Did taking first place by staying up all night make someone a Heavenly Pride?
The question did not make Meng Qiewei ponder. She merely asked what his cultivation was.
The answer she received was Foundation Establishment.
"Foundation Establishment?" Meng Qiewei raised her teacup and said calmly, "Since when have you had so much free time that you even concern yourselves with whether Foundation Establishment cultivators stay up all night?"
Qing Dai smiled. "Word came back from the new generation of Heavenly Prides. Weren't there a few talents worth watching before?
"Well, someone among those talents took the lead in staying up all night to cultivate.
"He even said, 'How can you sleep at your age?'"
Meng Qiewei drank her cold water. "And then?"
Qing Dai brewed tea and explained, "Then he stayed up all night cultivating and took first place. So each day he stays up all night amounts to cultivating almost half a day longer than everyone else.
"Two days for him equal three for others, and two years equal three.
"When he was at the Eighth Courtyard, he defeated the Seventh Institute.
"But the others hadn't stayed up all night.
"In those circumstances, does taking first place make him the strongest talent among them?
"If the others also started staying up all night, wouldn't he fall behind the other talents?
"So does taking first place by staying up all night make him a Heavenly Pride?"
Meng Qiewei raised her brows slightly and looked at Qing Dai. "You really do have too much free time."
"Don't you find it interesting, miss?" Qing Dai asked.
As she spoke, she continued, "On the last list, didn't we notice someone whose cultivation was rising very quickly?
"We even thought he needed special attention.
"It was that Jiang Man.
"It turns out he