After three days of auditing and selection, Dragon Sect recruited a total of two thousand disciples, and based on their talents, divided them into external sect disciples and internal sect disciples.

There were one thousand five hundred external sect disciples, who were guided by SS Abnormals and SSS Abnormals selected from the Hua Xia Abnormal People Council.

There were four hundred eighty internal sect disciples, supervised by Sima Xuanxuan and a group of Deacons.

In the end, Elder An once again grabbed Bai Yan's robust men, choosing twenty of the most talented individuals from the two thousand to be personally taught by Bai Yan.

These twenty disciples are the core disciples of Dragon Sect, as well as the future backbone of Dragon Sect!

To develop Dragon Sect, Elder An specially applied for a mountain range far away from the Mortal World to establish Dragon Sect, and before the sect was fully established, they temporarily occupied a university for teaching.

...

Three days later, Bai Yan was staring pensively at the class of core disciples handed over by Elder An.

After stepping out of the classroom once again, he confirmed he hadn't entered the wrong classroom only after looking at the sign that read 'Core Class' hanging on the door.

"Elder An, is this the core class you were talking about? Where on earth did you find me such a bunch of oddballs?" Bai Yan asked with doubt.

The twenty core disciples were sitting in their respective seats at that time; some were playing with their phones, some chatting, and there were even some lying on the desks sleeping, with only one student, dressed plainly and sitting in the corner, meticulously browsing through the introduction to Abnormals provided uniformly by Dragon Sect.

This was basically the standard template for the students who sit in the back rows!

The only one seriously studying, a complete newcomer without even a trace of cultivation, was just a mortal.

A decadent aura spread among the nineteen disciples, showing no hope of despair!

Although Bai Yan noticed that these students' talents indeed far surpassed those of the internal and external sect disciples.

But the road to cultivation depends not solely on talent, but on perseverance! Great perseverance!

Without perseverance, even the best talents are in vain.

Those with great perseverance can achieve great things.

To Bai Yan's disappointment, these disciples lacked that kind of perseverance; he did not see the tenacity that belongs to future powerhouses.

"Bai Yan, besides that commoner who joined Dragon Sect through layer upon layer of selection, the other nineteen disciples have somewhat special identities, and this is exactly what I worry about," said Elder An, sighing before explaining their identities to Bai Yan.

After listening to Elder An, Bai Yan understood that, except for the mortal newcomer, the rest of the nineteen disciples were all young generations from Abnormal Families. However, their original brilliance was overshadowed by even more talented prodigies within their families.

Over time, the Abnormal Families started tilting resources towards those prodigies, eventually giving up completely on these family talents.

These talented disciples began to become discouraged upon learning they would be living in the shadow of those prodigies in the future, and eventually turned into second-generation dependents, waiting to die.

"If that's the case, leave them to me," Bai Yan said with a smile.

The somewhat larger Abnormal Families, with their abundant resources and deep heritage, naturally had more talented members than Loose Cultivators, which was certainly better.

But such an growth environment also meant that every talented member of the family had to endure even crueler competition in order to gain more resources and attention.

"Good, I'll be waiting for your good news then."

After finishing his words, Elder An turned around and left the core disciples' classroom.

It was only after Elder An had left that Bai Yan walked up to the podium.

"Cough cough, quiet down everyone, let me introduce myself, my name is Bai Yan, and I'll be your only mentor."

With two loud coughs, Bai Yan attracted the attention of the twenty disciples and spoke in a calm voice.

"Wow, it's actually Bai Yan."

"Idol, please give me your autograph!"

...

Seeing Bai Yan, the twenty disciples immediately became excited, taking out their phones to take pictures.

It was as if starstruck fans had seen the idol in their hearts, overwhelmed with excitement.

The fame of Bai the God of Slaughter had spread worldwide; countless Abnormal offspring regarded him as an idol, and tales of Bai Yan's deeds kept circulating within the Yiren circle, truly a modern myth and legend among Abnormals.

"Put away your phones and pay attention to the key point of my previous statement— from now on, I will be your mentor."

Bai Yan frowned and reiterated.

"Idol, please don't teach us. We are afraid of embarrassing you."

"Yeah, this is as good as we're going to get in our lifetime, no point in trying to salvage that."

"What's the use of trying any harder? We're always just going to be the greenery that complements others, anyway."

…

Nineteen Abnormal Disciples said jokingly.

However, Bai Yan could see a trace of frustration and helplessness in their eyes.

If they were born useless, then so be it. But the truth is they have considerable Talent, and still always fall short of others—anyone would find this hard to swallow.

"I just want to ask you all one thing—do you want to become awesome?"

Bai Yan spoke very seriously to the twenty disciples.

"Awesome?"

The disciples looked puzzled.

The idol is still so down to earth.

"Yes, awesome. Awesome to the point where your families beg you to take the Family Head position, and you disdain even sitting in that seat!"

Bai Yan spoke calmly.

"Idol, stop joking. We already have a gap with those people. Ever since they joined the Ancient Sects and we joined the Dragon Sect, the gap has only widened. Even if we wanted to take the position of Family Head, we wouldn't have the chance."

"Yeah, you might be powerful, idol, but certainly not as good at teaching disciples as those Ancient Sects."

Those disciples didn't believe what Bai Yan said at all.

Bai Yan might be powerful, but being powerful doesn't mean he's good at teaching disciples, especially compared to those Ancient Sects with thousands of years of experience.

"Master, although I come from humble beginnings and don't have such a Family Head position to speak of, I want to become the kind of person you talked about."

Just then, a rookie who had been sitting in the corner looking through the Abnormal handbook stood up, looking at Bai Yan with firm eyes.

"Master, I… I also want to become the kind of person you mentioned. Is it okay if I aim to be a Family Head?"

Yu Xiao, who had been quietly lying on the table without saying a word, stood up, pressing his hands hard on the desk, trying to look less self-effacing and timid.

"Master, we also want to! But what should we do if we don't have the chance?"

Following the lead of the two, the rest of the disciples stood up and shouted out in an almost pleading manner.

In their hearts, there was still a glimmer of desire to become powerful, if only to prove they were no weaker than anyone else.

"Who says you don't have a chance? As long as you're willing to work hard, I will take care of the rest. Soon, the whole world will tremble for you!"

"However, until you reach a level of cultivation that I approve of, you do not have the right to call me Master."

Bai Yan spoke indifferently, his confidence inspiring everyone.

"Master, uh, no, that... Bai, the God of Killing, how can we call you Master?"

A disciple asked timidly.

"Right now, I only have one disciple, and that is your Dragon Sect Leader, Chen Wuwei. If you want to call me Master, you'll have to first defeat your senior brother."

Bai Yan said with a smile.

There needs to be a goal set for these people, though a demigod-level goal seems a bit too simple.

Disciples: "..."

Having a powerful Master is tough too. Chen Wuwei is already the Guardian of the Huaxia Dragon Vein, not to mention the demi-god level cultivation that is beyond their reach!

Just Chen Wuwei's illustrious deeds of valor and near invincible strength at his level, already mark him as a being beyond any ordinary genius.

"Now, let me lay out my rules: don't embarrass me outside, don't use my name if you're beaten up, don't bother me with problems, you twenty brothers sort them out among yourselves, I won't intervene regardless of the methods you use."

"The most important point is, within one year, defeat those geniuses who you've set your sights on. Those who don't achieve their goals should take the initiative to leave the core class."

Bai Yan spoke with an indifferent expression, slowly saying: "I don't have much time to teach you all, so I hope that you remember every single word I say from now on."

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