"Everyone, cast your votes!" Inside the great hall, Ye Xuecang activated the formation to its utmost limit before speaking.
Unlike other matters, which could be delayed or handled with leniency, the Beast-Link Mark was the Ye Family's greatest concern.
Even core family members' relatives such as Chu Yanqing could not be told of this matter.
Naturally, it required the strictest secrecy and treatment.
Of course, the voting itself was simple. Everyone could cast either an approving or opposing vote for each clansman.
At the same time, every cultivator had to cast at least two opposing votes.
Only those approved by more than half the cultivators could enter the Beast-Link Mark's final loyalty assessment.
Each person also held a jade slip containing detailed accounts of every assessed clansman's assessment tasks and their performance since entering Spirit Mountain.
It even included detailed records of their performance at the clan school.
The Ye Family's clan school was far stricter than those of ordinary families. Besides daily cultivation, it also nurtured a sense of belonging to the family and made them remember the deeds of the family's heroic elders.
During clan school assessments, illusion trials were even interspersed throughout. Most of these illusion trials depicted how a clansman would act when the Ye Family faced a crisis, or when a treasure appeared and the family had to make a choice.
These performances in illusion formations ordinarily had no other effect on a clansman's growth within the family, and even clansmen without Ye Family bloodlines could participate.
Only in the Beast-Link Mark assessment and the Inner Hall assessment did they account for an enormous proportion.
And this was what best ensured that a cultivator remained true to their original heart.
Ye Xuecang also held a jade slip in his hand.
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