In the early morning, when the rising sun slowly rises from the east, the warm sunshine shines on the snow-covered Biyun Mountain, adding a touch of warmth in this cold winter.

At this moment, outside the family ancestral hall on the top of Biyun Mountain, all the Shen clan members have gathered here.

The quaint main hall stands on the top of this mountain. The gray walls and slightly dilapidated black tiles seem to tell the story of hundreds of years of wind and rain.

Looking at the solemn building in front of them, all the Shen clan members present looked extremely pious. They lined up neatly and waited, not daring to make a sound.

Inside the slightly dark ancestral hall, hundreds of black wooden spiritual tablets with white characters are neatly placed on layers of wooden shelves. At the same time, a long-bright lamp is lit on each wooden shelf.

There is an ancient scroll hanging on the wall facing the door. It depicts an old man wearing apricot-yellow Taoist robes. His beard and hair are all white, but he is energetic and energetic, giving people the feeling of a great master.

The person painted on this scroll is Shen Changyu, the ancestor of the Shen family, who founded the Shen family's century-old business.

There is also an offering table placed in front of the portrait. The table is already filled with various tributes, as well as an ancient incense burner burning incense. The curls of green smoke fill the solemn hall.

I saw Shen Xiangchi, Shen Xiangchu and others slowly walking into the ancestral hall, and then kneeling directly in front of the portraits of their ancestors.

At the same time, the solemn bells rang in everyone's ears, and all the tribesmen in the square outside the ancestral hall immediately knelt down to worship.

After the solemn three bows and nine kowtows, Shen Xiangchi and others led the clan members in reciting the family motto of the Shen family.

"Filial piety should be done with all one's strength, loyalty and courage should be shown as sincerity;

Brothers help each other, and compassion has no limit.

Read the books of sages diligently and respect your teachers as dear relatives;

Don’t be arrogant in etiquette and justice, be courteous and kind to your neighbors..."

After two or three hours, the ancestor worship ceremony was successfully concluded, and everyone was led by Shen Xiangchi and others to the Yuxiu stage.

At this time, there was an open space on the Yuxiu stage, and several temporary arenas had been set up there.

According to the ancestral system, after the ancestor worship ceremony, the family will hold a competition among clan members. It can be said that this is the most important event in the Shen family after ancestor worship.

This family competition is a rule set by the ancestors of the Shen family from the beginning. Its purpose is to encourage each generation of clan members to continue to work hard and move forward, rather than just sitting back and enjoying the success.

Nowadays, this custom has continued in the Shen family for more than two hundred years, and it has become a talent selection system.

Clan members who perform well in family competitions will not only receive rich family rewards, but will also be specially trained by the family. This will be a key proof for future competition for the position of clan leader or elder.

Therefore, even if the family does not stipulate that every clan member must participate, clan members who have some pursuits in their hearts will sign up to participate, and in order to obtain a good ranking in this competition, they will also work hard to practice during normal times.

At this moment, on the high platform in front of the arena, except for the clan leader Shen Xiangchi and the second elder Shen Xianghuan, all the clan members in the late stage of Qi training were sitting there.

Among the clan members who were in the late stages of Qi training, the most eye-catching one was Shen Zhirui sitting at the very edge.

After all, the people on this stage are basically the clan elders of the Xiang generation, and there are only two people from the Dao generation.

But he sat on this high platform with his seniority and age of less than twenty years old.

This seems to indicate that this junior generation has the ability to be on an equal footing with those elders.

However, many clan members in the audience can also understand that Shen Zhirui has been famous for his early wisdom and talent since childhood, and he also has advanced Qi training skills, which is enough to become one of the top leaders of the family.

Moreover, his performance in the family competitions in the past ten years has also won everyone's recognition. Now there are many clan members of the Zigzag generation and even the Dao generation who regard him as a role model for their progress.

Of course, according to Shen Zhirui's original intention, he would definitely not be so high-profile. He did not want to be the focus of the people's eyes.

But the third elder Shen Xiangchu asked him to participate and sit on the high platform as a referee.

In the end, with no other choice, he had no choice but to sit on the high platform as requested by the third elder, but he sat on the very edge.

After everything was ready, Shen Xiangchu, dressed in green clothes, stood up slowly, looked at the eagerly waiting people and said loudly:

"Today's family competition is held in accordance with the Shen family's ancestral system. The purpose is for the clan members to learn from each other, hone their skills, and encourage the Shen clan members to work hard and make the family more prosperous..."

"So all battles in the competition are done to the point, and the use of talismans and other external means is prohibited..."

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"In addition, according to the requirements of the clan leader, the rewards of this year's competition will be increased compared to previous years. All clan members who enter the top three in the competition will receive a bottle of [Huangya Dan], and the first place will receive fifty spiritual stones. ..”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience immediately became excited, obviously shocked by this reward.

According to past practice, only the first place can get a bottle of [Huangya Dan], and the second and third place can only be rewarded with spiritual stones.

Now the top three can all get a bottle of [Huangya Dan], and even the rewards for the top eight have increased a bit.

"Okay, let's start drawing lots for the tribesmen participating in the competition!"

Shen Xiangchi on the stage interrupted everyone's discussion and solemnly announced that the competition had officially begun.

Later, under the arrangements of some clan elders, the clan members participating in the competition were divided into two groups and walked to different arenas.

Generally speaking, Dabi is divided into two groups, one for the early stage of Qi training, and another group for the middle stage of Qi training.

And because the age of people participating in the Dabi tribe is limited to between twelve and sixty years old, there are basically no elders of the Xiangzi generation. They are all younger generations of the Daozi and Zigzi generations.

Most of the people from the Zigzi generation are in the early stage of Qi training, while those from the Dao generation are mostly in the middle stage of Qi training, but there are some exceptions.

I saw a young tribesman in black robes facing off against a middle-aged tribesman on the stage in the middle stage of Qi training, but both of them seemed to be at the fifth level of Qi training.

Shen Zhirui recognized the young clansman in black robe at a glance. It was his fourth brother Shen Zhiling, the fourth oldest among the zigzag generation. At the same time, his grandfather was Shen Xianghuan, the second elder of the family.

Since one of them is the grandson of the clan leader, and the other is the second elder of the family and the grandson of the only first-level high-level alchemist in the family, the two of them often played together when they were young, and they did not have much relationship in the family school.

But later on, as Shen Zhirui's cultivation gradually surpassed that of his peers, the light of genius in him caused his peers to stay away from him, and the exchanges between the two parties gradually decreased.

"Uncle Fourteen, my nephew is offended!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Zhiling raised his magical weapon and rushed forward. At the same time, a blazing fireball immediately appeared in the palm of his left hand and struck directly at the middle-aged tribesman opposite.

The middle-aged tribesman opposite obviously didn't expect that he could cast spells at two times at such a young age, and was secretly surprised. However, he was also an experienced person after all, so he responded immediately.

I saw that he first avoided the attack of the fireball with extremely dexterous movement, and then shot a golden light from his hand into a sharp arrow and went straight towards the incoming Shen Zhiling.

Facing the oncoming metal spell, Shen Zhiling did not panic. He immediately used the magic weapon in his hand to block it with a burst of spiritual power, and used the force to get around the middle-aged tribesmen.

At the same time, several fireballs flew out of his hand and exploded instantly, and the entire arena was flooded with flames.

This scene of flames soaring into the sky also made the elders in the late stage of Qi training on the stage sweat. One of them had already rushed off the high platform and headed straight towards the arena that was already submerged in the flames.

However, the fire in the arena soon dissipated. It seemed that the power was not as great as imagined, but more of a deception. The entire arena was still intact.

The two people on the field seemed to have already decided the winner. The middle-aged tribesmen left the ring with some embarrassment, leaving only Shen Zhiling standing on the ring.
Chapter completed!