Chapter 75

Chapter 75.1: Prodigious Youth

Looked at the man there suppressing his rage and not daring to speak, his face looking highly aggrieved, the middle aged man snorted derisively before he said: "If you can spare the effort to think how to get back at Baili Ji Ran, why not think how you can raise up the might of the Carefree Valley instead, so we can surpass the bunch of self righteous and sanctimonious hypocrites in the Faint Mist Sect and the Limitless Sect."

"Your subordinate has not thought it through clearly." The man said in a soft voice and his face then showed a tinge of delight. "Although Baili Ji Ran stole the thunder this time, but both Qian Shang and Qian Chen performed outstandingly in the All Saint's Day festival. Especially Qian Shang, who brought back the noble title of the male saint and was bestowed with many precious items by the Emperor together with one wish granted to him."

Hearing that, the middle aged man finally showed a kinder expression on his face. "Qian Shang is indeed an invaluable sprout of ours and his future is inestimable if he is properly groomed. Even the legendary top level lands, Cloud Heaven might not be beyond his reach."

"The Valley Chief is indeed farsighted."

On another side, ever since Yan Ning Luo suggested for her sisters to go for the Faint Mist Sect's recruitment tryouts, Yan Su started to place quite a bit of emphasis on that. He went out of his way to employ a elderly coach who had many years of experience teaching in the Faint Mist Sect before. The old man had gotten injured in an accident in the past and because he did not want to hold the sect back, he chose to quit from his position.

Yan Su was acquainted with the old man and even Yan Ning Luo had received instruction from him before.

At that moment in the Eternal Peace Duke Manor's training hall, the sisters Yan Xi Rou and Yan Xi Wu were there together with Qing Yu and Qing Bei. Yan Su had sent people bright and early in the morning, informing them to wait here.

Although Qing Bei was still deceptively seated in his wheelchair, but as Yun Qi had told Yan Su a few days ago that the youth's condition was improving by the day and the chances of him standing up was very great, Yan Su was of the mind that within half a year, Qing Bei might be able to stand up. Hence, Yan Su had asked Qing Bei come along as well.

It was probably because she was about to leave behind a life of fine luxury, it was not so bad for Yan Xi Wu whose personality was a little more steady, but that change was total upheaval for Yan Xi Rou where from being a slightly more busty beauty, she lost a whole round of weight, turning thin and slender, and any amount of pretty clothes or accessories was still unable to pique her interest.

Yan Xi Wu merely kept a straight and calm face throughout it all, a striking contrast against Yan Xi Rou.

Roughly a cup of tea's time later, footsteps sounded from outside, one slightly heavier and strong, the other lighter with its tread. Very soon, two people were seen walking in, where Yan Su led a thin looking old man who was not all that tall inside.

The old man was dressed in cloth made from plain and simple clothes, his hair half streaked with white. Although rather advanced in age, he seemed to be highly energetic and his eyes did not show the slightest bit of deterioration, sharp and incisive, looking like he was a man not prone to smiling.

"All of you come over quickly and let me introduce you." Yan Su waved his hand at the few of them. "This is Elder Qin Fang Qin, a teacher I invited here to help all of you increase your powers in these six months and to teach you some techniques to pass the Faint Mist Sect's trials, that will enable you to gain entry to go learn more inside."

After saying that, he turned his head back and said to the old man: "Elder Qin, these are a few of my rather inept children who are a little less gifted than Little Ning, and I hope that Elder Qin can work on them a little."

Qin Fang nodded his head. "Your Highness is just putting it too gravely. If these Young Masters and Young Missus really put their hearts into it, this old man will give them everything I have to help."

Yan Su reminded the few of them that they were to respect the elder and not try any tricks to slack off or there would be quite a bit of suffering awaiting them.

Chapter 75.2: Prodigious Youth

Upon saying that, he then left on his own.

Qin Fang then swept his gaze over the young group of people in front of him and then pulled out a white coloured palm sized rock from inside his sleeve before placing it in the centre of the training hall. In the instant that the rock was put on the floor, it suddenly expanded and grew to become about half a man's height. "All of you go can now go test yourselves with it. I need to know your gifted talents and your level of power."

That white rock was called a Gift Rock and basically everyone in these lands where might reigned supreme would know what it was.

It was used to test a person's gifted elemental attribute and their level and this piece of rock of Qin Fang's was even more superior where it was able to shrink or expand at will, making it easy to carry around, unlike those Gift Rocks in the sects which were large and bulky, completely immovable. This rock was like a upgraded artifact.

Yan Xi Rou's face paled and she was just about to say something when she saw Qin Fang's sharp eyes turn onto her. She immediately lowered her eyes and took a deep breath in resignation, before she went walking over a step at a time, to finally place her hand on the rock.

A faint glow appeared upon the Gift Rock, a muddy yellow colour. With the exception of Yan Xi Wu, everyone else present were stunned.

Even Qin Fang's stone faced expression showed a brief moment of cracking, like he had not expected such a situation at all.

Light of that colour was clearly of the Earth element with extremely strong defence powers. But the Earth element's light was always a brilliant and vibrant yellow and the manifestation of such a faint elemental glow just told everyone that was the "Mud" element.

And what was the "Mud" element? It was something similar to the Earth element, but just a mere touch of it, inheriting just a tiny bit of its defensive attributes. Putting it bluntly, it was a clumsy and bumbling offshoot of an element brought about by a trashy and useless body constitution.

No wonder Yan Xi Rou had looked as if death was impending. With such useless talent that could only be said to be a one of a kind, it was little wonder she said that going to the Faint Mist Sect was as good as sending herself to her death!

Yan Xi Rou hung her head as she stepped away. She was so ashamed of herself at that moment that she could not even lift her head up to see all the mocking faces.

Yan Xi Wu looked at her and creased up her brows before she stepped forward to become the second one to go take the test. A light blue glow flared briefly upon the Gift Rock and faded away. It was the Water element and looking at the intensity of the light it would seem that she had just recently comprehended her elemental powers and had just stepped over to enter the realm of cultivation.

The brows of Qin Fang knitted up so tightly it could easily kill a fly. Compared to Yan Ning Luo in the past, these two girls were not only slightly inferior to her, but could only be described as incredibly lacking and inept!

His gaze then turned towards the young boy and girl pair with highly outstanding and beautiful looks the other side. His gaze deepened having noticed that the two of them had been calm and composed right from the beginning, their demeanor steady. He then wondered….. whether they really possessed great power or were they just putting on an act.

Qing Yu looked at the Gift Stone with interest before she patted the young lad on the shoulder and said softly: "Why not you go have a try? I would like to see what kind of a level you have reached."

Qing Bei nodded and he pushed his wheelchair right before the Gift Stone and leaned forward to place his hand on it. A blinding blue and purple light immediately exploded out from the stone.

Qin Fang's bright eyes sparkled at that moment. "Lightning!"

However, in the next second, another golden light appeared, and within that golden light that was as brilliant as the sun, there was a sliver of bright red that looked like blood.

"How is that even possible! ?" Qin Fang just could not believe his eyes at all. [Is this the Gold element? But that sliver of red inside was clearly what only the Fire element would show.]

[Could that be a transformed variant of the Gold element? A form of power that was even stronger than the Gold element itself!]

Chapter 75.3: Prodigious Youth

Qing Yu raised an eyebrow when she saw that gold mixed with red. [Why does she feel that….. she has seen that elemental power before? !]

"Mistress, that is the Blaze element. Children who are descended from the bloodline of that long ancient family would inherit this gift, and the Blaze element in Mistress' body is even stronger than the kid's." Zang Mai's tiny voice said from inside her body.

"Blaze element?" Qing Yu was hearing that for the first time and she could not help but feel curious. "Then, what is so special about this element?"

"It gives the ability to self heal. No matter how severe the injury is, the wielder of this element will be able to heal and restore himself. The attack ability of the Blaze element is even more dominant and ferocious than the Snow element and at its peak, it is able to kill a super expert with just one hit." Zang Mai explained.

Qing Yu could not help but smack her lips when she heard that. "It's really that powerful? Isn't that as good as cheating with a divine artifact? Even when one is beaten up half to death, he will still be able to recover very quickly, and not know exhaustion."

"That will be the case under most circumstances, but it has its advantages and disadvantages. One can only be injured once a day and if they continue to get hurt, the pain felt would be ten times the norm."

Qing Yu was speechless. "….." [How terrifying, better not get injured.]

On the other side, Qin Fang's eyes that were looking at Qing Bei had already changed completely, undoubtedly seeing him as a peerless prodigy, one that even surpassed the greatest female prodigy, Yan Ning Luo.

Although Qing Yu checked out with a Fire element after that but compared to Qing Bei's Lightning element and another transformed Gold element, hers did not come to be all that impressive anymore.

Among these four people here, Qing Bei's gifts were the most outstanding and Qin Fang was exceptionally amiable towards him. But when he saw him sitting upon a wheelchair, he could not help but feel a tinge of regret. With such exemplary gifts and he was confined to a wheelchair. A classic example of the Heavens being jealous of heroes!

"What is your name?" Qin Fang asked as he looked at the youth with a gentle gaze.

"Responding to the Elder's words, I am called Yan Qing Bei, and this is my sister, Yan Qing Yu."

Although he did not know how Qing Yu had managed to suppress her gifts to make it appear so ordinary, which threw him into the limelight, he was still not willing to have anyone slight him in anyway.

Qin Fang nodded his head. "Not bad, not bad. The both of you are rather good. As for your legs….."

"The Elder can rest assured. My legs are already on its way to recovery. The Lord Elixir Cultivator in the palace has said that I will definitely be able to stand up within half a year's time." Qing Bei opened his mouth to say.

"That's great. Otherwise, if your physical mobility is affected, it will greatly affect your chances of being accepted into the Faint Mist Sect." Qin Fang nodded his head to say, looking satisfied.

Yan Xi Wu's gaze darkened, her fists tightening up, but did not say a word.

Yan Xi Rou's eyes had grown red rimmed, her gaze filling up with hatred as she stared at Qing Yu and Qing Bei who were getting all the attention, and she bit her full and luscious lip so hard that blood trickled out.

[Why was she born with such a useless and trashy body constitution but those two little bastards who had always been inferior to her, children born from a lowly concubine, could possibly possess such prodigious gifts?]

[She did not want to go to whatever Faint Mist Sect at all but right at that moment, she had already been shamed and completely humiliated.]    

Qin Fang then gave the young youth more instructions before he turned towards Yan Xi Wu and said: "Your talent is rather weak and you have just started to comprehend elemental powers. But it is still not too late and what you have to learn to do now is to absorb the spirit energy from your surroundings to strengthen your cultivation and I will teach you how to do that in a while."

"Yes." Yan Xi Wu answered.

After Qin Fang finished saying that, he then turned to the pale faced Yan Xi Rou. "As for you….."