Chapter 4315 — The Risk Is Enormous
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"Forget it. Just register me under your name," Wei Hebei said at last, having made up his mind. The other experts of the Xuan Ascension stage could not help but sigh in unison with regret—a rare seedling of a genius disciple had slipped through their fingers once again.
At these words, the whole crowd burst into an uproar. This hedgehog-haired fellow was the second lucky soul after Chu Muqing to pass the selection, and what was more, he had entered the school of Wei Hebei, one of the three giants of the Mountain-Opening stage—his future was surely boundless!
Watching from afar as the hedgehog-haired man waved his hand and showed off in smug triumph, Wei Zhao was unimpressed, yet he still asked without betraying any sign of it, "With such extraordinary talent as four-element spiritual roots, and having taken Wei Hebei as his master besides, once this man gets to Morning Star Academy in the Eastern Continent, he ought to be one of the genius disciples singled out for key cultivation, no? Would his standing not be on a par with that of Wang Xinyan, one of the Three Fairies?"
"His four-element spiritual-root talent—calling him a genius is just barely acceptable, but to speak of the academy cultivating him as a key figure is stretching things a bit far, and as for being mentioned in the same breath as Wang Xinyan of the Three Fairies? Then I can only smile and say nothing at all..." Ge Wei laughed at once, the mockery on his face plain for all to see.
"Oh? Is that not how it is?" Wei Zhao said, somewhat puzzled. He himself did not think the hedgehog-haired man would amount to much either, but since Wei Hebei had named him personally, surely a place among the key disciples at Morning Star Academy could not be denied him.
"Of course not. Here he is a genius, but once he goes to Morning Star Academy, he is nothing at all. When all is said and done, he has only four-element spiritual roots, and one of those is a false attribute besides. There are no end of such people at Morning Star Academy. There is nothing remarkable about him in the least," Ge Wei declared with a shake of his head.
"Oh? If talent like his is so common, then why did Wei Hebei take a fancy to him? As a vice-director of the Mountain-Opening stage, his eye ought to be far keener than that of an ordinary instructor, no?" Wei Zhao said, half believing and half doubting.
"That is just what I have been wondering. By rights, a man like this should not catch the eye of a giant of the Mountain-Opening stage—he is no genius with mutated spiritual roots, after all. But the thoughts of great men are hardly for the likes of us to fathom at will. Perhaps Wei Hebei has some other design in mind. I have heard it said that he has not taken a disciple for several years now; perhaps he merely found his school too quiet and wanted someone to make up the numbers—who can say..." Ge Wei mused, stroking his chin.
"Someone to make up the numbers?" At this, Wei Zhao cast a strange glance at the smug hedgehog-haired fellow, and recalling how hesitant Wei Hebei had looked a moment before, he thought there might really be something to it. He could not help but laugh. "If that is truly the case, then for such an absurd reason to have climbed onto Wei Hebei's high branch—he really is a lucky one."
"Lucky?" Ge Wei curled his lip and said dismissively, "Not necessarily. If you really want to talk about strength, this fellow is far inferior to Chu Muqing. A place like Morning Star Academy is a den of hidden dragons and crouching tigers; even Chu Muqing may not fare well there, and must tuck his tail and keep a low profile. Look at this fellow's character, brother—do you think he knows the first thing about keeping a low profile?"