Chapter 77.1: Real Geniuses Really Do Keep A Low Profile
He had been thinking before that the two of them looked so very much alike and it could be seen with just one look that they were a pair of dragon phoenix twins from the same mother, so how could it be possible that the younger brother possessed such Heaven defying gift while the elder sister was just so ordinary.
Never had he thought that the lass was merely just hiding her powers and had purposely pretended to be inconspicuous when her gifted talent might just be so much higher than that already prodigious youth!
Wouldn't that mean that the Constellation Lands would soon undergo a tumultuous change? To think that such young children were already so powerful and possibly unmatched by others.
Qin Fang stood still in his spot as he contemplated that fact for a good while before he walked over with a rather complicated gaze to look at the slightly embarrassed young lady. He hesitated before he asked: "How many elemental attributes can you wield?"
Qing Yu blinked her eyes looking highly innocent and then replied: "I do not know Elder. Wasn't the Gift Stone unable to identify it accurately as well?"
"….." Qin Fang almost vomited out a mouthful of his old blood.
[You say that the Gift Stone was unable to identify it? It is clear that it's this little monster who is intentionally hiding her real strength!]
"I saw that you were able to use Gold, Fire, and Lightning earlier, three elements at the same time, and judging from the intensity of the spirit light, they have already been cultivated to reach the higher levels." Qin Fang's eyes were looking at her sharply. "You have to be honest with me before I can help you achieve greater advancement based on your real abilities."
Qing Yu was feeling rather helpless. She wanted to thank the old Elder but she really did not need any help from him. Moreover, the <
Qing Bei on the side saw that helpless expression on his elder sister's face and she paused a moment before she said: "Elder, to be entirely honest, Qing Yu had concealed her real strength because she is afraid people with ill intentions will come to notice her. She will have no problem being accepted into the Faint Mist Sect as besides this, she is also a Elixir Cultivator."
Qin Fang's eyes bulged wide once again. "Elixir Cultivator?"
With just those two words, not to mention just being accepted into the Faint Mist Sect. If the teachers in there knew this, they would all surely be frantically fighting for her. She was a dual cultivation prodigy, extremely rare to see!
"Good good good. Such a rare and promising talent!" Qin Fang revealed a rare smile on his face. "Looks like the children of the Duke of Eternal Peace are extraordinary indeed. In the near future, you will surely surpass your elder sister and take over her title as the greatest female prodigy!"
Qing Bei curled up a corner of his lips in disdain. [Who cares for that title? If they were really to be compared, Qing Yu would definitely leave Yan Ning Luo in the dust a few streets behind! Only that woman would care for such self ingratiating titles.]
"It seems like the two of you will definitely be getting into the Faint Mist Sect. In that case I will not teach the two of you much."Qin Fang said nodding his head. "But after being accepted into the Faint Mist Sect, the sect will send their disciples out on missions. Some time later, I will make arrangements to send the few of you out for training to acquire some battle experience. But as the cultivation of the other two young missus is really inadequate, we need to wait for a period."
Qin Fang shook his head and sighed when he finished, his heart contemplating why there was such a great disparity between people from the same family. But having discovered two such excellent sprouts, Qin Fang's mood improved greatly. He just liked seeing such hardworking and exuberant young people.
There was nothing to worry about on this side. He merely reminded the two of them that they were to continue to work hard on their cultivation and were not to let up before he turned himself around to go see how the sisters Yan Xi Rou and Yan Xi Wu were doing.
Outside, because of the two lightning bolts that struck out of the completely clear skies, it had stirred up quite a big commotion.
The Faint Mist Sect was respected as the top sect and the thing they were most well known for was how mysterious they were. Unless someone from within the sect led the way, or no one would be able to find its entrance.
Chapter 77.2: Real Geniuses Really Do Keep A Low Profile
People of the world said that the Faint Mist Sect was a place that immortals lived, far above the Nine Heavens beyond the reach of mere mortals. Inside the place were dazzling bejeweled palaces of jade and marble, classy and opulent, too beautiful for words. One would see young men and women elegant as the gods in full white robes everywhere, eating the fruits of immortals and drinking the nectar of the Heavens, riding the wind as they moved, living lives that mortals longed for and looked up to.
Of course most of what was said were highly exaggerated, but as the sect was really just too mysterious and that was why they had been made out to be so dreamy and mystifying, nothing like the mortal realm.
But it was true for some parts of the place. The Faint Mist Sect was really located in a high geographical location, high above the ground upon the peak of an extremely high mountain. Up in there the cloud swirled, and over the mountain's side hung a rapid and torrential waterfall that was like the silver rivers of the Nine Heavens, flowing down unceasingly.
And the entrance into the Faint Mist Sect was upon that very peak, behind that waterfall.
This moment was when the sect's disciples carried out their morning training and sparring. The two loud explosive sounds had not only caused the people to become panicked, even the Faint Mist Sect who was shut out from the world in this place felt the repercussions.
A whole group of Elders and teachers were all gathered together to discuss about it, leaving the disciples to gossip and debate, their thoughts running all over the place.
In the Faint Mist Sect's meeting hall, six people sat on each side of the hall, a total of twelve. They were the Faint Mist Sect's highly senior Elders who had the right to speak and held great authourity, with some of them holding positions as senior teachers as well.
And the one person seated up on the main seat was a young man who looked to be only about thirty years of age, good looking and cultured, seemingly highly amiable.
Most people would probably not dare to believe that the Sect Leader of the Faint Mist Sect would actually be such a young man.
But only these members in their inner circle knew that the gentle and refined look of the man was only a facade. Otherwise, how would he be able to hold down all those old and crafty bunch of hungry wolves so shrewd and subtle seated below.
The young man up on the main seat rested his chin in his hand that was resting on the arm of his chair and said offhandedly: "Everyone has probably heard the lightning strikes earlier. What do all of you think is the reason?"
A old man wearing a long brown robe said after a moment's pause: "From what I think, that was probably the reverberation caused by a wielder of Lightning, and he might have been advancing through a level."
"Advancing through a level? Elder Mo, have your eyes grown blurry with age? That bolt of lightning had clearly been infused with two other elements, with Gold and Fire. It must have been several highly skilled experts dueling each other." Another younger man said in rebuttal.
The bunch of people argued incessantly below with only one exception. He looked not much older than the young man up on the main seat as he sat there with his brows furrowed together, like he was contemplating on a tough issue.
The corners of the young man's lips curled up with an amused smile and his eyebrow then arched up as he asked: "Elder Yan, do you know what that was?"
The man who was called out was taken aback when he heard that and his brows knitted up even more tightly together. "I have a few ideas about it in mind, but I am thinking that that is just too preposterous….."
"It wouldn't hurt to speak your mind. You are the only Lightning element wielder in here and you should have the most right to speak about it." The young man said.
The others all halted their arguing and turned to look at Elder Yan.
Elder Yan gave a light sigh. "This person's powers is profound and unfathomable. It does not look like he's from the Constellation Lands at all….."
Hearing those words, the meeting hall suddenly fell silent.
Although Elder Yan was not the oldest among this group of people, but almost everyone in there would not doubt his words.
Because not only he was a high level expert, he was also an oracle, very rarely seen. He had helped the sect avoid calamity several times and he held a very high position among the Faint Mist Sect's twelve elders.
"What does Elder Yan mean by your words? Could it possibly be an expert from the higher realms?" The young man's smiling demeanor suddenly faded away, before he opened his mouth to ask.
Chapter 77.3: Real Geniuses Really Do Keep A Low Profile
"I am merely guessing. But if it's not someone from the higher realms, then if that powerful strike that was infused with three element types had not been retracted by the wielder in time but had allowed the lightning bolts to fall, it would definitely draw down calamity from the Heavens upon us." Elder Yan opened his mouth to say slowly, his tone of voice solemn. "Even for me who has already cultivated the Lightning element to its peak would find it difficult to achieve that but that person….. had clearly only used about three tenths of his powers."
"Is Elder Yan able to deduce where this person is at?"
"Unfortunately, the other party retracted his powers too quickly and I was not able to augur his position." Elder Yan said a little regretfully as he shook his head, his eyes darkening. "But I can be certain that this person's general location is within the Green Wave Kingdom that is the closest to the Faint Mist Sect."
"Green Wave Kingdom?" The good looking young man's eyes narrowed up. "Isn't the young lass Yan Ning Luo from the Green Wave? Seems like the Green Wave Kingdom is really filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons!"
"Sect Leader, why not let me go investigate into this matter?" Elder Yan opened his mouth to ask.
The young man curled up his lips and smiled, his beautiful eyes looking highly profound and thoughtful as he stared off into the distance. "No need for that. I have a feeling that this person….. will come to meet with me in the near future."
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A different feeling from living life on the edge back in Cloud Heaven for so many years, being able to wake up every morning to hear the hollering voices of the hawkers peddling their wares along the streets.
Having been able to regulate and recondition his body's constitution in this low leveled lands for the past few years, it had caused the flamboyantly tyrannical Lou Jun Yao to start liking living a peaceful life like this, even though such a kind of life had merely been his way of numbing himself throughout that period.
His tall slender frame stood by the window, his gaze suddenly sharpened and the aura around his body intensified slightly. And within the perimeter of that slightly spaced out gaze, a figure had suddenly walked within his sight.
She was wearing a simple long white dress. Among ten people that passed by on the street, about six would be wearing white. But it was just this person who made plain white clothes so eye catching.
A head of long hair reaching her waist was loosely held by a hairpin, looking so languid and indifferent. Her long upslanted phoenix like eyes were alluringly mesmerizing, like they were forever exuding a kind of enchanting aura. Below that perky and high bridged nose was a set of light pink lips, tinged with a smile just like those eyes, that exquisitely beautiful little face looking just like a seductive little fox.
She was clearly a young lady still looking slightly puerile and pure, but her countenance was however so alluring and mesmerizing, that added a sense of maturity to her.
Compared to when she had first come out disguised as a young lad, having changed back to women's clothing, her charm seemed to have been raised up to reach another point.
"Little Brother, give me two trays of Flavourful Crystal Buns."
Qing Yu woke up early and she had come out for a walk after her morning practice. She had then smelled the fragrance and thought that the rascal Qing Bei would surely like to have some, so she had come to buy them back for him.
This stall selling breakfast was very famous in the Imperial Capital and there was always a long snaking queue everyday bright and early in the morning. Although its premises were not big, but the cook was great and the people loved the taste of the stall's food.
When Qing Yu joined the queue, there were about ten people in front of her. But all those people had been eager for her to take their spots in the queue. She was just about to refuse politely when all of them quickly went one by one to queue up behind her, where she then became the first person in the queue.
Qing Yu was speechless. "….."
[The Green Wave Kingdom's people, are really so courteous and considerate.]
The young assistant who was busy selling the buns had initially been puzzled why everyone had suddenly jumped to the back of the queue but when he heard such a gentle and pleasing voice, he immediately raised his head up and very nearly had two streams of blood spurting right out from his nose.
[What a lucky day it is for him! To be able to see such a beautiful young lady so early in the morning!]