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

Chapter 169 Outer Disciples, do you dare break the rules?

This scene made Jieyin and Zhunti, who were standing nearby, extremely envious.

These could have been their disciples.

Qi Tian ignored Jieyin and Zhunti's gaze, and instead shook his head at the cultivators on the ascending stone steps below.

With only one year left until the millennium, at this rate of progress, these cultivators will definitely not be able to reach the top.

As Qi Tian had predicted, the outcome was indeed as expected.

The millennium has arrived.

Not only him, but none of the other five saints reached the summit either.

Their talent is vastly different from that of their disciples!

When the formation dissipated, the tens of thousands of cultivators remaining on the Heavenly Stone Ladder awoke one after another.

At the same time, they realized that they had failed.

but,

Before they could react, Qi Tian waved his hand, and more than three thousand cultivators on the Heavenly Stone Steps of Flower Fruit Mountain were brought before him.

The cultivators who had previously exchanged with Tongtian were also among them.

"From this day forward, you are all outer disciples of my Flower Fruit Mountain."

Upon hearing this, the more than three thousand cultivators were overjoyed.

They thought this failure meant they had no chance left.

Unexpectedly, things took a dramatic turn for the better.

They all excitedly bowed and thanked him, saying, "Greetings, Master!"

"Okay, get up!"

Qi Tian nodded and waved to help the disciples up.

His eyes revealed a look of satisfaction.

There are too few disciples at Huaguo Mountain, so we need to recruit more this time.

Although these people were not as talented as Yun Zhongzi and the Three Immortals, and some were even less talented than the remaining cultivators on the stone steps.

But none of them were without virtue, integrity, and unwavering will.

He didn't want to take in disciples with wicked intentions and questionable morals.

What if he betrays his sect and disobeys his master?

Wouldn't that drive you crazy?

He has no desire to emulate Yuanshi Tianzun.

Nearly half of the Twelve Golden Immortals betrayed the sect.

Although it was related to the favoritism of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, it was also true that the disciple's character was not good.

Thinking of this,

Qi Tian couldn't help but look at the four people behind Yuan Shi: Cihang, Puxian, Wenshu, and Julusun.

In later generations, these four people followed Randeng in betraying the Chan Sect and joining the Western Sect.

but,

Qi Tian had no intention of reminding Yuan Shi; he was actually hoping the other party would suffer.

of course,

It wasn't just Yuanshi's disciples who betrayed the sect; Tongtian was also severely harmed.

Thinking of this,

Qi Tian couldn't help but look towards Tongtian again.

At this moment, there were also several thousand cultivators in front of Tongtian, all of whom had climbed more than half of the stone steps.

He had previously promised that anyone who passed the first half of the tests could become his disciple.

"From this day forward, you are all outer disciples of my Jie Sect."

As soon as Tongtian finished speaking, the thousands of cultivators were overjoyed and immediately prostrated themselves on the ground:

"Greetings, Master!"

The remaining cultivators on the Heavenly Stone Ladder were utterly dejected upon seeing this, and in their unwillingness, they all knelt on the ground, pleading:

"May the saint have mercy!"

"May the sage have mercy and, in view of our steadfast desire to seek the Way, accept us!"

"We hope that the Sage will have mercy on us. Even if we do not become his disciples, we are willing to serve him."

"..."

Looking at the tens of thousands of cultivators kowtowing and pleading, Yuanshi shook his head with an air of pride.

His eyes even showed disdain.

These cultivators couldn't even pass the tests he set; in his eyes, their talent and background were simply not worthy of joining his Chan Sect.

He, Yuanshi, is the true successor of Pangu, a sage of heaven and earth, and the Chan Sect is also a great sect of the Xuanmen.

How could they accept such mediocre people?

Not only him, but Taiqing also had a calm expression and indifferent eyes.

Even Yuanshi looked down on him, let alone him.

Even if they can't find a single disciple, Taiqing will not lower its requirements for accepting disciples; it's better to have none than to accept the wrong one.

Only Tongtian hesitated when he saw these tens of thousands of cultivators.

Jieyin and Zhunti were immediately tempted.

There were fewer than a hundred living beings on their Western religious staircase to heaven, and not a single one of them reached the top.

Even if we don't mind their backgrounds and talents, taking them all in would be too few.

This is far from their goal for coming east.

Therefore,

They turned their gazes to the other cultivators on the ascending stone steps, their expressions showing interest.

These cultivators, though not as talented as the disciples behind Qi Tian and the Three Pure Ones, were still quite accomplished.

But he is much stronger than the other disciples of their Western Sect besides Medicine Buddha Ksitigarbha.

As for those first eliminated at the foot of the mountain

Neither Jieyin nor Zhunti thought much of it; its aptitude was too poor, similar to that of ordinary disciples in their Western Sect.

and,

They dared not plunder Eastern creatures on a large scale, otherwise the Three Pure Ones would definitely fight them to the death.

With a flicker of his eyes, Zhunti looked at Qitian and the Three Pure Ones:

"Gentlemen, since you haven't taken a liking to these cultivators on the Heavenly Staircase, then our Western Sect will accept them. We haven't even taken a single disciple!"

As he spoke,

Before the others could agree, Zhunti immediately unleashed several beams of holy light towards the other cultivators on the Heavenly Ascension Stone Ladder.

"Hmph~"

Qi Tian snorted coldly, and the Twelfth Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus emitted a red light, interrupting the holy light that was sweeping towards him.

The same applies to the Three Pure Ones.

then,

Four unfriendly gazes were all directed at Zhunti and Jieyin:

"How dare you break the rules? Abduct creatures from the East?"

Both Zhunti and Jieyin's expressions changed.

However, the next moment Jieyin chuckled and said:

"You've misunderstood. We're not abducting them. These cultivators are begging to join our holy religion. Just because you don't want to accept them doesn't mean our Western Sect doesn't. Why don't we ask them what they think? If they don't agree, my brother and I will turn around and leave!"

As soon as this word comes out,

Qi Tian and the Three Pure Ones both turned serious.

They didn't even need to ask to guess that these cultivators would be willing.

Once they join the sage's sect, they don't care about East or West.

Their plan to bring people in is quite clever.

but,

Taiqing and Yuanshi would not accept these cultivators as disciples simply because of this.

Qi Tian wouldn't either.

Putting aside the fact that these disciples are of varying quality, and many of them are inherently wicked, even if there weren't any, he wouldn't have accepted so many.

otherwise,

When the great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods arrives, it will be Flower Fruit Mountain that is attacked by the masses.

That will be the fate of the Jie Sect in later generations.

His strength is not enough to suppress all the saints.

of course,

This is not out of fear, but rather out of careful planning before taking action.

after all,

Qi Tian already had a general idea of ​​how he would become a saint and what he would do after that.

That's what you call real madness.

"Who says I don't want to!"

Just then, Tongtian's eyes hardened, and he said in a deep voice:

"The teachings of my Jie Sect are about cutting off the last thread of life in the world. What these cultivators are seeking now is also fighting for that last thread of life. If they are in line with the teachings of my Jie Sect, then they are destined to join my Jie Sect."

As he spoke,

Tongtian didn't even ask Yuanshi, but directly unleashed his boundless holy power, sweeping all the cultivators on the Heavenly Ascension Stone Ladder of the Jie Sect and the Chan Sect before him.

As for Taiqing...

There wasn't a single cultivator on the Heavenly Stone Ladder to begin with.

Looking at the more than ten thousand cultivators before him, Tongtian felt a surge of pride and declared in a loud voice:

"You are all destined to be disciples of my Jie Sect, and from now on you will all be registered disciples of my Chan Sect."

After the words reached the heavens,

The cultivators were stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.

They had already given up hope, but now that the sage had suddenly offered to take them as disciples, even if only as nominal disciples, it was enough to make them grateful.

They all bowed and thanked Tongtian.

"Thank you, Sage Tongtian!"

"Greetings, Master!"

Seeing this, Qi Tian's eyes flickered, and he spoke:

"Wait a minute."

(End of this chapter)