97: Chapter Ninety Seven : A Gathering of Legacy and Lightning 97: Chapter Ninety Seven : A Gathering of Legacy and Lightning Chapter Ninety Seven : A Gathering of Legacy and Lightning In a sect, there are grand sect tournants.
In a clan, there are clan competitions.
These events test the strength and cultivation progress of the younger generation.
Fang Ting decided that, on the third anniversary of his taking up the mantle of clan leader, the Fang clan would host its first internal martial competition.
The first goal: to motivate the clan’s younger cultivators, giving them both pressure and incentive.
Pressure—because those who ranked low would be laughed at.
Incentive—because those who placed high would earn generous rewards.
The second goal: to gather all the young talents in one place, in case any hidden Heaven’s Chosen had been overlooked.
Better to find them early and invest in them while there was ti.
After informing the elders, preparations began.
This was a big deal for the Fang clan.
In the past, they’d never held a tournant—not enough people, not enough extra treasures to give as prizes.
The event’s organization fell to the Fourth Elder.
Though he ranked fourth in strength, he was the eldest in age—his hair already graying.
Recently, he’d been coming to Fang Ting with a new question every day.
“Clan Leader, can Mu Ge and Little Luo participate?” Fang Ting gave him a deadpan look.
What kind of beastly question is that?
They were only at mid-Core Formation, sure, but even early Purple Palace cultivators wouldn’t be confident beating them.
Let them join?
They’d steamroll the others.
The point of this tournant was to pressure and inspire the youth, not crush their cultivation hearts into dust.
“They don’t need to participate,” Fang Ting replied flatly.
The elder jotted that down, then asked again: “You ntioned this ‘double-elimination’ format… isn’t that more complicated than a regular knockout?” Fang Ting cut him off with a wave.
“This tournant is for testing real strength, not just picking a winner.
A double-elimination bracket lets participants lose once and still show their full potential.” Normally, it’s simple elimination—win and advance, lose and you’re out.
But for this clan’s purposes, that was too rigid.
That’s why Fang Ting had pushed for the new format.
The Fourth Elder nodded like he understood, though his eyes said otherwise.
Seeing he still had more questions, Fang Ting simply dismissed him.
If he ca with real logistical issues, that’d be fine.
But it was always obvious stuff—like he was just bored and looking for soone to chat with.
Originally, Fang Ting had given him the job because all the other elders were busy, and he didn’t want the old man idle.
Now it seed like he’d made a mistake.
Ti passed quickly, and soon it was the day of the Fang Clan Tournant.
The Fang family estate was massive.
In the rear courtyard, there was a dedicated martial field with ten dueling platforms.
Normally, clan mbers would train here or in the rear mountain area.
But today, almost the entire clan had turned out, excited to witness the first internal martial competition.
As the clan leader, Fang Ting had to say a few words before the opening.
He rose into the air, hands behind his back, hovering in front of the crowd below.
Every one of them looked up at him with admiration and reverence.
In the three years since he beca clan leader, the Fang clan had undergone a radical transformation.
His leadership had been visible to all.
In their eyes, Fang Ting had beco the sky itself.
His word carried more weight than anyone else’s.
Sotis, just getting a greeting from him was enough to make a clan mber’s day.
“Ahem… The Fang Clan Martial Tournant—officially begins!” And with that, Fang Ting sat back down.
The crowd hadn’t even reacted.
Wait.
That’s it?
It started?
It’s over?!
That was fast!
Other leaders would go on and on, speeches stretching from the origin of the world to the current year.
Fang Ting?
One line.
Done.
Once everyone snapped out of their daze, the event proceeded according to the carefully laid plans.
The Fang clan had two smaller branch lines in Yunshan City and Yuhe City.
Every year on the seventh month, the Fifth Elder would visit them to test for cultivation potential, bringing any qualified youths back.
As a result, almost all clan mbers capable of cultivation were gathered here.
This year, 550 people were participating in the tournant.
Most were in the Qi Condensation and Spirit Gathering Realms, though there were a few brave Body Tempering cultivators as well.
Three years ago, the Fang clan had only fifty or so people at those realms combined.
Now the number had increased tenfold.
Back then, they had no wealth, no resources, no guidance.
Now they had everything—wealth, cultivation thods, places to train—and their potential had risen accordingly.
BOOM!
On one of the platforms, Fang Yan punched his opponent off the stage.
The loser staggered back and finally fell to the ground.
“Fang Yan—advances!” The defeated cousin climbed up, cupped his fists, and said, “Cousin, you’re incredible.
I’m completely convinced.” Fang Yan smiled modestly.
“You’ve only trained two years less than .
You’ve got a great future.” As the third Core Formation cultivator of the younger generation, Fang Yan’s participation was admittedly a little overkill.
But Fang Ting allowed it—he wanted Fang Yan to set a benchmark for the others.
Why not use Fang Mu Ge or Fang Luo as the benchmark?
Because goals need to be reachable.
If soone is so far above you that you can never catch up, they’re not an inspiration—they’re a discouragent.
Aside from Fang Yan, the other anti-bandit squad mbers advanced easily—most of their matches ended in domination.
They had better talent, more resources, and worked harder.
Their performance was only natural.
Seated at the head of the arena, Fang Ting watched carefully—his eyes scanning every platform.
He was almost personally observing every match.
He had a very specific goal.
Through their duels, he wanted to identify anyone with problematic behavior or unstable personality traits.
The clan had grown large.
And with numbers ca the inevitability of internal risk.
If soone had a twisted personality—like being cowardly to the strong, vicious to the weak, deceitful or selfish— Then that person had to be corrected imdiately.
And if correction wasn’t possible, they had to be eliminated.
Such people could not be allowed to beco a threat.
Fang Ting wasn’t the only one.
The other elders had been instructed to watch closely too.
People often said that a man’s character is revealed in how he drinks.
But in truth, you can see it more clearly in battle.
The more that’s at stake, the clearer a person’s nature becos.
To make the competition serious, Fang Ting had prepared extrely generous rewards— From first to thirtieth place, everyone would be rewarded.
Even by the standards of third- or second-tier forces, those prizes would be considered outstanding.
Under that kind of incentive, the clan mbers fought with everything they had.
Of course, so also tried to cut corners or cheat.
But Fang Ting and the seven elders had eyes like hawks.
They were watching for any signs of those who fought without honor or bottom line.
And, as always— Fang Ting was still keeping an eye out for the fourth Heaven’s Chosen.
So far… still no sign.
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