Pingtian Academy had granted Jintai Prefecture around twenty recommendation slots this time.
Apart from the few slots reserved for the government, the remainder would be divided and allocated among Jintai Prefecture's Five Great Sects.
As the foremost of the five, the Cloudsoar Sect had held first place throughout the prefecture for years. With a senior from Pingtian Academy secretly looking after it, its foundations, connections, and strength surpassed those of all its peers. It would inevitably receive more slots than the other four sects, taking the largest share.
Even so, each of the other four great sects could receive two or three recommendation slots. Though seemingly few, these were extraordinary opportunities capable of reshaping a sect's future.
After all, Pingtian Academy's selection emphasized talent, temperament, and foundations, not seniority. Even if ordinary disciples obtained slots, they would struggle to pass the assessment, making their recommendations a sheer waste.
Among the younger generation of the five sects, aside from the Cloudsoar Sect with its unmatched foundations and the Heavenly Sword Sect, whose ranks produced sword-cultivating prodigies in abundance and included two young Heavenly Prodigies in the true qi realm, the Profound Truth Sect, Jadewater Palace, and Vajra Order each currently had only one Heavenly Prodigy in the true qi realm.
The Profound Truth Sect had only Yang Jing, Jadewater Palace only Lin Tao, and the Vajra Order only Huang Han-one disciple in each had entered the true qi realm.
These three would undoubtedly secure their respective sects' primary recommendation slots, serving as the core candidates their sects would spare no effort to endorse.
As for the one or two remaining slots in each sect, their leaders would need to deliberate carefully and conduct successive rounds of screening. From their vast ranks of qi-nourishing realm disciples, they would select the young disciples