I may have slightly underestimated this world.

At noon, the scorching sun blazed.

The disciple recruitment ceremony was about to begin.

The plaza was already packed with young prodigies from all over the Eastern Wasteland. The venue was bustling with noise and extraordinary excitement.

Those who could set foot on the mountain peak were no ordinary mortals.

The people here, if not one in a hundred thousand, were at least one in ten thousand in terms of aptitude.

Some people only set foot on the mountain peak at the last moment.

Some, however, had long been standing on the peak, whispering to each other, "Azure Profound Peak, I must join the Azure Profound Peak! I will become a disciple of the Sect Master."

"The grudge from ten years ago must be avenged!"

"Is cultivation only for revenge, brother?"

"There is so much scenery in this world that you haven't had time to properly experience, yet you are blinded by hatred. If you ask me, it's better to go to the Purple Firmament Peak and the Blue Luan Peak, where the two peerless beauties of the Eastern Wasteland reside."

"Superficial!"

"How can one covet beauty on the Great Dao of cultivation?"

"Stop talking. I've asked around about the Purple Firmament Peak. They practice elitism. An entire peak has only recruited four disciples so far—three female and one male."

"An entire peak took in only four disciples, yet every peak has the same resources. Doing things this way, the Purple Firmament Peak must have produced quite a few young talents renowned throughout the Eastern Wasteland, right?"

"Uh... I haven't really heard of any."

"Doesn't that mean they take the money without doing the work, lining their own pockets? Doesn't the Sect Master of the Azure Profound Sect do anything about it?"

"Watch your words!"

A youth hurriedly covered that person's mouth, glanced left and right, and lowered his voice, saying:

"Keep your voice down, you could lose your head for that!"

.........

Listening to the clamor of the people around him, Ye Shu couldn't help but find it amusing.

It seemed there were still normal human beings in this world.

His gaze fell on a certain corner of the plaza, where there was a small stall. Inside the stall was a broken table, and beside it was a piece of ragged cloth propped up, on which was crookedly written, "The First Eternal Inheritance of the Azure Profound Sect, the Profound Heaven Sword Lineage."

Chu Jinghong sat inside.

From a distance, it looked exactly like those unpopular college majors during autumn recruitment, where you could catch sparrows in front of the empty table.

As for Lu Shouzhuo, he stood to the side holding a sword.

A passing youth glanced over curiously, and Lu Shouzhuo opened his mouth to say—

"Do you want to fight?"

This scared the person so much that they didn't dare to take another look, afraid of getting beaten up for no reason, and they took a detour.

"You won't be able to recruit anyone like this, Senior Brother Lu."

Ye Shu's mouth twitched.

He was just about to go up and say hello when he heard the deacon in charge of the recruitment ceremony announce loudly:

"The disciples of the Purple Firmament Peak have arrived!!!"

Upon hearing this, everyone raised their heads in unison.

They saw four people riding clouds from the horizon—three women and one man. The man was handsome, but carried a faint sorrow between his brows. As for the women, one was as cold and stunning as ice, one was calm and composed, and the other was cute and charming.

It was exactly the group from the Purple Firmament Peak.

Su Xiao stood at the very front with his hands behind his back, followed by Zheng Yunshu, then Lu Qinghuan, and finally Qin Ke'er. She stood at the back, curiously scanning the plaza as if searching for something.

"Are these the disciples of the Purple Firmament Peak?"

"Wow! Those fairies look so beautiful. If I could join the Purple Firmament Peak, I'd be willing even if it meant being sucked dry by demonic seductresses every day!"

"Is that man the chief senior brother of the Purple Firmament Peak?"

"He doesn't look like much, yet he has so many beauties accompanying him. It really makes one envious, jealous, and hateful. No, I must join the Purple Firmament Peak and share his burden."

"By the way, I remember the Purple Firmament Peak also had a Fairy Lin. Why don't we see her?"

"I heard she fell out with her master over a man."

"Really?"

"It's true. My cousin's neighbor's nephew's classmate's master's cousin works as a handyman in the Azure Profound Sect. He saw it with his own eyes while sweeping the floor in the Deacon Hall."

"Let me tell you, at that time she..."

Next to the recruitment office of the Profound Heaven Sword Lineage, listening to the heated discussions of these youths who came to join the sect—some vividly gossiping, some indignantly wanting to share Su Xiao's pressure, and some looking enviously in the direction of the Purple Firmament Peak—in short, these young people had a strong desire to join the Purple Firmament Peak.

Chu Jinghong curled her lips in some disdain.

"What's so good about them? Isn't it just two ounces of meat on their chests? A bunch of worthless things."

"Don't you agree, Junior Brother Lu?"

Lu Shouzhuo just expressionlessly spat out one word.

"Weak."

"I think so too, a bunch of blind fools," Chu Jinghong cursed indignantly, turning her head away to avoid seeing the envious expressions of the others.

Seeing it was annoying and irritating.

Unlike the people around him, Ye Shu just stood quietly in place, his face calm, pondering in his heart.

On such an important occasion, nothing should happen, right?

Unless someone had mush for brains, they wouldn't dare cause trouble at such a major ceremony held once every three years.

You have to know, this was the disciple recruitment ceremony, representing the sect's public face. It was full of young prodigies who had traveled thousands of miles from all over the Eastern Wasteland to join the sect. If they lost face on this occasion and word got out,

the sect's appeal to future fresh blood would be greatly discounted.

Just then, he suddenly felt a gaze.

He looked up.

He saw Su Xiao, who had just landed on the plaza, staring straight at him. That look was exactly like Jerry, starved for three hundred years, seeing the cheese Tom had hidden and frozen in the fridge for a full five hundred thousand light-years.

It was filled with desire and a strange emotion.

Alright then.

Ye Shu subconsciously took a step back.

He felt he might have underestimated this world a bit.

At the same time, the others traveling with Su Xiao also saw Ye Shu, and their gazes uniformly landed on him.

Zheng Yunshu and Lu Qinghuan were startled. This guy isn't dead?

And Qin Ke'er was terrified in her heart.

"This, this, this! This big idiot actually dares to come? Doesn't he know that Master and Senior Sisters wish they could eat his flesh and sleep on his skin? But on this occasion, Senior Sisters shouldn't act recklessly, right?"

"They probably... wouldn't, right?"

She looked at Lu Qinghuan and Zheng Yunshu beside her, whose gazes were gradually turning cold, and couldn't help but feel that something bad was about to happen.

However, Zheng Yunshu and Lu Qinghuan didn't move.

Su Xiao moved.

After landing, he didn't walk towards the seats on the stage, but instead took a step and walked straight towards the plaza.

"What is he going to do?"

The onlookers looked at him curiously, wanting to know where he was going. "Could it be that he has his eye on a certain prodigy and wants to rope them in early?"

"It's possible. Coming so early is just to stay one step ahead of the others."

"Who will be the lucky one?"

The crowd discussed animatedly, their gazes following Su Xiao's movements.

Finally, Su Xiao passed through the crowd, walked straight up to Ye Shu, and then stopped, standing firmly.

At this moment, everyone's gaze converged here.

Then, Su Xiao opened his mouth.

He took a deep breath, pointed at Ye Shu's nose, and cursed:

"Fuck your mother!"