Tricked Until They Couldn't Walk

"Pfft!" Hearing the near-defeated tone in Qin Huaian's voice, Yu Ruoxue could not help but laugh.

Of course, as things stood, Yu Ruoxue also considered Qin Huaian a genius. But hearing Qin Huaian say it himself somehow made it sound like he was poking fun at himself.

"What, does Fairy Yu not believe me?"

Yu Ruoxue said with a bright smile, "Fellow Daoist Qin, my grandfather says that I am the most gifted cultivator our family has produced in hundreds of thousands of years."

"I reached the mid-stage Heavenly Immortal Realm in less than a thousand years."

"From the Great Perfection of the Earth Immortal Realm to the mid-stage Heavenly Immortal Realm, I took less than fifty years. Even the president of the Four Seas Merchant Association praised my aptitude as being no inferior to the three great Golden Immortal prodigies of the Luo River World."

"And Fellow Daoist Qin, you went from the True Immortal Realm to the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Immortal Realm in merely sixty-odd years."

"I believe Fellow Daoist Qin is a peerless genius, but others may not."

Qin Huaian's expression turned grave. Yu Ruoxue was right. Even if he claimed that his aptitude was extraordinary, others might not believe him.

No matter how heaven-defying one's talent was, there ought to be a limit.

With Qin Huaian's cultivation speed, how were other geniuses supposed to think of themselves?

Most people would probably rather believe that Qin Huaian had encountered some tremendous opportunity or possessed some great secret that allowed him to cultivate so quickly.

If that were the case, he would inevitably fall into danger.

If others truly believed Qin Huaian's heaven-defying aptitude was the reason, he would instead be much safer, and might even be courted by many major powers.

Of course, if they