Combat Emperor: Zhang Yu's Journey
Chapters... 10: Maturity Event
The night had passed and this morning was the time most awaited by the younger generation of the Zhang Clan.
What else if not a show of maturity. The event held every five years is a proving ground for every generation that is predicted to be the main pillars of clan glory.
Certainly not limited to certain people. As long as it still had the blood of the Zhang Clan and was not yet 26 years old, then the door to competing was still wide open.
"Look in there! The Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince actually sat in the jury's place. Presumably the event of maturity of this period will be more festive!"
"That's for sure! Each participant will show the best ability to attract the attention of the two princes."
Word of mouth is inevitable. Although it was still early in the morning, the atmosphere of the Zhang Clan's central region was truly bustling.
Not only the clan people, but also the residents who deliberately came looking for entertainment.
The younger generations have also gathered. Including Zhang Yu who was sitting at the very back row of the participant waiting area.
The view of the 19-year-old continues to be fixed on the jury. More precisely the brown-clothed figure who had also been paying attention to him since.
They looked at each other as if they were clashing words. Their relationship is not as good as it seems. In the shade of the eyes, save a great sense of annoyance and anger.
"Seventh Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Xuan Yin turned her gaze away from Zhang Yu and looked at her fifth brother, Xuan Wu.
"You have since gazed towards the seat of the younger generation of the Zhang Clan. Did anything catch your attention?"
Hearing his fifth brother's question, Xuan Yin spontaneously looked at Zhang Yu. He snorted while shaking his head. "Nothing!"
There ain't?
Somehow Xuan Wu was a little hesitant with Xuan Yin's reply. Moreover, he said in a tone that contained arrogance.
"Did someone offend her?" inner Xuan Wu was curious.
At the same time, Zhang Lei suddenly appeared on the fighting stage. With all-white clothes, the aura of his strength radiated and suppressed everyone gathered around.
"Good morning everyone! Before starting the maturation event, I, as the Patriarch of the Zhang Clan only want to tell you. Especially the younger generation who will compete. One rule, it is forbidden to kill!"
When conveying this, the aura from Zhang Lei's body exploded even more violently. Only some are able to hold back, while others have to take pains to keep their feet standing.
The old man had not finished speaking, he continued his sentence while staring one by one at the younger generation. "I really appreciate geniuses, but not those who cheat. So work on your own abilities."
No one dared to speak up to reply to Zhang Lei's words. Even from the thirty younger generations present, all bowing their heads avoided the patriarch's gaze. Only one could stand the pressure. Zhang Yu's!
With his jet eyes, he stared fearlessly.
This succeeded in making Zhang Lei fuse his two eyebrows together. But it did not last long as one second later he retracted the aura of his strength and jumped onto the jury's seat.
If the previous period of being a jury was the patriarch and two elders, due to the presence of two members of the imperial family of course the Zhang clan would have to provide a special place for them.
On the other hand, a man climbed onto the fighting stage with a piece of paper in his hand. The black clothes tied up with dragon emblematic belts, had shown him who his identity was.
Sahutan sounded when Zhang Yan stopped talking. They were so impatient to witness the exciting competition between the younger generations of the Zhang Clan.
Zhang Yan raised his hand that carried the paper, a lingerless manner of calling all the younger generation to go up on the fighting stage.
"You guys participating in the maturity event, please go up for the basic grouping."
The basic grouping is when dividing participants of a maturity event based on their cultivation level. There are two divisions, namely the younger generation at the beginner level and the younger generation above the beginner level.
Thirty participants climbed onto the vast battle stage. The Fourth Elder took out a large flat stone ten feet tall from his storage ring.
It is no ordinary stone. But black iron stones are always used to test strength.
"One by one, please come forward!" Zhang Yan stood right beside the black iron stone. While carrying notes, he would take notes and classify the participants according to the results of the strength test.
"Hey! The Fourth Elder had already asked to come forward. Does no one want to control it? Then let me just." Zhang Feng, the youngest son of the first elder had high confidence. With his haughty steps, he pulled his body before the black iron stone.
"This Zhang Feng is already clearly at the expert level. So obviously the stone will shine yellow."
"And I think the color ray is the brightest of the other participants."
The red color is a sign if cultivation is at the beginner level. Yellow is the expert level. Indeed there is no other information for it, but the higher the cost of cultivating the colors that appear the brighter.
Zhang Feng smiled when he heard the flattery of these people. He grew more confident and then placed his hand on the surface of the black iron stone.
Wush...
It didn't take long for the black iron stone to instantly emit a bright yellow light. It's not too surprising. But they still couldn't help but be amazed.
"It looks like the winner of this maturity event has already been determined! No need to fight anymore, and just leave the first position to him."
Zhang Feng had a big head. He returned to where the crowd was and his gaze was fixed on Zhang Yu.
"You're just trash!"
Perhaps no one heard Zhang Feng's words. But Zhang Yu who noticed the movements of his lips could clearly tell the sentence that came out of his mouth.
Zhang Yu only lightly smiled in response to that. Let him smile for a moment more. Wait until the time comes, and he may forget how to laugh.
Zhang Yu advanced after no one had moved in when Zhang Feng finished. When he was already standing in front of the black iron stone, the boisterous atmosphere quickly became silent.
"The news of his return has spread. Although it's real, but I don't think Wen Xin's defeat was true. Maybe Wen Xin was in a bad situation. Or else he used a sneaky way to defeat Wen Xin."
"It's reasonable! He was able to defeat Wen Xin obviously using a cunning trick. But let's see now, he couldn't possibly hide his strength!"
Zhang Yu did not know where their hatred towards him came from. He snorted while closing his ears then placed his hands on the surface of the black iron stone.
At this moment, most of the people thought Zhang Yu could only trigger a red color beam. However, after a short pause the black iron stone spewed out an extremely bright yellow light.
With that all who watched were dumbfounded. Their eyes were perfectly open and looked incredulous.