Shen Yuan Ring

"To prevent a repeat of the tragedy of three hundred years ago, our five major families and various parties have reached an agreement that this inheritance secret realm can only be contested by the younger generation, with the age limit being under fourteen. Each of our five major families will send 20 people, and another 40 people will be selected from Daoshu City through fair duels, for a total of 140 people to enter the secret realm."

"Furthermore, according to the verification of the array master, the array in this secret realm will enter a period of decline in a year, at which time the array master will establish a temporary passage to the secret realm."

"Therefore, in order to actively respond to this sudden inheritance secret realm, I propose that a month later, a selection be held among the family's geniuses under the age of fourteen to form a 20-person assault team, specifically for the inheritance secret realm a year from now. The family will also provide them with a year of intensive training."

After Grand Steward Ji Yang finished speaking, Ji Hai immediately said, "I strongly agree with Grand Steward's proposal. Of course, in order to treat every clansman more fairly, I have a small suggestion, which is to select five geniuses from each age group from ten to thirteen years old for training."

Immediately, the various deacons in the conference room began to discuss the matter.

A few minutes later, the second steward, Sun Jiaping, asked in confusion, "Patriarch, since we are vying for Qi Wei's inheritance, why not focus on training thirteen-year-old children? Most of them have been cultivating for three years, which is incomparable to those ten-year-old children who have just started cultivating."

Hearing Sun Jiaping's words, everyone immediately felt that they made a lot of sense, and for a moment they did not understand why the patriarch would allocate the quotas in this way.

Even the Grand Elder Ji Yang, who made the suggestion, was puzzled as to why the patriarch had differentiated the age of the cultivated geniuses.

After looking around, Ji Hai addressed the assembled deacons, "Besides this question, do any of you deacons have any other questions?"

Seeing that no one had any further questions, Ji Hai began, "Then I'll explain it to you. First of all, our goal is to inherit Qi Wei's legacy. Since it's an inheritance, it definitely requires geniuses, and powerful geniuses at that. Conducting selections at different age levels will not only allow the younger generation of geniuses in the family to grow quickly, but also give them a greater chance of winning the inheritance."

Ji Hai paused for a moment and then continued, "You all don't think that cultivating for a few more years will necessarily make you stronger than those who start cultivating later, do you?"

"Is not it?"

"Of course, although the higher the cultivation level, the greater the power one wields, it doesn't mean that one's strength is stronger than someone with a lower cultivation level. Moreover, the family will be training them for a year, and even the geniuses who just awakened this year will have undergone a complete transformation by then."

After Ji Hai's explanation, the deacons suddenly understood. Although they didn't want to admit it, it was the truth: the cultivation world was cruel, and the better one's talent, the faster one's cultivation speed.

Seeing that everyone had agreed with his point of view, Ji Hai said again, "So, does everyone agree with my suggestion just now?"

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After all the deacons agreed,

Ji Hai said, "Since everyone has agreed, Grand Steward, you will be in charge of this matter."

Grand Steward Ji Yang: "Yes, Patriarch, I guarantee to complete the mission."

Ji Hai said, "Then let's move on to the next topic. Do you think the other four major families will make any other moves in this inheritance secret realm? Although we appear to be on good terms, there are undercurrents running deep! Many people may die in this secret realm, and the younger generation of each family may even be wiped out. At that time, the entire Daoshu City may be reshuffled, so we have to prepare for the worst."

For a moment, the conference room was eerily quiet; the stewards hadn't expected the patriarch to have thought of this.

Seeing that no one spoke, Ji Hai continued, "Of course, I have some good news to share with everyone. I will be going into seclusion soon to break through to the Divine Realm. During my seclusion, the Grand Steward will handle all matters concerning the family."

The head steward asked incredulously, "Patriarch, is this true?"

"Of course it's true, otherwise I wouldn't have announced it at such a grand meeting."

"Congratulations, Patriarch, on your imminent breakthrough to the Divine Realm."

The deacons displayed a variety of expressions, some surprised, some delighted, and some shocked, but they all quickly offered their congratulations.

Ji Hai looked at everyone's expressions, his face showing no emotion, but in his heart he was overjoyed. "Just the news of breaking through to the Divine Realm, and you're all so shocked. If I told you that I went into seclusion this time to break through to the Perfection of the Divine Realm, you would be scared to death."

"Ahem, I also hope that in the coming year, all of you in this conference room will be able to break through to the Divine Realm one after another. At the same time, in order to encourage everyone to actively break through, I promise that within a year, all of you here can directly apply to your families for the resources needed to break through to the Divine Realm, and repay them after you successfully break through."

"Of course, in order to better develop the family and deal with external risks, I have also decided that if any of you deacons can break through to the Divine Realm within a year, you will be rewarded with 100,000 family contribution points."

"One hundred thousand? Patriarch, isn't that about the same amount of contribution points needed to break through to the Divine Realm? If you get one hundred thousand just to break through to the Divine Realm, isn't that equivalent to not having any contribution points you still need?"

Ji Daoyi nodded. "Yes, you can withdraw resources in advance. As long as you succeed in the breakthrough, you don't have to return the contribution points, but you only have one chance to withdraw them."

"Patriarch, why are you in such a hurry for us to break through to the Divine Realm within a year? Is it to prepare for the changes in the Inheritance Secret Realm a year from now?" a steward asked.

Ji Hai said in a deep voice, "I have a premonition that something will happen in Daoshu City a year from now. If the Ji family does not have enough experts at the Divine Realm to protect it, it may even face the calamity of extermination."

Hearing Ji Hai's heavy tone, the deacons immediately felt increased pressure. They originally thought the Inheritance Secret Realm was a good thing, but it turned out to be a sword hanging over their heads.

"Don't worry, Patriarch. This year, we will do our best to break through to the Divine Realm and will never hold the family back."

Hearing the deacons' answers, Ji Hai nodded in satisfaction.

the next day,

The Ji family then announced the selection process decided at the meeting to the entire clan.

"Brother Dao, did you know? The family will be holding a talent selection competition in a month. Those who rank highly will not only receive a year's worth of resources from the family, but will also be able to enter the Inheritance Secret Realm to seek opportunities a year later." Ji Xiaohu ran into Ji Dao's house and said excitedly.

“I already knew about this news last night. Don’t forget who my father is!” Ji Daoyi rolled his eyes at Ji Xiaohu.

“Oh right, Uncle Hai is the current head of the family, how could he not tell you about something so important?” Ji Xiaohu chuckled, scratching the back of his head.