In the main hall, young and old alike bristled with righteous indignation over profit.
"Then... there's only one token. Who gets it?"
The words were like a basin of cold water falling from the sky. Apart from two or three people, everyone else showed regret. Clearly, they knew their own children lacked the ability to obtain the token; only the children of those with real power in the Lineage might be able to go up the mountain. Only then did they understand why two seven- or eight-year-old boys had been brought to this family meeting. Everything had long been arranged. The meeting was purely for show.
"There are three seven- or eight-year-old boys in our Zhuo family. Aside from that bastard, there's only Eldest Brother's youngest son and Third Brother's third son. Which one gets the token and goes to Mount Hua will depend on your own abilities. Someone, go to the treasury and bring the Testing Jade Talisman. Let's see which of the two boys has the fortune."
He spoke as lightly as drifting clouds and a gentle breeze, as though the item in that orphan's possession had nothing to do with him and could be disposed of however he pleased.
In feudal times, the family represented everything. Clan Elders even had the power to decide life and death. In truth, there were several other seven- or eight-year-old boys in the clan, but who told them to be born of concubine branches rather than the direct line?
Testing Jade Talismans were common in the cultivation world. Whether large sects or small, all kept some in reserve. Their greatest use was testing whether a person's Spirit Root was suitable for cultivation. Any family with some means and knowledge of the cultivation world would spend a vast sum to buy one.