With the test officer's loud call, in an instant, everyone in the square turned their gazes towards Xiao Yan.
After all, what happened to Xiao Yan a few days ago was no secret. At this moment, everyone in the Xiao family wanted to know what state Xiao Yan was currently in.
"Brother Xiao Yan, it's your turn."
While chatting and laughing, Xun'er's gaze couldn't help but look at Xiao Yan beside her, and she said with a smile.
"Mm, I'll go over first."
Xiao Yan nodded, ignoring the gazes of everyone around him, and calmly walked to the front of the test magic stone tablet.
Placing his palm on the test magic stone tablet, after a wisp of Dou Qi was poured in, five bright large characters lit up on the test magic stone tablet.
"Dou Qi, fourth Duan!"
The moment they saw this line of text, everyone in the entire Xiao family couldn't help but fall silent for a moment. Immediately after, various discussions erupted.
"What's going on? How did Young Master Xiao Yan's Dou Qi drop to the fourth Duan?"
"Fourth Duan Dou Qi, it's actually one Duan lower than mine."
"This is our family's number one genius. Now that he has fallen to such a realm, his title as the family's number one genius should be changed."
Some expressed regret, some had ambition in their eyes, and some couldn't help but gloat.
"Hahaha, Xiao Yan, you have this day too. I, Xiao Ning, have finally surpassed you one day."
In the distance, Xiao Ning returned to the Third Elder's side with an excited expression, only to see his older sister's expression was grave, while the Third Elder sitting there looked even more agitated than him.
"Grandpa, that Xiao Yan has fallen to the fourth Duan of Dou Qi. Why are you, an elder, so excited? He's a genius of our Xiao family."
Xiao Ning was somewhat puzzled. Although he didn't like Xiao Yan, his grandfather's expression was too abnormal. In the past, these elders had always been very concerned about Xiao Yan.
"Haha, what do you understand? A few days ago, when we went to check Xiao Yan's body, his cultivation had already fallen to the third Duan of Dou Qi.
Now, in just about ten days, his Dou Qi has recovered to the fourth Duan. At this speed, Xiao Yan will be able to recover to the ninth Duan of Dou Qi or even Dou Zhe in about a year at most."
The Third Elder said with a chuckle. Although Xiao Yan had been delayed for some time because of this, it was already countless times better than the worst-case scenario they old folks had anticipated.
Hearing the Third Elder's words, Xiao Ning was slightly stunned. An inexplicable sense of oppression and despair rose in his heart.
It was as if a person thought he was about to climb a high mountain, only to be told that he had only climbed a small hill at the foot of the mountain, causing his originally soaring heart to instantly fall to the bottom.
At this moment, his gaze towards Xiao Yan no longer had the ambition of the past few days, but rather a bit more fear that he hadn't had before.
After the test was completed, Xiao Yan ignored the gazes of others and was about to return to his seat.
Those youths were still immersed in the beautiful dream of having already caught up with or even surpassed the former number one in the family, their eyes filled with an unknown amount of confidence.
"Yan'er, come here for a moment."
Xiao Zhan's voice suddenly sounded.
After Xiao Yan came before him, Xiao Zhan looked at the Third Elder beside him, and only then did he look at Xiao Yan with a smile.
"Yan'er, it looks like your Dou Qi is recovering very quickly. Quickly tell Father, how long will it take you to recover approximately?"
Xiao Yan pondered for a moment before slowly replying.
"If it takes a long time, it will probably be about a year."
"About a year?"
Xiao Zhan and the Third Elder exchanged a glance, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
It seemed that Xiao Yan's answer was completely consistent with what they had thought.
"Hahaha, good, good! In the coming days, you just focus on recovering your Dou Qi as quickly as possible. If you need any conditions, you can make requests to the family."
Xiao Zhan's face was full of smiles. As long as Xiao Yan's talent was still there, he would always be the core disciple that the family fully cultivated, bar none!
"Thank you, Father."
Xiao Yan smiled slightly, only to see that Xiao Yu had already gone over to test.
"Dou Qi, ninth Duan!"
Following the test officer's report, Xiao Zhan's eyes also lit up.
"Third Elder, I remember Xiao Yu seems to be only sixteen this year, right? With such a cultivation speed, she'll probably be able to become a Dou Zhe next year."
"Hehe, that also depends on this girl's luck. After all, there is a chance of failure when breaking through to Dou Zhe.
However, I still hope she can break through to Dou Zhe. After all, only then can she become a student heavily cultivated by Jia Nan Academy."
Jia Nan Academy, for a small family like the Xiao family, was indeed a very good place to go.
The Third Elder gently stroked his beard and couldn't help but sigh: "If only there was a Qi Gathering Powder, that would be best."
"Qi Gathering Powder?"
Hearing these three words, Xiao Zhan couldn't help but give a dry laugh and didn't continue the conversation.
Qi Gathering Powder, that was a fourth-grade medicinal pill.
If auctioned normally, a Qi Gathering Powder would cost around one hundred fifty thousand to two hundred thousand gold coins.
Such a sum of money was almost equivalent to the Xiao family's annual profit.
Even Xiao Yan, the family's number one genius, couldn't enjoy this Qi Gathering Powder, let alone Xiao Yu. This kind of medicinal pill was too extravagant for small families like theirs.
"Next, Xiao Xun'er!"
With the test officer's loud call, Xun'er stood out from the crowd of young girls. Her pair of small, jade-like hands also gently landed on the test magic stone tablet.
"Dou Qi, sixth Duan!"
Several large characters also lit up on the test magic stone tablet, causing many people in the family to suck in a breath of cold air.
Sixth Duan of Dou Qi was not considered rare among the younger generation of the family, but Xun'er's age was there for all to see.
She was currently only an eleven-year-old little girl. If she continued at this speed, by the time Xun'er was fifteen, she might already be a Dou Zhe.
"With her cultivation speed, she is definitely the second person in the family in a hundred years, besides Xiao Yan."
"Hehe, this little girl."
Xiao Yan looked at Xun'er and just felt it was somewhat amusing.
In fact, with Xun'er's talent from the Gu Clan's divine-grade bloodline, if her terrifying Dou Di bloodline within her body was activated, her terrifying cultivation speed would probably be countless times faster than Xiao Yan's.
Xiao Yan only found out later that in order to make this little girl's foundation more stable, Gu Yuan had not activated Xun'er's Dou Di bloodline too early.
Otherwise, in the Gu Clan, eighth-grade bloodlines of this age would already be preparing to break through to Dou Shi. For them, who possessed the Dou Di bloodline, it was not uncommon to cultivate to Dou Wang or Dou Huang by the age of seventeen or eighteen.
"However, after my strength recovers a bit, I can consider activating Father's and my two older brothers' Dou Di bloodlines in advance."
After the test was completed, Xiao Yan was escorting Xun'er back when a sudden idea struck him.
What he would activate was naturally not his Emperor Yan's Dou Di bloodline, but the Dou Di bloodline belonging to the Xiao Clan.
Xiao Zhan and his two older brothers' talents were actually quite good. In the Xiao Clan, they should be considered to have sixth or seventh-grade bloodline levels.
Once the Dou Di bloodline was activated, their cultivation would naturally advance by leaps and bounds, and they wouldn't encounter any major bottlenecks before cultivating to Dou Zun or Dou Sheng.
By the time they encountered this bottleneck, Xiao Yan might have already become a Dou Di again.
Thinking this, Xiao Yan was also preparing to return to his small hut to continue his arduous cultivation.
However, just as he entered the dense bamboo-lined path, a tall figure quietly blocked his way.
"Little bastard, I said I was going to beat you up. You definitely can't run away."
Xiao Yu leaned against a bamboo stalk, her pretty face staring at Xiao Yan with a cold smile.
"You woman."
Looking at Xiao Yu's long legs, Xiao Yan couldn't help but gently shake his head.
"This time, you delivered yourself to my doorstep. Then this Emperor will have to savor it carefully again."
(End of this chapter)