The following month passed peacefully for the entire Xiao Clan.
Xun'er not only recovered from her weakened state, but her cultivation advanced another step, reaching Eight-Star Dou Ling.
Qing Lin, meanwhile, broke through two stars in succession, reaching Three-Star Dou Grandmaster.
Aside from that, after successfully digesting the Jalie Clan and Aoba Clan, the entire Xiao Clan expanded further and became the undisputed hegemon of Wutan City.
When the Xiao Clan had originally fought the Jalie Clan, its annual profits had amounted to no more than several hundred thousand gold coins.
After becoming Wutan City's monopolist, not only were some of the Xiao Clan's goods reduced in price, but its profits also successfully doubled, bringing in more than a million gold coins a year.
After all, with those pointless expenses caused by competition gone, profits naturally soared.
Moreover, the entire Wutan City benefited as well.
Rather than raising prices after one clan became dominant, the Xiao Clan had instead lowered its costs and passed the savings on, allowing the mercenaries in Wutan City to gain tangible benefits.
This had been beyond everyone's expectations.
Soon, a full year had passed since the last adult testing ceremony.
Tomorrow was the Xiao Clan's annual adult testing ceremony, and this year's ceremony had attracted considerable attention.
That was because several of the Xiao Clan's most watched core members would all participate in it.
Everyone was curious to see how much Xiao Jin and the others had grown over the past year.
Thanks to the increased profits, Xiao Zhan had also successfully replaced the Testing Monument, preventing a repeat of the scene from last year, when Xiao Jin had managed to show off.
The current Testing Monument was sufficient to test cultivation at the Dou Wang level.
"Xiao Ning, Four-Star Dou Zhe, high-grade talent!"
"Xiao