"Strange, I clearly saw that kid walk into this alley, where did he go?"
"That damn kid is really cunning; he probably discovered our presence a long time ago."
"Damn it, that's a whole bottle of Spirit-Nurturing Pill, worth hundreds of Spirit Stone!"
" Ran Xiyue has really gone mad, giving the Spirit-Nurturing Pill to a A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality is a complete waste."
"What to do?"
"This kid's lucky. Let's go back, otherwise if Ran Xiyue becomes suspicious, we're finished."
In a dead end, two burly men in leather armor left in a huff after their fruitless search.
It wasn't that Ling Yi didn't want to kill them, but he was worried that killing them would bring trouble to Ran Xiyue.
The Hundred Leaps Sect may be considered rather weak compared to other cultivation sects.
However, within the jurisdiction of the Hundred Leaps Sect, if a disciple of the sect dies, the matter will certainly not end well.
It's likely that Ran Xiyue will also be implicated as a result.
It's important to understand that although Ran Xiyue is a direct disciple, she's not the only one.
What is a direct successor? It's the future sect leader, so how could there not be fierce competition and infighting?
Ling Yi's figure reappeared in the alley.
After changing his clothes, he stepped outside.
Border Sea City is very large, roughly the size of a Earth Grade city.
The city was bustling with people coming and going.
To Ling Yi, this Border Sea City was very much like an ancient city of the Blue Star Ancient Country, somewhat similar to the architectural style of the Ming and Song Dynasties.
The largest building in the city is naturally the City Lord's Mansion.
Secondly, there's Hundred Flowers House, which sounds nice, but frankly, it's just a brothel.
"Hmm, let's go check it out tonight!"
Ling Yi glanced at the Hundred Flowers House Pavilion, then turned and walked southwest towards Border Sea City.
This is the trading market of Border Sea City.
According to Ran Xiyue, you can buy almost anything here, whether it's legitimate or not.
For example, people!
It's really lively here.
There are street performers who perform martial arts, storytellers, and vendors selling Dali Pill.
Ling Yi walked and looked around, finding it all quite novel.
As they ventured deeper into the area, Ling Yi soon arrived at a plaza.
Everywhere you look, you can see groups of three or five people, dressed in rags, gathered together.
They included men and women, some robust, some frail, and even the elderly and children.
Each person wore a wooden tag with a price listed on it, along with their skills.
The cheapest ones cost only a few taels of silver, while the most expensive ones cost thousands.
Of course, Ling Yi had no money on him.
He didn't intend to spend any money.
With Personal Small World, you can easily take away a few people without anyone noticing.
Anyway, none of the vendors who sell these things are good people.
Ling Yi felt no guilt whatsoever about tricking them.
Besides, Ling Yi himself isn't a good person either.
In his previous life, this guy did plenty of double-crossing.
Ling Yi scanned the crowd and found that most of them only had a potential of two or three stars.
Judging potential doesn't mean Ling Yi wants to take on disciples, but rather that he uses potential Star Grade to assess a person's value.
"Hmm?" At this moment, Ling Yi's gaze swept over a robust old man.
[ Lin Huai: Potential 8 stars (out of 10), Mortal Ninth Tier (Severely Injured)!]
This person must be over sixty years old, right? Yet he possesses the strength of the Mortal Ninth Tier. What does the Mortal Ninth Tier even mean?
If this were in the starting village of Blue Star, it would be a powerful existence with a physique of over nine million.
Of course, under the rules of the Immortal Cultivation Realm, this person's physique should be around 900, which is one in ten thousand.
However, this person's internal organs are severely damaged, and he probably can't even reach the Body Refining Realm now.
If it weren't for his own powerful Power of Qi and Blood, he probably wouldn't have survived.
The Body Refining Realm is not even considered Mortal Transcendence; it's just a bit stronger than an ordinary person.
Take Ye Chen for example, he's only at the ninth Body Refining Realm, not yet at the Mortal Transcendence.
The Body Refining refiners are divided into Mortal Transcendence, Transcendent, Entering Sainthood, Transcendent Saint, Entering Divinity, Transcendent God!
The Body Refining Realm is not included; the Body Refining Realm is simply a general term for the Mortal Realm below the Transcendent Realm.
At such an advanced age, to still have the potential to reach 8 stars is truly impressive.
Of course, this is all predicated on healing the old man's injuries; otherwise, potential is just potential.
Ling Yi then looked at the dirty-looking boy next to the old man.
[ Lin Dong: Potential 9 stars (out of 10)!]
Ling Yi was filled with questions. What was going on? He had neither Spiritual Root nor was he Body Refining.
How were these 9-star ratings determined?
You could just add a few "???" symbols after it, and it'll have 9 stars even without anything!
But since it's been marked by the system as having 9 stars of potential, it must have something extraordinary about it.
Ling Yi walked silently past them, circled around them again, and finally selected ten people.
These people include both men and women.
They all have the potential to reach six stars or higher.
There were two cooks and four laborers. The skill listed on the sign in front of the old man Lin Huai, was that of a laborer.
Two maids and two pageboys.
The two maids were only sixteen or seventeen years old; they were twin sisters named Shi Rui and Shi Yun.
Both have the potential of 7 stars, one with Third Pin Ice Spiritual Root and the other with Third Pin Fire Spiritual Root.
The elder sister, Shi Rui, Ice Spiritual Root, while the younger sister, Shi Yun, Fire Spiritual Root. The two sisters look almost identical.
However, they are easily distinguishable: Shi Rui has blue eyes, Shi Yun has red eyes.
The twins were the two highest-priced items at the scene.
The sum is as high as three thousand taels of silver, three thousand taels for each item, totaling six thousand taels.
Well, it's not that Ling Yi has fallen into depravity and insists on hiring two maids; rather, the skills listed on their tags are simply those of maids.
Is being a maid considered a skill?
The other two pageboys, one of whom is Lin Dong and the other is Zhao Wenyuan, also have a potential of eight stars and are Second Pin Wood Spiritual Root.
[ Zhao Hai: Potential 6 stars (out of 10), Fifth Pin Fire Spiritual Root!]
[ Peng Qi: Potential 8 stars (out of 10), Second Pin Wood Spiritual Root!]
[ Lin Huai: Potential 8 stars (out of 10), Mortal Ninth Tier (Severely Injured)!]
[ Lin Dong: Potential 9 stars (out of 10)!]
[ Bai Ziyun: Potential 6 stars (out of 10), Fifth Pin Earth Spiritual Root!]
[ Guo Yun Feng: Potential 7 stars (out of 10), Fourth Pin Light Spirit Root!]
[ Liu Hepeng: Potential 7 stars (out of 10), Fourth Pin Dark Spirit Root!]
[ Shi Rui: Potential 7 stars (out of 10), Third Pin Ice Spiritual Root!]
[ Shi Yun: Potential 7 stars (out of 10), Third Pin Fire Spiritual Root!]
[ Zhao Wenyuan: Potential 8 stars (out of 10), Second Pin Wood Spiritual Root!]
Zhao Hai and Peng Qi were cooks, while Bai Ziyun, Guo Yun Feng, and Liu Hepeng were laborers.
These ten people are the ten with the highest potential among everyone.
The largest number of people were surrounding the two girls, Shi Rui and Shi Yun.
The two girls were treated like commodities, pointed at and judged by a group of hypocritical people.
Every now and then someone would tell a dirty joke, causing the people around to burst into laughter.
The two girls huddled in the corner, trembling, their eyes filled with fear and confusion.
Ling Yi frowned. He had originally planned to bring these ten people into his Personal Small World that night.
Judging from the current state, it seems unlikely that it will even last until nightfall.
Since that's the case, then we won't wait any longer.
Ling Yi's thoughts instantly enveloped the ten people.
The next moment, they were directly transported into their Personal Small World.
He himself teleported away Teleportation, and the next moment, he appeared on the top of White Cloud Mountain, then entered his Personal Small World.
The main reason for leaving Border Sea City was the limitations of my Personal Small World.
You have to exit from the same place you entered.
On the college's sports field.
Seeing the ten bewildered people, Ling Yi slowly spoke, "My name is Ling Yi, and I am a cultivator. The place you are in now is a blessed land, which is also the headquarters of the Heaven-Exploding Sect."
The ten people reacted differently upon hearing Ling Yi's words.
Some were excited, some were afraid, and some were longing.
But Ling Yi didn't care what they were thinking, and continued speaking.
"Now, I'm giving you a chance. Become my disciples, and I will help you become powerful cultivators and embark on the Immortal Path."
"Um, can you get enough to eat while cultivating immortality?" someone asked.
This man's name is Zhao Hai. The sign says his skill is cooking. He is tall and thin, and looks to be around thirty years old.
Ling Yi was completely taken aback when this person asked such a question.
"Of course, there's plenty of food. Eat as much as you want," Ling Yi said with a smile.
"Why did this immortal choose us?" Lin Huai asked cautiously.
"This blessed land is too deserted and lacks people, which is why we chose you."
"Immortal Master, may I ask how big this blessed land is?" Another cook Peng Qi, asked, seeing that Ling Yi was relatively easy to talk to.
Ling Yi thought for a moment, not sure if they would understand if he said it was a certain number of square kilometers, so he decided to use a different way of saying it.
"Approximately three hundred times the size of the Central-Northern Empire."
"My goodness, this is huge! Immortal Master, you don't live here all by yourself, do you?"
"Including you, there are now twelve people, plus you have a Eldest Senior Brother."
The group finally grasped the meaning of Ling Yi's description of the place as too deserted. Such a large place, with only twelve of them, was indeed quite deserted.
Lin Huai then asked again, "Immortal Master, can we leave this place?"
"Of course. After you become my disciples, you will be my students, not my slaves. I will grant you the right to come and go freely here later."
"But I suggest you leave after you have achieved some success in your cultivation. You should know your identity outside. Only when you become cultivators will you have the power to protect yourselves."
"Of course, it's up to you whether you want to become disciples or not; it's not mandatory. But if you don't become disciples, we won't teach you cultivation techniques. Moreover, if you don't become disciples, you'll have to live here for the rest of your lives and won't be allowed to leave."
At this moment, someone else asked, "Immortal Master, may I bring my family in?"
"Can!"
Anyway, this place is big enough, and it's just lacking in people, so more people will make it more lively.
As for whether it will cause trouble or turn the small world into a mess?
Ling Yi believed they wouldn't dare.
"Is it really possible?" asked another page, Zhao Wenyuan.
"However, you are all guilty of sins. If you wish to bring your families in, you should wait until you have achieved sufficient spiritual cultivation."
Anyone who is put up for sale is a criminal.
According to the laws of the Central-Northern Empire, only those who are guilty of crimes are allowed to sell their wares.
Many doubts still lingered in the minds of the crowd.
But their situation is already like this; how much worse can it get?
Lin Huai was the oldest and most knowledgeable among them; he knew they had no choice.
So the first person knelt on one knee. "Disciple Lin Huai greets Master!"
Once someone takes the lead, others will follow suit!
"Bite..."