Chapter 47 (1/2)

Zhou Yan was suddenly extremely delighted and was tempted to understand what the comments meant for other people, just like that, he realized the terrifying nature of his double-helical Qi Column from the conversations of others.

Thus, feeling curious, the young lad immediately sensed the current state of his Qi Column. He was not bothered by Zhou Xian who had gone up the podium to present his newfound enlightened knowledge.

Upon closer inspection, Zhou Yan finally found something odd.

On his Qi Columns, the first three segments of the Qi Column on the left were just like any regular folks. They were as smooth as polished jade, and there was nothing odd about it. However, the bottom segment of the left Qi Column had shreds of thin purple lightning coiling around it!

Meanwhile, the first four segments of the right Qi Column were completely covered with the same lightning!

As Zhou Yan’s soul approached the lightning to sense its nature, he was met with a tender and numb feeling—it was as if this lightning was someone extremely close to his soul.

Thus, with a single thought, the entirety of the Qi Columns were filled with the tiny shreds of purple lightning coiling around it.

Then, the young lad proceeded to examine his Qi Columns from an outsider’s perspective. All he did was a simple scan and something odd had happened—his Qi Columns had vanished.

From an outsider’s perspective, there was nothing that could be detected from him!

Thus, the young lad proceeded to only cover one Qi Column with the lightning coil, and as he expected only one Qi Column could be detected.

The young lad proceeded to try several more times and concluded that his Qi Column was able to stay undetected due to the lightning coils around it.

He was unsure if his Qi Column was in such a state during the test, but he felt such a possibility to be extremely likely.

Since he was given such an encounter, Zhou Yan felt the need to at least try!

The best-case scenario for the young lad was without a doubt to use the exposure of both his Qi Columns to place himself in a better position, but he was unwilling to show off more than two segments for each Qi Columns. He figured that two segments for two Qi Columns would yield the best result.

Thus, Zhou Yan had decided on that, and hence he waited patiently waited for the Assessment of Qi Columns.

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“Zhou Shuangshuang.”

“What I’ve learned was the sword art of fall’s season. I’ve been enlightened by three forms, hence I’ve learned three moves!”

Zhou Shuangshuang initially heard a rumor that even Zhou Yan would find it difficult to grasp the enlightened knowledge of three forms. She was delighted and her ego had been inflated since she had achieved such a feat!

However, Zhou Lingyi and Zhou Lingyao’s performance far exceeded her progress which made her slightly uncomfortable and displeased.

“Come on up Zhou Yan!”

Zhou Yan was the final person to present.

The Hand of The Grand Elder in the Zhou family did it intentionally; the reason was not that he had gracefully given more time to Zhou Yan to enlighten himself. Instead, it was done in hopes of having Zhou Lingyi and the others before him to destroy any form of confidence the young lad had in his heart.

Hence, he paid close attention to Zhou Yan’s expression, but unfortunately for him, Zhou Yan’s expression was as calm as a puddle of still water. Nothing much had changed from his expressions, and this sparked his hidden resentment toward the young lad. He thought to himself that the young lad was merely putting on a facade and was merely pretending to stand his ground.

As he pondered, he noticed Zhou Yan staring at him with a resentful glare. His gaze was filled to the brim with mockery and challenge along with pure and heavy feelings of dissatisfaction.

He was drastically affected by such a stare as he was unable to contain his bloodlust.

At the same moment, the elder from the main branch of the Zhou family suddenly glanced at him.

Thus, with a fearful expression, he instantly withdrew his bloodlust as he waited patiently and honestly at the same spot he stood.

“What I’ve learned was the deeper meaning of autumn. The Sword Art of Pure Autumn, nine principles, nine forms of movesets, and all nine principles had fully been mastered by me!”

Zhou Yan spoke with pride.

As he stood, he paid no mind to the baffling, skeptical, and surprised looks on those who had been spectating the event. Instead, he took out Sorrow Breaker from his Infinite Spatial Ring and pointed directly at the Hand of the Grand Elder with his finger. Suddenly, an immense and violent wave of Blade’s Essence proceeded to spiral on the podium.

Countless leaves from every single tree began to fall as a layer of frost formed on the branches.

The Principles of Autumn’s Secret, a reflection of wilting leaves, followed by the parallel of frost and more; in an instant, all nine forms of changes had occurred!

This had directly destroyed the impossible ‘mastery’ over these hidden and deeper principles, and thus, destroyed the impossible ‘law’ of stacking all nine principles into a single move.

This scene alone made every single person who was spectating unimaginably surprised—everyone was staring at the display wide-eyed.

Zhou Yan’s display had completely ignored the rules of this assessment; not only did the young lad exclaim his mastery, he had also demonstrated the ferocity of stacking and form changes of all nine principles into a single move!

After a wave of silence, countless elders from countless families including the Ling family, the Huang family, Zhu family, and that Lord of the Region of A Thousand Despair gave him a standing ovation!

However, it was unclear who had started to applaud in order to show the respect they felt after such a shocking display!

The first round of applause came, then immediately after that, the second wave, the third…

After that, a thundering roar of applause instantly filled the entire area—it was unending.

“Nine principles, nine forms… All perfectly mastered!”

“All nine forms. With an enlightened ability like this, his future would be unstoppable!”

“The lowest realm for him would be the realm of the Blade’s Heart! This young lad’s natural gifts would be able to spread across the entirety of Canglan City and Xiaoyao Capital City. His reputation would ring for generations!”

“Nine forms… Unexpectedly, he had actually mastered all nine forms and principles!”

“Zhou Yan is truly her son!”

“If she had known, she would be extremely proud of him.”

“Zhou Wangchen truly has an heir now!”