Starting With 100 Million Lives

Chapter 1073 - 1072: A Piece of Advice

Just say one sentence and that's it?As soon as this bizarre exam question came out, not only those bottom-tier Immortals, even the experts from Golden Tiger's team and Ba Yun's team nearby were totally baffled.

"What's this kid trying to do?"

"What kind of medicine is he selling in that gourd of his?"

"This is so damn inexplicable."

"Could it be he wants to pool everyone's wisdom, see if he can hear some real insightful opinions from these people?"

"His team isn't even formed yet, what fart of a suggestion could they have!"

"Exactly, his team hasn't even gone on a single mission yet."

"I'm guessing this is a test of brains. These bottom-tier Immortals may be weak in Power, but their wits aren't necessarily worse than others. Maybe there's some insanely smart guy hidden among them."

Hearing this guess, even Captain Ba Yun, Venerable Jingding, slightly nodded.

"Indeed, that is possible…"

"Looks like this kid does have a bit of his own ideas, not purely a troublemaker."

After a few minutes of prep time, this crude yet bizarre assessment officially began under everyone's watchful eyes.

The first to come up was a young man at Emperor Realm Third Layer.

He first bowed slightly to Brother Cheng, then said loudly, "Upper Immortal, I believe the next three people our team recruits must have special talents, like me, I'm good at spotting clues and details…"

Brother Cheng neither confirmed nor denied it, just waved his hand ahead of time.

"Alright, one sentence, you're done. Next."

No one knew whether this Immortal's performance was good or bad.

But in the eyes of Venerable Jingding and the other experts, this Immortal still had a high chance of being chosen in the end.

He went up first, which showed he had confidence and guts; people like that wouldn't panic too much in battle.

And his talent for finding clues and details would indeed be somewhat useful when dealing with Evil Immortals.

After he stepped aside, the next person immediately jumped up.

"Upper Immortal, I think our team is already perfect, I have no suggestions to offer."

Brother Cheng still neither confirmed nor denied it, just waved his hand.

Meanwhile, the others at the side all wore looks of contempt.

"He was told to give a suggestion, and he says he has none. That's classic clever little trickery."

"Trying to game the system won't work."

"A selection like this is naturally about real talent and skill."

After this person left, the third one came on stage.

"Upper Immortal, I think we need to change our team name. 'First Handsome Team' is a bit too high-profile, it gives people an unreliable feeling…"

Damn it, Brother Cheng hadn't even finished listening and was already lighting up with Fire in his heart.

Are you questioning my taste?

With your low taste, it's clearly at odds with mine—how are you supposed to mix with me later?

On the surface, though, he still neither confirmed nor denied it.

Just like that, one Immortal after another took the stage.

Over a thousand people, one sentence per person, went by pretty fast.

It didn't take long before it was all over.

Among these thousand people, there really were a dozen or so who offered pretty decent suggestions.

This even made Venerable Jingding's eyes light up, expressing an expert's approval.

Many experts had originally been watching this as a farce, but after hearing all those wild and varied suggestions, they also showed thoughtful expressions.

Aside from those dozen or so truly reasonable suggestions, the vast majority of people were spouting completely useless nonsense.

Of the more than two hundred left, more than half tried to be clever by also saying the team was already perfect and didn't need any suggestions.

As for the last few dozen, they were even more outrageous.

They actually heaped wild praise directly on Jiang Cheng himself, flattering him as if nothing like him existed in heaven or on earth. People nearby listening to that were utterly disdainful, booing all over the place.

And now, Sect Leader Jiang finally stood up and began choosing team members.

He didn't keep anyone in suspense.

Right off the bat, he pointed at three people in the crowd.

"You three, you can join the team."

Then he cupped his hands to the others.

"As for the rest of you, I truly apologize, the slots are limited."

"Sorry to have bothered everyone, these Immortal Crystals are just a token of my appreciation!"

This guy has always been particular about how he does things.

Swish swish swish—ten Primordial Immortal Crystals appeared in each person's hand as their appearance fee.

But at this moment, no one cared about that little detail anymore.

Everyone was dumbfounded by the three people he had chosen.

Among these three, two were only at Emperor Realm First Layer, and the other was Emperor Realm Third Layer.

And during the selection earlier, none of the three had offered a single suggestion; they'd just shamelessly laid on the syrupy praise for Sect Leader Jiang.

Meanwhile, none of those who had given suggestions were selected.

"Ridiculous!"

"This is way too ridiculous, isn't it?"

"What the hell?"

"He went and found three bootlickers, what's he trying to pull?"

"We gave him too much credit, thought he had some ideas. Turns out he's still just fooling around."

Having misread Brother Cheng's intentions, Venerable Jingding and the others felt a bit embarrassed.

They even felt somewhat indignant on behalf of those who weren't chosen.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"You ignore all that excellent talent and instead pick a few useless wastes?"

"Who puts together a team like this?"

Brother Cheng was caught off guard by their criticism.

My dudes, we're not even on the same team—what are you getting worked up for?

"Ahem, since they're such excellent talent, you can take them yourselves."

"I've always been a modest person, I won't fight you for them. Go on, go on, I also hope they can find a good team."

As soon as he said that, Venerable Jingding and the others all fell silent.

Even though some of those bottom-tier Immortals did have brains, subconsciously they still looked down on them.

The Cultivation Realm is ultimately a place where Power does the talking.

Unless someone can maneuver like Gong Qing, flipping clouds and calling rain, only then is there a chance to break that strict Power hierarchy.

And even for someone as smart as Advisor Gong, the reason he rose up was still because he met Jiang Cheng, who backed him and lifted him up.

Though unhappy in their hearts, those Immortals who weren't selected had nothing to say.

After all, Jiang Cheng is the Captain, and he was being quite generous too.

Primordial Immortal Crystals are hard currency in the Primordial Immortal Realm. For them to earn ten of these, under normal circumstances, they'd need to toil for hundreds of years.

After sending the others off, Jiang Cheng finally started getting to know his three new team members.

Among these three, the one at Emperor Realm Third Layer was named Bian Xiu.

The other two at Emperor Realm First Layer—the man was called Meng Shi, and the woman was Zhong Man.

After all three of their Identity Jade Talismans were added to the team, Brother Cheng beamed and clapped his hands.

"Welcome to my team."

"From now on, we're teammates!"

The three of them were flattered and overjoyed.

Emperor Realm Eighth Layer was several Great Realms above them.

Under normal circumstances, they weren't even qualified to speak to an expert of that level.

Let alone being personally welcomed.

"Greetings, Captain!"

"Captain is truly easygoing, with the bearing of a true master…"

"With one word from Captain, we'll charge through wind and rain!"

They really lived up to being the three bootlickers handpicked by Brother Cheng—kicked things off with some skillful, professional flattery.

Brother Cheng listened with his eyebrows dancing and eyes smiling, extremely satisfied.

Then he pointed at Lai Ping beside him.

"If I'm not around in the future, just follow his orders."