All beasts submit, and the peerless imperial princess is about to defy the heavens!

Feng Ning nodded, and then he carefully circled the space again.

The two, one big and one small, held hands and walked around the entire space.

They said they went all over the place, but in reality, they only visited a limited number of places.

It mainly revolves around the small bamboo house; places further away are beyond Kongkong's reach, and she can't get there.

The two of them stopped there.

She felt she had walked around enough, so she prepared to leave.

"Kongkong, I've finished looking around here. I'll go out and cultivate now. Call me if you need anything."

Kongkong grabbed her arm, "Sister, why don't you cultivate in the space?"

Feng Ning was somewhat surprised, "Do you want to play with me?"

This child hasn't seen anyone for over ten years. Does he want someone to talk to him?

Kongkong said somewhat awkwardly, "I do want my sister to stay with me, but more importantly, I hope that my sister can cultivate in the space. The spiritual energy in the space is more concentrated than outside, and time flows faster in the space. Ten days outside only take one day in the space, which is twice as effective."

Feng Ning's eyes lit up.

"ten times?"

This isn't just achieving twice the result with half the effort, it's achieving ten times the result with half the effort!

This is a classic cheating tool!

She abandoned any thought of going out and stayed in the space to cultivate peacefully.

The warehouse contains many spirit stones of various attributes, which can assist in cultivation.

She also had gold, which was enough to cover her expenses.

But then she suddenly remembered something else.

Didn't the original owner's mother say that there were only ten thousand taels of gold in this space? Where is the gold?

She thought of that strange house and went back. She circled the table, but still couldn't find the trick.

"Empty? Why is this room empty? Wasn't there supposed to be gold?"

Kongkong shook his head. "I didn't see it. What is gold? There used to be a lot of pretty stones here, all in the backyard."

Feng Ning ran over to take a look, puzzled.

All the gold is in the backyard! It's been used as bricks to build a beautiful garden!

So he didn't even know what gold was? He used it like a brick.

She felt helpless. Oh well, he's just a silly kid, how can you blame him?

Finally, he patted his head and returned to the front yard to concentrate on his cultivation.

We can use the gold and stuff when we need it.

She has been stuck at the ninth level of Qi Refining and has no way to establish her foundation.

She needs to break through her current limitations as soon as possible, as she will be participating in the family competition in a couple of days.

When she encounters those exceptional talents, with her current strength, she shouldn't become cannon fodder.

She was not willing to admit defeat.

I prefer to use them as whetstones to make myself stronger.

She was diligently cultivating, preparing for the family competition.

Meanwhile, Hai Lingruo was also busy worrying about the family competition.

However, what she was concerned about was not how to win glory for her family.

Instead, they wanted to completely crush Feng Ning in the dust during the family competition.

Everyone is preparing for this family competition.

Amidst this tense atmosphere, the family competition finally arrived.

Early in the morning, Old Master Hai sent someone to summon Feng Ning.

When Feng Ning saw Grandpa Hai again, her sense of rejection lessened.

The old man was very pleased that the way he looked at strangers was gone.

He then looked at the others with a smile, and after everyone had arrived, he said, "Alright, everyone's here, let's set off."

As he spoke, he led a group of people toward the venue.

Upon arriving at the venue, Grandpa Hai briefed her on the family competition.

The family competition is mainly a competition organized by various aristocratic families in the Hunyuan clan to train their younger generations. Anyone who meets the requirements can participate.

Limiting it to young people under twenty is also a way to control the number of participants.

Otherwise, if someone with too high a cultivation level joins in, it might harm one's own juniors, which would be bad.

Each family sent out some people to test their talent and their combat strength.

After the competition, rankings will be determined, which is also the driving force for each family to climb up the ranks.

For no other reason than to become one of the upper-class families, or even a middle-class family.

The royal family and the three major families each have fifty slots, the middle-class families have twenty slots, and the small families have ten slots.

All in all, there are several hundred people.

Besides the participants, there were also their relatives and friends, or other onlookers.

People from other factions also came here to select promising talents. Everyone gathered in the central square, creating a huge crowd and a lively atmosphere.

The competition was naturally initiated by the royal family. After everyone had arrived, the emperor stood up and looked at the crowd.

After a passionate and impassioned speech, they finally got down to business.

Of course, he no longer needed to control the subsequent procedures, so he handed them over to his subordinates.

This person is the administrator of Hunyuan City.

Because Hunyuan City is the capital, there is no such thing as a city lord.

They simply said it was Steward Liu.

Steward Liu waved his hand and said, "Next, we will begin the first competition to test talent. Families whose names are called will come forward for the test."

There are a total of ten test stones on the field, starting with small families, then medium-sized families, and finally large families and the royal family.

Small families don't usually have that many exceptionally talented people, so after watching for a while, it lost its appeal.

Occasionally, they would see one or two promising talents, but they would only quietly make a note of them. If they could safely return from the family competition, they could try to win them over.

As for now, they will not make any statement.

Beside each test stone, someone is recording their name and talents.

Small family.

Middle-class family.

Finally, we arrived at the three major families.

The three major families in Hunyuan City are the Hai family, the Kou family, and the Liu family.

In last year's family competition, the Kou family came in first, the Hai family second, and the Liu family third.

Therefore, this year's testing will begin with the Liu family.

The Liu family members first took people up to have their talents tested.

Ten people per group, five groups in total.

The Xuanling Continent is a low-level continent, where the most common talents are the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Those who were tested before all had these five talents.

Distinguishing between good and bad means determining the strength of their attack.

For example, fire and metal are both highly offensive, while wood is slightly weaker.

For example, the Earth element has strong defensive capabilities.

As for water-based abilities, they are almost all healing abilities, with very few used for offense.

Of course, this is not always the case; some people use earth and water types for attack, or metal types for defense.

It all depends on how you choose and how you cultivate yourself.