Nissan was furious upon hearing Gu Changqing's words.

"What right do you have to talk to me like that! You people born into wealthy families have resources and privileges that we people from remote areas can't enjoy!"

"Moreover, you high and mighty families use us, ordinary people with low strength or no cultivation, to raise spiritual herbs and demonic beasts for you every day."

Every year, countless people die either from exhaustion while tending to the medicinal herbs or from monster rampages. And what about you? Besides constantly exploiting us, what have you given us? Every time a medicinal herb matures, you take all the herbs we've painstakingly cultivated, leaving us only a little gold and silver and seeds for the next batch!

Gu Changqing watched with great interest as Nissan continued to complain on the steps.

"Anything else? If not, then you can go die."

Upon hearing Gu Changqing's words, Nissan's anger vanished, replaced by a look of panic. He hadn't expected that merely complaining would lead to the young man sitting on the platform taking his life—something unheard of in their small town.

"Why? I was just complaining a bit, please don't kill me... please don't," Nissan pleaded with Gu Changqing, his voice trembling with fear of death.

"Please, I still have my parents, grandparents, and my childhood sweetheart. Please let me go. I won't complain anymore."

Gu Changqing, seeing Nissan slumped on the steps, had also lost interest in him. He shook his head and said:

"Don't worry, I sent someone to the village you mentioned while you were complaining. I think there shouldn't be any living creatures there by now. You'll soon see your beloved family and childhood sweetheart."

After saying that, he waved his hand, signaling the two examiners to deal with Nissan.

Upon seeing Gu Changqing's signal, one of the two immediately beheaded Nissan with a single sword strike before he could react. The other man then formed a hand seal, and a ball of fire appeared out of thin air on Nissan's corpse.

The moment the flames touched the corpse, Nissan turned to ashes, and with a gust of wind, the farce came to a complete end.

Then, the person who had disappeared behind Gu Changqing returned to his side.

“Junior Brother Gu, everything you instructed has been done. There is no one left alive within a ten-mile radius of that village.”

Gu Chang listened attentively and nodded in satisfaction.

"That's right, what's your name?"

"Junior Brother Gu, my name is Xu Sheng, and I am currently an inner sect steward."

"Hmm." After Gu Changqing finished speaking, he continued to instruct the assessment to continue, while the customer quietly watched Gu Changqing's actions. After all, it didn't matter to Gu Changqing even if he killed all these mortals and those with low cultivation levels. He had only come for Gu Changqing this time.

The assessment continued, and in less than an hour, the entire crowd had passed the assessment of cultivation and talent.

After this assessment, these people will follow the stewards to the Luoxia Sect, where they will be assigned to either the outer sect or as miscellaneous disciples.

Gu Changqing was only there to see if there were any top-tier talents recruited this time. Since there weren't any, he went to the Luoxia Sect with the customer.

When the customer saw Gu Changqing stand up, he knew that Gu had lost interest in continuing the assessment.

He then took out a small ark from the ring. As the ark emerged from the ring, it emitted a dazzling light, and a small ark about five miles long and one mile wide appeared above the man's head.

After giving a few instructions to the steward below, the customer took Gu Changqing and flew onto the ship.

The group of people below, who were about to become disciples of the Luoxia Sect, looked at Gu Changqing and his companion with envy.

The stewards didn't say much, but two of them each took out a flying magical artifact and told the hundreds of male and female disciples who had passed the test to ride in one of the artifacts.

Although these flying artifacts are unremarkable compared to the Ark, they are still things that these people rarely see.

As the ark flew away, the two stewards also rode their respective flying magical artifacts to the Luoxia Sect.

Meanwhile, the two people on the ark, Gu Changqing and the customer, were standing on the deck of the ark.

The customer sighed to Gu Changqing:

“Changqing, this ark has been with me since my Golden Core stage. Now it’s a high-grade magic artifact that has developed a bit of intelligence. Haha, it saved me many times when I was young. Even though my cultivation is strong now, I still don’t want to reforge it.”

"Alright, Changqing, at the speed of this ark, it will only take a few hours to reach the Luoxia Sect. During this time, I will tell you about the specifics of the Luoxia Sect. I should have told you this a few years ago, but unfortunately you were engrossed in cultivation at that time."

Gu Chang listened and smiled slightly.

"Please tell me in detail, Grandpa."