Chapter 119: The Gap in Talent

To consolidate the Dynasty and enhance the public’s reverence for the royal family, Xiang Gaoye has done quite a lot of propaganda. How mighty and grand the Emperor is, what Spiritual Artifacts he uses, his past war achievements and merits—all of these still circulate among the people. The Purple Sun Mad Dragon Saber is one of the iconic Spiritual Artifacts. Legend has it that the Emperor wielded this saber to harness the power of the stars and blazing sun, annihilating tens of thousands of enemy troops with one strike... Everyone suddenly fell silent, collectively looking toward Sect Leader Jiang. How did this saber end up in your hands? Brother, did you also destroy the Qianxing Dynasty? No way? Can’t be, right? The Qianxing Dynasty is so big and so far away... But considering this guy’s past style of wiping out sects whenever he left home, it seems quite possible. "That’s right, the Qianxing Dynasty needs a change of surname." Such a big opportunity to show off, Brother Cheng wouldn’t deny it, of course. "As for what the new surname will be, I don’t know." Without the Xiang Royal Race, the Li Royal Race and Zhang Royal Race will eventually appear in this vast region, sooner or later a new ruler will emerge. As for Jiang Cheng himself, he has no interest in ruling the Mortal World. Isn’t ascending to Immortality enticing? "What?" "It’s actually true?" "This is insane, who would have thought a dynasty with millions of years of heritage would change its reign..." "This is too aggressive, destroyed just like that?" "Sect Leader, do you have a grudge with the Xiang clan?" When in the Mortal World, they admired the royal family very much. But now having become Outer World Cultivators, they don’t care, just shocked and amazed at how sudden it is. "No grudge." Jiang Cheng shrugged: "They’re courting death, I couldn’t help it and just did a little bit of insignificant work." Though he deliberately downplayed it, creating a contrasting effect to show off, it wasn’t a lie either. Before going to Longyue Imperial City, he did plan to score some Points. But if Xiang Gaoye and Ningti, along with the seven Great Experts and the two Saint Heirs, had completely left him alone without any contact, perhaps he wouldn’t have done anything at all. After all, he wasn’t there for revenge. Top Flattery King Shan Tai immediately jumped out. "Look, just some minor, insignificant work, Sect Leader has a remarkable aura!" Others, unwilling to lag behind, vied to be advanced, aspiring to soon become Brother Cheng’s top confidants. Luo Yuan took out a notebook and wrote frantically: "I’ve already noted it down, will certainly learn Sect Leader’s grand style in the future. Learning even just ten percent of its essence would be endlessly beneficial..." "To the Sect Leader, this is just a minor scene, a trivial matter, everyone stay calm!" Gan Ziyi smiled and waved at the crowd: "Basic operations, sit down, sit down!" The scene was harmonious, with everyone being quite proactive, which made Brother Cheng very gratified about their growth. He recalled that after the system upgrade this time, he could now enhance his disciples’ Talents. He first scanned Ji Linghan. Target: Ji Linghan. Talent: Third-class. Upgradable to: Second-class. The system was exceedingly concise, didn’t even note what type of Talent she had, just categorized it by tier. Given Ji Linghan’s great Talent, it was a surprise she was only Third-class. Jiang Cheng was a bit surprised, then was stunned by the string of zeros. Points cost: 120,000,000 To upgrade Ji Linghan’s Talent would actually cost 1.2 billion Points! It’s absolutely nuts. He then scanned Lin Ning. Target: Lin Ning. Talent: Third-class. Upgradable to: Second-class. Points cost: 190,000,000 1.9 billion, another amount he couldn’t afford. He found it odd, isn’t Lin Ning supposed to be more valuable than Ji Linghan? How is she also Third-class? And both upgrade to Second-class, yet she’s more expensive. Seems like the result differs for each person’s upgrade afterward. Ji Linghan’s upgrade was to a Seven-Aperture Exquisite Body, while Lin Ning’s was to a Hidden Phoenix Bloodline, if both were upgraded, their corresponding projects would certainly be enhanced. These two geniuses had to be temporarily abandoned. He then scanned Yin Xuer. Target: Yin Xuer. Talent: Sixth-class. Upgradable to: Fifth-class. Points cost: 800 Just this small amount, so cheap? Brother Cheng, who was taken aback by the huge Points cost earlier, doubted his own eyes now. Is the cost that much lower for decreasing by three classes? That was worth considering. He then swept through Luo Yuan, Shan Tai, and the other disciples. Discovered most of these people were also Sixth-class, with varying Points requirements for upgrade, but all under 2000 Points. Among the disciples, Tang Ru and Lu Fan of the Third Generation reached Fifth-class. These two needed 30,000 and 20,000 Points respectively to upgrade to Fourth-class. For a millionaire like Sect Leader Jiang, this was still manageable. Finally, he looked at Mo Chen, the Immortal. The result surprised him greatly. Target: Mo Chen. Talent: Fourth-class. Upgradable to: Third-class. Points cost: 1,880,000 This guy, an Immortal, only had Fourth-class Talent? So, Fourth-class could ascend to Immortality? Then, genius cultivators with Third-class Talent like Lin Ning and Ji Linghan, how far could they cultivate, becoming geniuses in the Immortal Realm? He suddenly realized that good Talent and high achievement were two different things. The Cultivation Realm is indeed treacherous, especially over the long years, with all sorts of unexpected events possible. No matter how good the Talent, it’s no match for longevity. More than half of those peerless talents likely fell halfway. And among those remaining, some like Ji Linghan simply joined the former Feixian Sect. Not even the subsequent Cultivation Technique to reach Celestial Fate Realm, let alone High-tier Spiritual Vein Elixirs and Spirit Stones resources. A significant number were buried that way. What’s more, with the Lower Realm unable to ascend currently, everyone’s path is entirely blocked. With Ji Linghan and Lin Ning’s prices too high, reluctantly had to give up on them for now. As for the other disciples, they could all be upgraded once. Anyway, it wouldn’t spend many Points. The feedback brought in return, however, increased tenfold over. This skill had a cooldown of just one day, give him a few months, he could elevate all these seventy or so people to Fourth-class. Thinking of this, he smiled and beckoned. "Luo Yuan, come here." "Huh? Sect Leader, you need me for something?" Luo Yuan dashed over happily, everyone else was insanely jealous, some secretly wished he’d trip and fall flat on his face. No help for it, whenever Brother Cheng picked someone, it was always for something good. This guy would also be rewarded, wouldn’t he? Why him? "Your dedication to learning just now is commendable, this Sect Leader has decided to give you a buff." Although he didn’t understand what a buff was, Luo Yuan was still ecstatic. Nearby, Gan Ziyi, Wei Miao, and others crowded over immediately. "Sect Leader, I was also very studious just now!" "And me too, I’ll go home and engrave the Sect Leader’s words on my arm..." "Damn, that’s intense, isn’t it?" Jiang Cheng pouted, these guys really thought it was because of memorizing some Sect Leader’s words? He’s quite vengeful, these guys had all ganged up on him during his transformation last time. And at that time, Luo Yuan was inside the Xuanji Map, so he didn’t join in. Just because of this little reason, he became the first one. "Alright, alright, next time it’ll be your turn." With that, he pressed the system upgrade button while pretending to pat Luo Yuan on the head.