The establishment of Talent Hall was like a massive magnet, swiftly drawing in nearly every young genius within the Heaven Dou Empire who had not yet been recruited by Spirit Hall.
Under the joint recruitment order issued by the imperial family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, outstanding talents from the Five Elements Academies—excluding the branches directly affiliated with the Elephant Armored Sect—as well as various Soul Master clans and independent Soul Masters gradually gathered at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well Branch Sect. They came carrying their fear of Spirit Hall, their uncertainty about the future, and their desire to grow stronger.
In just half a month, fifty genius Soul Masters between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five, all with Soul Power at least at the Soul Ancestor level, had assembled.
On Trial Plaza, fifty young men and women stood in a somewhat loose formation. They wore all kinds of clothes and had wildly different temperaments. Some curiously looked over this mysterious "new home" of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; others wore proud expressions as they chatted quietly with familiar faces; still others remained silent, calmly observing. The air was filled with youthful energy, the confidence born of talent, and a faint, barely perceptible unease.
Lin Yi stood on the raised platform at the front of the formation, dressed in simple black training clothes, his posture straight and his expression calm. He made no attempt to release the pressure of his Soul Power, yet when his quiet gaze swept across the crowd, quite a few felt an inexplicable chill in their hearts. The hubbub gradually died down.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Lin Yi, the current Talent Hall Master." Lin Yi's voice was not loud, but it reached every ear clearly. "Starting today, I'll be