Chapter 677

“Jiang Hong, you are finally back! What took you so long?” a young man suddenly showed up on the road and complained to the leader of the group.

“I am a little worried some of them would get lost if we move too fast. If you’re gonna complain, then you should recruit people next time!” Jiang Hong said as he felt annoyed by the young man’s complaint.

“No, never mind! I knew it was a pain to recruit people sometimes. But clearly, you are doing a good job, aren’t you? 57 people in total?” Jiang Yi said as he observed the new recruits.

“Well, this time, we got quite a lot of people who want to try out their luck to become part of our clan.” Jiang Hong said indifferently.

“Well, it’s still a lot of number! Maybe, recruiting people is your hidden talent! But, I am afraid you have to return them to the nearest village later after the recruitment has finished as we only accepted 15 people this time.” Jiang Yi said teasingly.

“You mean I have to guide them again?” Jiang Hong said as he was a little bit surprised.

“Yes, you are the one who brought them along, so you would be the one to return them safely too! That was the order that I received anyway.” Jiang Yi said reluctantly.

“d.a.m.n! You should’ve told me that sooner so that I wouldn’t bring back so many people!” Jiang Hong said annoyedly.

The recruits who heard the news began to get worried as they also did their best to hike the mountain, only to find out that most of them would have to go back.

“Don’t let that get you down, people. We will compensate you with a good return gift. You don’t have to worry about returning empty-handed.” Jiang Yi said to the recruits with a smile on his face. However, some people still have an unsatisfied look on their faces.

“We will take 12 women while we only need 3 men this time.” Jiang Yi added. This time, the male recruits’ hearts sank as they know that they have to work extra hard just to get the spot. The worst part was they were mostly men in here.

“Now, there are stones around you. Your first task is to move one of them.” Jiang Yi said as he moved the boulder on his side. It wasn’t an easy task as one boulder weighed around 500 kg!

Although the recruits felt so helpless, they had no choice but to obey as they couldn’t complain to the people of the faction they wanted to join. Several of them could move the boulder a little bit, but the rest of them couldn’t move it at all. Of course, this task wasn’t a challenge for Yi Tianyun.

Yi Tianyun couldn’t help but think that the Smelting Trial was too easy! But now he knew that he couldn’t wait to see s.h.i.+ Xueyun again as he finally knew that he could give a better surprise to her!

Xiao Wu also advanced swimmingly as he had higher cultivation than most of the recruits there. “You are definitely better than most people here! I thought you would fail the task there for a sec. it will be a b.u.mmer if I have no one else to talk to.” Xiao Wu said as he patted Yi Tianyun’s shoulder with a smile on his face.

“Well, is there no one else who wants to talk to you here?” Yi Tianyun asked lightly.

“Well, everyone saw me as intimidating for some reason. I have excess power, but it’s not my fault, you know.” Xiao Wu said annoyedly.

“Well, it’s better to have a bit more power, I would say.” Yi Tianyun said with a shrug.

The high cultivation that Yi Tianyun was thanks to the Crazy Levelling System that he got. If it were not because of that, he would never be able to get the martial arts and bloodlines that he has now. From the looks of it, Yi Tianyun knew that Xiao Wu’s ancestor should be a Saint King Expert, but clearly, the cultivation of his family has declined.

“Now, for the second task, you have to move one of these boulders next!” Jiang Yi said as he pointed to a bigger boulder that would weigh around 900 kg.

This time, the recruits tried to move the boulder one by one, and more people were eliminated as they couldn’t move it even one bit. When it was Yi Tianyun’s turn, he pretended to have a hard time moving the boulder even though he succeeded in the end.

“You are good! You’re clearly stronger than most people here. I suppose you’re at the 7th layer Body Refinement stage?” Jiang Yi said as he looked at Yi Tianyun.

“Yes, I was.” Yi Tianyun said with a smile and moved to the side so that he didn’t get in the way of the Smelting Trial. He can see the jealousy in the recruits’ eyes, but he knew that they couldn’t do anything about it. And after that, it was finally Xiao Wu’s turn. Xiao Wu immediately hugged the huge stone and moved it aside. He tried the best he could as his face clearly flushed from enduring the weight of the boulder.

Yi Tianyun can clearly saw that Xiao Wu had a good innate power within him that allowed him to move the boulder, and if his hunch was right, it was Strength G.o.d Bloodline! It was a pretty amazing bloodline, and obviously, Jiang Yi also noticed it.

“Good, you pa.s.sed!” Jiang Yi said as he appreciated Xiao Wu’s innate power.

“Hey, isn’t that a little bad? What good would strength be later? Anyone could also have them using the normal method, couldn’t they?” Jiang Hong said indifferently. He clearly didn’t think that Xiao Wu’s innate power was anything special.

Yi Tianyun started to frown as the people from a faction shouldn’t say something like that. Meanwhile, Jiang Yi just shook his head to Jiang Hong’s comment.