When he finally got on the stage, he fell to his knees with a thump, and said in a trembling and somewhat anxious voice: "I want to participate in the selection of cultivators!"

When everyone on the stage heard this, they all turned their eyes to the old man, and then burst into laughter. The laughter was full of ridicule and disdain, as if they were mocking the old man for overestimating his own abilities.

The crowd in the audience also laughed, and everyone said something sarcastic: "This old man is so old, and he still wants to become a cultivator. He doesn't even look at his old and frail appearance. It's just wishful thinking!"

However, the old man seemed to be deaf to the ridicule of the crowd. He reached into his pocket with a pious look on his face, fumbled for a while, and took out a tattered bag.

The bag contained the spiritual crystals that he had prepared for a long time. He held the bag high and said in a loud voice: "My fellow immortals, these are the spiritual crystals that I have accumulated through my hard work throughout my life. I am willing to give them all to you. Please, let me participate in the selection!"

At this time, a young cultivator walked over slowly with an expressionless face and took the bag from the old man. He opened the bag, took a look, weighed it in his hand, and asked casually, "How much is this?"

The old man quickly replied respectfully: "This... This is more than eighty spirit crystals. This is all my wealth!"

When the young man heard this, his face instantly turned gloomy, and he said with obvious displeasure in his tone: "Old man, your ears are not working well. Didn't you hear our request clearly? You must donate 100 spirit crystals. What you have is not enough. Get out of here quickly!"

When the old man heard this, his face turned pale instantly, and his eyes were full of despair and helplessness.

He kowtowed heavily again and begged bitterly: "My fellow immortals, I have always been farming honestly. It is not easy for me to save these spiritual crystals. Please, have pity on me and let me participate in the selection of cultivators! This is the only wish I have in my life!"

However, those people were not moved at all. The young man was even more impatient and scolded him loudly: "Old man, are you tired of living? Don't keep pestering here, get out of here quickly! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude to you!"

Looking at the ferocious look of the young man, the old man's tears welled up and slid down his wrinkled cheeks.

He was still kneeling on the ground, kowtowed continuously, his forehead hitting the ground with a dull sound, and he kept muttering: "I want to participate in the selection of cultivators, please give me a chance..."

The crowd in the audience saw this scene, not only did they not have the slightest sympathy, but they laughed even harder. Everyone thought that the old man must be crazy. At his age, he still wanted to become an immortal. It was simply a daydream and wishful thinking.

Everyone started to make a noise and shouted, "Old man, get down here quickly and stop wasting everyone's time!"

The old man turned a deaf ear to everyone's cries and continued to implore himself, as if he could get a glimmer of hope if he persisted. Even if he was about to be treated more harshly, he was unwilling to give up.

At this time, some people in the audience began to curse loudly, and some even wanted to rush onto the stage to pull the old man off, muttering: "This old man really doesn't know how to live or die, and he is wasting everyone's time!"

The young man on the stage finally lost his patience. He frowned and kicked the old man directly.

The old man was already old and weak, so he couldn't withstand the kick. He flew out like a kite with a broken string.

He fell heavily to the ground, a large mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, and he lay on the ground, dying.

When everyone saw this, they were so scared that they all dodged, fearing that the old man would hit them. For a moment, there was an empty space around them.

The young man on the stage cursed with contempt: "You old fool who doesn't know the rules! I've already told you clearly that you must get a hundred spirit crystals. You are still entangled here. You are really courting death!"

What was chilling was that there was not a trace of sympathy for the old man on the faces of the people. Instead, many people showed even more contempt on their faces and cursed at the old man: "Humph, you wishful old thing, you deserve to die!"

Zhou Bin was stunned by the scene in front of him. He had traveled in the spirit world for many years and had seen all kinds of people and things, but he had never seen such a chilling scene.

He really didn't expect that the people here would be so heartless and ungrateful. Everyone's face was filled with harshness and indifference.

There wasn't the slightest bit of sympathy in everyone's expressions. Instead, they all seemed to be gloating over other people's misfortune and were extremely arrogant.

Bai Long and Xiao Bao were equally surprised. It was the first time they had ever seen such a thing. These people were really bad. As soon as the old man came on stage, they began to laugh at him mercilessly and insulted him with vicious words.

When the old man was knocked to the ground, these people not only showed no mercy, but also became more vicious and verbally abusive. The whole scene was in chaos and made people feel extremely indignant.

Zhou Bin's eyes involuntarily turned to Bai Long and Xiao Bao, and all three of them had incredible expressions on their faces.

Zhou Bin thought to himself: How could the people here be like this? They seemed so rude and hateful.

But the strange thing is that these people look like ordinary people on the surface, and there is nothing special about them.

This discovery instantly refreshed Zhou Bin's understanding of human nature. He realized that not all people were kind, and there might be many morally corrupt people among them. But it was extremely rare for almost everyone to be so cold and ruthless.

What they saw and heard today really opened Zhou Bin, Bai Long and the others' eyes, and they couldn't help but feel helpless and angry.

Zhou Bin suddenly felt deeply disgusted with this place. He didn't even want to stay there for a moment. He just wanted to leave this disgusting place immediately. The air here seemed to be filled with filth and evil.

However, he thought about it again. They had just arrived here, so they couldn't just return empty-handed. Even if the people here were so unbearable, he had to find a way to continue to inquire about Wanying's whereabouts. After all, this was the important purpose of his trip.

Thinking of this, Zhou Bin suppressed the disgust in his heart and decided to be patient for the time being to see what would happen next.

Bailong and Xiaobao were actually just like Brother Zhou. They were extremely disgusted by the atmosphere here and wanted to leave this place of trouble immediately.

However, when they saw Brother Zhou winking at them, they immediately understood what he meant. They understood that Brother Zhou meant to stay for a while longer to see what other outrageous things these people would do.

In fact, they were also very curious about what would happen next. Were these people going up one by one just to get a fundamentally unfair selection opportunity?