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The Yang Family had been developing for seventy to eighty years, from the original two to three hundred families with a population of less than two thousand cultivators, to the current two thousand families with a population of more than ten thousand cultivators.
In short, the Yang men were very popular in Mengyu County. Not to mention those who had formed a marriage alliance to send off their daughters, there were more than one or two women with the slightly capable Yang men, and even the Yang women did not worry about marrying, so they were not few in number.
To put it in an exaggeration, out of the seven to eight thousand people in the Yang family, about a third of them came from wives, concubines, and additional husbands.
Not to mention the various small families, powers, and relatives that have been married over the years as the Yang family rose to power.
Of course, the main body of the Yang family wasn't the over 10,000 people tribe, but the core of the nearly 1,000 Yang family cultivators.
Amongst these thousand cultivators of the Yang family, nearly eighty percent of them were in the Mortal Realm. Those who had truly reached the Martial Master realm were not even two hundred, and those who were only at the first or second level of the Martial realm accounted for nearly seventy percent of them.
But even so, the Yang family's growth in strength was just as unbelievable, and all of this was built on the Yang family's years of unceasing progress.
Right now, the Yang Family resided in Mengyu County and Hu Yao County. The entire Crooked Martial Mountain range occupied a quarter of the western end, and they could support such a large group of cultivators, allowing them to advance even further.
Other than the area of influence they control, the Yang family now has a more perfect family inheritance system than before. According to the current cultivation potential, the children under the third generation can be divided into three levels: ordinary family disciples, elite disciples and core disciples.
The cultivation techniques that ordinary disciples relied on were either the magical techniques that the Yang family had accumulated over the years or the spiritual techniques that had no advancement. If an ordinary disciple reached the Martial Disciple realm, they would have a chance to choose a magical ability from the clan's inheritance grounds.
To be able to become an elite disciple, one had to at least be a Martial Disciple. Elite disciples cultivated in advanced cultivation techniques that could be inherited through the Spiritual Tier, and they even had the chance to come into contact with several precious techniques of the Yang Family. Of course, all they obtained were cultivation methods of cultivators below the Martial Disciple Stage.
Compared to ordinary disciples, elite disciples had at least two chances to choose a Spirit Ranked Divine Art. The first time was after advancing into the Martial Disciple realm, and the second time was after the aura realm.
Usually, the core disciples of the Yang Family needed to be at least at the third level of the Martial Human Realm. Other than the few high-grade precious rank inheritances, they could access most of the Yang Family's inheritances, and they also had at least three times of the spiritual powers to choose their inheritances.
However, the internal competition within the Yang family was extremely strong, so it was normal for ordinary disciples to be considered ordinary disciples as long as they could be integrated with immortal spirits. However, becoming an elite disciple was not easy at all.
Other than the fact that becoming an elite disciple required a strong martial cultivator's cultivation, the only way to become an elite disciple was through the Yang Family's annual Small Competition and the Large Competition that happened every three years.
However, the Yang Family's Large Competition was more strict, and the number of elite disciples they recruited was also very few. Usually, the annual Small Competition would only take in the top two as their elite disciples, and the Large Competition every three years was comparable to the first eight places.
In other words, every three years, there would only be twelve elite disciples in the entire Yang family. Of these, only the members of the Yang family participated in the Small Competition, and only the members of the Yang family were allowed to participate in the Large Competition every three years.
Every three years, from the six towns of Mengyu County to the six towns of Hu Yao County, a total of twenty-eight outstanding outer clan disciples would be selected to participate in the Yang Family Competition. If one of them could enter the top eight, he would be treated as an elite disciple of the Yang Family.
And the other outer sect disciples that were not chosen could also enjoy the treatment of an ordinary disciple of the Yang family, in the future, as a vassal force of the Yang family, charging in for the Yang family.
It could be said that every three years, the Yang family's elite cultivators would pick a competition, and it was the biggest gathering in the area controlled by the Yang family.
As for the selection of the Yang Family's most important core disciples, it was a lot more low-profile and secretive. Moreover, in order to become a core disciple, one had to go through the approval of the five core disciples of the Yang Family. Until now, only the Yang Family's own clansmen and the other core disciples of the real disciples, such as Yang Tian Gang's only disciple, Su Bao Zhang.
After the Yang Clan and Tan Xi Sect obtained the twelve True Demon Peaks' great victory, the Yang Clan welcomed the grandest gathering of elite disciples in decades. Moreover, this gathering was said to be personally hosted by the Yang Clan's patriarch, the Xuan Core Realm cultivator, Yang Tian!
Moreover, it was said that other than Spiritual Master Yang Tian Gang, it was possible that both Spiritual Master Yang Junshan and Spiritual Master Yang Junping would also show up for this grand event. Even the true disciple of the Flying Stream Sect, Spiritual Master Xia Yuanyuan, who had a strong reputation in the entire Yuzhou Cultivation World, could come to the Xishan Village to challenge Dao Master Jun Shan.
At that time, the cultivators who came to the town would most likely see a battle between Heavenly Dipper Sovereigns. This was a grand occasion that most cultivators would never be able to witness in their entire lives!
The twenty-eight elites from the twelve towns of Mengyu and Hu Yao had already arrived at the town. They were going to compete with the fifty-three Yang Family martial artists for the remaining eight spots.
Other than these elites, a large number of spectating cultivators came from the Wasteland Town. They were mainly cultivators from Meng Yu County and Hu Yao County, under the jurisdiction of the Yang Family.
The more people there were, the more accidents happened. These days, in order to prevent any accidents from happening, the Yang family led the elite disciples and took turns patrolling the whole Wasteland Town day and night. In addition, the high-level cultivators of the Yang family had been active in all kinds of major events in the cultivation world of Yuzhou for a long time, so no one dared to openly challenge the Yang family's bottom line.
Although everything in Wasteland Town was still firmly under the control of the Yang family, Yang Tian still did not dare to be careless. On the surface, besides the elite Yang family disciples that led the martial realm patrolling team, they also sent out Jun Shan, Jun Ping, and Jun Qi to wander around the Wasteland Town from time to time.
On this day, Yang Junshan coincidentally had nothing to do, so on a whim, he decided to roam around. After saying goodbye to Old Yang, he restrained the cultivators and left Xishan Village.
Right now, from the western mountain village all the way to the defensive base of Wasteland Town, it had spontaneously formed a bustling corridor filled with cultivators. Coupled with the three-yearly Yang Clan Elite Tournament, this generation was even more prosperous.
Yang Junshan felt that there was a lot of noise, so he found himself wandering in a random direction. After a while, he realized that he had reached the edge of the river, and was moving more than ten miles southeast from it.1
At this moment, Yang Junshan suddenly exclaimed. He found there was some spiritual qi gathering and fluctuating on the surface of the river.
"What a coincidence, someone is actually practicing a spell here!"
Yang Junshan walked towards the place where the spiritual qi gathered, only to see a bend in the river. The river was flowing fast here, but the spiritual qi was congealing in the air, which showed that the cultivator's cultivation was at a high level, and the cultivator was still standing at the bottom of the water. It seemed that he had endured under the impact of the water for quite a long time, which also showed that his body was doing quite well.
Yang Junshan scanned the surroundings with his Spiritual Sense. Almost everything about the cultivator had been exposed to him, but this little cultivator was actually very daring, and was actually immersed in cultivating in the river without any protective measures. If someone disturbed him at this time, even if it was just a prank, it could destroy the man's cultivation atmosphere and drive him insane; Yang Junshan decided to stay by the river to guard him.
No one knew which clan this cultivator came from, to be so careless!
When Yang Junshan had just stood by the river, he heard footsteps from the reeds in the distance. A voice said: "That Ding Rulan is usually training in the water, and now there is only this stream of water in the vicinity of Xishan Village. As long as we follow the river and search, we will be able to find her trail."
At this time, another voice sounded out: "Brother Ma, is this appropriate? No matter what, Ding Rulan is one of the two seeds chosen by our Wilderness Town to participate in this year's Yang Family's Eminent Class Meeting, and her name has already been truthfully reported. Even if we beat her now, I'm afraid she won't get the qualification to participate in the meeting."
"Hmph, that Ding Ru Lan is extremely arrogant. As long as you can defeat her, she will definitely withdraw from this year's elite gathering, and even if Brother Tang doesn't have the qualifications, the villages in the Wilderness Town will still implore Yang Zhen to add your name. Don't forget, if Brother Tang has the chance to become one of the Yang family's elite disciples, then the whole Wilderness Town will benefit as well."
"I also feel that it's a bit despicable. After all, Ding Rulan has already recorded the list of elites to be selected."
"That's all because you missed the selection, Brother Tang. If you had been present at that time, it's still unknown whether or not this Ding Ru Lan could have obtained one of the two spots!"
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