Chapter 4301 — A Familiar Face
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"That's right—above the Profound Ascension stage lies the Mountain-Opening stage. Look at the platform: Dean Ling Yuanqing and the two vice-deans beside him are all Mountain-Opening experts!" the man in the yellow hat said with a nod.
"The legendary Mountain-Opening experts—they say a casual palm strike from one of them can split a mountain. Is that really true?" someone nearby asked.
"What's so strange about splitting a mountain with one palm? Without a protective formation, even someone at my Golden Core stage could cleave a mountain with a full-force blow," someone immediately scoffed.
"Tch, what do you know? The mountains I mean aren't the little hills you're picturing—I mean those towering peaks that stretch for dozens or even hundreds of li. Go on, split one of those and give us a show, why don't you?" the man retorted with scorn.
"Uh, that I can't do. A towering mountain stretching dozens or hundreds of li—its foundations must run unbelievably deep. The likes of us couldn't scratch the surface. If someone could split one of those with a single palm, their power would be absurdly exaggerated," several of them said, exchanging uneasy glances.
"Don't any of you doubt it—he's actually not wrong about this. A so-called Mountain-Opening expert is precisely one of those heaven-defying beings who can split a mountain with a single palm. But experts of that caliber are simply not to be seen in ordinary life. Apart from the Eastern Continent, even the four great islands of the Heaven Tier put together have only a handful. I heard my cousin say that our Southern Continent, counting even the spirit beast clan, has only a pitiful few," the man in the yellow hat boasted to the crowd, showing off his knowledge.
"If that's the case, then if we're selected this time to become disciples of their Morning Star Yellow-Tier Cultivator Academy, that really would be a magnificent future!" The people around them were suddenly rubbing their hands together in excitement.
Even if they currently knew little about these so-called academies of the Eastern Continent, the Morning Star Yellow-Tier Cultivator Academy had Ling Yuanqing and those two other Mountain-Opening experts presiding over it—surely it couldn't be too shabby. If one could win their approval and join, the future would be utterly immeasurable.
"Heh, that's called building castles in the air, you know—wishful thinking. Open your eyes and look carefully at how many people have already gathered here. I dare bet there are geniuses everywhere in this crowd. Golden Core cultivators are worth less than dogs. Ordinary Golden Core experts like us—they won't even spare us a proper glance, and you still dream of being chosen? What a beautiful fantasy!" someone beside them said, half sneering, half mocking themselves.
"That's where you're all wrong. They've come here to recruit, and what they value isn't strength but potential—it's your innate aptitude. As long as your aptitude is outstanding, anything is possible," the man in the yellow hat said, shaking his head in rebuttal.
"Right, right—we're already here anyway, so there's no harm in trying. Who knows, maybe we'll get lucky. Perhaps I have extraordinary aptitude and just never had anyone notice it before," the crowd chimed in with laughter.
Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao sat behind the crowd, and only by listening to their discussions did they finally learn that the stage above the Profound Ascension stage was called the Mountain-Opening stage. And all three on the platform—Ling Yuanqing and the others—were Mountain-Opening experts.
Across a distance of several hundred zhang, Wei Zhao carefully observed the three of them once more. He found that although all three were Mountain-Opening experts, there were clearly differences in strength among them.