Yiu Ruo was indeed not well-known for her talent in cultivation back then. She was outstanding and had such an excellent reputation because she was the daughter of the Zhou Family Leader, and partly because she had a wide range of friends and had close relationships with many famous Heavenly Gifted Individuals at that time. As a result, her reputation spread far and wide.
However, her talent should not have been outstanding back then. Otherwise, the Zhou Family Leader would not have thought of marrying her off instead of cultivating her in the family.
However, more than six thousand years have passed now. The famous prodigies of those times withered one after another, while that unremarkable young girl rose and reached the present level on the contrary.