CH-11: Root Assessment (2)

"I did not expect you to have this much talent. You really surprised me. Who could have imagined being an 'M' came with benefits."

"Ahem, I am indeed a 'M'aster of face slapping. Now you know your fiance is such a genius, are you feeling lucky?"

"Haha, I'm so elated you are a genius that I will make you eat humble pie tonight. Now watch this."

"Iyana Jiang, touch the obelisk."

"Yin Roots. Of Heavenly Grade."

"Now you know your fiancee is such a genius, are you feeling lucky?" She said when she came down from the platform. Probably expecting to find me in an embarrassed state. Nope, you are not having that.

"I 'knew' my 'WIFE' was a genius, I should truly thank Patriarch Jiang!" Of course, instead of battling with her, I changed my focus to her Clan. My every word was a slap to their faces. They were the idiots for letting such a talent go and making her into a girl boss. Her root assessment also ceased any thoughts Lin branch juniors had, turning into awe.

-"Go get them sister-in-law!"

-"This is the Lin CLAN!"

-"Sister-in-law do you take slaves?"

"Silence! Since when did my Lin Clan have such fools, even offering themselves as slaves, do not say your surname is Lin from now on!" 'The 'Supremacist Namor' is out, sigh...'

The assessment went on, with the occasional Heavenly Grade singular* spiritual roots popping up. Of course, they were from the Prominent Clans. Most of the loose cultivators only had Human** Roots. Jiang clan had one double root Heavenly Grade junior and another double root with Heavenly and Earthly Grade from one of the branches, not their best batch for sure. There were a couple of double roots with one of them being Heavenly Grade and two singular roots with Heavenly Grade. 'No signs of a protagonist though.' As the root assessment was coming to an end as the last person was assessed a triple root with two Earthly Roots and one Human Root.

"WAIT! I'm here to get enrolled! Clear Sky Institute right?" 'Not this one right, right!!'

Loose cultivators who camped outside for days to get assessed felt like they were made a fool of by this latecomer appearing at the last second. Noble scions thought this guy was wasting their time so they made some scornful remarks toward him. The official was also visibly irritated but still did his job.

"What is your name?"

"It is Ye Tian!***"

-"Puhahaha his name is actually Ye Tian hahahaha!

-"Don't tell me this guy acts so arrogantly just because of his name, even making esteemed Young Masters here wait, who do you think you are!" As comments like this continued I turned towards Iyana and said:

"No way there are idiots who would fall for this right? He wants to vent his anger but can't do so with the official here so he is trying to use our positions to anger us too."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that, look at your big bro."

"Shit!" Just then my brother's voice echoed through the venue.

"You! Who do you think you are to waste my Lin Clans time? A trash that can't even arrive on time, you think you own here?" 'Now he is riling up the official too...'

"Who is your Lin Clan, never heard of it."

-"Gasp!"

-"We really chanced upon a good show today."

-"How dare you belittle the Lin Clan, I will educate you on behalf of your parents!

 'And you thought we would take care of you after you did that?'

"Is your Lin Clan such a bully, even keeping people from getting assessed!" Not wanting this to grow into a show of my Lin Clan getting face-slapped all over, I took action.

"Mr. Ye, please don't take my older brother's words to heart, he merely wishes to celebrate our Clan's assessment results, thus a bit impatient. If you want, you can join me for tea after you get your assessment done, what do you say?"

"Young Master Lin's words do make sense, and I would be honoured to join you. But may I ask your name?"

-"Presumptuous!"

"Ah, it is my mistake, not introducing myself. The world is wide and it is impossible to know everyone. I'm the Seventh Young Master of the Lin Clan, Axel Lin, pleased to make your acquaintance."

"Thanks to Young Master Axel for being patient with me! I don't want to waste everyone's time anymore so let's just get my assessment done."

"Ye Tian, touch the obelisk."

"Quintuple Roots..."

-"Haha there is even trash who wants to get in with quintuple roots!"

-"All this ruckus and you are just a quintuple root trash?

-"Being just a trash with quintuple roots but daring to even be late!"

"Of all being Heavenly Grade."

-"What?"

-"Impossible!"

-"He must have cheated, get him!"

"Stop! You, touch the obelisk again."

"Quintiple Roots. Of all being Heavenly Grade."

"I will talk about this to higher-ups, you all wait here."

"Haha Mr. Ye, I did not expect you to be so extraordinary, even having three more heavenly roots than me."

"Sure you jest, Young Master Axel, I'm merely a quintuple root, my talent not worth mentioning." Then his eyes drifted towards Iyana who was beside me, with a glint inside them "This young Lady is..." The quiet Lin Clan couldn't take it anymore.

-"The gall! Seventh Young Master has been nothing but kind to him and this commoner still lusts after his woman!

-"You dare make a move on our sister-in-law, who do you think you are!"

-"You give a hand they take an arm, ungrateful bastard!"

"That, that was not my intention, I apologize to Young Master Axel for my brashness." I gave a look to Iyana then spoke.

"It is not up to me to accept it, I hope Mr. Ye understands." Now even I was angry. 'Although she is older mentally as she is a regressor, she still looks like a twelve-year-old! Can't you just wait silently? Do you have to create more problems?'

"This mister is indeed brash and unaware. I was with Axel all the time yet you can not make the connection? I'm sorry but my fiance won't be having a tea with you today."

"I'm sorry to offend young miss! I didn't know and had no such intentions!" Thankfully the Dean who gave the boring talk came back with the official, saving me from saying more. 'It is not you don't have such intentions, you are not aware you do. Womanizer harem protagonists are all the same. If she was not a protagonist template herself I could've worn a green hat today!'

"Are you the one with quintuple Heavenly Roots?"

"Yes, is there something wrong?"

"I have talked with the Principal, and he approved of making an exception for you. Having quintuple roots and them all being Heavenly Grade is unheard of. You will still have to take other exams, be sure to not be late again."

"Of course, thank you!"

"Everyone dismissed." With that, everyone dispersed and we went back to the Fleeting Dragons Inn. I knocked on Iyana's door, as we had things to talk about.

"Come in."

"Don't look at me like that. I'm not here to talk about what happened, you probably met many like him in your previous life too. What I'm here to ask is, was he someone special? Having quintuple roots and all of them being Heavenly Grade does not make sense in the first place. The reason why those with singular spiritual roots are called heavenly spiritual roots is because in nearly every case they have a Heavenly-Grade Root in the first place. Every new root divides the talent between roots, and it is mostly not even."

"You miss something, there were cases with quintuple roots having Heavenly Grade before. Just not with all five of them. Generally, one of them takes most of the talent, leaving other roots Human Grade. Although similar to a person with heavenly spiritual roots, they still have to cultivate all 5 roots, limiting them to Peak Foundation Establishment. It is technically possible that he is just that talented."

"It is more plausible he had a way to increase his talent or even made artificial roots that are of Heavenly Grade. And you are quick to defend him, a past acquaintance perhaps? Maybe a crush?"

"What, jealous?"

"Me? Jealous? Of a what, past life crush of a grandma on a kid?"

"Who said I had a crush? I just knew about him. He was the top talent of the Continent before I died, that is all I know."

"So you are not gonna deny that you are a grandma?"

"You know, I will kill you for that one day. Let's see who is the one laughing then."

"Just kill me later, I'm gonna be busy these years. Being a top student feels like a dream rather than a probability now."

"You thought you had a chance with me around?"

"Do you want me to answer?"

"Go die!" From then on I did not stay at that inn ever again, their pillows could be used as a killing tool.