"Have you heard? Half a month ago, Yun Qingyue—True Disciple Yun, the foremost of our Wind Moon Sect's Twelve True Disciples—successfully advanced to Foundation Establishment and was promoted to an Elder of our sect!"
"What's so strange about that? True Disciple Yun is the foremost of the Twelve True Disciples. Her advancement to Foundation Establishment was practically a sure thing, only natural."
"You've forgotten—now that True Disciple Yun has been promoted to Elder, one of the Twelve True Disciple seats has opened up. I'm afraid the True Disciple Selection Ceremony will begin before long!"
"True Disciple Selection! Then don't Inner Sect Disciples like us all have a chance?"
"That's true, but what does it have to do with you or me? Have you reached the Qi Refining Seventh Layer? The minimum requirement for participating in the True Disciple Selection is Late Qi Refining Stage!"
"Uh, no. But an empty True Disciple seat doesn't necessarily mean the True Disciple Selection will start immediately, right? Usually, it gets delayed by two years or so. Maybe I still have a chance..."
"Give it up. You've been stuck at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer Peak for a year already, haven't you? There hasn't been the slightest movement. Give you another two years, and you think you'll break through?"
"..."
The next day, Qi Chuan appeared before the Inner Sect Mission Hall, just as he was about to enter. Two young Inner Sect Disciples ahead of him were also preparing to enter the Mission Hall, chatting with each other, their words drifting into Qi Chuan's ears.
"A True Disciple seat has opened up?"
Qi Chuan was startled upon hearing the news. He had no interest in whether Yun Qingyue was a True Disciple or an Elder, but he was extremely interested in the vacant True