Chapter 22: Rites of Passage

The sky is still bright, the sky is crossed by a touch of fish belly white, the Ye family's compound is full of lights, and the lively atmosphere fills the entire Ye family.

Ye Chen also ended his cultivation early, wearing a brand new black clothes, and came to the Ye family's training ground, he thought he had come early enough, but he didn't expect that the venue was crowded with people, and it was very lively.

Of course, this is not all the Ye family's clansmen, there are many large and small families who also come to observe the Ye family's coming-of-age ceremony, in addition to making friends, but also to find out the strength of the Ye family's juniors!

After all, there is not much time to go to Black Rock City, so with more preparation, knowing yourself and knowing your opponent, you can also have more guarantees!

Looking at the lively scene in front of him, Ye Chen was a little excited in his heart, his fists clenched, today is the day he washes away his shame and proves it anew, and today is also the time to reap the fruits of a month of penance!

After returning from the fair, in the past twenty days, except for occasionally going out to exchange materials with Chen Li, almost all of the time was spent cultivating martial arts, and he practiced day and night, just to regain his dignity and glory on this day!

The huge training ground is divided into two areas, the right is the competition ring used by the clan competition, and the left is the test area for testing cultivation.

In the middle of the test area, there is a stone pillar that is more than a person high, and the stone pillar is inlaid with a test stone, although it is the lowest, it can only detect the realm of the quenching realm, but this kind of test stone is not something that the general family can configure!

On the test stone platform, there are also more than a dozen boys and girls standing, presumably the children of the Ye family who are about to become adults this year!

As for the patriarchs and VIPs of each family, they were on the high platform on the left side of the training ground, and in the center were the patriarchs and elders of the Ye family.

At this moment, there were also many people sitting in the VIP seat, laughing and talking with each other! An elder of the Ye family was also smiling, greeting and entertaining each other!

Ye Chen's eyes swept towards the VIP seat, swept to the center of the seat, and an old man with white hair sat upright in the main seat, dressed in brocade clothes, looking radiant, not looking old at all!

This is the old patriarch of the Ye family, Ye Zhan, that is, Ye Chen's grandfather!

For Ye Zhan's appearance, Ye Chen was not surprised, every year the coming-of-age ceremony was presided over by Ye Zhan, because the Ye family was a powerhouse in the innate realm, if Ye Zhan did not appear, it would not be easy to suppress these family patriarchs and VIPs who had their own ghosts!

Shaking his head bitterly, Ye Chen slowly walked towards the test bench, after all, the first step of the conference is to test, and the cultivation of the disciples of the sixteenth family will be completed this year!

Looking at Ye Chen who appeared on the test bench, the teenagers in the field more or less showed some ridicule, after all, everyone knew the Ye family's family rules, and they all knew what happened to Ye Chen!

"Haha, after seeing today, what face do you have to continue to stay in the Ye family!" Especially Ye Hu, who made no secret of the schadenfreude on his face!

Ignoring the gaze and ridicule of these people, it is useless to say more, only with strength can they completely shut up!

The restlessness on the test bench, of course, could not escape Ye Zhan's sight, when he saw the last figure of the team, his eyes were a little sour, "Has Qin'er been gone for sixteen years? Chen'er is an adult!"

And Ye Hong, who was Ye Chen's uncle on the side, also saw Ye Chen, and said softly, "Father, don't worry, no matter what the result is this time, Chen'er will not be wronged, after all, this is the third sister's ......."

Hearing Ye Hong say this, Ye Zhan's eyes became even more complicated, and he waved his hand to interrupt Ye Hong's words, he didn't want to remember that painful memory!

"Hey!" Ye Hong took a deep breath, glanced at Ye Chen regretfully, and made up his mind, even if the latter was really still a hard body, he would definitely not let this poor nephew suffer grievances!

Although the relationship between Ye Chen and Ye Hu is not good, Ye Hong's elders are still not bad for Ye Chen, but there are too many family affairs, and they pay a lot less attention to Ye Chen!

As everyone took their seats, the time was almost up, Ye Zhan stood up, arched his hand towards the VIP seat and the audience below, and said loudly, "Thank you for your support, since the time has come, I won't talk nonsense, the coming-of-age ceremony has officially begun!"

As soon as the words fell, Ye Zhan also turned his head to look at the test bench, and the tester on the platform also nodded, walked to the side of the stone pillar, took out a roster, and began to test!

"The first one, a side disciple, Ye Yan!"

As the tester's cold voice came out, a dark-skinned teenager in the team walked out, with a nervous face, and slowly put his hand on the test stone of the stone pillar!

"Ye Yan, quenching the body fivefold, passing the test!" Looking at the flickering five-layer aperture of the test stone, the tester ticked the roster and read out the results in an indifferent tone......

Ye Chen understands that the fivefold qualification of the collateral quenching body is qualified, after all, the cultivation resources and conditions of the collateral system are far inferior to those of the descendants, and there are still a large number of affairs, so the qualification line of the collateral system is one lower than that of the descendants!

"Yes, Dad, I passed!" Although he knew that there was no problem with his cultivation passing, it felt different when it was read out on the test ground, and the young man waved excitedly at a middle-aged man in the crowd.

"Congratulations, congratulations!" many people next to the man turned their heads in congratulations.

"Wait a minute, let's go to the restaurant for dinner! I'm in for a treat!" the man shouted at all parties with a smile on his face, looking at his son and showing a sense of pride!

There are only more than ten disciples of the Ye family who participated in the test this year, and only two people have not been tested in just one stick of incense! And the remaining two are the only two descendants of the Ye family this year!

"Father, the disciples of the side department are very good this year! Six out of ten are qualified!" Ye Hong's face was covered with a slight smile, this year's side line grades have improved a lot compared to last year, doesn't this mean that the Ye family is thriving!

"Hmm!" Ye Zhan responded lightly, although he also recognized the improvement of the side lineage, but thinking about Ye Chen, he couldn't be happy!

"Next, Ye Hu!" The tester's voice came out again! Ye Chen also raised his head, he was also very curious about whether this gentleman could break through to the seventh level of quenching after obtaining the Meditation Pill!

"Haha, it's finally me, Ye Chen, I'll let you see what a genius is today!"

Ye Hu laughed and gave Ye Chen a provocative look!

"Ye Hu, quench the body sevenfold!Pass the test!" As the tester's voice came out, there was some commotion in the audience, and one by one the eyes looked at the teenager!

"Hu'er, I've worked hard this year!It's not far from his eldest brother Ye Long!" Ye Zhan heard Ye Hu's results, a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded at Ye Hong on the side!

"Ahem!" Although Ye Hong was happy, Ye Zhan had just come out of the customs, and before Ye Hu could tell the other party about forcing the woman to die, he coughed twice, and his face was a little stiff!

However, the person concerned, Ye Hu, didn't think so, and stood among the other side disciples like a victor, his face full of arrogance.

"Next, Ye Chen" The tester ignored the teenagers gathered on the side, after all, this kind of scene is staged every year, and Ye Chen's name continues to be called!

However, as soon as Ye Chen's name came out, there was a burst of ridicule in the test field.

"Ye Chen, is it our number one 'genius' in Black Rock City?"

"Haha! Isn't it, why are ye 'geniuses' still struggling with their bodies?"

"Alas, a poor man, too!"

The sounds coming from around didn't affect Ye Chen, his deep eyes swept around, and he smiled slightly, "It's time to shut up these people!"