To the rest of the sect who were aware that the sect leader had an adopted son, they only knew that he had been trying to form his first nascent soul but didn't know which Dao he was using to do so...
Thus, they thought Gong Yi wasn't just talented enough to step into the nascent soul in one go…
But they didn't understand that the first nascent soul is the foundation and the leader of every other nascent soul and its limits would absolutely determine the limits of every other nascent soul one forms from then on…
Meanwhile back at the commotion happening in District 21, the moment Shen Yang tried to touch Qing Tan on the face, she slapped his hands away;
"Only one person is allowed to touch me that way, and you're not him…"