This Is Too Discouraging

Feeling the warmth from the palm.

Lin You was a bit bewildered.

How had this prodigy changed his tune in just a minute?

"What... what do you mean?"

Qin Feng stammered, unable to squeeze out a single word for a long time.

But the Lin Family members nearby understood clearly.

Lin Tao laughed heartily.

"What he means is."

"He can't beat you right now, so he has to go back and rethink things!"

Qin Feng's face turned red.

The dignity of a prodigy wouldn't let him bow his head.

But this guy...

Was too much of a beast!

It would take him at least five minutes to handle that genius from Mount Cloud Star.

Yet this Lin You.

Finished him in under a minute.

Wasn't that more than five times stronger than himself?

Thinking this, Qin Feng clenched his fists.

No wonder he was someone the Everlasting Family had their eyes on.

Truly terrifyingly strong.

"Lin You!"

"Don't get too cocky."

"Even though you're much stronger than me now, my cultivation advances a thousand miles a day!"

"If we meet in the finals, I'll have reached the Ninefold Heaven of the Five Qi Towards Origin Realm!"

"By then, you'll definitely be no match for me!"

After Qin Feng said this.

He didn't want to stay a second longer and slunk away with the Qin Family members.

But inside, he was already cursing.

Where the hell did this prodigy come from!

That clean, decisive suppression with cultivation!

At least the Threefold Heaven of the True Core Realm.

Eighteen years old!

What a joke!

He'd been absorbing the essence of heaven and earth since the womb.

His cultivation speed was several times faster than ordinary people.

And yet he was still left in the dust.

Truly, there is always a sky beyond the sky!

With that thought, Qin Feng quickly finished his own battle.

Advanced to the next round.

And began secluded cultivation.

"Lin You, I'll make you understand."

"Why a prodigy is called a prodigy!"

"It's because my cultivation speed is far too fast for ordinary people!"

Inside the Lin Family.

"You'er, awesome!"

Lin Tao gave a thumbs up, his face full of pride.

He'd originally thought the Lin Family had no hope this time.

But who would've guessed.

Three days.

Lin You had gone from an ordinary mortal straight to the True Core Realm.

It was simply inconceivable.

The Eighth Elder puffed up with pride: "What did I say? I knew You'er had it in him since he was a kid!"

The Sixth Elder immediately called him out: "Cut it out. Weren't you the one who launched the Stud Plan?"

The Eighth Elder was instantly struck speechless, mumbling weakly:

"Well, who knew?"

"Back when he had no cultivation... wasn't it just about getting an heir early?"

"Otherwise, once his cultivation got too high, he wouldn't even be able to have kids..."

Second Elder Lin Dong shot them both an exasperated glare.

His gaze toward Lin You was filled with pride.

"My Lin Family's Kirin Son."

"Second to none!"

"The Supreme Bone and Twin Pupils geniuses were both scared stiff today."

"You'er, give your uncles the bottom line."

"What realm are you actually at?"

Lin You steadied himself. He didn't want to waste a single second.

He just wanted to get to training.

That genius was waiting to take revenge—every second he wasted was another risk of becoming a monkey!

"Second Uncle."

"Nothing much, just the fourth layer of the True Core Realm."

"Gotta go—I need to train!"

With that.

Lin You plunged straight into the cultivation chamber.

And began a ten-thousand-fold accelerated frenzy of training.

Lin Tao's face was full of satisfaction.

"Youth is wonderful—full of drive."

"When talent can't decide the winner, hard work becomes the only deciding factor."

"For You'er to understand this at such a young age."

"I'm truly relieved. It does justice to his father's spirit in heaven."

The elders all nodded in unison.

This time, Lin You had given them an immense surprise.

A Sixth-grade Family.

Maybe it was really coming!

After the satisfaction faded.

The elders seemed to snap back to reality.

The Eighth Elder let out a wail like a ghost howling.

"What the hell?"

"What realm did You'er just say he was at?"

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"The fourth layer of the True Core Realm."

"What's wrong, Eighth?"

As the words fell.

Suddenly...

The hall fell into a dead silence.

"The..."

"The fourth layer of the True Core Realm?"

"Is You'er trying to defy heaven? In all the thousands of years across the entire Seventh-grade Universe, has anyone ever seen an eighteen-year-old at the fourth layer of the True Core Realm!?"

Lin Dong stammered, his fingers trembling.

He had been completely caught up in the excitement of Lin You advancing to the next round and bringing glory to the Lin Family.

But he had overlooked the fact that Lin You had broken through again.

"What kind of cosmic joke is this!"

"Wasn't You'er only just breaking through to the True Core Realm yesterday?"

Lin Tao was also dumbfounded.

He slapped his own forehead in disbelief.

It all felt as unreal as a dream.

"One day?"

"Breaking through three minor realms!"

"???"

Lin Tao stood frozen in place, his gaze seeking help from his brothers.

He wanted to hear a different answer from them.

To prove he hadn't lost his mind yet.

But after looking around, he found that his brothers were even more bewildered than he was.

The Eighth Elder stammered, "At eighteen... I think I was only at the Innate Realm..."

The Sixth Elder instinctively sneered, "With talent like yours, the Innate Realm is about right."

The Eighth Elder turned his head stiffly.

"And what cultivation were you at when you were eighteen?"

The Sixth Elder: "...Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown."

--Boom.

Another explosion rang out in everyone's hearts.

Between Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown and the True Core Realm, there was still the Five Qi Towards Origin Realm.

Calling it a world of difference wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Immediately after, everyone turned their pleading gazes to Lin Dong.

As the most talented among the Lin Family brothers, he was the only one they could look to for answers.

Trying to explain why Lin You was so heaven-defying.

"Second Brother, what about you?"

Lin Dong: "...Five Qi Towards Origin, first layer."

"Compared to You'er, I'm not even worth a fart."

First Elder Lin Tao quickly realized something was wrong.

A grave expression appeared on his face.

"Not good!"

"With You'er breaking through like this, I'm afraid his foundation has been damaged."

"Let me go check on him; at the very least, I need to protect his path!"

Everyone nodded.

"Big Brother, go quickly."

Lin Tao flashed over to the secret chamber door.

He pushed it open and entered.

Everyone craned their necks, staring eagerly.

Two minutes later.

Lin Tao walked back out.

He carefully closed the secret chamber door, a fawning smile on his face.

Muttering to himself, "Good, good, good."

"You cultivate well. This old man won't disturb you."

--Bang...

The door closed.

Everyone: "Big brother, how is it?"

"Is You'er's foundation solid?"

Brother Tao wore an expression of utter despair.

He stiffly turned his head.

Looking at his brothers, he spoke mechanically like a puppet on strings:

"I don't know."

"I hadn't even checked yet when he 'whooshed' and sucked up all the spirit stones in front of him."

"Then he called me Brother Tao and yanked the storage pouch off my waist."

Brother Tao shifted his body—the pouch there was long gone.

Everyone: "And then? How did you end up out here?"

Brother Tao spread his hands. "I don't know either."

"I just felt..."

"Like he didn't need me to protect him. The moment he pulled off the pouch."

"He broke through."

"It was easier for him than drinking water."

What the hell?

Another breakthrough?

Are you kidding me?

Everyone nearly spat blood.

They turned their final gaze to Second Brother Lin Dong.

A breakthrough was a good thing.

But this speed shattered their understanding.

They feared Lin You might run into trouble.

"Second brother... maybe you should go check again?"

"You're both geniuses..."

Lin Dong shook his head frantically at this, shrinking back into a corner.

"No way, I'd rather die than go!"

"Back in the day, I was considered someone special."

"This is just too damn demoralizing!"

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