When Su Hao had first entered Moon-Gazing Valley, Radar had detected the Cultivators within the Immortal Sect.
There were only a little over two hundred and thirty of them!
Compared to the several thousand people at Primordial Tri-Unity Peak, that did not even amount to a fraction! However, the Blood Qi of Moon Valley's Cultivators was generally refined to an exceptionally high degree, far beyond that rabble at Tri-Unity Peak.
"Perhaps Tri-Unity Peak uses a survival-of-the-fittest system. They only teach; whether one succeeds depends on one's own struggle. Moon Valley, meanwhile, concentrates all kinds of resources on a small number of people, greatly increasing the chances of producing high-level Cultivators."
That made Moon Valley more suitable for Su Hao.
The next day, Su Hao and the others were brought into a grand hall. At the head of the hall stood a massive Immortal statue, its expression serene, its eyes slightly open as it gazed down below. It appeared to be Moon Valley's founding patriarch.
Beneath the statue, nine ethereal Cultivators sized up the dozen or so youths, then began snatching them up! Of the nineteen, the eight girls were the most sought-after. In the blink of an eye, the nine Cultivators had claimed them all. No—not quite. One female Cultivator, who looked rather muddleheaded, had failed to get one. She let out an "Ah?" Her round face was full of bewilderment as she looked at her eight fellow disciples, then surveyed the remaining eleven boys with a deeply dejected expression.
She thought to herself, "Since all the considerate girls are gone, picking a good-looking boy should be fine too, right?"
So she immediately set her sights on Su Hao and pointed at him. "That one!"
And just like that, Su Hao's Master was decided.
Then Su Hao's rather unreliable-looking Master