Two White Blind Boxes.
They appeared in his inventory.
He opened his inventory.
Then chose to open the White Blind Boxes.
In an instant,
the panel
displayed the results of opening the boxes.
"Two White Blind Boxes have now been opened, and the rewards drawn are Soul Power +12 and 20 points."
Yao Chen's expression froze.
What he was curious about was
what these points were for.
So he read the system's introduction and explanation.
Points could be used to redeem divine-grade items in the Points Mall.
For example, rare cultivation techniques, Dou Techniques, secret arts, and the like.
As well as rare items such as Heavenly Flames and pill recipes.
All of them could be redeemed in the mall with points.
After opening the two blind boxes,
a relieved smile
appeared on Yao Chen's face.
Xiao Yan, standing before him,
immediately spoke,
saying to him,
"Teacher, my cultivation has reached this level now."
"I believe that with your guidance, I'll make rapid progress from here on."
"I'll win the match when the time comes. I'm counting on you, Teacher."
Yao Chen smiled faintly.
Looking at the teenager before him,
he wore a relieved smile.
He knew very well
just how immense the potential and future limit
of this young man before him would be.
After a while,
Xiao Yan continued practicing the Profound-class Dou Technique he had just learned, Eight Extremities Collapse.
An hour later,
in the clan's meeting hall,
several elderly clan members
sat along both sides of the hall,
discussing the matter with Clan Leader Xiao Zhan.
They were talking about stripping Xiao Yan of his resources within the clan
and putting pressure on Xiao Zhan.
Moreover, because of what had happened during the day,
when he had made the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran,
the whole clan had undoubtedly
been put at tremendous risk.
After all, the power behind Nalan Yanran, the Misty Cloud Sect,
was the greatest sect in the empire. There was no other.
So they all said,
"Xiao Zhan, no matter what, you must make Xiao Yan give the clan an explanation."
"Because of him, our entire clan has made an enemy of the empire's greatest power and its future successor."
"Once she takes over as the next sect leader,"
"our entire clan will be exposed to tremendous danger."
"And if she decides to retaliate, it will spell our doom."
"Have you even considered the consequences?"
"As clan leader, you've indulged your own son so much. Have you thought about the safety of our clansmen and the future of the entire Xiao Clan?"
"How can you expect the clan to respect you when you keep protecting this useless son of yours?"
"If your strength weren't the greatest in the entire clan,"
"then just for indulging your son and recklessly making the Three-Year Agreement, bringing a huge hidden danger upon the clan,"
"you should be impeached at once and forced to relinquish your position as clan leader."
The several elders
sat on either side of the meeting hall,
putting immense pressure on Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan's father.
But Xiao Zhan was undaunted.
He didn't care what the clan elders or clansmen thought of him.
He believed in his son.
His son would not disappoint him.
In three years, he would surely give him a result he could be satisfied with.
Just then, Xiao Yan arrived at the door of the room.
Though he didn't go inside,
he heard the conversation within.
Xiao Yan murmured to himself,
"It seems Father has been bearing immense pressure from the clan without my knowing."
"I must work hard and rapidly improve my strength."
"Only then will I be worthy of my father's efforts."
Xiao Yan returned to his room.
For the entire night,
he immersed himself in cultivation.
The night passed.
Although his strength still hadn't improved,
and he remained at the fifth stage,
he was already not far from reaching the sixth.
He believed that with a little more time, he would certainly break through.
So over the next few days,
he devoted himself to cultivation.
Seven days later,
he slowly opened his eyes in the clan's back mountain.
Then he exhaled a breath of stale air, expelling it from his body.
At that moment, several lines of text
appeared on the panel before Yao Chen.
[Current mission: Help Xiao Yan reach the sixth stage.] [Mission reward: 40 points.] [Tip: Current points: 60.] [40 more points are needed to unlock the Points Mall.]
"Forty more..."
Yao Chen murmured to himself.
He smiled with satisfaction.
He really wanted to know what kind of goods the Points Mall would offer
once it was unlocked.
He was filled with curiosity.
After claiming the reward,
he saw how excited and thrilled Xiao Yan was.
Xiao Yan even took out the black ring in his hand.
A wisp of ghostly soul drifted out of the ring.
Then Xiao Yan looked at the old man before him and said,
"Teacher, after many days of cultivation, and with the help of the medicinal liquid, I've reached the sixth stage."
Seeing how satisfied Xiao Yan looked, Yao Chen felt a little helpless.
He immediately said,
"You have no ambition at all. You're already so pleased with yourself over a mere sixth-stage cultivation."
Xiao Yan chuckled and replied at once,
"I'm already very satisfied with reaching the sixth stage."
"If the clan members knew I'd made such a huge breakthrough and progressed so rapidly in such a short time,"
"they'd be so shocked their jaws would drop. Even Nalan Yanran would be astonished."
That was true.
After all, Xiao Yan's strength was indeed recovering very quickly.
Xiao Yan had just finished cultivating
when Xiao Xun'er arrived at the back mountain and spotted him.
She immediately said,
"Brother Xiao Yan, Uncle Xiao Zhan wants you to go to the clan's plaza. He said he'll wait for you there."
"I heard Cousin Xiao Yu has returned from the academy. The whole clan is holding a welcome ceremony for her."
"As a young master of the clan and Uncle Xiao Zhan's son, you should go too."
"Uncle Xiao specifically asked me to come and get you."
Xiao Xun'er said as she looked at him.
Xiao Yan nodded, then left the clan's back mountain.
Inside the black ring on his hand,
Yao Chen, in his spirit form,
had slipped back into the ring
the moment Xiao Xun'er appeared.
Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er left the back mountain
and headed for the clan's plaza.
There they saw a sea of clan members gathered.
Among them were many of the strongest members of the clan's younger generation.
Xiao Yu looked at a young man.
His name was Xiao Ning, and they were siblings.
"Xiao Ning, has anything major happened in the clan while I was away?"
"That brat Xiao Yan isn't still at the third stage, is he?"