Battle Through the Heavens, Reborn as Xiao Yan's Sister

Chapter 24 Coming-of-Age Ceremony
Time flies like an arrow.
Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle.

Almost a year has passed since Xiao Yue razed the Seven Absolutes Sect stronghold in Wutan City, and this year she celebrated her sixteenth birthday.

"Sister Yue'er, it's your birthday today. I... I'll help you comb your hair, okay?" The cute girl stood nervously behind the chair and whispered.

Hearing this,

Xiao Yue slowly opened her eyes, chuckled, and patted the other girl's head. She didn't refuse her; given the girl's personality, she would probably feel uneasy if she refused to serve her.

Since she was bought, she has kept this little girl by her side.

"Your hair is so beautiful..."

Qinglin stood on a small stool, carefully holding a comb, combing her waist-length, snow-white hair, her eyes filled with envy and admiration.

Xiao Yue tilted her head slightly, looked at the still somewhat childish face in the mirror, and chuckled, "When you grow up, you'll also have beautiful long hair."

The girl pursed her lips, seemingly a little self-conscious, and lowered her head shyly without saying a word.

At this time,

A blood-red figure silently entered the room. The person wore a strange dark red mask and knelt on one knee in front of Xiao Yue, offering a jade slip in her hand.

"Hmm, well done,"

Xiao Yue took the jade slip and glanced at it casually. Then she looked at the woman in blood and said:

"This year, the intense blood energy within you has exceeded its limit. You did indeed have some talent in cultivating 'Blood Fiend,' making rapid progress. However, an evil art is still an evil art. Blindly pursuing power and frantically absorbing the murderous energy from slaughter will eventually harm you. At best, you will lose your humanity and become extremely bloodthirsty and cruel; at worst, you will explode and die..."

Upon hearing Xiao Yue's warning, the woman in blood-stained clothes who was kneeling on one knee remained silent for a moment, then whispered:

"The waning moon knows."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yue frowned slightly. She knew that the other party had obviously lost himself in the flames of revenge. So she pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, go and carry out the next mission. If you complete this mission, I will grant your request."

"Master, please give your orders!"

The woman in blood spoke.

Xiao Yue flipped her right hand, and a dark red pill appeared in her palm. She placed the pill on the table and said softly, "This pill is called the 'Spirit Transformation Blood Soul Pill.' It's my latest formula, and you're the first test subject. It's very risky, but there's also a chance that it will allow you to break through to the Dou Shi realm directly."

Elixir,

Xiao Yue naturally didn't know how to refine medicine; that kind of technical work could be left to the old man who prescribed it. All she needed to do was to formulate a suitable prescription.

The woman in blood-red clothes stared intently at the dark red pill, a hint of struggle flashing in her eyes. But soon, she took a deep breath, reached out and picked up the pill, then swallowed it without hesitation.

"Alright, go carry out your mission. I hope you come back alive..." Xiao Yue waved her hand, indicating that the other party could leave.

The woman in blood-stained clothes knelt down again, silently bowed, and then got up and left the room.

After she left, Qinglin asked in a low voice, "Sister Canyue is so pitiful, why did you give her such a strange cultivation technique?"

"Her hatred runs too deep, almost to the point of demonic possession. She only thinks about venting everything through killing and revenge. She no longer cares about her own life and death. Cultivating Blood Fiend and becoming a Moon-Faced One is actually the best choice for her..." Xiao Yue said softly, looking at herself in the mirror.

Those favored by the moon,
It was a mysterious concept that Xiao Yue developed when she contemplated the fierce White Tiger of Tai Sui in her early years. As long as someone is willing to offer their soul to Xiao Yue, it means that her life no longer belongs to her. This is the case with Can Yue.

Xiao Qinglin nodded as if she understood, and then continued to comb her long hair.

After the little girl finished dressing herself, there was a soft knock at the door. Xun'er's melodious, light voice came from outside: "Sister Yue'er, aren't you up yet?"

Dressed in green, like a lotus flower,

The young girl stood gracefully like a lotus in its first bloom, poised and charming in front of the door. Her delicate, fair hands were clasped behind her back, her beautiful, bright eyes sparkling with laughter, and her pretty face full of anticipation.

"Let's go..."

Looking at the vibrant young girl in front of her, Xiao Yue smiled and took her hand, leading her outside.

Feeling the slightly cool touch of her palm, Xiao Xun'er blinked her bright eyes, a faint blush appearing on her fair and delicate face. She smiled modestly, her lips pursed, but her eyes, which were quietly curved into beautiful crescent moons, revealed the joy in the girl's heart.

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Coming-of-age ceremony

If a family wants to maintain its longevity, the most important thing is to maintain vitality, and the source of vitality is the younger generation in the family. They are the fresh blood of the family. Only the constant influx of fresh blood can make a family more prosperous. Only this big machine of the family can keep running at all times.

Coming-of-age ceremonies are a major event that every family attaches great importance to, and the Xiao family is no exception. After all, the strength of a family depends entirely on the growth of its younger generation.

Simultaneously,

On this day, all members of the clan who have just turned sixteen must participate in a cultivation test. Its purpose is, of course, to eliminate those who are not qualified. If a member of the clan has a battle qi level of seven or above before the age of sixteen, he or she will be qualified to enter the Battle Qi Pavilion to find cultivation techniques and battle skills after the coming-of-age ceremony.

Those who are sixteen years old and still hovering below the seventh level of Dou Qi are considered to have insufficient aptitude. After the coming-of-age ceremony, they will be assigned to various businesses within the family. Unless they perform exceptionally well or catch up with other outstanding family members in cultivation speed, it will be difficult for them to re-enter the core of the family.

Simply put, if one's cultivation level is not up to standard, they will be sent by the family to other cities to develop industries, which means to reclaim wasteland and leave the vacant resources to others.

As one of the three dominant families in Wutan City

The coming-of-age ceremony of the Xiao family naturally attracted the attention of various forces in the city, and some friendly forces even accepted the invitation to participate in the ceremony.

at this time,

In the vast bluestone slab, more than a hundred young men and women stood, their shouts rising into the sky.

In the training field,
A massive black test stele stands there. Only powerful families are qualified to possess such a stele, and it is extremely valuable. Beside the black stele, there is still that same middle-aged tester.

Meanwhile, the other teenagers who were about to be judged stood nervously. Some of them who usually performed well did not look very nervous, while some of them who were of average or low ability looked bewildered and anxious.

On the high platform,
Seated among the family's high-ranking members were the clan patriarch Xiao Zhan and his wife, along with three elders, in the center, flanked by invited guests.

These guests were all prominent figures in Wutan City, including representatives from the Mittel Auction House, the City Lord's Mansion, and other large and small families. Their purpose in coming here was to observe the strength of the younger generation of the Xiao family.

The word "genius" often represents the future of a family group. In recent years, the reputation of the three prodigies of the Xiao family has spread far and wide, even reaching the distant capital through passing caravans, mercenaries, and adventurers.

The emergence of three prodigies at once was enough to make many people extremely jealous of the Xiao family, and there were even rumors that the Xiao family would soon usher in another period of glory...

It is worth mentioning that,
Originally, Wutan City was a three-way power struggle between three families: the Xiao family, the Jialie family, and the Aoba family…

However, due to the actions of Xiao Yue, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun'er, the Jia Lie family and the Ao Ba family have been forced to form an alliance to jointly resist the Xiao clan.

(End of this chapter)