Konoha's Number One Genius

Xiao Yun smiled as he walked to the podium and placed his hand on the detector.

Screech~

A tremendous sound rang out, making everyone's heads buzz. If others were ten decibels, Xiao Yun's was a hundred.

Iruka could not help frowning. What was going on?

Before he could react, another deafening sound rang out. Screech~!

The sound of metal scraping against glass made everyone's skin crawl. It was clearly louder and harsher than the first.

Iruka's brow furrowed even tighter. That should not have happened. The Chakra Detector was supposed to make a crisp, pleasant sound. Why did it sound so awful?

Still, Xiao Yun should have reached his limit. He had deliberately gone easy on him with those first two sounds.

At that moment, the Chakra Detector's panel displayed a faint bluish-green glow. Then came three more screeches—each louder than the last!

"Wow! It's actually Wood Chakra!"

"And it's fifth-level purity! Xiao Yun is freaking amazing!"

"Wood Chakra! Konoha hasn't seen such a rare Chakra attribute in years!"

Everyone chimed in, and the looks they gave Xiao Yun turned jealous. With talent like that, he could easily be taken on as a disciple by an Elite Jonin.

Iruka's brows had nearly knitted together as he stared fixedly at Xiao Yun. He had never expected Xiao Yun to possess fifth-level purity Wood Chakra.

What did Wood Chakra signify?

Anyone with even a little common sense knew it meant he was fully capable of learning the Wood Release ninjutsu of Senju Hashirama, the God of Shinobi. Though he could not reach Senju Hashirama's heights, this was still absolutely tremendous news for Konoha.

"Is that all?"

After waiting several dozen seconds without another sound from the Chakra Detector, Iruka excitedly walked up to Xiao Yun. "Xiao Yun, fifth-level purity Wood Chakra, I..."

Screech!

Before Iruka could finish, he was interrupted by another enormous sound.

Wow!

The students in the classroom all gasped in amazement.

Iruka rubbed his eyes hard. An illusion! It had to be an illusion!

Sixth-level purity Wood Chakra—what kind of concept was that? Even Senju Hashirama had only possessed seventh-level purity Wood Chakra.

Could this person's Wood Release talent be close to catching up to the God of Shinobi's?

Iruka shook his head, then stared at Xiao Yun again and muttered, "I can't see anything extraordinary about him. Has my discerning eye gone blind?"

Screech!

Seven sounds!

The thunderous noise echoed through the classroom, and wisps of white smoke had begun rising from the Chakra Detector.

This was Wood Release talent comparable to Senju Hashirama's!

Iruka was dumbfounded. Heaven was blessing Konoha! Tears shimmered in his clouded eyes, and his body could not stop trembling.

Inside the classroom

At the same time, many Konoha higher-ups were alerted. Every incoming student selection was a major matter the Konoha leadership closely monitored, usually through video links.

Hokage Office

"Kakashi, bring this Xiao Yun to me at once. No, forget it. This old man will go himself!"

An old man wearing the Hokage Straw Hat tossed aside his smoking pipe.

Anbu

"Nobuhiko, make sure you bring this person to the Anbu. I will train him personally."

A man with his left eye covered and bandages wrapped all over his body spoke coldly.

Hyuga Clan

"Hyuuga Tenin, no matter what method you use, recruit this person into our Hyuga Clan. Forget it, send your older sister, Hyuga Yumi, instead. After all, no man can refuse a woman with such a generous bosom!"

"Oh, and bring your younger sister too. One innocent, one sexy... Forget it, bring all the women of the Hyuga Clan. Whichever one he likes, give her to him. Remember, even the married ones must go!"

"My lord is wise!"

Ninja Training Class

Screech!

The Chakra Detector let out another earth-shaking sound.

Everyone was numb by now. If they had still felt a trace of jealousy toward Xiao Yun before, now they felt nothing but wholehearted admiration.

Human nature was strange. When someone was only a little better than you, you would wildly envy them. But when they were a billion times better, you would unconsciously admire them.

Eighth-level purity Wood Chakra—that was even more incredible than Senju Hashirama.

Of course, one person's eyes in the classroom revealed incomparable jealousy—Sasuke Uchiha!

After all, he was also a one-in-ten-thousand genius and had the right to be jealous of Xiao Yun.

Crackle!

At that moment, the Chakra Detector finally emitted a thick cloud of white smoke before spontaneously combusting.

What the hell? Even the Chakra Detector could not measure his talent anymore? Was eighth-level purity Wood Chakra not even his limit?

What kind of monster was this guy?

"Iruka-sensei, look! I told you this thing was broken! How could he possibly have eighth-level talent? Damn it!"

Naruto, still stunned, jumped up and pointed at Xiao Yun as he shouted.

"Yeah, yeah. This Chakra Detector must be busted!"

Even Sasuke, who had remained calm throughout, stood up and echoed him.

Iruka thought about it. There really was such a possibility. After all, eighth-level purity Wood Chakra talent was truly something seen once in ten thousand years.

Fortunately, I have a spare Chakra Detector.

"Sasuke, Naruto, test yourselves again!"

With that, Iruka took the detector and walked over to Sasuke.

Screech~ Six sounds in succession: sixth-level purity Lightning Chakra!

"Let me try too!"

Naruto rushed impatiently before Iruka and snatched the detector away.

One minute passed.

Two minutes passed.

Three minutes passed.

"Bastard, Iruka-sensei, this one's broken too!"

Naruto widened his eyes and angrily pointed at the detector.

Iruka smiled faintly and ignored Naruto. He picked up the detector and walked over to Xiao Yun.

"Xiao-sang, please test yourself again."

Screech~

Eight sounds in succession, exactly as before, each louder than the last. This time, however, the Chakra Detector did not explode.

Eighth-level purity Wood Chakra!

That was right!

"Heaven bless Konoha!"

Iruka excitedly grabbed Xiao Yun's hand and said to everyone, "Xiao Yun, eighth-level purity Wood Chakra talent, I..."

"Sorry, sensei, I'm not finished yet!"

Xiao Yun interrupted Iruka.

Screech!

The Chakra Detector let out another deafening sound.

Nine sounds?

It was actually nine sounds?

Everyone was completely petrified, especially Iruka. He was truly too fortunate today to witness the birth of a super genius. What did nine sounds mean?

Nine sounds meant... honestly, he did not know what nine sounds meant, because to this day, no one in the Ninja World had ever possessed such talent.

"I, Hiruzen Sarutobi, hereby solemnly announce in the name of the Hokage that Xiao Yun is Konoha's Number One Genius, with status equal to Konoha's Second Master!"

Just as everyone stood there dumbfounded, an elderly man wearing the Hokage Straw Hat walked in...