In the single breath between Xiao Yan's voice ringing out in the Guest Hall and falling silent, the fragile quiet in the Guest Hall did not last long.
The moment his words fell, all sorts of sounds rang out through the entire hall.
Some were the crisp clatter of Tea Cups being knocked to the floor.
Others were the violent coughs of people choking on their tea.
The members of the Xiao Clan looked at one another, each seeing the shock and disbelief in the others' eyes.
Less than a year, and he was an Eight Star Dou Zhe?
Even now, many people in the Guest Hall still remembered that just over a year ago, Xiao Yan's cultivation had been no more than Dou Qi Stage 3.
Yet after a year had passed, Xiao Yan had soared from Dou Qi Stage 3 to One-Star Dou Zhe.
And now, in less than another year, he had already reached Eight Star Dou Zhe?
This could no longer even be called a miracle. It was practically seeing a ghost in broad daylight!
When Dou Qi had just been refined within the human body into battle qi, and one officially stepped into the ranks of Dou Zhe, the Dou Qi cyclone had already been condensed, so the efficiency of absorbing battle qi would also surge in a short period of time.
To soar by four or five stars within a year was not anything particularly strange.
But in less than a year, Xiao Yan had gone from a Dou Zhe to an Eight Star Dou Zhe?
This kind of terrifying cultivation speed truly made it hard to imagine what exactly had happened to him over this past year or so.
Standing behind the elders of her family, Xiao Mei's gaze dimmed. Aside from the