Chapter 255 Soul Value, 2017
After Elder Sheng finished speaking, under the gaze of the entire audience, the people from the five major families who were taking the test slowly left the platform and walked towards the center of the square.

Dan Xuan, who entered first, stood up straight, clasped his fists towards Elder Sheng, and said respectfully:
"Dan Xuan of the Dan family, greetings to Elder Sheng."

"Cao Xiu of the Cao family."

"Bai Family White Eagle."

"Qiu Family Qiu Ji."

After Danxuan, Cao Xiu and others also saluted with fists.

Elder Sheng is one of the eight elders of Danta. His status is far beyond that of ordinary elders. Even the five major families have to treat him politely.

Xiao Chen came to the center of the square, looked at the white-haired old man, clasped his fists, and said:

"Ye family representative, Xiao Chen, greets Elder Sheng."

"Xiao Chen, the foreign aid invited by the Ye family?"

Hearing this, Elder Sheng was obviously stunned for a moment, because he had never heard of the name Xiao Chen.

"Foreign aid? I guess so!"

Xiao Chen smiled but did not explain.

Elder Sheng did not ask any more questions. After all, the assessment did not restrict the five major families from seeking external assistance.

"Since there are no problems, let's start today's assessment. Our assessment is divided into three items, and the first item is soul testing."

After saying that, Elder Sheng slowly stepped back. Behind him, there was something covered by a black cloth. He reached out and pulled the black cloth away.

A stone tablet about ten feet high was revealed. The stone tablet was extremely transparent and looked like crystal.

"As we all know, the soul is the most important foundation for alchemists. Only a strong enough soul can have sufficient soul perception and soul control."

Elder Sheng pointed to the center of the stone tablet, where there was a round, smooth mirror plate, and said:

"Each of you input your soul power into it, and on this mirror disk, your soul value will be tested. This value is called the soul value by Danta."

"As long as the soul value reaches 976 or above, it is considered a pass. In recent years, the highest record of soul value tests during the assessment of the five major families is Cao Ying. Her soul value in the test that year reached , which has not been broken to this day."

At this point, Elder Sheng turned his gaze to the first seat of the Cao family, where Cao Ying, dressed in a black dress, was holding her cheek with her delicate hands.

The other hand was playing with a round jade bead, with a nonchalant look on his face, not changing at all because of the gazes from people around him.

Elder Sheng retracted his gaze and said calmly, "Haha, now that you all know the rules, let's get started. Who goes first?"

Soon, Qiu Ji from the Qiu family went to take the soul value test. He stretched out his palm and gently touched the stone tablet. He closed his eyes slightly, and the soul power surged into his arm.
Qiu Ji, soul value, 707!

After the test was completed, Qiu Ji stepped back, and Bai Jia's White Eagle followed closely, with his palms placed on the stone tablet, and soul power poured into it.

White Eagle, soul value, 785!

Under the gaze of everyone in the audience, Cao Xiu of the Cao family walked to the stone tablet and put his palm against it. He saw that the blood-red numbers on the mirror plate on the stone tablet were also soaring rapidly.

Cao Xiu, soul value, 846!

After the test, Cao Xiu was quite satisfied with his results and slowly stepped back.

Immediately, under the gazes, Danxuan stopped in front of the stone tablet and placed his palm lightly on the stone tablet. There was no sign of nervousness on his face.

With his palm touching the stone tablet, Danxuan slowly closed his eyes, and a powerful soul power slowly surged out of his body. Faintly, even the space around him seemed to be distorted.

Elder Sheng, who was watching from the side, had a look of surprise in his eyes. As the soul power surged into the stone tablet, the blood-red numbers on the mirror plate on the stone tablet in front of Dan Xuan soared rapidly.

Danxuan, soul value, 903!

After a quick test, the results came out.

At the Cao family's seat, seeing this, a hint of surprise flashed across Cao Ying's beautiful eyes, and then a faint curve appeared at the corner of her lips.

Of the five people, four have completed the test, leaving only Xiao Chen. Under the gaze of the entire audience, Xiao Chen slowly walked out to the stone tablet, stretched out his palm and lightly touched the stone tablet.

Next to the stone tablet, Elder Sheng spoke slowly, "If the Ye family wants to pass this assessment, they must be in the top three. The third one now is Bai Ying, whose soul value has reached 785. Xiao Chen, only if you surpass him, will the Ye family have a chance of survival. You can continue with the next test."

"White Eagle?"

Hearing this, Xiao Chen turned his head and glanced at the white eagle with disdain.

The soul power in the body surged out, and with a "boom", a soul storm appeared around Xiao Chen. Ripples appeared in the space, and then the space began to twist, and dark cracks appeared.

Elder Sheng, who was beside Xiao Chen, was the first to be forced to flee in a panic by the soul storm. Not far from the stone tablet, Qiu Ji, Bai Ying, Cao Xiu, and Dan Xuan also had slightly changed faces and were forced back dozens of steps by the soul storm.

The sudden change in the center of the square unsurprisingly attracted the attention of everyone present. At the Cao family seat, Cao Ying's beautiful eyes looked at Xiao Chen who was standing proudly in front of the stone tablet.

The soul storm was growing bigger and bigger, and the blood-red numbers on the mirror surface of the stone tablet were jumping rapidly.

When the soul storm dissipated, the numbers on the mirror disk stopped jumping, and the numbers made everyone in the audience stunned. They couldn't help rubbing their eyes, thinking they had seen it wrong!

Xiao Chen, Soul Value, 2017!

"Eighth-rank alchemist!"

Elder Sheng, who was standing by, looked at the number with his cloudy old eyes. He understood what it meant and exclaimed in amazement.

"I am indeed short-sighted. I did not expect that Xiao Chen, young friend, would enter the eighth rank at such a young age."

When Elder Sheng said this, everyone present began to look at Xiao Chen with strange eyes.

Elder Sheng also changed the way he addressed Xiao Chen, calling him an eighth-grade alchemist, and he could be on equal terms with him.

Qiu Ji, Bai Ying, Cao Xiu and Dan Xuan widened their eyes. They were only at the early, intermediate and advanced seventh level, and it would take them decades to enter the eighth level without opportunity.

The seventh and eighth grades are like a chasm, representing the mortal realm and the spiritual realm.

At the Cao family seat, Cao Ying's beautiful eyes, which were full of enchantment, looked at Xiao Chen with a serious look. The corners of her lips raised a subtle arc full of charm, and she whispered with her red lips slightly opened:

"I didn't expect that, apart from Dan Chen, who I need to pay attention to, this Xiao Chen is not simple either. I wonder where the Ye family found this guy from? However, he doesn't seem to have tried his best."

"My husband's soul power is so strong, could it be because he practiced the 'Dragon and Phoenix Sutra'?"

At the Ye family seat, Ye Xinlan saw Xiao Chen's achievements, with confusion in her beautiful eyes, and said to herself, Ye Xinlan and Xiao Chen had "cultivated" the "Dragon and Phoenix Sutra" together, so she naturally knew the mystery and profoundness of this technique.

"Hehe, with Xiao Chen's strength as an eighth-grade alchemist, my Ye family will definitely be able to enter the top three in this Danta test!"

Seeing the people around him being shocked by Xiao Chen's strength, Elder Ye Zhong couldn't help but chuckle.

Elder Sheng stroked his beard and announced loudly: "Haha, the soul test is over. First, it's Xiao Chen who represents the Ye family. In addition, congratulations to him for setting a new record. This record will surely be difficult for anyone to surpass in the future."

"Next, we will start the second test. This test is called Soul Control."

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