Sea View Peak.
Atop the mountain peak, two young men stood with their hands clasped behind their backs, gazing at the Cloud Platform below.
One of them, with delicate features, knitted his brows and sighed deeply, "Talents are scarce across the four lands, most have been snatched up by Taoshan, Heaven Mountain, North Sea, and Snow Ridge. Sea View Peak faces Central Earth to the north and overlooks the Southern Border to the south, yet we find so few promising youngsters. It's truly—"
Qin Fan looked down at the dozen or so disciples on the Cloud Platform and couldn't help but shake his head.
There are many barren places in the world.
Where cultivation resources barely suffice for one's practice let alone to bestow upon disciples. Lacking Spirit Pills and miraculous medicines to enhance Dao ability and mana, those with mediocre talent or even the slightly gifted mortals will achieve little even if accepted into the sect—simply a waste of energy and resources.
Hence,
