Within the underground transitway of the Kui Lodge Earth Star, a carriage sped toward Yeya Prefecture.
Inside the carriage, Bai Qingqing sat with several outer-layer disciples who had arrived from Qingyang.
His strength had not yet reached the Third Chapter Book. But this was perfectly normal. He was not yet thirty; for an ordinary profound cultivator, reaching the Second Chapter Book before thirty was already quite impressive.
Still, compared with those truly gifted, he fell far short. For instance, he had heard Xu Ying mention that Ji Jie, who had once walked out of the Profound Residence, had entered the Fourth Chapter Book not long ago.
Of course, there was more than one person blessed with such overflowing talent—just like the person he was about to meet.
As he pondered this, a Qingyang Profound Residence disciple asked curiously, "Senior Brother Bai, I heard from several senior brothers that you once cultivated alongside Profound Rectifier Zhang?"
Bai Qingqing gave a grunt of assent.
Another disciple leaned closer and said with a showy air, "This junior brother may not know, but back when they were in the Eastern Court Profound Residence, Senior Brother Bai and Profound Chief Zhang—ah, that is, Profound Rectifier Zhang—were known together as the Twin Prodigies."
"Senior Brother Bai truly is remarkable!" The disciple wore an expression of amazement.
Bai Qingqing coughed and said, "Don't put it that way. Every outstanding talent rises from humble beginnings. Compared with Profound Rectifier Zhang's natural gifts, I am vastly inferior."
To tell the truth, he had once entertained thoughts of competing with Zhang Yu. But as the gap between them grew ever wider, those thoughts faded away, and he instead became much more at ease.
Though these people appeared to admire him now, in truth, most of that admiration was directed at