When this issue was over, the recruitment of new disciples continued without any further incidents. On the first day, more than two thousand people applied to join the sect. But there were only over eight hundred people who were able to pass the test.
It was less than half of the total but still considered much more than other sects. There were so many applicants that it overflowed the courtyard in front of the sect. So today, only these applications were accepted because there was a limited time to test each person.
This time, Zheng-Fu had planned to only recruit new disciples for a week. And it was expected that there would be half ten thousand new disciples who passed the entrance examination. If there were more, Zheng-Fu would also be very pleased to accept them. If it was another sect, they would not dare recruit this much.
Because the larger the number of disciples, the more resources were required. But as for Zheng-Fu, he had his own source of Qi energy stones and was able to produce them unlimitedly. Therefore, Zheng-Fu was not afraid, no matter how many disciples there were.
Zheng-Fu thought that as long as they could be the main force in Blueland and help protect people from the invasion of other kingdoms, that would be enough. Other than that, it was considered a by-product.
"Phew! Today I'm really tired. I didn't think recruiting new disciples would be this tiring. Today, I understand how tired Brother Dong-Kuang is," Zheng-Fu said with a long sigh of exhaustion. However, the thing that caused him to get tired was not just this.
"Young Master Zheng-Fu, today there are eight hundred and eighty-eight people who passed all the tests, sir," suddenly, a young man wearing an inner disciple uniform reported after he had finished checking.
"Eight hundred and eighty-eight? It's not a pretty number... but so be it. By the way, the person I told you to check, did he pass the test?" Zheng-Fu was not pleased with this number at all, but he did not think twice and immediately asked another question.
"Yes, sir. I've checked. That young man passed the test, sir. And he also scored first place today, sir," the young man immediately reported to Zheng-Fu.
"Very good! I thought he wouldn't pass the test." Zheng-Fu grinned, delighted that the young man he had his eyes on had passed the test, before saying, "Alright, you and the team can rest now. Come back here at the same time tomorrow. After completing this mission, I can assure you guys that you'll definitely receive a reward."
"Thank you, Young Master Zheng-Fu."
"Thank you, Young Master Zheng-Fu."
All the inner disciples in the area immediately thanked Zheng-Fu after hearing Zheng-Fu's words that he would reward them. They had never imagined before that they would get anything from working this time because it was a duty they had to do.
After finishing everything, they all dispersed. As for Zheng-Fu, he was still in the same place in front of the sect, not going anywhere, because he could sense someone who had been staring at him for a long time, just not showing up. Zheng-Fu had been able to sense this person since he had begun to recruit disciples in the morning.
"How long are you going to peek at me?" Zheng-Fu, seeing that there was no one here, quietly greeted the person who was peeping at him.
Ah!!!
'Too bad, he's found me. What should I do?' The person who was peeking at Zheng-Fu was shocked when he saw that Zheng-Fu had caught him. He could not behave and did not dare to run away or appear for fear of being punished.
"Come out, I know you're there. I won't do anything to you," Zheng-Fu said again in a deep and friendly voice while smiling in the direction of the people secretly staring at Zheng-Fu.
Thump!!! Thump!!! Thump!!!
The person who was hiding finally decided to walk out slowly with a fearful expression and bowed his head the whole time. He was only a boy, about eleven years old, wearing clothes that looked old and had several torn marks. His dirty and soiled face completely covered his true face.
"What's your name? Why have you been staring at me since this morning?" as the boy walked out, Zheng-Fu immediately asked him a question with a smile.
"I… I… I just… just... I just want to train in martial arts and I want to join this Beyond Earth Sect!" The boy stammered for a moment before deciding to say what he wanted with his eyes closed for fear of being scolded.
Huh...?
"So? You want to join Beyond Earth Sect?" Zheng-Fu was slightly surprised at first. But soon he understood because everyone wanted to join his sect. But since this kid was poor and did not have any money or basics to train in martial arts, he could only stand and watch.
"Ye... yes... yes, sir. I want to be a martial arts cultivator so that I can become stronger and be able to protect my mother. And I can earn a lot of money for Mother," the boy replied to Zheng-Fu frankly, which could clearly be seen through his eyes.
"The Beyond Earth Sect has rules for staying in, so now you cannot join this Beyond Earth Sect. But with your will, I'll give you a small present."
Flop!!!
Having finished speaking, Zheng-Fu took out a medium-sized bag from his dimensional ring and handed it over to the boy.
Huh...?
Even though he did not know what it was, the boy took it unconsciously. He did not even know why he reached out and took the bag from Zheng-Fu. But while he received it, Zheng-Fu continued to say, "Until you get home, you're absolutely forbidden to open it. Understand?"
"Yes, sir!!!"
The boy felt that Zheng-Fu's words were very convincing, so he answered without hesitation, "Thank you, elder brother, for this gift," as he finished speaking, he ran off with a smile that was hard to stop.
"I hope you can become a martial arts cultivator as you wish," Zheng-Fu said as he watched the boy run away with glee.
In the bag Zheng-Fu gave him were a thousand monster crystal coins, ten low-level Qi energy stones, and a basic martial arts skills textbook. Another thing was a sect entry certificate from him, which the young boy would be able to use when he became a basic martial arts cultivator.
A day had passed...
The next morning, Zheng-Fu and all the inner disciples who were in charge of this time's mission came out to recruit disciples as yesterday. Today, so many people had been waiting to apply since early in the morning, even more than on the first day. There were so many of them that they overflowed hundreds of meters down the pathway.
Ahem!!!
Huh...?
"Today is the second day of applications being welcomed. I'm not going to talk about the rules for applying again, because you probably already know some of them. So do your best. And I hope to meet everyone in the sect."
Zheng-Fu's voice resounded throughout the courtyard in front of the sect. It was so loud that the voices of more than two thousand people were silent. His voice unwittingly made the applicants more active. Some even had their blood boiling like crazy and were eager to be tested.
"I must become a disciple of Beyond Earth Sect!"
"Me too. I'll pass the test!"
"I'll take first place in today's test!"
"Keep dreaming. It's me who will win first place!"
Everyone had very serious expressions. They no longer felt depressed or frightened about the test, even if they heard from those who failed yesterday's test how difficult it was. They had completely forgotten about it after hearing Zheng-Fu's voice.
In fact, Zheng-Fu had infiltrated his energy waves into the voice to stimulate these people's blood to feel more energetic because he noticed that many people's faces looked very sad and discouraged. Some people were worried until they were stressed, and their bulging blood vessels could be seen.
Therefore, Zheng-Fu used his voice to mix with the energy waves to stimulate everyone. And after Zheng-Fu finished speaking, he immediately opened the second day of recruitment.
Five days had passed...
Finally, the recruitment of new disciples arrived on the last day. In the past five days, a total of five thousand nine hundred people had passed the test, which was considered slightly above Zheng-Fu's goal. But the recruitment of new disciples still had one day left. Therefore, Zheng-Fu thought that there could be a hundred to two hundred more people passing the test, or even more.
On the last day, the number of people who came for the test was still as high as before, not even lower. But there was something unusual. Zheng-Fu sensed that there were many advanced Golden Core stage cultivators among the applicants and even the Nascent Soul stage.
But it was not as interesting as a group of ten mysterious people standing quietly in the middle of the forecourt. This group of ten people all had energy levels at the primary Immortal stage. Moreover, all ten of them had good breathing control skills.
"These people are probably from one of the sects. It's definitely someone from another kingdom," Zheng-Fu said softly after he had already checked the ten people. But since all ten of them did not show any hostile attitude toward him or the sect, Zheng-Fu ignored them and turned to continue recruiting.
"Start registration!"
As soon as Zheng-Fu's voice sounded, many people who had been waiting for this moment immediately ran into the registration area. The weaker were often crushed by the stronger and fell to the ground. Over the past six days, this kind of thing has happened regularly.
Registration did not take very long. And the person who finished registering went to the test room that had been prepared. Each person would have only ten minutes for testing. If anyone was able to pass the test quickly, they would receive a reward. The less time they wasted, the more rewards they got. And the one who got first place would get twice as much stuff.
With such a reward, these guys put in a lot of intention and effort to put themselves first in the test. However, as there were many test participants, the rankings were always up and down. And in the last six days, the best time was three minutes and forty seconds. This was considered the fastest time now.
But today, Zheng-Fu thought that there would be someone who could do it faster because everyone was well prepared. There were many people who had failed the test in the previous days selling the information about the test to those who had not taken it.
Five shichens and a half had passed...
Finally, the last day of new disciple recruitment was coming to an end. However, there were still many people lining up, but since the time had been set, the number of people who could take the test had to be limited accordingly. As for the rest, Zheng-Fu had the inner disciples take care of them.
The remaining one hour had gone by extremely quickly. Finally, the last person who took the test came out, and that was the sign of the end of this new disciple recruitment.
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