Chapter 4313 — The Divine Nun of the East Sea

"Eh? Young hero, you don't even know that? The Divine Nun of the East Sea—that's none other than the lady vice-director up on the stage, the one at the Mountain-Opening stage!" Ge Wei shot Wei Zhao a look of pure puzzlement. Perhaps no one present knew who Wang Xinyan was, but those who had never heard of the Divine Nun of the East Sea were few and far between. After all, she, like Director Ling Yuanqing, was one of the signature figures of Morning Star Academy.

"What? She is the Divine Nun of the East Sea?" Wei Zhao was all the more taken aback. He had suspected as much before, but now that he knew Wang Xinyan really was this lady vice-director's disciple, he could not help but be startled.

For a newcomer from the secular world who, only a year ago, had not even ranked among Foundation Establishment experts, to actually be taken under the wing of a mighty Mountain-Opening cultivator like the Divine Nun of the East Sea, and now to possess the formidable strength of the early Nascent Soul stage—Wang Xinyan's fortunes were truly beyond words.

Wei Zhao had always felt that his own experiences and the rate of his progress in strength were already outrageous enough, beyond what ordinary people would even dare to imagine. Yet compared with Wang Xinyan, they paled into insignificance; there was simply no comparing the two. So it turned out that this confidante of his was the true darling of heaven!

"Yes. Not only is she the Divine Nun's disciple, she is also the one and only personal disciple the Divine Nun has ever accepted to this day. Rumor has it the Divine Nun cherishes her like the apple of her eye—one imagines she could hardly dote more on her own daughter," Ge Wei said, speaking fluently to Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao. "So, because the Divine Nun of the East Sea stands behind her, her standing at Morning Star Academy—indeed, throughout the entire Gaolin Sea Region of the Eastern Continent—is incomparably exalted. She is acknowledged throughout the Gaolin Sea Region as one of the Three Fairies, and her name is Wang Xinyan."

"The Three Fairies?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback again at this.

"Indeed. The Three Fairies are acknowledged by public opinion throughout the Gaolin Sea Region as possessing both strength and beauty, and each of them has deep roots and powerful backing. They are the collective objects of admiration and pursuit for every disciple of every academy in the Gaolin Sea Region—one might even call them the region's universal goddesses without exaggeration," Ge Wei said with a face full of admiration.

"I see." Wei Zhao nodded in sudden understanding. By that account, the Three Fairies must be the very pinnacle of all female cultivators in the Gaolin Sea Region of the Eastern Continent. Wang Xinyan had come from the secular world, yet had managed to rank among them—that was truly the stuff of legend.

"In the Gaolin Sea Region of the Eastern Continent, the gifted prodigies among the many academies are beyond counting, and the Three Fairies are likewise the dream goddesses of those prodigies. There are even betting pools in the streets over whose house the Three Fairies will ultimately end up in." Though he was selling information to Wei Zhao, Ge Wei clearly relished recounting such matters himself.

"People are taking bets on that?" Wei Zhao's eyebrows rose slightly.

"Oh yes. The craze has only grown fiercer and has now swept across the entire Gaolin Sea Region. Young lords of great noble houses, top-tier prodigies of heaven-defying aptitude, the finest experts ranked first on the academies' combat-power lists—all of them are named in the pools, and all of them have launched their offensives on the Three Fairies. I hear someone is already close to winning one of them over." Ge Wei seemed to have an encyclopedic grasp of such gossip. The Eastern Continent was separated from the Southern Continent by several thousand li—where he got his information, no one could say.

"Heh. These people really do have too much time on their hands..." Wei Zhao smiled faintly, unbothered. Flowers, wherever they bloom, will inevitably draw bees and butterflies, but he had absolute confidence in Wang Xinyan. No matter how much effort those people expended, it would come to nothing—Wang Xinyan, one of the Three Fairies, had long since been spoken for.

Had Wang Xinyan's situation been like Tian Chan's or Xue Li's, with no standing to speak of, Wei Zhao would indeed have had cause for worry, for someone might well have resorted to brute force. But since Wang Xinyan was one of the Three Fairies and the Divine Nun of the East Sea's sole personal disciple, who would dare force themselves upon her, given such status and position?

So Wei Zhao had nothing to worry about on that score. A Mountain-Opening expert, after all, was bound to stand at the very top wherever they went, and surely no one would be so foolish as to stroke the whiskers of such a tiger.

"Trivial as it is, the betting pool itself does reveal something—namely, which young top-tier experts of the Gaolin Sea Region of the Eastern Continent are most highly regarded. If you ever have the chance to go there, paying it a little attention would give you some worthwhile reference," Ge Wei said with a smile.

"That is true enough." Wei Zhao did not argue, though for the time being at least he had no intention of going to the Eastern Continent, so this reminder of Ge Wei's was of little use to him.

It was enough for him simply to know that Wang Xinyan was doing well. Given his current level of strength, even if he went to the Eastern Continent he could not become her protective umbrella—he might instead bring her trouble. Rather than add to his vexations for nothing, he would do better to raise his own strength first.

"By the way, just now this Fairy Wang Xinyan came out later than her own master, the Divine Nun of the East Sea, and even later than Director Ling Yuanqing and the others. At such an important and critical occasion, showing such disregard for her elders—won't she be punished for it?" Wei Zhao asked in turn. The one thing he cared about was whether Wang Xinyan would suffer any grievance.

"Heh heh, young hero, you really do fret over this Fairy!" Ge Wei laughed with a teasing look. "If this were anyone else, they would indeed be in for a scolding. The rules of the sect weigh heavier than Mount Tai, and every academy has always been strict about such things. But Wang Xinyan is different. She is the Divine Nun of the East Sea's sole personal disciple, the apple of her eye, sheltered and cherished—who would scold her over such a harmless trifle?"

"That may not be so certain. After all, there are still big figures present like Ling Yuanqing and Wei Hebei. No matter how protective the Divine Nun of the East Sea is of her own, she still has to give some consideration to those two's dignity. Even if only for form's sake, she would have to punish Wang Xinyan..." Wei Zhao was still somewhat uneasy.

True enough, at heart the Divine Nun of the East Sea probably had no desire to punish Wang Xinyan. But this was the same mentality as that of any parent: when one's own child misbehaves, before the eyes of other parents, one must at least make a show of discipline.

"Young hero, there is something you do not know. The standing of Fairy Wang Xinyan at Morning Star Academy is not simply a matter of being the Divine Nun of the East Sea's sole personal disciple. With her extraordinary natural gifts, even a figure like Director Ling Yuanqing goes out of his way to protect her—one might well call her the hope of all Morning Star Academy. And if she came out so late, it is either because she was cultivating or because something delayed her. Why would such great personages punish her over a trifling matter like this?" Ge Wei shook his head repeatedly.