After listening to Zhang Chi's words, Zhang Fang frowned slightly and did not answer Zhang Chi's words. Instead, he lowered his head and opened the drawer on the left hand side. A small, crystal clear jade bottle appeared in Zhang Fang's hand.
"Zhang'er, this is the elixir that was just delivered to you. My father is looking up the most effective way to take it for you. You don't have to go anywhere, just practice at home.
Maybe... maybe before dawn, my father can find out how the elixir can transform your physique..." Zhang Fang's eyes were a little tired, and he subconsciously rubbed his temples with his thumb.
"Father, please give Zhang'er the last bit of dignity. If you promised your father, Zhang'er will definitely do it. Zhang'er doesn't want to use cheating with foreign objects to complete my adult ceremony..." When Zhang Chi said this, he deeply expressed his gratitude to Zhang'er.
The father bowed to the ground, then turned and left...
"Chi..." Zhang Fang stretched out his hand and swallowed the words as they reached his lips.
"Alas! Chi'er's character is so much like his mother..." Zhang Fang let out a helpless sigh.
There are still three months left for the coming-of-age ceremony for this generation of the Zhang family. Any fifteen-year-old boy who cannot reach the sixth level of Qi Shi in practicing Xing Qi, or who fails to challenge the younger generation who has not reached the sixth level of Qi Shi, the family will
They will be given two ways to go.
The first way is to give them a certain amount of star coins and be 'invited' to leave the clan to establish their own clan. From then on, they will no longer be members of the Zhang clan, no matter how high their status is.
The road is for those who have reached the fourth level of Qi Shi or above in martial arts, they can have priority to enter the family's industry, find a job, and serve the family.
Moreover, if there are children and offspring, the children will be eligible to participate in the coming-of-age ceremony of the clan. If their star energy reaches the sixth level of Qi Shi, they can still become the core disciples that the clan focuses on cultivating.
Faced with the cruel reality, when the last three months came, even Zhang Shu and Zhang Ji obediently retreated at home after making a fuss for a few days, while the other disciples in the clan even crammed in and practiced desperately.
As soon as this happened, the Zhang family calmed down.
Zhang Fang and the three elders of the Zhang family have been busy with family affairs, and they are all on the same page with each other. They each have their own plans and are making their own preparations secretly, because this coming-of-age ceremony will determine many major events for the Zhang family.
and the future direction of the Zhang family.
As for Zhang Chi's challenge to Situ Yu'er of the Situ family, in the eyes of these 'powerful' star cultivators, it was just the words of young Meng Lang and could not be taken seriously.
A loser from a declining family wants to fight with a talented girl who has two major powers as her backing? How to fight?
Two years? If you can live to two hundred years, you may not be able to complete it, and you may be left further and further behind. Even Zhang Fang has this in mind.
But if things don't come to an end, they will be in chaos. Because he is his own son, he doesn't think so, but the facts are facts. Let's see if the adult ceremony can pass the test first...
Three months passed gradually in such intense and busy life. Zhang Fang was worried about his son. He took time to search the clan area several times, but there was no sign of Zhang Chi in the huge Dragon Valley. Zhang Fang found nothing, and Zhang Chi seemed to be out of thin air.
He just disappeared and is no longer in the clan.
Another three months have passed.
The coming-of-age ceremony for this generation of the Zhang clan was held as scheduled. Almost all the Zhang clan members gathered in the family square. The stage set up high in the corner of the square in the distance was empty.
The test of the coming-of-age ceremony has begun in the center of the square. The patriarch of the Zhang family, three elders and important figures in the Zhang family are sitting behind a long table arranged in a fan shape, looking towards the field.
On the huge vacant space, two old men with gray hair and expressionless faces sat behind a huge table, with pens and ink placed on the table.
The black-faced old man on the left is holding the roster of the young people participating in the coming-of-age ceremony and making records, while the red-faced old man on the left is presiding over the test as a referee.
In front of the table of the two old men, there was a dark, half-person-high air stone. The shape of the air stone was not very regular, but the top of the air stone was as smooth as a mirror, with the imprint of a palm sunken down.
The old man on the left is holding a pen in his hand, looking at the roster and clicking on a young man's name. The young man will come to the air stone, put his right hand on the palm imprint of the top of the air stone, and use all his strength to move the cultivation base, and the Gang Qi will be input into the Qi.
In the stone, numbers will be displayed in the different cultivation areas of the air stone.
One by one, the young men walked up to the air stone nervously, with pale faces, and pressed their trembling right hands, and their fate was fixed on the maximum value displayed by the numbers.
This test is different from the annual clan test. This is an adult ceremony that determines their destiny. Only those who have reached the sixth level of Qi Shi will be left in the clan for key training. The outstanding ones may be awarded a higher level in the clan.
Kung Fu.
The black-faced old man announced the name of the next tester, while recording the results of the test boy announced by the red-faced old man.
The light of the air stone kept flashing, and the teenagers either jumped and cheered and ran to the outside to high-five the other teenagers to congratulate themselves for passing the test, or they automatically gathered in the group of unqualified teenagers with their heads down and felt sad.
Facing the success and failure of these young people, the elders and upper-class figures in the clan looked numb. Unless they were direct descendants of their own lineage, they were indifferent.
Today, the facial expression of Zhang Fang, the patriarch of the Zhang clan, has lost the composure that he used to have without changing his expression. His eyes have been searching for the shadow of his son Zhang Chi in the crowd of clan members. However, the test has been completed for more than half, and he is still missing.
The arrival of relaxation...
Zhang Chi did not appear in the coming-of-age ceremony for the younger generation. In addition to the anxious patriarch Zhang Wai, among the crowd, a heart-stoppingly beautiful girl was also looking around, as if looking for something. She was the third elder.
Daughter Zhang Yao.
"Zhang Chi, do you really not have the courage to attend the coming-of-age ceremony? Is that stubborn young man who would rather be beaten to death than beg for mercy really a scholar?
Although Zhang Chi and Yao'er were the strongest Xingqi of their generation in the clan, Yao'er had a timid character and had to succumb to Zhang Shu, Zhang Ji and other playboys who followed them.
But you are different. Although you are called the loser of the family, you are stronger and braver than Yao'er! It's because your strength always inspires Yao'er and makes Yao'er want to become stronger..."
Compared with Zhang Fang and Zhang Yao's nervousness, the first elder and the second elder looked confident. They closed their eyes and seemed not to care about the test in the field.
"Zhang Yao..."
"arrive……"
As the voice of the black-faced old man rang out in the noisy square, the slightly chaotic scene suddenly became quiet. A group of young people full of admiration cast their eyes on the most beautiful girl in the clan.
The girl hurriedly agreed and walked quickly into the arena. Then, she worked hard to calm herself down, and her light footsteps slowly moved along with the eyes of the young people until she came to the air stone...