Lotus Sword Emperor Dongfang Xuetong

Xuanzhou City.

Ascension Avenue.

This looks like a wide and long ordinary street.

But it's actually not ordinary; it's the most important place in Xuanzhou City for seeking disciples and taking on apprentices.

Every year on this day, people from counties, villages, families, sects, and other forces within a radius of ten thousand miles come here.

The purpose for some is to find a master and embark on the path of cultivation.

Or to gain a stronger cultivation background, making their future cultivation journey smoother.

Others, due to various reasons, come here to select satisfactory disciples to inherit their legacy.

At this moment, a graceful young woman enveloped in white immortal light stands alone high in the sky.

Whoosh!

A purple-black aura erupts beside her.

As the aura dissipates, a handsome young man in black robes appears, pouting as he complains, "Lotus Sword Emperor, why are you running so fast?"

But the Lotus Sword Emperor doesn't reply, her eyes fixed on the area below.

Seemingly searching for something?

"Hehehe!"

"My master spent a full thousand years searching before finding Wang Teng, who possessed the potential of a Great Emperor."

"Therefore, I think the possibility of you finding a disciple of equivalent talent within a month is extremely slim."

Suddenly, a chilling killing intent locks onto the black-robed youth, and the atmosphere becomes incredibly tense.

The black-robed youth turns pale with fright and says nervously, "Lotus Sword Emperor, don't forget the agreement between you and my master."

"This Emperor certainly remembers, but if you keep buzzing in this Emperor's ear, don't blame this Emperor for removing a few parts from you."

With that, the black-robed youth quickly clamps his legs together and covers his mouth.

The woman before him is an existence even more powerful than his master.

Even if his master were here, she could easily fulfill her threat.

After a while, the Lotus Sword Emperor's willow-leaf eyebrows, as if carved by a knife, furrow slightly. She clearly hasn't found what she's looking for.

"Next city."

Her voice is sharp and brooks no argument.

However, as if recovering from the shock, the black-robed youth begins his usual chatter.

"You're done searching already?"

"Lotus Sword Emperor, it's not that I want to criticize you, but you truly lack patience!"

"You should know better than I do that there are peerless geniuses in this world who can conceal their true potential."

A sharp gaze, full of edge, glances at the black-robed youth, but without revealing any killing intent.

The next moment, the Lotus Sword Emperor nods slightly, "Shātu Demon Sage, you have a point. This Emperor will go find the City Lord of Xuanzhou City first to handle the procedures for entering Ascension Avenue."

Whoosh!

Her silhouette vanishes. Zhu Ding, the Shātu Demon Sage, watches this scene with a calm expression, but he's overjoyed inside!

His master sent him to follow the Lotus Sword Emperor with the sole purpose of secretly sabotaging her disciple recruitment.

He doesn't believe a word of what he just said.

His master searched for a thousand years and never encountered such a person.

This undoubtedly proves that the probability of a peerless genius hiding their true potential is so small it's almost non-existent.

Lotus Sword Emperor Dongfang Xuetong!

You are indeed unique in your cultivation.

But when it comes to understanding the world, you're a bit lacking!

Still, no one is foolish enough to spend a thousand years searching for a disciple; only his master could do something like that.

However, Zhu Ding is unaware that Dongfang Xuetong, using her Emperor Tier spell, One Thought Blooms, has already sent her clones to all the cities in the Southern Wilderness Domain.

After completing the procedures in each city, she and her clones will begin recruiting disciples throughout the entire Southern Wilderness Domain.

Outside Ascension Avenue.

"Unranked!"

A badge with the character 'Unranked' written on it is pinned to Xiao Yao's chest.

Surrounding people glance at him with curiosity.

Upon realizing it's Xiao Yao, they quickly turn away and busy themselves with their own matters.

Clearly, no one here considers this a rare occurrence.

Xiao Yao didn't care about this, and strode confidently onto Ascension Avenue.

The guard who was examining Xiao Yao's cultivation aptitude rubbed his eyes. After confirming he wasn't mistaken, he muttered, "Does this young master of the Xiao Family think someone will take him as a disciple?"

"Cultivation aptitude of Unranked, unless their brain is damaged, no cultivator would take them as a disciple," a guard beside him stated with certainty.

Xiao Yao hadn't walked far when his gaze fell upon a young man in a green shirt surrounded by a group of people.

His name was Xiao Ting, the legitimate eldest son of the First Elder. He was the same age as Xiao Yao, both twelve years old.

The difference was the badge on his chest, which bore the words "Venerable," indicating he possessed Venerable Tier cultivation aptitude.

Within Xuanzhou City, as far as Xiao Yao knew, Xiao Ting was among the top young cultivators in terms of aptitude.

If it weren't for the Chaos Body he now possessed, granting him Emperor Tier cultivation aptitude, Xiao Ting would indeed seem high and mighty, while he would be as humble as an ant, unworthy of the position of young master of the Xiao Family.

Xiao Yao didn't glance at Xiao Ting again and walked straight ahead, observing the cultivators of various strengths on both sides of Ascension Avenue.

Suddenly, a sharp, familiar voice came from not far away.

"Brother Xiao Yao, why are you here too? You didn't even tell your brother Ting."

Xiao Ting acted respectfully. He knew that as long as Xiao Yao wasn't disqualified by family rules, Xiao Yao would remain the young master of the Xiao Family.

Therefore, he had to thoroughly show his goodwill towards Xiao Yao so that he could take over in three years.

Xiao Yao stopped and turned to face Xiao Ting, his eyes widened, and he shouted, "Brother Ting, you're here too!"

"Hehe! Brother Xiao Yao, what are you doing here? You're not here to take a master, are you?" Xiao Ting asked curiously.

Xiao Yao felt speechless.

On Ascension Avenue, with his lack of cultivation, wasn't he here to take a master? Could he be here to recruit disciples?

Facing Xiao Ting's subtle mockery, Xiao Yao merely smiled and said, "Yes! I'm here to take a master."

Xiao Ting was stunned!

Take a master?

With this Unranked cultivation aptitude.

Even more absurdly, he couldn't cultivate at all.

Even if he truly came to take a master, no one would accept him!

Unless they were crazy!

Therefore, this guy definitely wasn't here to take a master; he must have another purpose, and Xiao Ting needed to keep a close eye on Xiao Yao.

Xiao Ting immediately rushed out of the crowd and quickly walked in front of Xiao Yao, saying, "Brother Xiao Yao, it just so happens that I'm also here to take a master. Shall we go together?"

"Okay!" Xiao Yao agreed immediately.

After all, even if he refused, the other party would either still follow him or keep watching him from the shadows.

Xiao Ting was even more bewildered. He didn't understand what Xiao Yao was up to.

After walking around Ascension Avenue, Xiao Yao felt deeply disappointed.

There wasn't even a single cultivator at the Venerable realm. The quality of masters on Ascension Avenue this year was truly poor!

In previous years, there were at least cultivators at the Venerable realm.

Could the system really want me to take these people as masters!

[Beep! It's just starting, Host, why are you in such a hurry?]

Just then, a bald head appeared in the distance.

A dazzling light burst forth, making one's eyes ache.

Xiao Yao focused his gaze and saw a middle-aged man wearing a faded yellow daoist robe, with eyes like bronze bells, a burly and strong build, but a fierce expression, walking briskly towards them.