The Azure Cloud Sect.
After Lin Mo descended the mountain, Han Kang soon entered seclusion as well, both to consolidate his cultivation at the ninth layer of the Golden Core and to attempt to form a nascent soul.
Normally, cultivators would only attempt core shattering and nascent soul formation after reaching Golden Core perfection.
In truth, however, anyone who had entered the late Golden Core stage had a chance of forming a nascent soul. The success rate was simply so appallingly low that no one was willing to try.
Han Kang had made this choice out of sheer necessity.
The Eight Great Households were right on their doorstep, with two Nascent Soul cultivators presiding over them. It was only a matter of time before they became the strongest power in the Eastern Province, and the territory under their control was steadily expanding.
Thanks to Lin Mo's relationship with the Eight Great Households, the Azure Cloud Sect had not suffered any adverse effects. On the contrary, the Eight Great Households' discreet support had greatly improved the other sects' attitudes toward it.
Previously, the Azure Cloud Sect had merely been the leader of the Righteous Sects in White Jade Ravine. Now, its reputation had spread throughout the Eastern Province.
Meanwhile, thanks to the Eight Great Households' deliberate publicity, Elder Lin Mo, possessor of a "wood-type special physique," had become a mysterious figure spoken of by cultivators throughout the Eastern Province.
The Eight Great Households certainly meant well, but for the Azure Cloud Sect and Han Kang himself, their stature truly fell short of their lofty position.
After all, Han Kang had only just advanced to the ninth layer of the Golden Core. Without a Nascent Soul cultivator presiding over the sect, they would sooner or later attract covetous eyes and invite unforeseeable