Su Bai waited a little longer, writing one more sentence on the sign.
Free food and lodging!
Cultivate Immortal Arts upon joining the sect!
He discarded those grandiose, empty-headed claims about the number-one sect in the world and all that future nonsense. He was all about being pragmatic!
He only needed one disciple to upgrade the sect, unlock the Immortal Arts Pavilion, and then what Immortal Arts would he lack?
Seeing the sky slowly grow dark, Su Bai let out a soft sigh, preparing to pack his things and leave first to find a bridge arch to sleep under for the night.
"Pardon me, Immortal Master, can you really cultivate Immortal Arts as soon as you enter the sect?"
At that moment, a voice came from behind.
Su Bai turned his head to look, seeing an Azure-Robed youth standing behind him with a cautious demeanor.
A trace of faint exhaustion lingered between his brows, yet his gaze was filled with utter tenacity and yearning.
"That's right. Once you enter the sect and take me as your master, you can immediately come into contact with Immortal Arts."
Su Bai composed his expression. This was the first person to come and inquire today, so no matter what the other person's outward appearance was, he had to give a patient answer.
However, just as he opened his mouth, a crowd swarmed over.
"This is a scammer, how can you believe him?"
"Exactly, exactly! With such a crude trick, does he still think this is ten years ago?"
"Young lad, thirty taels of silver are not easily earned, be careful of being scammed!"
The crowd jeered and mocked in a cacophony, their gazes toward Su Bai full of contempt and disdain, as though they were looking at garbage.
Zhuge Feng remained expressionless and silent. He was no fool, and he knew that there was a ninety-nine percent chance Su Bai was a scammer.
Yet, what about the remaining one percent?
Even if there was only a one percent hope of coming into contact with Immortal Arts, he... was unwilling to give up!
It was just that thirty taels of silver...
Watching the youth fall silent, Su Bai shook his head. It seemed that he had already been branded with the label of a scammer and a fool, and he would not be able to recruit any disciples.
Tomorrow, he would change to a different location for the Hundred Sects Assembly and swap into a different set of gear!
"Pardon me, Immortal Master, can the thirty taels of silver be paid at the end of the month?" Zhuge Feng mustered his courage and said in a low voice.
He knew his request was preposterous, and the probability of being rejected was as high as ninety-nine percent.
Virtually all sects and powers collected the current month's silver at the beginning of the month without exception, offering no credit.
However, he was currently penniless, leaving him with no other choice.
"Settle the silver at the end of the month? No problem! Rest assured, our sect absolutely never defaults on payments!" Su Bai patted his chest in assurance.
Before transmigrating, he loathed companies that delayed salary payments the most. After transmigrating, he became a sect master. There were other things he could not guarantee, but the treatment of his disciples was something he was bound to secure!
Only those who had walked through the rain knew the misery of getting soaked.
Zhuge Feng was stunned, not expecting anyone to actually be willing to offer credit.
"Immortal Master, are you... certain?"
"Mn, of course!" Su Bai nodded.
"Immortal Master, disciple Zhuge Feng wishes to enter the Heavenly Dao Sect!" Zhuge Feng hurriedly bowed in salute.
"Zhuge Feng, is it? We'll perform the master-disciple ceremony back at the Heavenly Dao Sect. Do you have time now?"
"Yes, disciple has nowhere to go right now and can accompany Immortal Master to the sect."
While Su Bai departed with Zhuge Feng on this side, the crowd on the other side could no longer hold back their laughter.
"Could this youth be a complete fool? He actually failed to see through such a clumsy scam?" Someone could not help sneering derisively.
Another person nearby chimed in, "Exactly, exactly. Judging by his appearance, his brain is probably not functioning too well either."
Someone interjected, "Hey, forget it, forget it. Didn't he just say himself that he's completely penniless? Even if he wanted to scam something, I'm afraid there's nothing to take."
"Heheh, who says a scam is always just for money? What if what they're plotting is his kidneys? Haven't you all heard of certain big shots who specifically need this kind of young, healthy kidney to—" another person added.
At this moment, someone in the crowd let out a soft sigh, shaking his head as he said, "Abandon the desire to save others and respect everyone's fate. Our own lives are already this difficult, why bother bringing trouble upon ourselves?"
Hearing this, the rest nodded in succession, expressing agreement. "That youth dares to come out and pull scams—who knows what kind of backing he has behind him? Common folk like us can't afford to offend them!"
The crowd turned and dispersed one after another. All these words fell into Zhuge Feng's ears, and when he looked up, Su Bai's back had already vanished from sight.
Ah well, he had nowhere left to turn anyway.
If he wanted to scam him, then let him do it!
What if, just what if, it was real?
Thinking of this, he quickly quickened his pace to catch up, following closely in Su Bai's footsteps.
Watching Zhuge Feng follow along, Su Bai smiled faintly. From the looks of it, the task of recruiting a disciple was about to be completed!
"Stop right there!"
Not long after leaving the Myriad Sects Assembly, a sharp, crisp cry suddenly rang out.
Su Bai looked up and saw a young maiden glaring angrily in his direction.
The maiden before him possessed a pair of willow-leaf eyebrows resembling distant mountains touched by mist, a straight and delicate nose, red lips and white teeth, skin fairer than snow, and long hair cascading down to her waist.
Holy crap, what a stunning maiden!
Her anger didn't diminish her temperament in the least!
Xiao Lingxi
"Little girl, what are you doing?"
The maiden gazed at Su Bai with a look of utter contempt, then said to Zhuge Feng, "He's a scammer, don't let him fool you!"
Su Bai chuckled dryly. "Young lady, baseless accusations get you nowhere. Do you have evidence proving I'm a scammer?"
The maiden snorted and said, "All powers require people to serve as handymen for half a year before they can come into contact with Immortal Arts after becoming formal disciples. With you claiming someone can cultivate Immortal Arts the moment they enter the sect, what are you if not a scammer?"
Su Bai was amused. "Young lady, what does the fact that other powers take half a year to come into contact with Immortal Arts have to do with my sect allowing people to study Immortal Arts the moment they enter?"
"There's no such thing as a kindhearted sect like that. What else could you be besides a scammer?" The maiden clearly did not believe it.
"Believe what you want." Su Bai curled his lip, too lazy to argue with her.
He looked at Zhuge Feng and said, "If you trust me, come with me. If you don't trust me, then leave."
Although he desperately needed a disciple, he would never force anyone!
With that, Su Bai turned and walked away. Whether Zhuge Feng chose to believe him or not was his own business.
Seeing this, Zhuge Feng gritted his teeth and finally made his decision. "This disciple trusts the Immortal Master!"
Hearing this, Su Bai halted his steps and turned around in surprise. "You still trust me?"
"Yes, disciple believes the Immortal Master!" Zhuge Feng nodded heavily.
"Then let's go!" Su Bai smiled relaxedly and strode forward.
This feeling of being trusted was actually quite nice.
While Su Bai was feeling great over here, Xiao Lingxi was on the verge of going crazy.
She never expected that there could be someone as stubborn as Zhuge Feng in this world!
He was clearly a scammer, yet this guy actually believed him?
"Dammit, this bastard, I'm definitely going to expose your true colors!" Xiao Lingxi heavily stamped her foot and gave chase to Su Bai.
"Hang on, young lady, why are you following us again?" Su Bai was speechless. Was this girl some kind of sticky plaster?
Xiao Lingxi let out a cold snort and said righteously, "I'm going to expose you for the scammer you are!"
"It's already dark, aren't you going back, little girl? What are you hounding me for?" Su Bai rolled his eyes. He truly failed to understand what was going on inside this girl's head.
"You don't need to worry about that, I can protect myself!" Xiao Lingxi lifted her chin, revealing a precious sword hanging at her waist.