He counted the time remaining. There was less than half a year until the Sect's Autumn Sword-Tournament, and he needed to prepare properly.
Xu Qingtong's Incarnation put away the restriction formation, left the summit of Cloudsky Peak, and returned to his cave abode. After he merged with his original body, the two primordial spirits communicated for a while, gradually gaining a sense of mingling like milk and water.
Xu Qingtong pondered for a moment, then sent voice transmissions to Du Siwen and Ding Jiayue separately, asking them to come to the Council Hall to discuss something.
A short while later, the three arrived at the Council Hall one after another.
"Little Junior Brother, what did you call us here for?" Du Siwen asked.
"Senior Sister, there's less than half a year until the Sect's Autumn Sword-Tournament. We need to start preparing!" Xu Qingtong said.
"What do you have in mind, Peak Master?" Ding Jiayue asked.
Xu Qingtong considered for a moment, then said, "The Autumn Sword-Tournament selects inner disciples and elite disciples. I'd like to hold a selection on our peak first, to choose the disciples who will take part."
Du Siwen said, "How will we select them? We can't have lower-level disciples competing against higher-level disciples!"
"We'll divide the disciples into two groups. Those below the fifth layer of Qi Refining will compete for inner disciple positions, and those above the fifth layer will take part in the elite martial disciple selection," Xu Qingtong said.
"Then when do you plan to hold the selection?" Du Siwen asked.
"Jia Yue, send word to Senior Brother Zhuang and Lei Wei. Have them bring the disciples back. Take a few disciples who don't intend to participate in the selection and relieve Senior Brother Zhuang at the Spirit Stone Mine. You only need