Chapter 125: Chapter 125

And these more than five thousand people were merely vying for ten spots as the first batch of students in Enlightenment Peak, with an acceptance rate as high as 500 to 1.

It’s quite lamentable.

Indeed, as Mei Jinqiu said, those who come for this special admission are mostly the ones eliminated from the general recruitment earlier this year. In terms of quality, they do not reach the average level of the general disciples.

The best candidates would obviously be from the next general recruitment, but that would be in five years.

Enlightenment Peak is barely holding its breath now and cannot afford to wait, so they have to make do.

Mei Jinqiu places great importance on this special recruitment, personally overseeing the selection process from the first round of initial screening for affinity with immortal energy, to the second round of spirit root testing, to the third round of temperament assessment, without missing any detail.

He truly is doing his utmost to pick the best ten disciples available for Enlightenment Peak.

Yet, objective reality is always the hardest to change.

Among the ten who ultimately passed the assessment, not one had a special physique. Their potential was such that with a single glance one could see their limits, likely never reaching beyond the Golden Core Stage even if they cultivated to their fullest.

However, excluding Senior Sister Fu Ming, Enlightenment Peak already has one and a half Golden Core disciples.

This result left Mei Jinqiu and the elders visibly disappointed. The source of thɪs content is noveⅼfire.net

To go to such great lengths and choose ten individuals, who in the general recruitment would be unmercifully eliminated, seemed a wasted effort.

After the special recruitment ended,

Mei Jinqiu said to Fan Wubing,

"These are already the best ten from this batch of students. At first glance, their aptitudes are indeed not great. But their temperaments are generally good; there are no ill-behaved or wicked individuals among them. Moreover, they’re still young and may have a breakthrough in the future."

Such words were already putting it quite diplomatically.

Fan Wubing looked at the ten young ones standing aside, mostly around twelve or thirteen. They wore varied expressions, ranging from excitement, and anticipation, to nervousness. In their innocence lay a pure longing for the path of immortality.

Feeling this hopeful atmosphere made Fan Wubing’s heart feel lighter.

"Thank you, Sect Leader, for assisting Enlightenment Peak."

Mei Jinqiu shook his head,

"I’m afraid I haven’t done enough, but Wubing, have you thought about how to teach them?"

Fan Wubing had no real plan. When it came to his own cultivation, his path was clear, but his way was not suited for ordinary people.

Let Qingyao teach them?

But Qingyao was still just a child herself and busy with her cultivation. Her older sister would be evaluating her at the year’s end.

Use Senior Sister’s cultivation insights?

Yet, children who just joined the immortal gate still needed someone to guide them initially.

At this moment, a voice sounded,

"Sect Leader, please allow me to join Enlightenment Peak as the Teaching Elder."

They looked to see who it was.

... It was Zhang Jingwei.

Fan Wubing felt a stir in his heart.

Mei Jinqiu was somewhat surprised and asked,

"Junior Brother Jingwei, are you sure about this?"

Zhang Jingwei glanced at Fan Wubing and said,

"Fan Wubing is right. The best contribution someone like me can make to the sect is to teach disciples."

"Well, alright then."

"Thank you, Sect Leader."

Fan Wubing bowed to Zhang Jingwei,

Zhang Jingwei shook his head,

"You are the Senior Brother, go lead those ten children up the mountain. Tell them that having joined this immortal gate, their journey must not be in vain. Their aptitudes may not compare to others, but their spirit and enlightenment must not be lacking."

With Zhang Jingwei joining,

The long immortal path of Enlightenment Peak began to head in the right direction.

Zhang Jingwei’s personality indeed suited being a "teacher." He was earnest and focused, extremely responsible for the disciples.

Fan Wubing also gained a new title,

"The Senior Brother of Enlightenment Peak."

In other immortal peaks, the Senior Brother and Sister were all fifth-batch students. Only at this Enlightenment Peak was there a third-batch student.

Not because he was the boss of Enlightenment Peak but because "Senior Sister Fu Ming" was like a legend, elusive and not quite tangible.

The ten new members of the Enlightenment Peak family all called Fan Wubing "Senior Brother" when they met him, except for Luo Qingyao, who persisted in calling him "Senior, Senior," as if the title "Senior" was her personal way of addressing Fan Wubing, which she found quite satisfying.

Thus, Fan Wubing’s daily life once again became relaxed and easygoing.

Most days, there were only three tasks.

First, was breathing exercises and blood replenishment,

Second, was guiding the first-batch students. While he couldn’t cultivate the Foundation Establishment path, with the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill, he missed no qi fluctuation.

He could easily sense where the junior brothers and sisters faced "blocked flow" or "unstable qi" during their cultivation processes, always accurately pinpointing the issue and helping them resolve it.

Third, was cooking immortal meals.

Outside of Enlightenment Peak, people talked about how the newly admitted disciples had average bone structure and usual talent, likely to soon fall behind and be asked to leave by the sect.

Fan Wubing’s approach was simple: if the aptitude was lacking, then bolster it with resources!

So he did not hold back, and spent generously on the first-batch students.

And so, three months passed.

In the blink of an eye, it was November.

Over three months, Fan Wubing persisted in his breathing exercises daily. Operating almost on autopilot, he amassed an additional hundred thousand points of blood.

Now, his maximum health was at,

One hundred sixty-seven thousand blood!

Converted with the Blood Burning Skill, he was at the early stage of Golden Core Eighth Layer.

He felt his progress speed was incredibly fast, yet Luo Qingyao was even more monstrous. She surpassed him to the middle stage of Golden Core Eighth Layer.