Immortality Cultivation: Fellow Daoists, please live for two more episodes!

With the intelligence gathered, the plan can now be implemented.

In the blink of an eye, another six months have passed.

It's that time of year again when Shuiyue opens its gates to recruit new disciples, a time that comes every three years.

The familiar crowds were still bustling around, with managers from various sects and factions each holding their own posts. The recruitment points for formal disciples, outer sects, and miscellaneous servants were all under their own jurisdiction and categorized.

The queue in the miscellaneous service area was long and messy, crookedly squeezed in the corner of the square, without even a shed to provide shade.

Shen Ye was in this line.

Beside him leaned a pale-faced girl, so thin she was almost unrecognizable, wrapped in a faded old robe.

She still retained a hint of beauty in her eyes and brows, but she was terminally ill and could barely stand, with half her weight resting on Shen Ye's arm.

She was his neighbor's daughter, whom he also regarded as a younger sister.

The line moved forward step by step, the sun growing increasingly scorching, and the girl beside me swayed several times already.

Shen Ye could only silently pull her closer to him, making her more secure.

At the front of the group, a burly man turned around at some point, his gaze lingering on Shen Ye's younger sister's face for a moment.

The girl noticed his gaze, instinctively gripped Shen Ye's arm tightly, and shrank back behind him.

Shen Ye could feel her hands trembling.

Seeing this, the man grinned, turned around completely, and his gaze became even more brazen:

"Oh, this girl is quite pretty. Is this your man?"

He gestured with his chin towards Shen Ye: "Little sister, listen to your brother, this is not a simple matter. This kid is all skin and bones, he definitely can't protect you. Why don't you just come with your brother?"

Several men in line nearby, whether they were his subordinates or not, joined in the commotion. One of them scoffed, "With that small frame, he thinks he can protect someone?"

"Exactly, exactly. Bringing a sickly person to an interview for a menial job? Are they out of their mind?"

Then someone else chimed in.

Shen Ye still didn't reply, but subtly took half a step to the side, shielding the girl behind him.

Now, the man's anxious face showed more annoyance. He felt embarrassed to have his way blocked by a skinny boy.

He simply reached out and touched the girl's face behind Shen Ye, chuckling as he did so.

"The girl is really pretty, and I really like her. It's just a pity she's so sick. But... once she's inside, she might be useful in some other ways, hehe."

The girl huddled behind Shen Ye, her shoulders trembling, but she didn't dare to cry out.

Shen Ye finally reacted.

He raised his hand and grabbed the outstretched wrist.

The man's expression changed: "You're looking for...?"

Click.

Before he could finish speaking, a crisp sound rang out.

That wasn't the sound of someone else's bones breaking; it was Shen Ye's own.

He twisted his wrist into the other person's arm joint, the broken bone fragments wedged into the joint space, causing him to tremble all over in pain and covered in cold sweat, yet he remained completely silent.

The man was stunned by the scene. He tried to pull his hand away but couldn't. Broken bones were stuck in his joints, and even the slightest movement caused excruciating pain.

"Let go...Are you crazy?"

Shen Ye remained silent.

He simply raised his head and looked directly at the other person with his eyes, which were slightly red from the pain but were surprisingly calm.

There was no anger or fear in that gaze, only a chilling calmness.

It's as if it's saying, "If you dare touch her, I'd risk my life for you."

The lines of people interviewing odd jobs around the perimeter were in complete chaos; some were shouting, while others were backing away.

"Stop it, all of you!"

A deep voice came from outside the crowd.

The crowd automatically parted to make way.

A middle-aged cultivator dressed in the distinctive robes of an outer disciple of the Subduing Dragon Society strolled over, his gaze first sweeping over the burly man with a panicked face, before settling on Shen Ye.

More precisely, it landed on his wrist, which was already broken but still firmly stuck to the other person's arm.

The manager's expression changed slightly.

After a moment of silence, he spoke.

"I'll take this."

Shen Ye did not become a servant.

He was led directly into the outer gate of the Subduing Dragon Society, and the girl followed him in.

……

The inner gate of Shuiyue leads to an unnamed stone chamber.

A faint, ethereal light.

Zhou Youyuan leaned against the stone table and listened to Qiu Wu's report in front of Lin Qiusheng, taking in everything that had happened at the disciples' assembly.

The person who was eyeing Shen Ye's sister just now was arranged by Qiu Wu.

The steward who made the decision to recruit people on the spot at the disciples' assembly was also someone Qiu Wu had hired in advance using points.

As for Shen Ye himself, he was someone Zhou Youyuan had chosen beforehand.

With tens of thousands of points spent, Zhou Youyuan not only squandered all of the wealth accumulated over the past six months, but also pawned all the magical treasures he owned, except for one or two that he had with him.

It was through He Qing's connections that, under the premise of ensuring that no one in Shuiyue would discover them, they found this person in the city where the mortals of the far west lived.

They are naturally devoid of emotions, know nothing of fear, and are burdened with the karmic consequences of death from birth.

Shen Ye.

A creature born to face calamity.

After finding him, Zhou Youyuan even risked being discovered by Yu Miaoxian by sneaking out himself.

In the courtyard next to his, I lived as his neighbor for three months, using my ordinary identity.

Before leaving, I took a drop of blood.

After that, it was no longer under his control; the person destined for this calamity was destined to be a lonely, cursed star.

He didn't need to lift a finger; he could simply stand by and watch as bandits burned his once warm and loving home to the ground.

But Zhou Youyuan did do some good things.

The only person who saved Shen Ye from the bandits was his childhood sweetheart, the girl next door who refused to marry anyone else.

It wasn't out of kindness; it was coercion.

Li Xiaoyu's story clearly tells him that people have a tendency to self-destruct.

In Shuiyue, if a person loses their drive and ambition, they will likely meet a tragic end.

We must find someone for Shen Ye to care about, or at least force him to find someone.

Only when he had something to care about could this emotionless monster undergo many trials under his carefully planned arrangements, and finally bloom like a flower from the mud.

Ambitions are its roots, and concerns are its stems.

Only by severing all worldly ties can one see the true essence of the Great Dao.

Later, with a little manipulation from him, Shen Ye, who had concerns, refused to accept his fate and was unwilling to admit defeat.

In this desolate place in the far west, in order for both Liu Yinyin and himself to survive, he had no choice but to go to Shuiyue and sell himself to save his sister.

He followed the same path as Li Xiaoyu.

Now all he lacks is an opportunity to become an apprentice.

In the future, Zhou Youyuan will also give him this opportunity.

In the future, when Jiang Yuheng inexplicably suffers an accident, Shen Ye will replace Jiang Yuheng and become the one destined to face the tribulation of that Foundation Establishment True Person.

He was accepted as a disciple and cultivated under the guidance of that master.

Until the plan is completed.

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