Chapter 191 - A Boy Of Great Promise

Immediately the elder said that, all the elders looked at Xiao Lin with pondering look in their faces before beginning to nod their heads one after the other in agreement to what that elder said.

"Alright then. You are allowed to study at the different department." The first elder said while Xiao Lin nodded his head with a smile appearing in his face.

'Finally!' He said excitedly within himself.

He then bowed at the elders in front of him and said with a glad expression in his face, "Thank you, elders. I will always remember this favor"

"Alright, Devil Fang. You can go back to your room now." The First elder said while Xiao Lin nodded his head and came out of his bowing position.

He then turned around and walked back to his room to go relax.

As he left, he could pick up what the elders were saying about him...

"That kid is one damned, blessed son of the world. Can you imagine that we would actually be alive to come across someone that will really go against the laws of our world? Haha. In this case, we have performed far better than our ancestors, since we are able to communicate with and train someone that will grow up to become a Heavenly Defiant, something that has never been achieved in the far past, in fact, since the birth of cultivation of Spiritual Energy by the spiritual cultivation pioneers."

"Yes, you are right. I am immensely glad and appreciative to have come across this uniquely-powered boy. This is something really great for our sect, and certainly requires great celebration amongst us. Therefore, because of this, we are fully obliged to teach him well so that he will be able to use all the energies as he pleases. His amazing and stunning cultivation potential must not go to waste."

"Exactly, Elder Wen. We have to teach him well so that all the energies will become his. This is something great for our sect. However, only we elders here should really know about this for now. I don't want true, false and exaggerated news about the boy's abilities and attributes reaching other sects, or they would really start Sect Wars with us in hope of killing that boy. So, only until he has gotten to a particularly high stage and will be able to protect himself without relying on any of us, can we finally expose him to the world as the hidden, monstrous genius of our sect who we have spared no resources to tremendously nurture to his current growth."

"You are right, First Elder. As just him alone, will cause the fame and strength of our sect to rise to levels that won't be rivaled anymore by the other sects around us, and those in faraway cities and even in continents. Haha! I am just so delighted thinking about this boy's future. Although it would be one full with peril, misery and sorrow due to his world-shaking abilities, but once he can overcome those floods of wrath and jealousy that will come from dangerously envious cultivators, and from the world itself, then he is very much on his way to becoming the Absolute Strongest in our world."

"True, his Animal Spirit is one of a kind. It must be among those powerful Battle Beast Spirits that can cause great phenomena to manifest upon it appearance. I just hope his Animal Spirit wakes soon so that I can take a very good look at it. I want to see why and how his Animal Spirit is special."

"Yea, me too. I am exceedingly curious about his Animal Spirit. It must be really magnificent in appearance and overbearing in power and might. However, the boy too is someone who has an incomparably resolute heart, and an immensely determined spirit that is peerlessly enduring and persevering. At least, we all saw his shocking and bewildering performance during the test, right? So, all I am trying to say in essence is that, without those marveling features that I just mentioned now, even if he had a peculiarly sealed dantian that now operates at another dimension of power, he will be nothing if he didn't train himself to this stage that he is now. Did you see those energies that he unleashed? Those energies actually caused me to be stifled and slightly horrified of them. Now, imagine the effect of those energies on people at his level or lower than his level. Furthermore, did you guys have a good look at his battle techniques and try to comprehend how he came across them? The instant that he unleashed them, I had a feeling that the attack was possibly from a supreme-grade, Empyrean-rank Battle Art, as no other technique will be able to possess that kind of power that it revealed upon it brief appearance. Therefore, if you can accept my opinion that what he used was a battle art of that tier, how did he come across them? By being determined and persistent..."

"Hmm. That's right. You gave us nice points, Elder Kang. So, First Elder, since we want to keep the boy's ability a well-kept secret, how do we really go about it? You know, we can't allow him to attend cultivation classes with his peers, or all kinds of news about him will immediately explode and their waves traveling from one sect to the other, alarming them about our boy and causing them to cast their dangerously envious and venomous gazes upon our sect. Although we can survive a Sect War, that's only if all the sect aren't focusing on us alone."

"Well, what you said is true. We can't allow Devil Fang to attend more than one class, or all sorts of news about him will be abruptly generated and spread like ripples to other sects who will immediately start Sect Wars in hopes of reducing our power, and ultimately destroying the gem of limitless potential that we unexpectedly found by an unusual stroke of serendipity. So, this is what we would do, fellow elders... We will call him and explain a lot of things to him, with most of them being on why he can't attend classes or training with his other peers. Secondly, we will give him cultivation books and corresponding battle art scrolls for him to study on his own, since he can actually study an empyrean-grade cultivation art and it battle techniques without getting confused or becoming dazzled by the profound steps or instructions mentioned in them. However, we wouldn't entirely leave them for him to comprehend alone. We will also play our part in painstakingly guiding him through all the steps that he doesn't quite understand clearly. Then thirdly, we will individually open or create large practice areas for him at restricted or hidden places around the sect, as we don't want anyone entering there and coming to know about his unique and special features. Am I clear?"

"Clear as day, First Elder"

"Hmm. Then remember, you are to bring the top-grade cultivation books and some of the battle art scrolls related to them for Devil Fang, and also many cultivation resources and items that will assist him in his cultivation and comprehension."

"Alright, Grand Elder."

"Good. You all can return to your rooms to prepare. I will contact you very soon concerning the preparations that I just spoke about. You are dismissed."

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Xiao Lin who was walking slowly and calmly since he was listening with his vampiric enhanced hearing to all that the elders were talking about in the Assembly Hall, broke a slight smile in his face and then shook his head in awe and astonishment.

"Wow. So, all these preparations for me? That's nice." Xiao Lin said as he walked.

He then said further, "I that dislike public gathering to some extent, can now practice with nothing holding me back, and for as long as I desire in the practice areas that the elders will individually create for me at concealed or prohibited areas in the sect. That's is just really nice!"

"And now that I will be given top-rated cultivation arts and battle techniques, I am very much on my way to becoming absolutely strong and powerful."

"The sect has really tried for me... And I will try not to disappoint them. Although we have sworn oath to stand by the sect, which then allows us to enjoy the benefits of the sect since we have become true disciples, this is however much more benefits that I ever imagined, which is all because of my unbelievable cultivation potential. So, because of the huge steps that they have taken to nurture me to the point of becoming a powerful independent cultivator, that even the powerful seniors at the phase of graduating from the sect will be left absolutely shocked, stunned and deeply jealous, if what the elders did ever leaked out to their hearing, I will try my best too to fulfill what I swore to. I will not break my promise for once... even after they have discovered the horrendous thing that I truly am and may reject me.." Xiao Lin said with a smile in his face as he headed for his room.