110: Chapter 110 The Five Heroes

"Changqing, you're here." The moment Li Chengxiu first saw Chen Changqing, a look of joy appeared at the corners of her mouth.

Chen Changqing walked up with a smile and asked, "Mother, how have you been spending this period? And what about Changyue?"

"That rascal Changyue goes off playing God knows where every day, but she's been much quieter lately, studying Formations every single day." Whenever Li Chengxiu mentioned Chen Changyue, her brows would always involuntarily furrow.

"Dad." A petite young girl immediately ran over when she saw Chen Changqing.

Seeing the little girl run up, Chen Changqing happily said, "Little Lingxi, let Dad give you a hug."

The little girl immediately opened her arms, allowing Chen Changqing to pick her up. Her name was Chen Lingxi, five years old this year, and ranked thirty-fifth among the Ling generation.

"Dad, I'll also be testing my Spiritual Root next year, and by then I'll definitely test for a huge Spiritual Root," Chen Lingxi said in a soft, childish voice.

Holding her, Chen Changqing couldn't help but laugh and cry at the words, encouraging her, "Alright, our Family's Little Lingxi certainly has ambition."

The little girl's mouth curved up, revealing a very smug expression.

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Qingyang Mountain.

As the Chen Family had been developing better and better over these years and Family members were increasing more and more, the Family's management of its members had also become increasingly strict.

Especially in the distribution of resources, the Family's resources were limited, and if they wanted to exert the maximum effect, they needed to manage the distribution well.

Therefore, the Family would judge whether a Family member was worth cultivating more based on multiple dimensions such as Spiritual Root, Comprehension Ability, Heart-Nature, and spell-fighting ability.

Spiritual Root and Comprehension Ability were already demonstrated at the very beginning of Cultivate, but for the Family to achieve fairness and justice, it still had to start from several other aspects.

After all, Spiritual Root and Comprehension Ability ultimately only represented fast Cultivate speed.

Therefore, ever since five years ago, the Clan Chief and Elders had stipulated that a duel selection would be held every five years, and then five outstanding Family members would be selected from them. These five Family members were the Five Prodigies of this time.

Of course, the age to participate in the competition had to be under twenty years old.

The Five Prodigies of the first session were Chen Lingchuan, Chen Changbin, Chen Lingjie, Chen Lingyao, and Chen Changyan.

At that time, the Cultivation of all five of them was above the 5th Layer of Qi Refining, and most of their ages were close to twenty. After five years of cultivation, their Cultivation had almost all reached Qi Condensation 7th Layer.

Especially Chen Changling's only son, Chen Lingchuan, whose Cultivation back then had even reached the 6th Layer of Qi Refining. Although he was now only at Qi Condensation 7th Layer, he was merely a step away from the 8th Layer of Qi Refining, and presumably he would soon step into the 8th Layer of Qi Refining.

As for the competition of the second session, the Elder decided to hold it today.

Therefore, dozens of Family members came to the main peak of Qingyang Mountain today. Among them, more than twenty met the conditions for the competition, so today's competition was to select the top five from these twenty-odd people.

"Sixth Elder, that is Lingtong. She has Gold-Fire Dual Spiritual Roots, is seventeen years old this year, and her Cultivation has already reached Qi Condensation 7th Layer, comparable to Seventh Brother and Sister Qingling back then." Chen Changyu pointed at a woman wearing a white robe and said.

"Lingtong? Very good. As our Family's second Dual Spiritual Root, she is indeed worthy of the Family's key cultivation." Chen Changtian nodded and praised.

After a while longer, when the sun was high in the sky, Chen Changyu finally announced the start of the competition, and then those Family members participating in the competition stepped forward one by one to compete.

The method of selecting the Five Prodigies was very simple: it was to let every Cultivator present battle all participating opponents, and then select the Five Prodigies based on the top five scores.

With the start of the competition, every young Cultivator tried their utmost on the arena platform in order to defeat their opponents.

By the seventh round, Chen Lingtong, the most attention-grabbing among everyone, also took the stage. Although she had Gold-Fire Dual Spiritual Roots, she did not Cultivate the Golden Radiance Art, instead choosing to Cultivate a Nine Suns Body-Refining Art.

As soon as she appeared, the opposite Family member immediately conceded defeat before even competing. He knew that he was completely no match for the young girl before him, so there was no need to waste his magic power on her.

Meanwhile, another youth under the stage was of a similar age to Chen Lingtong, though purely in terms of Aptitude, he was far worse than Chen Lingtong. However, if not for Chen Lingtong being in this session, he would definitely be the Genius with the number one talent of this session. Because he had Three Spiritual Roots, specifically Gold-Water-Wood Three Spiritual Roots, just like Seventh Uncle, he had taken Seventh Uncle as his role model ever since he was a child.

Although he was now seventeen years old, the gap between him and Seventh Uncle Chen Changqing was still very large, but he still had hope of catching up. He just hadn't expected that among his peers, another Genius with an even more supreme talent than him could pop up, which made him feel somewhat lost and unconvinced.

As for the rest of the Chen Family's young Cultivators, although they couldn't compare to these two, their overall level still surpassed that of the first session, with six people alone at the 5th Layer of Qi Refining.

As the competition continued, that youth who regarded Chen Lingtong also took the stage. Although he couldn't make his opponent directly surrender without a fight like Chen Lingtong, as soon as he made a move, he defeated his opponent in just a few rounds. Such strength amazed all the Family members present.

Even Sixth Elder Chen Changtian was no exception, and he hurriedly asked Chen Changyu, "Changyu, who is this child?"

Chen Changyu was also somewhat puzzled at first, but after recalling for a moment, he finally learned the other person's name. "Reporting to Sixth Elder, he is Chen Lingyi, Eleventh Uncle's eldest grandson. His Spiritual Root is Gold-Water-Wood Three Spiritual Roots, and what he Cultivates is the Evergreen Art. However, he is very low-key and does not interact with Family members, so I really wasn't clear about his Cultivation. Now it seems his Cultivation has reached the 6th Layer of Qi Refining."

Chen Changtian nodded and said, "I didn't expect the Family to actually produce such a Genius. Looking at his disposition, it really is very similar to Changqing."

The two of them chatted idly while watching the spell-fighting on the field.

After Chen Lingyi left the stage, two other young Family members went up to compete. Just like that, as time passed bit by bit, the first day passed just like that.

On the following second day, third day, and even seventh day, through match after match of competition and the competitive spirit of each young Family member, the selection finally welcomed its results.

Chen Lingtong naturally ranked first with all wins. Regardless of Aptitude or Cultivation, she was an absolute suppression, and only Chen Lingyi could barely fight dozens of rounds against her.

Second was Chen Lingyi, this Family member who had always kept a low profile and liked to hide his strength. Originally, everyone thought he would soon be defeated in Chen Lingtong's hands, but he stubbornly withstood dozens of rounds of Chen Lingtong's attacks relying on a Cultivation level that was one layer lower.

Third, fourth, and fifth respectively were Chen Changshi, Chen Lingbin, and Chen Lixian.

The strength of these three was also very strong, but they completely couldn't compare with the first two. However, within the Family, they could still be considered geniuses.

Moreover, as long as they became the Five Prodigies within the Family, they would be able to obtain cultivation with more resources. By then, even reaching the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining would not be difficult for them, and even Foundation Establishment would be the primary target chosen by the Family.