Young Master Wang of the Wang Family Was a Good Man! A Very Good Man!

The cultivation technique Wang Mu had bestowed enjoyed a longstanding reputation among basic techniques!

It allowed cultivators to successfully embark on the path of cultivation in the most stable condition, and significantly increased the chances of Foundation Establishment.

Safe, practical, and efficient!

Though it could not compare to the supreme arts of those Sacred Lands and great immortal sects.

It was already the finest technique Low-level Cultivators could hope to pursue.

It was no exaggeration to say.

Obtaining such a technique meant being twenty years ahead of the other Rogue Cultivators!

For a time.

Many cultivators and Rogue Cultivators watching from the sidelines began to turn green with envy.

If they had possessed such things in the past, how could their cultivation realms not have climbed another step or two?

What shocked everyone even more was.

Wang Mu had not only prepared cultivation techniques for those whose aptitudes had been tested.

Even Ordinary people without Spiritual Roots.

He gave them gifts too?

The Primal Chaos Stance was quite famous in the mortal martial world.

It had once been improved by a senior from the Cultivation World.

It could be called a divine art of the human realm!

Using it to enter the Dao, so long as one studied diligently and trained bitterly, reaching its peak would be enough to rival a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refinement!

It also had the effect of prolonging one's lifespan.

Should one encounter some higher-tier fortuitous opportunity afterward, it might not be impossible to improve one's aptitude and enter the Dao through martial arts!

Therefore.

Though this was merely a body-tempering technique.

Its value was no less considerable.

"What exactly is this Young Master Wang of the Wang Family trying to do?"

"..."

Many people voiced similar doubts, unable to make sense of it.

It was then.

Wang Mu slowly rose from the dragon carriage and stepped into everyone's view.

Li Yuanhua reacted swiftly, immediately cupping his hands and bowing. "Young Master!"

Seeing this, the rest below followed suit and respectfully saluted.

At the same time, they secretly studied Wang Mu with curious yet fearful eyes.

Wang Mu smiled and lightly waved his hand, indicating that they need not stand on ceremony.

He then looked towards the Young Boys and Girls whose aptitudes had just been tested and said with a faint smile, "At today's Ascension Convention, seeing so many rising talents of our Human Race greatly comforts my heart!"

"Those blessed with strong talent need not be arrogant, for beneath heaven and earth, there will always be someone with greater talent than yours!"

"Those with weak talent need not feel inferior, for you are already more fortunate than the vast majority of people in this world!"

His voice was gentle, like a warm breeze from the seashore, drifting into the ears of every Young Boy and Girl.

It seemed to possess a kind of magic that made them unable to resist pricking up their ears to listen.

"As for those who failed to test for Spiritual Roots, do not lose heart either! Life is still long, and no one can say for certain what your future will hold!"

Wang Mu smiled, cupped his hands, and bowed. "In short, the immortal road stretches long and endless, and the road ahead lies far away! Wang shall send you off on the first leg of your journey!"

"May your immortal paths be brocaded with splendor!"

"May you attain longevity soon!"

As soon as his words fell, the crowd quieted slightly before a burst of orderly applause rang out, deafening as thunder.

The more than three thousand Young Boys and Girls present.

All saluted and gave thanks. "Thank you, Young Master!"

Wang Mu smiled faintly and continued, "The immortal path is vast, with dangers lurking on every side. It is always dangerous to travel alone! I see that quite a few Daoist Friends and seniors from various immortal sects have come today...

If you feel that you share affinity with any of these Young Boys and Girls, why not bring them back to your sects and teach them well?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The cultivators among the crowd all changed expression, utterly astonished.

"Young Master Wang? Your Wang Family does not want these immortal seedlings?"

Wang Mu shook his head and said gently, "I am holding the Ascension Convention not for the Wang Family!"

A cultivator from the Cloudbearing Sect asked in confusion, "Then what is it for?"

Wang Mu sighed and said, "I presume you all know that though I bear the title of Young Master of the Wang Family, I suffer from severed meridians and cannot cultivate. I understand this sort of pain deeply!

Thus, Wang does not wish for others who clearly possess cultivation talent to miss their true Immortal Fate simply because they lack money and resources!

If I can help more people set foot upon the immortal path, it can count as having them see the scenery along that road in my stead, can it not?"

Listening to Wang Mu's heartfelt words.

The Cloud-Riding Sect cultivator was suddenly stunned.

A thick wave of regret and self-reproach welled up in his heart.

With a smack, he slapped himself across the face!

Damn it, I really deserve to die!

What the hell did I ask?

Am I even human?

In the scene, quite a few emotional people had reddened eye sockets, their hearts aching with sorrow.

Some of the girls even began to cry.

"Who said the Young Master of the Wang Family was a bad man? Rumors, all of it was rumors!"

"Young Master Wang is a good man, the best man under heaven!"

"Young Master Wang, I promise you, I will cultivate diligently and never disappoint your expectations!"

"..."

Zixia quietly watched Wang Mu's profile.

That profile was familiar.

Yet to her, it seemed somewhat unfamiliar.

The Young Master... truly was very different from before.

It was as if he had suddenly become another person.

Beneath the Young Master's usually unruly exterior, had he hidden such thoughts?

Or was this what growth meant?

The first Ascension Convention.

Ended amid such an atmosphere.

To allow those from the smaller sects to recruit freely, Wang Mu chose to leave directly.

Sure enough.

Once Wang Mu and the others vanished from sight.

The pressure in those cultivators' hearts immediately lessened greatly, and they began extending olive branches to the Young Boys and Girls who had tested positive for Spiritual Roots.

"Everyone, come to our Cloudbearing Sect! Our Cloudbearing Sect is the friendliest to newcomers!"

"What the hell is the use of being friendly? The sect master of our Thunder-Slaying Sect is a true Great Cultivator at Foundation Establishment! As long as you join us, I guarantee no one will dare bully you!"

"..."

Had it been before.

Though they would recruit cultivators with Inferior Spiritual Roots as well.

They absolutely would not have wanted cultivators who had not even reached the first level of Qi Refinement.

After all, sects were not shelters.

They only wanted useful people.

But things were different now. These people had all received cultivation techniques bestowed by Wang Mu.

It was no exaggeration to say.

So long as they were given time, nearly every one of them could become a backbone of an immortal sect.

Most importantly.

These techniques had been bestowed by the Young Master of the Wang Family.

No one else even dared set their sights on them.

Though the Young Master claimed these people had nothing to do with the Wang Family.

But... what if?

Would you dare gamble on it?

No one's nine generations of kin had come easily.

Who would not want such talented people with stable potential for growth?

At the same time.

With deliberate efforts from Li Yuanhua and the others, the details of this Ascension Convention spread to every household.

"What? The Ascension Convention is not a trap? It really is only testing aptitudes?"

"What? After testing positive for Spiritual Roots, they do not tie you up and drag you away with hemp ropes, but even give you Spirit Stones? Mid-Grade Spiritual Roots receive Mid-Grade Spirit Stones directly?"

"What? Even if you do not test positive for Spiritual Roots, they give you a martial arts cultivation technique?"

"What? The Young Master of the Wang Family made hundreds of little girls cry? What a beast!"

"..."

Without question, this information caused an earth-shaking change in the hearts of Ordinary people, who had once avoided the Ascension Convention like the plague.

The hearts that had once been firmly resolved not to participate.

Gradually began to waver.

As for the matter of the Young Master of the Wang Family changing his nature.

The common people still found it rather difficult to accept.

After all.

Clearing one's name was always harder than falling from grace.

Yet the stories spread so convincingly.

That they could not help making inquiries in many places.

Very soon, they received a definite answer.