Xiantian Realm Experts, Terrifying Indeed!

"Chen An!!!"

On the martial arts field, an instructor called out Chen An's name.

At last, it was Chen An's turn to be tested.

In an instant, countless gazes fell upon Chen An.

Some who knew Chen An's circumstances could not help sneering inwardly at the sight, their eyes filled with schadenfreude.

Meanwhile, Liu Qingyun watched Chen An slowly make his way toward the Profound Light Stele, a mocking curve likewise tugging at his lips.

What use was being Shen Qinglan's childhood sweetheart?!

So what if he had won the favor of Shen Qinglan, that proud daughter of heaven?!

In the end, he was still trash at the second level of Qi Condensation!

He could not even cross the first cultivation threshold of the county examination. From now on, the gap in martial cultivation between him and Shen Qinglan would only grow wider, as distant as clouds and mud.

When the time came, divided by status and separated by realms, the affection between them would naturally fade away. He would only be able to watch from afar as Shen Qinglan ascended to the summit, while he remained trapped at the bottom, unable even to catch the dust behind her, shrinking in a corner for the rest of his life and regretting his lowly talent and birth.

No, he no longer had the chance to regret for the rest of his life!

Once this county examination was over, once he entered the prefectural academy, it would be Chen An's day of death!!!

Chen An, however, turned a blind eye to those gazes.

He merely walked calmly up to the Profound Light Stele, raised his right palm, and slapped toward it as casually as if swatting a fly.

"Bang!!!~~"

A soft sound rang out. A faint cyan halo instantly rippled across the surface of the Profound Light Stele, followed closely by the scales at the very bottom of the stele lighting up one after another.

One, two, three, four, five, six!!!

Six!!!

A full six scales shone brightly upon the Profound Light Stele, cyan radiance flowing over them, exceptionally conspicuous.

"What?!"

"How could this be?!"

"Wasn't he only at the second level of Qi Condensation?!"

The students who had been waiting to watch Chen An make a fool of himself froze instantly, their faces filled with disbelief as they stared wide-eyed at the Profound Light Stele.

Those students who had sneered inwardly and waited gleefully for a good show were all stunned. The schadenfreude on their faces instantly turned into shock and confusion.

"Impossible!!!"

At that moment, a somewhat shrill voice rang out across the martial arts field.

Everyone turned to look, only to see Liu Qingyun staring fixedly at the six cyan scales lit up on the Profound Light Stele. His face was twisted, his eyes venomous, as he shouted, "Instructor, he's just trash at the second level of Qi Condensation. How could he possibly be at the sixth level of Qi Condensation?!"

"Cheating!"

"Chen An must have used some underhanded method to falsify this! I ask the instructors to investigate thoroughly and punish him severely!"

As his words fell, the entire field erupted into an uproar. Many students who had originally been doubtful now revealed hesitant expressions as well, looking from the Profound Light Stele to Chen An while discussions rose and fell all around them.

"I know him. He's from Class Geng. I heard his cultivation has always been at the bottom of the class!"

"Yeah, I heard that too. His cultivation has always been at the bottom. Did he really cheat?!"

"I'm from Class Geng. Chen An's cultivation really was at the second level of Qi Condensation before. Could he really have cheated?!"

"I'm from Class Geng too. I even sparred with Chen An a month ago. Back then, his cultivation truly was at the second level of Qi Condensation!"

Rumors sprang up everywhere, and many people were led astray by Liu Qingyun's words.

Most unexpectedly, students from Class Geng had even stepped forward to testify.

This immediately cast the entire matter under a cloud of suspicion. The gazes of all the students, and even the instructors, toward Chen An were instantly filled with doubt.

Chen An turned around and stood quietly beside the Profound Light Stele, feeling the scrutinizing, questioning gazes around him.

His eyes swept indifferently over the few Class Geng classmates who had stepped forward to testify. They were precisely the people he had encountered in the dormitory a few days ago, yet now they were publicly offering testimony and deliberately stirring everyone into doubting him.

At that sight, a cold sneer could not help curling across Chen An's lips.

"All of you, shut up!!!"

At that moment, a clear shout rang out. Immediately afterward, the aura of the Houtian Realm exploded outward, and a wave of pressure descended, instantly suppressing the chaotic clamor across the entire field.

Following the sound, everyone looked over and saw that the one who had stepped forward to rebuke them was none other than Shen Qinglan.

Her pretty face was slightly cold, anger flickering between her brows. Her gaze swept coldly across the crowd as she spoke sharply, "Do you truly know Chen An that well? And what makes you so certain of his current cultivation?! Every last one of you is lax and unwilling to strive forward, yet all you know is to measure a gentleman's heart with a petty man's mind and slander others for no reason!"

"And you, Liu Qingyun!!!"

Shen Qinglan turned her head, her icy gaze fixed on Liu Qingyun.

"You father and son have done every kind of evil. Before the county examination, you actually forced your fellow students to give up the martial examination, and even planned to secretly sell them to the Treasure Gathering Trading Company as laborers."

"Your own character is vile beyond measure, yet you still dare bark wildly here and slander Chen An as you please. Are you worthy?!"

After hearing Shen Qinglan's furious rebuke, the students could not help flushing with embarrassment.

When they heard what Liu Zhixing and his son had done, their expressions changed even further. One by one, they looked at Liu Qingyun in shock and contempt.

No one had expected Liu Zhixing and his son to be so audacious as to threaten and coerce students from the same county into abandoning the martial examination on the eve of the county examination. Worse still, they had planned to privately sell those students to a trading company as laborers.

Such secret and vicious conduct was simply horrifying to hear of, completely overturning the students' understanding.

Even the instructors, who had long vaguely known some of the inside details, now looked at Liu Qingyun with nothing but cold disgust and contempt.

"You, you..."

Seeing Shen Qinglan so openly expose the filthy dealings he and his father had conducted behind the scenes in full view of everyone, and feeling the gazes of those around him, Liu Qingyun's face instantly turned deathly pale. He looked at Shen Qinglan with venomous eyes.

"Enough, silence!!!"

At that moment, the aura of a Xiantian Realm expert swept down from the platform like mountains and rivers crushing down from above. In an instant, everyone on the martial arts field stiffened, unable to move.

Fortunately, that terrifying pressure lasted only a moment before slowly dissipating. Only then did everyone regain their composure, though their gazes toward Fan Suiyun on the platform remained filled with deep awe.

With only a wisp of aura, he had suppressed over a thousand people across a distance of more than a hundred meters.

A Xiantian Realm expert was truly terrifying indeed!!!

Fan Suiyun's gaze swept indifferently across the field before he spoke in a calm tone carrying unquestionable authority. "There is no error with the Profound Light Stele. Chen An's cultivation test is genuine and valid!"

After a brief pause, Fan Suiyun's gaze passed over Liu Qingyun.

That glance appeared calm and unruffled, yet it carried the stern authority unique to a Xiantian Realm expert. An invisible pressure instantly enveloped Liu Qingyun.

Liu Qingyun's body abruptly stiffened on instinct. His mind shook violently, a chill piercing straight down his spine. Fine beads of cold sweat instantly emerged across his forehead and back, and he did not even dare take a breath.

Then Fan Suiyun spoke in a solemn voice, each word carrying unquestionable authority. "Anyone who causes trouble without cause, makes noise, or disrupts the order of the martial examination again shall be expelled immediately and never admitted again!"

Having said that, he casually waved a hand and declared, "Continue!"