The Sect World 999 chat channel was a channel where sect masters chatted every day.
The sect masters had originally been concentrating on searching for disciples with cultivation aptitude for their sects, but now, a large number of them had suddenly become active in the chat channel.
"Brothers, did you notice? An E-rank sect called the Evergreen Sect suddenly climbed into the top thirty on the points leaderboard!"
"I saw it. It only has 301 points. It obviously recruited a disciple with a supreme-grade spirit root!"
"How is that possible? I awakened an A-rank sect, and I've been searching all day without finding even a high-grade spirit root near my sect. How could an E-rank sect possibly have a supreme-grade spirit root nearby?"
"Is the points leaderboard bugged? No, I'm reporting this Evergreen Sect first!"
"He's cheating! Definitely cheating! An E-rank sect has so many more points than my A-rank sect! Report him! We have to report him!"
In an instant, the Sect World 999 chat channel was filled with discussions about the E-rank Evergreen Sect and reports against it.
Originally, the top hundred places on the disciple recruitment points leaderboard had been relatively stable, occupied almost entirely by A-rank sects and a handful of S-rank sects.
Now an unknown E-rank sect had suddenly popped up. Who could stomach that?
Quite a few B-rank and C-rank sect masters had already lost their composure.
At that moment, the senior students of Spirit City High School also noticed the E-rank Evergreen Sect on the points leaderboard.
Lin Daqiang's lackeys had already begun sending him private messages through the Sect World chat channel.
"Brother Qiang, do you think that Evergreen Sect could be Lin Feng's sect?"
When Lin Daqiang saw his lackeys' private messages, he replied to them one by one, "How could it be Lin Feng? People who awaken E-rank sects may be rare, but he isn't the only one. There's no way it could be such a coincidence."
"Besides, it's not like you didn't see the phantom of his sect when he awakened it on the testing platform. Even the sect's main hall had collapsed. How could he possibly recruit a disciple with a supreme-grade spirit root?"
"Also, look. The Evergreen Sect's master is called Tiancan Tudou. Does Lin Feng usually like eating potatoes?"
His lackeys instantly came to their senses. "You're right, Brother Qiang! Lin Feng doesn't like potatoes! The Evergreen Sect's master must be someone else!"
Lin Daqiang and his lackeys had convinced themselves that the E-rank sect's master was someone else.
When they ran into Lin Feng in the cafeteria again today, they could simply get to the bottom of it.
Sect World, near the Evergreen Sect, at the city lord's residence in East Forest City.
After accepting Liu Yurou, Lin Feng shook his head slightly at Liu Quan, the city lord of East Forest City.
Liu Quan understood immediately and dismissed everyone else, staying behind with Liu Yurou to dine with Lin Feng.
For their Liu family to have even one person with cultivation aptitude, Liu Yurou, already meant that green smoke was rising from their ancestral graves.
But Lin Feng was somewhat puzzled. In theory, the probability of ordinary people producing descendants with cultivation aptitude was extremely low.
And Liu Quan, Liu Yurou's father, had no aptitude himself. It seemed that Liu Yurou's supreme-grade spirit root had a great deal to do with her mother.
Thus, Lin Feng asked, "City Lord Liu, may I ask whether Yurou's mother was among that group just now?"
At those words, both Liu Quan's and Liu Yurou's expressions dimmed somewhat.
Liu Quan slowly shook his head. "Yurou is an ill-fated child. Her mother passed away in the year she was born."
Lin Feng looked thoughtful.
Then, as he ate, Lin Feng instructed Liu Quan, "Over the next few days, I will check everyone in East Forest City one by one for cultivation aptitude. Sorry for the trouble, City Lord Liu, but I will need you to issue an order beforehand to gather those who have shown unusual traits since childhood, so that I can examine them first."
Liu Quan nodded in agreement and immediately summoned someone to pass on the instructions.
While Liu Quan made the arrangements, Lin Feng took the opportunity to send Liu Yurou straight back to the sect.
After all, time was money. One day in the outside world was a year in the sect!
With Tie Dali's aptitude, reaching the Qi Refining Realm first layer would take roughly three years.
But with Liu Yurou's aptitude, reaching the Qi Refining Realm first layer would take less than three months. One year would be enough to reach the Qi Refining fourth layer!
Lin Feng truly did not dare waste a moment!
Because, judging by previous years' experience, there would also be a competition involving the cultivation realms of sect disciples later on.
After returning to the Evergreen Sect, Lin Feng personally imparted the sect's only current cultivation method, the low-grade Yellow-tier Evergreen Art, to Liu Yurou and taught her how to cultivate.
At the same time, Lin Feng also instructed Tie Dali that if Liu Yurou encountered any problems in her cultivation, they could discuss them with each other.
Lin Feng himself returned to East Forest City, busying himself with recruitment.
That evening, at dinnertime.
Lin Feng arrived at the school cafeteria on time to eat, as before.
Compared with yesterday, however, he clearly had a little more confidence today.
Before entering the cafeteria, Lin Feng spotted a crowd gathered outside from a distance. They seemed to be anxiously waiting for someone.
Lin Feng walked toward the cafeteria without paying them any mind, never imagining that they were waiting for him.
"Hey, Brother Feng! Over here, over here!"
The moment he walked into the crowd, a group of people surrounded him.
"By the way, Brother Feng, we never asked. What was your sect called again?"
Lin Feng glanced at the speaker. Wasn't this one of the people who humiliated me with Lin Daqiang yesterday?
Now that you've seen an E-rank sect fight its way onto the points leaderboard and can't figure out where I stand, you're calling me Brother Feng again, huh?
"What's it to you?"
Just then, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "Tiancan Tudou!"
Everyone immediately turned to look at Lin Feng in unison, waiting for his reaction.
Yet Lin Feng walked straight toward the cafeteria as though nothing had happened, leaving the group exchanging bewildered looks.
Among the crowd, Lin Daqiang silently cursed at how close that had been. He had said it couldn't be Lin Feng. Then he called his lackeys over and entered the cafeteria as well.
But until he had thoroughly established whether the Evergreen Sect was Lin Feng's sect, he did not dare offend Lin Feng too badly.
Lin Feng had only just sat down when a familiar waft of fragrance drifted over, and someone sat beside him.
"Classmate Lin Feng, is that Evergreen Sect really not yours?"
The newcomer was Lin Wan'er, the first genius in Spirit City High School's history to awaken an S-rank sect.
Without even raising his head, Lin Feng mumbled as he stuffed food into his mouth, "If only it were mine! Around my rundown sect, it's hard enough to find even a high-grade spirit root!"
"Today, I racked my brains and only found one middle-grade spirit root and two low-grade spirit roots! I barely broke into the top fifty percent on today's points leaderboard!"
Lin Feng had indeed found three disciples with aptitude in East Forest City today, except that they had one supreme-grade spirit root, one middle-grade spirit root, and one low-grade spirit root!
Hearing this, a trace of suspicion appeared on Lin Wan'er's face, but she still said, "Classmate Lin Feng, breaking into the top fifty percent is already impressive. You've already surpassed plenty of people who awakened C-rank and D-rank sects."
Lin Feng said nothing. Coming from someone in the top three on the points leaderboard, that hurts too fucking much!