Following the attendant to the main gate, Xiao Heng, Ye Zhong, Xiao Yan, and the others had already arrived. To their surprise, Elder Yuan was there as well. However, there would be no need for battle this time; he was probably just there to watch the spectacle.
Seeing Xiao Heng, Xiao Yi Xian stepped lightly forward and took her place behind him.
"Mr. Xiao has finally come out. If you'd stayed inside any longer, you would have missed it," Ye Zhong said with a hearty smile upon seeing Xiao Heng.
Yet Xiao Heng noticed the strain in his expression. Smiling faintly, he said, "Elder Ye, rest assured. With Xiao Yan here, nothing will go wrong."
At Xiao Heng's reassurance, the smile on Ye Zhong's face gradually faded. He nodded. "Let's hope so."
Compared to Xiao Yan and the others, Ye Zhong was undoubtedly the most nervous. If Xiao Yan failed, then so be it—he was still young and had plenty of chances ahead of him. But for Ye Zhong, if they failed this time, the Ye Family would undoubtedly be dragged into the abyss, and the efforts of countless Ye Family members would ultimately come to nothing.
This was not a matter of one man's life or death, but the rise and fall of an entire clan—the fate of hundreds of people. The Ye Family could no longer afford to fail. They had only this one chance.
"Let's go! I'd also like to see what those so-called geniuses are really like."
With that, the group set off.
The assessment was being held in a specially constructed grand hall within Sacred Pill City's inner district. It was not far from where they were, only a little over twenty minutes away on foot. If free flight were permitted within Sacred Pill City,