Tapping Them Down

Yin Xia could, of course, sense the chill in Chen Yan's eyes.

Today, the moment she stepped into Du Cang Hall, she had already realized why the steward of Chenping Continent had summoned her: he wanted to put her in her place.

Meeting Chen Yan's icy gaze, Yin Xia felt no stir in her heart. She simply straightened, then bowed once more toward the handsome young man in plain white Daoist robes seated upon the white jade chair.

After True Person Bai Shang fell, Fengjian Valley had plunged from its peak to the depths, nearly falling out of the ranks of the Five Great Sects.

Yin Xia had joined this tottering edifice, already on the verge of collapse, at the very point when Fengjian Valley began its decline.

She had not revealed the full extent of her cultivation talent the day she entered Fengjian Valley.

She had been no more than an inconspicuous Inner Sect Disciple.

Given Fengjian Valley's circumstances at the time, the cultivation resources Yin Xia could obtain there were hardly any better than those available to Outer Court Disciples of the other Four Great Sects.

With cultivation resources in such desperately short supply, forget about becoming an Ascension Realm cultivator.

For Yin Xia back then, simply entering the Middle Three Realms was already the greatest challenge before her.

After Yin Xia reached the Martial Spring Realm, she finally began to distinguish herself, and one of the sect's elders recognized her talent.

But that elder held little sway within Fengjian Valley.

Even so, this gave Yin Xia enough room to maneuver.

She knew this was one of the few chances she would get to climb higher within the sect and secure better cultivation resources.

So Yin Xia began helping the elder who had recognized her talent devise plans,