Purple Cloud Cave, located at the deepest part of the Xiao Mansion, was perpetually guarded by the family's powerhouses, and outsiders could only dream of entering.
Even Xiao Family disciples couldn't approach it on normal days.
At a certain distance from the Purple Cloud Cave, all the clan members, including the elders and deacons, stopped in their tracks. Only the disciples who had obtained a cultivation slot were allowed to proceed.
Xiao Yi, Xiao Ruohan, Xiao Zimu, Xiao Zhuang, and the other ten people, amidst the hopeful and expectant gazes of their clan members, took their steps one by one.
They represented the most outstanding youngsters of the Xiao Family; they would be the future martial artists tasked with upholding the honor of the Xiao Family.
All clan members silently blessed them, hoping they would gain something from their time within the Purple Cloud Cave.
All but one, the Fifth Elder.
That deeply masked malicious gaze was firmly fixed on Xiao Yi's back.
