After informing Han Cai about the family, Yan Rui took some breaths and continued speaking, "At present, including me, our family has around twenty-four core elders. We have our own households, and our children have their own households. Someday, you will have your own household."
Han Cai mused in his mind, "I doubt that. I already have my own continent – not have, but almost had it." But he did not say anything and listened to his great-grandfather.
Yan Rui continued, "You have to participate in the clan tournaments so that you can receive more resources. That's how resources are decided in our clan. The more resources you receive, the easier the cultivation journey will be for you until you go to join the sect."
Han Cai mused again silently, "I have more than a million medium-grade spirit stones in my storage. How many more resources could the family give me?"
Yan Rui continued, "So start preparing with the mindset that you will be participating in the tournaments of the family. The two Heaven-grade talents are born from the lineage of two other core elders, so they will be your competition. They both have a flame affinity, so you need to work more on your frigid attack techniques. They both have reached level three of Qi condensation cultivation, even though they are older than you, so you are not far from them when it comes to cultivation. But they might be ahead of you in skills."
After learning about the Clan from his great-grandpa, Han Cai went back to his courtyard to focus on cultivating and practicing new techniques. A few days later, his great-grandfather informed him that the next clan's yearly tournament would take place in nine months.
Han Cai nodded in understanding.
As promised, Yan Rui would meet Han Cai every week to help him with his cultivation. Yan Rui had now long realized that he wasn't of much help to Han Cai in freezing Qi cultivation due to his lack of understanding of how the cold Qis work. However, he was able to help Han Cai with his techniques and cultivation related to flame Qi.
He would encourage Han Cai and tell him stories about the clan.
Han Cai would reciprocate to entertain the old man, so Yan Rui would feel as if he was contributing to his growth. From time to time, Han Cai would ask random cultivation questions that were neither too difficult nor too simple, such as "How can I balance the flow of Qi between my meridians for maximum efficiency during cultivation?"
To which old man Rui would happily explain the process of it to Han Cai.
When alone in his courtyard, Han Cai would cultivate diligently. His affinity worked miracles, but his cultivation was still slower compared to his past life. Han Cai learned a few flame techniques, such as Scorching Chains and Meteor Strikes. He also made progress in two techniques he was mastering: Instant Freeze and Sword Blizzard Technique. Both Frigid Qi skills had reached level two. He could now summon four ice swords and freeze anyone within a 20-meter distance, given the cultivators were equal to or below his cultivation level.
Besides that, Han Cai spent time practicing arrays. Even though his innate skills were dormant, the affinity was there. To awaken the dormant skill, Han Cai had to reach higher cultivation or practice continuously. He could already create normal defense arrays that could keep out Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Time continued to pass, and soon it was time for his first clan tournament. Han Cai had nothing to worry about, but the same could not be said for his great-grandfather, who was sweating buckets. Yan Rui planned to sit close to the tournament to protect Han Cai if any problems arose.
The day of the tournament was selected as the first day of spring. After the tournament, the top-ranking younger generation would receive special resources from the clan, such as spirit stones, elixirs, and cultivation manuals. The location for the tournament was settled on the main arena of the Yan family household.
The arena was large enough for all the members of the Yan family to visit and watch the battle between the younger generation. Most of the younger generation participating in the tournament were between the ages of eight to twelve, with Han Cai being the youngest at only seven.
The news of a third Heaven Grade talent being born in the clan was known by most people. Since Han Cai did not go out much, people didn't have much of an impression of the child. They only knew that the third Heaven Grade talent was born in the Rui household and had an affinity for frigid Qi.
A Heaven Grade talent being born in the clan was celebrated by many, but a few frowned as well. This included some who were not on friendly terms with Yan Rui, especially the two core elders whose lineage had given birth to the other two Heaven Grade talents.
When the day of the tournament arrived, Han Cai wore a crimson and white Yan Family robe and went with his great-grandfather to the arena. Upon their arrival, they noticed there was a lot of hustle and bustle in the arena. Many family elders and core elders had arrived.
Since Yan Rui was a core elder himself, he received a seat near the patriarch. The patriarch was not present for the younger ones' tournament today, but his seat was always kept at the center. Han Cai stood near his great-grandfather.
Many younger generation members were present. Han Cai did not count, but there were more than a thousand people. However, the participants in the tournament were not more than 17. The reason is, in this tournament, only Earth Grade or above talents were allowed to participate. Every year, the clan would have separate tournaments for Mortal talents, but the talents participating today were the cream of the crop – future elders, core elders of the clan, and maybe even the future patriarch.
Because of this, many younger generation members were brought to watch the tournament. Han Cai's grandfather and father came to see Han Cai participate, but they were seated away from the core section, where only core elders were allowed.
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