"You could say I have only just set foot in this realm," Master Kongming answered, making no attempt to hide it from Huang Xiao.
Huang Xiao would hardly take Master Kongming's modest words at face value. Although Master Kongming had indeed only recently broken through to upper peerless, his strength was probably not that of someone who had just entered the realm.
Back in Xiazhou, Master Kongming had barely qualified as mid peerless, yet now he had broken through to upper peerless in one leap. Such a tremendous increase in power surely meant he had encountered a remarkable opportunity.
Still, Master Kongming was an enlightened monk. Once he experienced a sudden insight, a great increase in power was hardly unusual.
Of course, he had only been able to achieve this through constant accumulation over time, a deep reserve finally bursting forth.
That was why, even though Master Kongming had only just broken through to upper peerless, his strength would not place him at the bottom of the realm. He would at least rank somewhere in the middle.
Moreover, Huang Xiao could sense that although Master Kongming's aura was clearly much weaker than that of his Eldest Martial Uncle, Wang Yuantu, it was comparable to those of his other granduncles, such as Hua Yuan.
After all, Hua Yuan and the others had entered upper peerless quite some time ago.
Aside from my granduncles, he is about on par with Senior Jiang Ying, too. Senior Jiang also entered the realm only recently. It seems he encountered some extraordinary opportunity as well, or his power would not have increased so much, Huang Xiao thought.
"Young Hero Huang, since you have come to Shaolin, why not stay a little longer? You and Liaochen are close in age. Sparring and exchanging insights should prove rewarding,"