Feng Qingcang's Sigh

Knock, knock—

"Come in!"

As soon as he spoke, the office door was pushed open. Seeing that it was Mo Hui, Feng Qingcang immediately smiled. "Mo Hui, what brings you here?"

These days, Feng Qingcang found Mo Hui more and more pleasing to the eye. Not only was he astonishingly gifted and talented, but he was also exceptionally diligent, unlike Feng Xiaotian, who became arrogant and complacent after achieving even the slightest success.

Moreover, over the past half year, with Mo Hui, the creator himself, personally instructing them, the group of teachers and students Feng Qingcang had selected had all mastered the Self-Created Soul Skill Air Blade. Some of the more outstanding ones had even reached the level of combining eight into one and had begun learning the more difficult Cutting Wind Wheel.

How could this not delight Feng Qingcang? As the first person at Godwind Academy to learn Mo Hui's two Self-Created Soul Skills, he understood better than anyone just how powerful they truly were.

Not only did their power rival many Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skills, but their consumption was far lower than that of ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skills. They could practically be described as having the consumption of a hundred-year soul skill with the power of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill, and their potential ceiling was extremely high.

Once the teachers and students of Godwind Academy had all learned these two Self-Created Soul Skills, Godwind Academy would surely widen the gap between itself and the other Four Elements Academy and become the undisputed number one Elemental Academy.

The more Feng Qingcang thought about it, the more he felt that trading the Wind Stabilizing Pearl and Mo Hui for these two Self-Created Soul Skills was the most worthwhile deal he had ever made in his life.

"I heard that the Five Elements Academy Exchange Conference is tomorrow. Should this afternoon's scheduled lesson be postponed?"

After walking up to Feng Qingcang, Mo Hui asked.

Hearing this, Feng Qingcang immediately slapped his forehead. "Oh! I've been so busy these past few days that I nearly forgot. During the Academy Exchange Conference, you won't need to teach, Mo Hui. As for your pay, I'll still give it to you."

"No need to teach? Understood."

Mo Hui nodded after hearing Feng Qingcang's words.

Getting paid without having to work was the best possible outcome for Mo Hui.

Just as Mo Hui was about to turn and leave, Feng Qingcang suddenly said, "Oh, right, Mo Hui. During the Five Elements Academy Exchange Conference, put your cultivation on hold for now and stay with me."

Feng Qingcang both loved and hated Mo Hui's obsession with cultivation. Having a clear goal and working hard toward it was naturally a good thing, but Mo Hui seemed a little too hardworking.

Many times, Feng Qingcang wanted to talk to Mo Hui about something, only to find him cultivating in the core region of Hurricane Canyon. It was quite helpless.

Feng Qingcang knew that if he did not stop Mo Hui, Mo Hui would most likely hide himself away in Hurricane Canyon again and not emerge until the exchange conference was over and classes resumed.

Hearing this, Mo Hui's gaze flickered. Staring at Feng Qingcang, he asked, "Headmaster, what are you trying to do?"

"I'm not trying to do anything. I just want you to stay with me these next few days."

Facing Mo Hui's direct stare, Feng Qingcang merely smiled faintly.

"If you simply need someone to accompany you, wouldn't Feng Xiaotian be more suitable than me?" Mo Hui countered.

"Of course I'll be bringing Xiaotian too, but you have to go as well!"

Feng Qingcang spoke righteously. "The five academies are close allies. As Godwind Academy's finest students, how can you and Xiaotian not go meet the people from the other academies?"

Is he treating me as his successor? But I don't want that!

Mo Hui sighed helplessly. "Headmaster, you know I don't like this sort of thing."

"I know, but you have to face it eventually, don't you? Starting earlier isn't a bad thing. It won't delay you for long. Don't tell me you plan to keep cultivating until you become a Titled Douluo before showing yourself to the world?"

As he spoke, Feng Qingcang felt rather speechless. He did not know what this little fellow was hesitating over. The upper ranks and elite students of the major academies were all rare and valuable connections. If it were anyone else, they would be desperate to show their faces before them, yet this little fellow actually looked unwilling.

Could it be that this little fellow truly wanted to lie low until he became a Titled Douluo before entering the world? For Titled Douluo, who could be counted on one's fingers, such connections really were optional.

"Enough, it's settled. Get some proper rest today. Tomorrow morning, I'll have Teacher Feng Yan come wake you up."

Without waiting for Mo Hui to refuse, Feng Qingcang made the decision outright and then ushered Mo Hui out of the office.

After being thrown out, Mo Hui was both bewildered and helpless. He naturally knew that Feng Qingcang meant well, but he truly did not care much about those things. Besides, by bringing him so openly before others, was Feng Qingcang really not afraid that he would be poached?

Still, since Feng Qingcang had put it that way, it would not be appropriate for him to refuse too strongly. It was also a good opportunity to see what level the other prodigies of the Four Elements Academy had reached.

After all, in the original story, the teams from the Five Elements Academy were stronger than even Heaven Dou Royal Academy, though from Mo Hui's current perspective, none of them amounted to much.

"That kid!"

Sensing Mo Hui's departing footsteps, Feng Qingcang could not help smiling and shaking his head inside the office.

Faced with such a peerless genius who had suddenly appeared, Feng Qingcang naturally could not help but remain wary. Thus, he conducted a brief investigation into Mo Hui's family background.

What he found gave Feng Qingcang quite a fright.

Mo Hui had been exceptionally intelligent since childhood. At the age of three, his parents had been killed by bandits while traveling for business. Supported by the property they left behind and assistance from his uncle, he survived alone for three years.

At the age of six, he awakened the Mutated Sparrow Spirit Pidgey, with Innate Soul Power at level three. He then enrolled at Nuoding Academy and joined his uncle, Mo Hen. By the age of ten, he had reached level twenty-two and graduated early.

After graduating, he first went to Heaven Dou City, where he obtained investment from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. With the sect's help, he then enrolled in Godwind Academy. A year and a half later, he broke through to level thirty and became a Soul Elder.

The rest was not too remarkable, but what shocked Feng Qingcang most was that Mo Hui's Innate Soul Power had only been level three!

With Innate Soul Power of only level three, he had nevertheless reached level thirty-four by the age of twelve, advancing thirty-one levels in six years. What kind of concept was that?

Calling him a peerless genius was no exaggeration whatsoever, not to mention that Mo Hui had also developed two Self-Created Soul Skills in the process.

Though Feng Qingcang now knew that as long as one's control over Soul Power reached a certain level, these two Self-Created Soul Skills would come naturally, that only made him even more shocked.

Mo Hui was merely a child, yet his fine control over Soul Power far surpassed Feng Qingcang's own as an old Soul Sage. This could no longer be described with the word genius. Feng Qingcang was willing to call Mo Hui a monster, something inhuman.

Only after learning all this did Feng Qingcang understand why Mo Hui was so crazed over cultivation. Without such obsession, one could not survive; only someone like that could achieve such accomplishments.

Thinking of this, Feng Qingcang could not help sighing. "The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's eye for talent is as good as ever! It's a pity I met him too late. Otherwise..."