Changes Over Thirty Years

"Who was that? Why was he so arrogant?" someone asked.

"You don't even know him? He's Ye Xiwen of Hidden Star Peak!"

"Hiss, so he's that Ye Xiwen. How terrifying. Even from so far away, I could still feel an incomparably powerful aura pressing down on me. I could barely breathe!"

"Exactly. He's absolutely terrifying. They say that several decades ago, he already killed several Half-Step Transcendent Realm experts. After thirty years of secluded cultivation, who knows how powerful he has become!"

"That can't be, can it? No matter what, it's only been thirty years. Even if the school poured all its resources into cultivating him, he couldn't have made such terrifying progress!" the man said skeptically.

"Just think about how long he's cultivated, and you'll understand. He's only a little over a hundred years old. What were we doing when we were over a hundred? We were merely Legends, yet even that was enough for many people to call us geniuses. As for Half-Step Transcendent Realm experts, they were legends we had never even seen. They say he's being groomed as the next Hidden Star Master. He'll definitely become one of the next generation's giants of our school. The new Palace Lord, Huang Wuji, is even his senior brother. What was wrong with someone like that being a little arrogant?"

"That's true. I saw him fight in that battle thirty years ago, but he wasn't this terrifying then. Over these thirty years, his strength has improved tremendously again!"

"Why does he still look like he's only at the Great Saint Realm? He doesn't seem to be at the Half-Step Transcendent Realm. Could the rumors be wrong?"

"How could that be? For an expert of that level, we aren't even qualified to look up at him. It's perfectly normal that