16,000 points

"I heard that Master is going to take quite a few new disciples this time round," Zhi Kong said. He looked at Ling Han, and broke into a smile. "There is a strange pattern, or it may be a coincidence; every ninth disciple that Master takes would be extraordinarily strong.

"My ninth junior brother was the first to advance to the Eighteenth Lotus Ancestral King out of all the disciples.

"My 19th junior brother, despite joining later, has surpassed him. Not only has he become an Eighteenth Lotus Ancestral King, his battle prowess is also world-shaking, one of the very best among Ancestral Kings.

"Though my 29th junior brother has only just advanced into the ranks of Ancestral Kings, so far, the prodigies that joined in the same period as he has are but at the Ninth Lotus.

"And now, there is definitely one among you that can become the 39th disciple. I am slightly curious myself."

There was a coincidence like that?