Chapter 30

"Is this the benefit of having high physical strength?" At this moment, although Xiao Yan had not slept all night, his eyes were still bright and full of spirit; he felt vigorous and did not have a shred of fatigue.

Having entered the Dou Zhe stage, it was time to test the true power of all the Dou Techniques he had mastered. After all, while in the Dou Qi stage, he could not unleash the inherited power of the Dou Techniques at all.

Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, circulated the Dou Qi in his body along the meridians and acupoints of the Blowing Fire Palm, and pushed his hands forward.

"Blowing Fire Palm!"

A gust of wild wind was born from his palms. Instantly, sand and stones flew, the surrounding air was blown into a continuous tumble, and the ground in front of him instantly became clean.

Xiao Yan nodded with satisfaction. This could be considered the first Dou Technique he had mastered. No matter what, it was Xuan Tier Low-Grade, and its power was quite good when used. It would be much more convenient for sweeping the floor and starting fires for cooking in the future.

Xiao Yan suddenly crossed his hands, and a fierce suction force was born from his palms. A boulder weighing nearly a thousand jin flew rapidly toward Xiao Yan. When the boulder reached in front of him, Xiao Yan threw a punch.

The examiner opened the test list in his hand and shouted to the crowd in the arena: "The test begins! I will start calling names now. Whoever's name is called, come up quickly to be tested. After the test is finished, stand directly at the end of the line; do not affect others."

"That's all we can do!" The Great Elder stood up and greeted the examiner off the stage, indicating that they could begin.

"Hehe, that's not necessary. Yan'er must have been delayed by something; I estimate he will be here soon," Xiao Zhan said with a smile.

With a loud "bang," a powerful force erupted instantly, shattering the boulder.

Xiao Yan took a deep breath. Dou Qi circulated along the acupoints and meridians of the Cloud Parting Palm that Xiao Yan had created himself, and he slammed both palms toward a large tree about one meter in diameter.

"But the test time has already arrived! Are we to postpone it?" The Great Elder felt somewhat helpless about Xiao Yan's disappearance.

"Eight Extremities Collapse!"

"Boom..." The roaring sounds were continuous. Fierce shockwaves continuously struck the tree. Each contact caused wood chips from the trunk to fly everywhere. After the eighth time, the tree finally could not withstand it; the entire tree was teetering, and after a violent shaking, the trunk snapped and the leaves fell one after another.

Xiao Yan turned and looked in the direction of the Yunlan Sect, his eyes narrowing slightly as he murmured in his heart: "Nalan Yanran should be arriving soon too!"

"But if it really is the second situation, then Teacher... how will you be resurrected!" Xiao Yan said with a frown.

Listening to Yao Lao's explanation, Xiao Yan gradually set his mind at ease. Although it was the Exotic Fire that swallowed the Burning Technique, a path where one cannot see the direction is even more exciting, isn't it?

"Teacher, is my current state good or bad?" Xiao Yan said with some worry.

"Haha! You don't need to worry about that. Since the Exotic Fire in your body can become powerful on its own, it can naturally swallow other Exotic Fires, and the danger of the process will also be greatly reduced. According to my guess, the more powerful the Exotic Fire in your body is, the stronger the cultivation method will naturally be. So you should just be secretly happy. The sky is already bright, and your family's test will start soon; I should also get some rest." After Yao Lao finished speaking, he turned into a ball of light and dived into the ring.

"Hehe, I don't know about that either! When I went to his room yesterday to see him, he wasn't there. Yan'er has been missing for half a year. If it weren't for the kitchen steward saying that Yan'er goes to him every ten days or so to get some food, I would have thought he had left the family," Xiao Zhan said with a bitter smile.

Xiao Yan exhaled a breath of air and slowly sank his consciousness into the cyclone. He discovered that after using four Dou Techniques in succession, he had only consumed one-fourth of his Dou Qi, and it was still recovering rapidly. In a short while, the Dou Qi was full again.

The annual family test had begun again. In the training ground stood a huge black stone test stele. The middle-aged man standing next to the black stone stele was the examiner. The examiner was still the same as always, with a cold, "strangers keep away" expression on his face.

"You finally remembered me! I thought you had forgotten your master!" Yao Lao rolled his eyes.

However, can the Burning Technique still evolve like this? Although Xiao Yan had gained many benefits at this moment, if it couldn't evolve, it would only be Xuan Tier High-Grade.

"It's just that I just broke through to Dou Zhe, and my mood is a bit excited; I wanted to try out the strength of a Dou Zhe," Xiao Yan said with a smile.

Yao Lao could naturally understand Xiao Yan's mood; when he first broke through to Dou Zhe, he was not much different from Xiao Yan. After lowering his eyebrows and pondering for a moment, Yao Lao spoke: "There are only two situations now. One is that the Burning Technique swallowed the Exotic Fire, but this possibility is somewhat low. Because even if the Burning Technique swallowed the Exotic Fire in your body, it would not circulate on its own. The other is that the Exotic Fire in your body swallowed the Burning Technique and mutated. It became equipped with a 'swallowing' function, which can continuously swallow the energy in the air to strengthen itself. Most of the energy should have been absorbed by the Exotic Fire in your body. Because the Exotic Fire in your body is growing by absorbing the energy of heaven and earth, it also helped you improve your strength as a side effect. This explains why the cultivation method in your body is circulating on its own. As for whether it is good or bad, I cannot judge! But it is highly likely to be good!"

"Cloud Parting Palm!"

How could they know that ever since Xiao Yan's body was strengthened to a certain stage, his energy had become abnormally vigorous, and he rarely needed to rest. Even if he rested, it was just sitting in meditation to practice. He often stayed on the mountain for ten days or more. He would only come down the mountain after the food he brought was eaten or the body-tempering medicinal liquid was exhausted.

"Why don't I see Yan'er? Didn't you notify him? How could he miss such an important family test ceremony?" The Great Elder, who was sitting behind Xiao Zhan, said to Xiao Zhan. And the fact that the Great Elder could call Xiao Yan "Yan'er" was naturally an acknowledgment of Xiao Yan's strength. He also really wanted to know what level of strength that youth who had easily defeated Jia Lie Ao half a year ago had reached today.

On the training ground, over a hundred young boys and girls stood. However, it was not as noisy as in the past; instead, they looked left and right, searching for something. On the high platform to the left of the training ground sat some insiders of the family, and in the central area were the Clan Head Xiao Zhan and the three elders.

"So it's not only that I can practice on my own, but the recovery is also extremely fast. Doesn't this mean I come with my own blue buff? Can I have infinite firepower? And because the Dou Qi is always circulating in the meridians, it is more convenient and faster to use. So refreshing!"

The eight layers of bright force of the Eight Extremities Collapse had been completely mastered by Xiao Yan. With one punch, he actually smashed the stone to pieces.

With a hundred people to test, even if each person only spent three minutes, it would take nearly five hours to finish the testing.

"Has Brother Xiao Yan not come? It's been a long time since I've seen Brother Xiao Yan!" A beautiful young girl in a pale purple dress under the stage murmured softly. Ever since she was accidentally teased by Xiao Yan, this little girl had been avoiding Xiao Yan, not daring to see him. Even if she saw him by accident, she would run away immediately, not giving Xiao Yan a chance to talk at all. But half a year had passed, and the little girl naturally developed different feelings in her heart; her longing for Xiao Yan finally overcame her shyness.

(End of chapter)