Feeling the warmth radiating from his palm.
Lin You looked slightly bewildered.
How could this prodigy change his tune after just a minute?
"What... what do you mean?"
Qin Feng stammered, unable to squeeze out a single fart for the longest time.
Yet the Lin Family members off to the side understood crystal clear.
Lin Tao laughed out loud.
"He means."
"Since he can't beat you right now, he has to go back and rethink things!"
Qin Feng's face turned beet red.
A prodigy's pride would not allow him to bow his head.
Yet this guy...
He was too much of an absolute beast!
Handling that Mount Cloud Star prodigy on his own took him at least five minutes.
Yet this Lin You.
Settled it in under a minute.
Wasn't he more than five times stronger than him?
Thinking of this, Qin Feng clenched his fists.
He truly lived up to being someone the Everlasting Family had their eyes on.
He really was terrifyingly strong.
"Lin You!"
"Don't get cocky just yet."
"Even though you're much stronger than me right now, my cultivation progresses by leaps and bounds!"
"If we meet in the finals, I will have reached the ninth tier of the Five Qi Towards Origin Realm!"
"By then, you certainly won't be a match for me!"
After saying his piece.
Qin Feng refused to linger for even a second, tucking his tail between his legs as he hurriedly led the Qin Family members away.
Only, deep down, he was already cursing up a storm.
Where in the world did this prodigy jump out from!
That neat and clean cultivation suppression!
It was at least the third tier of the True Core Realm.
At eighteen years old!
Are you kidding me!
He had been absorbing the essence of heaven and earth right from his mother's womb.
His cultivation speed was several times faster than ordinary people.
And yet he was still left in the dust by his opponent.
Truly, there was always someone better!
Thinking of this, Qin Feng quickly finished off his own battle.
Advancing to the next round.
He began closed-door cultivation!
"Lin You, I'm going to make you know."
"Why a prodigy is called a prodigy!"
"It's simply because the speed at which I cultivate is far too much faster than ordinary people!"
Inside the Lin Family.
"You'er, you're strong!"
Lin Tao gave a thumbs up, his face brimming with smugness.
He had originally thought the Lin Family stood no hope this time.
Yet who would have thought.
In three days' time.
Lin You had gone from a mere mortal to the True Core Realm.
It was simply mind-boggling.
Eighth Elder said smugly: "What did I tell you? I knew You'er had it in him ever since he was a kid!"
Sixth Elder immediately debunked him: "Spare us, wasn't the Stud Plan your initiative?"
Eighth Elder was instantly rendered speechless, muttering timidly:
"How was I supposed to know..."
"When he had no cultivation... isn't that the time to start carrying on the family line earlier..."
"Otherwise once your cultivation gets high, you won't even be able to have kids if you want to..."
Second Elder Lin Dong glared at the two of them with annoyance.
The gaze he cast toward Lin You was filled with boundless pride.
"The Kirin Son of my Lin Family."
"Is inferior to no one!"
"Prodigies with the Supreme Bone and Twin Pupils were scared out of their wits today."
"You'er, give your uncles the bottom line."
"What realm are you truly at?"
Lin You steadied his nerves; he didn't want to waste even a single second.
He just wanted to hurry back to cultivation.
That prodigy was waiting to exact his revenge, and every extra second he wasted increased his risk of ending up as a monkey!
"Second Uncle."
"Not high, the fourth tier of the True Core Realm or so."
"No time to chat, I must hurry and cultivate!"
With that said.
Lin You dove headfirst into the secret chamber.
And began his crazed cultivation accelerated by ten thousand times.
Lin Tao wore a look of gratification.
"Youth is truly wonderful, full of drive."
"When talent cannot be distinguished by levels, hard work becomes the sole decisive factor."
"For You'er to understand this principle at such a tender age."
"I am deeply gratified, and it can be considered living up to the departed spirit of his father."
The elders all nodded in unison.
Lin You had truly given them an enormous surprise this time.
A sixth-grade family.
Perhaps it was really within reach!
After the initial wave of gratification.
It was only then that the crowd seemed to snap back to reality.
Eighth Elder let out a shriek as if howling ghosts and wailing gods.
"What on earth?"
"What realm did You'er just say he was at?"
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"Old Eight, what's wrong with you?"
As his voice trailed off.
Suddenly...
The great hall plunged into a dead silence.
"True..."
"True Core Realm fourth tier?"
"Is You'er trying to defy the heavens? Looking across the entire Seventh-grade Universe, exhausting the span of several thousand years for people like us."
"Have any of us ever witnessed the fourth tier of the True Core Realm at eighteen years old!?"
Lin Dong asked in utter bewilderment, his very fingers trembling.
Previously, he had been completely immersed in the atmosphere of Lin You advancing to the next round and bringing glory to the Lin Family.
That he had overlooked the fact that Lin You had broken through once more.
"Are you kidding me across the stellar domains!"
"Didn't You'er just break through to the True Core Realm yesterday?"
Lin Tao was dumbfounded as well.
He slapped his own forehead in sheer disbelief.
Feeling as though everything were as illusory as a dream.
"In a single day?"
"He broke through three minor realms!"
"???"
Lin Tao stood frozen in place, his gaze turning imploringly toward his sworn brothers.
Hoping to hear a different answer from their lips.
To prove to himself that he hadn't grown senile yet.
Yet after sweeping his gaze around.
He found that his brothers looked even more bewildered than he was.
Eighth Elder spoke haltingly: "At eighteen... I think I was only at the Innate Realm..."
Sixth Elder reflexively sneered;
"With your kind of talent, the Innate Realm is about right."
Eighth Elder stiffly turned his head around.
"Then what realm were you at eighteen?"
Sixth Elder: "...Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown."
--Boom.
Everyone's minds suffered yet another violent explosion.
Between Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown and the True Core Realm, there was still the Five Qi Returning to the Origin Realm in between.
To call it a gulf as wide as heaven and earth would be no exaggeration.
Immediately following that,
The crowd cast pleading gazes toward Lin Dong.
As the one with the highest talent among the Lin Family band of brothers.
The answer could only be sought from him.
Attempting to explain why Lin You was so defies-the-heavens heaven-defying.
"Second Brother, you?"
Lin Dong: "...Five Qi Returning to the Origin... first tier."
"Compared to You'er, I'm not even worth a fart."
First Elder Lin Tao quickly realized that something was amiss.
A grave expression surfaced on his face.
"Not good!"
"If You'er breaks through like this, I'm afraid it will ruin his foundation."
"This old man shall go investigate at once, and at the very least act as his guardian!"
The elders nodded.
"Big Brother, go quickly."
With a single flash, Lin Tao arrived before the secret chamber.
He pushed the door open and entered.
The others stretched out their necks, watching with eager anticipation.
Two minutes later.
Lin Tao walked back out.
He carefully closed the door to the secret chamber, a ingratiating smile plastered across his face.
Muttering under his breath.
"Good, good, good."
"Cultivate properly, this old man won't disturb you any longer."
--Bang...
The heavy doors shut.
The group: "Big Brother, how did it go?"
"Is You'er's foundation firm?"
A hopeless expression hung across Lin Tao's face.
He stiffened and turned his head.
Looking toward his brothers, he spoke mechanically like a marionette on strings:
"I don't know."
"I hadn't even checked yet before he swooshed and sucked dry the spirit stones in front of him."
"Then he called me Brother Tao and ripped the storage bag right off my waist."
Lin Tao turned his side, where the storage bag had long since vanished without a trace.
The group: "And then? Why did you come out?"
Lin Tao spread his hands. "I don't know either."
"I just felt..."
"It's like he doesn't need me to guard his Dao path. The moment he pulled off that storage bag."
"He broke through."
"It was even simpler than drinking water."
What kind of nonsense is this?
He broke through again!
Are you messing with me!
The crowd collectively spat blood.
They cast their final gazes toward the second brother, Lin Dong.
Breaking through was a good thing.
Yet this speed was so fast it shattered all perception.
They were terrified Lin You might suffer some mishap.
"Second Brother... why don't you go take a look?"
"The two of you are both geniuses..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Dong shook his head frantically, shrinking his body back and hiding in a corner.
"I'm not going, I'd rather die than go!"
"Back in the day, I was considered quite the figure myself."
"It's just too damn devastating to one's confidence!"
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