"Sure enough, it's still that same old bad temper."
Looking at the unfriendly Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan didn't feel any displeasure, but rather found it very interesting.
"I heard your cultivation has fallen to the third Duan of Dou Qi."
Xiao Yu walked over. Although her face wasn't as devastatingly beautiful as Xun'er's, and even lacked some of the feminine charm compared to Xiao Mei, she possessed a unique heroic spirit.
Paired with her tall figure and those superb long legs, she could be considered a complete beauty.
However, her gaze towards Xiao Yan at this moment carried a hint of schadenfreude. Taking advantage of her earlier development, she couldn't help but look down at Xiao Yan, who was half a head shorter than her.
Towards this future young patriarch of the family, she, Xiao Yu, had not a shred of respect.
"That's right, it has indeed fallen to the third Duan of Dou Qi."
Xiao Yan's smile remained, and even his eyes were very gentle.
This made Xiao Yu, who was used to bickering with Xiao Yan, suddenly feel a little uncomfortable, as if her fist had hit cotton, a kind of unventable frustration.
"Hmph, serves you right for being a hooligan back then. For you to have this day, it's truly heaven's will, retribution."
Perhaps because she wasn't satisfied with her argument with Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu not only didn't leave but instead became somewhat aggressive.
"You woman..."
Being told this by Xiao Yu, even Xiao Yan couldn't help but choke for a moment.
He couldn't help but wave his hand and say: "Sister Yu, didn't I just accidentally touch your leg? So many years have passed, don't be so petty, okay?"
"So many years, I'm petty?"
Xiao Yu's eyes widened at once, as if she wanted to swallow Xiao Yan alive.
It had only been two years since that incident.
"Alright, alright, I'm petty. Today I'll be even pettier. While you're down, I'll finish you off!"
Xiao Yu snorted coldly and reached out to grab Xiao Yan's collar.
"Xiao Yan, you brat, you have this day too. Today, this old lady will teach you a good lesson."
A smile of having avenged a great wrong appeared on Xiao Yu's lips. For some reason, she always felt energized when arguing with this brat.
In the past, although she was much taller than Xiao Yan, her cultivation was inferior to his, so she couldn't do anything to him.
Now that Xiao Yan's cultivation had finally dropped, Xiao Yu planned to vent her anger fiercely.
"Yu'er, stop!"
An old voice sounded. Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan turned their gazes and saw the Third Elder walking over.
The family test was still very important. Every year, the patriarch and the three elders needed to preside over it personally. Concerned about his granddaughter and grandson, the Third Elder had come very early today.
"Grandpa!"
Stopped by the Third Elder, Xiao Yu glanced at Xiao Yan somewhat unwillingly, but under the Third Elder's stern glare, she ultimately didn't make a move.
"Little bastard, you just wait, this isn't over between us!"
As Xiao Yu left, she didn't forget to make a harsh remark in Xiao Yan's ear.
"Alright, but next time I touch your leg, it won't be an accident, okay?"
A frivolous smile appeared on Xiao Yan's lips, causing Xiao Yu to stumble and almost fall.
"Hah, just keep being stubborn. After today's test, I'll go to the little grove and block you!"
Xiao Yu sneered and then returned to the Third Elder's side.
"This woman."
Looking at Xiao Yu's departing figure, Xiao Yan gently shook his head. Since that's the case, then I'll just have to touch it one more time.
As the sunlight became increasingly dazzling, Xiao Zhan and the disciples of the family successively arrived at this square in the following half hour.
Many young faces showed eagerness, clearly having made breakthroughs in their cultivation this year, while some youths had worried frowns; these should be the ones with poorer cultivation talent.
At this moment, Xun'er had also already arrived by Xiao Yan's side, whispering around Xiao Yan like a little lark.
In fact, almost all the girls in the family who weren't introverted, except for Xiao Yu, liked to gather around Xiao Yan.
After all, Xiao Yan not only had good talent and a limitless future, but he was also handsome and spoke pleasantly, making it hard for girls not to like him.
Xiao Mei was also in the crowd, but today she very sensitively discovered that Xiao Yan's attitude towards her had suddenly become somewhat perfunctory.
In the past, although Xiao Yan was also more enthusiastic towards Xun'er, he was also very nice to Xiao Mei and the others.
"Cousin Xiao Yan, how did he become like this?"
Xiao Mei racked her brains but couldn't understand why Xiao Yan had no interest in her at all. In fact, the other girls in the family couldn't understand either.
It wasn't that Xiao Yan held grudges or anything, it was simply because Xiao Yan found these young girls too childish.
A group of twelve or thirteen-year-old little girls, chattering about those things all day long, how could he, an old Dou Di who had lived for tens of thousands of years, be interested?
Only Xun'er, his future wife, was the apple of Xiao Yan's eye, which was why he would patiently chat with the little girl.
As for the others.
Sorry, there really was no extra emotional value to provide.
Although Xun'er was still young, perhaps due to her innate intelligence, she clearly noticed the difference in Xiao Yan's current treatment of her and other girls.
This change made her beautiful eyes curve into crescents, and her gaze towards Xiao Yan seemed to carry specks of light.
"Xiao Yan, you really deserve to die!"
In the distance, Xiao Ning looked at Xiao Yan, who was surrounded by beauties yet only favored one, and felt so jealous that his molars were about to shatter.
"Next, Xiao Ning!"
Before he could recover, the test officer had already called Xiao Ning's name.
"Hmph, today, I'll let you all know that I, Xiao Ning, am not to be trifled with either."
Xiao Ning hurriedly composed himself and trotted to the test magic stone tablet, pouring his Dou Qi into it.
As the Dou Qi was poured in, five dazzling golden characters appeared.
"Dou Qi, sixth Duan!"
With the appearance of these six large characters, discussions arose among the clansmen around the test square.
"This little fellow is only thirteen, right? He's already at the sixth Duan of Dou Qi at thirteen. It looks like he has a good chance of becoming a Dou Zhe before he's twenty."
"Yeah, to become a Dou Zhe before twenty, plus the family's resources, becoming a Dou Shi should be no problem. If he's lucky, becoming a Da Dou Shi won't be difficult either. The Third Elder will likely have a successor."
Hearing the discussions around him, a triumphant smile appeared on Xiao Ning's face. His gaze shifted towards Xiao Yan's direction, and he saw that all the young girls were also looking at him.
Although their gazes didn't hold the same admiration as they had for Xiao Yan, they still carried a look that satisfied Xiao Ning.
But only when he saw the girl surrounded in the center, like a green lotus, did all of Xiao Ning's happiness shatter in an instant.
Because that young girl, from beginning to end, had never cast her gaze in Xiao Ning's direction.
On that delicate little face, brimming with happiness, her pair of autumn-water eyes only reflected the image of the black-clothed youth. Apart from that, there was nothing else.
"Next, Xiao Yan!"
(End of this chapter)