"I wonder which core disciple is recruiting retainers this time. I really hope I get an opportunity like that."
"Hmph, stop dreaming. No matter which core disciple it is, it won't be your turn."
"Why don't you piss in a puddle and take a look at yourself? With that little ability of yours, how are you supposed to compete with others?"
"Exactly. How could people like us possibly get an opportunity like this?"
"Not necessarily. I, Fang Yuntian, dare say I'm no worse than anyone else. Though I'm a smuggler, I still passed every assessment and became an outer disciple of the Blackstone Mountain Range."
Seeing so many people, Wu Jing was clearly somewhat disappointed. "There are so many people!"
Having calmed down, she no longer had that burst of hopeful enthusiasm from before. She knew perfectly well that with so many people here, why would that core disciple choose her from among them?
After all, she was merely the child of a smuggler. Among the outer disciples, she belonged to the very lowest tier.
Since entering the Blackstone Mountain Range, this was Jiang Feng's first time seeing so many people gathered in the Central Square.
Sweeping his gaze around, Jiang Feng spotted the three people who had stopped Wu Jing earlier amid the crowd.
At that moment, the three stood with their hands at their sides behind an exceptionally flamboyantly dressed woman, apparently reporting something to her.
After hearing them out, the woman flew into a rage.
It was also at that moment that Yu Hua and the other two spotted Jiang Feng and Wu Jing in the crowd.
The woman looked in the direction the three indicated and shot Jiang Feng and Wu Jing a vicious glare.
Had they not been in full public view, she likely would