Maxing Out Proficiency, Grinding Until I Became the Sword Immortal of the Mortal World

It was like a fool's pipe dream.

Not everyone was Chu Huangyue, and not every genius had enough talent for alchemy.

To possess talent that ranked among the Human Race's very best and abundant aptitude for alchemy at the same time was no exaggeration to call a rarity among rarities.

A thousand years was a very limited span of time. How much talent would it take to cultivate both paths and reach the pinnacle in each?

Yun Shu didn't know. All he knew was that Chu Huangyue was the benchmark. In nearly every competition she entered, she took first place. In other words, he had only one opponent.

That was Chu Huangyue.

But it didn't really matter.

It sounded simple enough, didn't it?

Ming Zhu was quite impressed by his answer.

"Then I'll keep helping you turn people away," Ming Zhu said with a smile.

Yun Shu nodded and went inside.

There were only a few days left before the Grand Competition. There was no need to prepare too much; he could simply continue cultivating.

In the meantime, plenty of people came calling after hearing the news. But after being turned away at the door, all they could do was leave with a sigh.

Ming Zhu wasn't very polite, and he wasn't afraid of offending anyone.

But one thing was certain: he treated everyone that way.

Otherwise, he would have drawn retaliation long ago.

Even now, there were people who held a grudge against him.

Yun Shu didn't care.

Outside, this was a true gathering of the young prodigies. The top hundred young talents from every Great Domain were exceptionally capable, so it was only natural that people would try to recruit them.

Even Hundred Treasures Pavilion was recruiting people.

The ones approaching Ming Zhu were all formidable figures, each