Ye Xian'er: How come I don't know?

Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple. The seven colors flashed by without pause. Although Huo Shui possessed top-tier purple talent, hers was only a light purple. It had slowly climbed from blue to purple. Ye Tianyi, however, had gone through it all in one go, reaching the purple talent level without any hesitation! Moreover, the purple radiance was in no way inferior to Ye Xian'er's.

Everyone was stunned! Huo Shui froze on the spot, as did Ye Xian'er and Shi Jiayi, who watched the scene with great surprise!

She could see Ye Tianyi's cultivation realm, but at nineteen years old, being only at Body Refining Realm Stage One hardly counted as genius, right? Why would he possess top-tier purple talent?

Ye Xian'er's beautiful eyes were filled with disbelief...

This... how could it be possible?

However, in the next moment, an even more astonishing scene unfolded...

Bang--

The Star Fortune Stone beneath Ye Tianyi's palm exploded, turning into a pile of powder as the purple light simultaneously dissipated.

Everyone: ???

"Holy crap! What's going on? Did it... did it explode?"

"No, even if it exploded, what was that just now? Purple Full Talent? Ye Tianyi? Crazy."

"It must be fake! Him, a trash, having purple full talent? I'd sooner believe my mother's pig got pregnant by my brother."

"..."

Everyone muttered amongst themselves.

The school officials were also shocked. They had never encountered such a situation before! Li Boren was even more dumbfounded.

"Hey."

Ye Tianyi withdrew his hand and then looked towards the instructors with Li Boren. He said, "Your Heavenly Water Academy is, after all, a top academy in Heavenly Water Holy City. You can't be selling fake and shoddy products, can you? If my tender, fair hands were injured by this explosion, you'd have to compensate me."

Upon hearing Ye Tianyi's words, the corners of everyone's mouths twitched involuntarily.

Ye Tianyi was also confused. Why did it explode? His luck was truly terrible. He had originally hoped to see if he could at least get a blue-level glow.

This Star Fortune Stone was used to assess talent based on comprehensive ability. At Body Refining Realm Stage One at nineteen years old, it was clearly impossible for him to have a purple glow, so Ye Tianyi also thought it was broken.

"Broken?"

Shi Jiayi pondered slightly. In all her years, she had never seen a Star Fortune Stone break before.

Lin Changtian also breathed a sigh of relief.

"You scared me. I thought this Ye Tianyi had purple full talent. So it was broken, hahaha."

Lin Changtian chuckled lightly.

"I almost thought the sun rose from the west."

Huo Shui also breathed a sigh of relief.

Why was she so nervous? This Ye Tianyi clearly couldn't have that high of a talent.

"Everyone wait a moment, this Star Fortune Stone has probably been used too many times and has quality issues. A new Star Fortune Stone will be brought up immediately!"

Qin Chao said.

Not long after, an instructor walked up with a new Star Fortune Stone and placed it on the table.

"Alright, Ye Tianyi, test it again."

Qin Chao looked at Ye Tianyi and said.

Ye Tianyi nodded and placed his hand on the Star Fortune Stone once more.

Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple...

BANG--

The next second, the Star Fortune Stone exploded again.

Everyone: ???

What's going on? It couldn't be this coincidental, could it? Two in a row have quality issues? But the first one didn't have problems when others used it before.

"What the hell? Your Heavenly Water Academy is too greedy! This Young Master might have a bad reputation, but I haven't harmed your Heavenly Water Academy. Are you trying to blow me to death?"

Ye Tianyi said unhappily.

With this happening again, those people started to feel something was off.

"That's not true. Wait a moment, bring another new Star Fortune Stone!"

Li Boren said.

Soon, another new Star Fortune Stone was brought up.

"Qin Chao, test this Star Fortune Stone first to see if there are any problems."

Li Boren said to Qin Chao.

"Yes, Dean."

Then Qin Chao walked over.

Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple... The light stopped at a dazzling purple.

"Okay, now we can confirm this Star Fortune Stone is fine. Ye Tianyi, try again!"

Li Boren said to Ye Tianyi.

"If you blow it up on me again, watch out, I'll get your granddaughter!"

Ye Tianyi said, his face dark, shaking his slightly numb right hand.

Li Boren: "..."

Everyone: "..."

Then Ye Tianyi placed his hand on the Star Fortune Stone again.

Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple...

BOOM--

Everyone: ???

"Holy crap! What the hell? It exploded again?"

"No, what kind of god of misfortune is this Ye Tianyi? Why does it explode whenever he touches it, but it's fine when others touch it?"

"Could it be that Ye Tianyi is deliberately destroying the Star Fortune Stone? No, even the power of the Profound Heaven Realm can't destroy a Star Fortune Stone, so why does it keep exploding in Ye Tianyi's hands?"

"..."

For the third time in a row, Ye Tianyi felt something was wrong...

Everyone was confused.

"I understand!"

At this moment, Li Bang suddenly shouted, and everyone inexplicably turned their gaze to him.

"It's Brother Ye! Brother Ye's talent is too strong! It has broken through the appraisal limit of the Star Fortune Stone, causing the Star Fortune Stone to explode! I knew it, I knew Brother Ye had been hiding his strength all these years. He's actually more powerful and more talented than all of you!"

Ye Xian'er: ???

How come I don't know about this?

Ye Tianyi: ???

I'm TM hiding?

I'm TM really a Weak Chicken! Big Brother, aren't you being a bit too chuunibyou?

But...

Wait!

God-Level Cultivation Talent!

Ye Tianyi suddenly realized something. His cultivation realm might not be high for his age, but the system had previously given him God-Level Cultivation Talent. The Star Fortune Stone could only appraise up to Purple Full Talent at its highest. A Star Fortune Stone that even the Profound Heaven Realm couldn't destroy certainly couldn't be destroyed by him. The only explanation was... his talent was too high, exceeding the appraisal limit of the Star Fortune Stone, causing it to explode...

What Li Bang said, though perhaps a bit chuunibyou, might have revealed the truth.

Although Li Bang's seemingly unintentional words drew countless sighs and laughter from the students, they enlightened many of the powerful individuals present.

Shi Jiayi's beautiful eyes suddenly lit up.

Right! She remembered a record on the continent stating that even the power of the Profound Heaven Realm couldn't shatter a Star Fortune Stone. However, if your talent surpassed the appraisal limit of the Star Fortune Stone, it would explode! But Ye Tianyi's talent...

Could it be that he had truly been hiding all these years? Yet, she could see his cultivation realm clearly.

"Brother Ye, you were once a young master of the Four Great Families in Heavenly Water Holy City. But later, the Ye family was massacred by an unknown force. Therefore, even though you possess top-tier cultivation talent, you've been deliberately hiding yourself all these years to avoid attracting the attention of hidden enemies. You've made everyone see you as trash, but in reality, you were just waiting to become powerful. And today, Brother Ye, you're not going to hide anymore because you've definitely become strong. Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Don't bully the poor young man. I guessed it was like this long ago."

Li Bang looked at Ye Xian'er and continued, "Senior Sister Ye Xian'er, you are Brother Ye's sister. You must know all of this, right? You came today specifically to witness Brother Ye's King's Return with everyone, didn't you?"

Ye Tianyi: ???

Ye Xian'er: ???

Everyone: ???

Tonight, the contract status should be updated. With the signing editor, phew... one less worry! Sob sob sob, to celebrate the upcoming contract for this book, can the young ladies give me a kiss? Sob sob sob, no cross-dressing big shots.