My Optimized Immortal Life

As the largest and only sect within a thousand miles, Luoying Sect sends cultivators to those mortal villages every five years to recruit disciples with spiritual roots to practice in the sect. When Chen Qing arrived, it was still three years before the new batch of disciples joined the sect. Now, it is that time.

More than a dozen flying boats capable of accommodating a hundred people came from the outside world, passed through the cloud and mist formation that covered the entire sect's territory, and then slowly sailed into the sect.

On the flying boat, countless curious eyes were cast, looking at the entire Luoying Sect. Those were new disciples recruited from thousands of miles away. There were about a hundred disciples on each flying boat, which was not a large number. There were only more than a thousand disciples on the dozen or so flying boats together.

Chen Qing looked at this scene and was a little surprised.

In Song Kingdom, those sects can only recruit nearly a hundred disciples with spiritual roots every year. Even the three major Jindan sects can only recruit a thousand disciples every year. It is nothing like the exaggerated Luoying Sect, which can recruit more than a thousand disciples within a thousand miles. After all, the territory of Song Kingdom is vast, far smaller than that of the Central Region, but naturally much larger than that of Luoying Sect. That's why Chen Qing was surprised.

More than a dozen flying boats arrived at the bluestone plain at the foot of Qixia Peak. This place was specially built by the sect to accommodate the disciples recruited every five years.

The flying boat floated down from mid-air and landed on the flat ground. More than a thousand children who were only five years old walked out of it, looking at everything in front of them curiously.

An outer sect monk who was recruiting disciples slowly floated down from the flying boat and quickly came to the two elders standing beside them.

Chen Qing is one of the two elders.

The other one was the old man who had previously introduced him to the sect. He had been practicing in Luoying Sect for nearly three hundred years and had long forgotten his past, with only the name Baihua remaining.

There are two outer sect monks on each flying boat to guide the disciples. Most of them are in the late Qi Refining stage, and there are no Foundation Establishment monks.

After these disciples came to Bai Hua and Chen Qing, they began to report on the quality of the disciples they had recruited this time.

Chen Qing stood aside, silently counting the number of disciples who reported having high-grade spiritual roots, medium-grade spiritual roots, and low-grade spiritual roots.

After all the outer sect monks finished their reports, Bai Hua sighed.

"Elder Chen, the quality of the disciples we recruited this year is much lower than in previous years."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing also nodded.

Among these more than one thousand children, there are less than a hundred with top-grade spiritual roots, only over three hundred with middle-grade spiritual roots, and the rest all have low-grade spiritual roots, which is indeed worse than in previous years.

He looked at the children, with spiritual energy flowing in his eyes, and he was activating the Qi-gazing technique.

Countless spiritual energies of various colors appeared in his eyes. He looked down, but did not find anything special. They were all ordinary five elements spiritual energies.

There isn’t even a cultivator with special spiritual roots.

Chen Qing frowned secretly, then relaxed.

The area of ​​ten thousand miles is still too small. Even though a large number of disciples are recruited, the best among them are extremely rare.

He spoke slowly.

"Elder Bai, we don't have many disciples anymore. As long as we can produce about a hundred foundation-building cultivators among these children, we can greatly increase the strength of the sect."

Upon hearing this, Bai Hua shook his head.

"Although the foundation-building stage isn't difficult, these disciples have weak spiritual roots. Let alone a breakthrough, I'm afraid there are less than 500 who can even reach the late stage of Qi Refining. Even with the support of the sect's resources, it's estimated that no more than 100 can finally reach the perfection of Qi Refining."

Obviously, a cultivator like Bai Hua who has been in Luoying Sect for hundreds of years already has a good idea of ​​the level that each disciple he recruits can eventually cultivate to.

Seeing this, Chen Qing didn't say much.

What Bai Hua said was indeed true. If there was no help from the opportunity, the final situation of these disciples would be almost the same as what Bai Hua said.

However, this had no effect on Chen Qing. Luoying Sect was just a stepping stone for him to enter the Central Region. What he cared about most was his own cultivation.

Bai Hua began to explain to the new children the various matters concerning joining the sect, and then instructed some outer sect monks nearby to take these children to the preaching hall to teach them.

After all, these are just five-year-old children who can't read a single word and probably can't even understand the martial arts techniques. In addition to teaching them knowledge, the main purpose of bringing them into the sect is to lay a foundation for them.

Although the Luoying Sect was only a Jindan sect, it was located in the Central Region and had sufficient resources. It was natural for them to arrange medicinal baths to cleanse the roots and bones of these children. A year of medicinal baths and academic teachings were enough for these children to begin their initial cultivation. Even so, it would take a long time for most of them to reach the Qi Refining level.

After all the outer disciples and children were taken away, Bai Hua turned around and looked at Chen Qing.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, the Inner Disciple Competition will be held in about a month. I heard there are many talented people in this competition. I wonder if you would like to take in a disciple?"

Hearing this, Chen Qing was stunned. After thinking for a moment, he spoke.

"Since you, Fellow Daoist Bai, have praised me so highly, I guess I have to go and watch the Inner Disciple Competition."

He smiled.

Seeing this, Bai Hua also responded with a smile.

"To be honest, fellow Daoist, in this inner sect competition, there are hundreds of disciples with top-grade spiritual roots, and among them are dozens of talented people, some with special physiques, and some with excellent comprehension. If you want to pass on your legacy, it would be most appropriate to choose from among these disciples."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing nodded.

"Then I would like to thank you, Fellow Daoist Bai, in advance."

After saying that, Chen Qing jumped up and turned into a beam of light and left.

Bai Hua looked at his departing figure with a calm expression.

Over the past three years, he has often communicated with Chen Qing, and now the two have a good relationship, so he mentioned it today.

After all, Chen Qing had been in the sect for three years, and apart from showing some of his attainments in alchemy, he had never taken action. Until now, including him, the sect and other elders, only knew that Chen Qing practiced fire-based exercises, but they knew nothing about the grade and characteristics of his practice.

Although the sect does not force the elders to hand over the skills they practice, you must at least tell them some of the characteristics of the skills you practice, or perform them a few times for everyone to see so that they have a clear idea.

Chen Qing did not do any of these things, so even though only three years had passed, some elders could no longer stand it.

Returning to the courtyard on Qixia Peak, Chen Qing slowly walked into the house.

Chen Qing naturally knew what Bai Hua was proposing. He was not surprised by it. On the contrary, he was already very surprised that Han Qiu Shui had not come to see him until now.

It's not bad to accept a disciple, but the Yin-Yang Transformation Technique must not be kept. In this case, then I will deduce another fire-based technique.

Chen Qing didn't think this was a trouble.

For him now, the third-level skills can be deduced at will. A relatively good third-level skills is enough to satisfy the elders in the sect. As for Han Qiu Shui, she has never come to see Chen Qing. Even if she would look at this matter, she would not care too much about it.