May 15th, full moon.
Deng Jiaxuan of Sword Roaring the Heavens sat on his couch, his face sickly, three sheets of paper pinched in his hand. Looking at those three sheets, his brows were drawn together so tightly they could have crushed a mosquito, and he looked deeply troubled.
"What is it?" Chen Jingyun sat opposite him, holding a bowl of tea. "Xin Yue's results in the April monthly exam were quite good."
Deng Jiaxuan rubbed his temples. "This year's disciples are all very good."
"That is indeed so." Though his tone resembled that of a farmer discussing a bountiful harvest, Chen Jingyun had always been expressionless. The Myriad Dharma Sect grandmaster said, "The Ai Family of Liedian and the Bo Family of Baling are both excellent. There are also quite a few outstanding disciples from minor clans and Rogue Cultivator backgrounds. Wu Shiqin, for instance, may become a True Disciple of the Returning to One Alliance."
"Cough, cough... you know what I mean." Deng Jiaxuan handed two of the sheets in his hand to Chen Jingyun. "There is another one. An exceptionally outstanding one."
The three sheets recorded the December and April monthly exam results of Xin Yue, Leiyang, and Langde Immortal Academies.
"This Wang Qi is even more outstanding than Ai Changyuan and Bo Xiaoya."
Chen Jingyun set down his tea bowl and shook his head. "There is no need to look at those. What you should really look at is this. Once you see it, you'll understand."
Chen Jingyun retrieved several papers from his portable calculator and handed them to Deng Jiaxuan.
"<Abstract Space Differential Heavenly Origin Formula, the Concept, Existence, and Other Results of Integral Heavenly Origin Formula Extremal Solutions><Nonlinear Change-Sky Formula and Summary of Its Properties>... What are these?"
"Papers Wang Qi submitted from January