Ghuangyu was looking on with a sour expression that he was trying hard to conceal.
‘Dammit!! This little brat could possibly ruin my plans, he can’t be left alive!!’
As Ghuangyu said that, his eyes flashed with a dangerous light.
On top of the plain pavilion, the crown prince was beaming with joy. From the big smile spreading across his face, one could tell that he was extremely happy to see that his little brother had a Supreme-grade attribute.
However, that was all emotions displayed by him on the surface. What he truly felt within the depths of his heart, was absolute fury.
‘Don’t test my patience little brother.’
As Fu Wei thought that, he stared at Xi Shen with fake happiness on his face. His acting was so superb that it could fool anyone to think that he was extremely happy for his brother.
Turning to his father by his side, Fu Wei said, “Father look, little Shen actually possesses a Supreme-grade attribute. Even if his other attributes fall short, he still has the potential to become a powerful Soul Cultivator. In all of our Li Clan, only first mother-in-law is a Soul Cultivator, and even with her cultivation being at the peak of the Soul Transformation realm, with her music zither she’s able to fight across realms and battle Heavenly Palace realm experts. If little Shen studies hard, I’m sure he would be capable of accomplishing much greater feats.”
As Fu Wei spoke, you could hear the unconcealed joy in his voice.
His words might seem like he was praising Xi Shen but, if a cultivator were to choose between becoming a normal cultivator or a Soul Cultivator, they would absolutely refuse to become a Soul Cultivator.
Soul Cultivators were looked down upon in the cultivation world for being weak. Their only method of fighting was attacking a person’s soul via spiritual attacks, but those can be easily blocked by soul protection magic treasures.
Because of these reasons, Soul Cultivators were seen as weak, or even harsher, useless cultivators.
As Fu Wei said those words, the Emperor did not respond.
Still beaming with, joy Fu Wei turned back to look at the podium.
Xi Shen was currently scowling at the results.
The fact that cultivating like the days of old for merely thirteen years could result in him possessing a Supreme-grade soul pissed him off to no end.
That meant the system created from his research was practically trash compared to the days of old.
The curiosity Xi Shen felt towards knowing his current innate talent completely vanished. He wanted nothing more than to leave this place and go back to drinking his wine.
Without wasting any more time, Xi Shen grumpily stomped over to the other stone pillar that tested comprehension and placed his hand on it.
Everyone who saw his expression couldn’t help but question why he look so upset. He didn’t have the expression someone would have if they found out that one of their attributes was at the legendary Supreme-grade.
With the same impatient look on his face, Xi Shen waited for the stone pillar to test his comprehension grade.
This was done by giving a…
“Hey author, why the hell don’t you just hurry up and get me off this podium?!”
Author: “Ex.. excuse me??”
“Yeah you heard me, just skip all this info dump, and write me walking off the podium.”
Author: “That’s not how this thing works, I have to explain these things to my readers, you…”
“Blah blah blah, whatever, just hurry up and get this over with, or else I’m going to lose my patience.”
Author: “…..”
Author: “Ehem”
This stone pillar tests a person’s comprehension by giving them a Low-level martial art technique to comprehend, and after a specific amount of time, it determines their grade by how profound their comprehension of it is.
The technique that appeared in Xi Shen’s mind was a...
“Too much info dumb!!”
Author: “…..”
As the technique appeared within Xi Shen's mind, he only took a glance at it before the pillar started shaking.
Seeing this everyone became stunned.
The process of testing one’s comprehension should have the longest to complete, but from the looks of Xi Shen’s own, it was over in mere seconds.
“What’s happening, is the comprehension stone pillar malfunctioning too?!”
The fact that Xi Shen took so long on the soul grade test when it should have been the quickest, and took little time on the comprehension test when it should have been the longest, made everyone dumbfounded.
As the pillar shook uncontrollably, a dazzling orange color radiated from it. Then, within the blink of an eye that color changed to green, then blue, then violet.
Xi Shen now possessed two Supreme-grade attributes that stunned everybody.
“Oh my god!! the second prince ac..ac..actually has two Supreme-grade attributes!!! No one in the history of the Maple Continent has ever possessed two Supreme-grade attributes, the second prince is a once in lifetime heavenly genius!!”
The uproar from everyone was even louder than before.
Ghuangyu was half out of his seat with his eyes bulging out of his head, he couldn’t believe what he was seeing, a matter of fact he refused to believe it.
Not only him Fu Wei’s eyes had gone wide with shock and alarm.
Suddenly feeling a sense of dread, he turn to look at his father and saw that he had a smile on his once expressionless face.
Fu Wei turn back to look at Xi Shen with a look of hatred, but before this emotion could overtake his expression, he force out a smile and said, “Little brother actually possess two Supreme-grade attributes, I should have suspected that his comprehension grade was similar to mine, after all, he had easily comprehended all the Basic-level martial arts techniques that caught his eye.”
As Fu Wei said that, he placed his hand behind his back and clenched his fist so hard his knuckles turned white.
Back on the podium, Xi Shen ignored the commotion he caused and headed for the last stone pillar that test his foundation.
Like before, Xi Shen hurriedly placed his hand on the stone pillar, trying to get this testing over with.
He did not care in the least bit about what the outcome was, all of this was only testing his innate talent for cultivating Spiritual Qi, what he was cultivating at the moment was the cultivation used in the days of old.
Though he was fumbling around in the dark when it comes to this path of cultivation, he was seeing massive gains with every little improvement he made.
But with that said, it necessarily didn't mean he wouldn't try Spiritual Qi cultivation, after all, who would be more fit to cultivate using that system other than him?
He didn't want to rely on the days of old cultivation too much either. He could still remember how all the cultivators back in his time acted, it was as if they had all been brainwashed into zealous followers of heaven without a mind of their own.
After reaching the pinnacle of their cultivation and becoming the laws of heaven, they were practically trapped under its control. Xi Shen will rather die than become like that, he would cultivate using the heavens way, but he would use it as a supplement for his Spiritual Qi cultivation.
Defying the heavens was his main goal in this life. Why it had allowed him to see and comprehend the laws, he did not care, he will succeed in toppling the heavens one way or the other.
When Xi Shen placed his palm on the protruding square, everyone looked on with curiosity.
They all thought to themselves that no matter the level of his foundation grade, Xi Shen’s name would spread throughout the Maple Continent and even beyond its borders. His future accomplishments in the cultivation world will become legends that would be told by generations to come.
Yes, no matter what his foundation grade was, even if it was only at the Earth-grade or the Sky-grade, Xi Shen's cultivation talent would be beyond anyone else in his generation, practically unmatched.
The only problem was that when Xi Shen placed his hand on the stone pillar, and after waiting for a while, nothing happened.
The runes on the stone pillar just flash for a second before becoming unresponsive.
“……”
“……”
The once noisy crowd turned to a pin drop silence with stupefied expressions covering their faces.
Xi Shen took his hand off the stone pillar and began walking away.
‘Finally, this stupid test is over.’
'Though, not having a foundation would be a problem in the future since it prevents me from cultivating Spiritual Qi.'
As Xi Shen thought that, he suddenly scoffed in his heart.
Lack of foundation? That didn't matter to him, he was the one who had discovered this method of cultivation in the first place, he could easily find a way to resolve it.
Xi Shen quickly made his way to the edge of the podium, glad he could get back to his drinking, however, before he could get far, the voice of the elder called out to him to his annoyance.“Wait, second prince you... uh”The elder didn’t know what to say, this situation was too unbelievable.Just a few seconds ago, Xi Shen was on his way to becoming the talk of the continent for his stunning talents, but now, it was revealed that he... was complete trash.It didn’t matter if his soul and comprehension were at the Supreme grade, without a foundation those were nothing more than useless ornaments.Xi Shen turned around to the elder and said, “What is it? I have already finished all the stupid tests, what more do you want?”When the elder heard that, he became speechless.To him, Xi Shen’s words soun
A loud laugh suddenly echoed from the crowd again, it was the fur-clad youth.He was laughing so hard this time that he looked as if he was about to fall over.“What the hell is this fool saying? Is he serious? Hey trash, do you think this is a place that would allow you to have a second chance? Hahaha, why don’t you just run back to your backwater village and stop holding up everyone’s time.”As the fur-clad youth said that, the other youths in the crowd from affluent families started laughing and mocking him. They were shouting at him to finish his testing or get off the podium.The ragged clothe youth stood there red-faced as he looked at the elder.Coming out of his dumbfoundment, the elder looked at the youth with a frown and said, “Little child what nonsense are you asking, what difference would it make if you went again. Just get on with the t
Sun Wu Fen, the Clan Leader of the second most powerful clan on the Maple Continent, the Sun Clan, said in a calm tone, “The second prince can actually match up to someone in the Meridian Opening realm, using only Basic-level techniques. That’s quite the accomplishment since there has never been someone capable of that, even the crown prince with a similar comprehension grade couldn’t.”Even though what Xi Shen did should be shocking to everyone, Sun Wu Fen and everyone else was rather calm, even a bit dismissive. After all, Xi Shen might be showing off his heaven-defying talent now, but without a foundation grade that display just made them petty him even more.Fu Wei who was alone on the plain pavilion was chuckling in his heart.‘So little brother you actually weren’t lying, when you said that who was holding back. Your Spectral Steps have reached the Completion, even stepping into
Every time the Celestial Academy held its Disciple Selection Ceremony, all the older outer sect disciples who weren’t able to meet the Celestial Academy’s requirement to become an Inner Disciple would watch on in amusement as the new disciples frantically fought over resources to increase their cultivation.Though, the outer sect disciples didn’t face this type of pressure alone. The people who had Sky-grade innate talent and were promoted straight to an Inner Sect disciple would face a demotion to an outer sect disciple if they weren’t able to reach the Sea Expansion realm before they turn sixteen.It’s been three months and the ‘Freshmen Disciple Competition’ was coming up.This competition was separated by outer and inner sect disciples. And as it draws near, it caused the tension between all the new disciples to become noticeable, the outer sect disciples even more so.
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Xi Shen who was guiding the Six Elemental Qi to fuse with Yang Su’s dantian slowly lifted his gaze towards the ceiling of the bedroom. As if he could see through the stone ceiling to look at the ever-increasing tribulation that was around three hundred meters now, Xi Shen’s eyes narrowed into slits.A smile then suddenly spread across his lips as he said, “You want to stop me?” As Xi Shen said that a derisive expression appeared on his face before he condescendingly yell, “Don’t make me laugh!! Who the fuck do you think you are?!!”As if the consciousness heard Xi Shen's words, the dark clouds swirled in fury before a lightning bolt with the thickness of a meter struck down from the heavens toward the small stone hut.Seeing this, the Head Elder and all the disciples on the second mountain face drained of blood, the disciples even more so. They all frantically rush off the mounta
Without saying anything, Donghuan grasped towards Xi Shen.With that gesture, Xi Shen immediately felt his body become rigid and he was unable to move even a finger.Seeing this a cold look flashed within Xi Shen's eyes, but it quickly disappeared and was replaced with a frightened expression, after which he started screaming hysterically, “Wait!! Head Elder, it wasn’t me I swear, you have the wrong person!!”Donghuan frowned upon hearing Xi Shen’s wails. He formed a hand seal and then pointed at Xi Shen, causing his mouth to clamp shut. After that Donghuan used his Divine Will to lift Xi Shen off the ground.He then said, “No form of pleading will allow you to escape the Academy’s punishment. Even if you’re the second prince, trash like you won’t escape the enforcement of the Academy’s rules.”When Xi Shen heard that, he suddenly had