Seeing Ao Tian appear at the gate of the courtyard, Ao Qingyu and the others couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but their faces immediately showed ridicule and disdain.

But Ao Tian didn't seem to see Ao Qingyu and the others, his footsteps did not pause at all, his eyes did not squint, and with a firm and confident gaze on his face, he walked towards the material hall.

For some reason, Ao Qingyu suddenly felt that Aotian was a little different today, but he couldn't see what was the difference.

"I said Aotian, your cultivation hasn't grown much in the past ten years, but your skin has thickened a lot, just your waste talent, you still have the face to receive supplies?" Seeing Aotian approaching, Ao Qingyu deliberately blocked the way, as before, and said sarcastically.

Seeing this, Ao Tian's footsteps paused, and his eyes looked at Ao Qingyu indifferently.

In the past, he was ridiculed by Ao Qingyu head-on, and he would be extremely angry in his heart, but now he is no longer a waste, his psychology and strength have become indestructible, and a few sarcastic words will not make Ao Tian angry.

But Aotian is not a cowardly person by nature, he was not as talented as others before, and he was speechless when he was ridiculed, so he could only endure silently, but now it is different.

"Ao Qingyu, you always say that I am a waste, I want to ask you, if one day you find that you are not even as good as me, how can you get off the stage?" Ao Tian's face was as usual, but his voice was sonorous and powerful.

Hearing Ao Tian's words, Ao Qingyu's expression froze, and he was a little surprised in his heart.

Today's Aotian is indeed different from the past.

Could it be that this guy was stupid because of Ao Qingxue's matter?

"Hahaha, joke, it's really a big joke, I'm not as good as you waste, your head isn't broken!" Ao Qingyu was surprised for a while, but he sneered, his face was full of mockery.

"Really, let's see!" Aotian didn't like the battle of words, so he didn't continue to argue with Ao Qingyu, but bypassed Ao Qingyu and walked towards the material hall again.

"Damn, this waste took the wrong medicine today, dare to talk to me like this!" Looking at Aotian's somewhat different figure, Ao Qingyu was very unhappy in his heart, and the indifference on Aotian's face also made him feel a little hairy in his heart.

In his opinion, if this kid talks like this today, either he really has a bad head, or he really has something to rely on.

"Little bastard, you'd better pray that you don't touch me at the clan meeting, otherwise I'll make you more completely ruined!" Ao Qingyu clenched his fists slightly, and said coldly in his heart.

Time passed day by day, the day of the Ao family meeting was approaching, many Ao family members and side clansmen came one after another, and the Ao family mansion became more and more lively, and there was a feeling of overcrowding for a while.

The clan meeting of the Ao family is the largest event of the Ao family, which is held once every three years, each time for several days, when all the members of the family and the side clans will come to the Ao family city to participate in the clan meeting.

The clan will be divided into two parts, one is a coming-of-age ceremony and the other is a seeding competition.

The coming-of-age ceremony is a tedious and tedious ceremony, which is usually performed on the morning of the first day of the clan meeting, when all the teenagers who have reached the age of 16 within three years must participate, and then in the presence of all the clansmen, the rite of passage is completed, which is to step into the ranks of adults.

The seeding tournament is the climax of the clan meeting, and it is also the most high-profile competition.

The seed selection competition is divided into three age groups, namely the sixteen-year-old group, the seventeen-year-old group, and the eighteen-year-old group, and each age group finally determines five people, who become the key cultivation objects of the family, and even if they do not need to work in the future, they can enjoy excellent status and cultivation resources. However, the status and treatment enjoyed by each group of five people in the future will still be divided into different levels according to the ranking of the selection competition.

In other words, the children who are the first in each group will enjoy the best treatment and have the highest status in the future.

So, for newcomers, the seeding tournament is definitely a great opportunity for them to leap into the dragon.

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With the approach of the clan meeting, the Ao family's martial arts training ground has been used to arrange the ring for the seed selection competition, as well as the high platform for various ceremonies, so the junior of the Ao family can't come here to practice, so they simply stop cultivating, recuperate, and wait for the clan meeting to arrive.

But Aotian didn't stop for a moment, even the day before the clan meeting, he still came to the woods behind the family mansion early as before, familiarized himself with the three martial arts he cultivated, and constantly explored how to make the cooperation between the three martial arts more smooth and skillful.

In this way, Aotian practiced in the woods for another whole day, and did not go back until the sun went down.

In the evening, Ao Changfeng, who had been busy with the clan meeting, finally took time to visit Aotian, but when he pushed open the door of Aotian and saw Aotian sitting on the bed and cultivating cross-legged, he retreated back and closed the door again.

Ao Changfeng didn't want to disturb Aotian's cultivation, and he wasn't good at words, and he didn't know what kind of words Lu Dao would use at this time to soothe Aotian's heart, which was likely to be hurt again.

"Alas-" A long sigh showed how much helplessness and regret Ao Changfeng felt in his heart, how much he hoped that Ao Tian really had an amazing talent, and how much he hoped that Ao Tian could have a beautiful future.

But he knew that the reality was so ruthless, and he also knew very well that after this clan meeting, Aotian should no longer have the same status and treatment as before, maybe he would be separated from the clan in the future, and then live a mediocre life.

However, Ao Changfeng is also ready, if Ao Tian is separated from the sect, then he will also leave with Ao Tian.

Since he can't give Aotian any help, as a father, he bears all the hardships with his son and supports him through every bump and bumble.

After standing at the door of the room for a while, Ao Changfeng left again, and the lonely figure gradually blended into the silence of the night.

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In a study in the west courtyard of the Ao family, Ao Qingyu's eyes widened, staring at the cold long sword in his father's hand in surprise, and asked, "Father, what is this?"

"This is a yellow-level lower-grade sword, sharpened like clay, extremely sharp, even the martial artist's possessed blood qi protective layer, which can also be broken with one sword. This is what my father bought at a high price back then, and you can use it at the seeding tournament tomorrow afternoon, although with your talent, you can definitely win the first place in the sixteen-year-old group, but just in case!" Ao Qingyu's father handed the sword in his hand to Ao Qingyu's hand.

"Is this the sword?" Taking the sword handed by his father, the surprise in Ao Qingyu's eyes had turned into ecstasy, and his eyes looked at the sword in his hand with burning eyes, his face full of excitement.

You must know that the sword is a weapon that surpasses the ordinary long sword, it is forged by the refiner through a special alchemy technique, and it is fused with a lot of precious ores and demonic beast crystal nuclei, so whether it is sharpness or toughness, it is incomparable to ordinary long swords.

Moreover, although the yellow-level lower-grade sword is the lowest level among all the swords, it is also extremely precious to the Ao family, and in the Ao family, I am afraid that the weapon used by the old family master and a few elders is the yellow-level sword.

"Qingyu, you have to work hard tomorrow, don't embarrass your father, among these juniors in the Ao family, your talent is second only to Ao Qingxue, now that Ao Qingxue has joined the Bingxin Sect, it is estimated that he will not come back to compete with you for anything in the future, so that you are the most talented in the family, as long as you get the first place this time, you are eligible for the opportunity to be fully cultivated by the family, if you can surpass your peers in the future, the position of the next head of the family belongs to you, and then our vein can prosper again!" Ao Qingyu's father spoke again, a hint of cunning flashing in his eyes.

"Father, don't worry, tomorrow's clan meeting, the child will definitely win the first place!" Ao Qingyu withdrew his gaze from the sword, then patted his chest, and said with great confidence.

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As the sun rises on a new day, the Ao family finally ushered in the triennial event, all the clansmen gathered in the huge martial arts practice field of the Ao family, and then according to the traditional process of the clan meeting, under the leadership of the patriarch, worship heaven and earth, worship ancestors.

After the worship was followed by the tedious and tedious rite of passage, in which all the boys who had reached the age of sixteen in the last three years had come to the stage one after another, and after a ritual that bordered on the toss, they had entered the ranks of adulthood.

In the middle of the day, the boring coming-of-age ceremony finally came to an end, and the Ao family also ushered in the much-anticipated seed selection competition after lunch.

The seeding competition is divided into three age groups, each of which is divided into three sections.

The first part is a group competition, where all the participating children are divided into five groups by lot, and then each group determines a winner and enters the second round.

The second ring is the Challenge, where the winner of each group will accept the other group losers and voluntarily challenge them. If the challenger wins, the winner's place is taken until the five strongest winners are finally screened.

The third part is the ranking competition, which is to determine the ranking of the five winners, using the rules of the round-robin competition, each player competes with the other four people in turn, and finally according to the number of games won by each person or the judgment of the elder group, the final ranking is carried out.

However, due to the fact that the third stage of the competition requires five seed disciples to fight many times, each competition is time-limited, and the final outcome of the competition is completely decided by the three referees and the elder group. Moreover, the competition is rigorous, and the contestants are too ruthless, and anyone who violates the rules will be disqualified.

According to the process of the previous clan meeting, the first thing to start was the competition of the 16-year-old age group, and all the 16-year-old children of the Ao family lined up in a row, and came to the high platform where the worship ceremony and coming-of-age ceremony were held one after another, and the bamboo sticks were drawn in groups.

"Ao Qingze, a group!"

"Ao Qingzhi, three groups!"

"Ao Dongling, five groups of ......"

The loud voice of the five elders kept coming from the stage.

"Ao Qingyu, a group!" When Ao Qingyu's name sounded on that stage, the discussion in the audience suddenly rose, and everyone's eyes almost converged on Ao Qingyu.

You must know that in the generation of the Ao family, Ao Qingyu's talent is the best one in addition to Ao Qingxue, which is a well-known thing in the Ao family, and even the various branches and side clansmen have heard of the names Ao Qingxue and Ao Qingyu.

So Ao Qingyu has long been the champion in the hearts of most people in the audience.

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