9. Chapter 9 Testing
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"Uncle means that if I join the inner hall all of a sudden, it will attract the attention of others?"
"Yes!" Xu Haoran nodded and said, "Suddenly coming in a disciple of a family who is at the first level of the Qi refining period will definitely attract the attention of others, and if Lao Jiu and them are willing to investigate, it will not be a difficult thing." ”
"Then I'll start with the Family Academy." Xu Ziyan thought for a moment and said.
"This can't work," Xu Haoran smiled bitterly and said, "With your cultivation at the first level of the Qi refining period to enter the family academy, it is even more eye-catching. ”
"I have my own way!"
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Xu Ziyan was standing behind a group of people in the square at this time, this group of people were all disciples of the Xu family under the age of fifteen, the youngest was only three years old, and the oldest was not more than fifteen years old. Because the disciples who are over fifteen years old either break through the cultivation of the fifth layer of the day after tomorrow and enter the outer hall, or they do not break through, and they are driven out of the clan and do some lowly things for the clan.
Xu Ziyan is now fifteen years old, and he is still two months to fifteen years old. She was forged as a distant niece of the family steward to enter the family academy. I made a breath talisman for myself, covering my cultivation, and covering my cultivation at the level of the fourth layer of the day after tomorrow.
Standing behind a group of children, most of whom were little children, Xu Ziyan followed the movements in a daze, punching and kicking......
When he first entered the family academy, Xu Ziyan really listened carefully to the master's lectures for a few days because of his lack of knowledge of cultivation. But a few days later, Xu Ziyan had already fully understood the cultivation method below the fifth layer of the day after tomorrow. After all, there is a complete set of inheritance in Xu Ziyan's soul. Although it is only a set of water system exercises, this set of water system exercises is extremely complete, and the content is also extremely huge.
Xu Ziyan has been immersed in that set of water system exercises these days, and she is practicing a set of exercises called "Water Dragon Yin". The content is myriad, for Xu Ziyan, a person who has never received cultivation, it is not that you can cultivate all the way to the peak if you are given a set of exercises, it requires a solid foundation and extensive knowledge. And the little knowledge learned in the academy is obviously not enough for Xu Ziyan to learn. As a result, she was even more eager to enter the family library and read the secrets.
These days, Xu Ziyan has already used the money Xu Haoran gave her to buy a large number of herbs in batches, and at night she used the fire spirit talisman she made to refine many spirit pills.
After practicing with the master in the academy every morning, in the afternoon, Xu Ziyan would stay alone in his room and take the Yunling Pill to practice "Water Dragon Yin". I also have to find time to make five paper talismans for the family every day, Xu Ziyan's life is very busy, and at the same time it is also very fulfilling.
Just yesterday night, Xu Ziyan finally broke through the first layer of the Qi Refining Period and reached the realm of the second layer of the Qi Refining Period. Therefore, in today's cultivation on the playground, Xu Ziyan was still immersed in the joy of a breakthrough, and his mind was still thinking about the exercises of "Water Dragon Yin".
With a password, Xu Ziyan woke up from his thoughts. The master gathered the crowd and stood majestically at the front of the procession. His name is Xu Zhiyong, a martial artist of the twelfth layer of the day after tomorrow. In the family college, he served as the master of Xu Ziyan's class. At this time, his eyes swept coldly over everyone's faces, and he shouted loudly:
"There are still ten days to the time for the family test, among you there are eight fifteen-year-old disciples, if you can't reach the fifth level of the day after tomorrow in the test after ten days, then you are the shame of our Xu family, and you will be kicked out of the academy and do lowly things."
Before the words fell, Xu Zhiyong's gaze swept over the eight fifteen-year-old disciples, including Xu Ziyan. Xu Ziyan also quickly glanced at the seven disciples who had reached the age of fifteen, and they had five men and two women. The faces of the three men and one woman revealed a look of pride, and at a glance, they knew that these four people should have reached the cultivation level of the fifth layer of the day after tomorrow. The faces of the remaining two men and one woman clearly revealed a sense of defeat. At the same time, the eyes of these seven people also swept over Xu Ziyan, and the four people who broke through revealed a faint disdain in their eyes, while the three disciples who did not break through revealed a look of sympathy.
Xu Ziyan smiled faintly, knowing that because of the amulet, she revealed that only the cultivation of the fourth layer of the day after tomorrow was outside, which caused everyone to look at her with a look at the loser, and even Xu Zhiyong's gaze also revealed disdain. Because although the academy only teaches in the morning, all the disciples take the initiative to come to the playground to practice in the afternoon and even in the evening, but Xu Zhiyong has never seen Xu Ziyan take the initiative to appear on the playground.
Xu Ziyan has been coming to the academy for a month, and when he first came to the academy, Xu Zhiyong was very happy to see that Xu Ziyan had the cultivation of the fourth layer of the day after tomorrow, thinking that there would be another talent in his class who broke through to the fifth layer of the day after tomorrow. But when he saw Xu Ziyan's performance later, Xu Zhiyong was disappointed. But he still endured his temper and talked to Xu Ziyan twice, but after each conversation, Xu Ziyan still went his own way, which made Xu Zhiyong go from disappointment to anger, and finally to disdain for Xu Ziyan, in his heart he had already labeled Xu Ziyan as garbage.
Xu Ziyan didn't have time to pay attention to their feelings, and was still doing his own thing in an orderly manner every day. On the ninth day, when there was still one day before the academy test, Xu Ziyan changed a breath talisman on his body, and raised his exposed cultivation to the fifth layer of the day after tomorrow.
By the tenth day, the disciples of the entire academy were concentrated in the playground. More than three hundred disciples stood there in silence with solemn expressions. The test starts from the youngest, there are ten test pillars on the playground, each test column has twelve scales, the test disciple only needs to walk in front of a test pillar, pour out his cultivation to punch a punch, which scale is bright, then the disciple's cultivation is the first layer.
Time passed slowly, and by noon, more than two hundred disciples had completed the test. Only twenty-three people broke through to the fifth layer of the day after tomorrow, less than one-tenth of the total number. At this time, there were no more than thirty people left who had not yet been tested, and these twenty or so were all disciples who had reached the age of fifteen in each class.
In fact, when a person reaches the age of fifteen, even if he breaks through the fifth layer of the day after tomorrow, he will not be too productive in the future. Those who can become talented in the future are those disciples who break through within the age of ten, and those talents are the objects of the family's key training. Therefore, each test starts with the youngest disciples, and the last ones are those who have reached the age of fifteen. There are only two paths left for them, either to break through further and enter the outer hall of the family, or to be kicked out of the academy to do some menial work for the family. However, no matter which path it was, today was the last day they stayed in the academy, so this day was called the day of parting at the age of fifteen by the disciples in the family academy.
A teenager walked solemnly to the test pillar, fine beads of sweat oozed from the corners of his forehead, and he carried up the cultivation of his whole body, burst into a loud shout, and punched the test pillar fiercely. The fifth scale from the bottom to the top lit up, and the test teacher next to him shouted faintly:
"Xu Yi, the fifth layer of the day after tomorrow, pass. Enter the family outer hall. ”
Xu Yi trembled with excitement, walked tremblingly in front of the test teacher, bowed deeply, and said respectfully:
"Thank you! Thank you! ”
The test teacher's expression was a little softer, and he said lightly: "Let's gather over there!" ”
"Yes!"
Xu Yi bowed again, then left the test column, secretly clenched his fists, came to the group of people who had reached the fifth floor of the day after tomorrow, and stood down, raising his eyes to look at the test column.
At this moment, in front of another test column, a teenager punched the test column, and the test column shone on the fourth scale, and the young man's face immediately turned to ashes, and his body shook, and he passed out. The test teacher next to him frowned in disgust, waved his hand, and immediately ran up to the two disciples, lifted up the young man who had passed out on the ground, and dragged him out roughly. From now on, the boy could only do menial work in the family, like a slave. There is no hope and no dignity in life.
There are constantly people passing out in front of the test column, and those who have not broken through by the age of fourteen must not be considered good, so it is not easy to get a breakthrough in a year's time.
Soon, most of the remaining two dozen or so people were eliminated. When there were three people left, it was Xu Ziyan's turn. Xu Ziyan slowly walked towards one of the test pillars, thinking about how much force he had to use to be able to achieve the cultivation of the fifth layer the day after tomorrow. If the strength is too small and he is kicked out of the academy without reaching the fifth layer of the day after tomorrow, then he will not be unjustly killed. However, if your strength is too great and exceeds the fifth layer of the day after tomorrow too much, it will be too eye-catching. After all, I still need to keep a low profile.
While thinking about it, Xu Ziyan had already walked to the front of the test column, and Xu Yi in the distance saw that it was Xu Ziyan who was testing, shook his head disdainfully, and turned his gaze to the other side to observe the remaining two disciples.
Xu Ziyan took a deep breath, mastered his strength, and punched the test pillar, and the bright light flashed on the sixth scale. The test teacher next to him glanced at Xu Ziyan unexpectedly, and shouted loudly:
"Xu Ziyan, the sixth layer of the day after tomorrow, pass. Enter the family outer hall. ”
"Whew~~"
Xu Ziyan exhaled a breath and said secretly in his heart: "I still can't accurately control my strength, so I played an extra layer." ”
Slowly walked in front of the test teacher, bowed, and said softly: "Xie Lu Xie!" ”
"Well, let's go over there!" The test teacher's expression was noticeably softer.
Xu Ziyan turned around and walked towards the crowd that had broken through, with Xu Yi's shocked gaze behind him.