Generally speaking, most of those disciples came from good backgrounds.
It was not really that they possessed outstanding aptitude or astonishing mental cultivation. From what Wang Yan had observed during his time in the Firecloud Sect, many of its Cultivation Realm disciples had actually gotten in through connections: younger brothers or sisters of Core Condensation Realm cultivators, children of great Lineages, or even descendants of Golden Core Cultivators on certain peaks...
Many Rogue Cultivators actually had better aptitude and stronger minds. Without access to such fine pills or environments rich in spiritual energy, they had still managed to reach full completion of the Cultivation Realm. That was even more remarkable.
When these Rogue Cultivators and cultivators from small Lineages entered major sects, the resources and spiritually rich surroundings naturally helped them progress faster...
Thus, although it was already astonishing for three or four out of twenty-odd cultivators at full completion of the Cultivation Realm to advance to the Core Condensation Realm, it was still within reason.
Of course.
Regardless of their backgrounds, any Cultivation Realm disciples who failed to advance to the Core Condensation Realm by thirty would be kicked straight out of the Firecloud Sect, sent to a Branch Hall, or simply returned to their Lineages to cultivate. If they still had not reached the Core Condensation Realm after thirty, there was little room left for their development as cultivators. Even if they managed the breakthrough by sheer luck, they would find it difficult to reach a higher realm... unless they encountered some heaven-defying opportunity.
Naturally, the Firecloud Sect could not afford to spend resources on such cultivators...
Thinking about it.
Wang Yan was only a little over sixteen, yet he was already a Core Condensation Realm cultivator. That was extraordinarily impressive.
Of course.
Compared with those heaven-defying