Chapter 400 Soul Advancement
The people from the Bai family and the Qiu family were relieved when they saw the two give up. If the two of them acted on impulse and insisted on competing with a monster like Xiao Yan, they might not even pass the test.

As Bai Ying and Qiu Ji gave up, the three people in the field continued to catch the iron beads falling from the ceiling. At this time, each of them had caught more than a hundred iron beads. This result far exceeded the record left by Cao Ying before.

When the people in the hall saw that the three people had already unleashed their true fire, they all held their breath and stared at the center of the square without blinking, for fear of missing any details.

After all, this was originally just an assessment of the five major families, but it was unexpectedly transformed into a competition.

Everyone understood that this competition would also determine the results that could be achieved in the subsequent alchemy conference. After all, this assessment was closely related to soul control. Hundreds of medicinal materials might be used in the process of refining medicine. If the soul power was not used proficiently, the possibility of failure would be greatly increased.

As time passed, Dan Chen's face turned red. After all, she was in poor health to begin with, and it was difficult for her to squander her soul power as casually as Cao Ying and Xiao Yan.

Dan Chen sighed, and after receiving a few more iron beads, he felt that his body was reaching its limit, so he gave up. After all, if he accidentally hurt his soul, the next Alchemy Conference would be greatly affected. After all, he only needed to pass the assessment of the five major families, and the Alchemy Conference was the top priority.

As Dan Chen left the stage with a score of 125 iron beads, only Cao Ying and Xiao Yan were left in the square.

At this time, Cao Ying's forehead was covered with sweat and her face was slightly red. After all, she was not much different from Dan Chen. Dan Chen had reached his limit, and she could not hold on for long.

Cao Yi glanced in the direction of Xiao Yan and found that Xiao Yan's face was not red, and he was not out of breath. He was still leisurely catching the iron beads, as if he was playing.

After trying hard to receive ten iron beads again, Cao Ying's body trembled slightly and finally reached her limit. She turned her head to look at Xiao Yan and found that Xiao Yan was still fine. She sighed immediately, because she knew that she had lost. If she continued, she might make a fool of herself. If she messed up and failed the test, it would be a lot of fun and she would probably be laughed to death.

Cao Ying left the stage after catching 136 iron beads. In the past, such a result would have shocked the whole audience, but at this moment there was another Xiao Yan in the square, and her glory was immediately overshadowed.

At this time, Cao Ying just wanted to know how many iron beads Xiao Yan could catch. Of course, there were many people who shared the same idea as her. They were all concentrating on watching Xiao Yan catch the iron beads, silently counting how many iron beads Xiao Yan caught.

"138, 139, 140...198, 199!"

When the people in the hall saw Xiao Yan take on 199 iron beads at once, they gasped. Is he still a human being?

Cao Ying and Dan Chen looked at each other and felt a sense of powerlessness in their hearts. Where did this monster come from?

Elder Sheng Yao was somewhat surprised when he looked at Xiao Yan, but he was also somewhat worried when he looked at Xiao Yan. It was not because he was worried about whether Xiao Yan could pass the test, but he wanted to see whether Xiao Yan could take on the next iron bead.

Two hundred steel beads is a limit, the threshold to becoming an eighth-grade advanced alchemist. Once Xiao Yan receives the two hundredth iron bead, it means that he has crossed this threshold.

Elder Sheng Yao really hopes that Xiao Yan will take another iron bead at this time, because in this way, Xiao Yan will also be able to become a giant in Danta. Danta really wants such a person with potential and strong strength to join.

However, at this time Xiao Yan was already covered in sweat, and his body was shaking constantly. Xiao Yan felt as if a mountain was pressing down on his body. Although he could move the mountain away with just a move of his hands, Xiao Yan knew that this was a threshold and that it would save a lot of effort once he stepped over it.

But Xiao Yan really felt that he had reached his limit. If he couldn't take it, his soul would be traumatized, which would affect the next alchemy meeting. Reason wanted Xiao Yan to give up. After all, this was just an ordinary test, and it would be fine if he passed it. Besides, he was already the first.

The constant hints in his mind made Xiao Yan very annoyed. Not only did it not make Xiao Yan give up, but it aroused his rebellious psychology.

Xiao Yan has been like this from the beginning to the end. The more you forbid me to do something, the more I will do it.

He gritted his teeth and took another iron bead. After taking another iron bead, Xiao Yan's soul not only did not collapse, but instead seemed to be sublimated and became energetic again.

The dragon claws condensed with soul power once again caught the iron beads falling from the ceiling at an extremely fast speed, much faster than before.

Elder Sheng Yao saw this and a smile appeared on his face, because Xiao Yan's soul had successfully advanced.

At this moment, everyone in the hall saw Xiao Yan catching the iron beads falling from the ceiling at an extremely fast speed again, and they felt suffocated. Is this still a human being?

Cao Ying and Dan Chen looked at each other again. They had always regarded each other as rivals, but when Xiao Yan appeared, their rivals changed. They secretly made up their minds that after the assessment, they would return to the family to practice alchemy and never be proud and complacent again. As the saying goes, there are always people who are better than you. Being in the aura of flattery all day long can really make people lose their original intentions.

Cao Ying was also feeling quite regretful at this moment. In fact, with her talent, she could have gone further. However, ever since she achieved an impressive record in the last assessment, she felt that she was invincible. Although she worked very hard afterwards, this effort was far less dedicated than before.

Xiao Yan didn't know that his actions had caused Cao Ying and Dan Chen to change their personalities, but even if they knew, it would not matter to Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan would never let others influence him.

Xiao Yan received dozens of iron beads and felt that his soul had reached its limit again. He felt like he was on the verge of collapse. This time he did not continue like last time. After all, the limit could only be broken once in a short period of time. If he forced to break through again, it would most likely result in nothing.

In the end, Xiao Yan once again won the first place with a terrifying result of catching 288 iron beads.

Xiao Yan won the first place twice with extremely high scores. In the eyes of everyone, there was no doubt that he was the first in the third assessment.

After all, the third test is about the aggressiveness of the soul. Although Xiao Yan has not used soul attacks since entering the square, judging from his previous counterattack against Cao Yi, Xiao Yan's victory is a foregone conclusion.

Sure enough, after the third game started, the five of them formed a circle. Although the rules stated that they could attack each other, Cao Ying and the other three all chose Xiao Yan as their first target of attack.

Facing the successive attacks from four people, although Xiao Yan's soul power was very strong, he still felt a little uncomfortable. After all, these four people all knew some soul-related fighting skills, and their lethality was truly extraordinary.

However, Xiao Yan would not stand there stupidly and get beaten, that would be too cheap. He secretly used the Three-Point Return to Origin Qi to wrap himself up, and then began to observe the spirit skills they used.

(End of this chapter)