After giving it some thought, Luo Guixing picked up the conversation again.
"That's right. The Young Genius Ranking is a subsidiary list derived from the Mainland Wind and Cloud Ranking. Only the continent's thirty most outstanding young geniuses can make the list. I'm ranked seventeenth, with the title The Binder. I'd like to join your team so we can help each other during the assessment. What do you say?"
Luo Guixing had a good plan.
First, he would ask politely to leave a good impression, then use Yang Nianxia to bring up the Young Genius Ranking and mention his high placement, quietly demonstrating his strength. Finally, he would make a reasonable request. Surely they wouldn't refuse.
One more friend meant one more road forward.
Just as Luo Guixing was confidently waiting for their agreement, Xie Xie suddenly cried out in surprise.
"What! You're already a Soul King!"
Xie Xie's cry once again drew everyone's attention.
Really, it wasn't his fault that he was so surprised.
Through Gu Yuena's and Luo Guixing's explanations, he had already formed a rough idea of the ranking. A genius ranking that had existed for so many years had only thirty slots, so the people on it had to be the thirty with the highest cultivation within a certain age range.
Given Jiang Mingyuan's love of showing off, if he had actually made such an awesome list, he would definitely have bragged about it to them.
But Jiang Mingyuan hadn't, which meant he wasn't on the list. Subconsciously, Xie Xie assumed that anyone on it had to be stronger than Jiang Mingyuan.
And Jiang Mingyuan's current Soul Power Level was forty-nine.
"What Soul King? I'm a level thirty-seven Soul Elder." This time, Luo Guixing was at a loss. Was Eastsea City some backwater? Not only did