Shocked

Outside the selection place , both the clan leaders were eagerly waiting for their clan members to come and give them a good news .

Inside the square , where selection was being taken place . Countless students were present there to take the test . It was day time , and scorching heat waves would occasionally struck then , making all of them completely soaked wet with sweat .

In the line , while he was been waiting , a person from behind said something .

" Third young..m..master , Xiao Zi greets you ! " .said a boy from behind , he had a long black hair till his shoulder and sharp brown eyes , but despite of that , his behaviour was timid . As if he was afraid of Xiao Yan despite the fact , that he seemed to be a boy between 16 to 18 years old .

Well it was not that he was afraid of Xiao Yan but the fact that he was a mere branch family members of the Xiao clan and the person in front of him was the third son of the patriarch . And he had also heard the rumours that this Xiao Yan had a monstrous talent had made him a little self distrustful.

Seeing a boy behind him who was a bit afraid . Xiao Yan instantly understood and said " Please , don't call me this third young master and all , call me by my name and yes what is it that you want to ask ?? . " Xiao Yan causally applied .

Hearing this , Xiao Zi was shocked for a while , he never thought that despite having such a high status and talent he would give so much respect to the former whom he had never met before .

Original he thought that Xiao Yan must be some crazy , egotistical and spoiled brat who would only boast and look down on others but too his surprise he was completely wrong .

After a while , he recovered and said to Xiao Yan " Y... Yes.... Third.... Oh , sorry . Brother Xiao Yan .

I wanted to ask what is the minimum requirement to enter the Jia nan academy , can you please tell me ?? . "

" Minimum requirement huh ?? . Well it is to reach eight star Dou Disciple before the age of eighteen , that's all !!. " Replied Xiao Yan in the most casual way .

" What ?!! Really ?? Brother Xiao Yan , are you saying the truth ?? . " Asked Xiao Zi with an excited smile on his face .

" Yup , 100 percent sure , have you reached 8th level " Replied Xiao Yan .

" Yes , just few days ago , I broke through the barrier and became a 8 star Dou Disciple.

Thanks brother Xiao Yan for letting me know this , solely this news has unburdened half of my tension . " He heavily sighed .

" Are you alone ?? Or do you live with your family ?? . " Asked Xiao Yan . He probably knew the answer but still he asked to inquire .

" Umm... My mother , she died in a battle and my father is crippled , now he can't practice Dou Qi , I am the solo hope for him .

But now that , I will get the chance to study in Jia Nan academy , I will surely change the situation of my family . " Said Xiao Zi with a solemn face .

Hearing this , Xiao Yan again sighed and said to Xiao Zi with a apologetic look on his face . " Xiao Zi , I am sorry for , if in the past you had faced any kind of discrimination because of the main family . I know that the compensation given by the family is too low for you to survive , but still from that depth you rose up to this height , it's really admirable . And that also without a lot of resources . "

Hearing this Xiao Zi nose turned a bit red , due to intense emotions that he was feeling right now . He was almost on the verge of crying . The current Xiao family was too poor to pay a fair some of amount to people like Xiao Zi who didn't had any backing behind it . So it must be really tough for Xiao Zi in all those years to take care of him and his father . But now after many years of struggle , a core family member was apologizing for the careless Xiao Clan had made him turned emotional .

" W.....why are you apologizing brother Xiao Yan it isn't your fault . " Xiao Zi hastily replied .

" Don't worry , when I get everything in my command , the current Xiao clan will rise again. And no body will have to face such situation , i promise . " This time his voice had a killing intent , all of the intent was directed towards the Gu clan and Hun clan , after all it was all due to their efforts and his ancestors judgement mistake that current they were what they are .

After that both of them talked for a long while , for around few hours , on anything which peaked their interest . This Xiao Yan wasn't like previous one , who would act like a egotistical person , who only cared about his cultivation .

He was a completely different person , he really liked to make friends and he wasn't the introvert type , he was a completely extrovert person unlike original Xiao Yan . 

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While they both were talking , Xiao Zi thought something and opened his mouth to ask it but before he could he realised that the next turn was of Xiao Yan , while he was talking with Xiao Yan neither did him nor Xiao Yan had any idea that time flew like sand in the hand.

Upon seeing that his number has come , he moved forward to take his test . When the person who was incharge of taking the test saw this small kid , who only seemed to be around 12 , he got irritated and asked . 

" Kid is this a place for you to play ?? Why are you hear ?? " asked the man . 

" Obviously to take the test ".

" Humph..... oh.... for the test , what a joke . Why not , come and try . Inject your Dou Qi in to this crystal ball , and if your strength is equal to eight star Dou Disciple then the crystal ball will glow and if it glows then it means you pass . " He said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone .

Xiao Yan completely ignored it , as anybody in his position would get mad upon seeing a kid who wasn't even twelve trying to think that he can become a Disciple of Jai Nan academy .

Later , he puts his hand on the crystal ball and inserted his Dou Qi , and soon the crystal ball started to glow very brightly , completely surprising the instructor and other students on the spot .

For a while , the instructor didn't knew what to say . He was completely taken a back .

He vividly looked towards Xiao Yan with admiration , in his entire life never did he saw such a young genius , who managed to become the disciple of the Jia Nan Academy at such a young age , this really shocked him to his core but after a while he understood that the kind in front of him was a real deal .