Coming-of-Age Ceremony

Soon, after Xiao Yang defeated Manea, the system notification sounded in his mind once more.

"Congratulations, player. You defeated a One-Star Dou Practitioner. Reward: Universal Experience +200, Shop Points +1000!"

Without the slightest intention of resting, Xiao Yang turned to look at Wu Gang in the distance.

"Brother Wu Gang, practice with me next."

Hearing Xiao Yang's words, the surrounding guards watching the fight were even more astonished.

Otto looked at Xiao Yang with some hesitation and said,

"Young Master Xiao Yang, don't you need to rest first?"

"You've just fought two battles. Your consumption should have been considerable, right?"

Wu Gang also spoke from the side.

"That's right, Young Master Xiao Yang. There's no rush anyway."

"I'm not on duty at all today. You can spar with me whenever you want."

"Your consumption from those two battles should have been substantial as well. Rest first. The results of the next fight might be better afterward."

In truth, Wu Gang and Otto were right.

The battle techniques Xiao Yang had used were all Black Tier High-Grade Battle Techniques, and their consumption was no small matter.

Across the two battles, he had used battle techniques more than ten times.

His Dou Qi was now less than thirty percent of its peak.

However, Xiao Yang had previously discovered another function of the game panel.

As long as he added points to his cultivation, even if it was only one point of Universal Experience, the Dou Qi in Xiao Yang's body would instantly return to its peak state!

This was practically more powerful than medicinal pills!

After all, even pills such as Qi-Recovery Pills that restored Dou Qi required some time after consumption to refine their medicinal power before it could be converted into one's own Dou Qi.

Adding experience points, on the other hand, restored it instantly!

A Tier-One Double Experience Card lasting two hours cost a thousand points, so Xiao Yang did not dare waste it casually.

He waved his hand and said directly,

"It's fine. Continue. Training after I've used up all my Dou Qi will be more effective too."

Seeing Xiao Yang insist, Wu Gang could not say much more.

He stepped before Xiao Yang, his eyes full of caution.

After all, he had clearly seen Manea and Lein being defeated moments ago.

He could not keep up with Xiao Yang's terrifying speed alone.

His only advantage was that he was somewhat stronger than those two and possessed greater strength. Perhaps he could fight Xiao Yang a little longer.

Soon, the battle between the two began.

Otto stared fixedly at them from the side, mainly at Xiao Yang.

He was afraid Wu Gang might accidentally injure Xiao Yang.

The Xiao Household's coming-of-age ceremony would be held before long. If Xiao Yang were injured, Otto would be punished for failing to protect him.

"Go, Young Master Xiao Yang!"

"That's right, show Wu Gang what you've got!"

"Young Master Xiao Yang, get him!"

The guards watching from the sidelines all cheered for Xiao Yang. They all wanted to see whether this youth could win his third match.

Especially Lein and Manea, who had just lost.

Two One-Star Dou Practitioners had both lost to a youth at Dou Qi, Ninth Stage.

Naturally, they wanted to drag Wu Gang down with them rather than be the only ones making fools of themselves.

Wu Gang truly was much stronger than Lein and Manea.

Even when Xiao Yang used Eight Extremes Collapse, he could only knock him back a few steps.

He repeatedly tried to circle behind Wu Gang and launch sneak attacks, just as he had before.

However, after watching the previous two sparring matches, Wu Gang had become somewhat prepared for Xiao Yang's Snow-Treading Without a Trace.

Although he could not keep up with Xiao Yang's speed, he could still barely react in time to defend himself.

Xiao Yang did not know that Wu Gang was even more shocked at this moment.

Originally, Wu Gang had thought that Xiao Yang would exhaust his Dou Qi after using his battle techniques a few more times.

Yet Xiao Yang showed no signs at all of having overconsumed his Dou Qi.

He could not understand why Xiao Yang had so much Dou Qi.

There were no cultivation techniques at the Dou Qi stage, so cultivators of the same level generally possessed roughly the same total amount of Dou Qi.

Only after reaching the Fighter realm would the differences brought by cultivation techniques become apparent.

He felt that Xiao Yang had even more Dou Qi than him, a Two-Star Dou Practitioner.

Just as his thoughts were running wild, Xiao Yang suddenly seized an opportunity.

Wu Gang was fooled by one of Xiao Yang's feints and threw a punch forward.

He had originally intended to trade blows with Xiao Yang.

However, Xiao Yang's punching motion had merely been a feint.

"Not good!"

Wu Gang knew things were about to go badly.

But he could not withdraw this punch at all now.

He wanted to forcefully change direction, but how could Xiao Yang possibly let this chance slip away?

Xiao Yang moved directly behind Wu Gang and threw a punch.

Boom!

This punch struck Wu Gang squarely in the back.

He had already been punching forward, and with Xiao Yang's attack added to it, he was instantly sent flying ahead.

Otto reacted extremely quickly and hurriedly caught Wu Gang.

"Young Master Xiao Yang wins!"

Wu Gang did not say much. He knew Xiao Yang had held back just now.

Otherwise, that punch would have left him seriously injured as well.

At that moment, the system notification also sounded in Xiao Yang's mind.

"Congratulations, player. You defeated a Two-Star Dou Practitioner. Reward: Universal Experience +400, Shop Points +2000!"

Seeing Xiao Yang win, the guards who had been watching all burst into cheers.

"Young Master Xiao Yang is awesome!"

"As expected of Young Master Xiao Yang. That combat power is terrifying!"

"A Dou Qi cultivator defeating three low-star Dou Practitioners in a row—there probably isn't such a genius even in the Imperial Capital, right?"

Xiao Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead, gave Lein and the other two twenty gold coins each as a reward, then left directly.

He had no intention of challenging a Three-Star Dou Practitioner.

He knew it would still be difficult for him to defeat a Three-Star Dou Practitioner unless he dragged out the battle and added points to restore his Dou Qi.

But that would take quite some time, and his double-experience buff was about to expire.

Xiao Yang planned to hurry and spar with the remaining members of the Xiao Household.

Soon, two days passed. Xiao Yang had sparred with every guard and clan member in the household who was a One-Star or Two-Star Dou Practitioner.

Eleven battles, and Xiao Yang won them all!

Afterward, he even found a Three-Star Dou Practitioner to spar with.

Unfortunately, he could only fight the other party to a draw.

Still, those eleven people alone brought Xiao Yang a considerable amount of Universal Experience and Shop Points!

He now had a total of 4,317 points of Universal Experience and nearly 160,000 points!

He could now directly raise his cultivation to the level of a Four-Star Dou Practitioner!

Over the next few days, Xiao Yang continued cultivating.

Soon, the time for the coming-of-age ceremony arrived.

In the Xiao Household plaza, a wooden platform built specifically for the coming-of-age ceremony stood at the center.

Beside the wooden platform were representatives from several major forces of Wu Tan City, along with the Xiao Household's upper ranks.

Xiao Yang even spotted Ya Fei.

After all, in all of Wu Tan City, only Ya Fei matched that bewitching figure in a red cheongsam.

Soon, after Xiao Zhan announced the start of the coming-of-age ceremony, the Second Elder began having the Xiao Household members participating in this ceremony step up one by one for retesting.

Before long, it was Xiao Yang's turn.

"Next, Xiao Yang!"

As Xiao Yang stepped onto the wooden platform, many people's attention fell upon him.

After all, news of him defeating Galeo had already spread throughout the Xiao Household and Wu Tan City.