The night's tranquility faded, and dawn once more spilled forth from the edge of the sky.
The faint morning light gleamed golden, much like the Ye Family of today—brimming with vitality.
The Ascension Conference had ended. All the mortal town chiefs departed, while the immortal seedlings entered the family school.
Ye Qingfeng and Ye Qingnian were naturally among them. To obtain the Ye Family's Beast-Link Mark, one had to attend the family school and possess both the Ye Family's cohesion and sense of honor.
Thus, although Chu Yanqing wanted to keep the two children by her side, she still sent them into the family school.
Besides the Ye Family's family school, the various family competitions were also being held in full swing.
The emergence of Nascent Soul-level combat power, the talents of the family's immortal seedlings, and the family's stipend policies all spurred every clansman onward.
The family competitions were divided into three categories in total.
The first was the assessment of practical arts.
It was evaluated by the ten halls.
For example, the Array, Alchemy, Artifact, and Talisman Halls each assessed the advancement of their corresponding arts.
The second concerned cultivation level, consisting of combat competitions among all clansmen.
This also prevented some clansmen from disregarding pill toxins and ending up with unstable cultivation.
The third was a cultivation competition unique to the Ye Family.
For halls such as the Beast Hall and Spirit Plant Hall, assessments could be based on a cultivator's spirit beasts.
For instance, if a clansman's spirit beast broke through to the initial Second Order or even the middle Second Order, rewards would be granted.
The same applied to Wood Demons and spirit plants.
As long as they had not relied on the family's assistance and had personally enabled their spirit beasts or spirit plants