??From what Yang Qing could detect she was already at the peak of the first stage of the foundation establishnt realm and it was stable. Yang Qing could also tell from the brief scan that the age she was depicting was her real age. She looked to be about 37.
Even though a 37-year-old early foundation establishnt cultivator was nothing much when compared to other high-ranking organizations, it was sothing major in a small family such as the Murong family which only had ageing qi refinent cultivators who were at death's door.
Those who break through to the late stages of the qi refinent realm usually get a lifespan of about 200-300 years and from what Yang Qing could detect the majority of the elders present had all reached the 250-year mark.
Only the clan patriarch, Murong Jie seed younger at 150 years. While they may have the highest cultivation bases excluding the lady, their age ant their hopes of reaching the foundation establishnt stage were slim to none.
A decrease in vitality ant their sensitivity to qi and also their internal energy had dwindled so much that it made their journey to the foundation establishnt stage an impossibility. And those who by so miracle do reach a point of attempting a breakthrough, suffer the risk of dying in the process due to how much energy and concentration it requires in a person.
But having such a young foundation establishnt mber ensured they would atleast guarantee their survival as a rank 5 clan for atleast 1,000 years without risk of demotion. A lot could change within 1,000 years, especially with the one quota given where they could have one of their mbers trained at the Order every three years since every mber receives a three-year training period at the Order.
That ans in 1,000 years they could have 300 of their clan mbers train at the Order which would qualitatively change their power composition. And who knows maybe in the 300 mbers they may actually get other foundation establishnt mbers.
However, all this was predicated on the assumption the lady before him would forever remain at the foundation establishnt realm. While breaking through to the core formation realm wasn't easy, especially with lightning tribulations appearing from that realm, Yang Qing thought the odds of her breaking through was much higher considering how young she was.
As long as she took her ti solidifying her cultivation base every step of the way she would breeze through it. Most, at the Order even sleep through it, it's only when they are breaking through to the palace realm do they have to be a tad bit serious.
"The only thing that may hold her back is her cultivation art but if she is the one who gets the quota to co to the Order she will be training in an orange-grade art for free and depending on her aptitude she may get the high ranking one," thought Yang Qing.
Even though she'd be forbidden to share it with her clan mbers, she could continue to use the art even after she completed her training. And if the Murong family paid the equivalent price they could even buy the rights to use it with no restrictions.
The Order didn't have any shortage of Orange grade arts so they had no scruples about selling them considering the tradeoff. They'd get to sow goodwill with these organizations all at the re price of an orange-grade art.
A lot of new rank 4 and a few rank 3 organizations grew from that single opportunity.
"Maybe next ti I co here it will be for a rank 4 promotion and then the balance of power in the southern continent will beco even more chaotic," Yang Qing thought as he chuckled inwardly.
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"Clan head Murong Jie where would you like to conduct the evaluation," Yang Qing asked once he pulled his thoughts back.
He had already confird everything he needed with his palace sense and the evaluation he would be conducting was more perfunctory.
"Let's do it in the clan assembly hall," Murong Jie calmly said trying to hide the excitent in his tone. The elders behind him were already trembling and the other clan mbers who had been gawking by lit up once they heard the words evaluation. So even ran to call their friends.
"Okay," said Yang Qing as he nodded.
"Envoy Yang Qing, can the rest of the clan mbers watch? I promise the clan hall has a huge space and the mbers present won't be many just a hundred or so. It's such a huge occasion and I'd like the young ones to be present too so they could get motivated. It's too late for us but for them..," Murong Jie hesitantly asked as he cupped his fists in a plea.
"I don't mind, you can bring them in and it doesn't have to just be a hundred, bring as many as can fit into the hall. It's a celebration for you all, you should all be there to witness it and the evaluation process doesn't take much ti either," Yang Qing lightly said.
His response caused a massive wave of roar from the young clan mbers who had been eavesdropping on the whole thing from different sides all around. It was only when they were glared at by the elders did they calm down.
Zou Yi and Zou Liqin were taken aback by the atmosphere and mood. With their age and prior starting point, they still couldn't understand how important and life-changing such a mont was to the Murong family.
To them, it may just be a normal recognition but to the Murong family, it is the fulfillnt of the countless generations of Murong mbers and the start of a new journey where sothing special may happen like maybe thousands of years later they may turn into a rank 3 family and the catapult for that journey was the evaluation happening today.
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A few minutes later they made their way into the clan assembly hall. It was archaic looking in a do shape with a few spirit-calming incense sticks burning.
From its size, it could easily fit a thousand people comfortably. There were cultivation cushions neatly spread about the hall room and a slightly raised platform on the north side of the hall. It had a hint of mysticism that made it stand out in the whole hall room.
Yang Qing, the Zou siblings, the elders, and the young lady all made their way to their platform as other senior mbers went to maintain order in the entry of other mbers to make sure they didn't cause a ruckus.
After a couple of minutes, the whole hall room was completely filled though it didn't feel congested. Young and old were all excitingly looking straight at the platform afraid to even blink fearing they may miss a single mont of it.
There was not a single mber who was left out. Since the Murong family wasn't a large clan the hall room that had a capacity of a thousand fit everyone perfectly and even left a few spaces for others.
If they knew Yang Qing's date of arrival they may have invited a few other organizations they had a good relationship with to celebrate but Yang Qing's impromptu visit made it so that only the clan mbers would be in attendance.
"Let's begin," Yang Qing softly said as his robe transford into his official deep blue judge robes in all its grandeur.
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