Chapter 727: Soul Flower!
"The Soul Flower."
From deep within the Profound Origin Immortal Sect, a shocked voice suddenly rang out.
Then, a black light streaked across the sky, appearing before everyone in only two or three breaths.
It was a black-robed man.
He had a thin frame, and his eyes flickered with miraculous light. As soon as he appeared, his gaze fixed tightly on Fan Wuhen, revealing immense joy.
"A Soul Flower, and a full thousand feet in size. A genius. This is a super genius of my Soul Peak."
"This boy belongs to my Soul Peak."
The black-robed man’s voice was extremely loud.
The other elders looked at each other, all seeing helplessness in each other’s eyes. Even Daoist Scarlet Brow revealed a bitter smile.
If it had been anyone else, they might have wanted to compete. But this black-robed man happened to be the vice peak master of Soul Peak. In terms of both strength and status, he was a level higher than Daoist Scarlet Brow.
However, they could also understand the black-robed man’s reaction.
The Soul Flower could be said to be the strongest vision that the Way of the Soul could manifest. A thousand-foot Soul Flower was the absolute limit that the Heavenly Affinity Pillar could produce.
In other words, Fan Wuhen’s talent in the Way of the Soul had reached the very limit of what the Heavenly Affinity Pillar could test.
For such a genius, the other party would certainly use every means possible to take him in.
Anyone who wanted to compete with him would essentially mean falling out completely with Soul Peak.
"Since Senior Brother Yan has spoken, this matter is settled."
Daoist Scarlet Brow looked toward Fan Wuhen and said, "Fan Wuhen, are you willing to become a disciple of Soul Peak in advance?"
"I am willing."
Fan Wuhen did not hesitate at all and immediately nodded.
From the beginning, the peak he had wanted to join was Soul Peak, so he naturally would not refuse now.
"Very good."
Seeing this, the black-robed man nodded with satisfaction. "From now on, you are my, Yan Jiubian’s, personal disciple. Regardless of how your subsequent tests go, you are one of Soul Peak’s outer sect elite disciples this time."
"Thank you, Senior."
Hearing this, an excited expression appeared on Fan Wuhen’s face, and he hurriedly bowed in thanks.
Around them, the crowd of cultivators, including Yun Canglan, Xuan Long, and the others, could not help showing expressions of jealousy and envy.
Becoming an elite disciple directly was one thing, but directly becoming the personal disciple of a vice peak master was truly enviable to the extreme.
Although becoming an elite disciple granted one monthly opportunity to seek guidance from a vice peak master, seeking guidance and becoming someone’s direct disciple were two completely different things.
Giving guidance only required fulfilling an obligation. While it would not be perfunctory, the vice peak master would not necessarily put in too much effort.
However, a personal disciple was different.
One had to understand that existences at the level of vice peak master rarely took disciples at all, let alone personal disciples.
For them, it was very possible that they would only have one personal disciple in their entire lives.
Because of this, they were often extremely protective of their personal disciples. Any personal disciple of a vice peak master could, at the very least, become outstanding among the true disciples. They could even become a saint or saintess in the future.
Unfortunately, regarding Fan Wuhen’s opportunity, the others could only look on with envy and jealousy.
After all, what he displayed was Soul Dao talent, and cultivators skilled in this domain were often extremely rare. Geniuses with potential in this field were even harder to find.
It was precisely because of this that the black-robed man was so delighted to discover such a talent.
If it were a vice peak master from another peak, even if they saw a genius with similar potential, they might not have been as excited. It would have been even more impossible for them to personally accept that person as a disciple.
The next person to be tested was Bai Xueya.
The phenomenon she displayed was a thousand-meter ice seal. Although it could not compare to Fan Wuhen’s Soul Flower, it was still considered an extremely high-level phenomenon.
She was directly recruited into Myriad Manifestation Peak by Daoist Scarlet Brow in advance and was immediately placed among the outer sect elite disciples.
Following her was Yun Canglan.
His phenomenon was a giant sword, a full thousand meters long, with Sword Qi piercing the sky. Clearly, he was a Sword Dao genius.
The phenomenon he displayed was just like Bai Xueya’s, also an extremely advanced phenomenon. He was recruited into Sword Peak by a Sword Peak elder and became an outer sect elite disciple in advance.
The fourth person displayed a Saber Dao phenomenon and was recruited into Saber Peak.
However, starting from him, there was no longer the treatment of becoming an outer sect elite disciple in advance.
After all, the Recruitment Convention had not ended yet. Fan Wuhen and the other two becoming elite disciples early was considered an exception, but exceptions remained exceptions. It was impossible for everyone to enjoy such treatment.
The fifth person specialized in the axe and entered Myriad Manifestation Peak in advance.
As for Fatty Chu, the phenomenon that surfaced was a thousand-meter-long Taotie. This phenomenon indicated that he had very high talent in beast taming, so he also entered Myriad Manifestation Peak in advance.
Xuan Long manifested the phenomenon of a Black Wyrm. This was the result of the cultivation technique practiced by the Black Wyrm Dynasty. Unsurprisingly, he also entered Myriad Manifestation Peak in advance.
Regardless of which generation of disciples it was, Myriad Manifestation Peak always had the most disciples because it covered the greatest number of categories.
However, its overall strength was actually quite average among the six peaks.
This was also normal.
With so many cultivation domains, resources became scattered. Finding a suitable expert for guidance also became a difficult task.
After Xuan Long, the performance of many examinees generally began to decline.
The strongest phenomenon only covered eight hundred meters. Starting from the twentieth person, the average phenomenon declined further, usually reaching only around five hundred meters.
Starting from the fiftieth person, very few could manifest a phenomenon exceeding three hundred meters. Even the occasional appearance of such a result was extremely rare.
Although the results of the first two rounds did not necessarily explain everything, they did roughly reflect a cultivator’s potential. Cultivators who performed only averagely in the first two rounds often found it difficult to reverse their situation later.