In a scoring system out of 100, Yan Yu gave Tang Xiaolian a 20 for her swordsmanship, which of course, seriously underestimated her ability.
Any cultivator capable of entering one of the four top teams wouldn't have any glaring weaknesses in their overall talents. Even Chen Lingyun, whom Yan Yu had deemed "too lacking in talent," was only considered such when compared to the average level of the leading cultivators in the four top teams.
However, if one were to rank all of the first-generation cultivators based on their cultivation talent from highest to lowest, Chen Lingyun would be around the top 40%, which actually couldn't be considered poor.
Of course, Mr. Yan's standards were too high, his evaluation of cultivation talents gauged against the likes of Xie Ruoxi and Liu Longtao, so naturally, he didn't think much of Chen Lingyun.
