Heavenly Sha Lone Star

[Name]: Luo Zhen

[Realm]: Dao Platform Realm, fifth level

[Aptitude]: Earth grade, supreme quality

[Talent]: Heavenly Sha Lone Star

What Lu Changzhi found unbelievable was Luo Zhen's talent.

[Heavenly Sha Lone Star]: A person with this talent affects the fortune of nearby people and forces. The closer the relationship and the more the person is truly valued, the greater the chance of calamity befalling them. Whenever a close associate or force suffers a calamity, the person with this talent grows luckier, gaining opportunities to improve and further expand their influence...

After reading the description, Lu Changzhi fell silent for a moment.

So even the legendary harbingers of disaster relied on talent...

Without the right talent, one couldn't even wreak havoc in a region.

"Looks like this is a talent that can grow."

Lu Changzhi felt a pain in the balls.

With a talent like that, Luo Zhen would have to be a protagonist at the very least.

And yet he was in Lu Changzhi's own sect.

"System, show me Luo Zhen's exact location."

As soon as he spoke, a figure was marked in Lu Changzhi's field of vision.

Lu Changzhi followed the marker with his eyes.

The light pointed to a rather young-looking boy.

His face looked honest and guileless, giving the impression at a glance that he was trustworthy. The determination in his eyes made one all the more certain.

This boy would surely accomplish great things someday.

"This..."

Lu Changzhi frowned and checked with the system again.

It was indeed him.

"I didn't expect this Heavenly Sha Lone Star to come with a disguise."

Lu Changzhi sighed.

If he hadn't known about Luo Zhen's talent, he would have thought well of him too.

He was a textbook trap.

"I'll have to find a way to deal with this trouble..."

Lu Changzhi pondered aloud.

Although Luo Zhen wasn't by his side, once his influence grew,

Jin Fugui's good fortune would probably all be jinxed away.

"That location looks like the peak Xu Kun and the others are on."

"I'll wait until the sparring ends, then go ask Xu Kun about him."

Setting the matter aside for the moment, Lu Changzhi continued observing.

Aside from Luo Zhen's bizarre talent,

Everyone else seemed much more normal.

After looking over just about everyone, Lu Changzhi made a note of each person's information.

With that, the task he had come to accomplish was complete.

But he had nothing else to do anyway.

Rather than leave, Lu Changzhi stayed to watch the disciples fight.

The bouts on the field grew increasingly fierce.

All manner of techniques appeared one after another, including some dazzling ones.

The many unexpected moves and backstabbing counters also had the disciples exclaiming that they'd learned something.

In bout after bout, everyone contributed their own ingenuity.

"They weren't fighting to the death like I imagined."

After watching to the end, Lu Changzhi spoke softly.

Even in the final bouts, the fighters still stopped before causing serious harm.

They were competitive, yet harmonious.

It was just right.

"Changzhi, what did you think of this sparring session?"

Not long after the sparring ended, Cang Wenyu came hurrying over.

"It's all in here."

Lu Changzhi smiled and handed him a jade talisman.

Cang Wenyu took it, and his brow immediately jumped. Somewhat moved, he said:

"There are that many?!"

His voice was full of disbelief.

Nearly forty names were recorded in the jade talisman.

That was far beyond his expectations.

At that, Lu Changzhi shook his head and said:

"I only felt that these disciples might have something special about them. I can't be completely certain whether I'm right about all of them."

"After all, aside from Gu Chen, I've taken in three disciples, and so far only Ling'er has shown anything extraordinary."

Cang Wenyu nodded. "That's true."

"But even one more chance to discover a genius is very important to the sect."

"Indeed." Lu Changzhi agreed, then asked:

"How does the sect master plan to nurture these people?"

"Since you're asking, Changzhi, I imagine you have something in mind." Cang Wenyu smiled.

Lu Changzhi nodded.

"It just occurred to me that perhaps their aptitude or physique isn't the only reason they give me a distinctive feeling."

"Not long after Ling'er came to my Hidden Origin Peak, she showed exceptional skill in cooking. Perhaps the others are the same."

The list he had given Cang Wenyu didn't just contain people with hidden physiques.

Most of them were people with talents.

Naturally, he couldn't explain the details of such a thing.

"You mean they might be more gifted than ordinary people in certain areas?" Cang Wenyu's eyes lit up.

"Yes." Lu Changzhi nodded.

"They might not all be good at cultivation, but they may excel in other areas. I can't easily tell exactly which areas those are, though."

"Sect master, you could arrange for them to try more things and find what they're good at. Make the best use of everything and everyone's talents, and they can contribute more to the sect."

"Make the best use of everything and everyone's talents." Cang Wenyu repeated Lu Changzhi's words, looking at him with admiration.

"These days, you're looking more and more like a peak master."

"Then we'll do as you say. I'll make arrangements over the next few days."

After Cang Wenyu left, Lu Changzhi set off for Dharma Form Peak.

Xu Kun looked surprised after hearing why Lu Changzhi had come.

"You mean Luo Zhen from the inner sect?"

"I've spent a fair amount of time with that disciple, so I know him quite well. His aptitude is decent, he's a good person, and he cultivates diligently. He's one of the better inner sect disciples."

"I was planning to observe him for a while longer. If he proved suitable, I'd make an exception and promote him to a personal disciple, giving him access to more resources so he could grow faster and contribute more to the sect."

Lu Changzhi's heart pounded wildly as he listened.

He hadn't expected Xu Kun to know Luo Zhen so well.

Xu Kun even intended to value him highly and make an exception to promote him to a true disciple.

There were aptitude requirements for true disciples. Only when a disciple was genuinely acknowledged and met a certain standard could an exception be made.

An exception was usually made only for someone held in extremely high regard.

For any other disciple, that would have been fine.

The problem was that this was Luo Zhen, a man with the Heavenly Sha Lone Star talent.

Listening to Xu Kun say with a straight face that he hoped Luo Zhen would contribute more to the sect, Lu Changzhi felt his scalp tingle.

If Luo Zhen was nurtured and allowed to grow, the Five Symbols Sect would probably be in for quite an upheaval.

"Come to think of it, Changzhi, you came all this way specifically to ask about Luo Zhen."

Xu Kun, who had no idea what was going on but sensed something important, seemed to think of something and asked:

"Could it be that you're planning to take Luo Zhen as your disciple?"

"If that's the case..."

Xu Kun hesitated, looking as though it pained him to part with something he loved.

"Then he can transfer to Hidden Origin Peak and become your disciple."