Douluo: I am the outer demon

Chapter 241 The test stele is broken?

"Hey, you! You ask questions even though you already know the answer!" Xun'er said with a pout in anger.

"Oh, you are talking about the bathing incident. Can't I just use my divine sense to scan and know?" Shang An seemed to have just understood something. He slapped his forehead and showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"What! Then you usually..." Xun'er's eyes widened and her voice gradually became louder.

"Well, I've seen it. There's nothing good to see anyway." Shang An glanced at the ordinary Xun'er and said with some disdain.

"Ahhhh, you perverted teacher, I'm going to throw you away." Not sure if she was stimulated by that sentence or that disdainful look, Xun'er took off the ring hanging on her chest and was about to throw it to the ground, but after hesitating for a long time, she still couldn't do it.

"Ahhhhh, I'm so angry!" Finally, she simply threw the ring on the bed, wrapped herself in the quilt and started punching randomly, as if she could beat Shang An in this way. Shang An watched with interest and cheered her on.

Under the influence of her good sister Xiao Yu, Xun'er's personality has changed a lot.

……

"Xiao Yu, I will definitely trample you hard under my feet. And Xiao Xun'er, just wait for me." On the other side, Xiao Yan, with a bandage wrapped around his waist, sat cross-legged in the room with a gloomy face. He first set some goals for himself, and then began today's practice.

Naturally, he didn't dare tell Xiao Zhan about this. Otherwise, if Xiao Zhan knew that he was going to peek at Xiao Yu taking a bath, he would be in trouble. He could only choose to practice silently and then take revenge himself.

Although the training was a bit boring, Xiao Yan gradually adapted to it after living in the Douqi Continent for so long.

“It’s almost a breakthrough.”

Feeling the Dou Qi surging in his body, Xiao Yan's face showed some excitement. He focused his mind and prepared to make a breakthrough to the second star of Dou Zhe in one go.

suddenly,

An inexplicable suction force came from nowhere, and then Xiao Yan felt the fighting spirit in his body begin to dissipate.

“What’s going on!” Xiao Yan was a little flustered. He had never encountered such a situation before. Could it be that he was possessed by a demon like in the immortal cultivation novels in his previous life?
Even as he was in a panic, the flow of his Dou Qi did not stop. The Dou Qi that was originally condensed in his body now continued to flow out of the cyclone like a torrent, causing his entire Dou Qi to drop in an instant.

The one-star fighter began to become unstable.

The cyclone of fighting spirit in Dantian was shattered, and the fighting spirit reached the ninth level!

At this moment Xiao Yan's realm began to drop.

"How is this possible?" Xiao Yan was completely panicked. His pride was in his talent, but now there seemed to be something wrong with his body.

Next, the loss of Dou Qi began to slow down, but it was still decreasing. Xiao Yan had no choice but to grit his teeth and try to mobilize the Dou Qi in his body or continue practicing, but it was of no use at all.

Finally, his fighting spirit dropped to the eighth level.

He suddenly opened his eyes and could no longer sit cross-legged. His eyes were bloodshot. "Go find my father."

His father is a great fighting master, the top expert in Wutan City, and he must know what is going on.

Now Xiao Yan can only hope that Xiao Zhan can save him.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan casually put on some clothes and rushed towards the mansion where Xiao Zhan was.

Along the way, many people greeted Xiao Yan. Although Xiao Yan did not have a very good reputation in the family, he was very talented.

However, at this moment, Xiao Yan turned a deaf ear to all of this and just hurried forward.

The Xiao family members passing by started discussing this.

"Hey, what happened to the young patriarch today?"

"Why do I feel like my breath has become weaker?"

"It must be your imagination."

"I heard that the young patriarch is about to break through to the second star fighter."

"Hey, people are just different. I'm still struggling with my fighting spirit."

"Humph, cousin Xiao Yu is also very talented, but she is not as arrogant as Xiao Yan."

"Be careful!"

The group of disciples quickly stopped talking.

"Brother Xiao Yan, what's wrong with you?" Not far away, a pink-haired girl saw Xiao Yan's hurried look and hurried forward to ask.

"Let... I have something to do with my father." Xiao Yan originally wanted to shout "Get out of the way", but after seeing that it was the little beauty Xiao Mei, he suppressed his anger, explained it and ignored it, and continued to walk towards Xiao Zhan's mansion.

Looking at Xiao Yan's departing back, Xiao Mei felt a little confused. Xiao Yan used to call her Mei'er all the time, so what happened now?
No one would have thought that the fighting spirit would decline. After all, such a thing sounds like a fantasy.

……

"What! Yan'er, how strong are you?" The teacup in Xiao Zhan's hand fell to the ground, and the scalding tea wet his boots, but he didn't care at all at this moment.

When he saw Xiao Yan coming, he had a gentle look on his face. He thought that Xiao Yan had encountered problems in his cultivation and wanted to encourage him. However, he didn't expect that Xiao Yan really had a problem, and a big one at that.

Cultivation regressed?

What kind of situation is this? He has never experienced this before!
"Yes, father, I feel like I'm about to drop below the seventh level of Dou Qi." Xiao Yan's face was ugly but also filled with hope, hoping that his father could find a solution.

"Let me see." Xiao Zhan frowned, grabbed Xiao Yan's arm, and controlled his fighting spirit to probe into it.

The yellow Dou Qi carefully explored Xiao Yan's body. He could clearly feel that Xiao Yan's Dou Qi was declining, but he could not find the source of the decline.

After a moment, he put down his hand with a somewhat uncertain expression.

"How is it, father?" Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Zhan with some expectation, but when he saw Xiao Zhan's somewhat ugly expression, his heart skipped a beat.

Xiao Zhan shook his head. "Yan'er, I can't see any problem for now, but don't worry too much. I'll take you to see Master Gu Ni tomorrow. He's an alchemist and will definitely be able to find out the reason why your cultivation has regressed."

Although he could also sense the seriousness of Xiao Yan's problem, he still spoke in a comforting tone.

“Is that so? All right then.” The hope in Xiao Yan’s eyes gradually faded away. Even his father couldn’t see any problem. Did Master Gu Ni really have a solution?
However, thinking of the magic of the alchemist, he still held out some hope.

Xiao Yan spent the whole day in a daze.

……

Wutan City, Miter Auction House.

"Master Gu Ni, please."

There was a hint of flattery in Xiao Zhan's deep voice. Although he was the patriarch of the Xiao clan, the Xiao clan was just a small character in the eyes of the Mitre Auction House. In fact, as long as the master Gu Ni in front of him was willing, it would not take much effort to destroy the Xiao clan.

After all, with his status as a second-rank alchemist, I believe that as long as he is willing to help the other two families, those two families will definitely be able to eat up all of the Xiao family's market share. By then, there will be no place for the Xiao family to stand in Wutan City.

"Patriarch Xiao is too polite. Please bring Young Master Ling up here."

Master Gu Ni was not arrogant at all. He bowed to Xiao Zhan and said.

He and Xiao Zhan didn't have much of a relationship, but when he heard about Xiao Yan's physical condition, out of curiosity, he didn't mind taking a look.

Xiao Yan walked forward nervously and bowed respectfully to Master Gu Ni.

If even the honorable alchemist in front of him could not determine the problem with his body, then there would be no one in Wutan City who could save him.

Master Gu Ni said nothing, and directly used his mental power to check Xiao Yan's physical condition.

After a day and a night of declining Dou Qi, Xiao Yan's Dou Qi now hit a new low, and his current cultivation level was only at the fourth stage of Dou Qi.

“It is true.” Feeling the weak Dou Qi in Xiao Yan’s body, Master Gu Ni couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.

He had heard of Xiao Yan's reputation before. He was one of the two geniuses of the Xiao family. He had already achieved the cultivation of a fighter at the age of only eleven or twelve, but now it seemed that he only had the fourth level of fighting spirit left.

Master Gu Ni couldn't help but become interested in this inexplicable drop of fighting spirit.

He used his mental power to carefully examine every inch of Xiao Yan's body. His tendons and veins were intact, his qi sea was intact, his dantian was intact... intact, very healthy, without any problems at all.

This discovery made Master Gu Ni frown. How could it be possible?

He used his mental power to carefully investigate again, but unfortunately the result was still the same.

Although he could feel that Xiao Yan's strength was still declining, he just couldn't find any problems.

He withdrew his mental strength and fell into deep thought.

There must be a reason for the decline in his fighting spirit, but the key thing now is that he can't find the reason at all.

"Master Gu Ni, how is it?" Xiao Zhan couldn't help but ask.

"Alas." Master Gu Ni sighed, "I am not very knowledgeable and did not find the problem. Clan Leader Xiao, please seek help from someone else."

Hearing this, Xiao Zhan staggered and his face seemed to age a little in an instant.

Xiao Yan looked even more dejected. Even Master Gu Ni was helpless. Who else could they turn to? The Xiao family could not hire anyone higher than them.

"Sorry to trouble you, Master Gu Ni." Xiao Zhan forced himself to cheer up, bowed, and then took Xiao Yan away. Master Gu Ni didn't say much. After all, this matter had nothing to do with him.

"Yan'er, don't be discouraged. Father will definitely find a way to solve your physical problem." On the way back, Xiao Zhan patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder and said so.

"Yeah." Xiao Yan responded, not knowing whether he believed it or not.

"Master Gu Ni, this is the genius of the Xiao family." After Xiao Zhan and the others left, an enchanting woman in a tight bright red brocade robe pushed open the door and walked in.

"Well, what a pity, there is something wrong with my body, I am afraid this talent is wasted." Master Gu Ni responded with a sigh. Ya Fei originally wanted to get to know the genius of the Xiao family, but now she lost interest.

Thinking of Mu Zhan who was pursuing her relentlessly in the imperial capital, she couldn't help but feel nervous. She must take control of her own destiny.

……

Not long after, the Xiao family's annual family test was held as scheduled.

Many members of the Xiao family gathered on the bluestone training ground. Roughly speaking, there were more than a hundred young men and women standing there, and the noise was endless.

In the center of the training ground stands a huge black stone test tablet. This test tablet is not very rare, but it is also very valuable.

Next to the test monument was the familiar cold-faced tester, who had always been the same person in previous years.

Sitting on the high platform on the left side of the training ground were the Xiao family’s top leaders, with the clan leader Xiao Zhan and three elders sitting in the center.

The boys and girls off the field were more or less nervous, but Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yu were the only ones who seemed to not care.

"Xun'er, this is so annoying. If Xiao Yan challenges me later, I will definitely be lectured by my grandfather if I take action."

Xiao Yu put his hand on Xiao Xun'er's shoulder and said indignantly.

Xiao Xun'er looked through the gaps in the crowd at Xiao Yan who was lowering his head. Although she was not an alchemist, due to her bloodline and strange fire, her mental strength was very strong, and she could see something strange about Xiao Yan.

The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, "I think Xiao Yan won't think of provoking you this year."

On the high platform.

The second elder cupped his hands towards Xiao Zhan, and flattered him with a smile, "Clan leader, I'm afraid the young clan leader will shock the whole audience again this time."

Xiao Zhan's old face gave a somewhat stiff smile, shocking the entire audience. He really wanted to shock the entire audience.

"I don't know how Yu'er's cultivation is now." The great elder stroked his beard and looked at Xiao Yu standing with Xiao Xun'er with a look of satisfaction.

Among his younger generations, although Xiao Ning had improved a little and practiced more seriously after being taught a lesson by Xiao Yan, his talent was still there, and his practice speed was just so-so. He was only at the sixth level of fighting spirit now, which was far behind his sister.

"The time has come, let the patriarch make the announcement." After a while, the great elder spoke.

Xiao Zhan sighed in his heart, stood up, looked around at everyone on the training ground, and paused for a moment at Xiao Yan who was lowering his head. "You are all the new blood of the family. You should know how important today's test is to you. I also know that you don't like to listen to nonsense, so I won't say much. Get ready, the test officially begins."

"The first one is Xiao Cheng."

The tester's cold voice sounded, and then a man with a sturdy build that was no smaller than an adult walked forward and placed his hand on the test stone tablet.

"Fighting Power: Level 5!"

Five neat characters appeared on the black stone tablet.

"Xiao Cheng, fighting power stage five, intermediate level!" The examiner nodded at Xiao Cheng and announced the result.

After hearing the results, Xiao Cheng walked down feeling a little discouraged.

"At the age of thirteen, you have already reached the fifth level of fighting spirit. That's not bad." Several elders on the high platform talked to each other.

Although people like Xiao Cheng are not as good as Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu and others, they will also be the backbone of the Xiao family in the future. If they work hard, it is not impossible for them to become a great fighting master.

"Xiao Mei."

The second person to go on stage was the pink-haired Xiao Mei. She took a deep breath, walked onto the stage and placed her hand on the test stone tablet.

"Fighting Power: Level 5!"

"Xiao Mei, fighting power level five, intermediate level!"

Xiao Mei heaved a sigh of relief after hearing her results. Facing the envious eyes of her peers, she walked off the stage briskly and came to Xiao Yan's side. Although she didn't know what happened to Xiao Yan, as long as Xiao Yan's talent was still there, she would be his caring sister.

Xiao Mei is two years younger than Xiao Cheng. Her talent is already among the top five in the Xiao family. It will not be a problem for her to become a great fighting master in the future, and it is also possible for her to become a fighting spirit.

"Xiao Xun'er."

The examiner's voice sounded again, and then everyone's eyes were on this spotless and pretty girl. Many boys even had admiration in their eyes, while a hint of jealousy flashed in Xiao Mei's eyes.

Looking at the girl walking slowly towards the platform, the silent field was lit up with burning gazes.

Nearly half of the men of the same generation are Xiao Xun'er's suitors, but Xiao Xun'er's personality is too cold. She is unwilling to let any man get within one meter of her, like an iceberg that has not melted for a thousand years. Even among the women, the only one who can be considered Xiao Xun'er's friend is probably Xiao Yu.

Seeing Xiao Xun'er coming on stage, the elders on the podium couldn't help but perk up a little. In their opinion, Xiao Xun'er's talent should be not much weaker than Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu, but she was just more low-key.

Facing the gazes of everyone in the field, the girl slowly stretched out a piece of her slender, snow-white wrist from her sleeve.

The jade hand gently touched the cold black stone tablet, Xiao Xun'er's eyes closed slightly, and the fighting power in her body surged.

With the influx of fighting power, the black stone tablet suddenly glowed after a brief silence.

"Fighting power, ninth level!"

"Sigh~"

There were sounds of people gasping for air in the field, and countless envious, admiring, and even jealous eyes were cast at the girl.

Some young men on the training ground even lowered their heads in inferiority. Xiao Mei looked at the radiant girl on the stage and couldn't help but clasped her hands. She felt a little depressed in her heart. Compared with Xiao Xun'er, she was like a country girl, far inferior in both appearance and talent.

"Xiao Xun'er, fighting spirit, ninth stage, level, advanced!"

When talking about Xiao Xun'er, even the tester's cold voice couldn't help but show some emotional fluctuations.

With such a young ninth level of fighting spirit, he will definitely have the potential to become a fighting king in the future!

"My Xiao family is indeed full of talented people!"

The third elder looked down and nodded with a smile.

Although it is slightly worse than Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu, this cultivation speed can still be called freak.

Now there are many talented people among the younger generations of his Xiao family. After decades when these geniuses grow up, won’t they be able to restore the former glory of the Xiao family and make it one of the largest families in the Jia Ma Empire?

You should know that before the old patriarch died, the Xiao family also had a Dou Wang.

Xiao Yan raised his head and looked at Xiao Xun'er in amazement, then lowered his head in self-mockery. If it were in the past, he might have expressed his admiration and tried to strike up a conversation with her, but now, after feeling the fighting force in his body, he realized that he could not even compare to Xiao Mei who was standing next to him.

Who can understand the feeling of going from being a genius praised by everyone to becoming a loser overnight?

He clenched his fists slightly, feeling like a prisoner about to be executed, waiting for death to come, and every minute and every second before that was torment.

The girl on the platform didn't like being noticed by so many people. After the test, she walked down the platform and returned to Xiao Yu.

"Xun'er, your strength should be more than this." Xiao Yu pushed Xiao Xun'er's shoulder and whispered. She could feel that she was no match for Xiao Xun'er after spending so much time with her. Moreover, Xiao Xun'er was able to defeat Xiao Yan easily before, which did not seem like she only had the ninth level of fighting spirit.

"I won't tell you." In front of her best friend Xiao Yu, Xun'er no longer looked like an iceberg and said playfully.

"You little girl, you even hid it from me." Xiao Yu immediately stretched out his hand to grab Xun'er's armpit, but Xun'er nimbly avoided it.

……

"Xiao Yan!"

After a long time, it was finally Xiao Yan's turn.

The atmosphere on the field suddenly became solemn, and everyone's attention was attracted by the young man. He had already broken through to the fighter level last year, so what level had he reached now?

Regardless of whether they hated Xiao Yan or not, they all had to admit that Xiao Yan was very talented, just as Xiao Zhan had said: My son Xiao Yan has the potential to become a Dou Huang.

The young man who had been lowering his head slowly raised his head, revealing two huge dark circles under his eyes. He looked like he had been staying up all night for several days. His complexion was much worse and he looked even thinner.

"What's wrong with Xiao Yan?" Some careful tribesmen noticed something unusual.

Under the gazes of the crowd, Xiao Yan walked up to the platform step by step. Each step he took was extremely heavy. It looked like he was going to the execution ground to die rather than taking a test.

"I don't know how big a surprise the young patriarch can bring us." The second elder couldn't help but say as he looked at the young man on the podium.

“I think with Xiao Yan’s talent, he is probably already a two-star fighter now.” The third elder couldn’t help but speculate.

Xiao Zhan just laughed awkwardly twice without replying. Not only Xiao Yan didn't sleep well last night, he didn't sleep well either.

The soul enhancement effect of the initial training of Dou Qi was not very strong, and because the skills were too low-level, the soul power of these elders was not as good as Xiao Xun'er's now. In addition, they were far enough away that they did not notice Xiao Yan's abnormality at all.

Xiao Yan's arms were shaking, and under the somewhat surprised gaze of the tester, he placed his hands on the test stele.

The light on the stone tablet lit up slightly, and everyone on the field was full of anticipation and focused.

"Strength of fighting, third level!"

Five dazzling large characters lit up on the surface of the stone tablet.

The tester closest to the test rubbed his eyes in disbelief and said in a lost voice: "This test stele seems to be wrong."

The people off the field were also shocked and totally disbelieving the result. Xiao Mei even covered her mouth. She vaguely guessed something but didn't dare to think about it any further.

"What's going on? Is the test stone tablet broken?" The second elder on the high platform said with a frown.

(End of this chapter)