Chapter 2: Jiang Lingsu

The look in the eyes of many newcomers in the crowd changed as they looked at Kang Fulu.

It showed admiration, envy, or even amusement.

Kang Fulu continued, “All information about the five peaks of the Divine Radiance Sect has already been shared with you. Now, those who scored a B or C in the assessment may begin choosing their peak.”

The assessment was graded from A to C, with A being the highest.

Those who scored B or C would select their peak first. B-grade disciples were ordinary disciples, while C-grade were labor disciples. Only A-grade disciples were qualified to become core disciples!

Those who scored an A were all considered geniuses, and they deserved to be raised carefully.

The senior disciples of the five peaks had come mainly to meet these A-grade disciples and invite them to join their own peak.

"Senior Brother Kang is so impressive. We will definitely not lose out if we join the Five-Light Peak!"

"I think I will still choose to join the Myriad Arts Peak. In cultivation, Dao techniques are the most important!"

"My dream is to become a Healer, only Healers can save the Great Shang. I want to join the Divine Medicine Peak!"

"The Battle Peak suits me best!"

"It is a pity that the Seven-Colored Peak doesn’t accept ordinary or labor disciples, if not, I would definitely choose them. I heard that there is only one senior there. If I join, I would be the second disciple and I’d get plenty of resources."

Before long, all the B and C-grade disciples had chosen their peaks.

Among them, Five-Light Peak had the most new members. Apart from the Seven-Colored Peak, the Divine Medicine Peak had the fewest. After all, not everyone could become a healer. If you spent decades with no results, you’d be expelled. Might as well cultivate honestly elsewhere.

With everyone done choosing, only seven people remained—those who had achieved the A-grade. There were four males and three females.

“Junior brothers and sisters, how shall we choose from these seven?” Kang Fulu asked. His gaze was fixed on a black-clad youth, his favorite candidate.

The others seemed to think of something as no one spoke.

At that moment, the senior disciple of the Divine Medicine Peak, Zhuge Miao, suddenly said, “Before we came, Master gave an order. This time, the Seven-Colored Peak gets first pick.”

Kang Fulu sighed softly upon hearing that. This was not public information, and he’d hoped to keep it that way.

He feared Qi Yuan might choose the one he had his eye on. After all, the Seven-Colored Peak only had one disciple. That made it incredibly attractive to others.

For the new disciples, if they went to any other peak, they would need to compete with a bunch of other disciples. But if they went to the Seven-Colored Peak, there was only one person to fight with.

Moreover, that sole rival looked terribly unreliable.

Among the seven A-grade disciples, more or less all their gazes turned heated as they looked at Qi Yuan. Their faces practically read.

Choose me!

“Junior Brother Qi Yuan, please make your choice,” Kang Fulu said.

He deliberately didn’t provide Qi Yuan with any information about the seven candidates. If the most talented ones were chosen, Five-Light Peak would suffer a major loss.

Qi Yuan looked calmly at the seven people before him.

Since his master had sent him to pick a disciple to increase the presence of Seven-Colored Peak. He had to choose someone suitable.

As he examined the seven, pieces of information appeared in his vision.

He first looked at the black-robed youth, the one Kang Fulu cared most about.

Seeing this, Kang Fulu tensed up.

That black-clad youth possessed a rare Light Spirit Root. This type of root was perfect for the Five-Light Peak and its Saint Arts. He might even reach great heights with it.

As Qi Yuan gazed at him, a string of information entered his mind.

[This is an ordinary young man. However, he seems to have an unspeakable hidden motive for joining Divine Radiance Sect.]

Unspeakable motive?

Qi Yuan instantly eliminated him.

Should he report this to the others? Not a chance.

Three months back, he had exposed the Sect Master of Divine Radiance Sect as a spy from the Demonic Desire Sect and he had ended up confined for a few days.

And the only reason he’d gotten away so easily was that he had a very powerful master.

In Qi Yuan’s view, the Divine Radiance Sect was full of problems.

In fact, this world was full of problems.

And if everything’s a problem... then nothing really is. He could only leave things to fate.

Next, Qi Yuan looked at a girl in a pale yellow dress, who appeared innocent and sweet. She batted her eyes at him with a hint of charm.

[This is an ordinary girl. However, she has a special constitution. Black Rooster Demon has marked her as a living cultivation cauldron, which may bring trouble to the Divine Radiance Sect.]

Out you go.

Qi Yuan moved on to the next candidate.

[This is an ordinary young man. He’s been cultivating for two and a half years, yet now has no cultivation at all. In the depths of his consciousness sleeps a residual soul. Before arriving at Divine Radiance Sect, he broke off his engagement with his fiancée.]

A protagonist template? Stay away!

From the TV shows he’d watched before coming here, he knew to steer clear of protagonists. The moment a side character treated a protagonist well, that side character was doomed.

Definitely not friend material.

He looked at the remaining few.

A man with three legs?

Out.

A male with a female soul? Canglan World hasn’t updated its version... Out!

Mentally unstable? Too dangerous... out!

Three of them were eliminated immediately.

Then, he looked at the last girl.

[This is an ordinary girl. She seems mysterious and may harbor certain hidden intentions toward the Seven-Colored Peak’s Peak Master.]

Qi Yuan’s expression turned strange.

A competitor?

Out!

The girl, Jiang Lingsu, looked at Qi Yuan, her head lowered and eyes cautious.

When she saw that Qi Yuan seemed inclined to reject her, her gaze turned resolute. She bowed deeply and said, “Senior Brother Qi Yuan, please give me a chance to enter the Seven-Colored Peak!”

Jiang Lingsu wasn’t from the Great Shang; she hailed from the distant East. She was of noble birth and high status, so she had never paid much attention to sects like the Divine Radiance Sect.

But one month ago, her bloodline awakened and she was granted a chance to wield her clan’s treasured artifact, the Heaven-Earth Mirror.

In the mirror, she caught a fleeting glimpse... of a vision shadowing the end of the world. Slaughter was everywhere, countless cultivators fell. Her father died in battle; her mother’s blood stained the palace. The continent split apart, the seas were overturned.

Only the humble Divine Radiance Sect... seemed to harbor a great master and survived unscathed.

The Heaven-Earth Mirror was a supreme treasure. What it showed was the future, or rather, a warning from heaven.

Thus, she had come to the Divine Radiance Sect.

Before arriving, she had investigated the sect.

It was an ordinary sect in every respect, except for the Peak Master of the Seven-Colored Peak. This person had a mysterious background and extraordinary strength that did not match what an elder of such a run-of-the-mill sect normally had.

Unfortunately, the future seen in the Heaven Earth Mirror couldn’t be spoken aloud. If she revealed it, everyone, including herself, would forget it.

So now, she carried an enormous burden. She didn’t want to see her loved ones die. She didn’t want to witness heaven collapse and earth shatter.

She had to enter the Seven-Colored Peak.

Qi Yuan looked at her resolute eyes and yawned.

Immediately, Jiang Lingsu blurted, “Senior brother, if I am allowed to enter the Seven-Colored Peak, I am willing to serve as a maid, to help you with anything.”

Before coming to the sect, she had already researched the relationship between the master and the disciple of Seven-Colored Peak.

The Peak Master was extremely mysterious, like a dragon that revealed neither head nor tail.

As for the disciple, he was talented, yes, but he was a cultivator of the Obsession path. Cultivators of the Obsession path often had personality issues. And due to their obsessions, they often ignored everything else.

They usually lacked someone to care for them or help with daily affairs.

Qi Yuan glanced indifferently at Jiang Lingsu and said slowly, “Alright.”

Hearing that, Jiang Lingsu finally let out a breath of relief.

For the sake of the world, what’s a little sacrifice?