"Shen Ming, level eight Yuanli, advanced! Passed!" The big golden characters on the test monument made the tester's voice a little excited.

As his voice fell, everyone in the field became extremely excited. When the young generation of the Shen family looked at Shen Ming, who was in high spirits next to the test monument, their eyes were full of envy.

At the age of sixteen, eight-level Yuanli, this talent is the top existence in the whole Yuancheng!

Shen Ming enjoyed the worshipful gazes around him, raised his head proudly, and bowed to the position where the clan leader Shen Xiaoming and others were.

Next to the clan leader, there was a middle-aged man in a green robe. His name was Wen Guang, and he was the current head of the Wen family in Yuancheng. He was invited to watch the Shen family's coming-of-age ceremony.

And next to Wen Guang, there was a girl in a white dress.

Wearing a white dress, long hair hanging down to the waist, a quiet face revealed a touch of indifference, eyes like stars, nose like white jade, mouth like cherry, the whole person seemed like a fairy who had descended to the earth, without the slightest touch of the mundane dust of the mortal world.

Wen Qingzhu, the eldest daughter of Wen Guang. Known as the most beautiful girl in Yuancheng. At the same time, she is also the only genius girl in Yuancheng in the past hundred years who has reached the Yuanshi realm at the age of sixteen!

In cultivation, one must first enter the body with Yuanqi to warm the blood vessels and bones, so that the strength of the physical body can be gradually improved. This stage is divided into nine levels, and each level can double the physical strength of the practitioner. After reaching the ninth level, one can break through the shackles of the physical body, make the body a container of Yuanqi, absorb the Yuanqi of heaven and earth, and use Yuanqi to forge the veins and bones, and become a true Yuan cultivator. This is the Yuanshi realm.

Most people, if they can reach the ninth level of Yuanli when they are sixteen years old, they can be regarded as geniuses. For example, a year ago, Shen Jie of the Shen family reached the ninth level of Yuanli at the coming-of-age ceremony and became the most outstanding genius of the Shen family. And if one can become a Yuanshi when he is an adult, he will undoubtedly become the most dazzling star.

Wen Qingzhu is the most dazzling star in Yuancheng today. With her beauty and family background, she became the goddess in the hearts of all the boys in Yuancheng.

Shen Ming's eyes stayed on the girl, with undisguised passion. Now, he can be said to be the most talented person in the Shen family except for his cousin Shen Jie. Only with his talent can he be worthy of the girl in front of him, right?

But...

Shen Ming turned around and looked at a corner of the square.

At the same time, the tester's voice sounded calmly: "Next, Shen Zui."

As this voice sounded, everyone in the field, including Wen Qingzhu, who looked indifferent, looked at the position where Shen Ming was looking at at the same time.

There, a lonely boy stood alone, his thin figure formed a sharp contrast with the noisy square.

Compared with other peers in the clan, Shen Zui's clothes were slightly shabby, and there was not much expression on his handsome and thin face.

Looking at his figure, there was an unharmonious voice in the crowd.

"After today's test, he will be abandoned by the family and exiled to the peripheral industries." There was a hint of regret in the voice.

"He is the son of a traitor. The family has done their best to raise him to adulthood. Exile is already a great kindness to him." This voice was a little harsh. The person who spoke was full of disdain and rejection.

"His father betrayed the family for a woman. The son of such a man is likely to be rebellious. The family dare not let him stay in the family, lest he raise a tiger to cause trouble in the future." A voice echoed.

"..."

In the square, the discussions that came one after another were not concealed. These words fell into Shen Zui's ears, making his calm face more angry, but this anger flashed and was suppressed by him.

It has been ten years since he was called the son of a traitor. Almost every day, he would hear the discussion and abuse of himself by people in the family. Over a long period of time, his character has been trained to be very tough.

Therefore, even in this coming-of-age ceremony with the participation of many external forces, these discordant words can be treated calmly.

Under the unfriendly gazes of the crowd, Shen Zui came to the test monument and symbolically saluted the position of the clan leader. His eyes were looking at Wen Guang on the side and the girl in white next to the latter.

Feeling Shen Zui's gaze, Wen Qingzhu's indifferent face showed a smile, as bright as a star. Nodding slightly to Shen Zui, the corners of her mouth moved slightly, and her voice was as soft as a mosquito: "Brother Zui, come on!" As she spoke, she raised her little fist.

The charming look made countless boys' eyes shine and their mouths drool.

Shen Ming, who walked to the side of the stage, was slightly distracted, and then he looked at Shen Zui with a cold look. He clenched his fists in his sleeves. This kid is just a waste! But why does the goddess only have such a daughter's attitude in front of this waste? Just now, his talent of level eight Yuanli did not make the girl's face waver at all!

A waste, but he made the goddess fall in love with him. As an admirer of the goddess, Shen Ming, like everyone else, focused all his hatred on Shen Zui.

The spring breeze-like smile made Shen Zui slightly absent-minded. After feeling the countless needle-like eyes behind him, he could only lower his head and smile bitterly.

Father Shen Tianhao and Wen Guang were close friends, so he arranged a marriage for them. If his father had not betrayed the family, if his talent was not bad, this marriage would naturally be a good thing.

However, his father betrayed the family, and he was not only the son of a traitor, but also had terrible talent.

He still couldn't understand why Wen Qingzhu still had a special liking for him.

Her actions just now made countless people in the field hate him. Shen Zui was helpless. He clearly remembered what Wen Qingzhu said to him: If I don't do this, how can Brother Zui have the motivation to practice hard?

It was indeed so. For ten years, he had been practicing hard to become stronger for two purposes. First, to find out the real reason behind his father's betrayal of the family, and second, to make himself worthy of the beauty on the stage.

However, it seemed that he was going to disappoint her.

Shen Xiaoming looked at the figure who saluted him and just waved his hand casually.

Turning his head to look at Wen Guang who was a little excited beside him, he said sarcastically: "Master Wen, it seems that you care about your future son-in-law."

Wen Guang put away his gaffe and replied indifferently: "Master Shen, he is your grandson after all, with the direct blood of the Shen family. If you treat him like this, aren't you afraid of being stabbed in the back?"

The thin and worn clothes on Shen Zui's body have already explained a lot of things. The Shen family did not treat him well.

Hearing this, Shen Xiaoming narrowed his eyes slightly, and anger rose at the corners of his mouth: "When Shen Tianhao betrayed the family, my spine had already been stabbed hard, saying that I was a bad parent. To let this kid spend ten years in the family safely, do you know how much pressure I was under? Master Wen, am I not doing my best by doing this?"

Wen Guang snorted coldly and did not continue. If Shen Tianhao had not been forced by the Shen family, how could he betray the family? To put it bluntly, Shen Xiaoming forced his son to betray for the sake of profit! Over the years, he has been supporting Shen Zui just to shut up those who know the truth.

He really wanted to say these words, but this was in the Shen family. Although the two families were fighting secretly, this was not the place to tear each other apart.

Wen Guang glanced at Shen Zui on the stage, and pondered in his heart that some things should be solved by this little guy himself.

Seeing Wen Guang didn't speak, Shen Xiaoming snorted coldly: "In short, after today, no matter what the result is, the Shen family can't keep this traitor's son. At that time, whether the head of the Wen family still wants you, a useless son-in-law, is the business of the Wen family." After that, he fell silent. He knew Shen Zui's talent very well, so he had decided long ago that after today, the Shen family would not keep him. Because of what happened that year, Shen Zui was like a thorn in his heart in this Shen family. Wen Guang glanced at him, sighed in his heart, and looked at Shen Zui who had placed his right hand on the test monument in the field. With a flash of golden light, several golden characters appeared on the test monument. "Shen Zui, level 5, intermediate, unqualified." The tester's cold voice sounded, causing an uproar in the field. "Hahaha, he is unqualified as expected. This waste should be exiled!"

"Yes, over the years, the family has raised a traitor and a waste. I don't know how many times outsiders have said that. It feels so bad to be pointed at by others every time I go out. After today, I can finally be free."

...

Various voices of gloating sounded again, causing Shen Zui to clench his fists tightly under his sleeves.