"There are three hundred and twenty young people in this batch who are suited to joining the Dark Department."
"So few?" Feng Luoyi's brows rose slightly.
"After all, there were rather too many selected in previous years. The batches from fifteen, ten, and five years ago were especially so." Ma Zhongshang was in charge of this area, so he knew it well. "Most cultivators selected in the earlier batches have yet to break through the Heavenly Pass, much less qualify to join the Dark Department. They will not undergo evaluation again, so this time the number appears somewhat smaller. But there are more Class A youths than in any previous year."
Many cultivators who joined the Dark Department received evaluation from the Immortal Alliance during the Core Formation stage, along with a certain amount of resources for their cultivation. This had become a system in itself.
Of course, these cultivators were not the Dark Department's sole source of recruits. They were not even its primary source.
Many Dark Department cultivators only came into contact with it and joined after breaking through the Heavenly Pass.
Still, the Immortal Alliance would select certain Core Formation Cultivators and deliberately nurture them.
These evaluations were divided into three classes.
Class C evaluations did not place much importance on a cultivator's talent, focusing instead on their character. No matter their talent, Class C cultivators possessed warm hearts steeped in ancient righteousness and could put themselves in others' shoes. Being generous with wealth and delighting in good deeds were concrete manifestations of this. Beyond that, cultivators of this type also had to possess peerless courage.
Because to join the Dark Department, one had to directly face the ultimate picture of this universe, face the Eternal Class, and face the bleak future of the immortal path.
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