Disciple Recruitment Day

A few days has passed since Old Wang and the others visited. Since then, the Zhou Pavilion acquired some regular customers.

Zhou Lin is happy about that. He is grateful that Old Wang and the others are advertising the shop. It shows that they weren't just sincere, they also truly like the meals here.

As evidence, Old Wang and the others occasionally eats here after they are done with their work. Old Wang is the one treating the others.

It seems like Old Wang advertised his shop as the one selling Demon Beasts meat at an affordable price that even mortals can buy it. There are no cultivators who are coming here, so all of his customers are either his neighbors or the ones who got curious at the oral advertisements.

The advertisements are also true. He is truly selling food made from the meat of the Demon Beasts. His cooking skills are also godly. So his customers are always living with a satisfied smile.

While that is happening, Zhou Lin didn't stop his pursuit to become the strongest. He still busy himself anytime he closes his shop. Upgrading himself and going out on the forest to hunt Demon Beasts from the shallow parts of the Green Abyss Forest.

He also ate some of the meat of the demon beast there. It's not like he really needs to eat as it seems like becoming a cultivator makes his metabolism practically nonexistent, though he still have some cravings. Also, eating demon beast meat gives him benefits.

So he acquires some new Bloodlines, and also a Physique which is actually a surprise for him.

[Status]

Points: 27,101 (1/s) (+)

Physical Rank: Middle Stage Vein Expansion (+)

Cultivation Rank: 5th Stage Mountain Realm (+)

Spiritual Rank: Half Stage Golden Core (+)

[Physique]

(Epic Class) Sky Mountain Boar Physique I (+)

[Bloodline]

(Epic Class) Sky Mountain Boar Bloodline I (+)

(Epic Class) Star Beast Wolf Bloodline I (+)

(Superior Class) Superior Golden Bee Bloodline I (+)

(Superior Class) Millennium Jade Snake Bloodline I (+)

(Super Class) Feral Wolf Bloodline I (+)

[Technique]

(Grade 95) Poison Mist I (+)

(Grade 98) Divine Sense X

(Grade 98) Presence Concealment X

(Grade 99) Appraisal X

(Grade 99) Defensive Aura X

(Grade 99) Enhanced Strikes X

(Grade 99) Pitch Control X

(Grade 99) Sprint X

[Abilities]

(Rank 75) Heavenly Lightning Control I (+)

(Rank 95) Lightning Control III (+)

(Rank 95) Lightning Resistance III (+)

(Rank 95) Poison Resistance II (+)

(Rank 96) Fleeting Death Arts X

(Rank 97) Supreme Martial Arts X

(Rank 99) Qi Manipulation X

(Rank 99) Shadow Training X

(Rank 100) Corpse Dismantling X

(Rank 100) Martial Arts X

(Rank 100) Mortal Bodybuilding X

(Rank 100) Normal Cooking X

(Rank 100) Normal Swordsmanship X

(Rank 100) Thought Acceleration X

He has been trying to raise his status these past few days. He still felt weak even when he knows he is stronger than the City Lord himself. This city is just part of an empire, and he don't know whether this city is at the smaller part or the larger part.

He once again laments that he was uneducated at the history of this world. Another disadvantage of being a poor person.

Most of his knowledge came from the old knowledge of the original owner of this body. Some of it came from the family of the original Zhou Lin of this world. Others are from Old Wang himself.

His modern knowledge about this kind of setting makes him very cautious, as he thinks that there are others out there who are more terrifying than his own strength. So he wants to get more powerful as long as he was able to.

He has to be prepared just to prevent being surprised when something absurd happens to him.

Currently, he is carrying the food to his customer when he heard someone talking about something interesting.

"Did you hear, tomorrow is where the Sects of this Green Holy Region are coming to this city."

"Really? I'd like to go!"

"Che! Dream on! Your too old for something like that! The Sects around here are going to look for promising youths, and you're definitely not a youth!"

"Shut up! A man can dream too!"

He perks up at that as he puts their order on their table.

"Dear Customers, can I ask what's that Sect thing you are talking about?" He wanted to know. It is interesting for him right now.

The other gazes at him for a moment before answering him with a shrug. They don't know he is a cultivator, so they think he is just curious as a mortal.

"Don't you know? Every five years, the Sects around this region will go around each towns and cities to recruit their new disciples!"

"Yes. They will look for those who have potential and take them into their sect."

"I heard they are only taking people at the age of 15 to 18."

He nodded at that. "Where will that recruitment thing happen?" He asks.

"On the central plaza. You know, where that tournament happened a few days ago?"

He smiled at that. "Thank you Dear Customer. I'll cook a free dumpling for each of you as thanks!"

The three person sitting on this table looks at him in surprise, before quickly smiling.

"Is that for real?"

"Thank you, Brother!"

He just shakes his hand and goes back to the kitchen to quickly make their dumplings. It's not even a trouble for him as it was a good way for him to calm his mind and contemplate things.

'Sects huh.... I might learn something if I look at it right?' He thought.

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The next morning, in the central plaza...

Many people are gathering at the Central Plaza. All of them are looking at the gathering of good looking elders wearing differing styles of robes. One of the group of immortals are even jade beauties that causes the other male crowds to specifically focus their gaze on them.

On the back of the crowd, Zhou Lin is standing there and looking at them. His eyes glancing around the figures on the center.

'.... They are more stronger than the prodigies of this city, but generally weaker than the City Lord. I can only see five of them who are stronger than the City Lord. Though their Qi signature is not as much as mine...'

He is surprised once more. He was expecting that some mysterious elder or jade beauty will be more stronger than him. Though it seems like they're not at all. All of them are still incomparable to the sheer capacity of his internal Qi.

'Well... even if I say that, I am sure they have a lot of techniques that I have no knowledge about...' He said with a nod, not even daring to underestimate them.

Regardless of how they seem to be weaker than him, he is sure they can make it up with experience and techniques he has no knowledge about.

His gaze sweeps through the crowd and his ears listens to the surrounding conversation around.

He can see that other than the many mortals around, there are also some cultivators who attended to look at it, and most seems to be participating on the line to be accepted as a disciple.

By listening to them with his sharpened senses, he learns that most of the mortal people here are pushing their child that was of the appropriate age to participate on the line.

He peers into the center where the line ends. Seeing that an elder wearing an official's robe for this city is using some sort of orb and letting the participants on the line to touch it.

"No spiritual roots! Next!"

The teenager guy left with a dejected face, and was replaced with another who looks very proud.

"No spiritual roots! Next!"

Then that proud look was changed into indignation, before quickly turning into dejection as they were ushered away from the line so the next can get in it.

"Low tier spiritual roots! No bloodline! Go there!"

The young girl who was accepted looks very happy as she was put on the other line. Looking at that line, he can see that it was for those who have the potential to cultivate. The group of cultivators with varying robes are there, and they seem to be the one who will evaluate whether they accept someone from that line or not.

"So the first line is for filtering those who have no talent to cultivate, while the second is for selection. How simple." He muttered to himself.

He can see that there is nothing interesting here at all. So he was just going to leave when he notices someone familiar lining up on the participation line.

"Bai Luo!?"

It was actually his former co-worker Bai Luo. He might look old, but Zhou Lin recalls that he was just near his age.

"If I become a cultivator too, I think I can change my life!" He can hear Bai Luo muttering that under his breathe as he got closer and closer to the front of the line.

He can't help but stay once more to see what will happen. He was secretly hoping that Bai Luo succeeds.

Even if he is not interested in dealing with those cultivators, he knows he is just an oddity on this world. The people here saw Cultivating as a way to change their fate. Basically a path that will surely give them success in their life.

Even the original owner of this body was like that. Wanting to be cultivator so they can become successful in life.

So he wanted to cheer him on, even if it's only within his mind.

"No spiritual roots! Next!"

".... Oh..." He can hear the sound of utter disappointment at Bai Luo as he lowered his head and slumped his shoulders in defeat.

As his former co-worker leave the plaza with a dejected look, Zhou Lin can't help but wince at that.

".... Oh, I think I have to treat him later when he comes to my restaurant." He said, feeling sympathy for his friend.

Now that nothing is truly interesting him in this place, he finally left the place. Even when he notices those prodigies of this city also participating on the line, he actually don't care.