Everyone had assumed Cui Hao would be stuck at the consummate Mortal Martial stage for a year or two, just like everyone else.
Or perhaps he would fail once or twice while attempting the breakthrough, then try a third or fourth time before finally entering Clear Force with great difficulty.
With mediocre aptitude, the greater possibility was that he would never enter Clear Force at all.
Lin Da trembled all over with excitement. The way he looked at Cui Hao was almost fanatically worshipful and reverent.
From the very lowest Mortal Martial stage, he had charged all the way into Clear Force!
This gave disciples like them, who also came from ordinary backgrounds and possessed only average aptitude, an incredibly clear and earth-shaking example—and hope!
Tu Yan, Gao Feng, Halan Sheng, Liu Yan, and the others likewise remained unable to dispel the astonishment in their eyes for a long time.
Li He had died young, Xiao Li had been crippled, yet Cui Hao—the one everyone had instinctively overlooked, and even quietly looked down on—had silently and steadfastly reached this point amid wave after wave of doubt and disregard!
Xu Dian struggled to control himself, but his voice still trembled slightly as he examined Cui Hao at close range and asked, "You... how did you break through?"
Xu Dian himself had been through it before and knew all too well how difficult, dangerous, and arduous a major breakthrough was.
When he had advanced from Mortal Martial to Clear Force, he had endured the painful tempering of two failed attempts. The feeling of his qi and blood surging backward and damaging his meridians remained vividly etched in his memory.
He simply could not imagine how a successful breakthrough—one so "smooth"—could have happened.
Cui Hao remained calm. He clasped his fists and bowed,