Time flew by, and fifty years passed in the blink of an eye.
On Azure Lotus Island stood a secluded little courtyard with red-tiled roofs. A three-story Azure Pavilion stood inside, while a patch of Azure Spirit Flowers grew in the yard, with a swarm of Azure Bees gathering nectar.
The door suddenly opened, and Wang Yingjie walked out, his face brimming with delight.
He had already reached Core Formation Layer 9. This had much to do with his own diligence, but he could not have done it without Wang Qingling's help.
Among Wang Qingling's descendants, only Wang Yingjie had entered the Core Formation Stage, so Wang Qingling naturally took a little extra care of him.
Clang, clang, clang!
A tremendous bell rang out, and Wang Yingjie's eyes lit up.
"The Clan Tournament has begun. This time, I'll definitely make it into the top three."
Wang Yingjie muttered to himself. His aptitude was poor, and the clan members who cultivated faster than he did had either entered the Nascent Soul Realm, died after failing at Nascent Soul Formation, or perished amid the upheaval.
The family had a talent-development system of Thirty-Six Sons, Eighteen Heroes, Nine Heroes, and Three Yingjie. The Thirty-Six Sons corresponded to the Qi Refining Stage, the Eighteen Heroes to the Foundation Establishment Realm, the Nine Heroes to the Core Formation Stage, and the three most outstanding Nascent Soul Cultivators were the Three Yingjie.
With his past achievements and cultivation, Wang Yingjie had been selected as one of the Nine Heroes. To put it bluntly, he had ground his way into this position through sheer time.
Wang Yingjie stomped his right foot and transformed into a streak of escape light that shot into the sky.
Before long, Wang Yingjie arrived at a vast Bluestone Plaza. A giant tower