"Good."
Ancestor Yanshi was pleased with Shi Youbing's answer. With a faint smile, he continued, "The Azure Flame Grand Tournament is four months away. Are you confident?"
"Well..."
Ancestor Yanshi meant for him to reach the Top Hundred.
As for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament...
Before Shi Youbing came to the Holy City, Ancestor Yanshi had already summoned him and set him a goal.
He had not demanded a place in the Top Ten.
The Top Ten in the Azure Flame Grand Tournament would become Outer Gate Disciples as soon as they joined the Azure Flame Sect.
Those who placed eleventh through hundredth would only become Servants.
Becoming an Azure Flame Sect Outer Gate Disciple was difficult enough, especially when geniuses from three Small Worlds were competing in this year's tournament.
Ancestor Yanshi knew that well, so he had made only one demand of Shi Youbing: secure a place in the Top Hundred.
Even hundredth place would do.
He only needed to get into the Azure Flame Sect to cultivate.
But...
"Hmm?" Ancestor Yanshi's face darkened when Shi Youbing remained silent. "With your current strength, you aren't even confident you can reach the top hundred?"
"Ancestor, I can't say I'm completely certain. I'd put my chances at fifty percent." Shi Youbing answered at once, though a bitter look crossed his face.
He had told Ancestor Yanshi fifty percent, but he knew full well that even a thirty-percent chance of reaching the Top Hundred would be generous.
Back in the Shi Family, he had rarely encountered geniuses from outside and had been confident in himself. But since arriving in the Holy City and seeing so many geniuses, Shi Youbing no longer felt so confident.
The True Martial Continent had too many geniuses!
Shi Youbing might rank thirty-first on the Potential Rankings,