Chapter 58

With the first phase of recruitment has ended, the second phase soon began, and this would be one where more than half would most likely be eliminated. This is because this part would test the talent of each woman, and even if the sect lowered the recruitment requirements at least half would be eliminated.

The elder responsible for this phase of recruitment soon appeared and began to guide all the women to what looked like a huge theater stage. The place held around 10,000 people so it would take a while for all the women to have their talents tested.

At this stage of recruitment, Itachi didn't give many hunches or ideas, because the sect already had a good method of knowing about a person's talent. All the women would have to do was one by one place the palm of their hand under the stone that was in the center of the stage.

The stone would then glow if the person had the least talent possible to enter the sect. Before performing this test, an elder lowered the requirements of the stone, so that they could at least recruit a few hundred new female disciples.

In a VIP area of this stage, Itachi was watching all the women coming up on the stage one by one as they placed their hands on the stone that was in the center of the stage. He noticed that most of the women seemed unable to make the stone glow even faintly.

"This is similar to the shinobi world where only a small portion can become a ninja... While the rest are destined for an ordinary life..." Itachi thought quietly.

Even with his thoughts, he didn't stop paying attention to the stage, this was because he wanted to see if there would be any women who had a talent on par with Xia Qingyue or any of the Seven Fairies. Even though he knew the possibility was low, he didn't think he couldn't show up.

"Many female disciples from other sects devastated by the Heavenly Sword Villa have joined the recruitment..." An elderly woman commented.

Gong Yuxian nodded, she knew that this was the case especially when she saw about twenty girls wearing clothes similar to those of another smaller sect. And all the girls managed to make the stone on the stage glow slightly.

"Heavenly Sword Villa has become more arrogant as it has advanced in its plans to dominate the Blue Wind Empire, perhaps by this point they have even taken control of the Imperial family." Gong Yuxian said calmly as if it didn't affect her.

Itachi even though he didn't say a word paid attention to what his mother said, but he knew that she might be slightly wrong about Heavenly Sword Villa taking over the Imperial family. He knew that this would be the last part of Ling Yuefeng's plan this man's main goal was precisely Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace.

"It is likely that he has learned about this recruitment. And to not make any appearances or moves he must be very confident..." Itachi thought.

The second stage of the exam was slowly ending and now all that was left was the last batch of women participating in the recruitment. And when Itachi looked at this last batch he saw a few people that he recognized.

First, the 30-year-old woman was holding a little 5-year-old girl with her hand. Initially, Itachi thought it was a mother-daughter duo, but now seeing that the older woman seemed to have passed the first stage, it is likely that they are sisters.

But one person who surprised Itachi was precisely the girl he saw sleeping with Yun Che when he went to pick up Xia Qingyue. He was surprised that this girl was here and even more so that she had passed the first stage of the test.

"I thought she had that kind of relationship with Xiao Che." Itachi thought quietly.

Soon, he saw the 30-year-old woman walking up on the stage next to the little five-year-old girl who seemed to be accompanying her. Itachi looked at the stage with a certain curiosity, he wondered if this duo had any talents that might surprise him.

The 30-year-old woman slowly placed the palm of her right hand under the stone that was in the center of the stage... twenty seconds passed and the stone had not been illuminated which showed that the woman's talent was not enough to enter the sect.

Looking at the stone, the woman let out a big sigh and was about to take her hand out and ask her little sister to try her luck, but before she could do that the stone shone strongly, causing all the people in the hall to close their eyes tightly.

The only people who managed to keep their eyes open were those who have cultivation above the Earth Profound Realm.

"That's funny..." Itachi thought.

All the women in the VIP area fell silent, especially the two elders who had criticized the woman on stage earlier.

Gong Yuxian had a smile on her face, the talent that this woman on stage showed was enough to be compared to that of her adopted daughter Chu Yuechan, so she was happy.

The light from the stone slowly began to dissipate and the 30-year-old woman had a surprised yet joyful face, she knew that the stone glowing even slightly showed that she had the talent to enter the sect. So with the glow, the stone showed when she put her hand on it, likely, your talent is not so bad.

The woman was about to tell her little sister to also put her hand on the stone to see if her talent, but before she could say anything, an elderly woman suddenly appeared.

"Congratulations, you and your little sister have passed the test, please come with me."

Looking at the suddenly appearing elder, the woman was a little confused and also scared but hearing that she and her little sister had passed the test she breathed a sigh of relief as she grabbed her little sister's hand and followed the sect elder.

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This elderly woman appearing in the middle of the hall was something Itachi immediately thought of, he did this not because he wanted to show hospitality to this pair of sisters, but rather because he feared that the younger sister's talent is not that good, and if this is the case then trouble could happen so the older woman would eventually refuse to join the sect.

Gong Yuxian when she saw her son say these words immediately agreed with this proposal, she would test the younger sister's talent later, and if it wasn't good then the younger sister could at least live a quiet life in the sect, but if the younger sister had good talent then the sect would gain two new talented female disciples.

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"Keep getting on stage, we don't have all day."

The voice of the elder in charge of this test sounded, causing all the women who were stupefied to come to their senses and get back on stage to test their talent.