833: 239_5 833: 239_5 Even the peaks at the furthest end of the ranking were no exception.
Recruiting disciples was their fastest way to rise.
Although the talented disciples would certainly be chosen by the Upper Fifty Peaks or even the Top Ten Peaks, making it difficult for them to compete with the others.
Still, they were not without chances to select promising disciples.
After all, these young scholars were all young, and selections had to be made based more on potential as children can be fickle.
Some children might appear resilient and suitable for immortal cultivation now, but as they grow older, their personalities may change.
Those who seem clever might slowly become average.
On the other hand, some children with average potential might begin to reveal their intelligence and tenacity.
Immortal cultivation talent is not just about what kind of Immortal Body one possesses.
Having an Immortal Body only means that one has good potential for cultivation, but cultivating talent is not solely about potential; it also depends on comprehension.
Currently, at the Hundred Peaks Sect, Light Cocoon Peak, which is ranked sixty-eighth, had previously placed ninety-sixth in the last two Hundred Peaks competitions, one of the lowest-ranked peaks within the Sect, not really better than the initial Four Treasures Peak and Seven Star Peak.
Then they, the Light Cocoon Peak, recruited a good disciple, who in the last Hundred Peaks Sect competition, boosted their ranking to sixty-third.
Later, that genius even became the Peak Master of Light Cocoon Peak.
If not for this, their ranking wouldn’t have declined in the most recent Hundred Peaks competition.
After all, in the most recent Hundred Peaks competition, the Peak Master could not participate.
The current Peak Master of Light Cocoon Peak seemed to have average talent in cultivation, but to everyone’s surprise, he made late progress, suddenly as if enlightened, and had an excellent cultivation comprehension!
Therefore, even the lower-ranked peaks had the chance to change their fate through the selection of disciples.
Of course, the odds were somewhat low, but there was still a chance; it all depended on how they chose their disciples.
All peaks were poring over the roster of potential disciples.
And Four Treasures Peak was no exception.
With Cao Zhen gone and Yi Sheng not at the Five-Element Pill Ground for alchemy, he returned to Four Treasures Peak to start alchemy.
The appearance of Four Treasures Peak still seemed to have no change.
At the platform at the top of the peak, Yi Sheng and Bei Yan huddled together.
As she was making pills, she glanced at the roster Bei Yan handed to her.
After only a few looks, she set the roster aside and, lifting her head, asked Bei Yan, “So, senior brother, whom do you want to recruit to our Four Treasures Peak?”
Little Bei Yan raised two fingers and said, “Of course, two people, Liao Youdi and Little Zhu Peng.
Liao Youdi is a recognized genius, just like junior sister last year, drawing everyone’s attention.”
Upon hearing this, Yi Sheng immediately shook her head and said, “Senior brother, I can’t compare to her.
She is too resolute.”
“Don’t sell yourself short, junior sister,” Little Bei Yan reassured her for once and continued, “Besides, don’t look at Zhu Peng as a simpleton, but I tell you, he truly is a genius.
Do you know, junior sister, I taught Zhu Peng many moves, and he only needs to learn them once, mastering not only the form but the essence as well.
Moreover, he has a real talent for the stick method, and just like senior brother said, I think, although he’s simple, it’s precisely because of that simplicity, his mind isn’t burdened with complex thoughts, so his cultivation speed is actually faster.”
No sooner had Little Bei Yan finished speaking than a voice came from behind.
“Junior brother, you’re getting quite the discerning eye.
Haven’t you thought about it, as the main character, could I be wrong?”
As his words ended, Xiang Ziyu appeared on the platform.
“Senior brother?” Yi Sheng looked in surprise at Xiang Ziyu, who approached the platform, and couldn’t help asking, “Senior brother, wasn’t master having you cultivate our Hundred Peaks Sect’s Divine Skills?
Why are you back?”
As Xiang Ziyu walked forward, he deliberately adopted an air of nonchalance and said, “If senior brother has come out, it naturally means he has mastered all the Divine Skills.”
“Ah?
Mastered them all?” Upon hearing this, Yi Sheng let out an exclamation.
She might not know exactly how many Divine Skills their Hundred Peaks Sect had, but she knew that the Sect had carried on for hundreds of thousands of years and had a hundred peaks; countless Divine Skills must have been accumulated over such a lengthy period.
And because their Hundred Peaks Sect practiced diverse forms of cultivation, there were all types of Divine Skills: blade techniques, Fire Technique, Thunderbolt Proficiency, and all these skills differ, making them undoubtedly trickier to cultivate.
After all, it was impossible for someone to be suited to cultivate all Divine Skills.
Yet her senior brother claimed to have mastered all the Divine Skills—what an extraordinary talent!
Indeed, she thought, compared to the senior sisters and brothers, she was still far behind.
While Xiang Ziyu spoke, he arrived beside Yi Sheng and Bei Yan and said, “With master and the senior sisters absent, the selection of disciples for Four Treasures Peak this time will be my responsibility.”
Then he turned to Bei Yan and said, “The two candidates you mentioned are not bad, very good indeed, especially Zhu Peng, we must take him into Four Treasures Peak.
In my heart, he is the most talented among all the disciples we’re recruiting this time.
No, perhaps I should add ‘one of’.”