Chapter 3: Jade Water City
Xia Fei Long's gaze swept across the face of Great Elder Xia Lei, who seemed to have an especially strong grudge against Xia Yan. As a great elder in the family with a high status, even Xia Fei Long as the clan leader was restricted in many ways. The great elder strongly opposed the spirit tablet of the demon girl entering the ancestral hall, and he couldn't do anything about it.
"Xia Yan, you don't need to say more. For this matter, I and the elders have no choice. Hmph, if we made a decision to let your mother's spirit tablet enter the ancestral hall, the whole family would not agree." Xia Fei Long said in a deep voice, without showing any sympathy for the poor child Xia Yan.
Xia Changhe's face was also iron-green, he angrily glanced at Xia Lei and then said: "This matter, I think it should be decided by the clan. If most people agree..."
Xia Changhe's words had not yet finished, when Xia Lei glared at him and shouted: "I resolutely oppose this matter! That demon girl is from the Dark Night Continent, an arch-enemy of our Dragon Continent. Hmph, she will never become a member of the Xia family! Heh heh, but if you want that demon girl's spirit tablet to enter the ancestral temple, it's not like there's no way!"
"What's going on?" Xia Yan's face turned pale, his heart had already sunk to the bottom of the valley, but upon hearing this sentence, he suddenly jumped out, looking at Xia Lei with a surprised and delighted expression.
Xia Lei gave Xia Yan a slanted glance, chuckled and said with a sly tone: "Unless you can become the Master of the Holy Hall of Yu Shui City! If that's really the case, then nothing is impossible. Our Xia family will also have to obey the orders of the Master of the Holy Hall!"
"Hiss..." The other elders also let out a stifled hum, widened their eyes, and then simultaneously shook their heads and sighed quietly.
The master of the Holy Temple? That's a position that only a Spirit Master can hold. And even then, it requires the strongest Spirit Master to successfully challenge and become the master of the Holy Temple.
The Holy Temple is the highest authority in the county, with a temple master and twelve deacons inside. Xia Feilong, the patriarch of the Xia family, is one of the twelve deacons of the Yu Shui City Holy Temple. Among the twelve deacons of the Yu Shui City Holy Temple, three are the patriarchs of the three major families in Yu Shui City, three are respected elders in Yu Shui City, and six are the most outstanding cultivators selected from dozens of towns under the jurisdiction of Yu Shui City.
Of course, the three families of Yushui City who hold the position of executive are the three most powerful people in the Holy Temple except for the master. The Xia family occupies one seat.
"Sanctuary Master?" Xia Yan heard this sentence, somewhat dazed and repeated it. The master of the sanctuary was an unattainable existence. Even the clan leader Xia Feilong might not dare to have the idea of becoming the master of the sanctuary.
"Haha, Xia Yan, if you can do it, I'll agree to put that demon woman's spirit tablet in the ancestral hall!" Seeing Xia Yan's face turn pale, Xia Lei seemed to have gained great satisfaction and actually sneered in a low voice in front of the clan leader and the elders.
In fact, his attitude towards a child like this made the clan leader and several other elders somewhat unapproving. However, even Xia Fei Long would not blame Clan Leader Xia Lei for being improper because of this.
After a brief silence, Xia Yan's eyes suddenly became extremely determined, his sharp gaze staring at Xia Lei, word by word gritting his teeth: "Good, you wait! I, Xia Yan, won't let you wait too long! The Saint Hall Master, I will become!"
At that moment, Xia Yan's back straightened up.
He finished speaking word by word with an extremely heavy tone, then Xia Yan turned around and walked out of the council hall. He didn't immediately return to his own old courtyard in the backyard of the Xia family, but instead headed towards the Xia family's martial arts hall.
"I want to enter the Violet Leaf Academy for cultivation!"
"I must enter the Violet Leaf Academy for cultivation!"
"Only by becoming strong can one challenge the Temple Master and possibly become the Temple Master!" Xia Yan walked quickly, but each step felt incredibly heavy.
At this moment, Xia Yan's heart has only one goal!
The Martial Hall of the Xia family, a place where Xia Yan had never been before. Because this was a place that did not welcome him. However, now he must give it a try, as only through the recommendation of the Xia family would he have the possibility to enter the Violet Leaf Academy and gain better learning and training opportunities.
Xia Yan's face was ashen, like an ice block in the depths of winter, without a hint of expression.
After Xia Yan left the council hall, the three elders, Xia Changhe, sighed silently in his heart. This child is really unfortunate. If he could achieve something in martial arts like his father, the status of the Xia family would not be so low. What a pity... what a pity...
Xia Changhe shook his head!
Xia Lei saw Xia Yan's slightly thin body turn out of the council hall, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, and he sneered: "He's just a waste, yet he dares to speak wildly. Hmph, as the son of a demoness, his heart is hard to correct. I think we should expel him from the Xia family!"
When he heard this, the other elders and clan leaders did not speak. Xia Lei's face twitched a few times, looked at the other elders, and didn't continue with this topic. He knew that if he really wanted to expel Xia Yan, not to mention the reactions of the other elders, the third elder Xia Changhe would definitely strongly oppose it.
Standing in front of the gate of the Martial Arts Hall, looking at the large characters "Martial Arts Hall" on the gate, Xia Yan puffed out his chest, tightly clenched his fists, and his eyes shone with determination.
At this moment, a person suddenly walked out of the martial arts hall. This martial arts hall can only be entered by relatively excellent family members to practice. Inside the martial arts hall, senior family members personally instruct younger disciples in their practice. Moreover, seniors will also teach some martial skills, which are naturally not orthodox martial skills.
On the mainland of Long, martial skills are divided into two major levels: entry and non-entry. Entry-level martial skills are further divided into three levels based on their strength: divine level, heavenly level, and human level. Even the lowest level of entry-level martial skills, the human level, is difficult to obtain. Even a family like the Xia family would not have many human-level martial skills, let alone heavenly and divine level ones.
In most martial arts, there is an auxiliary introductory mind method, the function of this mind method is mainly used to help practitioners open up their meridians.
Xia Yan saw a figure flash by, and a person walked out of the martial arts hall. She was slender, wearing black clothes, and turned out to be Xia Zixing, the daughter of the clan leader. Xia Yan still remembered that before his mother passed away, Xia Zixing would often play with him together. However, after his mother's death, as Xia Yan and Xia Zixing grew older, Xia Zixing found him less and less frequently. By the time Xia Yan was ten years old, he had already rarely seen Xia Zixing.
Xia Yan knew that Xia Zixing had distanced herself from him, and he didn't have any intention of blaming her. He just couldn't help but smile wryly to himself whenever he thought about it. When Xia Yan saw the lovely Xia Zixing suddenly appear in front of him, he was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't take the initiative to greet her, and his heart was filled with bitterness.
Xia Zixin also saw Xia Yan, her bright red lips moved slightly, and a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes, but she didn't make a sound. Xia Yan seemed to hear a faint sigh, then saw Xia Zixin walk past him, a light fragrance slowly dissipating away.
