Never Seen Him, Don't Know Him

All of a sudden!

The sky above the Imperial City Martial Academy abruptly darkened!

Countless staff shadows swept across the heavens.

Several cracks appeared in the sky, like gaping ravines.

That staff force seemed capable of sweeping away all illusion and reality.

Everyone present shuddered.

Their hearts trembled, and an instinctive, inexplicable fear rose within them.

"Look! The True Character belonging to the War God Divine Ability, Heaven-Splitting, has lit up!"

As one person shouted.

Everyone present immediately focused their gazes on the Martial Dao Stele.

At the pinnacle of martial dao, the Supreme Realm transcended; shatter delusion and seek truth.

Of those twelve grand characters, eight had lit up after the Martial Dao Stele was activated.

But at this very moment, the previously colorless True Character was radiating incandescent light.

That meant!

Someone!

Had completely obtained the Divine Ability Heaven-Splitting!

Everyone present froze.

Even the little old man from Sky Patrol and the instructors were no exception, all rooted to the spot in stunned silence.

"Could I be seeing things?" Huang Sheng rubbed his bald head, then rubbed his eyes, staring incredulously at the True Character on the Martial Dao Stele.

The woman with red cord binding her hair cried out, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

The little old man from Sky Patrol also stared wide-eyed at the Martial Dao Stele.

I told you to obtain the Divine Ability's inheritance!

I didn't tell you to take over the Divine Ability's inheritance!

The seven-colored glazed pillar of light on the Martial Dao Stele vanished.

Zhou Ming opened his eyes. A sharp ache shot through him, and he immediately clutched the buttock that had been kicked.

"Damn it! Who the hell ambushed me?"

Rubbing his backside, he looked around.

Before him stood pillars of light shooting into the sky, with a martial artist inside each one.

He muttered under his breath, "This is way too cool, isn't it? The center of everyone's attention! I wonder if I had a pillar of light just now."

He leaped down from the Martial Dao Stele and returned to the Martial Academy plaza.

The instant he landed, he discovered that all the surrounding gazes had fallen upon him.

Zhou Ming immediately understood that he must have had a pillar of light as well—and had surely put on a holy display before the crowd.

At this moment, the faces of the surrounding martial artists were filled with shock.

"A heaven-defying prodigy! The guide for us commoners!"

A martial artist shouted excitedly!

The crowd turned to look at him.

Someone asked, "You know him?"

"He's the number one in the Qing Prefecture Martial Examination! Of course I know him! We came to the Imperial City together!"

The moment those words came out, a crowd instantly gathered around him, asking for more information.

Standing where he was, Zhou Ming felt somewhat emotional as well.

Though his original intention had indeed been to seek the Divine Ability.

And he had successfully obtained one in the end.

But how should he put this?

Even now, he was still a little muddled about the factors behind his success.

First, Lu Wushuang had said the Divine Ability was on the carved staff and told him to take it away if he had the ability.

By all logic, he should not have been able to touch it, yet the moment he raised his hand, he grasped the carved staff.

Then he got morally coerced, and finally watched the grand finale of the Ganwu Dynasty.

And just like that, he had obtained the Divine Ability Heaven-Splitting in a rather baffling fashion.

More importantly, from the moment his consciousness emerged from the Martial Dao Stele.

Lu Wushuang's Divine Ability Heaven-Splitting had been directly inherited by him.

[Dragon Glory Earth Human Transmigration Panel]

[Host: Zhou Ming—Immaculate Body]

[Destiny: Double Results with Half the Effort]

[Analysis: Do half the work, reap a huge harvest.]

[Innate Divine Ability: Myriad Forms of the Immaculate (Unique), Consume Heaven and Earth's Essence (Unique), Heaven-Splitting (Unique)]

The panel had only gained one additional Heaven-Splitting under Innate Divine Ability.

Yet Zhou Ming had already comprehended its meaning. Once he obtained an Innate Divine Ability, it became as instinctive to him as breathing.

Innate Divine Ability Heaven-Splitting, Turbid Beast Divine Punishment!

The instant he obtained the Divine Ability, Zhou Ming understood that what he had encountered inside the Martial Dao Stele had not been some strange beast at all, but a Turbid Beast born from Turbid Qi.

Just as Zhou Ming sank into thought.

The little old man from Sky Patrol appeared abruptly before Zhou Ming, as though he had stepped out of space itself.

The little old man looked Zhou Ming over curiously and asked, "Kid, did you directly inherit the Divine Ability Heaven-Splitting?"

The moment those words came out.

Those who did not know the truth immediately began whispering and asking one another.

Once they got the answer, everyone erupted in an uproar.

What the hell?

Like martial techniques, he did not need to cultivate it painstakingly himself?

Divine Abilities could be directly inherited too?

Facing the little old man who had appeared out of nowhere, Zhou Ming nodded and did not deny inheriting the Divine Ability.

"Kid! Have you taken a master yet? How about me?" The little old man suddenly became somewhat excited. "Don't worry, you won't lose out by taking me as your master. I guarantee that within ten years, you'll enter the Second Grade."

The little old man's words triggered a wave of gasps around them!

Guaranteed entry into the Second Grade within ten years?

Listen to that—did that sound like something a human would say?

Yet among everyone present, not a single person dared step forward to refute the little old man.

Zhou Ming stared at the little old man before him, an odd expression appearing on his face.

Seeing this, the little old man planted his hands on his hips and paced back and forth.

After ten breaths, he gritted his teeth and said with a pained expression, "Take me as your master. Eight years! Just eight years! I'll have you enter the Second Grade within eight years. How about it?"

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "I don't even know your identity, sir. How could I take you as my master?"

The little old man's eyes widened, as though he had witnessed something utterly unbelievable.

Pointing at his clothes, he shouted, "Kid! Isn't my identity authoritative enough just from these clothes?"

Zhou Ming carefully examined the little old man's outfit.

He looked and looked again!

It looked pretty much the same as a city guard's uniform.

He asked tentatively, "Sir, are you an Imperial City guard?"

The moment those words came out, the people around them all stared wide-eyed at Zhou Ming as though they had heard something unbelievable.

"Damn! What's wrong with him?"

"He doesn't even recognize that uniform?"

"My instincts tell me there's something wrong with this kid."

The little old man's brows furrowed slightly. He scrutinized Zhou Ming again, then casually asked, "Kid, what's your name? Where are you from? You really don't recognize this uniform?"

Zhou Ming's heart lurched!

Good heavens!

Could this little old man be Sky Patrol?

Damn it, this shabby uniform looked no different from a city guard's!

Zhou Ming scratched his head and chuckled. "How could that be? Sky Patrol, right? I was just joking!"

At this moment.

The instructors also gathered around, each studying Zhou Ming with a different meaning in their eyes.

Huang Sheng said with a chuckle, "Old Mo, isn't it perfectly normal for a youngster not to recognize Sky Patrol's uniform?"

No one paid Huang Sheng any attention.

Old Mo stared fixedly at Zhou Ming and said, "Name? Where are you from?"

Seeing that he could not avoid it, Zhou Ming had no choice but to say, "Zhou Yuxi, from Jinzhou."

"Where in Jinzhou? Be specific!"

"Xishan County, Jinzhou!"

After Zhou Ming finished speaking, cries of surprise rang out from not far away.

"That's not right! Didn't someone just say he was the number one in the Qing Prefecture Martial Examination?"

"Exactly, I heard it too!"

At this moment.

Someone in the crowd asked, "Ruoxi, if I remember correctly, you're from Xishan County too, right?"

"Yes, yes, Ruoxi is from Xishan County."

"By the way, this person is called Zhou Yuxi. Do you know him?"

Wen Ruoxi stood among the crowd. After looking him over, she said, "Never seen him. Don't know him."