Most Nascent Soul Ceremonies featured contests among the younger generation to liven things up. It was both a form of sparring and a way to add to the festive atmosphere, so the Ye Family did not refuse.
Ye Xingxiao, who was presiding over the event, glanced at Ye Qing Nian, Ye Xuecang, and Chu Yanqing. After receiving their affirmative responses,
she waved her hand, and a group of young clansmen immediately stepped out from the crowd. Yet when they saw that Ma Yu Yuan had reached the Purple Mansion Late Stage,
most of the Foundation Building Cultivators who had prepared to compete took a step back, leaving only several Purple Mansion Cultivators behind.
"Uncle Ancestor Xingxiao, let me take this one!" At last, a cultivator in yellow robes stepped forward.
"Yunkai, stop at the right point!"
Although Ye Yunkai was only at the Purple Mansion Middle Stage, he had gained no small measure of fame within the Ye Family. He bore two Five-Inch Beast Communication Marks, cultivated the Star Body Tempering Art, and possessed Water and Earth Dual Spirit Roots. His Earth Spiritual Root had an affinity scarcely inferior to that of a Heavenly Spiritual Root, making him a somewhat renowned body-refining genius of the Ye Family.
Even his contracted Spirit Beast was the Golden Giant Lizard from the Ye Family's Dragon Valley, a fourth-rank Demon King. He was one of the few Ye Family clansmen at the Purple Mansion Realm who had contracted a Demon King.
Thus, even though Ma Yu Yuan was at the Purple Mansion Late Stage, few cultivators worried that Ye Yunkai would lose.
"Please enlighten me," Ye Yunkai said first.
"Please enlighten me." After that simple exchange, the two immediately made their moves.
Although Ma Yu Yuan had proposed the contest, she surprisingly wore no