"Young Brother, this really was a heaven-shaking surprise."
After the shock came wild joy in Zhang Mingyu's heart. He rose excitedly and paced back and forth through the courtyard. He could already foresee how much prestige this news would bring to their sect once it spread.
Two people in the sect had broken through to Seventh Rank at the same time, and both were so young.
Before this, he had felt the burden on his shoulders was too heavy, leaving him anxious and unsettled. At this moment, every worry was swept away.
With Chen Ming and him here, who would dare look down on Huo Sect?
Yang Zhidong, standing nearby, had originally wanted to offer a few congratulatory words as well. But when the words reached his lips, he simply could not bring himself to say "Young Brother."
This was a twenty-two-year-old Seventh Rank martial artist. With talent like this, if he had been born into an aristocratic family or entered a renowned sect, it was simply unimaginable how great his achievements might have been...
In the end, he merely echoed, "Yes, truly incredible."
He had taken barely more than half a year to break through from Eighth Rank to Seventh Rank. How could a single word like incredible possibly describe that?
The news that Huo Chengkun's two disciples had both broken through to Seventh Rank swept through the entire city like a gust of wind. Aside from Commander Zhao's arrival in the city, it became the hottest topic of discussion.
The next morning, people came bearing gifts to offer their congratulations.
At first, Old Li, the gatekeeper, was utterly baffled. These people claimed they had come to congratulate the Second Young Master on breaking through to Seventh Rank, and he repeatedly told them they must have made a