Heroes-Gathering Edict, the Fated Meeting of Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao

Two and a half years passed in the blink of an eye.

Talents from all regions were selected and flooded into Chaoge from every direction like a tidal wave.

"Immortal Elder Lu Ya, the talents of our Human Race have gathered in Chaoge. Would you be interested in looking them over?"

"Yes."

Lu Ya nodded without refusing.

He also believed that someone bearing the Flying Bear Sign had to be a prodigy, not some ordinary good-for-nothing or nobody.

For the sake of the edict, Dixin had specially constructed a Talent-Gathering Pavilion.

Its purpose was to gather the talents of the world. On one hand, it would assist Lu Ya in finding the person with the Flying Bear Sign; on the other, it would inject fresh blood into the Shang Dynasty.

The Shang Dynasty was not a centralized monarchy. Instead, it followed a system of one sovereign and many feudal lords. Shang was the suzerain state, while the surrounding tribes had developed into feudal states of varying sizes.

Just as Dixin was energetically organizing the gathering of talents, Jiang Ziya traveled eastward, paying respects at every mountain he encountered. Most mountains within Human Race territory were empty, with no immortals residing there. On rare occasions, he found blessed lands where wandering cultivators had opened cave abodes, yet even they were stunned by Jiang Ziya's aptitude.

Not because it was exceptional, but because it was too terrible!

They had interacted with humans before and had seen ordinary people incapable of cultivation, but they had never encountered anyone as hopeless as Jiang Ziya!

Even after being rejected time and again, Jiang Ziya's resolute heart for seeking immortality remained unaffected.

One day, Jiang Ziya was walking along a rugged mountain path when a pitch-black leopard suddenly emerged from the dense forest.

The instant he