"He's finished the seventh aperture and is refining the Eight Apertures. If he hadn't run into a monster like Li Hongjiu, Luo Shengsheng would undoubtedly have been the finest contender of this generation!"
Elder Jie Lunguang was deeply moved. This competition had opened his eyes as well; he had never expected so many talented young people to emerge in a single generation.
"The fifth aperture! The Golden Hall disciple has overtaken Sect Leader Gu's daughter!"
Behind Shi Chun's group, someone from another sect began shouting excitedly.
It was certainly worth exclaiming over. After all, four divine fires had surpassed seven. This was rather different from Li Hongjiu surpassing Luo Shengsheng with a refining method on an entirely different plane, and somehow stirred people's hearts even more.
The strength someone like Mi Liangmeng displayed gave people hope-the hope that striving could get them somewhere.
The strength Li Hongjiu displayed only brought despair!
"Liani has reached the fifth aperture too!" Elder Jin Guiqi of Summer Path Mountain let out a pent-up breath, though it was hard to tell whether it was relief or a sigh.
Gu Yanduo's brows knitted deeply.
Inside the competition grounds, Gu Liani truly was distracted by the voices outside this time. When she discovered that Mi Liangmeng had overtaken her, she genuinely grew anxious.
Her desire to compete with Luo Shengsheng and Li Hongjiu, to measure herself against them, had something behind it beyond the competition itself.
She did not want every person stronger than her to take notice of her.
She certainly did not want Mi Liangmeng to look her way. In her eyes, he was unworthy; she only had eyes for top talents like Luo Shengsheng and Li Hongjiu.
What worried her was Summer Path Mountain's dignity and her own reputation. If someone who had absorbed