Chapter 4323 — Let's Talk It Over
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
The more he thought, the more Wei Zhao's heart surged. Huang Xiaotao was already truly one of his own, and if she was one of his own, then naturally the stronger she became, the better.
Huang Xiaotao watched Wei Zhao from afar, waiting for him to give her an answer. But the others present—especially Ling Yuanqing and Wei Hebei, whose hunter's blood was up and who were bent on taking this genius under their wing—could not wait so long.
"That's right. From this moment on, you are a disciple of Morning Star Academy—and our personal disciple. In both standing and treatment, you are guaranteed the highest level the academy offers. As for whose tutelage you enter specifically, that is for you yourself to decide," Ling Yuanqing said with the weight of experience.
Like the East Sea Divine Nun, he seldom took disciples at all, and personal disciples least of all; his own gates were very thin indeed. If Huang Xiaotao agreed, once she entered the academy her standing would in no way be beneath Wang Xinyan's.
But Ling Yuanqing was, after all, the academy head. However much he favored Huang Xiaotao's formidable gift, he had to consider the feelings of others. Ordinary academy instructors would of course have no right to compete with him for a disciple, but standing right beside him was Wei Hebei, likewise a mainstay of Morning Star Academy, and Ling Yuanqing could not simply act on his own.
One good turn deserves another. With Ling Yuanqing making his position clear, Wei Hebei at his side nodded again and again, raising no objection.
"But... but isn't there still a third trial?" Huang Xiaotao said meekly.
"No need. With your gift, any further test is superfluous," Ling Yuanqing and Wei Hebei, the two Opening Mountain titans, said with a shake of their heads.
A fire-and-wind dual-attribute spiritual root, plus a perfect Golden Core expert such as appears but once in ten thousand—such aptitude already guaranteed that, with even modest cultivation, no expert of her level could possibly match Huang Xiaotao. Infinite potential was assured from the outset, and the so-called potential test of the third trial was naturally pointless.
"Then I... I... I... I want to discuss it with my senior brother..." The situation had suddenly come to this, and Huang Xiaotao was at a loss for what to do. She could only turn once more, pleading, to Wei Zhao at the edge of the field.
"Very well, go ahead. Once you've discussed it with your senior brother, come straight up onto the stage to us," Ling Yuanqing said, making no difficulty of it, and nodded his agreement on the spot.
With anyone else, they would not have given the slightest chance to choose. They would have settled it among themselves and decided on the spot—who would ever ask what the person concerned thought?
But Huang Xiaotao was different. As the saying goes, strength determines standing, and in a place like the academy—especially on an occasion like this—potential could determine standing just as well. They could disregard the wishes of an ordinary disciple, but Huang Xiaotao was a super-genius who might one day stand as their equal. How could she be treated like any ordinary disciple?
So long as Huang Xiaotao did not explicitly say she refused to join, everything else could be accommodated.