Chapter 274: Stone Tablet Test

Even after several hundred years.

Even though the Qingtian Sect is no longer here, this stone tablet still has powerful energy continuously surging toward the surroundings, making one not dare to underestimate it.

"The Qingtian Sect site can only be opened by the joint efforts of our four great families. If an outsider wants to force it open, the final result will be the complete destruction of the site."

Seeing Lin Chen staring at the stone tablet, Dan Dan Muqing, who was beside him, explained.

Lin Chen withdrew his gaze from the stone tablet. The four great families were able to guard the Qingtian Sect's site because it would be destroyed if forced open, which was why other forces in Zhao Guo did not intervene.

Withdrawing his gaze from the stone tablet, Lin Chen began to scan the entire field. He had seen the people on this side; they were all young people from the Dan family.

Not far away, there were three other waves of young people standing.

And the one that attracted Lin Chen's attention the most was a wave of young people on the left. The man in the green shirt standing in the very middle, even among the many ranked young martial artists, stood out from the crowd, suppressing everyone else around him with just his aura.

"That side is the Zhuang family. The second person from the left is the Zhuang family's Second Young Master, Zhuang Lei."

Listening to Dan Dan Muqing's words, Lin Chen had a strand of cold light in his eyes. That Zhuang Lei's appearance was not bad, but his face was full of arrogance. This kind of person never put people with lower status than himself in his eyes.

"The one leading the Zhuang family side is Gao Gao Yongsi."

Lin Chen withdrew his gaze from Zhuang Lei. This Gao Gao Yongsi was indeed worthy of being the eighth on the Earth Ranking; his aura could suppress a group of ranked martial artists.

"On the right is the Xiang family. The two people standing at the very front are the Earth Ranking martial artists invited by the Xiang family."

"In front is the Zhou family. The five experts from other clans invited by the Zhou family this time, according to the information gathered by the clan, the five martial artists from other clans invited by the Zhou family this time are not particularly outstanding."

So-called not outstanding meant their fame was not obvious, which meant their strength was average.

However, after listening to Dan Dan Muqing's introduction, Lin Chen's gaze fell on a woman in the Zhou family's lineup.

The woman had a beautiful face, and her extremely form-fitting long dress outlined a perfect waistline. Just standing there, she attracted the covetous looks of many martial artists at the scene.

"Young Master Gu, is that woman beautiful?"

Dan Dan Muqing's voice came faintly from beside him. Lin Chen smiled. He admitted that the woman invited by the Zhou family was indeed attractive, but as for being soul-stirring...

Junior Sister Elder Murong was still better.

"Miss Dan, this woman is not simple."

Lin Chen explained. The reason his gaze fell on her was because this woman gave him a feeling that he couldn't see through her depth, even more elusive than that Gao Gao Yongsi.

Looking at it this way, the Zhou family's hidden strength in this competition was not that they hadn't invited experts from other clans, but that they had kept the news extremely well hidden.

"This woman is named Liu Yue. If Young Master Gu has any thoughts, after the competition ends, I can find the Zhou family to play matchmaker for Young Master Gu."

Hearing Dan Dan Muqing say this, Lin Chen's mouth twitched. Dan Dan Muqing had misunderstood him.

However, he didn't go to explain, because even if he explained, no one would believe him.

The Zhou family hiding their strength, plus that Xiang family and Zhuang family...

Lin Chen's mouth hooked up. This four-family competition was truly interesting.

While Lin Chen was sizing up the other three parties, the other three families also cast their gazes toward his area. He could clearly perceive that several gazes fell on him, but they all swept past without staying on him for long.

These people's gazes stayed more on Yun Yun Zhongjin.

In their eyes, the genius from another clan invited by the Dan family this time was only Yun Yun Zhongjin, who had the greatest fame and was most worthy of their serious treatment. As for Lin Chen and the others, they were all existences without much fame.

The silent eye confrontation between the young people of the four parties lasted for a while before a sound resounded.

Above, several figures whistled over, and the aura they emitted made the scene instantly quiet down.

A dozen figures landed in front of the four waves of people, and each of the leaders was an old man.

The clan leaders and high-level members of the four great families had all arrived!

Lin Chen had a look of brilliance in his eyes. These people were all middle-grade martial artists.

Lin Chen had always had a doubt in his heart. From the time he agreed to Dan Dan Muqing to represent the Dan family in the battle, no high-level member of the Dan family had appeared. If it weren't for the fact that this competition was related to the distribution of interests in Lin Hai City for the next ten years, he would have suspected whether this kind of competition was organized by juniors like Dan Dan Muqing and the high-level members of the four great families didn't care at all.

"Descendants of the Qingtian Sect, gather to pay homage to the ancestors and the sect."

The four clan leaders stepped forward slowly and bowed to the stone tablet. Immediately after, the four looked at each other and simultaneously placed their palms on the stone tablet.

The four energies were activated, and the energy fluctuations that had been continuously surging from the stone tablet began to become surging, wave after wave.

Fortunately, the middle-grade martial artists of the four great families stood in front of Lin Chen and the others, blocking the surging energy.

A dozen breaths later.

The stone tablet suddenly bloomed with golden light, piercing toward the mountain range behind like a golden dragon. The originally very clear mountain range suddenly became illusory and ethereal at this moment.

Golden light fell from the firmament above the entire mountain range, covering the whole mountain range.

"The seal has been opened."

Dan Dan Muqing whispered. She had seen such a scene ten years ago when she followed the elders of the clan.

"According to the rules, those under twenty years old can enter after verification by the stone tablet." One of the four clan leaders looked at everyone at the scene and spoke slowly. "Verification?"

Lin Chen curiously inquired toward Dan Dan Muqing.

"Young Master Gu, this stone tablet can verify the bone age of the comer. No one can cheat."

Seeing Lin Chen's confusion, Dan Dan Muqing explained: "According to what the ancestors said, when the Qingtian Sect recruited disciples that year, they controlled the disciples to be under twenty years old. This is also why the competition of our four great families is limited by age, not by rank."

The competition of the younger generation is not only based on age, and the reason why the four great families use twenty years old as the standard is because this stone tablet can test bone age.

Just as Dan Dan Muqing was introducing, someone had already walked toward the stone tablet.

The Zhou family walked toward the stone tablet, one by one placing their palms on the stone tablet. The stone tablet had light shining, and Lin Chen focused on the woman named Liu Yue. When she pressed her palm on the stone tablet, the light on the stone tablet was several times more intense than the few people in front, and the next moment Liu Yue's figure disappeared just like the few people from the Zhou family earlier.

"Miss Dan..."

Before Lin Chen could inquire about the reason, Dan Dan Muqing answered first: "The stone tablet set up by the Qingtian Sect at the mountain gate that year was not only to test bone age, it is said that it could also test the martial arts potential of the disciples who came to join the sect. Different potentials showed different colors of light. However, after so many years, the energy of the stone tablet has been consumed, and it can no longer test the martial arts talent of martial artists."

"However, what you said is right, this Liu Yue is not simple."

Although the stone tablet can no longer test the potential of martial artists and there is no other color displayed, the four great families have also figured out some rules after so many years of competition: the stronger the strength, the more intense the light displayed by the stone tablet.

"Young Master Gu, it is our turn next."

After the ten people of the Zhou family finished testing and their figures disappeared in place, Dan Dan Muqing reminded him.

The order in which the four great families enter the mountain range site is based on the ranking of the previous session. The one who ranked last in the previous session enters first in the next session.

The Dan family ranked third in the previous session, so they are the second to enter in this session.

"After entering the site, it is a random teleportation, but the earlier you enter, the higher the probability of being teleported together. The later you enter, the farther the distance between each other, which can be considered an advantage for those who ranked last in the previous session."

Dan Dan Muqing's side, Dan Dan Muqing, could no longer hold back, and a mocking smile hung on the corner of his mouth: "Little Sister, it seems the genius you found knows nothing about our four-family site. Why don't you stay here and talk to him for half an hour?"

After speaking, Dan Dan Muqing led the crowd and walked toward the front.

The other few people of the Dan family followed behind Dan Dan Muqing, all looking at Lin Chen and Dan Dan Muqing with playful smiles while walking.

They were also seeing for the first time that Dan Dan Muqing was so good at talking.

She used to be famous for being cold, could it be that she had taken a fancy to this Lin Fei?

"Let's go too."

Lin Chen didn't have any change in expression, greeted Dan Dan Muqing, and followed her toward the stone tablet.

When the ten people of the Dan family walked toward the stone tablet, the gazes of many people at the scene fell on Yun Yun Zhongjin in the front row, and Yun Yun Zhongjin also took the lead, pressing his palm on the stone tablet.

The stone tablet's light appeared, several times more intense than Liu Yue's earlier.

All the Dan family members, including those high-level members of the Dan family, also had smiles on their faces when they saw this scene.

"As expected of an Earth Ranking genius."

"It's a pity that the stone tablet's potential test is invalid; otherwise, Yun Yun Zhongjin might have been able to change the color of the light."

Yun Yun Zhongjin withdrew his palm with a look of arrogance. His gaze looked toward the Zhuang family side. In his eyes, only three people at the scene were worthy of being taken seriously: Gao Gao Yongsi invited by the Zhuang family, and the two Earth Ranking martial artists invited by the Xiang family.

However, Gao Gao Yongsi's expression didn't change at all, while the two Earth Ranking martial artists invited by the Xiang family had a strong fighting spirit in their eyes.

A breath later, Yun Yun Zhongjin's figure disappeared.

"Did my perception judgment go wrong?"

Lin Chen frowned slightly. His sensory intuition told him that Liu Yue's strength was absolutely not inferior to Yun Yun Zhongjin's.

Just as Lin Chen was thinking, Dan Dan Muqing in front had finished testing, leaving only him.

At the scene, most people had already withdrawn their gazes and were still discussing Yun Yun Zhongjin's test situation, while Lin Chen placed his palm on the stone tablet.

The moment his right hand touched the stone tablet, a burst of ice-cold feeling struck.

At the same time, Lin Chen sensed a very unique energy from the stone tablet entering his body, scanning every part of his body.

Light shone on the stone tablet, quickly surpassing Dan Dan Muqing's, the intensity directly chasing after Liu Yue's earlier.

*Huh! *

In the crowd of onlookers, someone was attracted by the light and let out a sound of surprise.

However, just at this moment, when Lin Chen sensed the unique energy poured into his body by the stone tablet choosing to scan his dantian, he chose to withdraw his hand.

The moment his palm left the stone tablet, the unique energy in his body disappeared.

"So that's how it is!"

Lin Chen had a look of sudden realization. No wonder the light caused by Liu Yue was not as intense as Yun Yun Zhongjin's.

And just as everyone was shocked by the light Lin Chen tested on the stone tablet, which was only weaker than Yun Yun Zhongjin's, Lin Chen's figure also disappeared in place.

"Who is this person?"

Many people at the scene looked at each other. The information they had collected did not include this person.

(End of chapter)