Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 244: Recruiting Disciples
The original body's golden elixir was stored in the incarnation, which caused Gu Mo's cultivation to plummet. However, although Gu Mo's cultivation was destroyed, it did not mean that Gu Mo's fighting power was also destroyed.

After all, Gu Mo's original fighting power is mostly composed of plants.

It was precisely because of the plant front as a backup that Gu Mo dared to deposit his golden elixir. If it were any other Jindan cultivator, depositing his golden elixir would be tantamount to seeking death.

"Disciple, the matter of recruiting disciples for our Wanfa lineage is now left to you." Gu Mo, who was in the process of condensing his golden elixir again, suddenly received a message from his master Qi Chunde.

Now is the time when all major sects are recruiting disciples, and Shennong Valley is no exception. At this moment, in the mortal city where Shennong Valley is located, it is said that many young boys and girls of appropriate age have gathered. In addition, some independent cultivators with some accomplishments also have a strong desire to join Shennong Valley.

The other branches of Shennong Valley have all gone through many years of development and can be considered to be prosperous. However, the Wanfa branch has just been established, and its current members are Qi Chunde, Gu Mo, Xiaohua and Xiaoli, which are just two people and two monsters.

The opening of the mountain gate is the best time for the Wanfa lineage to recruit new disciples.

"Little Carp!"

After putting away the communication talisman, Gu Mo called Xiaoli. After a while, a golden koi swam over with a little golden light. Xiaoli was now a peak level 3 demon, but so far, Xiaoli had not shown any signs of breaking through.

Gu Mo thought that it might be his own fault. Xiaoli was Gu Mo's pet, and in principle, the strength of a pet could not exceed that of its master. This was to prevent the pet from rebelling or breaking free from the pet contract.

Gu Mo was still at the Golden Core stage, and under Gu Mo's restrictions, Xiao Li naturally could not break through. Unless Gu Mo lifted the spirit pet contract and removed the restrictions, Xiao Li would have the hope of surpassing Gu Mo.

So, Gu Mo found some time to mention it to Xiaoli, which scared Xiaoli and made him cry. Xiaoli thought that Gu Mo didn't want him anymore, and it took Gu Mo a long time to coax him into tears.

From this we can also see Xiaoli's dependence on Gu Mo. After all, before meeting Gu Mo, Xiaoli was just an ordinary pseudo-spiritual beast. Since meeting Gu Mo, Xiaoli has become different and has become stronger little by little.

Since Xiaoli was unwilling to give up the spirit pet contract with Gu Mo, Gu Mo did not force him. Xiaoli's combat power was not in Gu Mo's plan.

"Let's go out and play!"

Gu Mo patted the fish head that came over, and then asked Xiaoli to take him to the mortal city under the jurisdiction of Shennong Valley to recruit some disciples.

This disciple was not a disciple inherited from the master, but an outer disciple or a menial disciple of the sect. It was just that after these people joined the Wanfa lineage, the Wanfa lineage provided them with what they needed for their practice.

Of course, if there are some particularly outstanding ones, they can also be accepted as disciples by Master Qi Chunde and become inner disciples of Shennong Valley.

As for Gu Mo, as a true disciple, if he accepts a disciple, the disciple can directly become an inner disciple. In Shennong Valley, only the disciples accepted by the elders and true disciples can directly become inner disciples. Other disciples in the Jindan realm can only accept outer disciples.

When Qi Chunde accepted Gu Mo as his disciple, it stands to reason that Gu Mo should have entered Shennong Valley as an outer disciple, but Gu Mo's cultivation had already reached the Golden Core stage at that time, so he directly skipped the outer sect and became an inner sect disciple.

Chiba Castle.

This mortal city located within the sphere of influence of Shennong Valley has been unusually lively these days, with countless people gathering from all directions.

Everyone hopes to be recognized by the immortals in Shennong Valley and be able to join the immortal sect.

"Another immortal has arrived!"

When Gu Mo rode Xiaoli into Qianye City, he immediately attracted countless eyes. Although the immortal's mount was a little strange and not the crane or flying sword as people imagined, he was definitely an immortal without a doubt.

"It's that Koi Master!"

When the wandering cultivators in Qianye City saw the golden koi falling into the Juxiantai in the city, they suddenly became excited. As the information about the Tianjiao War continued to spread, more and more people knew the information about Gu Mo, including the name of Koi Zhenren.

Gu Mo landed on the Juxiantai, which was a place specially used for the disciples of Shennong Valley to rest. People from various factions who wanted to recruit disciples this time also gathered here.

"Meet Senior Brother Gu Mo!"

Seeing Gu Mo's arrival, all the Shennong Valley disciples in the Juxiantai stood up. Those who were responsible for recruiting disciples this time were basically Jindan disciples from various sects. They were only inner disciples, so they were naturally inferior to Gu Mo, the true disciple.

The Jindan disciples had no complaints about this, because Gu Mo's performance in the Tianjiao Battle was enough to make everyone shut up.

"Uncle Wei Yang, are you still in charge of recruiting disciples this time?" Gu Mo greeted everyone with a smile, and then saw an acquaintance in the crowd.

Wei Yang, disciple of Grandmaster Hou Chunyu.

"Ahem, Junior Brother Gu Mo, I don't deserve to be your uncle. Just call me senior brother." Wei Yang waved his hands. He called him senior brother only because of Qi Chunde. Otherwise, he would have called Gu Mo senior brother instead.

"Senior Brother Wei Yang, when will you start accepting disciples?" Gu Mo didn't bother about the title. In fact, this was a very normal thing in the world of immortal cultivation, especially for those geniuses who had made rapid progress in their cultivation.

"Since you are here, it will naturally start." Wei Yang said with a smile. Gu Mo had the highest status among the people present, so if Gu Mo said it would start, it would naturally start.

"Okay, this is the first time for me, so I'll have to trouble you with everything." Gu Mo nodded. As for the procedure of accepting a disciple, Gu Mo was not very clear about it, so he asked Wei Yang to do it.

"no problem!"

Wei Yang nodded. He was already very experienced in this matter.

Immediately, Wei Yang rang a big bell on the Juxiantai. As the sound of the bell spread, the whole Qianye City became excited, because everyone knew that the ringing of the immortal bell meant the official start of the Shennong Valley's disciple-recruiting ceremony.

The next moment, countless people gathered in the square below the Juxiantai, waiting to be inspected by the immortals. Qianye City also sent a large number of people to maintain order.

Afterwards, the outer disciples of Shennong Valley took the instruments for testing spiritual roots and tested the spiritual roots of the young boys and girls who had gathered together.

"Junior brother, don't be in a hurry now. Wait until you have screened them first and then slowly choose." Wei Yang smiled when he saw Gu Mo's spiritual sense sweeping towards the crowd below.

If one wants to embark on the path of cultivation, spiritual roots will be an unavoidable threshold. Now is the time for the screening of spiritual roots. Wei Yang means to let Gu Mo wait until the screening is over and then focus directly on those seedlings with excellent spiritual roots.

As a top-level sect, Shennong Valley naturally has unique means of checking spiritual roots, and the probability of missing something is very low. Therefore, as long as no spiritual roots are detected, then the person really has no spiritual roots.

"The probability of detecting this spiritual root is not low." Gu Mo looked for a moment and found that the probability of detecting the spiritual root reached one in a thousand, which is already a very high probability.

“Junior brother, this is something you don’t know. In fact, many people have already been tested and only came here after being confirmed to have spiritual roots.” Wei Yang explained.

Those who came directly to be tested without any preparation were basically the people of Qianye City. Only those who came from other places, thousands of miles away, had first been tested with some simple methods to confirm that they had spiritual roots before coming.

So as to avoid making a wasted trip. For mortals, a long journey can be very dangerous.

"This time, because of my junior brother's outstanding performance in the Tianjiao Battle, the number of outsiders here is much higher than in previous years." Wei Yang couldn't help but sigh.

However, Wei Yang's words were not accurate, because the performance of Gu Mo's incarnation in the Tianjiao Battle was even better, and could even be described as brilliant, but the performance of the Dayan Sword Sect where he was was mediocre at the disciple-recruiting ceremony. Of course, compared with previous years, this was already an excellent performance, but it was obviously inconsistent with the performance of Gu Mo's incarnation.

The reason is very simple. The foundation of Dayan Sword Sect is not good. In addition, Gu Mo's incarnation is already a useless person in the eyes of outsiders, which means that the future of Dayan Sword Sect is not good either.

It can be said that to outsiders, the Dayan Sword Sect is like a leaky ship, and no one knows when this ship will sink.

Under such circumstances, naturally not many people are willing to join the Dayan Sword Sect.

In comparison, although Gu Mo's original performance was not as dazzling as his incarnation, the Shennong Valley where he was located was one of the three top sects of the righteous path. How could the foundation of this sect be compared with that of the Dayan Sword Sect?

Although the number of disciples planning to join Dayan Sword Sect is not large, Xuan Tianhen is already very satisfied. At least the current situation is much better than in previous years.

Besides, everyone thought that his apprentice was useless, but Xuan Tianhen knew very well that his apprentice was still fine, and when he showed his potential again, he would definitely shock everyone.

"Are you willing to join the Dayan Sword Sect?"

Because of the small number of people, Dayan Sword Sect completed the spiritual root test very quickly. For Dayan Sword Sect, as long as spiritual roots were detected, they would accept them. However, Dayan Sword Sect’s current situation did not allow them to have the confidence to make any selections.

"willing!"

Nearly a hundred boys and girls who were detected to have spiritual roots said in unison. To have nearly a hundred disciples at once was definitely a great joy for the Dayan Sword Sect.

Immediately, Xuan Tianhen brought people into the mountain gate. So far, Xuan Tianhen's mission was completed. The next task of supervising the disciples' practice would naturally be the responsibility of the Dharma Transmission Hall.

In addition, if the elders of the sect take a liking to someone, they can also accept him as a disciple.

Xuan Tianhen no longer planned to accept any more disciples. After all, his disciples would become thorns in the eyes of the Demon Sect. Among so many disciples, except Lin Wu, all the other disciples died tragically in the Demon Sect's conspiracy.

Xuan Tianhen’s goal now is to protect his only disciple. When he grows up, he will definitely become the nightmare of the Demon Sect.

As Xuan Tianhen left, among the nearly one hundred boys and girls, there was a fair-complexioned boy with a hint of ferocity in his eyes.

"You killed my disciple? Even if you are a cripple, I will grind you into dust!" The pale-faced young man roared in his heart.

It is obvious that this fair-skinned young man is a disguise. His real identity is a Nascent Soul elder of the Yinshi Sect. His disciple is the Yinshi Sect's true disciple who was killed by Gu Mo's incarnation in the Battle of Tianjiao.

After working hard to train a true disciple, I am just waiting for this disciple to grow up and give back to me so that I can make further progress.

Whoever wants to fight against the geniuses will be killed by Gu Mo's incarnation. This is equivalent to cutting off his path. How can the Yuanying elder of the Yinshi Sect not be angry?

In order to dispel the anger in his heart, the Yuanying elder of the Yinshi Sect used a special secret method, disguised himself as a young boy, and sneaked in during the Dayan Sword Sect's disciple-recruiting ceremony.

The elder of the Yinshi Sect knew that the Dayan Sword Sect's foundation was not good and that the sword cultivator Xuan Tianhen had limited means of investigation. If it were any other sect, especially a top sect, he would never dare to do this.

Even for this action, the elder of the Yinshi Sect had made a detailed plan. Killing Gu Mo's incarnation was not just revenge, but also a generous reward. This was the key to the other party's action.

"Are you willing to become your teacher?"

When the elder of the Yinshi Sect was thinking about his next move, an elder of the Dayan Sword Sect came to him. After all, the young man disguised as the elder of the Yinshi Sect was very talented, so naturally an elder would choose to take him as a disciple.

"Yes, I will. I will pay my respects to you, Master!"

The fair-skinned young man bowed down quickly. If he wanted to find his target, he had to infiltrate the upper echelons of the Dayan Sword Sect, and becoming a disciple of an elder was a good choice.

"Good good!"

Hearing this, the elder laughed.

“Before being preempted.”

The other elders who arrived later saw this and sighed helplessly.

"Master, do you know Senior Brother Lin Wu?" The fair-skinned young man followed behind the elder and asked with a look of admiration.

"You have to call the master."

The elder of Dayan Sword Sect laughed.

"Master, can you take me to meet the Sect Master? I came here because I saw your performance in the Pride Battle." The fair-skinned young man looked at the elder with eager eyes.

"This……"

Hearing this, the elder of Dayan Sword Sect hesitated a little. He knew that the sect master was not in good condition and it would be an offense to disturb him now. But when he thought about his new disciple who admired the sect master so much, if he refused him, wouldn't he disappoint him?

Now is the time for him to show his connections as a master, he can't let them down.

"Then I will ask for you."

Finally, the elder of Dayan Sword Sect nodded.

"Thank you, Master!"

Seeing that he could approach the target so easily, the fair-skinned boy's eyes sparkled with excitement. As long as he met the target's state, he could subdue him in an instant.

When the time comes, take the person away and torture him. By the way, if you bring him back alive, the reward will be higher, right?

"Let's go, the leader has agreed to see you."

After a moment, the elder of Dayan Sword Sect waved his hand and took the fair-skinned boy to the main hall of Dayan Sword Sect.

“I never thought I would have fans now.”

Gu Mo's incarnation thought back to the elder's plea just now. Since the elder had joined the Dayan Sword Sect just for him, Gu Mo agreed to meet him. This new disciple had good talent and was worth meeting.

The Dayan Sword Sect today is absolutely eager to recruit talented people, so a disciple with outstanding talent will naturally be taken seriously.

(End of this chapter)