Chapter 61: Centennial Recruitment Ceremony

The ninth year after contracting the Blessed Land!

Besides his cultivation, Ye Qingxuan sat quietly in the stone pavilion as usual, drinking tea and gazing at the scenery beyond the mountain peak.

Suddenly, a series of bell tolls rang out from the direction of Xuantian Peak.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Hearing the sudden bell sounds, Ye Qingxuan was somewhat surprised: "What is going on?"

Immediately following the bell tolls, cultivators from various mountain ranges in the Xuantian Mountain Range began to soar into the air, flying their swords toward Xuantian Peak.

Watching the figures occasionally fly over the Qingxuan Blessed Land and flee toward Xuantian Peak, Ye Qingxuan was momentarily at a loss.

Taking out his disciple token and contacting Bai Wenyang, he suddenly realized:

"So it is the sect's centennial recruitment ceremony!"

The centennial recruitment ceremony is agreed upon by all major hegemonic powers to be held on the same day.

This day can be called the grand festival of the five regions within the entire Di Xuan Realm.

It is also the best opportunity for cultivators of average talent to join the major hegemonic powers.

For example, Xuantian Sect, at other times, except for its affiliated powers which can lower requirements to send people with average talent into the sect,

ordinary people from villages and towns can only go to the various prefecture cities, commandery cities, and provincial cities each year to test their own talent; only those with talent of seven-element spiritual roots or higher can directly join Xuantian Sect.

Therefore, the centennial recruitment ceremony of hegemonic powers is almost the only chance for people with spiritual roots below seven elements and ordinary backgrounds to join a hegemonic power.

The reason it is held once every hundred years is first to give other powers room to survive, and second because too many low-level disciples hold little significance for the major hegemonic powers.

For Xuantian Sect's centennial recruitment ceremony, the minimum talent requirement is three-element spiritual roots!

But in reality, disciples who join Xuantian Sect each year usually start with four-element spiritual roots.

Because only with four-element spiritual roots can one leverage the superior environment within Xuantian Sect to have a chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Only cultivators at the Nascent Soul realm are considered the foundational strength of the major hegemonic powers, possessing the true independent ability to walk abroad and handle various affairs for the sect.

As for disciples below the Nascent Soul realm, in the eyes of the major hegemonic powers, they are like infants and cannot bear heavy responsibilities.

And for talent below four-element spiritual roots, even within Xuantian Sect, if no one supports them, the chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm is extremely slim.

Therefore, unless one is particularly outstanding in other aspects, those with three-element spiritual root talent basically have no chance of joining Xuantian Sect during the centennial recruitment ceremony.

The gap in talent is not so easily bridged!

The further one cultivates, the more immense the energy required; without an excellent cultivation environment and sufficient resource supply, those with insufficient spiritual roots, even if their lifespan runs out, will not accumulate enough spiritual power to break through.

Those with three or four-element spiritual root talent, outside of hegemonic powers, without sufficient resource supply or heaven-defying opportunities, basically have no chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Which power below the hegemonic level has the boldness to lift the suppression on spiritual veins and let the spiritual energy of the veins spread freely? Only hegemonic powers dare to lift the suppression on spiritual veins without affecting the cultivation of high-level cultivators.

This is because, with the cooperation of Mahayana cultivators and Immortal Artifacts, they can forcibly open the world barrier to channel sufficient chaotic energy into tenth-grade spiritual veins, accelerating the conversion of spiritual energy by tenth-grade spiritual veins.

And after lifting the suppression on spiritual veins, the spiritual mechanisms between the veins interweave, causing the growth speed of low-grade spiritual veins to increase significantly, ultimately forming a virtuous cycle.

Mahayana cultivators, Immortal Artifacts, and tenth-grade spiritual veins are all indispensable; these are conditions impossible for powers below the hegemonic level to assemble.

This is also one of the reasons why the major hegemonic powers in the Di Xuan Realm remain strong, with ascenders emerging one after another.

Only powers with a Mahayana cultivator stationed but lacking an Immortal Artifact to suppress them can be called pseudo-hegemonic powers.

Pseudo-hegemonic powers and hegemonic powers seem separated by only a thin line, yet the difference is vast.

For a pseudo-hegemonic power to advance to a hegemonic power, there are only two paths.

One is for the pseudo-hegemonic power to possess at least two Mahayana cultivators, with one successfully condensing a law and advancing to the Immortal Realm.

Before ascending, they must cultivate the spiritual veins within the power to tenth-grade and use their own Great Dao laws to forge an Immortal Artifact to remain within the affiliated power for defense.

The second path is to have heaven-defying luck: occupying a tenth-grade spiritual vein, accidentally finding an Immortal Artifact, and having a Mahayana cultivator in the sect; this can also be considered a hegemonic power, though its foundation would be much weaker. And below pseudo-hegemonic powers.

are the top-tier powers with Tribulation Crossing cultivators stationed, first-tier powers with Void Emptiness cultivators stationed, second-tier powers with Void Penetration cultivators stationed, and third-tier powers with Soul Transformation cultivators stationed.

Powers without a Soul Transformation cultivator or higher stationed are collectively called non-tiered powers.

Non-tiered powers, within the five regions of the Di Xuan Realm, can only survive by attaching themselves to other powers.

The stone pavilion at the entrance of the Qingxuan Blessed Land.

Ye Qingxuan looked toward the direction of Xuantian Sect; although somewhat curious about the grandeur of the sect's centennial recruitment ceremony,

hindered by his identity as a disciple of the Blessed Land, he could not go personally to observe. After pondering for a moment, Ye Qingxuan took out his disciple token and directly contacted the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu: "Zhaoheng, Zhaoyu, the centennial recruitment ceremony of Xuantian Sect has begun. The Tianfu shop will be temporarily closed. You two go to join the fun and see the situation of the recruitment ceremony."

Within a short while, the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, responded excitedly in unison:

"Yes, Young Master!"

Having been at Xuantian Sect for nearly nine years, the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, did not need to undertake menial tasks like the servant disciples of Xuantian Sect, and with the sufficient resource supply provided by Ye Qingxuan,

the two brothers have now smoothly reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining, just one step away from the Foundation Establishment realm.

The centennial recruitment ceremony of Xuantian Sect did not affect Ye Qingxuan's life.

The recruitment ceremony lasted for three days in total! Ye Qingxuan continued to cultivate and refine elixirs every day, occasionally refining artifacts, crafting talismans, or forging one or two array plates. Besides cultivation, he still unshakably enjoyed tea and scenery in the stone pavilion.

As the recruitment ceremony neared its end, massive auras rose from various places in the Xuantian Mountain Range, causing Ye Qingxuan to turn his head in surprise.

And these existences emitting massive auras all hurried toward Xuantian Peak, exchanging words via spiritual sense and constantly complaining:

"This old fellow, the Sect Master, is really something. Isn't it so free for me to cultivate alone? Why force me to close my seclusion to take in a disciple and raise him?"

"Enough, isn't it just one disciple? It's no big deal!"

"Hehehe, Old Man Xuan, the Sect Master is not out today; the one currently stationed at the sect is the Sect Master himself. You're in trouble!"

As soon as the words fell, a booming sound came from the void!

Boom! Feeling the oppressive pressure coming from Xuantian Peak, Old Man Xuan quickly admitted defeat: "Sect Master, I was wrong. This old man is willing to take in three disciples, no, five? Ten, ten, this old man will take in ten disciples and definitely raise them with care!"

Only after Old Man Xuan promised to take in ten disciples did Cen Zhe, far at the summit of Xuantian Peak, withdraw the pressure.

Sensing the pressure disappear, Old Man Xuan grumbled again: "You bunch of old fellows, with the Sect Master present, you didn't tell me in advance; I almost had my cultivation pointed out by the Sect Master again."

"Hehehe, Old Man Xuan, having your cultivation pointed out by the Sect Master is your honor!"

Upon hearing this, Old Man Xuan immediately glared at that person across the distance, angrily saying:

"Tianxuanzi, do you want me to give this honor to you?"

Hearing what Old Xuan said, Tianxuanzi gave a sheepish smile and said nothing in return.

Just as the two were bickering, other elders of the Xuantian Sect had already rushed ahead to the location of the recruitment ceremony.

Since disciples must be recruited, why not strike first and secure a few with better talent? This occurred while the major hegemonic powers of the Di Xuan Realm were holding their recruitment ceremonies.

Among the numerous minor lower worlds subordinate to the Di Xuan Realm, nine such worlds were each suddenly shrouded by a strange, pitch-black flag.

Dense, intricate Dao patterns lit up on the nine strange, pitch-black flags, directly severing the connection between these nine minor worlds and the Di Xuan Realm.

After making all preparations, the boundaries of these minor worlds were forcibly broken through by the powerful of the Green Demon Clan. Numerous Green Demons below the Soul Transformation realm began forcing their way through the unstable spatial tunnels, fleeing into these minor worlds.

Upon entering the minor worlds, these Green Demons landed in a remote village.

After slaughtering the humans around them to silence witnesses, the Green Demon Clan did not rashly launch a war. Instead, they chose to lie in wait, preparing to act as an inside force to build a more stable spatial channel and guide more Green Demons through.

The changes occurring in the nine minor worlds and the movements of the Green Demon Clan had not yet been detected by the hegemonic powers of the Di Xuan Realm, who continued to hold their lively recruitment ceremonies. (End of Chapter)