Chapter 3934 — A Heaven-Tier Peak Blackback Staff-Ape, and Yet It Could Not Best a Mere Heavenly Thunder Pig
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After him came Qiao Hongcai with one hundred eighty-one points, in second place. Meng Zhou had one hundred eighty points, trailing Qiao Hongcai by a single point in third. As for fourth and fifth, those places were held by Xiao Che and Li Zhengming respectively.
The title of the Azure Cloud Pavilion's top five new disciples was truly not an empty name. At least within the ranks of the Azure Cloud Pavilion's new disciples, no one could shake their standing anymore. The gap between them and the rest would only widen, never narrow.
Even Murong Zhen, an expert at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage, for all her strength, had been unable to secure a place among them. True, she had joined midway, and true, she did not set much store by points—but this result alone was enough to prove the point.
Though one final stage of the new disciple assessment remained, by this point the situation had become entirely clear. Setting aside the anomaly that was Murong Zhen, among all the Azure Cloud Pavilion new disciples of this cohort, these five alone had the strength to rise to prominence once they entered the Pavilion in the future.
And among them, Wei Zhao, as the undisputed number-one new disciple, was certain to be the one who drew the most attention!
Though Meng Jueming was now an expert of the mid Foundation Establishment stage and was about to be promoted to the position of Third Pavilion Master, making him seem at the zenith of his fortunes in the eyes of the Azure Cloud Pavilion's new disciples, even he was gradually losing the ability to suppress Wei Zhao's rise.
By now Wei Zhao's name had even spread into the inner ranks of the Azure Cloud Pavilion, drawing the attention of several high-ranking members. A new disciple of such boundless potential was, to the long-weak Azure Cloud Pavilion, nothing short of a treasure dropped from the heavens. After all, there was already a Zhang Lifeng to serve as precedent—they could hardly keep themselves from letting their imaginations run wild.
Also of mundane-world origin, also standing head and shoulders above all others during his time at the Welcoming Pavilion—there were even rumors in the streets that Wei Zhao, like Zhang Lifeng, was an alchemist. The two shared far too many traits, and people could not help but arrive at the same thought: would this Wei Zhao fellow become the next Zhang Lifeng?
In those years, one Zhang Lifeng alone had roused the long-weak Azure Cloud Pavilion to a great surge of vigor. At its height, it had not only stood shoulder to shoulder with the other two Pavilions but had even shown faint signs of becoming the foremost of the Three-Tiered Pavilions. That momentum held until Zhang Lifeng departed for the Middle Isle; with no worthy successor, the Azure Cloud Pavilion had slowly sunk back to the state it was in today.
If another legendary figure like Zhang Lifeng could arise, it would be a blessing beyond measure for the Azure Cloud Pavilion!
Of course, the Azure Cloud Pavilion was no monolithic bloc. Some were delighted; others were rather less pleased...
When he learned from his long-suffering senior brother's mouth that he had entered the sight of several high-ranking members of the Azure Cloud Pavilion, Wei Zhao was caught between laughter and tears. Even though his senior brother had not said so outright, it was not hard to guess that there was a reason he had drawn such attention—someone must be quietly building momentum for him.
And that someone, no need to think twice, could only be the former Third Pavilion Master, Lu Bianren, who had by now been pushed out of the Welcoming Pavilion.