Primordial Era: I, the Spiritual Stone Monkey, was born ahead of schedule to seize the throne.

Chapter 167 Buying and Selling Apprentices

Chapter 168 Buying and Selling Apprentices

"Phew~"

Just then, Jieyin took a deep breath, retrieved the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus of Merit, and shook his head at Zhunti.

Although Zhunti was angry and unwilling,

But considering Qi Tian's strength, he gradually calmed down.

"Tch~"

Qi Tian chuckled and curled his lip.

However, he didn't say anything else to provoke the other party.

His attitude is already tough enough; further provocation could easily backfire.

Now you only have two shots left.

He didn't want to waste it.

Seeing that both sides had stopped fighting, the Three Pure Ones withdrew their gazes, feeling bored.

Attention once again turned to the stone staircases leading to heaven for their respective sects.

at this time,

The creatures at the foot of the mountain had no idea that a battle between saints had almost broken out at the summit.

Still struggling to climb the stone steps.

just,

These stone steps were all arrayed with great magical power by Qi Tian and the Three Pure Ones, making it extremely difficult to pass through.

Time flies, and nine hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Countless creatures at the foot of Yujing Mountain have climbed the ladder to heaven once.

However, the vast majority of them were eliminated.

Less than 100,000 remained, and people continued to be eliminated.

but,

Those creatures unwilling to be eliminated also climbed other stone steps.

But apart from a few, most of them were eliminated.

This filled them with despair, realizing that there was no chance left.

But they still refused to leave, lingering at the foot of Yujing Mountain.

While envying the creatures still climbing the mountain, they also looked forward to other opportunities.

At this moment, atop Yujing Mountain,

Qi Tian and the Three Pure Ones were also watching the creatures still struggling on the Heavenly Staircase, their expressions varying.

Taiqing's face was the most unpleasant.

Because at this moment there were only three people on his Human Teaching Ascend to Heaven Stone Ladder.

Moreover, they didn't even make it halfway up.

There are only a hundred years left, so there's definitely no hope.

This means he might not be able to recruit any apprentices this time.

in fact,

This is also because the challenges set by Taiqing are too high.

Not only one's background and talent, but even one's temperament must conform to the doctrine of non-action taught by others.

It is even more demanding than the original.

In the primordial world, beings with a pure and inactive nature are even rarer than saints, so it's not surprising that they can't be found.

As for the original teachings of the Chan school...

Although the tests for accepting apprentices emphasize aptitude and talent, they do not have overly strict requirements regarding character.

Therefore,

At this moment, there are still hundreds of living beings on the stone steps, especially a dozen or so figures who are close to reaching the top.

On the Tongtian side, only four people were close to reaching the summit, while the others were far behind.

It's obvious at a glance that there's a huge gap in talent between the two sides.

But Tongtian didn't care.

His eyes even held a hint of joy, because although his group was a mixed bag, there were a lot of people on his side.

There were tens of thousands of them.

The Western religion, which leads to the teachings of Jieyin and Zhunti, fared rather poorly.

Although not as rare as Taiqing, there were only a hundred figures.

Moreover, they are all far from reaching the top, and cannot be compared with the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect at all.

All of this is inextricably linked to the inscription on Qi Tian's battle flag.

To know,

The beings who first began climbing the Western Sect's Heavenly Ladder were in no way inferior to those of the Jie Sect.

After all, the idea of two saints spreading their teachings is extremely appealing.

unfortunately,

With Qi Tian's battle flag raised, the vast majority of living beings rushed to Qi Tian or the Three Pure Ones.

The remaining talents are not very good either.

Therefore,

Looking at the sea of people on the stone steps where Qi Tian was, Jieyin and Zhunti's faces turned pale and then red.

If it weren't for the fact that he knew he couldn't win,

Both of them wanted to take it by force.

This attempt to take advantage of others was essentially fruitless.

Regarding the gazes of the two Western saints,

Qi Tian paid no attention to it. At this moment, there were nearly 100,000 living beings on the Heavenly Stone Ladder of Flower Fruit Mountain.

But his gaze lingered only on a few of the figures.

His eyes kept flickering.

"This is quite a big change!"

Qi Tian was a little uneasy because he saw some disciples who originally belonged to the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect running to his place.

What he cared about most were the six creatures at the very top of the list.

Yun Zhongzi, Zhao Gongming, the Three Immortals, and Huanglong.

Looking at these people,

Qi Tian activated his Golden Eyes of Truth, and saw through the origins of the group.

Among these people, Yun Zhongzi and the Three Immortals are both innate spiritual clouds that have taken human form.

Zhao Gongming, on the other hand, was born from a wisp of pure breeze.

The five individuals are all roughly equal in talent and are currently at the early stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Only Huanglong is slightly weaker, currently only at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm.

but,

This weakness is not due to a lack of footwork.

Huanglong's true form is a five-clawed yellow dragon of the dragon race, and for some reason, he has very little dragon karma within him.

His background and talent are comparable to those of the Three Immortals.

just,

The Yellow Dragon's essence is missing. In Qi Tian's Golden Eye of Truth, the Yellow Dragon's most important fifth claw seems to have been forcibly removed.

This resulted in his natural talent being significantly diminished.

Even the innate Dao body that has now taken human form is not perfect.

He still has a pair of dragon horns on his head.

In his previous life, Yuanshi Tianzun, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals, disliked Huanglong for the same reason.

but,

Qi Tian did not look down on Huang Long; he was not as prejudiced as Yuan Shi.

Moreover, this lack of origin is nothing to him.

His sixth disciple, Xuanling, had his limbs severed and his essence lost, but he was able to replenish it with the Qiankun Cauldron. Huanglong would certainly have no problem with this as well.

"You're lucky to have become my disciple! But this Zhao Gongming..."

Qi Tian shifted his gaze from Huang Long to Zhao Gongming, his brows furrowing slightly.

There's something he's been keeping in mind.

That is the Dinghai Pearl.

He initially obtained two top-grade innate spiritual treasures, the Sea-Stabilizing Pearls. After refining them, he learned that there were a total of thirty-six Sea-Stabilizing Pearls.

It was formed from the Chaos Pearl, a supreme innate treasure.

If one could obtain twenty-four of them, they could be fused together to form a supreme innate spiritual treasure—the Twenty-Four Heavens.

Thirty of them constitute the innate treasure – the World Pearl.

As for collecting all thirty-six Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, they can be fused together again to form the Chaos Pearl.

This is a treasure on par with the Heaven-Opening Axe.

originally,

He had originally planned to wait until Zhao Gongming joined the Jie Sect and Tongtian bestowed upon him the twenty-four Dinghai Pearls before snatching them from Zhao Gongming.

right now,

Zhao Gongming, however, was preparing to become a disciple of his Flower and Fruit Mountain.

This made Qi Tian somewhat depressed.

In this way, Tongtian would definitely not give the Dinghai Pearl to Zhao Gongming, and Zhao Gongming would have no chance to snatch it.

As for directly seizing Tongtian, Qi Tian has no such idea for the time being.

He wasn't confident he could break the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.

"However, Zhao Gongming hasn't yet ascended the Heavenly Ladder and isn't considered one of my disciples, so there's still a chance!"

"and"

Qi Tian's eyes darted around, his mind racing with thoughts.

Then, the Golden Eyes of Truth looked toward the Heavenly Staircase of the Intercepting Sect and quickly locked onto a figure.

"I wonder if Tongtian would be willing!"

Muttering to himself, Qi Tian directly transmitted his voice to Tongtian through his primordial spirit: