Chapter 295 Fragrant Ice

Zhao Mu didn't bother about the matter of the Star-Picking Immortal Lord anymore, so he let him worry about it himself.

Now all forces are trying to find a way to enter the Xianwu Continent. In addition to Zhao Mu, other forces may have also received the olive branch thrown by the Immortal Realm, and the current development momentum of the Demon Sect can raise the price.

Of course, it is unrealistic to want to stay out of it completely.

Although you can choose to stand on your own side, in the final analysis, you still have to choose a force to cooperate with, so as to ensure that you have the upper hand and will not fall behind others in intelligence and initiative.

But as long as Zhao Mu is tough enough, he is qualified to choose better partners and gain greater benefits.

At the moment, what Zhao Mu needs to worry about is the issue of accepting disciples.

In the inner gate square, Bai Muxue has led the carefully selected talented disciples to meet Zhao Mu.

"There are 247 disciples in total. They are all good seedlings selected by me and the elders after strict examination. The average age is less than 25, and the average cultivation level is higher than the Nascent Soul Realm. There are 29 cultivators with special physiques and 15 inheritors of rare bloodlines..."

Bai Muxue briefly reported the situation of this group of disciples.

"Meet Master Zhao!"

More than 200 young and tender faces looked at Zhao Mu eagerly.

They had heard about Zhao Mu's deeds a long time ago, and many of them chose to join the Demon Sect just for Zhao Mu.

At this moment, they all hope to become Zhao Mu's disciples, but it is still unknown how many disciples Zhao Mu will accept. Naturally, they have to show themselves well in front of Zhao Mu.

Zhao Mu nodded slightly, activated his golden eyes, and scanned each disciple.

They are indeed good seedlings.

The number of demons and humans is half and half. Generally speaking, the demons are stronger, while the human disciples have more rare talents.

At first glance, they all look pretty good, but...

"Why are there so many female disciples?"

Zhao Mu took a quick look and found that 80% of the 247 disciples were girls.

It stands to reason that the cultivation world is not so dominated by women.

Bai Muxue leaned close to Zhao Mu's ear and said, "A large number of the disciples who have joined the Demon Sect are your admirers, and most of these admirers are women."

Uh, it's my personal charm that's too strong...

Well, most female disciples are more simple-minded and less ambitious than male disciples, because they are easier to control and their favorability is easier to gain.

"Have you investigated the backgrounds of these disciples?"

"We have carefully checked them. Most of them are born in good families. They are either descendants of noble families, or descendants of famous families, or local chivalrous cultivators. Although there are some who were born in bad environments, they are all clean and have no evil hands."

"Okay, I will take this group of people away. I will personally consider how many disciples to accept."

After speaking, Zhao Mu looked at the group of disciples again and said loudly: "Even if there are those who are not selected, they can give priority to joining the other elders of the sect and become direct disciples directly."

As soon as these words came out, all the disciples were overjoyed.

In this way, even if they are not selected, at least there is a certain guarantee.

"Come with me."

Zhao Mu took the lead in flying the sword and led the disciples to fly away from the square and came directly to a quiet valley in the inner gate.

He will arrange several trials here to simply test the personal qualities of the disciples.

But for Zhao Mu, the most important criterion for accepting disciples is not talent and qualifications, but loyalty.

This is what he really wants to test.

For this purpose, Zhao Mu specially transformed this valley and created a large illusion array. At that time, he would lead this group of disciples into the illusion array, simulate a catastrophe of evil demon invasion, and use the most dangerous and harsh environment to test who among these disciples would be rebellious, who would betray their fellow disciples, and who had a spirit of dedication.

This illusion array is quite complicated, and it took Zhao Mu a lot of effort to make it.

However, it can be regarded as a once-and-for-all solution. If he continues to recruit disciples in the future, this set of illusion array can continue to be used.

Night falls.

There are piles of bonfires in the valley. Zhao Mu did not announce anything for the time being, but ordered people to send good wine and food to treat this group of young men and women to a good meal.

"What a spiritual rice! It's very expensive to sell outside."

"This spiritual meat is not ordinary. It's at least the meat of a spiritual beast in the God Transformation Realm. My blood and qi are boiling after eating it."

"Good wine! My family is also a wealthy clan in Wuxiang Country, but I have never drunk such quality wine since I was a child!"

After eating and drinking, all the disciples had a direct impression of the Demon Sect.

Wealthy and powerful.

The disciples were even more convinced of Zhao Mu.

This is the prince of the Demon Sect. The human race's pride and the strong men in the Heavenly Realm have all fallen because of him. Even the Supreme Canglong can't do anything to him. However, such a real big man is very easy-going and approachable when communicating with them. He has no airs at all.

If you can become a disciple of Zhao Mu, it would be a lucky thing.

The key is that he is still so handsome!

The female disciples present looked at Zhao Mu with a dazed look in their eyes.

After a night together, Zhao Mu had a preliminary contact with these more than 200 disciples.

There were quite a few who left a deep impression on him.

Some of them were very outstanding in appearance. Even though all the disciples were handsome men and beautiful women, there were a few who stood out.

In particular, there was a 16-year-old girl named Xiang Ningbing, whose appearance could even be described as stunning.

Even if you look at the entire Shengyuan Demon Sect, you can squeeze into the top three.

She is as beautiful as the Qingyun Queen, Ji Meng, and Tiana.

The key is that she is still young, at the age of sixteen, the fresh and natural breath exuded from her body, Zhao Mu has really never experienced it, even Wu Miaomiao, this little girl, is a long way behind.

Ahem, off topic...

This is to accept disciples, not a beauty pageant.

But I have to admit that excellent appearance will make people pleasing to the eye and naturally breed good feelings.

The reason why Xiang Ningbing joined the Demon Sect surprised Zhao Mu.

She did not come because of Zhao Mu, but she was attracted by the Demon Sect's concept of promoting the cooperation between the human and demon races.

This girl is young, but her goal is extremely ambitious, and she wants to promote peace between the human and demon races.

She has a bit of a naive taste.

This must be accepted as a disciple.

It feels like she is easy to deceive.

Moreover, Xiang Ningbing's aptitude is also very good. At the age of sixteen, she has already reached the third level of the Nascent Soul. Her parents are both great human cultivators in the Fusion Realm, but they both died in a demon invasion in their early years, leaving her alone in the world.

The demons clearly have a blood feud with her, but she is still determined to promote the peaceful coexistence of the human and demon races.

After knowing this, Zhao Mu's opinion of Xiang Ningbing has changed even more.

This is not a naive person.

This is a standard Saint Mother embryo.

Such a Saint Mother candidate, how can she be allowed to cause trouble to all living beings outside? It is safest to keep her by your side.

As long as her favorability is raised to 100, there is no need to worry about any moths.