usatvline Chapter 278 Fellow Daoist, please stay!
Chapter 278 Fellow Daoist, please stay!
Chapter 278
Zhu Wuyao was pulled aside with some doubt. After listening to what Song Kezi said, she nodded thoughtfully.
Logically, it makes sense.
"Then why don't they slander more people?"
As far as she knew, those names like Ying Mang, who was on the list before, such as Yun Potianqing, Xiao Qingyu, Feng Chen, and Shi Yi, were all very powerful.
Although the disciples of the Star-Picking Tower are few, perhaps no more than a hundred new disciples will be admitted in a hundred years, but it is impossible for one to become the strongest.
Are the other senior students really that unambitious?
Thinking of this, Zhu Wuyao suddenly felt a little confused. She looked Song Kezi up and down and asked:
"Senior Brother Song, you are only at the Foundation Establishment stage. As for your character, it is even more outrageous. How did you become a personal disciple? What are the assessment criteria? It seems that the threshold is a bit low."
"No, some of you are capable of surviving."
"Based on the most ideal scenario, excluding those with exceptional talent, a rough estimate is that a cycle of five hundred years—"
"The Star-Picking Tower has a total of 500 mortals, which is exactly five cycles. Each person lives for 100 years, so in the 500th year, there will be 100 mortals remaining."
"The Qi Refining Rate of the Star-Picking Tower is as high as 90%. Therefore, there will be 400 people refining Qi within 500 years. If each person lives for 120 years, there will be exactly four cycles. By the 500th year, there will be 100 people remaining in the Qi Refining stage."
"The foundation-building rate is 45%, so there are 225 people in total. For ease of calculation, each person's lifespan is 250 years. Five hundred years is exactly two cycles. By the fifth hundredth year, there will be 130 people remaining in the foundation-building stage."
"The probability of achieving the Golden Core stage drops sharply, but the Star-Picking Tower is special. It selects people based on their luck. I don't know the exact probability, but I'll roughly estimate that fifteen people will live to see the next five-hundred-year cycle with a lifespan of six hundred to eight hundred years."
"And now, among those in the Star-Picking Tower who are only one step away from reaching the Nascent Soul stage, the only one I know of is Senior Sister Gu."
"However, since Sect Leader Fang took over, there have been 1,800 years, which is two 500-year cycles. There are a total of five personal disciples. How were they selected? You are ranked third. Which batch of graduates... were you selected as a personal disciple?"
Song Kezi was stunned by the long string of outputs, feeling like his mind was a complete mess. When he heard Zhu Wuyao's question, he quickly shook his head, trying to clear his head of all sorts of information.
After a long pause, he finally understood what Zhu Wuyao wanted to ask and said:
"That's not how it works. Sect Leader Fang wasn't thinking about stepping down before, so why would he want to take on personal disciples and train the next sect leader and elder?"
"If someone enters the Golden Core or Nascent Soul stage during this period, the predecessors will naturally step down, and deacons and elders will all need to fill the vacancies."
"If we accept them ahead of time, what, are we going to make them our personal disciple for eight hundred years? Is there such a thing as a personal disciple for eight hundred years?"
Zhu Wuyao suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."
She said that the disciples personally taught by Master Fang seemed to be around the same age.
So how old are you?
Song Kezi felt a bit of a headache; he didn't understand why he was doing the math here.
Can't we just have some serious backstabbing and intrigue?
"Junior Sister Zhu, these are all trivial matters. In fact, the next sect leader has already been tacitly agreed upon. When Sect Leader Fang passes away or resigns, Senior Sister Gu will succeed him."
"The position of personal disciple is actually a group of people who will be in charge of the next management of Zhaixing Tower!"
"A gang?" Zhu Wuyao asked.
"No, Junior Sister Zhu, even if you have the ambition to usurp the throne, we have to take it one step at a time. I think Master can live for quite a long time. Why don't you work hard, become a personal disciple first, and then enter the Nascent Soul stage?"
"What if we recruit a group of Zhaixinglou disciples? Will that turn against Senior Sister Gu?"
Zhu Wuyao looked at Song Kezi with some suspicion and asked:
"Didn't you even consider it?"
"Huh? I'm already one of Senior Sister Gu's people. If she becomes one, I'll rise to the top too, okay? Of course, if you try to win me over, as long as the benefits are right, I can become one of yours too!"
Song Kezi's words were completely insincere.
"So, what exactly are the assessment criteria for a direct disciple?"
Song Kezi said with a smile:
"I can't tell you in advance, but—once you become a direct disciple, the sect leader will ask you a question."
"Can I say that?"
Song Kezi nodded as if it were a matter of course and said:
"Is it acceptable to kill one person to save ten thousand?"
Zhu Wuyao found it even more strange. These disciples had different personalities, so their answers should be different.
"What was your answer back then?"
Song Kezi laughed even harder and said:
"Oh, I asked—can't we let all 10,001 people die together?"
Zhu Wuyao nodded.
Then she turned and left.
This person is of vile character and seems to thrive on chaos. His cultivation level is still at the Foundation Establishment stage. It's possible that the sect leader regrets accepting such a person and has intentionally kept him at the Foundation Establishment stage.
When she was with the demon clan, she was unaware of Zi Long's schemes.
But she tried to ignore what Zilong said, because if she listened too much, she would inevitably start to think along those lines.
But back then, we were under someone else's roof, so we couldn't just turn around and leave.
When faced with the same situation, people have completely different perspectives before and after being misled.
Now that I'm back at the Star-Picking Tower, and there's news of the personal disciple assessment, if I listen too much to Song Kezi's arguments, I might make a wrong judgment.
If Sect Leader Fang regrets accepting Song Kezi, and I make a similar choice to Song Kezi, wouldn't that be going against the principles of being a direct disciple?
If we fail to outmaneuver Shen Xun, won't we fall behind?
How dare you, a boy, destroy my moral integrity!
Song Kezi stared at Zhu Wuyao's resolute back, stunned for a moment.
what?
He didn't seem to say anything, did he?
what happened?
No, I haven't even started spreading rumors yet, why are you leaving?
"Hey! Junior Sister Zhu, wait a minute!"
Hearing the call from behind, Zhu Wuyao sped up even more.
She'd seen this trick before!
In the previous life, in the Investiture of the Gods, all those who heard Shen Gongbao's words, "Fellow Daoist, please stay!" and actually stayed, met with terrible ends.
People tend to be especially superstitious when exams are approaching.
Zhu Wuyao was no exception.
Song Kezi continued to chatter on and on behind her back—
"Junior Sister Zhu, did you go to complain to my Senior Sister Gu? How can you be such a sore loser!"
"The Star-Picking Tower is buzzing with gossip, but I have a plan that can change everything!"
"Junior Sister Zhu, please wait!"
……
Upon hearing this classic phrase, Zhu Wuyao didn't hesitate and immediately activated the Concealing Breath and Wind Travel Technique, quickly fleeing the scene.
Ha, never play with bad students before the exam!
She felt that her residence couldn't withstand Song Kezi's relentless pursuit of her.
He turned and went to Shen Anzhi's courtyard.
As soon as I climbed over the courtyard wall, I saw Shen Anzhi drying his books.