An eighteen-year-old at the peak of the True Essence Realm!
What did that even mean?
Even Ye Wuxin, who had caused such a sensation moments ago, was only in the early stage of the True Essence Realm.
Yet Ye Wushuang was a full three minor realms above her!
“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”
Ye Wuming shook his head frantically, his face as pale as paper.
Ye Wuxin’s entire body trembled slightly, disbelief filling her cold eyes.
The talent she had always been so proud of appeared laughable in front of Ye Wushuang.
On the high platform, Elder Li Changqing was completely dumbfounded.
He stared fixedly at the testing stele covered in cracks, his lips trembling uncontrollably.
Yet that was not even the most shocking part.
Just as the testing stele was about to shatter, a vast, ancient aura suddenly erupted from Ye Wushuang’s body.
Caw—!
A clear and melodious cry, yet one filled with boundless majesty, rang out across the heavens.
Everyone looked up in shock.
Behind Ye Wushuang, space warped as the illusory forms of nine enormous flaming phoenixes slowly emerged.
These phoenixes were not the ordinary scarlet color. Instead, they burned with a deep, dark-black flame.
As the black flames danced, even the surrounding space warped slightly from the intense heat.
The nine phoenixes circled around Ye Wushuang, forming a protective ring around her. She looked like an ancient god surveying the mortal world.
“This… this is a manifestation of a special physique?!”
Li Changqing sucked in a sharp breath. His legs went weak, and he nearly fell to his knees.
“A supreme-grade physique! It’s absolutely an ancient supreme-grade physique!”
The young man and woman from the Xuantian Sect standing nearby were even more terrified. Their faces had gone ashen, and they could barely remain standing.
On the Spirit Domain Continent, cultivators with special physiques were already exceedingly rare.
As for supreme-grade physiques capable of triggering heavenly phenomena, they existed only in ancient legends and records.
Even the current Sect Master of the Xuantian Sect had never triggered such a terrifying phenomenon back then!
“Top-tier tenth-grade talent… combined with an unknown ancient supreme-grade physique…”
Li Changqing muttered to himself, feeling as though the cultivation knowledge he had accumulated over several centuries had been completely overturned.
How could a godforsaken place like Clear River City produce two monsters with tenth-grade talents one after another?
And this second one was outrageously monstrous!
The phenomenon lasted for a full quarter of an hour before slowly retracting into Ye Wushuang’s body.
Ye Wushuang withdrew her hand and looked at the testing stele, now shattered into a pile of fragments. She helplessly spread her hands.
“Deacon, this thing was just too poorly made. I really didn’t use any force. I don’t have to pay for it, do I?”
The deacon swallowed hard and shook his head frantically.
Pay for it? Who would dare make such an unparalleled genius pay for anything?
They would be worshiping her as an honored guest if they could!
Within the Lin family’s group, Lin Aotian trembled with excitement, his flushed old face practically glowing.
“Peak True Essence Realm! Supreme-grade physique! The heavens are blessing my Lin family! The heavens are blessing my Lin family!”
He was now immensely grateful that he had made the correct decision yesterday and given the spot to Ye Wushuang.
As long as Ye Wushuang joined the Xuantian Sect, the Lin family would surely rise with her!
Standing nearby, Lin Langtian was also gazing at Ye Wushuang on the high platform with a complicated look in his eyes.
“Nine black-flame phoenixes… Even in my previous life, when I was in the Southern Border, I had never heard of a physique like this.”
Lin Langtian was secretly astonished.
He increasingly felt that Ye Wushuang was concealing some earth-shattering secret.
“Could she also be the reincarnation of some ancient supreme expert, cultivating anew?”
This thought flashed through Lin Langtian’s mind.
Not far away, Liu Ruyan’s face beneath her veil had already twisted in fury.
Why?
Why was it that every time she had just stolen the spotlight, Ye Wushuang would appear and overshadow her?
The peak of the True Essence Realm was an entire major realm above her!
In the presence of the manifestation of such a supreme-grade physique, Liu Ruyan felt like nothing more than a clown.
“Master… what is going on with her?”
Liu Ruyan screamed inwardly.
From within the ring, Canglan Spirit Venerable’s voice also carried a trace of solemnity.
“This girl’s aura is extremely strange. That black flame seems to contain an exceptionally domineering power of destruction. Ruyan, unless you are absolutely certain of victory, you must not engage her directly.”
Hearing even her master say this, Liu Ruyan could not help but grow jealous and resentful.
On the high platform, Li Changqing finally recovered from his shock.
He scrambled over to Ye Wushuang, his old face blooming into a smile as radiant as a chrysanthemum.
“Miss Ye! I am Li Changqing, an inner elder of the Xuantian Sect. As long as you are willing to become my disciple, you may choose anything you wish from all the resources under my name—my residence, treasures, pills, anything!”
Li Changqing immediately elevated his status from an outer elder to an inner elder.
In any case, as long as he could take in such a monstrous genius, the sect would certainly promote him to the position at once.
“Li Changqing, you shameless old fool! How dare a mere outer elder boast so arrogantly?”
A sudden shout rang out from the sky.
The next moment, several powerful auras descended from above and landed directly on the high platform.
Five differently dressed elders appeared. Each of them possessed an unfathomably deep aura, far surpassing Li Changqing’s.
“It’s the First Elder! And the Second Elder, the Third Elder…”
Li Changqing was startled and hurriedly bowed in salute.
These five men were none other than the Xuantian Sect’s elders who held real authority. Every one of them was a terrifying expert at the Violet Palace Realm or above!
They had originally been stationed aboard the spirit ship. But after sensing the terrifying phenomenon below, they could no longer sit still.
“Little girl Ye, I am the First Elder of the Xuantian Sect, and I oversee the sect’s disciplinary affairs. If you become my disciple, you may read any of the sect’s ancient texts!”
The First Elder immediately threw out a massive offer.
“Bullshit! What do you know about teaching disciples? Little girl Ye, I am the Pill Refining Peak Master. As long as you follow me, you can eat as many supreme-grade pills as you want!”
The Second Elder refused to be outdone.
“Little girl Ye, don’t listen to their nonsense. I am the Sword Formation Peak Master. Your physique is so domineering that it is perfectly suited to cultivating my peerless sword formations!”
The Third Elder also pushed his way forward.
These five great figures could make the entire Southern Region tremble with a single stomp of their feet. Yet at this moment, in their scramble for Ye Wushuang, they were arguing like street thugs, their faces red with anger. They even seemed on the verge of coming to blows.
Everyone in the plaza was completely stupefied.
Were these really the lofty elders of the Xuantian Sect?
Ye Wushuang’s head throbbed from the five old men’s bickering. She dug a finger into her ear and said helplessly, “Elders, arguing like this won’t solve anything. How about I finish the remaining tests first? Once we arrive at the Xuantian Sect, we can discuss it properly. What do you say?”
Upon hearing this, the First Elder immediately nodded in agreement.
“Little girl Ye is right! A talent this extraordinary must undergo the second and third rounds of comprehensive testing before we can determine the cultivation path most suited to her.”
The Second Elder chimed in as well. “Exactly. Moreover, a matter of this importance must be reported to the Sect Master and decided by the Sect Master personally.”
The other elders also nodded one after another.
They all understood that a monster of this caliber was not someone any one of them could claim alone.
For all they knew, even the Sect Master might personally enter the fray to recruit her.
“Since that is the case, the first round of testing ends here!”
The First Elder brought his hand down decisively and announced the conclusion.
As for whether there were still people who had not completed their tests…
Who cared?!
With two tenth-grade prodigies like Ye Wushuang and Liu Ruyan, this alone was already a great accomplishment.
Following the First Elder’s announcement, the preliminary selection ceremony in Qinghe City came to a hasty close.
The disciples who passed the first round of testing—including Ye Wuxin, Ye Wuming, Lin Langtian, and Wang Teng—were all assigned to board the enormous spirit vessel of the Xuantian Sect.
As for Ye Wushuang and Liu Ruyan, several elders personally escorted them aboard and arranged for them to stay in the two most luxurious, Heaven-grade rooms on the vessel.
The disparity in treatment left many people green with envy, yet there was nothing they could do about it.
