At this time, Qi Kun was still looking at the Third Elder with a smile across his face, wanting to make the latter submit. Suddenly, his gaze shifted towards the Rainbow Sword Qi on the fighting stage.
This was the symbol of the Sword Spirit that was formed. The Elemental Energy in the Martial Veins had been transformed into an even sharper Sword Qi.
Once they reached the Yellow-rank, the Sword Qi would be released and they could kill their enemies through the air.
"Haha!" My son is truly an exceptional genius, he had only just completed Wave Breaker, and he had already formed the Sword Spirit. Third Elder, did you see that? Stop being so stubborn. "
Qi Kun could not hold back his excited laughter. He was still facing the Third Elder and had only taken a glance at him from the corner of his eyes.
However, he took it for granted that the Sword Qi was sent by Qi Haoran, because the latter had mastered his martial arts. This was the only possibility.
However, just as he finished speaking, the atmosphere immediately became strange, as numerous strange gazes were directed at Qi Kun.
The Great Elder and the Second Elder's expressions froze.
"Cough …" I saw it! However, I suggest that you take a look at the situation on the stage first. "
The Third Elder coughed dryly and said with a smile.
At this moment, Qi Tianyu's voice slowly resounded, causing the smile on his face to freeze.
"Qi Tianyu! You... "How could you …"
Qi Kun slowly turned his head and looked at the figure standing on the stage. His eyes immediately opened wide in shock, and even started to stutter.
Wasn't the victor standing on stage supposed to be his son, Qi Haoran? How could it be Qi Tianyu?
What was going on? At this time, Qi Kun had a hundred thousand questions.
"Uncle, don't be anxious. Finish what you just said."
Qi Tianyu smiled as he looked at Qi Kun.
"Haoran, where is my son?"
Qi Kun was furious and quickly searched for his son.
"Father, I …" I'm here. "
Beneath the stage, with the support of a few clan disciples, Qi Haoran was bleeding profusely from his sword hole, his face pale and weak.
"My son …"
Qi Kun cried out in grief and immediately rushed over. When he saw the hole in the sword, his pupils immediately contracted.
After a simple emergency treatment, Qi Haoran's blood was temporarily stopped.
Qi Kun waved for the others to carry Qi Haoran and the other two down, and then looked at Qi Tianyu coldly: "How can you condense a Vein Spirit!"
"Why not? Now you should announce the results, right? "
Qi Tianyu laughed faintly.
Qi Kun's eyes flashed with anger, his face darkened as he said: "Although you managed to win by a fluke, it is only by consuming the Body Strengthening Pill to gain power, your future achievements are limited, and you are still not fit to be the crown prince."
"Qi Kun, you want to go back on your word?"
Meng Ruyue was the first to stand up, her face full of anger.
"Uncle Scoundrel, you don't keep your promise."
Xiao Qiyun also glared at him angrily.
"If my little brother Tianyu doesn't want to be the heir, do you want your defeated son to be the son?"
Qi Yurou mocked coldly.
"Impudent!" I am the Patriarch. Every decision I make is for the clan's sake. "
Qi Kun's Qi exploded out, as he shouted out with authority.
"In my opinion, the one who is presumptuous is you. Don't forget, you are only the substitute Patriarch, and I am the true heir. Once King orders are given, I will inherit the title and become the new Patriarch of the Qi Family. "
Qi Tianyu looked at Qi Kun coldly and continued, "I know that you want your own son to become the successor. I also gave you guys a chance, but unfortunately, your son is too useless. What? You're not going to admit it now? Do you still need that old face of yours? "
"Qi Tianyu, you!"
Qi Kun was scolded until his face flushed red, but he couldn't find any reason to refute.
His original plan was for Qi Haoran to take first place in the Martial Competition and naturally take over the position of Crown Prince, so the previous agreement had long been made public.
But he never would have thought that this trash that was born with a broken meridian would actually be able to condense a Vein Spirit and defeat the son he was so proud of.
He could not accept such a huge difference.
"Acting Patriarch, with so many clan disciples watching, it's not good to go back on your words!"
At this time, the Third Elder stood up and said with a smile.
This caused a flurry of discussion amongst the people below. Although they looked down on Qi Tianyu previously, but the latter had displayed such strength today that no one could refute him.
At this moment, even the Great Elder and the Second Elder could not speak anymore.
In the end, Qi Kun helplessly announced, although he was extremely unwilling, but the situation was pressing on.
"How could he condense a Vein Spirit from a natural born blocked meridian? There must be a secret on that brat's body!"
Qi Kun's eyes were cold, the Body Strengthening Pill could only strengthen the body, it was impossible to open the Martial Veins.
But Qi Tianyu being able to condense a Vein Spirit meant that he was no longer at the absolute meridians level. This conjecture startled even Qi Kun.
It had to be known that with Qi Tianyu's Invigorated Meridian Realm's physique, even the experts that had invited him throughout the entire Nanyang Kingdom back then could do nothing against him.
"The rewards for this year's Family Competition are really generous. I'm really looking forward to a fourth grade Battle-Weapon!"
Qi Tianyu smiled slightly, purposely revealing an expression of anticipation.
A fourth grade Battle-Weapon? Great Emperor Zhu Tian was not interested in it, but this old thing was too shameless, he didn't mind getting disgusted.
Sure enough, after hearing Qi Tianyu's words, Qi Kun's face turned green.
He had originally prepared this for his own son, and had even spent a great deal of effort to convince the Great Clan Elder and Second Elder.
"Uncle, what's with your expression?" You should be happy that your clan has so many talents. "
Qi Tianyu smiled as he received the Body Tempering Pill and the battle sword, speaking with a comforting tone.
"Hee hee, bad guy!"
Qi Yurou chuckled from behind as she covered her mouth. Her two long, pure white legs swayed, making Qi Tianyu unable to resist taking a few more glances.
Sure enough, Qi Kun rolled his eyes, and almost fainted from anger.
This year's Family Competition ended just like this, and the result caused everyone to be greatly taken aback. For a moment, the Qi Family s up and down were in a flurry of discussion.
No one dared to look down on Qi Tianyu anymore, but there were still a few who didn't want to admit it in the beginning. However, after being taught a ruthless lesson by Qi Tianyu, the disciples of the various families became much more obedient.
"Hmm, the effect of this high level Body Tempering Pill is just barely passable!"
After half a month, Qi Tianyu spent five high levelled Body Tempering Pill s to cultivate the Profound Yellow Spell Body Refinement Layer to the middle stages and opened up three Mortal Martial Veins in a row.
His talent in the Martial Dao had risen to the sixth stage of the Mortal Realm, his cultivation had reached the late stage of the Intermediate Ranker, and his Profound Yellow Spell had also risen to the Intermediate level of the Human-rank.
Only would dare to take it, but Qi Tianyu's Profound Yellow Spell and even the Ancient Heavenly Arts were extremely overbearing, so refining a mere high levelled Body Tempering Pill was not difficult at all.
With the increase in the number of Mortal Martial Veins opened, the Profound Yellow Spell could increase the strength of the physical body.
Right now, his strength was six times stronger than a martial artist of the same level. It was even stronger than a high level late stage martial artist.
"Breaking Red Sun!"
Qi Tianyu started to practice his Great Sun Sword Art again, the tip of his sword releasing a nine feet long Sword Qi.
"A fourth tier Warrior Weapon has a huge boost to the Sword Qi!"
Qi Tianyu nodded slightly, and he could feel that his Sword Qi had become sharper as well.
Not far away, an iron stone was immediately cut. This stone was rich in metal and iron, and it was extremely hard, but under Qi Tianyu's Sword Qi, it was like tofu.
It was truly cutting through iron like mud!
"Sunscorch in the Sky!"
Suddenly, Qi Tianyu's sword force changed. The Sword-light's flames burned like fire, as if a blazing sun had risen into the sky.
"Bam!"
That piece of metal actually exploded.
If it was said that the first rays of the red sun were rising, then the sun would shine brightly in the sky, and it would be extremely explosive.
In this half a month's time, Qi Tianyu had also mastered the second form of the Great Sun Sword Art, the Scorching Sun and Sky.
The sword's aura was berserk and incomparably tyrannical, and its lethality had increased by a large amount.
"When the sun is high and the sky is clear, my Sword Spirit will be able to rise to the middle stage of the Human-rank."
Qi Tianyu revealed a faint smile.
Vein Spirit s had different grades as well. Corresponding to the martial skills they cultivated, they were divided into three ranks: Heaven, Earth, and Human. Each rank was then divided into three ranks: Low, Middle, and High.
The second form of the Great Sun Sword Art was equivalent to the middle stage Human-rank, so the Sword Spirit formed by it was naturally the middle stage Human-rank.
"In at most two months, I will be able to learn the third move, Yang Ruin Like Blood. At that time, I will be able to practice the Earth Ranked Martial Skill."
Qi Tianyu was confident in his eyes. A Great Emperor Level's experience in the Martial Dao was too terrifying.
The cultivation of martial skills were related to Vein Spirit, so they had to proceed step by step, from the lowest level, step by step, strengthening the Vein Spirit.
"Big brother!"
Just then, Xiao Qiyun ran in from the outside with Qi Yurou behind him.
"Big brother, you're busy with your training and won't even play with me."
Qi Yurou pulled at the corner of Qi Tianyu's clothes with a wronged expression.
"Didn't you have Big Sister Yurou to play with?"
Qi Tianyu smiled.
"Alright, little brother Tianyu, you are becoming more and more good at handling people."
Qi Yurou rolled her eyes, then said faintly, "I'll be going back to the army camp in two days."
"You little girl, a girl wants to go to a place like the military camp."
Just then, Meng Ruyue walked out from the house and said with a smile.
"Sister Yurou, I also want to go to the army camp. I can cultivate now, I want to be a female general in the future."
Xiao Qiyun waved her tender white fist, and said crisply.
Meng Ruyue shook her head speechlessly.
Only Qi Tianyu hugged Xiao Qiyun happily and laughed: "If you want to be a female general, then you need to train hard!"
Recently, all of the children who were ten years old had undergone a test. Qi Yun actually had the same talent as the Marquis TIanyi.
This news shook the entire Qi Family, to the point where it caused a huge commotion.
Such an innate skill was definitely top-notch in terms of Nanyang Kingdom. Even in those aristocratic families, large countries, and even sects, it could be considered pretty good.
As long as he cultivated them well, a character like the Marquis TIanyi might appear in his Nanyang Kingdom in the future.
"Hm!" Ah Yun will definitely work hard to cultivate! "
Qi Yun nodded her head seriously. Children were the easiest way to rouse their fighting spirit.
"Crown Prince, Madam!" Patriarch invites you all to participate in the meeting! "
At this time, someone came to report.
Qi Tianyu frowned, Qi Kun was actually inviting them to participate in the Family Meeting?
In the conference hall, other than the Third Elder, Qi Kun, the two great elders, and the other high ranking members of the family were present.
Qi Tianyu brought his mother, Meng Ruyue, and directly walked in.
"Tianyu, sister-in-law, sit here!"
Qi Kun stood up with a warm smile on his face.
"If you have something to say, say it!"
Qi Tianyu frowned, this old fellow was actually welcoming him with a smile, it was truly unexpected.
"Tianyu, right now, you are the heir to my Marquis TIanyi's Palace. Everything has to be done in the best interests of the clan!"
Qi Kun's gaze paused on Meng Ruyue for a moment, and then said.
Qi Tianyu did not say a word, quietly looking at the other party.
"Your father was buried in the Wilderness. My Qi Family has deteriorated over the past two years, especially against our arch-enemy. I won't hide it from you, but the current situation of the clan is very bad, the moment the Prime Minister's Palace makes a big attack, I'm afraid my Qi Family will be removed from the Nanyang Kingdom. "
Qi Kun looked worried.
"Prime Minister's Palace, Liu Family!"
Qi Tianyu's eyes flashed, the shadow of the young master of the Liu Family, Liu Zihao, seemed to be hiding behind the plot of the previous body.
"It has been two years since Heaven Chess and I have been alone for so long. It is time to consider for myself. Recently, the Prime Minister wanted to take another concubine and wanted you by name. For the peace of the Qi Family, the family will marry you to the Prime Minister! "
Qi Kun said as he looked at Meng Ruyue.
This was the symbol of the Sword Spirit that was formed. The Elemental Energy in the Martial Veins had been transformed into an even sharper Sword Qi.
Once they reached the Yellow-rank, the Sword Qi would be released and they could kill their enemies through the air.
"Haha!" My son is truly an exceptional genius, he had only just completed Wave Breaker, and he had already formed the Sword Spirit. Third Elder, did you see that? Stop being so stubborn. "
Qi Kun could not hold back his excited laughter. He was still facing the Third Elder and had only taken a glance at him from the corner of his eyes.
However, he took it for granted that the Sword Qi was sent by Qi Haoran, because the latter had mastered his martial arts. This was the only possibility.
However, just as he finished speaking, the atmosphere immediately became strange, as numerous strange gazes were directed at Qi Kun.
The Great Elder and the Second Elder's expressions froze.
"Cough …" I saw it! However, I suggest that you take a look at the situation on the stage first. "
The Third Elder coughed dryly and said with a smile.
At this moment, Qi Tianyu's voice slowly resounded, causing the smile on his face to freeze.
"Qi Tianyu! You... "How could you …"
Qi Kun slowly turned his head and looked at the figure standing on the stage. His eyes immediately opened wide in shock, and even started to stutter.
Wasn't the victor standing on stage supposed to be his son, Qi Haoran? How could it be Qi Tianyu?
What was going on? At this time, Qi Kun had a hundred thousand questions.
"Uncle, don't be anxious. Finish what you just said."
Qi Tianyu smiled as he looked at Qi Kun.
"Haoran, where is my son?"
Qi Kun was furious and quickly searched for his son.
"Father, I …" I'm here. "
Beneath the stage, with the support of a few clan disciples, Qi Haoran was bleeding profusely from his sword hole, his face pale and weak.
"My son …"
Qi Kun cried out in grief and immediately rushed over. When he saw the hole in the sword, his pupils immediately contracted.
After a simple emergency treatment, Qi Haoran's blood was temporarily stopped.
Qi Kun waved for the others to carry Qi Haoran and the other two down, and then looked at Qi Tianyu coldly: "How can you condense a Vein Spirit!"
"Why not? Now you should announce the results, right? "
Qi Tianyu laughed faintly.
Qi Kun's eyes flashed with anger, his face darkened as he said: "Although you managed to win by a fluke, it is only by consuming the Body Strengthening Pill to gain power, your future achievements are limited, and you are still not fit to be the crown prince."
"Qi Kun, you want to go back on your word?"
Meng Ruyue was the first to stand up, her face full of anger.
"Uncle Scoundrel, you don't keep your promise."
Xiao Qiyun also glared at him angrily.
"If my little brother Tianyu doesn't want to be the heir, do you want your defeated son to be the son?"
Qi Yurou mocked coldly.
"Impudent!" I am the Patriarch. Every decision I make is for the clan's sake. "
Qi Kun's Qi exploded out, as he shouted out with authority.
"In my opinion, the one who is presumptuous is you. Don't forget, you are only the substitute Patriarch, and I am the true heir. Once King orders are given, I will inherit the title and become the new Patriarch of the Qi Family. "
Qi Tianyu looked at Qi Kun coldly and continued, "I know that you want your own son to become the successor. I also gave you guys a chance, but unfortunately, your son is too useless. What? You're not going to admit it now? Do you still need that old face of yours? "
"Qi Tianyu, you!"
Qi Kun was scolded until his face flushed red, but he couldn't find any reason to refute.
His original plan was for Qi Haoran to take first place in the Martial Competition and naturally take over the position of Crown Prince, so the previous agreement had long been made public.
But he never would have thought that this trash that was born with a broken meridian would actually be able to condense a Vein Spirit and defeat the son he was so proud of.
He could not accept such a huge difference.
"Acting Patriarch, with so many clan disciples watching, it's not good to go back on your words!"
At this time, the Third Elder stood up and said with a smile.
This caused a flurry of discussion amongst the people below. Although they looked down on Qi Tianyu previously, but the latter had displayed such strength today that no one could refute him.
At this moment, even the Great Elder and the Second Elder could not speak anymore.
In the end, Qi Kun helplessly announced, although he was extremely unwilling, but the situation was pressing on.
"How could he condense a Vein Spirit from a natural born blocked meridian? There must be a secret on that brat's body!"
Qi Kun's eyes were cold, the Body Strengthening Pill could only strengthen the body, it was impossible to open the Martial Veins.
But Qi Tianyu being able to condense a Vein Spirit meant that he was no longer at the absolute meridians level. This conjecture startled even Qi Kun.
It had to be known that with Qi Tianyu's Invigorated Meridian Realm's physique, even the experts that had invited him throughout the entire Nanyang Kingdom back then could do nothing against him.
"The rewards for this year's Family Competition are really generous. I'm really looking forward to a fourth grade Battle-Weapon!"
Qi Tianyu smiled slightly, purposely revealing an expression of anticipation.
A fourth grade Battle-Weapon? Great Emperor Zhu Tian was not interested in it, but this old thing was too shameless, he didn't mind getting disgusted.
Sure enough, after hearing Qi Tianyu's words, Qi Kun's face turned green.
He had originally prepared this for his own son, and had even spent a great deal of effort to convince the Great Clan Elder and Second Elder.
"Uncle, what's with your expression?" You should be happy that your clan has so many talents. "
Qi Tianyu smiled as he received the Body Tempering Pill and the battle sword, speaking with a comforting tone.
"Hee hee, bad guy!"
Qi Yurou chuckled from behind as she covered her mouth. Her two long, pure white legs swayed, making Qi Tianyu unable to resist taking a few more glances.
Sure enough, Qi Kun rolled his eyes, and almost fainted from anger.
This year's Family Competition ended just like this, and the result caused everyone to be greatly taken aback. For a moment, the Qi Family s up and down were in a flurry of discussion.
No one dared to look down on Qi Tianyu anymore, but there were still a few who didn't want to admit it in the beginning. However, after being taught a ruthless lesson by Qi Tianyu, the disciples of the various families became much more obedient.
"Hmm, the effect of this high level Body Tempering Pill is just barely passable!"
After half a month, Qi Tianyu spent five high levelled Body Tempering Pill s to cultivate the Profound Yellow Spell Body Refinement Layer to the middle stages and opened up three Mortal Martial Veins in a row.
His talent in the Martial Dao had risen to the sixth stage of the Mortal Realm, his cultivation had reached the late stage of the Intermediate Ranker, and his Profound Yellow Spell had also risen to the Intermediate level of the Human-rank.
Only would dare to take it, but Qi Tianyu's Profound Yellow Spell and even the Ancient Heavenly Arts were extremely overbearing, so refining a mere high levelled Body Tempering Pill was not difficult at all.
With the increase in the number of Mortal Martial Veins opened, the Profound Yellow Spell could increase the strength of the physical body.
Right now, his strength was six times stronger than a martial artist of the same level. It was even stronger than a high level late stage martial artist.
"Breaking Red Sun!"
Qi Tianyu started to practice his Great Sun Sword Art again, the tip of his sword releasing a nine feet long Sword Qi.
"A fourth tier Warrior Weapon has a huge boost to the Sword Qi!"
Qi Tianyu nodded slightly, and he could feel that his Sword Qi had become sharper as well.
Not far away, an iron stone was immediately cut. This stone was rich in metal and iron, and it was extremely hard, but under Qi Tianyu's Sword Qi, it was like tofu.
It was truly cutting through iron like mud!
"Sunscorch in the Sky!"
Suddenly, Qi Tianyu's sword force changed. The Sword-light's flames burned like fire, as if a blazing sun had risen into the sky.
"Bam!"
That piece of metal actually exploded.
If it was said that the first rays of the red sun were rising, then the sun would shine brightly in the sky, and it would be extremely explosive.
In this half a month's time, Qi Tianyu had also mastered the second form of the Great Sun Sword Art, the Scorching Sun and Sky.
The sword's aura was berserk and incomparably tyrannical, and its lethality had increased by a large amount.
"When the sun is high and the sky is clear, my Sword Spirit will be able to rise to the middle stage of the Human-rank."
Qi Tianyu revealed a faint smile.
Vein Spirit s had different grades as well. Corresponding to the martial skills they cultivated, they were divided into three ranks: Heaven, Earth, and Human. Each rank was then divided into three ranks: Low, Middle, and High.
The second form of the Great Sun Sword Art was equivalent to the middle stage Human-rank, so the Sword Spirit formed by it was naturally the middle stage Human-rank.
"In at most two months, I will be able to learn the third move, Yang Ruin Like Blood. At that time, I will be able to practice the Earth Ranked Martial Skill."
Qi Tianyu was confident in his eyes. A Great Emperor Level's experience in the Martial Dao was too terrifying.
The cultivation of martial skills were related to Vein Spirit, so they had to proceed step by step, from the lowest level, step by step, strengthening the Vein Spirit.
"Big brother!"
Just then, Xiao Qiyun ran in from the outside with Qi Yurou behind him.
"Big brother, you're busy with your training and won't even play with me."
Qi Yurou pulled at the corner of Qi Tianyu's clothes with a wronged expression.
"Didn't you have Big Sister Yurou to play with?"
Qi Tianyu smiled.
"Alright, little brother Tianyu, you are becoming more and more good at handling people."
Qi Yurou rolled her eyes, then said faintly, "I'll be going back to the army camp in two days."
"You little girl, a girl wants to go to a place like the military camp."
Just then, Meng Ruyue walked out from the house and said with a smile.
"Sister Yurou, I also want to go to the army camp. I can cultivate now, I want to be a female general in the future."
Xiao Qiyun waved her tender white fist, and said crisply.
Meng Ruyue shook her head speechlessly.
Only Qi Tianyu hugged Xiao Qiyun happily and laughed: "If you want to be a female general, then you need to train hard!"
Recently, all of the children who were ten years old had undergone a test. Qi Yun actually had the same talent as the Marquis TIanyi.
This news shook the entire Qi Family, to the point where it caused a huge commotion.
Such an innate skill was definitely top-notch in terms of Nanyang Kingdom. Even in those aristocratic families, large countries, and even sects, it could be considered pretty good.
As long as he cultivated them well, a character like the Marquis TIanyi might appear in his Nanyang Kingdom in the future.
"Hm!" Ah Yun will definitely work hard to cultivate! "
Qi Yun nodded her head seriously. Children were the easiest way to rouse their fighting spirit.
"Crown Prince, Madam!" Patriarch invites you all to participate in the meeting! "
At this time, someone came to report.
Qi Tianyu frowned, Qi Kun was actually inviting them to participate in the Family Meeting?
In the conference hall, other than the Third Elder, Qi Kun, the two great elders, and the other high ranking members of the family were present.
Qi Tianyu brought his mother, Meng Ruyue, and directly walked in.
"Tianyu, sister-in-law, sit here!"
Qi Kun stood up with a warm smile on his face.
"If you have something to say, say it!"
Qi Tianyu frowned, this old fellow was actually welcoming him with a smile, it was truly unexpected.
"Tianyu, right now, you are the heir to my Marquis TIanyi's Palace. Everything has to be done in the best interests of the clan!"
Qi Kun's gaze paused on Meng Ruyue for a moment, and then said.
Qi Tianyu did not say a word, quietly looking at the other party.
"Your father was buried in the Wilderness. My Qi Family has deteriorated over the past two years, especially against our arch-enemy. I won't hide it from you, but the current situation of the clan is very bad, the moment the Prime Minister's Palace makes a big attack, I'm afraid my Qi Family will be removed from the Nanyang Kingdom. "
Qi Kun looked worried.
"Prime Minister's Palace, Liu Family!"
Qi Tianyu's eyes flashed, the shadow of the young master of the Liu Family, Liu Zihao, seemed to be hiding behind the plot of the previous body.
"It has been two years since Heaven Chess and I have been alone for so long. It is time to consider for myself. Recently, the Prime Minister wanted to take another concubine and wanted you by name. For the peace of the Qi Family, the family will marry you to the Prime Minister! "
Qi Kun said as he looked at Meng Ruyue.
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