Xiao Ying's Core Formation is not something that can be achieved in half a year or a year. With the Mountain Protection Array of Chongxuan Mountain fully activated, Zhouyang didn't need to constantly guard outside her seclusion cave. Thus, life on the mountain continued as usual, except that all disciples were now prohibited from leaving the mountain gate.
And in less than two months, the assessment Zhouyang mentioned during the entry of Wang Yanzhang and Ye Yunshan as registered disciples took place as scheduled.
The assessment was personally presided over by Zhouyang to ensure that no one would show favoritism.
"To advance from Sixth-Layer Qi Cultivation to Seventh-Layer Qi Cultivation in three years, even with the aid of spirit elixirs, is indeed commendable. However, you were specially recruited for your skill in Spirit Plant Techniques. Why have you not put in effort in this skill over these three years?"
