Cao Ying's Deep Resentment

Ye Xinlan soon led the Ye Clan members here.

Upon learning that Lei Qi was willing to help, Ye Zhong, the Ye Clan's First Elder, naturally thanked him profusely.

Lei Qi merely waved his hand casually in response.

Lei Qi followed Ye Zhong to the testing site and passed with ease. Once the assessment ended, the Five Great Clans gathered at the Pill Tower's qualification examination grounds.

The examination site for the Five Great Clans was located within a specially designated hall in the inner district of Pill Saint City. It had been the exclusive venue for these assessments throughout the generations and was established by the Pill Tower, showing just how much importance the Pill Tower placed on the Five Great Clans' examination.

This examination was not conducted in secret, but rather semi-publicly. Some forces with sufficient standing would arrive here when the examination began. Countless people constantly coveted the Five Great Clans' positions, for everyone knew this was a shortcut to entering the Pill Tower's upper ranks. As long as they could cling to the Pill Tower, their faction's reputation would soar overnight.

Among the Five Great Clans, the Ye Clan's position was now hanging by a thread. If they failed this examination again, they would lose their status as one of the Five Great Clans. Once the Ye Clan lost that position, the other forces that had long been eyeing them like tigers would likely swarm forward at once.

Of course, with Lei Qi's help, the Ye Clan would at least not decline from this point onward.

When Lei Qi arrived with the Ye Clan group, he could hear plenty of ridicule aimed at them from all around. Ye Zhong seemed long accustomed to it.

Hearing the surrounding whispers, bitterness surfaced in Ye Zhong's eyes. The Ye