Little Yun, You're So Weak!

"What a powerful aura!"

Certain his eyes had not deceived him, Hu Gan exclaimed in surprise. Seeing the Great Elder looking so calm and composed, he said delightedly,

"You've found a fine seedling, First Elder!"

Su Qian smiled without answering as he watched the delighted Hu Gan. Even he had only barely discerned how extraordinary Jiang Yun was. As a Dou Emperor who had yet to come into contact with Spatial Force, Hu Gan could not see the dense Spatial Force surrounding the boy, which was hardly surprising.

"But wouldn't keeping this little girl in the Outer Academy be a waste of her talents?" Although Zi Yan's talent made Hu Gan envious, he still politely declined.

There was something strange about Zi Yan. That ferocious aura of hers made even his heart tremble, but her strength as a Peak Dou Ling was undeniably genuine. If she were placed in the Outer Academy, wouldn't she tear the whole place apart?

"I don't want to be separated from Xiao Yun!" Before Su Qian could speak, Zi Yan hugged Jiang Yun's arm and wailed. Jiang Yun would have believed her if he had seen even a single tear.

"..."

Su Qian gave Hu Gan a helpless look, then simply watched him in silence. You stirred up this trouble. Sort it out for me!

Although Su Qian had not said it aloud, Hu Gan understood what he meant. Now he was rather at a loss himself.

Only after repeatedly assuring Zi Yan that he would not separate her from Jiang Yun did he finally get her to settle down.

Only then did Hu Gan examine Jiang Yun, who had remained perfectly composed from beginning to end. The moment his spiritual strength touched Jiang Yun, it was immediately blocked.

"What powerful spiritual strength!"

He looked at Jiang Yun, somewhat dumbfounded. Had I misjudged him?

A hint of admiration appeared in Hu Gan's eyes. Turning his head, he caught Su Qian's amused gaze and immediately understood that the Great Elder had known all along and was enjoying his embarrassment!

Still, if it meant gaining an outstanding student, he would gladly welcome more embarrassment like this.

"Your name is Jiang Yun, correct?" Hu Gan looked at Jiang Yun with a warm smile, his eyes full of gentleness. Six-year-old Jiang Yun reminded him of his granddaughter, who was about the same age and right in the thick of her mischievous years.

In Hu Gan's eyes, however, Hu Jia was utterly adorable!

"Yes, Vice Dean!" Jiang Yun nodded in response to Hu Gan's question.

"Have you cultivated before?" Looking at the well-behaved Jiang Yun, Hu Gan felt his spirits lift, and his expression grew even gentler.

"Mm, I suppose... I have?" Jiang Yun hesitated at Hu Gan's question. Before this, he could have stated with absolute certainty that he had never cultivated.

But now that he was safe, he had spent the journey recalling his battle with the Black Wind Pig. That mysterious energy he had drawn into his body should have been Dou Qi.

Besides, he could indeed feel a faint wisp of energy circulating inside him.

"That's all right. We can test you now!"

During the Dou Qi stage, cultivation could not be discerned by sight and had to be measured through special methods, so Hu Gan took out a crystal ball.

It was a tool Jia Nan Academy used to test new students, and Hu Gan happened to have one.

Jiang Yun did not hesitate when the crystal ball was offered to him. He raised his hand and pressed it against the ball, curious to learn what his current cultivation level on the Dou Qi Continent was!

The crystal ball immediately burst into black-and-white light, and the room suddenly grew scorching hot. A moment later, the crystal ball was as blazing and dazzling as a fireball.

"???"

"This is..."

"Sixth-stage Dou Power?"

Staring in shock at the crystal ball that had turned into a fireball, Su Qian and Hu Gan lost their earlier composure. Their mouths hung slightly open as they looked at Jiang Yun in disbelief, their gazes like those of starving wolves that had spotted a flock of sheep.

"Hmm?" Zi Yan frowned. Her instincts were terrifyingly sharp. She did not know how well Jiang Yun had performed, but Su Qian and Hu Gan's gazes made her deeply uncomfortable. Without drawing attention to it, she pulled Jiang Yun behind her, shielding him with her small body.

Jiang Yun was also looking curiously at the black-and-white Dou Qi in his palm. What attribute was this? Fire?

It looks like having the Saint Heavenly Demon Flame inside me all these years has affected me too.

"What a terrifying talent for the fire attribute!" Su Qian had finally reined in his shock. A cultivator's Dou Qi attribute would not manifest during the Dou Power stage.

Only after breaking through to Dou Zhe would their attribute reveal itself. Yet Jiang Yun had manifested his attribute while still at the Dou Power stage, provoking such a terrifying reaction from the crystal ball. Clearly, his affinity for the fire attribute was exceptionally high.

Had he not personally picked Jiang Yun up and brought him back, Su Qian would have had reason to suspect that the boy belonged to the Yan Clan, one of the ancient emperor clans.

"What a pity he lacks the wood attribute!" Hu Gan sighed regretfully beside him. With Jiang Yun's terrifying spiritual strength, becoming an alchemist would be like giving a tiger wings.

What a pity!

"Be content with what you've got!" Su Qian glared fiercely at Hu Gan. What more do you want? I've brought back two peerless geniuses. Go pick one up yourself if you're so capable.

"Ahem..." Su Qian's gaze left Hu Gan a little embarrassed. It seemed he really had been too greedy.

"Xiao Yun, you have sixth-stage Dou Power!" Zi Yan looked Jiang Yun over, then said with a hint of disdain, "You're so weak!"

"..." Zi Yan's declaration left Jiang Yun speechless. I'm only six! Besides, I only reached this cultivation level by accidentally absorbing a little Dou Qi during battle.

Even that was only possible because his meridians were so resilient. Dou Qi was an extremely violent power, and during the Dou Power stage, there were no pills one could take. Cultivators had to rely on their own talent to cultivate little by little.

Even Yao Chen had only prepared medicinal liquid to assist cultivation. For Jiang Yun to possess sixth-stage Dou Power at six years old was already terrifying.

After all, Jia Nan Academy's admission requirement was merely eighth-stage Dou Power by the age of eighteen!

"But don't worry! I'll protect you from now on. I won't look down on you!" Before Jiang Yun could speak, Zi Yan laughed, patted her chest, and declared loudly.

"Thank you!" What else could Jiang Yun do as he looked at the rather carefree Zi Yan?

"Two true monsters have come to our Jia Nan Academy this time. I wonder whether the 'geniuses' of the Outer Academy and Inner Academy are ready."

Su Qian watched their exchange with a smile, stroking his beard with one hand as excitement flashed through his eyes. Jia Nan Academy had been far too peaceful. It needed these two to liven things up again.

"I don't know whether the fellows in the Inner Academy are ready, but I imagine this year's new Outer Academy students are in for some rough days!" Hu Gan said with ill-concealed glee, looking every bit the shameless old rascal.

Su Qian's hand paused. Watching Zi Yan and Jiang Yun fool around, he silently mourned for this year's new students.