Marsh-Heaven Hall.
The hall was magnificent. Water Spring Jade paved its floors, and light from Winnowing Basket Water gathered on all sides, carrying the nourishing breath of Water Virtue.
If an ordinary Winnowing Basket Water cultivator trained here and practiced Qi Ingestion, the path to Dao Foundation would be almost entirely smooth.
Even a Purple Mansion True Person would benefit considerably.
At that moment, Great True Person Fang Daoling sat in the seat of honor. He sighed, looking rather forlorn.
Outside.
Dark clouds crowded the sky. A dreary rain fell, turning murky as it struck the ground before the Purple Mansion formation cleansed it away...
"The rain has turned from clear to foul and spread across an entire commandery. This is the omen of a failed Purple Mansion breakthrough..."
"It seems... Fang Xianzhi failed too. Before her, Fang Miaoyun met the same fate..."
The Fang Family's generational names had followed the words their ancestor left behind: "Taiyi Supreme Way, Profound Subtlety Wondrous Immortal." They had long since used up those words, so Fang Daoling had devised new ones.
He belonged to the Dao generation. The two descendants of his clan in whom he had placed such high hopes belonged to the Miao and Xian generations.
It was now around the eightieth year of the New Calendar. Even the generational names he had devised earlier were nearly exhausted.
But most of the children born later had shallow cultivation, still circling around Qi Ingestion and Early Dao Foundation.
The clan's backbone still came from the five generations named Xuan, Wei, Zhi, Miao, and Xian. Among the earlier generations, some who had never reached Dao Foundation had already died when their lifespans ran out.
Though Fang Daoling had attained Purple Mansion and cultivated swiftly, he remained devoted to raising up the younger members