Several other True Persons sat to either side, each distinct in appearance. They merely sipped their tea without speaking.
Jiang Yang also noticed a girl in colorful robes standing in attendance in a corner, her features lively and her face fresh with youth.
She seemed to notice Jiang Yang looking at her. Meeting his eyes without the slightest timidity, she instead gave him a faint smile.
Just then, a True Person spoke, and Jiang Yang hastily withdrew his gaze.
"Since you managed to reach the thirtieth floor of the Heavenly Tower, you must all be outstanding talents. The Ancestral Court seeks to perpetuate our lineage and does not stint on rewards for its disciples."
True Person Xuan Di spoke first:
"Jiang Junrui, do you have any aspirations? Which peak would you like to join?"
Jiang Junrui was a young man who looked twenty-four or twenty-five. He belonged to Cold Creek Valley, and his cultivation had reached the peak of Qi Refining.
He looked unremarkable, and no one had paid him any attention beforehand, yet now he was the greatest dark horse apart from Jiang Yang.
He immediately bowed and said:
"This disciple has no other aspirations. I wish only to join Chong'e Peak. I beg your permission, True Person."
Chong'e Peak was one of Rain Xiang Mountain's five inner peaks and a heartland for the transmission of its crucial lineages. Every generation had its Purple Mansion True Persons without fail, making it the place most disciples longed to join.
"Chong'e Peak... Li Xia, what do you think of this young man?"
True Person Xuan Di turned to ask an old man in gray robes.
The gray-robed True Person called Li Xia had an aged face with a somewhat careworn look. At this, he replied:
"Mm... a high-grade spirit aperture and