Everybody more or less knew he was, indeed, the number one winner with the exception of the six martial kings. It couldn’t be any one else but him.

  The other cultivators had more or less accepted this fact when he appeared. Everybody was envy, but not a whole lot of jealousy. After all, in the world of the cultivators, the strong ones would be respected no matter who they were.

  Mo Xuanzun nodded at him. He was quite fond of this big-boned man. He said to him, “Zhang Yuji, you were very skillful and you are a mid-level martial spiritualist who are about to breakthrough to apex martial spirituals. We trust that you will become martial king shortly and we would like to welcome you to become one of our elders then. But, for now, we can only award you the position of captain of the guards. Are you okay with that?”


  “Yes, I am!” Zhang Yuji was ecstatic. He never dreamt that he could become the number one winner.

  “You are quite good. The rewards for number one is one mystical beast as your ride, some mystical water, and three mystical herbs. We should that you wouldn’t let us down.”


  “Yes, your subordinate thanks Miss and

  !”


  Zhang Yuji might look like a big-boned roughneck, but he knew his mannerisms. He immediately bowed and thank them.

  Elder Ying also handed him his reward immediately and he had also chosen a white tiger as his ride.

  Now that the top winner had been announced, following him was number two and three, who would be taking the positions as vice captains.

  By the same process, the name of two other martial spiritualists who performed greatly during the competition were announced, granted the title of vice captain, and their rewards were announced. Following them were the four team leads. Once their titles were announced, their rewards were not dealt out immediately. After all, there were quite a few of them and it wouldn’t be appropriate to deal them out in front of everyone!

  Everyone could understand that and nobody expressed any objections.

  At this time, Mo Xuanzun turned and looked at the tens of cultivators that stayed as reserve.

  It wasn’t that these individuals were incapable, they merely didn’t perform as well during the competition. Now their stay and go were hinged entirely on the whim of the two bosses, so naturally, they were quite nervous.

  Under their intense anticipation, Mo Xuanzun said slowly, “Supposedly, we already met the number of guards that we were looking for and didn’t need any more but, since you all wanted to join so badly, we don’t want to disappoint you, so…


  “Anyone who’s martial masters or martial spiritualist and above can also join,” announced Mo Xuanzun after paused and scanned across everybody’s faces.

  The tens of cultivators heard the announcement, paused for a little, before they erupted into cheers. They quickly expressed their thankfulness to their two bosses and were finally able to let out a sigh of relief.

  The remaining few martial apprentices looked devastated. They knew there were no ore hope, yet they still have not yet tossed away their bamboo sticks.

  Looking at them, Mo Xuanzun pondered about it for a little bit and said, “And for the rest of you. With your current cultivation level, it’d be difficult for you to become a guard for us right away. But judging from your sincerity in joining the Count’s Court, would you be willing to join as disciples for the time being?”


  Everybody paused for a little bit and thought they had misheard and all had a look of disbelief. When they finally realized that Mo Xuanzun was serious about his offer, they recollected themselves and were ecstatic, “Yes, I would be more than happy to…”


  “Yes, yes, me too!”


  “I do, as well!”


  At this moment, they no longer cared about mannerism, or elegance, they couldn’t help but shout out their responses.

  As such, the Cheng’s had accepted everyone who participated in the competition!

  With the exception of Cheng Xiao Xiao, the outcome was surprised not only to others, but even Elder and Elder Ying. As far as Cheng Xiao Xiao was concerned, everything that Mo Xuanzun decided made perfect sense.

  And that had brought the 3-day recruitment even to its conclusion.