Third-Rate Combat Technique

It was far too unexpected. None of the Taishang Elders or elders had imagined that Star Pavilion would bestow the lowest-grade combat technique upon Xiao Yun. Could it be that Star Pavilion considered Xiao Yun's talent utterly ordinary?

Wasn't that ridiculous?

How could a prodigy who made the Chaos Bell ring nine times possibly be someone of ordinary talent?

"What's going on?"

Di Tian's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief. "Did Star Pavilion make a mistake? How could Xiao Yun be granted the lowest-grade combat technique?"

Not far away, Tian Yi was somewhat surprised, but he did not mind taking the chance to mock Di Tian. "Hahaha, it seems my disciple was right. This boy probably cheated to deceive the Chaos Bell and make it ring nine times. His true talent is actually quite ordinary."

Di Tian snorted. "Tian Yi, what do you think the Chaos Bell is? It is an Emperor-grade divine weapon. Even a Saint could never deceive it. Unless a Quasi-Emperor stood behind Xiao Yun, only then could it possibly be deceived."

"Who knows?"

Tian Yi said with a gloating expression, "You and I can both see it clearly enough. Xiao Yun's talent is very ordinary, and those ancestors and fossilized old-timers think so as well. Now Star Pavilion thinks the same. Perhaps there is something special about him that made the Chaos Bell ring nine times, rather than his talent being what made it ring nine times."

The Taishang Elders and elders all nodded, feeling that this explanation was more convincing.

After all, the Chaos Bell could not be deceived.

Perhaps it truly was as Tian Yi said. Xiao Yun had not relied on his own talent, but on something else, to make the Chaos Bell ring nine times.

"Impossible!"

Di Tian shouted coldly, "Utter nonsense! Tian Yi, my disciple Xiao Yun possesses peerless talent. Last night, he comprehended the Chaos Scripture, reached the ninth level in a single day, drew heaven and earth spiritual energy into his body, refined his body with stellar power, and stepped directly into the Ultimate Realm, forging an unsurpassed foundation. How could he be an ordinary person?"

"What?"

"Nine levels in one day?"

"That's the Chaos Scripture, the most difficult cultivation technique in the cultivation world."

The Taishang Elders and elders all cried out in shock upon hearing this.

Tian Yi was startled as well, but then sneered. "Di Tian, that is only your side of the story. Perhaps yesterday, you personally exhausted your cultivation to help Xiao Yun reach the ninth level in one day. Otherwise, how could a supreme cultivation technique like the Chaos Scripture possibly be cultivated to the ninth level in one day? If I remember correctly, it took you a full thirty years to reach the ninth level back then. Even that shattered the records of those before you."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Di Tian with suspicion.

After all, reaching the ninth level in one day was simply too shocking.

Back then, Di Tian had spent thirty years cultivating the Chaos Scripture to the ninth level, already breaking the records of his predecessors and causing a sensation throughout Chaos Holy Land.

But nine levels in one day was simply too astonishing to believe.

Di Tian himself was deeply shaken. Had he not seen it with his own eyes, he would not have dared believe it either, so he understood their doubts very well.

However, he absolutely could not allow anyone to question his disciple. He shouted at the crowd, "I, Di Tian, swear upon the Great Dao that everything I just said was the absolute truth!"

Everyone was startled. Swearing upon the Great Dao was no joking matter. If one broke such an oath, it would become difficult to comprehend the Great Dao in the future, and one's cultivation would never advance another inch.

Could it be that Xiao Yun had truly reached the ninth level in one day and entered the Ultimate Realm with heaven's aid?

This was simply too shocking!

Not far away, seeing Di Tian swear the oath, Tian Yi sneered. "Di Tian, you only have a hundred years of lifespan left. You already have no chance of entering the Heavenly Realm. Even if you lie and break the oath, there would be no real consequence."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Di Tian suspiciously, because Tian Yi's words made sense.

"Bastard!"

Di Tian flew into a rage from humiliation. Glowering at Tian Yi across from him, he said coldly, "Since you refuse to believe me, I cannot be bothered to say more. My disciple will prove his strength in the future."

"He has already proven himself..." Tian Yi gave a mocking laugh, lowered his head to look at Star Pavilion below, and sneered, "A third-rate combat technique... Tsk, tsk, this is the lowest-grade combat technique. It seems that in Star Pavilion's eyes, his talent is the worst, placing him among ordinary people."

Di Tian's expression darkened, but he could not refute him. After all, Star Pavilion had indeed bestowed a 'third-rate combat technique' upon Xiao Yun.

At the same time, he was deeply puzzled.

Meanwhile.

Inside Star Pavilion, Xiao Yun stared blankly at the Mountain-Splitting Fist in his hand and the 'third-rate combat technique' label beside it.

"A third-rate combat technique? Does Star Pavilion look down on me that much? It actually bestowed a third-rate combat technique on me. Does it think my talent is only enough to cultivate a third-rate combat technique?" Xiao Yun was deeply displeased—extremely displeased.

Before coming here, his master Di Tian had already told him that combat techniques were divided into six ranks: third-rate, second-rate, first-rate, top-grade, super, and ultimate.

Third-rate combat techniques were the lowest grade. Only those with ordinary talent and the most mediocre aptitude would be granted third-rate combat techniques by Star Pavilion.

Xiao Yun could not help looking at Lin Xiaoya beside him. Brilliant light shone from her hands as an ancient book appeared, displaying the first-rate combat technique Thousand Shadow Whip.

Xiao Yun's mouth twitched. His junior sister had received a first-rate combat technique, while he had only received a third-rate combat technique... This was far too embarrassing.

"Senior Brother, what combat technique did you obtain? It must be a Super Combat Technique, right?" At that moment, Lin Xiaoya opened her eyes as well. After seeing her own combat technique clearly, she hurriedly turned toward Xiao Yun.

When she saw the third-rate combat technique in Xiao Yun's hand, Lin Xiaoya immediately cried out, "How is that possible? Senior Brother, you only obtained a third-rate combat technique? That is absolutely impossible!"

"What? Xiao Yun received a third-rate combat technique?"

"My heavens, did Star Pavilion make a mistake? With his talent, he should have received a Super Combat Technique!"

"What exactly is going on? How could Star Pavilion grant Xiao Yun a third-rate combat technique?"

Hearing Lin Xiaoya's voice, the people around them immediately looked over, then erupted in shocked cries.

That Star Pavilion had bestowed a third-rate combat technique upon Xiao Yun was simply too unexpected for them.

Given Xiao Yun's talent, he should have been granted a Super Combat Technique. At worst, it should have been a top-grade combat technique.

"Ding! The host has once again caused cries of shock and stirred up a commotion. Reward: three opportunities for enlightenment."

Xiao Yun's mouth twitched. This reward had come in a way that made him very unhappy.

However, when Xiao Yun checked the system, he discovered that he actually had thirteen opportunities for enlightenment in total, which left him rather puzzled.

Before entering Star Pavilion, he had only had seven opportunities for enlightenment. Adding these three should have given him only ten. How had it become thirteen?

What Xiao Yun did not know was that above Star Pavilion, the Taishang Elders and elders had already cried out in shock over him once, and the system had counted that as well.