Spirit Stream Finger · Stream Interception, Advancement, Trait: Mirror Still Water · Ripple

Granny Lan sighed. Yi Yunya looked at the ten trial tickets she had brought and raised an eyebrow as well.

Just these? They wanted to win over Senior Brother Zhong Ming with such resources? Had they gone mad? And Xie Yuzhu had not even come—

The Xie Family's move had taken Yi Yunya by surprise.

In her view, although the Xie Family's power was somewhat inferior to the Yi Family's, after learning of Zhong Ming's talent, they should have sent a direct-line noble daughter to make contact, along with resources worthy of Zhong Ming's status.

Zhong Ming had comprehended Dao Rhyme in less than a month. He was practically Dragon Stream Peak's openly acknowledged True Disciple, and so long as he did not die, there was an extremely high chance that he would take the position of Dragon Stream Peak's peak master.

Someone like him deserved the Xie Family's solemn regard.

It was because she had foreseen all this that she had staked everything without hesitation and prepared herself to battle a noble daughter of the Xie Family.

Yet Xie Yuzhu's absence, along with the pitiful resources before her, left her unable to understand.

Still, she was clever after all. With a shift of her gaze, she guessed the Xie Family's intentions.

"Could the Xie Family think Zhong Ming will amount to nothing? No, that is not right. Great families never mind placing their bets in more than one place."

Small and medium-sized families had limited resources, so they carefully selected talents to nurture. Losing even one would wound their muscles and break their bones.

But large Cultivation Families like the Yi Family played differently. With abundant resources, they cast wide nets. Of the prodigies they nurtured, if one out of ten rose to prominence, they had profited.

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