After everyone else had finally left, Shang Xia felt a strange feeling in his heart as he stood alone in the center of the courtyard.1

In the Embroidered Cloud Case he received from Liu Qinglan, there were 1000 low-grade essence crystals and 5 mid-grade ones. 0

The 1000 low-grade essence crystals were provided by the institution, while the extra 5 mid-grade essence crystals had been given to him by Kou Chongxue personally. 0

From the attitudes of the institution and the 4 great clans, Shang Xia could tell that they only had a single objective at the moment. They were gathering all their efforts to help Shang Xia break through to the Martial Dipper Realm!0

If he were to fail in his attempt to advance, everything they provided would go to waste0

If he were to succeed, he would owe all of them a massive favor. In the future, he would have to take on the responsibility of supporting and protecting the institution and the various great clans from any trouble. It wouldn’t be an easy matter either.0

Those things aside, Shang Xia could also feel the severity of the situation by how anxious they were to assist...0