"Dear loose cultivator friends, are you still wandering aimlessly, feeling unsupported? Do you feel that the Celestial Dao is unfair, that your talents are not recognized?"

"Your chance has arrived! Quickly come and check out the talent recruitment fair at Shuangye Square!"

"No need to search high and low for your ideal sect, Shuangye Square brings them all before you in one place!"

"Here you’ll find precious platforms provided by various sects, quality positions, with generous salaries and excellent benefits."

"Whether your talent is extraordinary, your cultivation impressive, or you have special skills in artifact refining, alchemy, or spiritual medicine cultivation, you can showcase your abilities here!"

"The opportunity to demonstrate your talents, join a sect, and change your fate is right in front of you. Don’t just be tempted, take action, and come see the talent recruitment fair!"

At the end of the advertisement, it read, "If your sect happens to need to recruit heroes, feel free to visit the Yunshan office at Shuangye Square for a talk. The recruitment fair has vacant positions waiting, and prime locations are renting for as low as half price!"

Also, accommodations are half off, with free transportation provided. The event is from June 6th to June 16th, coinciding with the carnival. The location will be in the central area of the conference hall.

This is an advertisement aimed at both loose cultivators and sects. Loose cultivators come to the recruitment fair to join their desired sects, and the sects can take the opportunity to sift through and find promising talents. However...

"Are we the Yunshan Sect recruiting loose cultivators?" Li Da hurriedly asked, "How come I haven’t heard about this."

Jiang Baitao was not interested in the recruitment fair, crunching on a sugar-coated hawthorn, and said indistinctly, "What’s so strange? My sister said there are thirty slots, but they’re selective, and it’s unknown how many can be recruited. Also, it’s not only our Yunshan Sect; allies from the Shuangye Alliance and other sects across Zhongming County seem to have set up recruitment points. Even nearby counties have sects coming over..."

Li Da automatically ignored the latter part; the thirty slots made him alert immediately.

Ignoring Wang the Fool beside him who attempted to swallow three sugar-coated hawthorns at once and ended up choking, turning his eyes upward, the new disciples joining the mountain gate these past two years with Three Spirit Roots were few, and no one surpassed him in talent, securing his position comfortably as the ’chief’ among new disciples.

But this time, with the wide recruitment of talents, will there be excellent loose cultivators joining and directly surpassing me?

Though the possibility was extremely small, as anyone truly talented would have already been scooped up, Li Da still remained vigilant. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

He was about to urge Baitao to visit the recruitment fair, but then thought better of it; if they appeared at the Yunshan recruitment point, wouldn’t they just be walking into the trap?

Unable to find a solution, he turned his anxiety into appetite, and the three stood there eating voraciously, consuming the sugar-coated hawthorns Jiang Baitao had brought.

Just then, a timid voice suddenly came from beside them: "Daddy, I want to eat too..."

The three turned to look and saw a little girl of five or six holding the hand of a middle-aged man, her eyes fixed intently on the sugar-coated hawthorns Jiang Baitao was clutching, almost drooling.

This girl was round-faced with big eyes and a hint of baby fat on her cheeks, sporting two small braids atop her head, exuding cuteness. Meanwhile, the middle-aged man appeared weary, wearing a long narrow-sleeved robe that had been washed to a faded white color, his shoes covered in mud, looking quite downtrodden at a glance.

Li Da glanced a few times, seeing the man of considerable age at only the Mid-Stage Qi Cultivation, and wearing shabby clothes, while the little girl was clearly a mere mortal, probably a loose cultivator from somewhere, posing no threat, and he felt at ease.

The man softly said, "Linglong, be good. Once daddy finds a proper job tomorrow, I’ll buy some for you, okay?"

The girl’s stomach growled, and she said, poutingly, "Alright then."

There was nothing the man could do but pat his pocket, swallow his saliva, and begin to walk away with the girl. Suddenly, two strings of sugar-coated hawthorns stretched out in front of them.

One was handed over by Jiang Baitao, the other already half-bitten, yet it was Wang Ruoyu’s.

Jiang Baitao frowned, pushed away the half-eaten one, and stuffed the intact one into the girl’s hand: "It’s for you. Take it."

The man jumped in fright, seeing these three juniors with unified attire and bearing, clearly sect disciples, quickly waved his hands to refuse. The girl named Linglong was also very sensible, though the treat tempted her greatly, upon seeing her father’s refusal, was about to return the sugar-coated hawthorn.

Jiang Baitao stood with arms akimbo, asserting, "No need for courtesy. On my home turf, I can’t have you going hungry, can I? Eat freely, I have more if you need."

Li Da sighed and covered his face.

Indeed, the middle-aged man was startled: "You- your home turf? You- you’re a Yunshan Sect disciples!"

It turned out that upon hearing Jiang Baitao’s words, the man suddenly recalled seeing the sect uniform on the Yunshan disciple responsible for maintaining order aboard the Sky Ray when arriving here.

Jiang Baitao nodded proudly. Suddenly, the man spoke urgently: "I came to attend the talent recruitment fair, but I arrived late; today’s recruitment is over. Does your sect need someone to cultivate spiritual medicine?"

This revelation left Jiang Baitao speechless, and the middle-aged man came to his senses, mocked himself. He must be desperate for help, despite being sect disciples, their age suggested they were newcomers, whom one wouldn’t expect to know about such matters.

He was about to speak, but suddenly Li Da stepped forward in surprise, asking, "You know how to cultivate spiritual medicine? Our sect does indeed need such talents."

He was precocious, aware of the sect’s urgent need for talent in this area, thinking if this man proved skillful, bringing him into the sect might earn him some merit.

The man hadn’t spoken yet, Linglong positioned herself proudly, saying, "My daddy is a renowned Spirit Alchemist throughout Xinghu County!"

The man smiled bitterly and shook his head repeatedly, while Li Da was filled with doubt — was this exaggeration true? If he was indeed famous, would he need to come to Shuangye Square, or be so destitute?

However, Jiang Baitao’s eyes lit up, thinking: Ha! Junior Martial Uncle Jiang is about to earn merits again!

She was about to say something but suddenly there was an explosion nearby, two figures flew out amidst the flames!

A burly-bearded man cursed: "This is Shuangye Square. You dare to strike?"

The other person flicked their wrist, sending a swarm of talismans shooting outward, aiming at the burly-bearded man: "Your head is worth two thousand spirit stones; even if caught by the Law Enforcement Team, it’s still profitable!"

The burly-bearded man’s defensive spiritual artifact emitted a light shield, blocking the explosions of talismans outside, yet within the fiery blasts of talismans were two concealed flying swords; left and right, they slashed through the light shield with a woosh.

The burly-bearded man spun around, shooting out a flying ring to deflect one flying sword, whereas the other charged straight in, slicing across his arm, leaving a deep gash.

Crying out, he saw the escape light approaching from afar, realizing the Law Enforcement Team had arrived; he attempted to flee but was blocked by the adversary.

With menace in his eyes, he looked around and spotted the hurriedly avoiding figures of the three juniors, recognizing their sect uniform at once: "Fortune favors me, Yunshan disciples!"

In a flash, he made a move, lunging towards them!