Ding*
[Issuing Side Quest]
[Side Quest: Recruit 10 disciples]
[Side Quest reward: ???]
Looking at the system's notification, Long Jun noticed that the system did not specify the minimum talent for the disciple
"I can recruit anyone no matter the talent?" Long Jun asked the system
[The host is correct, the side quest this time is for the purpose of increasing the number of sect's disciple rather than personal disciple for the host]
"I see.." Long Jun said as he carefully thought on the perfect plan for accepting a huge number of disciples
Although there is no talent requirement for the disciple recruitment, Long Jun won't allow talentless trash who won't be a burden for the sect
"Alright, I will only accept disciples that are more talented than the average disciple of the major sects"
Long Jun thought as most of the youngsters who had talent had been recruited to the major sects, it is better for him to search for disciples from another empire
In the Arcadia Continent, the main continent is divided into 5 parts, The North, West, East, South and Central
The Azure Cloud Empire is located in the southern part of the continent, and the nearest empire to the Azure Cloud Empire is The Zhou Empire located in the eastern part of the continent
Unlike the southern part which is ruled by the Azure Cloud Empire and the major sects, the eastern part is ruled solely by the Zhou royal family
Feeling that his plan was feasible, Long Jun began planning for his trip
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Before Long Jun began travelling to the Zhou Empire, he called Ming Huo into his hall
"Ming, I will be leaving the sect to recruit more disciples. I will leave this sect in your hands for the mean time."
"But mast-" Ming Huo was about to reply
Noticing his worries, Long Jun said "Don't worry Ming, I have placed a tier 4 protection formation to cover this whole sect, the formation is strong enough withstanding a full force of a Nascent Soul expert"
"Alright master! This disciple will protect the sect with all my might!" Ming Huo replied
"Then I leave this place in your hands" Long Jun said as he flew to the eastern direction
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-3 days later-
Even with his cultivation at the core formation realm, it took Long Jun 3 whole days to reach the Zhou Empire
Unlike the Azure Cloud Empire, the whole eastern part of the Arcadia Continent is made of one huge city where the Zhou Empire is located
The city was surrouned with walls made of a strong material that is capable of defending from demonic beast attacks
Arriving in the city gate, Long Jun joined the long queue to enter the Zhou Empire as the gate was guarded by strong guards at the core formation stage
time passed by and Long Jun found himself at the front of the queue
"Pay up 10 low grade spirit stones to enter" One of the guard said
Long Jun tossed 20 low grade spirit stones to the guard and he entered the city without replying anything, and the guard immediately cleared the way for him
"Alright, the first thing to do is to gather the information where I can find suitable talents" Long Jun said as he decided that he only want youngsters below the age of 15 whose innate talent measured by the system is above 20
He then found himself an inn and booked a room for 10 days, as inns and bars are one of the most suitable place for collecting information
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-2 days later-
Long Jun has been living in the Zhou empire for 2 days, and in these 2 days, he had been collecting useable information for him to began recruiting disciples
After 2 whole days of searching various information, Long Jun got what he needed
In the southeast part of the empire, there is a huge organization that held all market monopoly in that area called the Gold organization. The root of this organization is unknown, but it has made its mark in the southern part of the Zhou Empire, ruling all the market, indcluding alchemy, formations, cultivation techniques, etc.
However, the Gold organization is most famous for its auction that will be held later tonight where even slaves will be auctioned. Long Jun planned to join this auction
Long Jun felt lucky as he had brought 10 high grade spirit stones and 100,000 low grade spirit stones with him, leaving 15 high grade spirit stones for Ming Huo to maintain the formation in the sect
Night quickly came and Long Jun arrived at the acution site. The auction is held in a majestic castle located in the center of the Southeast of the Zhou Empire
The entrance fee for the auction is divided into three levels. Normal entry: 1,000 low grade spirit stones, VIP: 20,000 low grade spirit stones, VVIP: Invitation only
Having limited resources, Long Jun then paid 1,000x low grade spirit stones for a normal entry
Long Jun then found a seat in the furthest back of the auction hall as he did not want to attract any attention
Soon people began filling the auction hall until all of the seats are filled, if he had to guess, there are approximately 10,000 people participating in this auction, not counting the vip and vvip room
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen, to the annual auction of the the Gold organization! My name is Kai and I am your auctioneer for the night" A man who looked like in his forties appeared on stage
"The rules of the auction is very simple. Those who bids must pay, and a participant can't bid for his/ her own items. Failing to follow these 2 rules will geet you punished." Kai said as a huge smile appeared on his face
"Then, without further ado, let the auction start!!" Kai yelled as the audience clapped and cheered loudly
Kai then signalled for the first item to be brought to the stage "Let me introduce you to the first item of the night" Kai said as a girl brought a table to the center of the stage and on top of the table is a single box
Opening the box, a majestic aura filled the room as many people recognized the item, "The first item of the night is a high grade tier 3 Qi Healing Pill, bid starts from 5,000 low grade spirit stones and the minimal increment is 1,000 low grade spirit stones"
"5,000"
"7,000"
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"Sold to the gentlemen on the back for 16,000" Kai said as he gestured to the back of the hall
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The auction night went by and 20 items have appeared on stage. Long Jun had not purchased nor bid for the first 20 items, dissapointed with the items auctioned so far, Long Jun now had low expectation and felt that he has wasted his spirit stones by coming here
However, as Kai introduced the 21st item, Long Jun eye widened the moment he saw the 'item' auctioned on stage
"Slaves..." Long Jun muttrered as kids who looked no older than 13 years old entered the stage
'these slaves are quite talented' Long Jun was excited as most of the slaves on the stage had 20+ talent. However, as the last slave came up the stage, Long Jun was surprised to his core
[Talent: 70]