Chapter 18: Test
"Dou Qi, third stage"
Time flies and it is the day of the Xiao family's annual Dou Qi test.
In the Xiao family, those who are over sixteen years old and have not reached the seventh stage of Dou Qi will be demoted to various industries of the family to serve as managers.
If you are over twenty-five years old and have not reached the level of a Dou Zhe, then I'm sorry, you may be removed from the family tree and not recognized by the family.
"Xiao Yan, Dou Qi, third stage! Level, low!" Next to the stone tablet for testing Dou Qi, the middle-aged man in charge of the family test announced the result in an indifferent tone.
Xiao Bai stood in the shade of the trees at the edge of the test square, silently watching Xiao Yan on the test table.
He has not participated in the family test for three years. The elders in the family also know his situation and acquiesce.
Today, he got up early on purpose just to check in the famous scene. Although he does not have a check-in system, he can eat melons. Isn't this more real than the TV series shot in the previous life?
Xiao Yan, who was standing on the stage, looked at the glaring characters on the stone tablet expressionlessly. A hint of self-mockery appeared on the corner of his mouth. He clenched his hands tightly, and his slightly sharp nails caused a burst of pain in his palms.
He lowered his head in silence, turned around and walked down from the high platform. He heard one after another discussion in his ears, some mocking, some regretful and sighing, as if a sharp sword pierced his heart, making his breathing a little rapid.
He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. He thought of Xiao Bai and his calmness.
Xiao Yan slowly raised his head, his delicate and tender face was full of indifference, and his dark eyes indifferently scanned those who mocked him.
"The world is really cold and indifferent. These people were still smiling humbly three years ago, calling him Third Young Master, but now they are so mean! Ha~!"
He walked calmly through the crowd, ignoring the mocking voices, and walked towards the gray-haired young man under the shade of the tree next to the square.
The eyes of the people in the square followed Xiao Yan and found Xiao Bai standing under the tree.
"That's Xiao Bai. How did he become like this?"
"I heard that there was a problem with his training. Now he is much better. You didn't see what he looked like a few months ago. That was scary!"
"Didn't Xiao Yan get along with him? Why do they seem to be on good terms now?" When everyone saw Xiao Bai patting Xiao Yan on the shoulder, someone asked in confusion.
"Who knows? Maybe they are in the same boat!"
Although some people in the crowd didn't like Xiao Bai since they were young, they didn't dare to say anything bad.
Because even if he didn't break through in six years, he was the first among all the testers in the square with the ninth stage of Dou Qi, not to mention that Xiao Yan had been beaten by a two-star Dou Zhe.
"Next, Xiao Mei!"
A girl about fourteen years old ran out of the crowd. As soon as she appeared, she turned everyone's eyes away from Xiao Bai and locked her slightly fiery eyes on the girl's cheek.
The girl was not stunning, but the combination of purity and charm on her face made her the focus of everyone.
"Xiao Mei, Dou Qi, seventh stage, level, advanced!"
Xiao Mei cheered and a proud smile appeared on her face.
The envious discussions from the audience made her smile even more. Vanity has a different kind of temptation for girls of this age.
The girl enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention on the stage. She saw the two figures under the shade of the trees from the corner of her eye. After thinking for a while, Xiao Mei walked to the edge of the square.
"Cousin Xiao Bai!" "Cousin Xiao Yan!"
Xiao Mei greeted the two. She hadn't seen Xiao Bai for a long time and found that he had changed a lot now. She couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.
In the past, Xiao Bai was gentle and elegant, with a faint smile on his face, making people feel like spring breeze;
now he has a cold face, deep eyes, and the sense of majesty between his eyebrows is even more than that of the clan leader and the great elder.
Looking at the two people in front of him, they have both appeared in Xiao Mei's girlish feelings. She once fantasized that she could spend the rest of her life with one of them.
Among them, Xiao Bai is the worst. When the girls of the same age in the Xiao family discuss boys together, Xiao Bai's topic always tops the list.
However, he seems to be different from Gu Xun'er in the entire Xiao family. No matter which other girls, they all have the kind of seemingly gentle but actually alienated attitude.
Thinking of Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Mei's eyes flashed with jealousy.
"Next, Xiao Xun'er!"
Hearing this name, the crowd that was talking about it suddenly quieted down and their eyes quietly shifted.
I saw a cold girl walking up to the high platform. The girl was wearing a green skirt and stood there like a green lotus bud waiting to bloom.
She is elegant and extraordinary, with skin whiter than snow and eyes like a clear spring. When she looks around, she has a kind of elegant and noble temperament, which makes people feel moved and dare not blaspheme. At such
a young age, she has such a beautiful appearance. It is hard to imagine how stunning she will be when she grows up.
Xiao Xun'er first swept her eyes across the crowd, and then accurately locked onto the young man under the shade of the tree. Her face was like a spring thaw. She smiled and blinked at the young man, then turned and walked towards the test stele.
"Damn, I don't know what's so good about that guy that he can be favored by cousin Xun'er!"
"That's right, that's right!"
"Yes, what can that guy have? He is just handsome, has a better temperament, and has a higher cultivation. Apart from these, what else does he have?"
Hearing the last words of this man, the people around him looked at him and silently took a step back.
Damn, everyone is here to attack Xiao Bai, are you attacking him? Are you an undercover sent by Xiao Bai?
On the stage, the girl stretched out her jade hand, and the blue-gold cuffs slipped down a little, revealing her white and delicate wrist. Her palm lightly touched the stone tablet, and the light on the tablet shone.
"Xiao Xun'er, Dou Qi, ninth stage! Level, advanced!"
The voice of the middle-aged man next to the stone tablet resounded throughout the square. Everyone was silent at first, and then there was a constant buzz.
There were voices of admiration, awe, and jealousy.
"Miss Xun'er, according to this level, you can condense the cyclone in half a year and break through to become a Dou Zhe. At that time, you will be the second person in the Xiao family in a hundred years."
After the middle-aged man read the information on the Dou Qi stone tablet, a smile appeared on his face, and the girl said with a little respect.
"The second person?" Xiao Xun'er didn't say anything in her heart, and nodded slightly to the middle-aged man. "Thank you!"
Turned around and slowly walked down the high platform, and walked under the shade of the tree next to the square with a little excitement.
"Brother Xiao Bai!" The girl walked in front of Xiao Bai, put her hands behind her back, leaned forward, and looked at him with curved eyebrows.
Xiao Bai looked at her, and finally smiled on his stern face, his eyes full of unconcealed affection, and he touched her black hair.
"Brother Xiao Bai, why are you here today?" The girl couldn't help but narrow her eyes when she saw Xiao Bai stroking her little head, and then asked in confusion.
Xiao Bai hadn't participated in the family's test for several years, and he had been staying indoors for a long time recently. She hadn't seen him for a long time, and his appearance here today made her a little curious.
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