A normal Professional at Hua Xueyi's level would already count as a minor genius.
Her talent was first-rate, and she carried a tragic past and the hopes of her entire village. She could be considered the classic "Protagonist Identity" of legend. In fact, her friends had teased her about it plenty of times before.
Given how hard she worked—hard enough to risk her life—and her considerable talent, she should have reached her peak within three years of graduation, becoming one of the industry's ace pillars and making a name for herself. At that point, she should have been able to attempt a breakthrough to Tier Three!
Law Decree-level? If she succeeded before turning forty, there would truly be hope. But if she missed that peak period, that would more or less be the end of it. And if she forced a breakthrough, trained herself into madness, and tempered herself through actual combat... once her innate ability began to lose control, forty-five would probably mark the end of her life.
But now, at around twenty years old, she was Tier Four.
Three years ago, that would have made her a super genius capable of shocking the entire Ancient City.
Even so, Miss Lu, who had once loved calling her the "standard female protagonist," no longer said such things. Within Lu PingAn's team, in this era, such progress could only be described as fairly good.
This was neither an isolated case nor something unique to Lu PingAn's team.
The opening world had brought limitless opportunities and possibilities.
As far as Lu Mouren himself knew, some had ascended in a single step and become gods; some had gained inheritances from other worlds, leapt three tiers in succession, and entered the Rule-level directly; some had even changed species outright. Once everyone became "Traveler Hounds,"