If things were truly as Old Jia said, then this martial art was insanely awesome.
But Shi Tiexin was no fool. If Old Jia's "Superstate Divine Skill" were really that formidable, Liang Group would have poured manpower and resources into it on a massive scale themselves. It might even have become the next big trend.
Those with connections, ability, and access would have moved heaven and earth to stuff their own protégés into the team, all to freeload a top-tier divine skill. Why would Old Jia need to rush over personally to scout for experimental material?
Surely, some part of it had hit a bottleneck—or perhaps its success was still a distant, distant prospect—such that Liang Group had no faith in it at all.
"Teacher Jia, how far has your Superstate Divine Skill progressed? Are there any actual cases?"
At that, Old Jia sighed. "Tiexin, I came today with my utmost sincerity. Naturally, I won't fool you. Our project has yet to produce any practical cases. The Superstate Divine Skill is stuck at the threshold between concept and reality."
You Dongli, the graduate student who had been sitting beside them all along, immediately chimed in. "That's because the quality of those volunteers was too low. They couldn't meet the minimum standard for cultivating the Superstate Divine Skill. But Tiexin is an outstanding talent, brilliant and gifted beyond measure. He'll definitely be fine."
For a Third Heavenly Layer expert to be driven to flatter a newly met Second Heavenly Layer junior like this, the problems this team faced were clearly no small matter.
Shi Tiexin pressed on. "Why were those volunteers unable to cultivate the Superstate Divine Skill?"
You Dongli said, "There are many reasons. The volunteers lacked comprehension, their understanding was insufficient, their control was weak, their physical fitness was