This Void Devouring Flame seems a bit strange

"Mr. Xu Yan, those two people must be Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, right?" asked Galieya. This was the first time she had seen them in person. Her previous impression of these two people was only from various rumors on the streets and the portraits that Galieo, the big pervert, would take out and look at whenever he had time.

"That's right. What do you think of these two people?" Void Devouring Flame asked Galeya with a smile.

"Hmm..." Jialeya pondered for a moment, "Xiao Yan was able to remain calm in the face of such great malice, and his character is quite stable. Xiao Xun'er is indeed as the rumors say, she is so beautiful that it makes people crazy. Even though I am a girl, I have to admit this. But I always feel that there is a sense of strangers staying away from her, like... a sense of oppression?"

"Well said." Xuwu Tunyan showed an approving expression on his face, "They all regard Xiao Yan as a waste, but ignore his character. And Xiao Xun'er, although she looks like a beautiful girl, she is actually very dangerous."

"Do you know her background?"

"I know. But now is not the time to bring this up. I'll tell you later." Void Devouring Flame replied.

"Yes." Galeya is not stupid. If Mr. Xu Yan doesn't want to talk about it, then it must not be something that can be talked about casually.

Ignoring the glances filled with jealousy and anger, Xiao Yan led Xun'er and walked directly to the back of the team, where they chatted with each other in low voices.

Seeing Xiao Yan's relaxed and comfortable appearance, the senior family members on the platform couldn't help but be a little surprised. How could this guy be so leisurely?

"Hehe, I'm afraid you're planning to just throw the jar into the air." The second elder sneered and said sarcastically.

Originally, he thought that after saying this, Xiao Zhan beside him would be furious again, but the Second Elder waited for a long time and did not notice any movement. He could not help but look at Xiao Zhan beside him in surprise.

"Second Elder, let's wait until the end before drawing conclusions. Otherwise, it will be embarrassing to be slapped in the face."

Xiao Zhan took a deep look at the young man with his head bowed and eyes closed in the field, and said lightly.

The second elder snorted coldly, "I hope so. I also hope that he can surprise me a little."

"Okay, time's up, stop dawdling." The Great Elder interrupted the two people's confrontation with a deep voice.

Xiao Zhan nodded slightly, stood up, looked around the quiet training ground, and shouted: "You are all the fresh blood of the family, you should know how important today's test is to you. According to the test rules, those with the seventh stage of fighting spirit and above are qualified, otherwise they are unqualified. However, according to the previous additional regulations, after the test is completed, those with fighting spirit below the seventh stage have the right to issue a challenge to a companion above the seventh stage. If the challenge is successful, they can also enter the qualified area!"

"Now that everyone is clear, let the test begin!"

As Xiao Zhan's voice fell, the boys and girls on the training ground suddenly became nervous.

Next to the black stone tablet, the examiner took a step forward and took out a list from his arms. His cold voice made the people whose names were called tremble all over.

Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on the clean bluestone floor, calmly looking at his peers who were dejected because they failed the Dou Qi test. He curled his lips indifferently, without feeling any sympathy in his heart. Those who liked to laugh at those who were lower than themselves were not worthy of sympathy.

When they were seeking pleasure from tribesmen lower than themselves, they might not have thought that this day would come to them sooner or later.

Xuwu Tunyan looked at those people with amusement. Now they might feel that the sky is falling, and some of them might be so depressed that they would seek death. But if they didn't seek death, they might not think so in a few years.

Sitting next to Xiao Yan, Xun'er had an elegant face and a calm and indifferent look, just like a pure green lotus leaf. She played with her long hair with her slender hands and occasionally glanced at the young man who was looking down beside her.

"Xiao Mei!" The tester's cold voice made Xiao Yan raise his eyebrows slightly, and his drooping eyelids also lifted up lazily.

Xun'er, who had been paying attention to Xiao Yan from the side, couldn't help but frowned slightly when she saw him like this.

"Haha, she was very attached to me back then." Looking at the beautiful girl in red, Xiao Yan chuckled lightly.

Xun'er blinked her big, watery eyes, tilted her head to look at the hint of sarcasm on Xiao Yan's face, and said with a smile, "I'm very curious about how she will treat Brother Xiao Yan after today?"

Xiao Yan shrugged: "Some things are destroyed, and they are destroyed. No matter how you repair them, the cracks will still exist."

Xun Er smiled lightly twice: "What about Brother Xiao Yan towards me?"

Xiao Yan smiled back: "There are not many people in this family that I agree with, Xun'er is one of them."

Shui Ling's big eyes curved into a beautiful crescent moon, Xun Er's eyes were slightly blurred, and the picture that almost penetrated into the soul slowly appeared with a bit of warmth...

When he was a child, there was a little boy who sneaked into his room in the middle of the night and used such clumsy methods that made people want to laugh to nourish his seemingly weak body. Although he knew that it didn't have much effect, the little boy persisted for two years.

A cute dimple appeared on her delicate face. Xun'er tilted her head slightly and smiled softly in her heart: "There are not many people in this family that Xun'er can truly identify with, and you are the only one."

From a distance, Xiao Ning looked at Xiao Yan's intimate behavior towards Xun'er, and his face twitched involuntarily. The jealousy in his heart made him want to rush over right now and stomp on Xiao Yan hard a few times.

"Fighting Spirit: Eighth Stage!"

A strong light burst out from the black stone tablet, and large, neat characters floated on the surface of the tablet.

"Xiao Mei: Fighting Spirit, eighth stage, advanced!" After taking a look at the black stone tablet, the examiner nodded slightly, but announced it in a still cold voice.

Hearing the examiner's voice, Xiao Mei breathed a sigh of relief, and then a look of pride rose on her little face. In just one year, she had advanced from the seventh stage to the eighth stage. This kind of progress was enough to rank in the top five in the family. With such remarkable results, it was no wonder that the girl was so satisfied.

There was no expression on Yu Xiao and Galeya's faces. If it were in the past, they would probably be as envious as other people, but now with the help of Mr. Xu Yan, it was nothing.

Xuwu Tunyan held his chin with one hand, as if he was watching a boring show to kill time: "It's so boring, when will the main show start?"

When the examiner's voice was heard, it caused a commotion in the training ground, and many envious eyes looked at Xiao Mei.

"I have improved my Dou Qi by one level in a year, which is barely acceptable." Xiao Yan commented lightly.

"Hmm." Xun'er played with her black hair, and her eyes casually glanced at Xiao Mei, who was like the moon surrounded by stars.

After Xiao Mei's climax, among the dozen or so people behind, only one person reached the seventh level of fighting spirit, and the others were eliminated. These eliminated people did not know that they had actually saved their lives in disguise.

"Xiao Xun'er!" The examiner's cold voice actually carried a hint of emotion under this name.

Everyone's eyes followed the sound and suddenly shifted to the spotless and pretty girl, even Yu Xiao and Galeya were no exception. Only Xuwu Tunyan still looked indifferent.

"Brother Xiao Yan, don't be surprised later..." Before Xun'er went on stage, she leaned over and smiled playfully at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows, looked at the beautiful and attractive back of the girl, and said to himself: "Could it be that she has been promoted to a fighter?"

Looking at the green-dressed girl walking slowly, the training ground was somewhat silent, and pairs of fiery eyes were fixed on the girl. On the high platform, all the family leaders stopped talking in low voices, and their eyes were focused on the most dazzling pearl of the Xiao family.

Xiao Zhan and the three elders had a solemn expression on their faces, but also a hint of curiosity. They also wanted to know how far the leader of the younger generation in the family had reached after a year of training. ?

Under the gaze of everyone present, the girl walked to the black stone tablet at an unhurried pace, stretched out her hand, and slid down her sleeves, revealing a snow-white, slender wrist. Her jade hand gently touched the cold black stone tablet, and Xun'er slowly closed her eyes, and the fighting spirit in her body began to surge rapidly.

As Xiao Xun'er's fighting spirit surged rapidly, Xuwu Tunyan felt a sense of hostility, a hostility like that between a predator and its prey.

"Golden Emperor's Burning Sky Flame..." A trace of dark fighting spirit surged out from Xuwu Tunyan's hand. Although this hostility came from Xiao Xun'er's body, Xuwu Tunyan was very clear that this was the induction between different fires. When different fires met, they would inevitably fight to devour each other. Fortunately, this Golden Emperor's Burning Sky Flame seemed to have been placed under some kind of restriction by Gu Yuan, so it could only show a little hostility, and could not directly jump out to cause trouble for him. Although he was not afraid even if it jumped out.

As Xiao Xun'er input her fighting spirit, the black stone tablet suddenly burst into light after a moment of silence.

Fighter: One star!

Looking at the four large golden characters on the black stone tablet, there was a slight silence in the training ground, and then everyone's expressions froze.

"Miss Xun'er, a one-star fighter!" Somewhat shocked by the four large golden characters, the tester couldn't help but shook his head in amazement and shouted loudly.

"Tsk tsk... a fifteen-year-old fighter... really deserves to be..." Listening to the examiner's announcement, Xiao Zhan on the podium took a deep breath, but when he spoke to the end, his words suddenly became blurred.

The three elders nodded slightly, their faces also full of shock. Although this was still far behind Xiao Yan's achievements at the age of twelve, this speed of cultivation could indeed be called a freak.

Yu Xiao and Galeya couldn't help but swallow their saliva. This was too outrageous.

"Nothing to be surprised about." Xuwu Tunyan still had a nonchalant look on his face. "Instead of just envying these people, why not go get some fries."

In the training ground, Xiao Mei, who was surrounded by the crowd, was dazzled by the four large golden characters on the black stone tablet. She thought she was powerful enough, but she could not possibly surpass the existence of a one-star fighter at the age of fifteen.

Xiao Yan smacked his lips in amazement, he didn't expect that Xun'er not only really advanced to the fighter level within a year, but also improved one star above the fighter level. This speed of cultivation could be compared to that of him who used the foundation-building spirit liquid.

But Xiao Xun'er didn't seem to like being the focus of attention. She turned around and went back to the back of the crowd, and playfully pouted her lips at Xiao Yan, who was looking at her in amazement.

“Don’t be so complacent. With your talent, this result is not surprising. I would be very surprised if you didn’t reach the fighter level within a year.” Although he was shocked in his heart, Xiao Yan still said it jokingly.

Xun'er immediately looked unhappy and gave him a resentful look.

Xiao Yan pulled Xun'er to sit on the ground again. Xiao Yan supported his chin with one hand and looked at the tribesmen who continued to come forward for testing with boredom.

If one wants to cultivate the fighting spirit to the seventh stage at around fifteen years old, one generally needs good talent to succeed. However, people with good talent are not easy to find everywhere. Even with the power of the Xiao family, only more than 20% of people can meet the requirements this time.

As more and more people failed, the atmosphere on the training ground gradually became dull, and those who failed were all dejected. However, whenever another newcomer failed, a hint of gloating would pass across their faces, comforting themselves in this way.

Xuwu Tunyan looked at those unqualified people with a happy face.

"Mr. Xu Yan, are you gloating over their misfortune?" Yu Xiao couldn't help but ask.

"Xiaoxiao, let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a family that raised a horse, but one day, the horse disappeared. Others thought this was a really bad thing, but the old man of this family thought it might be a good thing."

"The horse is lost, is that a good thing? This is just self-consolation."

"After a while, the horse came back with a fine horse. Everyone else congratulated him, but the old man was worried, thinking it might be a bad thing."

"The original horse is not lost, and there is an extra horse. Isn't this a good thing?" Galeya on the side couldn't help but ask.

"As a result, the old man's son fell off his horse and broke his bones."

“So this is a bad thing.”

"Everyone else told the old man that this was unfortunate, but he thought it might not be such a bad thing."

"Is this your biological child? How can it be a good thing after falling like this?" Yu Xiao looked puzzled.

"Then the war broke out, and every male in every household had to be drafted into the army. It was good if one out of ten survived the battle. However, the old man's son was not drafted because he had a leg injury."

“This is also…” Yu Xiao and Galeya didn’t know what expression to use to describe it. Is this plot a roller coaster?

"It seems that they have lost the opportunity to get close to the center of the Xiao family, but then again, if they leave here and go to remote areas, they won't have to face conflicts with other families, which may not be a bad thing."

Xuwu Tunyan smiled. Of course, there was one thing he didn't say, which was that the Xiao family would face two more crises in the future. However, he didn't intend to make it clear. Not to mention that he was not a good person, even if he said it in advance, it would probably only cause unnecessary trouble.

At this time, Xiao Yan was too lazy to watch the tests anymore. Among the hundreds of people taking the test, only one or two had reached the eighth level of Dou Qi like Xiao Mei, and as for the ninth level, no one had appeared yet.

The number of people who had not been called upon decreased. In the end, only a few people were left, including Xiao Yan.

The last young man not far in front of him also stood up to take the test, but after a while, he also left the stage with an unsatisfactory result.

As for the last dozen or so places, in fact, everyone knows that these dozen are the bottom of the family. If it were not for the sake of fairness, these dozen places would probably be eliminated directly without any testing.

"Xiao Yan!" Under the black stone tablet, the examiner called out the last spot with a complicated look in his eyes.

"Brother Xiao Yan, it's your turn..." The girl said softly, her delicate little hand gently covering Xiao Yan's palm.

Raising his head slightly, Xiao Yan opened his half-closed eyes and looked around the training ground. Those gloating looks made him unable to help but sneer softly.

Standing up slowly, Xiao Yan twisted his head, turned his gaze to Xiao Zhan on the high platform, and smiled slightly.

Looking at his son's smile, Xiao Zhan nodded with satisfaction, picked up the teacup in one hand, and leaned gently on the back of the chair.

After taking a deep breath, Xiao Yan strode towards the black stone tablet. The sudden excitement between his brows made some of the tribesmen who wanted to laugh out loud shut up in embarrassment.

Under the complicated gazes of the audience, Xiao Yan came to the bottom of the black stone tablet. Looking at the black-shirted boy in front of him, the tester sighed in his heart. He was the first to witness Xiao Yan's miracle that year, and he also witnessed the genius's fall step by step in the past three years. After today, if no miracle happens, this should be the last time the boy will be tested in the family.

Just as Xiao Yan was about to touch the test stele with his hand, a voice that sounded very "inappropriate" was heard.

"Everyone, I am looking forward to Master Xiao Yan's test. I think everyone is looking forward to it too. So in order to add a little excitement to this highly anticipated test, I would like to temporarily add an item."

This voice made everyone's attention focus on the center of the voice - that is, Void Devouring Flame.

The tester, who seemed to never have any unnecessary expressions, twitched his lips. If an ordinary person said such words in such an occasion, he would have been kicked out long ago, but he really didn't dare to kick out the person in front of him.

The three elders were also puzzled. Could it be that Xu Yan had colluded with Xiao Yan in advance? This shouldn't be the case. Xu Yan was not in Wutan City during this period.

Although Xiao Zhan was also a little confused, his doubts were not so obvious. After all, Mr. Xu Yan often could not be guessed by common sense.

Xiao Yan smiled awkwardly but politely. Although he knew that he had reached the seventh level, Mr. Xu Yan should not know this. Is this what they call being rich and willful?

Xiao Xun'er looked at the Void Devouring Flame above "Nidhoggr" with a hint of doubt and a little dissatisfaction in her eyes. Is it possible to act recklessly in such an occasion?