Chapter 423 Assessment of the Five Major Families Dan Chen

The next morning, it was just dawning, and a veil-like mist enveloped Shengdan City.

The Ye family is in the courtyard of Shengdan City, and Ye Chong and Ye Xinlan have been waiting here early.

With a slight "squeak" sound, the wooden door slowly opened, and Xiao Ling and others slowly walked out of the inner courtyard.

At this time, Ye Zhong and Xin Lan couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Xiao Ling and others appearing, and a touch of joy quietly flashed through their eyes. However, among this joy, there was a hint of worry.

Today is the day for the internal assessment of the five major families. This assessment will determine the future destiny of the Ye family. Whether the Ye family soars into the sky or falls into the abyss depends on Xiao Ling's thoughts.

As if aware of the two people's thoughts, Xiao Ling raised his eyebrows slightly, raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, and said casually,

"What? Do Elder Ye Zhongzhong and Junior Xinlan think I will be unqualified? Don't worry, I, Xiao Ling, will naturally do my best to fulfill what I promised. Moreover, if I really lose to the younger generation among the five major families, I, Xiao Ling, can’t afford to be embarrassed like this.”

Hearing this, Ye Zhong and Xin Lan glanced at each other casually, and the slight worries in their hearts disappeared.

Ye Zhong took a deep breath and calmed down his slightly ups and downs. He looked at Xiao Ling with burning eyes, slightly cupped his hands and said, "In that case, I'll leave everything to Master Xiao Ling."

"Okay, without further ado, let's leave for the assessment. I haven't been to Shengdan City for a long time. After the assessment is over, I have to take a walk."

Xiao Ling chuckled and waved his hand. This so-called internal assessment was not even remotely difficult for him now.

Ye Dian nodded, and then he turned around and took Ye Xinlan with him, striding towards the assessment area of ​​the five major families.

Speaking of which, what happened this time was not an important situation. Xiao Ling had no intention of letting the three Zi Yan girls follow them.

Imagine that it would be too boring for them to sit there and watch the game, watching themselves fight with a group of young people.

Zi Yan and the three girls also felt that instead of wasting time there, it would be better to go shopping in Shengdan City, maybe they could find some strange and good things.

Afterwards, Xiao Ling briefly said a few words to Zi Yan and the others, smiled and said goodbye, then quickened his pace and followed Ye Zhong closely.

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Since the Ye family has been gradually declining in recent years, the Ye family courtyard where Xiao Ling and others live is not located in the core area of ​​Shengdan City.

As a result, there is a long distance to go to the area inside the Danta where the assessment of the five major families is held.

And with the style of Xiao Ling and others, they naturally attracted a lot of attention and met many pedestrians along the way.

Among these pedestrians, since Xiao Ling's face was quite recognizable, many people naturally recognized the identity of Xiao Ling, the famous alchemy master.

They either cast admiring glances or whispered about Xiao Ling's legendary deeds.

There are also some people who think they have extraordinary talents. After seeing Xiao Ling, they want to seek his apprenticeship. Some of them even look to be several years older than Xiao Ling.

In this regard, Xiao Ling was naturally speechless and ignored anyone.

Although, there were many people who recognized Xiao Ling's identity in Holy Dan City, and the news of Xiao Ling's appearance in Holy Dan City naturally spread quickly in Holy Dan City.

However, no one guessed what Xiao Ling's purpose was. They simply thought that Xiao Ling came to the Holy Dan City to participate in this Dan Conference.

However, Xiao Ling's superb level of alchemy refining skills that he has now displayed has naturally quickly become a topic of discussion among everyone, and he has become one of the strong contenders for the championship of this alchemy meeting.

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The assessment site for the five major families is located in a special hall in the inner territory of Shengdan City.

This hall is the exclusive place for assessments of past dynasties and was established by Danta. This shows how much Danta attaches great importance to the assessment of these five major families.

This kind of assessment is not held in secret, but is semi-public in nature.

Some forces with ulterior motives will arrive here in time when the assessment begins.

Because of the position of the five major families, countless people are thinking about them all the time!

Many forces have a clear understanding of the current situation. Everyone knows that this is a shortcut to the top of the Dan Pagoda. Once you climb the towering tree of the Dan Pagoda, your power will soar to the sky. It is no exaggeration to say that you can reach the sky in one step.

Today, among the five major families, the Ye family's status is shaky. If this assessment fails again, the Ye family will lose its respected status as one of the five major families.

Everyone in the Ye family is well aware of the critical significance of this assessment, and everyone is filled with tension and worry.

Other families are also paying close attention to every move of the Ye family. Some families secretly look forward to the decline of the Ye family, while others are wary of the possible rise of the Ye family.

Once there is a vacancy in the position of the five major families, those forces that have been eyeing this vacancy for a long time will inevitably swarm in like sharks smelling blood.

It is precisely for this reason that when Xiao Ling and others came to this vast and extremely grand hall, they saw at a glance a mass of human heads. Only under strict guarding by the guards, a passage was left leading to the palace.

"Master Xiao Ling, this is the assessment area, please follow me." Ye Zhong's expression was quite complicated, and his hands hidden in his sleeves clenched and unclenched repeatedly.

This place left him with a very deep memory. In the past, he always left in disgrace, leaving behind endless shame.

But this time it was different. With Xiao Ling as a backer, the Ye family would definitely stay here openly this time, and even regain the glory they had lost.

The sudden appearance of Xiao Ling and his party naturally attracted the attention of the people around them. Everyone first looked at the family emblem on Ye Zhong's chest, which represented the Ye family, and then a burst of mocking voices came over.

"Tsk tsk, look, the Ye family is here again. If the Ye family fails again this time, they will be kicked out of the ranks of one of the five major families."

"Hehe, the Ye family was so glorious in the past, but now it has fallen to this point. Without the status of the five major families, they will completely become mediocre in the future..."

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"No... who is this?!"

However, some people with sharp eyes saw Xiao Ling behind the Ye family team, the genius eighth-grade alchemy master who has become famous in recent years.

Although many people have not seen Xiao Ling in person, they have seen Xiao Ling's portrait. No matter what their mentality is, how could they not recognize the eighth-grade alchemy master?

"Hiss! How could this person appear in the Ye family? Could it be that... the person who will participate in the assessment this time from the Ye family?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! How could the now impoverished Ye family possibly ask this adult to help?"

"Tsk tsk, if this adult really takes action, the quota of the five major families of the Ye family will be preserved this time."

"That's true, but I don't know how much the Ye family spent? To be able to ask this adult to take action, I guess the family's bottom must have been emptied, tsk tsk."

"This is cheating, naked cheating. Master Xiao Ling is not from the Ye family. How could he participate in the assessment of the five major families on behalf of the Ye family? He is definitely here to visit..."

"..."

Hearing these voices, Ye Zhong was angry and amused. These people have been looking forward to the fall of the Ye family so that they can replace it.

Now that Xiao Ling has appeared, as long as Xiao Ling takes action, their ulterior motives and covetous eyes will all turn into bubbles and cannot be realized.

Xiao Ling's eyes did not stir up any waves, and he calmly accepted the gazes of all kinds of people around him. When he agreed to Ye Zhong's action, he had already anticipated this situation.

After all, Xiao Ling is a genuine eighth-grade alchemy master, there is no doubt about that.

And his appearance here means that Xiao Ling is definitely related to the current Ye family.

After revealing this news, all forces will naturally re-evaluate their attitude towards the Ye family.

Under the watchful eyes of the public, Xiao Ling and his party have already arrived outside the hall. The guards all showed respect in their eyes. The object of their respect was not Ye Zhong, the leader, but Xiao Ling who was in this group.

Eighth-grade alchemist, in the Dan Tower where alchemists gather, only a few elders can reach this level. In Shengdan City, where alchemy is respected, Xiao Ling can naturally get the courtesy and respect of most people.

As Danta guards, they understood more deeply how rare and noble the eighth-grade alchemy master was.

So, they immediately made way and shouted into the hall: "Ye family, come..."

Ye Zhong exhaled lightly. When he came to participate in the assessment in the past, those guards had a completely different attitude.

Although they did not deliberately make things difficult for him, the contempt and disdain on their faces and in their eyes had deeply hurt Ye Zhong's heart.

This time, because the Ye family team had Xiao Ling, the eighth-grade alchemy master, everything changed. It was a look of respect from the heart.

However, Ye Zhong knew in his heart that this was not respect for the Ye family, but respect for Xiao Ling, the eighth-grade alchemy master, from the heart.

He couldn't help but feel a sense of suffocation in his heart, and secretly vowed that he would make the Ye family glow with new vitality in the future, return to the peak, and make the Ye family truly respected from the heart.

Under the close gaze of many eyes, Ye Zhong held his head high, led Xiao Ling and others, and walked firmly towards the depths of the hall step by step, and his figure gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.

Behind them, except for some people who came to watch the excitement and whispered, there were only pairs of eyes full of regret, anger and decadence. In those eyes, there was reluctance and loss, as if the beautiful fantasy was shattered in an instant.

These people all came from families that had ideas about the position of the five major families. They were ambitious and had always been eager to take the opportunity to rise after the defeat of the Ye family this time, replacing the Ye family as one of the new five major families of Danta.

They carefully planned and looked forward to the failure of the Ye family. In this assessment of the five major families, the Ye family had not had any outstanding contestants, which made them seem to have seen the moment when their family replaced the Ye family and became one of the five major families of Danta and was honored.

However, at this moment, whether they admitted it or not, their ideas could only be helplessly shattered after Xiao Ling appeared here with the people of the Ye family.

They stared blankly at the direction where the Ye family members left, the disappointment in their hearts spreading like a tide, and they reluctantly accepted this cruel reality.

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After entering the main hall, soft light fell from the hanging lights on the roof. Immediately, Xiao Ling could feel the gazes with various meanings coming from them.

He raised his eyes slightly, glanced around the hall, and found that the people sitting in these seats were all very aura, and they were obviously from some relatively powerful sects or families.

Gradually, the meaning in these glances became more and more uncertain. Some people even raised their hands and rubbed their eyes, as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing. What did they see?

Among the Ye family's team, a young man appeared, and his face seemed familiar to them. Even if I haven’t seen it in person, I have seen it in various paintings.

The number one alchemist among the younger generation, Xiao Ling!

This is a joint judgment made by all parties after learning about some of the news about Xiao Ling's exposure. Even among the outstanding juniors in Danta, no one can surpass him.

Even the famous witch Cao Ying of the Cao family, and Dan Chen, the youngest eighth-grade alchemist record holder in Danta, who broke the previous record set by Xiao Ling, are different from today's Xiao Ling. Small gap.

After looking around for a week, Ye Zhong withdrew his gaze and introduced Xiao Ling with a smile: "These are the people who came to watch the battle. Master Xiao Ling does not need to pay attention. The seats of the five major families of Dan, Cao, Qiu, Bai, and Ye are at the front. We Let’s go.”

Xiao Ling looked in the direction Ye Zhong pointed, and sure enough, there were five seats at the front. At this time, three seats were occupied and two were vacant.

"Okay, let's go then." Xiao Ling said calmly.

Ye Chong nodded slightly and led everyone to move steadily towards the seats at the front. Along the way, countless eyes followed each other closely. They were like the focus on the stage, attracting everyone's attention.

Ye Chong had mixed emotions, both excited and looking forward to it. He knew that this assessment was related to the fate of the Ye family, and Xiao Ling's arrival was like a reassurance.

Xiao Ling looked calm, as if he had everything under control, turning a blind eye to the curiosity, admiration, or jealousy around him.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, they successfully arrived at the Ye family's seat.

Ye Zhong breathed a sigh of relief and slowly sat down, his eyes inexplicable. Xiao Ling and Ye Xinlan also found a seat and sat down quietly, waiting for the assessment to begin.

After sitting down, Ye Zhong raised his eyes slightly, and his eyes slowly swept over the three seats in turn.

Then, he turned his head and lowered his voice to introduce Xiao Ling in a low voice.

"Master Xiao Ling, look, the handsome man in blue over there from the Dan family is named Dan Xuan. He should be the person from the Dan family participating in the assessment this time."

"This person's talent is so high among the descendants of the five major families that he is only inferior to the enchantress of the Cao family and Dan Chen. However, compared with peerless monsters like Master Xiao Ling, he is naturally far behind."

Hearing Ye Zhong's last words of compliment, Xiao Ling just nodded lightly. After hearing it too much over the years, he had already become immune. Then he looked at the tall man with a soft look between his eyebrows, who looked quite elegant. The man in blue.

Although it was his first time meeting him, Xiao Ling knew a little about Danxuan, and he was considered a young talent. But in Xiao Ling's opinion, that's all.

Because Yao Chen's first nominal master, Dan Huchen, was from the Dan family, Yao Chen had always taken some care of the Dan family when he traveled across the mainland.

This time Xiao Ling came to participate in the Dan Meeting. Yao Chen also discussed this matter with Xiao Ling in advance. For example, in the first two rounds of the Dan Meeting, he could take some care of the Dan family's participation. If you don't want to help them complete the assessment, don't let them die in vain.

Xiao Ling naturally nodded in agreement to this. It was just a casual thing anyway. Therefore, Xiao Ling also investigated and understood some situations of the Dan family in his spare time.

Perhaps sensing Xiao Ling's gaze, Danxuan also turned his head.

After looking at Xiao Ling, he lowered his head slightly, and the slight arrogance shown in his eyes in front of outsiders quietly disappeared, replaced by respect from the bottom of his heart.

Xiao Ling just nodded lightly and didn't pay much attention to this. In Xiao Ling's opinion, although Danxuan's talent is good, it does not deserve his too much attention.

Instead, it was the frail girl next to Danxuan who directly attracted Xiao Ling's attention.

The girl also glanced at Xiao Ling, and then quickly looked away as if she was electrocuted.

Her temperament is very shy, giving people a soft and weak feeling, which makes people want to bully her a little.

However, her soul power cannot be faked, and she has reached another level, the soul realm of the spiritual realm.

The corners of Xiao Ling's mouth raised slightly, and he naturally recognized the identity of this girl at a glance.

As expected, she is the peerless genius of the Dan family, Dan Chen, who recently broke Xiao Ling's previous record of being the youngest eighth-grade alchemist.

"At such a young age, he has such soul power, and he is a good candidate for training as a Talisman Master. It would be great if he could be brought to my side."

Xiao Ling thought silently in her heart and had other thoughts before she knew it.

However, he did not continue to look at it, and quickly returned his gaze.

If you look at it for a moment, you might be appreciative, but if you keep staring at it, it seems a bit rude and can easily offend others.

Dan Chen was able to break through the soul realm at her current age and become an eighth-grade alchemist, not because of her outstanding talent alone. It was because of her special physique that could absorb soul power.