5 Finding a Future Disciple

"Eh? That is!"

Just as Xuan Hao was about to give up on the youths testing down below, he suddenly sensed something different.

It was a young girl with beautiful black hair and brown eyes.

What made Xuan Hao unable to move his gaze away from the young girl was not her beauty, but the innate talent value displayed above her head!

"Natural talent… 37!"

At first glance, Xuan Hao thought he was mistaken upon seeing the number given her weak cultivation realm. Maybe he had just mixed two different people together allowing the talent values to overlap.

But no, even after he continued to stare at the number above the young girl's head while she moved around, it still stayed there. Floating directly above her without showing any sign of changing.

A natural talent of 37!

This aptitude for cultivating, was enormous! At least compared to what he had seen so far.

Even Ling Song, who was the number one genius of the Flying Sword Sect only had a natural talent of 15. Nothing compared to the young girl with a natural talent of 37.

"How strange, with a natural talent of 37, she's still only at the fourth stage of the Qi Condensation Realm? Ling Song had already advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm when he was around her age, how come?"

Frowning slightly when muttering this to himself, Xuan Hao didn't understand how this could happen. A genius with a natural talent of 37 at the age of fifteen or sixteen should at least have reached the Foundation Establishment Realm! How could she still be stuck at the fourth stage of the Qi Condensation?

It had to be said that even the fellow with a talent value of 9 was already at the eighth stage of the Qi Condensation Realm.

"Wait a moment…"

Suddenly, Xuan Hao noticed something that he didn't see before. There was another line of words beneath the young girl's natural talent value.

[Physique: (dormant) Bright Sun Divine Physique, Awakening method: Infernal Heart Grass (Spirit Grade), Natural talent dormant until awakening]

A Divine Physique!?

There existed all sorts of physiques in this world. Those who possessed these blessed and divine physiques were all existences favoured by the heavens themselves. Cultivating the earlier stages would be as easy as eating and sleeping.

Honestly, Xuan Hao felt a little envious when he thought about a peculiar physique, he had read about in the sect's library.

The physique was called the Immortal Dream Physique and the person who had it only needed to sleep to reach the peak…

The one who had it was called the Immortal Dreamer and he reached the peak of Emperor Realm at the age of 150 by sleeping… After that he disappeared from the Ewaria continent, most likely to surpass the Emperor Realm…

Back to the unique thing called divine physiques or divine bodies.

Some physiques were naturally activated from the moment a person was born, while others were in a dormant state. They needed some special items or method to awaken them. For example, the owner of the Bright Sun Divine Physique needed to consume the Infernal Heart Grass to activate the Bright Sun Divine Physique according to what the system noted down.

However, the Infernal Heart Grass was not easy to find. Even a Nascent Soul expert like Xuan Hao would have a hard time getting his hands on Infernal Heart Grass...

Infernal Heart Grass, was not some kind of high-grade herb and was only considered a Spirit Grade herb normally used by people in the Core Formation Realm. Not something a Nascent Soul Realm Expert would normally have a problem acquiring, but the Infernal Heart Grass was a special case.

The reason for this, was the unique environment required for it to grow.

"No mater what, I want this person!"

It was not easy to finally find someone with a natural talent above 10, so how could Xuan Hao let her go over something like finding a rare herb?

Originally, Xuan Hao wanted to directly rush down and take her in as his disciple, but after thinking about the arrogant and troublesome character with a talent of only 9, Xuan Hao decided not to. He could do it after all the tests were over. During this time, he could observe her and better understand her personality.

After all, the last thing Xuan Hao wanted was a troublesome and arrogant disciple.

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On the other hand, this young girl who had been targeted by Xuan Hao, was completely unaware that she was being watched closely by a Core Elder of the Flying Sword Sect.

At this moment, she was nervously holding her small hands together while looking at the strange, yet familiar object in front of her.

It was her turn to take the first test at last.

Although she had already been tested in the clan several times before coming and already knew that she was qualified to pass the first tests, she was still nervous when faced with the real thing.

"Yi'er, don't be so nervous. You will pass the first tests. You've already been tested before coming here." The one who spoke in calming voice as he gently patted Qing Yi's shoulder was the First Elder of the Qing Family.

It was Qing Yi's turn. Before her, the Qing family's number one genius, Qing Chenyi, had already gone up and tested. Bone age 17, 6th stage Qi Condensation.

At this moment, Qing Chenyi was no longer confident like he had been before the start of the first test.

With the test proceeding, he quickly discovered that there were more than a few people who were at or above the fifth and sixth stage of Qi Condensation Realm! He even spotted quite a few people at the seventh stage of Qi condensation!

This immediately caused Qing Chenyi to feel insecure about the upcoming second test.

Originally, he had been extremely confident that he would be able to enter the Flying Sword Sect and maybe even get into the top 10 and enter as an inner disciple! However, at this moment, his confidence from early had completely vanished.

He discovered that many of the people present were not inferior to him in terms of talent and strength. Quite the opposite, some were far superior!

Qing Chenyi was baffled as he felt like a brand new world was opening up in front of him. Even if he was the number one genius back in Bright Sun City, when put on a larger stage like the disciple acceptance ceremony of the Flying Sword Sect, his talent was suddenly not as bright as it was back home.

At this time, Qing Yi was unaware of the roller coaster of emotions that her family's number one genius was going through as she arrived in front of the talent tester before nervously raising her hand and placing it on top of it.

...

This girl seems to be a quite nervous...

Keeping an eye on Qing Yi with his divine sense, Xuan Hao could not help chuckling a bit to himself as he saw how nervous she was about a test that she already knew that she would pass.

"Qing Yi, bone age 15, the fourth stage of Qi Condensation, qualified!"

Seeing no amount of happiness on the girl's face after hearing that she had passed, Xuan Hao could not help shaking his head. Understanding very well that Qing Yi should be worrying about the upcoming second test that would determine whether or not she would be able to become a disciple of the Flying Sword Sect.