841: Chapter 241 841: Chapter 241 Hundred Peaks Sect, when selecting disciples from the Hundred Peaks, didn’t just start considering candidates when the time came.
Each peak had already decided on their targets beforehand.
Especially many of the lower-ranked peaks, their initial targets were not those geniuses since the likelihood of those geniuses joining their peaks was far too low.
However, that didn’t mean they wouldn’t pursue those geniuses.
Each year, there were always one or two geniuses who would join some of the lower-ranked peaks.
After all, everyone is human, and each person has their own thoughts.
Some believed that no matter what, they had to go to the strongest peak!
They were the most talented, and other peaks were not worthy of them.
Others chose the peak that was most suitable for themselves.
Some preferred to be the head of a chicken rather than the tail of a phoenix.
After all, each peak’s resources were limited, and although higher-ranked peaks had more resources, they also had more disciples and more geniuses.
The resources available per person might not be more than those of the lower-ranked peaks.
Entering a lower-ranked peak, they would also receive more attention.
Moreover, these young Taoist boys just out of the academy were still children, and their thoughts were easily influenced.
Therefore, the lower-ranked peaks also sought out these genius disciples.
Maybe some genius would join their peak.
Just like last time during the disciple selection, Four Treasures Peak was ranked last, and at that time, Four Treasures Peak was far from arising, yet they still ended up recruiting Yi Sheng, who was the most talented disciple at that time.
Maybe this year they would entice away Liao Youdi, widely recognized as the most talented!
Of course, they were not just targeting Liao Youdi.
If they failed to entice her away, they would immediately leave and pursue the next target.
Moreover, they had already dispatched other members from their peak to stabilize the others.
If they could directly bring someone back to their peak, that would be ideal.
If not, they would secure a commitment first, and after leaving here, they would take the person away.
The Peak Masters almost all came to the Heavenly Swan Academy, as facing a genius required showing enough attention.
The Heavenly Swan Academy also knew that many were coming for Liao Youdi today, so they specially vacated a separate courtyard for Liao Youdi and her two friends, Zhu Peng and Duo Duo.
Even though it was just a separate courtyard, when over eighty peaks’ members arrived, it got incredibly crowded.
And by then, no one cared about status or propriety anymore, as they all pushed towards the trio of Liao Youdi.
“Hey, why are you pushing?
You should understand the principle of first come, first served.
Let me go first.”
“What ‘first come’ are you talking about?
We all came in together, there’s no first come, first served!”
“Exactly, we all came together, why should you go first?”
“How am I not the first?
Before the door opened, I was the first here.”
“What’s the use of coming early!”
“Who saw you coming first?”
Hundred Peaks Sect usually maintained proper conduct and was very polite during interactions.
But now, when competing for genius disciples, who had time for politeness?
If you were polite, you might let someone else snatch your disciple away and they would become someone else’s disciple.
This was not the time to be polite.
Among the crowd, an older-looking elder who saw the crowd packed before him and couldn’t get through, tried his best to push forward while shouting, “Listen, we, the Hundred Peaks Sect, are one of the top ten Immortal Sects.
We can’t act like this.
Even mortals know to respect the old and love the young.
You should respect the elderly and let me through.”
“Respect the elderly?
You… you’re right, Peak Master Zhao, we should respect the elderly.
Everyone, let me through, there’s no one here older than I am!” shouted another Peak Master, who looked much younger than the previous one.
Cultivators’ appearances are related to their cultivation bases.
Two people, both 900 years old, if you are only at the Core Formation Stage, you might look very old, almost at the end of your lifespan.
But if someone is at the Golden Core Stage, they would appear much younger.
However, no one really cared about age.
“This is the Immortal Cultivation world, who cares about age here.”
“I say, this is too chaotic, we can’t go on like this.” Finally, someone unable to bear it anymore shouted, “How about we proceed by ranking?
The number one ranked peak goes first to talk with the disciple, then the second, and so on in that order.”
Everyone turned to look and suddenly saw a familiar figure.
Pan Bing of Flying Immortal Peak.
The Peak Master of Flying Immortal Peak was Nie Jie, who was also the Vice Sect Leader of Hundred Peaks Sect.
Now, with Sect Leader Cao Zhen and Grand Elder Li Ke absent, he naturally had to handle the various affairs of the Hundred Peaks Sect and couldn’t personally come to recruit disciples.
The strongest person in Flying Immortal Peak now was Nie Jie, a person who always focused on cultivation and never bothered with these matters; otherwise, the previous Peak Master of Flying Immortal Peak wouldn’t have handed over the responsibility to Nie Jie.
Thus, representing Flying Immortal Peak today was the Vice Peak Master of Flying Immortal Peak, Pan Bing.