Sacrificial Artifact System: From Bell-ringer to the Ancestral Patriarch of the Sect-Chapter 147 - 127 Empress Dowager Becomes a Heavenly Phenomenon (Please Vote with Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 147: Chapter 127 Empress Dowager Becomes a Heavenly Phenomenon (Please Vote with Monthly Tickets)

The Divine Sword Sect’s annual recruitment had fully commenced.

Besides the original eight counties of Sword State, one county of Ming State, and three counties of Xuanzhou...

The Divine Sword Sect now also occupied the territories that originally belonged to the Xuanming Sect, that is, the other six counties of Xuanzhou.

This expansion brought the Sect’s territory to a total of eighteen counties.

The recruitment of disciples for the entire Divine Sword Sect would unfold across these eighteen counties.

Typically, the process would consist of an initial selection and a final examination.

The initial selection would have recruiters of the Divine Sword Sect proceed to the eighteen counties, with the cooperation of the local Divine Sword Mansions, to choose from among the commoners those with adequate root bone qualifications.

As for those martial arts forces with intricate ties to the Divine Sword Sect, they would not participate in the initial selection, choosing instead to send their candidates directly to the Sect.

Because it was too far for commoner youths to come to the Divine Sword Sect to participate in the Inner Sect assessment, they could only rely on being transported together by horse carriage after passing the initial selection.

Generally speaking, anyone capable of passing the initial selection... would essentially qualify to stay in the Divine Sword Sect as a servant disciple.

"Junior Brother Li, all these people here have been sent from Pingze County, a total of five hundred and twenty-nine individuals, all of commoner origin."

Elder Kang pointed to the neatly arranged group of young men and women.

Li Qian’s Spiritual Perception swept over the crowd, but he did not spot the young fisherman from Pingze Lake.

Even though there was a fee for participating in the initial selection, that young man had an Azure Dragon Fish; he should have managed to gather the money, and on top of that, he had decent root bone qualifications. Why didn’t he come?

There must be something fishy going on.

Li Qian nodded and with Spiritual Perception, scanned the assembly, investigating the youths’ root bone qualifications.

There were indeed some promising seedlings.

But the vast majority were very ordinary.

Under normal circumstances, a massive selection from among commoner youths would not yield so few talented individuals.

It is very possible that during the initial selection phase, by reducing the ratio and number of talented commoners, one could increase the chances of martial arts forces’ offspring passing the examination.

After all, the number of spots for Inner Sect Disciples is fixed; if there are more commoner children, naturally, there are fewer offspring from martial arts forces.

"Elder Kang, the root bone qualifications of these individuals are not up to par."

Li Qian said with a solemn voice.

"Junior Brother Li, this is very normal, the chances for talent to emerge from commoners are naturally very low, in the end, we should still focus on those martial arts forces."

Elder Kang said with a smile that did not reach his eyes.

"Then let’s go take a look at the offspring of those martial arts forces."

Li Qian did not elaborate and followed Elder Kang to another group.

These were the offspring from various martial arts forces of Pingze County, with even greater numbers.

Li Qian’s Spiritual Perception swept over them, and indeed the overall root bone qualifications were much better than those of the commoner group.

However, the ratio of quality seedlings was not high.

Next, he learned about the root bone qualifications of participants from the other dozen or so counties taking part in the assessment, which were similar to the situation in Pingze County.

"Junior Brother Li, isn’t the chance of talented individuals emerging from the offspring of martial arts forces so much higher?"

Elder Kang said with a smile: "If there are no problems, we can start with the Inner Sect assessment."

"Elder Kang, whether they are commoner youths or offspring of martial arts forces, I feel this batch is not quite up to snuff; we can’t proceed with the Inner Sect assessment just yet, I need to go down to the counties for a firsthand inspection."

Li Qian shook his head.

"What? Not proceeding?"

Elder Kang was completely stunned.

"That’s right, not proceeding."

After saying so, Li Qian turned and left, leaving Elder Kang in disbelief.

What on earth is Li Qian thinking?

The candidates for the Inner Sect assessment had all assembled.

And now he’s saying not to proceed with the Inner Sect assessment?

"Elder Kang, what should we do now? Should we proceed or not?"

A manager from the Assessment Hall hurriedly inquired.

"I need to make a trip to the Divine Sword Hall first."

Elder Kang shook his head and then turned to head for the Divine Sword Hall.

Could it be that the Sect Leader was behind Li Qian’s sudden decision to cancel the Inner Sect assessment?

Upon arriving at the Divine Sword Hall, Elder Kang reported the situation.

"Elder Kang, just follow Li Qian’s orders for now, and assist him."

Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu said indifferently.

"Sect Leader, it’s always been done this way in the past, a sudden suspension of the Inner Sect assessment will cause controversy."

Elder Kang hastily spoke.

"Elder Kang, recruitment must be carried out carefully, to select as many martial arts prodigies for our Divine Sword Sect as possible."

Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu sipped some tea and said with a smile.

"Yes, Sect Leader."

Elder Kang didn’t say any more; he sensed something unsaid in the Sect Leader’s words, it seemed that the current recruitment was poised for something new.

So, he left the Divine Sword Hall and went to visit several elders in succession...

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Pingze County City.

Divine Sword Mansion.

Li Qian arrived here post-haste on a fast horse.

There were over a dozen Inner Sect Disciples of the Divine Sword Sect stationed here.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Li."

The leading Divine Sword Sect Inner Sect Disciple immediately gave a respectful greeting.

"Junior Brother He, utilize all of the Divine Sword Sect’s resources in the county city, and send notices to all the counties and towns, ensuring all eligible youths participate in the Divine Sword Sect’s initial selection."

Li Qian spoke directly.

"Ah... Senior Brother Li, hasn’t the initial selection already been completed?"

The He surnamed Inner Sect Disciple was utterly astonished and hurriedly said.

"Can’t you understand what I’m saying? Go do it now."

Li Qian snorted coldly, his aura of Sword Intent enveloping the space, causing the Inner Sect Disciple to turn pale with fright. Shivering, he dared not say anything further and quickly took the other Inner Sect Disciples to carry out this task.

"Junior Brother He, what do we do now? Should we really issue the notice?"

After these Inner Sect Disciples left the Divine Sword Mansion, someone couldn’t help but speak up.