Chapter 61: Recruitment Ceremony

In the ninth year after contracting the Dongxuan Fudi!

During his cultivation, Ye Ye Qingxuan was sitting quietly in the stone pavilion drinking tea, watching the scenery outside the mountain peak as usual.

Suddenly, the sound of bells rang from the direction of Profound Heaven Peak.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Hearing the sudden bell, Ye Ye Qingxuan was surprised: "What's going on?"

Immediately after, as the bell rang, cultivators began to soar into the air from various mountain ranges of the Profound Heaven Mountain Range, flying towards Profound Heaven Peak on their swords.

Looking at the figures that flew past the Ye Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi from time to time and flew towards Profound Heaven Peak, Ye Ye Qingxuan was a bit confused for a while.

After contacting Bai Bai Wenyang with the disciple token, he suddenly realized:

"So it's the sect's once-in-a-century recruitment ceremony!"

The once-in-a-century recruitment ceremony, the major hegemon-level forces agreed on the same day.

This day could be said to be a grand ceremony for the five regions of the Di Li Xuan Realm.

It was also the best time for those cultivators with medium aptitude to join the major hegemon-level forces.

Like the Profound Yi Tianzong, at other times, except for the affiliated forces of the Profound Yi Tianzong, which could lower the requirements and send people with average talent into the sect.

For others in ordinary villages, towns, and cities, they could only go to the major state cities, county cities, and prefecture cities every year to test their aptitude, and only those with seven-element spiritual root talent and above could directly join the Profound Yi Tianzong.

So the once-in-a-century recruitment ceremony of the hegemon-level forces was basically the only chance for people with spiritual roots below seven elements and ordinary backgrounds to join a hegemon-level force.

The reason why it was once in a century was, first, to give other forces a living space, and second, too many low-order disciples had no great significance to the major hegemon-level forces.

The Profound Yi Tianzong's once-in-a-century recruitment ceremony had a talent requirement of at least three-element spiritual roots!

But in reality, the disciples who joined the Profound Yi Tianzong every year basically started with four-element spiritual roots.

Because only with four-element spiritual roots could they rely on the superior environment within the Profound Yi Tianzong and have the opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were the basic strength of the major hegemon-level forces and truly possessed the independent ability to walk outside and handle various matters for the sect.

As for disciples below the Nascent Soul Realm, in the eyes of the major hegemon-level forces, they were like infants and could not take on heavy responsibilities.

And those with talent below four-element spiritual roots, even in the Profound Yi Tianzong, if there was no one to support them, the opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm was also very slim.

So if they were not particularly outstanding in other aspects, those with three-element spiritual root talent basically had no chance to join the Profound Yi Tianzong in the once-in-a-century recruitment ceremony.

The gap in talent was not so easy to make up!

The further the cultivation, the more vast the energy required; without a superior cultivation environment and sufficient resource supply, those with insufficient spiritual roots, even if their lifespan was exhausted, would not accumulate enough spiritual power for the breakthrough.

Those with three or four-element spiritual root talent, outside the hegemon-level forces, if there was no sufficient resource supply or heaven-defying opportunity, basically had no chance to break through to the Nascent Soul.

Which force below the hegemon-level had the courage to open up the suppression of spiritual veins and let the spiritual energy of spiritual veins spread at will? The reason why hegemon-level forces dared to open up the suppression of spiritual veins without affecting the cultivation of high-order cultivators.

Was because with the cooperation of Mahayana cultivators and immortal artifacts, they could forcibly open the world barrier, receive enough chaotic energy for the Tenth-Order spiritual veins, and accelerate the conversion of spiritual energy by the Tenth-Order spiritual veins.

And after opening up the suppression of spiritual veins

The Mahayana Realm, immortal artifacts, and a tenth-order spirit vein—all three are indispensable; these are conditions that forces below the hegemon level cannot possibly gather.

This is also one of the reasons why the various hegemon-level forces in the Di Li Xuan Realm remain strong, capable of producing one ascender after another.

A force that only has Mahayana Realm cultivators sitting in command but lacks immortal artifacts for suppression can only be called a pseudo-hegemon-level force.

While pseudo-hegemon-level forces and hegemon-level forces may seem to be separated by only a thin line, they are worlds apart.

For a pseudo-hegemon-level force to advance to a hegemon-level force, there are only two paths.

One is for the pseudo-hegemon-level force to possess at least two Mahayana cultivators, with one of them successfully condensing the Laws and advancing to the Immortal Realm.

Before ascending, they must cultivate the spirit veins within the force to the tenth order and use their own Great Dao Laws to forge an immortal artifact to remain and guard the force.

The second path is to have heaven-defying luck: occupy a tenth-order spirit vein, accidentally find an immortal artifact, and have a Mahayana Realm cultivator in the sect; this can also count as a hegemon-level force, though its foundation will be much weaker. And below the pseudo-hegemon-level forces...

... are the top-tier forces with Tribulation Realm cultivators, first-rate forces with Void Meditation Realm cultivators, second-rate forces with Void Penetration Realm cultivators, and third-rate forces with Deity Transformation Realm cultivators.

Forces without a Deity Transformation Realm existence or higher are collectively referred to as unranked forces.

Unranked forces within the five regions of the Di Li Xuan Realm can only survive by attaching themselves to other forces.

The stone pavilion at the entrance of the Ye Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi.

Ye Ye Qingxuan looked toward the direction of the Profound Yi Tianzong; although he was somewhat curious about the grandeur of the sect's once-a-century recruitment ceremony.

But hindered by his status as a Dongxuan Fudi cultivator disciple, he could not go to watch it in person. After thinking for a moment, Ye Ye Qingxuan took out his disciple token and contacted the two brothers Ye Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Ye Zhaoyu directly: "Ye Zhaoheng, Ye Zhaoyu, the Profound Yi Tianzong's once-a-century recruitment ceremony has begun. The Tianfu shop will be temporarily closed; you two go join the fun and see how the recruitment ceremony is going."

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

"Yes, Young Master!"

Having arrived at the Profound Yi Tianzong for nearly nine years, the two brothers Ye Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Ye Zhaoyu did not need to perform menial tasks like the Profound Yi Tianzong's handyman disciples, and with the ample resources provided by Ye Ye Qingxuan.

Now, the two brothers had successfully reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining, only one step away from the Foundation Establishment Realm.

The Profound Yi Tianzong's once-a-century recruitment ceremony did not affect Ye Ye Qingxuan's life.

The recruitment ceremony lasted for a total of three days! Ye Ye Qingxuan continued his daily routine of cultivation and alchemy, occasionally refining artifacts, making talismans, or crafting one or two array disks. Outside of cultivation, he still unfailingly drank tea and enjoyed the scenery in the stone pavilion.

As the recruitment ceremony neared its end, massive auras rose from various parts of the Profound Heaven Mountain Range, drawing Ye Ye Qingxuan's attention.

And these existences emitting massive auras rushed toward Profound Heaven Peak one after another, exchanging spiritual senses and constantly complaining:

"That old fellow the Sect Master is really something. I was cultivating alone so freely, why must he force me to come out of seclusion to take in a disciple to train?"

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

"Hehehe, Old Man Li Xuan, the Sect Master hasn't gone out today. The one sitting in command of the sect right now is the Sect Master himself. You're done for!"

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

Boom! Feeling the pressure coming from Profound Heaven Peak, Old Man Li Xuan hurriedly conceded: "Sect Master, I was wrong. I, this old man, am willing to take three disciples—no, no, five? Ten, ten, I'll take ten disciples and will definitely train them with care!"

It was not until Old Man Li Xuan promised to take ten disciples that Cen Zhe, who was far away at the peak of Profound Heaven Peak, withdrew his pressure.

Sensing the pressure disappear, Old Man Li Xuan cursed again: "You old fellows, the Sect Master is here and you didn't tell me in advance. I almost got lectured on my cultivation by the Sect Master again."

"Hehehe, Old Man Li Xuan, being lectured by the Sect Master is your honor!"

Hearing this, Old Man Li Xuan glared at the person from afar and said angrily:

"Tian Li Xuan Xuanzi, do you want me to give this honor to you?"

Hearing Old Man Li Xuan's words, Tian Li Xuan Xuanzi gave a sheepish smile and did not respond.

And just as the two were bickering, other elders of the Profound Yi Tianzong had already rushed toward the location of the recruitment ceremony first.

Since they had to recruit disciples, why not strike first and take a few disciples with better talent? Just as the various hegemon-level forces of the Di Li Xuan Realm were holding their recruitment ceremonies.

In the numerous subordinate Small Thousand Worlds of the Di Li Xuan Realm, nine Small Thousand Worlds were each shrouded by a suddenly appearing, eerie black flag.

On the nine eerie black flags, dense and complex Dao patterns lit up, directly obscuring the connection between these nine Small Thousand Worlds and the Di Li Xuan Realm.

After making all preparations, the world barriers of these Small Thousand Worlds were forcibly broken by experts of the Green Demon Race one after another. A large number of Green Demon Race members below the Deity Transformation Realm began to forcibly pass through the unstable spatial tunnels and flee into these Small Thousand Worlds.

After entering the Small Thousand Worlds, the landing spot of these Green Demon Race members was a remote village.

After the Green Demon Race slaughtered the surrounding humans to silence them, they did not rashly launch a war, but chose to lurk, preparing to coordinate from within and without to construct more stable spatial tunnels to welcome more Green Demon Race members.

The hegemon-level forces in the Di Li Xuan Realm had not yet noticed the changes occurring in the nine Small Thousand Worlds or the movements of the Green Demon Race, and were still holding their lively recruitment ceremonies. (End of chapter)