Heaven-tier talent?
"Hahaha, Xiaobai? Who picked such a careless name?"
"Exactly! Even a fake name deserves more thought than that!"
"I thought it was a pet cat's name!"
At the name, the onlookers froze for a moment, then laughter erupted all around.
After all, hardly anyone chose names so carelessly these days.
Even names in novels had more thought put into them!
"Hmph, look at the name you gave me! All these people do is laugh at me!"
Xiaobai glared at Lin Yu, her cheeks puffed out and her hands on her hips.
"Then how about I change your name?" Lin Yu spread his hands.
Heaven was his witness!
In his previous life, Lin Yu had asked this stupid cat countless times whether she wanted a nicer name.
But this stupid cat had insisted on keeping this one!
She would not let anyone change it!
"Hmph, I don't want to change it! My name is Xiaobai! I want to be called Xiaobai!!"
Xiaobai still spoke with her cheeks puffed out.
Lin Yu: "..."
"Would the next participant please hurry onto the platform!"
Just then, the elder overseeing the trial urged her on.
"Coming, coming. What's the rush..." Xiaobai walked onto the trial platform unhappily.
But once she stood on the cultivation platform, her eyes flicked inconspicuously toward the direction Ling Yiran had left in.
"Remember to dilute the spiritual power you put into it." Lin Yu's voice reached Xiaobai's ears.
"Hmph, I know, I know..." Xiaobai gave a soft snort, raised her right hand, and struck out with a stream of spiritual power bearing a sacred presence, pouring it into the Qianyuan Spirit Stone!
The instant that spiritual power touched the Qianyuan Spirit Stone, the stone turned straight from white to pitch-black!
And that pitch-black color lasted only two seconds before rapidly turning deep red!
At the same time, atop Qianyuan Mountain, the Qianyuan Sacred Stone seemed to sense something as well, releasing a resonance that seemed to carry delight!
The test at the Qianyuan Spirit Stone had actually elicited a response from the Qianyuan Sacred Stone, the source of its power!
This had never happened throughout the countless years of the Qianyuan Sect's history!
"Sect Master, wh-what is happening?"
"Sect Master, the Qianyuan Sacred Stone seems to be responding to that girl's spiritual power!"
"Sect Master..."
Beside Yun Tianci, the Peak Masters could no longer sit still.
Earlier, when Ling Yiran's test had revealed Earth Grade Middle Rank talent, these Peak Masters had already been stirred beyond measure.
They had never expected that, just a few minutes later, this girl in a white dress, whose origins were unknown, would deliver an unparalleled shock!
"Father, wh-what exactly is this..."
Yun Nianshan, standing before Yun Tianci, was utterly stunned as well.
She even wondered whether something had gone wrong with the Qianyuan Spirit Stone today.
With top-tier talents appearing one after another, everyone present could not help doubting their own eyes!
"Look, another Earth Grade talent!"
"How is that possible! Nobody even knows this girl, yet she has such terrifying talent too!"
"That's not all! Look at that red. It seems to be getting deeper!"
Seeing the color change on the Qianyuan Spirit Stone, all the onlookers finally erupted into an uproar!
Three red, Earth Grade talents in a row!
This should have been something that had never happened in the Qianyuan Sect's history!
All three would qualify to enter the inner sect directly to cultivate!
Moreover, under the sect's rules, all of them could enter the highest floor of the Treasure Pavilion to search for treasures!
"Are my eyes playing tricks on me... Look, is that color red?" someone said, rubbing his eyes.
"No, it doesn't look red... It looks a little like... gold?" another person said uncertainly.
"It does look gold! What does gold mean again..."
"Holy shit, Heaven Rank talent! Heaven Rank talent!"
At last, someone in the crowd cried out loudly!
Their faces were filled with utter shock and horror!
For while everyone had been arguing over one another just now, the color of the Qianyuan Spirit Stone had quietly changed again!
Within that incredibly deep red, a startling trace of gold had appeared!
Though it was not dazzling, it was unmistakably real!
Immediately afterward, brilliant golden light spread outward from that trace of gold, instantly filling the entire Qianyuan Spirit Stone!
At that moment, the Qianyuan Spirit Stone resembled a flawless piece of gold!
Yet the radiance on its surface was far more dazzling than gold!
At a glance, it looked like a golden crystal, wondrous beyond compare!
No one present, Yun Tianci included, had ever seen the Qianyuan Spirit Stone take on such a strange form!
"Sect Master, there is hope for our Qianyuan Sect's resurgence!"
The Peak Masters' faces flushed with excitement as they offered Yun Tianci their congratulations again and again!
Heaven Rank talent! That was Heaven Rank talent!
In their eyes, this was a gift bestowed upon their Qianyuan Sect by heaven!
Yet there was not much excitement in Yun Tianci's eyes.
Although Xiaobai had not appeared before Yun Tianci in the form of a young girl that night,
that sacred presence, along with the unrivaled talent Xiaobai displayed now, convinced Yun Tianci that this girl was the six-winged giant tiger that had caused the Qianyuan Sacred Stone to evolve that night!
And the fact that Xiaobai followed at Lin Yu's side made Yun Tianci even more certain of his judgment.
This girl's true form was probably an extraordinarily powerful tiger-type spirit beast!
It was simply a kind of spirit beast that even Yun Tianci did not recognize.
Of course, he had not guessed that she might be an immortal beast. No matter how rich his imagination was, he could never have guessed that Xiaobai came from the Immortal Realm.
In short, because he had long known how powerful Xiaobai was, Yun Tianci's reaction was not as intense as those of the Peak Masters.
At this moment, however, some people could no longer sit still.
Tang Yu stared blankly at the Qianyuan Spirit Stone blazing with golden light, his face alternating between ashen and pale, his expressions putting on quite a show.
Just thirty minutes earlier, he had been the moon surrounded by a host of stars, regarded as a formidable contender who had all but secured first place in this year's rankings!
Yet now, the dazzling golden light the girl had brought forth made everything he had done earlier pale in comparison!
And he had actually approached her to strike up a conversation like some clown!
Tang Yu's eyes filled with intense resentment, jealousy, and venom!
All this praise and amazement had originally belonged to him, Tang Yu!
Now it had been mercilessly snatched away!
First, Ling Yiran had dealt him a blow to the head today, and then Xiaobai's performance had utterly shattered his pride!
This was already enough to drive him completely mad!
With his pride, he simply could not accept such a thing happening!
This one cannot be allowed to live!
A ruthless glint flashed through Tang Yu's eyes. If Ling Yiran and Xiaobai gained a firm foothold in the Qianyuan Sect, there would no longer be any place for him within the sect!