After fifteen years of cultivation, he finally reached the pinnacle of the first rank!

Upon hearing Jiang Si's words, the martial arts masters around the training ground showed slight changes in their expressions.

Admittedly, given their confidence in their own martial arts prowess, they naturally didn't take the Jiang family of Baidi City seriously.

However, it would indeed be safer for a group of martial arts experts to venture into the secret, trap-filled place that Jiang Si had mentioned.

As for who will be the first to meet Jiang Si's conditions, that will depend on their own abilities.

"Young lady, lead the way, and I will surely grant your wish."

At this moment, Yi Yangzi, who was closest to Jiang Si, spoke first and gestured for Jiang Si to take him to the secret location of the mechanism that had just been mentioned.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Si nodded slightly, her clear voice echoing throughout the surroundings, and said:
"Please follow me, esteemed seniors."

She then stopped talking and turned to walk out of the training ground.

Seeing this, Yi Yangzi, holding the purple jade gourd, immediately followed. The old woman who had spoken earlier was not to be outdone. She moved and disappeared from her seat, appearing behind Jiang Si in the blink of an eye.

The other martial arts masters and renowned figures around the training ground also disappeared from their seats one after another, and then followed Jiang Si away.

As Jiang Si led the group of martial arts masters from around the arena away, the Jiang family patriarch on the stands remained silent.

He was well aware that even if he wanted to stop this group, the Jiang family's strength would make it impossible, and he would only offend these experts from the Western Desert and even the entire martial arts world.

Thinking of this, the Jiang family patriarch looked around the martial arts arena. Of the hundreds of martial arts masters who were originally sitting there, only a dozen or so remained.

However, the martial arts masters who remained in the training ground at this time were almost all people with extremely prominent reputations or influence in the martial arts world.

These people were determined to acquire Jiang Wang, the genius young man from the Jiang family, unlike the martial arts masters who left with Jiang Si knowing they had no hope of taking Jiang Wang as their disciple.

"Wang'er, now it's time for you to make a choice."

The Jiang family patriarch withdrew his gaze, turned to look at Jiang Wang, and then turned again to bow slightly to the White Tiger Temple Master, saying:
"Please forgive me, Lord, but to avoid any trouble, I have to go and keep an eye on things over there myself, so I have to leave for a while."

Upon hearing this, the Palace Master of the White Tiger Temple nodded slightly, but did not say anything more.

Seeing this, the head of the Jiang family secretly transmitted a few words to the Jiang family patriarch sitting to the side, and then turned into a blur and disappeared from the stands.

……

Meanwhile, Li Musheng remained seated on the other side of the training ground, showing little interest in what had just happened.

"Your Highness, I observed that the young lady from the Jiang family earlier possessed such martial arts skills at such a young age. She is indeed a genius in martial arts cultivation. Are you really not going to reconsider?"

Cang Yinyue withdrew her gaze from the direction where Jiang Si and the group of martial arts masters had left, and then frowned slightly as she asked Li Musheng.

In her opinion, a talent like Jiang Si is hard to find even in the entire capital of Dali, and it would be a pity to miss out on her.

In response to Cang Yinyue's question, Li Musheng glanced at Jiang Wang on the stands and shook his head, saying:
"You mentioned a promising talent, but isn't there another one?" Upon hearing this, Cang Yinyue and Shen Anran exchanged a glance. Then, Shen Anran smiled and said:
"Given Your Highness's past behavior, shouldn't you want both the brother and sister?"

Upon hearing this, Li Musheng's eyelids twitched slightly. He then glanced at Cang Yinyue and Shen Anran standing beside him and said:
"The two young ladies do know me very well, but apprentices are different from other good things; in my opinion, they are more like a nuisance."

As he spoke, Li Musheng slowly shook his head and said:

"Let's wait and see what this genius young man from the Jiang family will choose next."

Upon hearing this, Cang Yinyue and Shen Anran nodded slightly and said nothing more.

The large white cat beside them kept scratching at the ground with its paws, completely ignoring the conversation between Li Musheng and the others. Instead, its cat eyes kept glancing in the direction where Yi Yangzi had left.

Clearly, its only thought at this moment was the purple jade gourd in the other party's hand. In fact, if Li Musheng hadn't been there, it would have already followed him.

Just then, after the Jiang family patriarch left, Jiang Wang exchanged a glance with the Jiang family patriarch beside him, then stepped forward and, facing the dozen or so people remaining around the martial arts arena, raised his hand in a salute, saying:

"Esteemed seniors, please move to the training ground first. I will choose one of you to become my disciple."

Upon hearing this, the dozen or so people sitting scattered around the training ground remained silent.

However, the next moment, as afterimages suddenly rose and fell around them, in no time, twelve figures appeared on the previously empty training ground.

These figures stood in various places in the vast martial arts arena, maintaining a certain distance from each other, and all of them kept their auras restrained, just like ordinary people.

Some looked like old brokers, while others resembled middle-aged wealthy men... However, anyone who knew their identities dared not underestimate them, because the vast majority of them were big shots in the martial arts world who could shake the world with a mere flick of their feet.

Jiang Wang, standing on the stands, glanced at the faces of the twelve people in the martial arts arena, but then his brows furrowed slightly as he turned to look at the other side of the arena.

At the end of Jiang Wang's line of sight, Li Musheng remained casually seated in his armchair, showing no intention of stepping onto the martial arts arena.

Seeing this, Jiang Wang's expression shifted slightly, but in the end, he still bowed respectfully to Li Musheng in his seat and said:
"I am delighted to have Your Highness's favor to attend today's disciple-acceptance ceremony. If Your Highness is willing to accept me as a disciple, please ask where the martial arts arena is located."

Jiang Wang's voice echoed throughout the entire training ground, which naturally drew the attention of all twelve people in the training ground to Li Musheng.

Soon, many of the twelve people frowned. After all, since they had come to the Jiang family to participate in the apprenticeship ceremony, they would naturally accept the rules proposed by the Jiang family.

However, Li Musheng was clearly very unconventional. All the experts present had come up to the training ground, but he was the only one who did something special and just sat still in the same spot, which naturally aroused dissatisfaction among some people.

At this moment, facing Jiang Wang's invitation, Li Musheng glanced up at Jiang Wang and the group of martial arts masters in the arena, then waved his hand and said:

"You can continue, just pretend I don't exist."

Then, Li Musheng looked at Jiang Wang and explained:

"I'm still unsure whether to accept you as my apprentice." (End of Chapter)