Beyond Reach

Longevity Sect Inner Sect.

Azure Cloud Peak was one of the Inner Sect Thirty-Six Peaks.

The name Azure Cloud signified soaring straight into the azure heavens.

Upon the towering peak, only three hundred and sixty cave estates were scattered like stars across its slopes.

Those Inner Sect disciples who excelled in the Inner Sect examinations could reside on this peak and enjoy additional Azure Cloud Subsidies. Its spiritual energy environment and Spirit Stone resources far surpassed those of ordinary Inner Sect disciples.

Being able to dwell upon Azure Cloud often meant that the higher rank of Nine Veins Disciple was but a stone's throw away.

Once the Nine Veins examinations arrived, they only needed to pass the assessments of each vein to enter one of them and attain the honored status of a personal disciple.

The Nine Veins examinations were held once every ten years. Although ordinary Inner Sect disciples could also participate, during every such examination, ninety percent of those accepted into the Longevity Nine Veins as personal disciples were Inner Sect disciples residing on Azure Cloud Peak.

Thus, Azure Cloud Disciples were often known as prospective personal disciples.

When Lie Yan first entered the Inner Sect, he had merely been a Qi Refining cultivator. Though his talent was exceptional, within the Longevity Sect Inner Sect, he had been little more than an unnoticed face.

After all, the Longevity Sect did not lack people of extraordinary talent.

Though Heavenly Spiritual Roots were rare, they were by no means uncommon within the Longevity Sect.

This unnoticed state continued until the Inner Sect examinations several years ago.

With a saber in hand, Lie Yan swept through the Inner Sect examinations without equal. With only Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation, he had placed ninth in the examinations!

He became famous in a