The Strongest Party

In the days that passed, news of this directive came through the ears of all the tribes. Only the best and brightest would be gathered for the duty of clearing the most dangerous of ruins. There were no tests, no battles to prove who was worthy, rather the elders decided who would join. 

With all these tribes, however, there was still quite a number of them but that soon dwindled down to a mere twelve. 

And these twelve then stood in front of elders, standing before their gaze within these halls.  Among them were Ao Qin and all four members of the Four Claws, facing the discerning eyes of the elders. 

There was a bit of silence before one of the elders stood up. 

It was none other than Huxian Qie, the fox-kin, but Ruishi Wang sat right by her with his eyes closed.