Is this still the same good-for-nothing youth, Ye Chen, who used to revolve around her every day?
Even his father, Ye Ao, and his mother, Xia Wei felt the change in their son, a transformation from the inside out, a pleasant shift.
The mysterious elder from the Yangg Family had remained silent the whole time, but after witnessing Ye Chen's performance, his eyes rarely flashed with shock, finding it hard to believe that this was the same failure of a youth the world spoke of.
Such confidence, such momentum, far surpassed his peers by an immeasurable amount.
Yangg Jun's expression grew cold as he said, "Ye Chen, I have to admit you indeed possess a certain insight, and your eloquence isn't bad, being able to discern the quality of the Foundation Establishment Pill. But that is all there is to it."
"There are things you need to understand. In this world, power is always the most respected, not sharp tongues. You have a father who's the City Lord that can protect you for a while, but he can't protect you for a lifetime. He will eventually grow old, and when you truly turn sixteen and come of age, I'm afraid you will completely lose the status of the Ye Family's heir. At most, you'll only be able to hold some important positions, nothing more."
"But Yi'er has outstanding talent and, after taking the Spirit Clearing Pill, is now in the Innate Realm. A few days ago, my Yangg Family received an invitation from the capital. She has been exceptionally promoted to a member of the Xiafeng Academy's Heavenly Level Institute. In three months, she will head to the Academy for further studies, accessing higher levels of cultivation, and she will become even stronger in the future. While you will remain forever stagnant."
"Today, your words might be quite satisfying to some and you could flaunt your temporary swagger, but in the future, you might suffer lifelong consequences."
The faces of those from the Ye Family suddenly changed, even Ye Ao and the three elders wore expressions of shock.
An Innate Strong Person at eighteen!
To be an Innate Expert at such a young age, with such talent, was extraordinary not just in the small Luofeng City, but even across the entire Xiafeng Country and the countless people on the Tiandu Continent.
And the Xiafeng Academy, sponsored by the Xiafeng Royal Family, is a renowned institution that has existed as long as the Kingdom itself, holding the nation's richest cultivation resources, the best cultivation instructors, and the most comprehensive cultivation methods, all far superior to some other forces.
Xiafeng Academy has always only admitted the elite offspring of the Kingdom, with only truly outstanding young talents able to enter due to its high threshold. Naturally, some real powerhouses of the Kingdom could spend a large amount of money to enter through the back door, but such cases are at least few.
For the entire Xiafeng Country, anyone who entered the Xiafeng Academy would be almost guaranteed to become a pillar of the nation, receiving widespread respect and solicitation from various forces. Some of the best among them might even step beyond the Kingdom, aiming for higher skies, soaring and shining brilliantly.
Every year, Xiafeng Academy would only admit five hundred students from the tens-of-millions population of the Empire. Each slot could make countless people fight desperately and was truly one in ten thousand.
Xiafeng Academy had Four Great Colleges, Heavenly Earth Xuanhuang respectively, with the Heavenly Level being the strongest and the Yellow Level being the weakest.
The Heavenly Level Institute was the most elite training ground within Xiafeng Academy, a gathering of the Kingdom's top geniuses.
Yangg Yi becoming a member of the Heavenly Level Institute in the Xiafeng Academy was enough to indicate her potential and talent. As long as she cultivates successfully there, the moment she steps out, she will undoubtedly become a very important figure in the Yangg Family, even capable of leading the family to greater glory and oppressing the current ruling Ye Family of Luofeng City.
"This is bad; we've offended a Heavenly Pride Girl who can enter the Xiafeng Academy, all for this kid's sake. We're definitely going to be suppressed in the future."
The elders all changed color, looking at Ye Chen with anger in their eyes. If not for him, they wouldn't have fallen to such a state.
When she saw the unpleasant expressions on the faces of the Ye Family, Yang Yi, who had been verbally suppressed by Ye Chen, slightly lifted her head, revealing a stretch of her snow-white, jade-like neck, proud as a swan, filled with satisfaction.
She glanced sideways at Ye Chen, wanting to see what sort of splendidly ugly expression would be on the face of the boy who had pressed her into speechlessness in their exchanges, time and again.
However, to her surprise, the young man's handsome face remained as calm and composed as ever, watching all of this with indifference, as if it all had nothing to do with him.
Not only her, but the others of the Yangg Family also felt a sense of astonishment at Ye Chen's serene expression; this kid was a little too calm, wasn't he?
But Yangg Jun believed that the kid was simply stunned silly, otherwise, how could he be so calm?
They didn't know that Ye Chen was sneering inside. What Xiafeng Academy's Heavenly Level Institute? He had never even heard of it; it was just an academy in a minor country. In his previous life, he was a Young Supreme, standing tall and lofty, so high that even the truly gigantic Cultivation Academy of Heavenly Ten Thousand Domains—Ten Thousand Domain Mansion—vied for him. His aspirations were so lofty, naturally, he wouldn't take an academy in a minor country seriously.
"Yangg niece is indeed the talent of the Yangg Family, being exceptionally admitted to Xiafeng Academy's Heavenly Level Institute is also to be expected," said Ye Ao in a deep voice, though his fists were clenched tightly. He was all too aware of what Xiafeng Academy's Heavenly Level Institute represented; probably all of this was because of consuming the Spirit Clearing Pill.
The Spirit Clearing Pill had a miraculous effect of breaking through Great Realms, albeit with only a one-third chance of success. Clearly, Yang Yi had succeeded.
Being such a young Innate expert, she would draw attention throughout the entire Xiafeng Country. If it had been when Ye Chen was still considered a genius, it might not matter, but now...
He looked at the mysterious elder of the Yangg Family, then back at his son Ye Chen and the other Yangg Family members, his fists finally loosening in defeat.
He wanted to stand up for Ye Chen, but as the head of a family, the patriarch of a clan, he had to consider the entire family.
Now that Yang Yi had become a student of Xiafeng Academy's Heavenly Level Institute, she would certainly receive the Academy's special attention. Any intervention would involve serious consequences. And this mysterious elder of the Yangg Family was no simple figure and was likely connected to Xiafeng Academy.
At that moment, Ye Chen laughed and said, "Yang Yi, do you feel that by getting into Xiafeng Academy, you've become something amazing, risen above, and can now utterly look down upon this waste like me?"
Before Yang Yi could speak, Yangg Jun took the lead with a disdainful tone, "Isn't it obvious? In the future, Yi'er is destined to rise high, become a notable figure in the kingdom, leading the entire Yangg Family to a higher status. And you, with your shattered Dantian, probably can no longer even cultivate, destined for an insignificant life, looking down on you is just natural."
Ye Chen suddenly said, "Is Xiafeng Academy's Heavenly Level Institute that impressive?"
Hearing this, almost everyone looked at him in stunned silence, wondering if he had gone mad. Xiafeng Academy represented the entire honor of Xiafeng Country, and the Heavenly Level Institute was where only the most top-tier talents could enter.
The mysterious elder from the Yangg Family frowned deeply and said coldly, "Young man, do not insult Xiafeng Academy."
Yangg Jun scoffed, "As expected of a waste, Xiafeng Academy is a place that someone like you could never reach no matter what—"
"But I was once a specially recruited student of the Earth-level Academy at Tiandu Academy!" Ye Chen interrupted Yangg Jun's words, the statement shocking everyone present.
Today, there will be three updates, and this is the first one, with 3,800 characters, unusual for us. There might have been too much verbal sparring, but today marks the end, I hope for more recommendations, thank you!