The old men were looking at Chao Fan like Jesus Christ himself had just descended and said he would personally escort them to Heaven, honestly I was amazed that they could show such greed at such an old age.

Examiner: Oh honorable leaders of the clan, truly you have been blessed to have such a young talent, the Chao family once again proves why they are regarded as the backbone of the empire

the elders looked proud as the one with the tallest throne, a middle aged man with black hair, a full beard, and full muscles, he looked like he was once a powerful warrior who had been pushed into the business of nobles

The examiner bowed quickly when the man stood up

Examiner: Oh great dragon Chao Hong, your clan has produced a talent with limitless potential, raise him well and not only will the continent honor your Chao Family but the whole world will as well. a true dragon among men

Chao Hong smiled and looked to the elders

Chao Hong: which esteemed elder can tell us this talent's heritage?

Chao Fan clenched his fists in rage, I mean I would too, his own father basically when looking him dead in the eyes couldn't recognize him

Chao Fan: NO NEED, Patriarch, I am-

???: SLAVE

Chao Fan slowly turned his head to the voice and saw a handsome young master, he had the ponytail, the pretty face, the robes, the fan, he even had groupies around him on the podium opposite Chao Fan's

???: *bows* Patriarch, this is slave Fan, he is of your blood unfortunately

one of the old men who had the second highest throne looked down to the young master archetype. this man was a bit older than the patriarch but not by much. if I know cultivation novels... which I know a scary amount about, that man is the great elder 

Great Elder: Speak, what do you mean Chao Zhou

Chao Zhou: Thank you father, Chao Fan is my slave, his mother was the former travelling companion of Lord Patriarch, she then became sick after childbirth but refused the help of the clan... she offered up all her contributions to the family in exchange for her son to be recognized by them... *shrugs with a shit eating grin* unfortunately the harlot offended esteemed elders with her refusal and only had enough for her son to become the slave of another boy his age. this one is his master

The elders eyes dimmed for a second in discontent, a lowborn brat actually had more talent that any of their perfectly groomed talents. the only one with different eyes was Chao Hong who's eyes shone with longing and nostalgia. if I had to warrant a guess he was a father who longed for simpler times but was such a good leader that he refused to show favor... just like mine, another way to describe him is a man with great talent and power who doesn't know what's most important in life. he was about to say something before Chao Fan spoke up

Chao Fan: You take that back

Chao Zhou looked at Chao Fan with arrogance

Chao Zhou: come now Chao Fan, we are both the future of the Chao clan, we need to get a-

Chao Fan: I said... TAKE THAT BACK

I could feel Chao fan growing more enraged and raising his energy for battle, Chao Zhou did the same and it seemed he had somewhat of a talent himself and his spirit manifested itself, it appeared to be a green lion

Chao Fan: *Grits teeth* Jade Pelt Lion?!

I could hear Yun Lan snort 

Yun Lan: A mere Green Cat dares to act out against this ruler?!

Yun Lan manifested but appeared significantly weaker and cuter than in the void

Great Elder: What? that beast appears to be only a baby spirit that will grow... but it is already strong enough to be on even terms with a fully matured Jade Pelt Lion.

Chao Hong: You're wrong Chao Feng, look at the lion

as the elders looked at the Jade Lion in disbelief as they noticed the extremely sharp change in it's aura... the Jade Lion was terrified on an instinctual level. Chao Fan took note of this and started walking forward while Chou Zhou started sweating

Chao Zhou: stay back, A LOWLY SLAVE DARES TO-

Chao Fan slapped him as Chao Feng became agitated and released his aura

Chao Feng: SON, use your trump card!

Chao Zhou suddenly smiled and released his aura to it's maximum as a large rhino with wood and vines coming off it appeared

Examiner: A-A 6TH RANK SPIRIT?! AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE?! THE LAST TIME A DIVINE ROOT RHINOCEROS APPEARED WAS 500 YEARS AGO BY THE RAMPAGING EMPEROR 

Chao Fan just kept walking with hostile intent which caused the great elder to intervene 

Chao Feng: NEPHEW, there is no need to show such intentions to your master or family. both of you apologize and we will settle this matter

Chao Fan: I apologize for nothing, he must apologize for saying such crude things about my mother though. 

Chao Feng: INSOLENCE

Chao Feng appeared to be three stages higher in cultivation realm and had a stronger connection with his martial spirit 

they both released their auras towards Chao Fan so I decided to intervene

Lance: Insects dare to attack my wielder? 

I released a small bit of void energy which was enough to suppress the attackers and fill them with fear

everyone around us fell down though in fear

Examiner: W-What is that?! 

I noticed that I had manifested as only a purple eye above Chao Fan

Chao Fan looked happy that he was able to suppress these beings who previously had looked at him like a pile of trash 

I immediately withdrew and looked towards the patriarch. for the first time he shed his serious persona and let out a bit of who I guessed he actually was, he started laughing loudly and looked towards Chao Fan warmly for the first time

Chao Hong: Truly the child of Lee Hua, you have her indomitable spirit and will

Chao Fan glared at him

Chao Fan: You don't GET to say her name anymore... she is everything I have

Chao Hong smiled ruefully

Chao Hong: She was my everything too

AUTHORS MESSAGE: SOrry this is late, I had my 18th birthday last week so I was busy, we will probably be back to once or twice a week chapters now