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“Oh?”
Dean Wu’s interest was piqued upon hearing this. “Where is this genius?”
“I brought him with me. It’s him.” Mentor Tian pointed at Terra Su and continued, “He won against Qi Yuntian in the fire attribute test match, and he absorbed all the tenfold flame power in the testing room completely!”
“Tenfold flame power? Absorbed completely?”
This time, Dean Wu was genuinely surprised. His gaze immediately fell on Terra Su, full of scrutiny and assessment.
“Young man, what’s your name?” Dean Wu asked.
“Terra Su.” Terra Su faced Dean Wu’s scrutinizing gaze without a hint of fear or guilt, answering confidently.
“Where are you from?”
“Clear River City.”
“Good, good, indeed a promising talent.” Dean Wu stroked his beard and nodded, then said to Mentor Tian, “Old Tian, reward him with a Silver Medal and then take him back to class.”
“Yes, Dean Wu.”
Mentor Tian smiled, took the Silver Medal from Dean Wu, and then left the dean’s courtyard with Terra Su.
On the way back to Class D, Mentor Tian said to Terra Su, “Terra Su, the Silver Medal is an honor given by the upper division to outstanding students. It has traditionally only been awarded to senior students. It’s extremely rare for a new student to receive one.”
“Having a Silver Medal means that your treatment in the upper division will improve significantly. If you grow further, you can even apply for a Gold Medal, which would officially place you among the top students in the upper division.”
“Thank you, Mentor Tian.”
Terra Su smiled. He knew that Mentor Tian brought him here to secure this Silver Medal for him. Regardless of whether the Silver Medal would be useful to him, he was grateful for Mentor Tian’s genuine concern.
“Nangong Lin, what do you think of that young man just now?”
In the courtyard, Dean Wu asked Nangong Lin.
Nangong Lin smiled faintly and said, “Teacher, whether someone is a true genius needs to be tested by time and actual combat. If he is indeed the top-tier genius that Mentor Tian claims, then I, Nangong Lin, welcome him to challenge me anytime. I will always be ready to defend my position as the top genius of Anyang Academy.”
At the end of his speech, Nangong Lin’s aura surged, exuding the confidence and dominance that only a top-tier genius could possess.
“Good, good, as expected of my disciple. This kind of confidence is unique to you.” Dean Wu looked at his prized disciple with satisfaction. In his eyes, Nangong Lin was the true pinnacle of genius. As for other geniuses, it wasn’t that they lacked talent, but they paled in comparison to Nangong Lin.
Back in Class D, many of the elite students gasped in envy upon seeing the Silver Medal on Terra Su’s chest.
“A Silver Medal!”
“I heard that only senior students who perform exceptionally well are eligible for it. It’s almost impossible for new students to get one. I can’t believe this guy actually got one.”
“There’s no point in being envious. After all, this guy won against Qi Yuntian in the match. He definitely deserves it.”
“Speaking of which, Qi Yuntian must be feeling pretty upset right now. He’s a genius at the Transforming Realm, yet he lost to someone at the Condensing Origin Realm seventh-level in a talent test. If it were a real fight, Qi Yuntian definitely wouldn’t lose to someone at the Condensing Origin Realm seventh-level.”
Terra Su ignored the discussions around him.
As class was about to end, an unfamiliar upper division student suddenly entered the Class D classroom and asked, “Which one of you is Terra Su?”
Everyone looked at each other, then all eyes turned to Terra Su.
“Are you Terra Su?”
The student walked straight to Terra Su, took out a letter from his pocket, and handed it to Terra Su.
“Here, this is an invitation to the Silver Medal students’ gathering, three days from now, at the upper division’s small square. As a new Silver Medal student, you must attend, or face the consequences.”
After saying this, the student turned and left.
“Silver Medal students’ gathering?”
“It seems to be a tradition in the upper division. Silver Medal students have a monthly gathering to spar and exchange Martial Dao insights.”
“Face the consequences if you don’t attend? What does that mean? It’s just a gathering. Do they really force people to attend?”
The new students started discussing.
Gu Qianyin frowned and said angrily, “What do they mean by ‘face the consequences’? What kind of attitude is that? Are they really going to force people to attend? Terra Su, you don’t have to pay attention to them.”
“I actually want to see how strong the Silver Medal students really are.”
Terra Su chuckled and put the invitation into his pocket.
Not far away, Qi Yuntian looked at Terra Su with eyes full of jealousy, almost burning with anger. Terra Su had not only received a Silver Medal but also an invitation to the Silver Medal students’ gathering.
These should have been his, as he was supposed to be the top genius among the new students.
Terra Su naturally didn’t notice Qi Yuntian’s jealous gaze, and even if he did, he wouldn’t care.
After class, Terra Su and Gu Qianyin went to the courtyard assigned to new students.
Each new student in the upper division had their own private courtyard, unlike the lower division, where four students shared one courtyard, or even eight students in the lowest tier.
Their courtyards weren’t far apart. After bidding farewell to Gu Qianyin, Terra Su entered his courtyard and locked the doors and windows.
Earlier in the fire attribute testing room, he had absorbed the tenfold flame power from the leyline, causing the True Essence Core in his Dantian to rapidly grow. It had now reached the standard for breaking through to the Condensing Origin Realm eighth-level.
Terra Su decided to break through to the Condensing Origin Realm eighth-level. His foundation was solid, so the success rate was high.
In his Dantian, seven Five Elements True Essence Cores were quietly floating. Each core had expanded to its maximum size, unable to hold even a bit more True Essence.
As Terra Su began to condense the eighth True Essence Core, the True Essence in his Dantian quickly gathered, forming from nothing, from a point to a core, and then visibly growing from a small core to a large core.
Even Terra Su hadn’t expected this breakthrough to be so smooth. Perhaps it was due to the power and attribute tests earlier that had once again stimulated his potential.
Two hours later, the eighth True Essence Core in Terra Su’s Dantian was fully formed. Like the previous seven, it was also a Five Elements True Essence Core.
“Condensing Origin Realm eighth-level.”
Terra Su exhaled a breath of white air. This breakthrough to the Condensing Origin Realm eighth-level had been faster than he had imagined.
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