"What about the remaining twenty-odd people?"
"We have about twenty people left. Once we have thirty people, we'll choose a time to hold the second phase," Lü Mingzhe explained.
"Bring out those twenty-odd people for me to see." Li Daoyi handed the tablet back.
Lü Mingzhe glanced at Li Daoyi with some doubt, but still took the tablet and started operating it.
He quickly pulled up the list of the remaining twenty-odd people and handed it over.
Li Daoyi took the tablet and quickly scanned the faces of the people.
After a moment, seemingly unable to find the person he was looking for, his brows furrowed slightly.
Lü Mingzhe stood to the side, watching the scene unfold before him. After a moment's thought, he asked:
"Is the Daoist priest someone you're paying attention to?"
"Hmm, there's a young man who catches my eye." Li Daoyi at him, but didn't deny it.
He glanced at the tablet in his hand again and asked:
"These are all the applicants who met the requirements, right?"
"Um."
"So those not listed are all ineligible?"
"Yes," Lü Mingzhe nodded in response.
Li Daoyi clicked his tongue, nodded, handed the tablet back, and said nothing more.
Lü Mingzhe took the tablet. "Isn't the person the Daoist priest favored on here?"
"Hmm." Li Daoyi nodded without hesitation. "It seems that kid isn't very good at cultivation, otherwise he wouldn't have been eliminated."
"Not necessarily, maybe he didn't apply?" Lü Mingzhe said.
"Oh? There are still people who aren't applying?" Li Daoyi looked at Lü Mingzhe with some surprise.
"Hmm." Lü Mingzhe nodded. "This time in Yihua City, there was a qualified inspector who didn't apply. If it weren't for his special abilities and the fact that he's on our record, we wouldn't have noticed."
"And then you just added his name directly, right?"
"Yes," Lü Mingzhe nodded, "Although he had some objections later."
"Oh? He has a problem with the training camp helping him improve his skills?"
"He said the training camp would last for three months, during which he couldn't leave, and his mother's birthday was in the middle, so he didn't want to come!" Lü Mingzhe replied.
"Then how did you get him to come here?" Li Daoyi couldn't help but ask.
"We contacted his mother!" Lü Mingzhe replied succinctly.
"Haha, wonderful, wonderful..."
Li Daoyi slapped his thigh and laughed a few times upon hearing this. He then quickly returned to his thoughts and said:
"So, that kid probably didn't apply either?"
"Well, if the Daoist priest has taken a liking to them, their talent must be quite good. If they weren't selected, it's probably because they didn't apply."
Lü Mingzhe nodded, then said:
"Master, could you tell me that person's name? I'll check the records for you."
"That kid's name is Shen Heng."
Lü Mingzhe tapped his fingers on the tablet, and soon handed it back to him.
"Take a look, is this the person?"
Li Daoyi glanced at the black-haired youth on the tablet and nodded in confirmation.
"Yes, that's him."
After saying that, his gaze subconsciously swept over Shen Heng's detailed information.
Rank: Tier 2
Ability: Sound Wave Manipulation (D)
Has its Ability Evolution?... Li Daoyi's gaze continued downwards.
Tasks performed:
XXX
XXX
XXX
Points: 2628
This kid is quite wealthy... Li Daoyi himself.
Then, the last time he joined was March 28, 2022.
After glancing at Shen Heng's information, Li Daoyi looked up, about to say something, when he suddenly paused again.
He suddenly looked towards the timer.
March 28, 2022?
What time is it now?
"January 18, 2023," Lü Mingzhe said from the side.
Li Daoyi quickly looked up, carefully examining the section above that displayed detailed information about Shen Heng.
Soon, a collective gasp filled the spacious training room.
"Six months, broke through to Tier 2, and then his abilities even evolved?"
"Moreover, with just one auxiliary ability, he earned nearly 3,000 points in less than a year. Is it really that easy for the local Supervision Bureau to earn points?"
Li Daoyi looked at Lü Mingzhe, who had been standing to the side, with surprise, "Didn't you allocate any resources to train him?"
"Currently, all the Origin Crystal are concentrated on you and your few Fifth Tier; no resources are being allocated to nurturing others."
"So what's going on?"
"This..."
Lü Mingzhe also looked at the information on it with some curiosity.
Breaking through to the Tier 2 in half a year is almost unheard of, except for those who receive concentrated resources for training.
After all, the Heavenly Cycle Breathing Technique is too easy for beginners to lose focus, and although there is more Origin Power in the air now than in previous years, it is still not abundant.
In this situation, breaking through to the First Tier in six months is already considered quite talented, let alone reaching the Second Tier in six months.
Moreover, not only that, their abilities have also evolved once.
Just as he was still feeling somewhat confused, he heard that deep, slightly rough voice ring in his ears again.
"Passive? Are there even this type of ability?"
Lü Mingzhe shifted his pupils, his gaze following the slightly wrinkled finger pointing towards the tablet.
The latest note in the personal information section is:
The ability is passive and consumes very little Origin Power.
"Passive?"
Lü Mingzhe's pupils dilated slightly.
Among the thousands of people in the Supervision Bureau, there are quite a few with auxiliary abilities, such as telescopes and sensory abilities.
However, their abilities are all active, and this is the first time a passive ability has appeared.
He stood up straight and looked at Li Daoyi:
"Master, I need to go back and report on the abilities and passive skills."
"Oh, right, this kid should meet the requirements for the training camp, right?"
"Aside from a slight lack of ability, everything else seems to match the information," said Lü Mingzhe.
Li Daoyi nodded slightly, "That's good. Help me add this kid to the training camp."
"First phase!"
Meanwhile, outside Linhai City.
A cold, frigid wind howled across the sea.
On the vast, leaden-gray sea, apart from a few scattered cargo ships, a faint bloodstain can be seen upon closer inspection.
Following the trail of blood forward, you can see a hairy head with a single horn on it.
It was a creature that looked like a rat.
But the blood didn't come from it, but from a large fish in its mouth.
That was a fish two to three times its own size.
It carried the fish in its mouth and swam towards the edge of the city.
There, there is a deserted beach.
After a long while, it slowly reached the edge of the beach and climbed up.
As its body gradually emerged from the sea, its appearance was gradually revealed.
This is a rodent- Calamity Beast that is over four meters long, grayish-brown in color, and has a single horn on its forehead.
It stepped onto the sand, then temporarily put down the fish in its mouth, and thrashed about.
After shaking off the water droplets, it picked up the fish from the ground again and walked towards a cheaper spot nearby.
Soon, a wide pipe hidden among the boulders appeared ahead.
The rat-beast skillfully climbed over and then followed the pipe forward.
Soon, it seemed like the sound of rat paws stepping on concrete could be heard.
Soon, a chirping sound came from deep within the pipe.
The second sound followed, then the third sound...