"Brother Ze, today is this year's quili test, hurry up, don't be late. A little fat man in green brocade ran in front of him in a cute manner, looking back at the young man behind him from time to time, and his mouth kept urging.

"I know, I got up later than me, but I was still so positive. The boy was dressed in a tight-fitting black robe, and he was full of grandeur under his thin, straight figure. There was a black blade-shaped birthmark on his eyebrows, and a pair of sword-eyed starry eyes also looked full of heroism. He looked at the little fat man running in front, smiled helplessly, and ran quickly.

After the two of them were together, the little fat man smiled, took a big stride, and ran towards the old building of the Gu family, Gu Ze followed, and it didn't take long for them to arrive in front of the old building of the Gu family.

Gu Ze stopped in front of the old building, looking at this ancient, simple, and huge building, and his heart couldn't help but rise in awe. The existence of this old building can be said to be the real heritage of the ancient family.

Retracting their gaze, they walked into the old building together.

"Brother Ze, seeing that you are cultivating hard every day, how much strength do you have?" The little fat man asked curiously.

"I don't know, I don't think it's improved much. Gu Ze smiled bitterly.

"Brother Ze, it's okay, the elders in the family all say that you are a genius in the family that has not been born for a hundred years, and you will definitely be very powerful in the future. The little fat man's eyes were full of light, and the envy in his eyes was revealed.

"I hope so. Gu Ze smiled slightly, he really didn't have too high expectations for the future.

"Let's go, the test should be about to begin. Gu Ze smiled, and after speaking, he thought about walking inside the old building.

"Well, I'd love to see how much my quiley has improved this year. The little fat man happily followed, and when he thought about it, he was still a little excited.

Inside the old building of the ancient family.

The old building is relatively spacious, and the walls of the old building are densely covered with mysterious and peculiar runes and patterns. In addition, the indoor lighting is relatively dim, and candles are distributed around the building, which seems to be full of endless mysteries in this ancient building.

They slowly walked towards the hall of the old building, and at this moment there were five figures standing there, the middle was the patriarch of the Gu family, Gu Mu, who was also Gu Ze's father, and the rest were the four elders of the Gu family.

After Gu Ze and Gu Congmu approached, Gu Mu took the lead in speaking: "Ze'er, Congmu, you came so early, since you came the earliest, let's help you test it first." ”

Gu Mu was about thirty or forty years old, he was wearing a simple brown and yellow robe, his eyes were full of heroism, and he looked very similar to Gu Ze from a distance. And as one of the top ten powerhouses of the Dekka Empire, he has the cultivation of the peak of the Void Realm.

In the Kuitian Realm, people divide the level of Kui power into twelve levels, which are the most basic Kui Yuan Qi stage, and then to the Xuan Kui Master, the Earth Kui Master, the Tian Kui Master, and then the Kui Star, the Broken Rock Realm, the Qiankun Realm, the Void Realm, the Supreme Realm, the Chaotian Realm, the Kui Emperor, and the Kui Abyss.

Although Kuiyuan Qi is the most basic stage, there are also relatively difficult stages to improve, because at the beginning, everyone has no foundation and does not know how to cultivate Kuiyuan, and the most taboo thing in the Kuiyuan Qi stage is teaching, and they can only rely on their own cultivation, so most people in the Kuiyuan Qi stage are relatively slow to improve.

However, there is no shortage of talented people.

"Yes, the two of you are the most active among the juniors in the family, and the others don't know if they have woken up, and the two of you are the first to come every year. The second elder on the side, Gu Qiu, was dressed in a cyan robe, similar in age to Gu Mu, but his body was much fatter, he looked at the two of them and smiled slowly.

"Congmu, yes, continue to carry it forward. The four elders on the side said with a smile, the four elders are the youngest among the elders, and of course they are also the relatively weakest ones, and Gu Congmu is his son.

"Okay, then I'll test your quili first. Great Elder Gu Zhu nodded lightly, among the juniors in the family, he still valued Gu Ze and Gu Congmu very much.

The Great Elder and the Second Elder are also the top ten powerhouses of the Empire, and they also have the cultivation of crossing the Void Realm, but they have not yet reached the peak.

"Okay, then we'll trouble the Great Elder. Gu Ze smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth and said politely.

Gu Zhu nodded slightly, and then with a wave of his right hand, all the lights in the hall of the old building were suddenly extinguished, and in the center of the hall, a circular stone pillar with colorful light suddenly rose.

The stone pillar is about five meters high, and the stone pillar shines brightly throughout, making it extremely dazzling in this dark space. It is carved with many strange patterns, and the most conspicuous is a long dragon jumping on a stone pillar, lifelike, as if it is about to rise into the air.

"Okay, who's going first. The Great Elder looked at the stone pillar with awe in his eyes, and it could be seen from his eyes that this stone pillar was not simple.

"I, I'll come first. The little fat man Gu Congmu jumped over directly, he looked very excited, and he really wanted to see if he had improved in the past year.

He immediately walked in front of the stone pillar, raised his fleshy hand, and gently pressed it on the stone pillar.

In the next second, the colorful light emitted from the stone pillar's body shrank rapidly, and finally all condensed on the long dragon's body. As if the dragon was enlightened, its eyes flashed with a strong light, and a dragon shadow with light then rushed forward with a stone pillar.

Finally, at the top of the stone pillar, a big character with colorful light was displayed: Gu Cong Mu, Kuiyuan Qi Nine Layers, Advanced Stage!

Gu Congmu was so excited that he almost jumped up when he saw that word, he twisted his head to Gu Ze behind him, and grinned happily: "Brother Ze, I am already at the ninth level of Kui Yuan Qi, and it won't be long before I become a Xuan Kui Master!"

"Congratulations, Satoshiki. Gu Ze was also very happy to see that Gu Congmu had made great progress, but he had a bad feeling, maybe his test results would not be so satisfactory.

"This kid, it's not bad, but fortunately I didn't lose face. Fourth Elder Gu Liran said with a smile.

"That's right, Congmu, you are already at the ninth level of Kuiyuan Qi, and you are working hard to be promoted to Xuankui Master within half a year. Gu Mu was also watching Gu Congmu's test, after all, as the patriarch of the Gu family, he still needed to care about the junior of the Gu family, and Gu Congmu was still very talented.

"Yes, I'll keep trying. Gu Congmu nodded with satisfaction, he was very satisfied that he was able to reach the ninth layer of Kuiyuan Qi, and his heart kept jumping, but he was even more excited at the moment because he was not far from Master Xuankui.

"Ze'er, how do you feel, how much progress can you make?" Of course, Gu Mu was even more concerned about his son, and he also wanted to know how much his son had improved in a year, but Gu Ze's strength at this time was still too weak, and he couldn't see it at a glance.

"I don't know, I don't think it's going to be a good idea. Gu Ze wasn't very clear about his situation, because no matter how hard he worked to cultivate, he had been stagnant at the second layer of Kuiyuan Qi for seven years.

And he is becoming more and more suspicious of the name of heaven that has been given since birth, and he even sometimes thinks that he is not a waste.

In terms of cultivation stagnation, Gu Mu and the four elders were all confused, and they had thought of many ways but to no avail, so they could only observe slowly, because they thought that this kind of thing would not happen to a genius, and Gu Ze was that genius.

"Okay, go ahead. Gu Mu's heart also sank slightly, maybe it really didn't get better.

Gu Ze nodded, and walked towards the stone pillar, but at this time, the big characters on the stone pillar had disappeared, and the stone pillar's whole body once again emitted colorful light.

He closed his eyes slightly, then raised his hand and pressed it heavily against the stone pillar. As before, the colorful light gathered on the flying dragon again, and suddenly a large character appeared.

Gu Ze, the first layer of Kuiyuan Qi, the first-level one!

Beginners, beginners!

"What, down, down one level?!" Gu Mu was startled for a moment, he was completely stunned by the scene in front of him, and his eyes were full of astonishment at this moment.

"Don't increase but decrease, this, what's the situation?!" the second elder was also stunned.

The strength of the kui does not increase but decreases, unheard of, unprecedented!

"What's going on, what's wrong with Brother Ze??" the little fat man was completely stunned.

The Great Elder and several elders were shocked in their hearts, they had never heard of this situation at all, it was so bizarre that they were angry!

Feeling the abnormality behind him, Gu Ze slowly opened his eyes, he raised his head, squinted his eyes and glanced at the colorful characters above his head, and the next moment the top of his head was like a thunderbolt in a sunny day, and the bitterness in his heart was surging like a tide.

"This, what's wrong with me?!" Gu Ze was shocked, looking at the dazzling big characters, the whole person suddenly turned into a puddle of softness, and sat directly on the ground.

"Why, why has my strength not only not improved, but regressed!??!! Why?" Gu Ze roared in his heart, he looked at the dark roof of the old building, as if a scar had been cut in his heart, and tears flowed down from the scar like a waterfall.

Why? Why is God still so unfair to me?!

Why? I kept working hard, cultivating hard every day and night, but in the end, I got the ridiculous thing that my strength did not grow but regressed?!

Why? Is my life meant to be like this forever?!

Gu Ze roared and roared in his heart, and his heart was filled with extreme unwillingness and grief, which was a kind of grief with despair, a cry from the depths of his soul.

Gu Mu looked at Gu Ze's back, and couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, looking at his son like this, how could his heart feel good.

"Dad, am I not a genius? Maybe I'm just a waste, a complete waste, I'm not suitable for cultivating Kui Li at all, and I'm just a funny joke......" Gu Ze's tone was full of decadence, eight years, in the past seven years, his Kui Qi has improved very slowly, and he has always been stuck in the second layer of Kui Yuan Qi, and now, he has regressed one level. At this moment, he was also disheartened, it was not that he didn't want to work harder, but no matter how hard he tried and worked hard, it was all in vain, and all he got was heavy sadness.

He tried, but what he got was not what he wanted!

He worked hard, he worked hard, but he still didn't get what he wanted!

He even felt that God had never been fair to him!

"Ze'er, okay, you don't have to blame yourself, these are not your problems, there must be a reason for this. Don't worry, I and a few elders will definitely find the reason, even if we go through a lot of hardships, we will definitely find it......" Gu Mu walked quickly behind Gu Ze, lowered his head, patted the latter's shoulder heavily, and said resolutely.

The little fat man also ran over at this time, and he patted Gu Ze on the shoulder without hesitation, he also wanted to give Gu Ze a little strength, and wanted to cheer Gu Ze up.

And the Great Elder Gu Zhu also quietly pondered behind them, why is this happening? This thing is too strange.

In the past, Gu Ze's cultivation was only stagnant, but now it has decreased! This kind of thing is extraordinary, and it should not be underestimated! If it goes on like this, then there is only one possibility, Gu Ze will become a wasted person, ruin his life, and be just a wasted person for the rest of his life.

"I think we have to ask the old guy about this, it just so happens that the old guy is also in the Empire, I think this matter is definitely not that simple, and the reason for this is that we can't find out just by relying on our ability. After a moment, the Great Elder spoke slowly.

"Yes, that's right, the old fellow is well-informed, and he must have a different opinion on this matter, and maybe there is some solution to it. The second elder echoed.

Gu Mu and Gu Congmu helped Gu Ze up, and the former sighed: "I can only ask him, maybe he really has any way." ”

It's not reluctant, but there's no way around it. This matter can no longer be postponed.

"Well, we'll go see the old guy later, and the matter should be settled as soon as possible. Gu Mu still did not lose the slightest bit of discouragement, he had absolute confidence in Gu Ze, he believed that Gu Ze would always be the son he could be proud of, and he would always be the genius of the Gu family.

Several elders also nodded frequently, Gu Ze is a very important matter, and it can't be delayed any longer!

At this moment, a golden word suddenly appeared in the minds of Gu Mu and the four elders, and the appearance of the golden word seemed to ignite a glimmer of hope in each of them, and the light of the golden word shone in their minds: unbelief, just a precursor.

Is this from the old fellow? Gumu and several elders had the same first reaction.

What is this?

"No, we still have to meet with him to discuss this matter, and we will go to see him together after the test is over. Although this golden word appeared, Gu Mu still couldn't feel at ease, and he also had to know what this precursor was, so he must go on this trip.

"Congmu, you take Ze'er away first, we'll take care of this matter. Gu Mu said with a smile.

Gumu was silent, what the hell was going on, and what did that dream mean?

ps: Guys, don't forget to collect it for me, I hope for your support for the new book, thank you very much!