Chapter 3 Life and Death
Five days passed in a flash, and the day for the assessment of the Chen family's adult disciples was ushered in. During this period, Chen Lei's father Chen Mantang also rushed back from the wilderness. After learning that Chen Lei broke through to the True Qi Realm, his surprise was beyond words.
This day is the day for the assessment of adult disciples of the Chen family. As one of the five major families in Qingyang Town, the assessment of adult disciples of the tribe can be said to be a grand event in Qingyang Town. Ordinary people are naturally not qualified to come to watch the ceremony, but the four major families of Zhao, Wang, Nie and Sun, who are both five major families, all have elders bringing their young disciples to watch the ceremony.
On this day, the door of Chen's family was wide open, with lights and colorful decorations, and it was very lively. Two rows of energetic disciples stood upright to welcome the elders and disciples of various major families.
Soon, everyone came one after another and gathered at the Chen family's martial arts performance venue. This time, there were 120 disciples in the Chen family who participated in the adult assessment, all of whom were fifteen years old.
"Everyone, this year is the annual adult disciple assessment of my Chen family. There are 120 disciples participating in the adult assessment. Ten of them broke through to the True Qi Realm before the age of fifteen, and thirty-five have reached the Ninth Level of the Martial Arts Realm. They are about to break through to the True Qi Realm during the assessment. Next, we will start the first item of the adult assessment and the cultivation test."
The elder Chen Luotu, who was in charge of the adult assessment, directly announced the start of the test.
In fact, every cultivation test is the most boring, because most people’s cultivation is mastered by the family. This cultivation test is just a formality and there are few accidents.
Sure enough, as the cultivation test progressed, the thirty-five disciples in the Great Perfect Martial Realm broke through to the True Qi Realm without any surprise, while the others had no signs of breaking through to the True Qi Realm.
A young man who failed to break through to the True Qi realm before the age of fifteen will become a tragic disciple outside the Chen family. When will he break through to the True Qi realm, when will he become a formal disciple of the Chen family? These disciples who broke through to the True Qi realm before the age of fifteen will become elite disciples of the Chen family and will be vigorously cultivated.
Soon, it was Chen Lei's turn to play.
"Chen Lei, come on!"
The person in charge of the test called Chen Lei's name and chanted loudly.
"Chen Lei, is the boy who is famous for the best genius in Qingyang Town or even Duanshan City?"
As soon as Chen Lei appeared, a riot caused on the entire viewing platform. After all, Chen Lei was the pride of the entire Chen family at the time. He was eleven years old and the ninth level of the Martial Arts Realm. Such a genius has never appeared in the entire Qingyang Town for a hundred years.
"Hmph, that's just the past. Chen Lei is just a waste, what's the point of looking good about it?"
In front of the viewing platform, Wang Changqing, the elder of the Wang family, snorted coldly, without lowering his voice at all. Thousands of people in the entire martial arts field could hear his words clearly.
The Wang family and the Chen family have many conflicts. On weekdays, when the disciples of the two families meet, they will take action directly. If they encounter them in the wild, they will kill them directly. The Wang and Chen families have several headless bloody cases, which are all the other party's evil moves. Both families know each other well, but no one has any evidence. After all, doing such a thing is absolutely necessary to do it neatly and without leaving any troubles.
Both families know that there will inevitably be a bloody battle in the future, either you die or I live, but now neither of them is sure to completely kill each other. With fear of each other, they maintain a delicate balance. However, in some public places, it is common to do what they do.
This time, Wang Changqing, the elder of the Chen family, came here with a look for trouble, so he naturally would not leave any face to the Chen family when he spoke.
Faced with Wang Changqing's ridicule, the head of the Chen family and the elders looked ugly, but what Wang Changqing said was well-known. Even if the head of the Chen family and many elders were willing to refute, there was no excuse.
"It's embarrassing, why do you have the face to participate in this adult assessment? I, the face of the Chen family, was thrown away by you."
Chen Ying did not hide his voice at all and said coldly to Chen Lei.
Chen Lei looked at Chen Ying deeply, and did not say anything more. Instead, he turned his head and looked at the elder of the Wang family on the viewing platform, and said loudly: "Old thing, who do you think is a waste? You are the guest invited by my Chen family, but you are so rude. Did you live to a dog at the age of a dog?"
Wang Changqing, the elder of the Wang family, was so angry that his beard shook and shouted angrily: "Puppy, how dare you be rude to me."
Chen Lei sneered and said tit-for-tat: "Old dog, those who insult others will insult him. So what if you are rude to you? I can still bite you, I won't be able to."
Facing Chen Lei, Wang Changqing really couldn't see him as much as he did. Wang Changqing would never have thought that Chen Lei would dare to talk to him so boldly, and instead said to the head of the Chen family and the elders: "Head Chen family, is this your Chen family tutor?"
Chen Tangxuan, the head of the Chen family, smiled slightly in response to Wang Changqing's questioning and said, "Elder Wang, why are you so angry? You have the same knowledge as the younger generation. Besides, I think what Chen Lei said may not be unreasonable, and you said yes, not right."
After hearing Chen Tangxuan's words, Wang Changqing was so upset that he had nowhere to vent his anger. He stared at Chen Lei, hoping to tear Chen Lei away all his body.
Chen Lei felt Wang Changqing's gaze, and said without any fear, "Old dog, what do you think? I will let you know today, my true strength."
After saying that, he ignored Wang Changqing's gaze that was about to eat people and came directly to the stone stake that was testing his cultivation level. He did not see any move. He gently slapped the stone stake that was able to withstand the full attack of the Great Perfection of the Martial Arts Realm. With a loud bang, he exploded to crush it.
"How is this possible..."
Whether it was the many elders in front of the viewing platform or the children of the Chen family who were watching on the martial arts field, they were deeply shocked. They opened their mouths one by one, and could not believe the scene they saw in front of them, especially Chen Lei's teacher Chen Lianshan, who could hardly breathe. He clearly remembered that Chen Lei was only at the sixth level of the Martial Arts Realm five days ago, but now, what happened? How could he reach the Great Perfection of the Martial Arts Realm? No, it was not the Great Perfection of the Martial Arts Realm. Seeing that Chen Lei had taken action just now, he smashed the test stone stake into pieces. Only the cultivation level of the True Qi Realm can he achieve it.
What has happened in the past few days? How could Chen Lei have such a huge change?
Chen Ying was completely stunned. The gravels in the sky were like slaps, making his face flushed.
Wang Changqing's eyesight was naturally not bad, and he was also extremely surprised. However, in a blink of an eye, his voice sounded again: "Hmph, it's just a great perfection in the ninth level of the Martial Arts Realm. What can I be proud of? Among my Wang family, at your age, there are many people who have broken through the true Qi realm's cultivation level. Your achievements are not even considered an ant in my Wang family. You are so proud. You are such a frog in the well."
Chen Lei said: "Old guy, since you say that, why not let your Wang family disciples compete with me in a while and see what an amazing existence your Wang family elite is, or will you just be able to blow the air in your own home and become a bear when you get outside?"
Elder Wang glanced at Chen Lei with a vicious look and agreed without hesitation: "Okay, during the battle, my Wang family disciple will consider it carefully to see what you have."
In each adult assessment of the five major families in Qingyang Town, several major families will send young disciples to discuss and measure each other's strength. This is also a convention. Therefore, Chen Lei and the young disciples of the Wang family have no violations at all.
Finally, all the Chen family disciples were evaluated and entered the stage of battle. "Where is the disciple who challenged my Chen family elite?"
Chief elder Chen Luotu asked to everyone sitting on the viewing platform.
"Of course, my Wang family came first. Didn't Chen Lei agree to discuss with my Wang family disciples just now? Naturally, my Wang family disciples will take the first round." Wang Changqingren said without permission.
Elder Chen Luotu looked at Chen Lei and asked for his opinion.
Chen Lei nodded to Elder Chen Luotu and shouted: "Elder Chen, if you are willing to fight, you will not lose your reputation as a Chen family."
Chen Luotu said: "Okay, Elder Wang, Chen Lei's cultivation level is now at the first level of the True Qi Realm. The disciples you sent must not exceed the first level of the True Qi Realm. Moreover, both sides are not allowed to use any treasures or pills, and fight based on their own cultivation."
Wang Changqing laughed and said proudly: "That's natural. My Wang family disciples naturally disdain to use external means to bully your Chen family disciples. However, this elder has to add an additional condition. This challenge will require a life-and-death certificate."
"What, you have to sign a life-and-death case?"
Elder Chen Luotu was stunned. There was no such rule before.
Wang Changqing sneered, with a gloomy murderous intent in his voice, and said, "Yes, Chen Lei contradicted this elder, how could he forget it so easily, he naturally had to pay a certain price. This time, the challenge will last between the two sides."
Elder Chen Luotu looked at the head of the family. He could not do such a major thing.
Chen Tangxuan, the head of the Chen family, came to Chen Lei to ask for his opinions. If Chen Lei disagreed, then he would respect Chen Lei's decision. After all, Chen Lei is an elite disciple of the Chen family, and he is not willing to lose easily.
Chapter completed!