Chapter 48 - The Test
At the gate of Shi Family.
Shi Jian, Han Feng and Yang Hai all saw Shi Yan in front of the ground dragon at the same time.
Yang Hai took a quick glance at Shi Yan and frowned, thinking to himself that the boy must have suffered a lot, as he had become much skinnier.
However, Shi Jian and Han Feng’s eyes brightened soon after they saw Shi Yan. They were totally surprised.
Yang Hai didn’t train martial arts, so he didn’t know that one getting skinnier didn’t necessarily imply weakness.
Sometimes there was much more explosiveness hidden in a skinny body, than in a robust one.
However, Shi Jian and Han Feng were both experts, therefore they realized just from a glance that Shi Yan had become much stronger, and was even stronger than those third generation descents who had trained hard for more than ten years.
They looked at each other and were amazed.
They couldn’t understand what had happened to Shi Yan in the past half a year that could have changed his bone structure.
A few minutes later, the troop, including Shi Yan and Han Zhong, arrived at the gate.
“Hi Big Grandpa, Uncle Han, Father.” Shi Yan walked up to the gate with steady steps and greeted them.
Han Zhong came over as well, greeting Shi Jian and Han Feng, and nodded at Yang Hai, then he stood silently beside Shi Yan.
Shi Jian and Han Feng’s bright eyes moved over Shi Yan’s body.
After a long time, Shi Jian’s eyes trembled. He took a deep breath, and said to Shi Yan, “Follow me.” Then Shi Jian turned and headed to the back yard light-footedly.
Everyone who knew Shi Jian understood that he was in high spirits.
“Kid, put on a good show!” Han Zhong made a face at Shi Yan, implying that he was going to see better days.
Shi Yan gracefully acknowledged him and nodded softly. He turned to Yan Hai, “Father, are you especially waiting for me?”
Though Yang Hai had a rigid face, a light smile appeared around the corners of his mouth, “No one is waiting for you specifically. I just wanted to see what happened to your body and whether you really reached the Nascent Level or not.”
“Han Zhong, come over here. I have a question for you.” Han Feng threw a look at Han Zhong and left in the opposite direction to Shi Yan.
Han Zhong hung his head, with a worried look on his face, and followed after his brother reluctantly.
“Well, go. Don’t keep your Big Grandpa waiting for too long.” Yang Hai mumbled as he pulled Shi Yan’s jacket and asked in a low voice, “What the hell happened to you?”
“Big Grandpa will also ask about it later. So, I guess I will explain then.” Shi Yan smiled, not showing much respect for his father.
Yang Hai was a little surprised. He gazed at Shi Yan and asked in confusion, “Kid you are different now. You never beat around the bush, and always answered my questions straightforwardly. But now... you do not seem to be afraid of me. Kid, seems like you’ve grown up and don’t take my concerns into account anymore.”
“You are my father, why would I be afraid of you?” Shi Yan was astounded as he asked, “What is there to be afraid of?”
“This isn’t like you. You never talked to me like this.” Yang Hai frowned. After a careful examination, he shook his head and said to himself, “Little bastard! You became really audacious after becoming a warrior!”
“I’m gonna go. I can’t keep Big Grandpa waiting for too long.” Shi Yan smiled.
Those Shi Family warriors who had crowded the gate all got confused and started another boisterous discussion.
“Was the family head waiting for Young Master Yan? Is it true?”
“I don’t know. I’m confused too. The family head has never appeared with Young Master Yan before, nor was he interested in his matters. What happened now?”
“Who knows? Has Young Master Yan created trouble again? Not likely, because master Yang Hai was the one who always cleaned up his mess. Although Young Master Yan makes trouble in the Merchant Union now and then, it was not to the extent that the family head had to solve it.”
“Maybe Young Master Yan got into huge trouble this time. Who knows.”
“Stop your idle talk. You’d better be respectful to Young Master Yan from now on. He is not the book nerd you knew any more. Don’t blame me once you offend him and kick up a breeze.” Karl was making arrangements for the ground dragon and couldn’t help but yell when he saw that people were still gossiping.
“Karl, what’s up? You came back with Young Master Yan, do you know the details?” asked a warrior who was familiar with Karl.
“You will know it in no time.” Karl smiled proudly, “Young Master Yan will definitely surprise you guys!”
“What is it?”
“What on earth happened?”
Their curiosity was even stronger as they circled Karl and couldn’t stop asking.
“Not now. But I guess that you will know soon enough.” Without giving them an exact answer, Karl squeezed his way out of the crowd and left with the troop of warriors.
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