Chapter Fourteen: A Moment of Silence

  At the age of twelve, Xia Ming's eyes were large and spirited, with flashes of wisdom in his dark pupils. Although he was only twelve years old, he was quite liked by the elders in the family, and his innate talent for cultivation was extremely high. By the time of the next selection of outstanding young talents in the family, he was only fifteen years old and still eligible to participate.

  Xia Ming walked quickly to the edge of the round stone, a pair of slightly smaller palms pressed on the giant round stone, silently running the inner strength method in his heart.

  Rumble...

  The boulder rolled, and after a moment, Xia Ming actually pushed the round stone to the recessed groove with the number eighty-three. Such a score ranked second among the many disciples who had already been tested, only inferior to Xia Liu.

  He's only twelve years old now, and his future achievements will be boundless!

  Xia Ming opened up the eighty-three meridians of martial arts, which made Xia Feilong and the other elders slightly surprised. The representatives of the Wang and Xi families changed their expressions even more. They did not expect that in the Xia family, there would still be such an excellent young talent!

  "Hehe, okay!" Xia Fei Long smiled lightly and patted his leg with his palm, saying in a low voice.

  The crowd around him was once again filled with a mixture of cheers and gasps! Amidst the praise, Xia Ming didn't have the slightest hint of arrogance, his face expression calm and collected, as if the person who had just achieved such excellent results wasn't him, or even had nothing to do with him!

  Xia Yan saw that he was so steady at such a young age, and couldn't help but nod in his heart. This Xia Ming will be the backbone of the Xia family in the future! Just based on his current performance, he is already better than Xia Liu by more than one level.

  Xia Liu stood among the crowd of disciples, his face expressionless, but his eyes always swept over Xia Ming. Xia Ming was three years younger than him, but the number of martial arts meridians he had opened up was only six less than Xia Liu's. Six martial arts meridians, obviously didn't need three years to open up. In other words, Xia Ming's potential was even greater than his!

  "Next..."

  "Next, Xia Zixin!"

  At this time, there were only three untested descendants of the Xia family left. Finally, Xia Guqiu called out Xia Zixing's name! Xia Zixing was the daughter of Patriarch Xia Feilong and had an extremely high innate talent for cultivation, which was widely recognized among the Xia family's many children.

  Even in the Xia family's martial arts hall, no one had ever seen Xia Zixing go all out. In fact, many people thought that Xia Zixing might be even more formidable than Xia Liu. However, unlike Xia Liu, Xia Zixing didn't show off, so most of the Xia family's younger generation wasn't clear about Xia Zixing's true strength.

  Xia Zixin, dressed in a long green dress, walked elegantly to the giant round stone, her small hands, translucent in the sunlight, pressed firmly on the stone. Her lovely face showed a faintly determined expression.

  Xia Feilong sat on the high platform, his eyes fixed on his daughter, and no one knew what he was thinking at this moment.

  Ninety-six

  The stone has finally stopped moving! And the final score is stuck at 96 points!

  The whole audience gasped in shock at this...this score...

  Xia Liu had just opened up eighty-nine meridians of martial arts, but Xia Zixing had opened up ninety-six meridians of martial arts. In other words, out of the one hundred and eight meridians of martial arts, Xia Zixing only needed to open up twelve more meridians to fully open them all!

  To know that after opening up all 108 martial arts meridians, one enters the realm of the peak of acquired skills. Just take another step forward and that's a spiritual master!

  The dignity of the spiritual master, no one knows, no one is aware. If there are several spiritual masters in a family, it's hard for this family not to prosper. Currently, in the Xia family, only Xia Feilong is a spiritual master. Even the great elder Xia Lei has not become a spiritual master.

  Xia Zixin was only fourteen years old and had already opened up ninety-six meridians of the martial way. His future achievements would be boundless!

  The representatives of the Wang and Xi families, as well as the celebrities of Yushui City, all held their breaths and stared at the green-clothed woman in the arena in shock.

  "Xia family... Xia family... unexpectedly has such an excellent young master!" Xi Zijin and Wang Lan, both of them were probably thinking the same question in their minds.

  For some reason, after the test, Xia Zixing's gaze only glanced at Xia Yan. She didn't even look at the clan leader and elders on the high platform. Xia Yan also felt Xia Zixing's line of sight and looked over, nodding slightly.

  "Xia Yan, come here!"

  When everyone had finished testing, finally it was Xia Yan's turn!

  "Xia Yan, can you push this boulder? There are many people in the guest seats who will laugh at our Xia family!"

  After Xia Yan walked closer to the round stone, Xia Guqiu said in a low voice. Although he was dissatisfied with Xia Yan all along, he was also a member of the Xia family and did not want outsiders to laugh at the Xia family.

  "I won't let them laugh at me!" Xia Yan didn't even look at Xia Guqiu, casually retorting a sentence as he stood near the giant stone.

  The crowd of disciples who had finished the test all turned their eyes to Xia Yan, some gloating and waiting for a good show, while others secretly sighed. Ten years of cultivation without breaking through a single martial vein...

  With both palms pressed on the giant stone, Xia Yan didn't make any gestures and directly pushed it up.

  Before anyone could react, the boulder had already started rolling slowly.

  When pushing the boulder, others would first make a motion, exert their strength, and then slowly push it forward to achieve the best state. However, Xia Yan didn't have that many movements at all, he directly pushed it!

  "Hurrah!"

  The Xia family's children and juniors couldn't help but widen their eyes, staring at this unbelievable scene! The person who had always been considered a waste material... actually... actually pushed the round stone away!

  One ten...

  Twenty...

  Xia Zixin also blinked her beautiful eyelashes, looking at Xia Yan in an unbelievable way! Xia Yan, who was once shabby, seemed to be different from before! Didn't he not even open a single martial arts meridian? But now, the round stone had already rolled to the 30-degree mark!

  Xia Guqiu also puffed out his beard and stared with wide eyes, "Is this Xia Yan?"

  "What's going on?" The elder got up from his seat and stood up, looking at Xia Yan in surprise.

  The three elders, Xia Changhe was first shocked and then burst out laughing, extremely pleased!

  Forty

  Fifty

  Yuanshi showed no signs of slowing down, and as Xia Yan's footsteps moved forward step by step, Yuanshi crossed one number after another! It seemed that Xia Yan was extremely relaxed!

  Sixty...

  Seventy...

  "This is impossible!" Xia Guqiu muttered to himself, he even forgot the environment he was in at this moment, and actually shouted out loud!

  Xia Yan ignored him and continued moving forward!

  Eighty...

  Ninety...

  "I'll push the stone to 108, they will definitely not let me go! Alright, I'll just slightly surpass Xia Zixing! With this achievement, I'm not afraid of them not recommending me!" Xia Yan thought to himself, at this moment the degree had already reached 95.

  Xia Zixin is 96! Just a little bit short!

  "Hmm!" Xia Yan withdrew his palm, and the round stone finally stopped at the 100-degree mark. In other words, Xia Yan had opened up 100 meridians of martial arts. He was not far from opening up all 108 meridians and completing the marrow washing process.

  The entire field was silent, with not a sound to be heard. The only sound that could be heard was the dropping of a needle on the ground. Xia Yan, dressed in tattered clothes, slowly swept his gaze around the surrounding area. The square, which was filled with over a thousand people, seemed as if it were empty! If one hadn't seen it with their own eyes, who would have believed that such a thing could happen today? Was this really Xia Yan, the first waste of the Xia family that everyone knew about?

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