Chapter 4360 — A Top-Tier Genius
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 3
Moments later, Vice Director Wei Hebei was the first to arrive, and the East Sea Divine Nun followed close behind—though two others trailed in her wake: Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao.
Seeing the two girls come in as well, neither Ling Yuanqing nor Wei Hebei found it the least bit strange; wherever the East Sea Divine Nun went, she brought her two personal disciples along.
This was, in truth, perfectly normal. Unlike Ling Yuanqing and Wei Hebei, she had only these two disciples, and both were of a caliber and potential that ranked among the academy's prized treasures. A little favoritism was only natural. So long as the matter at hand was not particularly core or confidential, bringing the two girls along neither caused any trouble nor failed to broaden their horizons.
Ling Yuanqing and Wei Hebei, however, could never do the same. As men, they simply did not think things through with such meticulous care—and more to the point, they had far too many disciples under them. Even their personal disciples numbered well beyond two or three; if they were to keep them all at their side for constant instruction, they would never get anything else done.
Ling Yuanqing gestured for everyone to be seated, then said to Qin Deli, "Tell everyone again what you just reported."
"Yes, sir." Qin Deli stole a glance at Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao, swallowed surreptitiously, and began: "Reporting to the three directors, this disciple has just learned that in Weihu City there is a local man by the name of Ling Yi, whose strength is truly extraordinary—he can actually kill an expert at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage in a single blow, across the gulf of cultivation, despite being only in the early Golden Core stage himself!"
"What?" Wei Hebei and the East Sea Divine Nun were both startled, and they said in unison, "Is this true?"
Morning Star Academy was a place where geniuses gathered. Many disciples, once they went out into the world, proved capable of challenging opponents above their own cultivation level—such things were hardly unusual. But if the gap to be crossed was an entire major realm, that was exceedingly rare.
Even so, when people spoke of crossing a major realm to do battle, what they generally meant was an expert at the peak of the late Golden Core stage, or at Golden Core Great Perfection, challenging an early Nascent Soul expert.
After all, every major realm represented a qualitative transformation, a rebirth of the very self. Even between Golden Core Great Perfection and early Nascent Soul, the gulf was like a chasm between heaven and earth—nothing that any so-called genius could ordinarily bridge. Even in Morning Star Academy, where geniuses gathered like clouds, disciples who reached such a level were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
As for a mere early Golden Core expert being able to challenge a Nascent Soul opponent—and not just any opponent, but one at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage—such a thing was sheer fantasy. Even Ling Yuanqing and the other two titans of the Initiation stage had never heard of the like. Surely even a heaven-sent prodigy could be no more than this?
The several titans of the Initiation stage were stunned—but at that moment, Huang Xiaotao and Wang Xinyan were even more stunned. For the Ling Yi this man spoke of was none other than Wei Zhao, the very person the two of them yearned for day and night!
The two girls could not help exchanging odd looks. Just moments ago they had been turning over in their minds how to secretly meet with Wei Zhao—and now someone had come forward to recommend him before they could. It caught them quite off guard.