The Ten Thousand Ways to Hug the Female Protagonist’s Thigh - Chapter 15.1

In the family training grounds.

New disciples from this year’s clan school and graduates from previous years who had already been dispatched to various parts of the Shao Kingdom to carry out their duties. Most of these disciples were at least at the fifth level of Qi Refinement, and some were even core disciples at the Foundation Establishment stage!

These disciples guided the new Qi Refinement disciples in their cultivation. They also sparred and practiced sword techniques and spells.

Everyone’s gaze was resolute. During this time, they had to rapidly improve their strength!

This situation wasn’t just due to the upcoming Clan Tournament.

It was also because the situation at the border fortress in the Endless Mountains had become increasingly dire!

As more and more ordinary people and cultivators fell victim to demon beast attacks, the royal family finally issued a notice to all the families in the Shao Kingdom through the government.

The notice detailed the precarious situation at the border and predicted that the next wave of demon beast attacks would occur in the latter half of the year.

In other words, it was highly likely that the beast tide would strike again after just over a year during the hottest part of the summer!

Moreover, this beast tide was expected to be more ferocious than any previous one!

Each Beast King had combat power equivalent to a cultivator at the peak of Foundation Establishment. If there were also large numbers of Desolate Beasts comparable to Golden Core cultivators or even Demonic Beasts comparable to Nascent Soul cultivators, the consequences of this beast tide would be catastrophic!

If the border fortress fell, thousands of demon beasts would devour town after town, sweeping southward and threatening the capital, Nanyang!

The royal family decreed that Nanyang and all families within the Shao Kingdom must contribute to this battle. The major families in Nanyang were primarily required to send at least two hundred Qi Refinement cultivators, forty Foundation Establishment cultivators, and five Golden Core cultivators to the border to defend the fortress!

Smaller families could reduce their numbers accordingly.

A rising family like the Wen family would need to contribute at least one hundred Qi Refinement cultivators, twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators, and two Golden Core cultivators!

This decree wasn’t just for the sake of the Shao royal family but also for the millions of people who relied on the Shao Kingdom for survival and the families themselves!

The royal family would naturally lead by example. The government announced that the royal family would contribute one hundred Foundation Establishment soldiers, ten Golden Core retainers, and even one Nascent Soul Sovereign!

With this, the decree quickly gained support from the major families.

Each family would decide who would be sent to the border. Then, all families would hold a Family Tournament to select the most suitable disciples for the mission.

Thus, the Wen family immediately revised this year’s tournament rules. It was no longer limited to new disciples from the clan school—any Wen family disciple could participate!

The tournament will be divided into two categories, Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment, to select the most outstanding and influential disciples from each stage!

No one would send the weakest or least talented disciples to the battlefield now!

These exceptional disciples needed this opportunity to undergo a baptism of blood. Those who were used to staying in the safety of the greenhouse would never grow!

Everyone knew that the family would suffer heavy losses after this beast tide. But those who survived would be battle-hardened, exceptional disciples, one in ten thousand!

In a corner of the Wen family training grounds.

“I see you practicing all day, but you’re not progressing much. If you don’t have talent, you should accept your fate. What would be the point of talent and spiritual roots if hard work alone were enough?”

Facing Wen Ling’s mockery, Wen Yue continued to practice her staff techniques, her movements fierce and powerful.

With the border situation changing, the Clan Tournament became a Family Tournament, and many disciples who had been assigned to external duties returned, making the competition even fiercer!

Wen Yue was anxious and sacrificed her limited rest time to train her movement and staff techniques.

She had no talent for swordsmanship, so she could only focus on the more straightforward staff techniques.

Hearing Wen Ling’s harsh words, she smiled and paid no mind.

Wen Ling was Wen Yue’s cousin, and it was closely related by blood. Wen Ling’s father and Wen Yue’s father were brothers.

Unlike Wen Yue’s father, who was only at the peak of Qi Refinement, Wen Ling’s father had long since reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment and was now approaching the peak, with a chance of reaching the Golden Core stage within a hundred years!

“Cousin.”