Chapter 398 The assessment begins

After appearing in the square, a spirited white-haired old man flashed to the center of the square, and scanned the entire square. He paused for a moment on Xiao Yan and Cao Ying, and then smiled and said, "Since the people from the five major families are all here, let's start the assessment directly! This assessment will still be hosted by me, I believe you all have no objection, right?"

"Haha, Elder Sheng has a high status in Danta, it couldn't be better for you to preside over it." Cao Ying said with a faint smile.

As soon as Cao Ying finished speaking, Ye Zhong stepped next to Xiao Yan and introduced him, "This man's name is Sheng Yao, and he is one of the eight elders of Danta. He has a high say in Danta."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded. To be able to serve as an elder in Dan Tower, his alchemy skills must be very powerful, at least not lower than the eighth level.

"Girl, I can't afford your horse!" The white-haired old man smiled slightly, then turned his gaze to the five major families and said, "It's almost time. The examinees from the five major families can enter the venue. I think this year's examination will be very interesting."

Since the assessment had already begun, Xiao Yan did not stay in his seat any longer. He stood up and walked directly in front of Elder Sheng Yao.

Cao Ying, Dan Chen and others also stood up from their seats, walked to Elder Sheng Yao, and stood next to Xiao Yan.

"I'm Bai Ying from the Bai family, nice to meet you, Elder Sheng!" Bai Ying clasped his fists towards Elder Sheng and said respectfully.

"Cao Ying from the Cao family..."

"Qiu family Qiu Ji..."

"Dan Chen of the Dan family..."

"I, Xiao Yan, represent the Ye family and greet Elder Sheng." Xiao Yan, like everyone else, bowed to Elder Sheng Yao.

"Xiao Yan? You've caused quite a stir in Zhongzhou recently! I didn't expect that you not only have outstanding strength, but also an extraordinary talent in alchemy!" Elder Sheng looked at Xiao Yan and praised him generously. As a top force on par with the Soul Palace, Danta is naturally very concerned about the movements of the Soul Palace. Even the Soul Palace suffered a setback at the hands of Xiao Yan, so one can imagine how terrifying Xiao Yan is.

When everyone in the hall heard this, they were stunned. Who on earth is this Xiao Yan? How come everything is related to Xiao Yan, and how come he can even get praise from Elder Sheng Yao? This is too unbelievable.

Cao Ying's gaze shifted to Xiao Yan again. She originally thought that Xiao Yan was just an arrogant person with outstanding strength, but now it seems that there is more to it than that.

The people of the Bai family were a little confused at this time, but since even Elder Sheng Yao gave such a high evaluation, they would definitely investigate Xiao Yan in detail afterwards.

Many people knew about the battle in Yecheng, but not many knew that the man was Xiao Yan.

"Thank you for your compliment, Elder Sheng!" Xiao Yan said with a faint smile.

"Haha, I look forward to your performance in the Alchemy Conference." Elder Sheng Yao smiled, then looked at the five people in front of him and said, "Now I declare that the assessment officially begins. The assessment is divided into three items, and the first item is soul testing."

Elder Sheng Yao took a few steps back. Behind him was an object covered by a black cloth. He pulled away the black cloth, revealing a huge crystal that was more than ten feet high.

"I believe everyone knows that for alchemists, the soul is of utmost importance. This huge mirror is used to test the soul. Each of you will inject your soul power into it, and your value will be displayed on the mirror. We in Danta call this value the soul value."

Xiao Yan looked at the huge mirror in front of him and felt eager to try. He also wanted to know what his soul value was.

"You will pass if the soul value reaches 976 or above. In previous years, Cao Ying had the highest assessment result among the five major families, reaching . But I am looking forward to seeing how high Cao Ying's soul value will be in this assessment." Elder Sheng smiled and then said, "The rules have been stated. Who will start first?" As soon as Elder Sheng Yao finished speaking, the people of the Qiu family stood up first and wanted to conduct a test in advance. After all, Qiu Ji knew very well that he might have the lowest soul value among the five people, so it would not be too embarrassing to start first.

Qiu Ji stretched out his hand, lightly placed it against the stone tablet, his eyes slightly closed, and the power of his soul flowed through his arm into the stone tablet.

"Drip drip!"

With the infusion of soul power, numbers began to appear on the stone tablet, and the numbers continued to soar. Under the gaze of everyone, they finally stopped at 708.

Qiu Ji slowly opened his eyes and looked at the number on the stone tablet. He breathed a sigh of relief. This number was not considered low. Most seventh-grade intermediate alchemists had soul values ​​within this range.

After Qiu Ji stepped down, Bai Ying followed closely and placed his hand on the stone tablet. As the numbers on the stone tablet continued to jump, they finally stopped at 785.

After Bai Ying and Qiu Ji finished the test, Cao Ying and Dan Chen set their sights on Xiao Yan. They really wanted to know what Xiao Yan's soul value was.

Seeing Cao Ying and Dan Chen looking at him, Xiao Yan smiled faintly and said, "Ladies first!"

Hearing this, Qiu Ji and Bai Ying, who had just finished the test, looked extremely ugly, and Dan Chen and Cao Ying were also a little stunned.

"Sister Danchen, let's go first! I also want to see how much you have improved in the past two years." Cao Ying said with a faint smile.

Dan Chen was naturally not too polite. He walked directly to the stone tablet, stretched out his jade hand and touched it. The soul power in his body swept out rapidly, and an invisible soul storm formed around him, squeezing and distorting the space.

The people in front of the stone tablet were all shaken by this terrifying soul storm and retreated more than ten steps before they stopped. Only Xiao Yan did not move at all, and the golden brocade robe on his body was blown by the wind.

"It's really not simple!" Elder Sheng Yao looked at the motionless Xiao Yan and said with emotion in his heart. Even he could not remain indifferent to this soul storm, but Xiao Yan was not affected at all. It can be imagined how powerful Xiao Yan's soul power is, even stronger than his.

Seeing Xiao Yan standing motionless like a rock, Cao Ying, who was originally being blown back by the soul storm, forced herself to steady herself.

The soul storm lasted for dozens of seconds, and then began to slowly dissipate, and the large blood-red words on the stone tablet appeared in everyone's sight.

"1566!"

The shocking figures made everyone in the audience breathe faster. They had not expected that the spiritual power of this shy and sickly-looking girl was so terrifying.

"1566?" Cao Ying looked at the large blood-red characters on the stone tablet and was somewhat surprised.

Cao Ying glanced at Xiao Yan, and seeing that Xiao Yan did not make any move, she took a deep breath, walked to the stone tablet with lotus steps, stretched out her white palm and gently touched the stone tablet, then closed her eyes.

"Boom!" A huge soul storm formed around Cao Ying again. This soul storm was no weaker than Dan Chen's.

(End of this chapter)