When Xiao Yan's voice rose and fell in the reception hall, the fragile silence within did not last long.
As soon as he finished speaking, all manner of sounds rang out throughout the hall.
Some were the sharp crashes of teacups being knocked onto the floor.
Others were violent coughs from people choking on their tea.
The Xiao Family members looked at one another, each seeing the shock and disbelief in the others' eyes.
Less than a year, and he was already an Eight-star Dou Zhe?
Even now, many people in the reception hall still remembered that a little over a year ago, Xiao Yan's cultivation had only been at the third stage of Dou Qi.
Yet after a year, Xiao Yan had soared from the third stage of Dou Qi to a One-star Dou Zhe.
And now, in less than a year, he had already reached Eight-star Dou Zhe?
This could no longer even be called a miracle. It was simply unbelievable!
When Dou Qi was first refined into Dou Qi within the human body and one formally entered the ranks of a Dou Zhe, the Dou Qi vortex had already formed, causing the efficiency of absorbing Dou Qi to surge within a short period of time.
Rising four or five stars within a year was not particularly strange.
But in less than a year, Xiao Yan had gone from a Dou Zhe to an Eight-star Dou Zhe?
Such a terrifying cultivation speed made it difficult to imagine what exactly had happened to him over the past year or so.
Standing behind the elders of her family, Xiao Mei's gaze dimmed. Beyond the same shock felt by the other clansmen, an indescribable bitterness welled up in her heart.
A hidden dragon had broken free in a single day and