet, Daoist friend may enter the territory of fifth-rank demon beasts."

"As long as you successfully slay a mid-fifth-rank demon beast, you may join Dongxuan City."

Upon hearing this, Su Jianfeng nodded slightly, taking the jade tablet in his hand before leaving.

Actually, Su Jianfeng had long harbored the thought of joining Dongxuan City.

It was just that at the time, the members of the Dongxuan Guard had low cultivation bases, and Su Jianfeng believed Dongxuan City lacked personnel.

Therefore, he wished to wait for a better price, expecting the Dongxuan City Lord to personally come out to recruit him.

He never expected that this wait would stretch on for so many years.

Especially when Dongxuan City previously granted cave dwellings to cultivators affiliated with it,

even Su Jianfeng could not help but feel a pang of regret and pain.

With his cultivation base, had he joined Dongxuan City earlier, he could have obtained a permanent fifth-rank cave dwelling.

This stimulus, combined with Dongxuan City silently seizing the entire Water Marsh Kingdom with the power of a single city,

made Su Jianfeng realize that Dongxuan City's foundations were unfathomably deep, and the Dongxuan City Lord was by no means simple.

Thus, Su Jianfeng no longer waited.

During the expansion of recruitment for Dongxuan City, he chose to join Dongxuan City without hesitation.

It was not only Su Jianfeng.

Within the line of those joining Dongxuan City,

Mu Chunzi and Wu Jizi, another Nascent Soul cultivator who had settled in Dongxuan City for a long time, were also in line, preparing to join Dongxuan City.

It was in Dongxuan City.

If it were elsewhere.

With their status as Nascent Soul cultivators, how could they possibly stand in line with cultivators below the Nascent Soul realm?

As evening approached.

After registering the last person's information, Jiang Wen could not help but stand up and stretch.

Glancing at the subordinates on his left and right, Jiang Wen ordered:

"Alright, hand over all the data to me, and you may disband!"

"Yes, my Lord Commander!"

Over these three days.

Nearly twenty thousand cultivators had registered to join Dongxuan City.

However, these cultivators were roughly the total number of wandering cultivators who had settled in Dongxuan City.

During these three days.

Many cultivators had successively completed the assessment task of hunting demonic beasts and smoothly joined Dongxuan City.

As for whether these demonic beasts were hunted by them alone, Dongxuan City did not care.

After the expansion of Dongxuan City, it was not yet open to the public.

This recruitment drive was originally prepared by Ye Qingxuan for the wandering cultivators who had settled in Dongxuan City.

Therefore, the assessment requirements were not high, and there were no rigid restrictions.

If under such circumstances.

A cultivator still knew their combat power was insufficient but foolishly went to hunt demonic beasts alone.

Ultimately leading to assessment failure and the inability to join Dongxuan City.

Then Ye Qingxuan could do nothing about it.

Among the cultivators joining Dongxuan City, the outcome was exactly as Ye Qingxuan had expected.

Nearly ninety percent of the cultivators could not swear a Dao Oath and could only sign a contract to become outer members of Dongxuan City.

After all, although they had settled in Dongxuan City for a long time, they were still wandering cultivators.

Ye Qingxuan did not expect them to wholeheartedly serve Dongxuan City immediately upon joining.

Once the population base of Dongxuan City increased.

The main source of cultivators for Dongxuan City in the future would still be those cultivated by the Dongxuan Academy itself.

These native-born cultivators of Dongxuan City would undoubtedly have a much stronger sense of belonging to Dongxuan City.

The proportion of cultivators able to swear a Dao Oath would also be relatively higher.

At this moment.

Inside Bai Shuqing's cave dwelling.

In less than a single day, Bai Shuqing's cultivation base had risen from the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

After his cultivation base stabilized, Bai Shuqing slightly opened his eyes.

Sensing his current cultivation base, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Although the Seven Emotions Compass was a family treasure of the Bai family and he understood its effects.

No one in the Bai family had been able to pass the Seven Emotions Trial and become the master of the Seven Emotions Compass for thousands of years.

Therefore, Bai Shuqing could not be entirely certain of the actual effects of the Seven Emotions Compass.

Fortunately, after spending three years collecting emotional energy this time, the Seven Emotions Compass did not disappoint him.

Just as Bai Shuqing was happily playing with the Seven Emotions Compass in his hand, a voice broke through the air:

"A three-star low-grade spiritual treasure? However, this seems to be a bloodline spiritual treasure?"

(End of this chapter)