Beauty and the Bodyguard

"Although your cousin's strength isn't that great, he's also a mysterious master. It's normal that you can't find him in a short time. Tell us about an expert in the mountain opening stage. This is the first time I've heard of this realm. It should be above the xuansheng stage, right?" Someone next to him egged him on.

"That's right. The mountain split stage is right above the xuansheng stage. Look at the stage. Principal Ling Yuanqing and the two Vice Principals beside him are all mountain split stage experts!" The Man in the Yellow Hat nodded.

"The legendary Masters of the mountain opening stage are all existences who can open a mountain with a casual palm. Is this true?" Someone else asked.

"What's so strange about splitting open a mountain with one palm? if there's no protective array, even a golden core stage cultivator like me can split open a mountain with a full-force attack ..." Someone on the side immediately said disapprovingly.

"Tsk, what do you guys know? the mountain I'm talking about isn't a small hill like you think, but a towering mountain that easily stretches for tens of miles. Why don't you open up one for me to see?" The man said in disdain.

"Uh, I can't do that. A majestic mountain that stretches for tens of miles must have an extraordinary Foundation. People like us can't even move a hair of it. If we can split a mountain with a palm, then our strength is too exaggerated, right?" The few of them could not help but look at each other.

"Don't doubt him, he's right. The so-called Master of the Mountain opening stage is a heaven-defying existence who can open a mountain with one palm. However, we don't usually see Masters of this level. Except for the East continent, they are rare even on the four big islands of the Sky Class. I heard from my cousin that there are only a few in our South continent, including the spirit beast clan. " The Man in the Yellow Hat tried to show off his knowledge.

"If that's the case, then if we're selected to become a disciple of their golden class Morning Star Academy, it'll be a great future!" The crowd at the side immediately rubbed their fists and wiped their palms as they said excitedly.

Even though they didn't know much about the so-called Academies in the East continent, a golden class Morning Star Academy shouldn't be too bad since Ling Yuanqing and the other two were in their initial stages. If they could get their approval, their future would be immeasurable.

"Hehe, this is called a fool's dream. You're thinking too much, understand? Open your eyes wide and look carefully, how many people have already come here? I bet that this place is absolutely filled with geniuses, and jiedan stage cultivators are worse than dogs. We are just ordinary jiedan stage Masters, but they won't even look at us, and we still want to be selected by them, what kind of beautiful dream are we having?" Someone beside him laughed coldly and self-deprecatingly.

"You guys don't understand. When people come here to recruit people, they don't value strength but potential. What they value is your aptitude. As long as your aptitude is outstanding, anything is possible." The Man in the Yellow Hat shook his head and refuted.

"Right, right. Since I'm already here, there's no harm in trying. Maybe I'll be lucky. Maybe I'm more talented than others, but no one has discovered it before." Everyone immediately laughed and echoed.

Lin Yi and Huang xiaotao sat behind the crowd and listened to their discussions. They finally knew that the realm above the xuansheng stage was called the mountain split stage. Ling Yuanqing and the other two were all mountain split stage Masters.

From a few hundred meters away, Lin Yi observed Ling Yuanqing and the other two carefully. He realized that although the three of them were all in the initial stage, there was a clear difference in strength.

Ling Yuanqing, who was sitting in the middle of the three, had a stronger aura than the other two. He was probably the strongest of the three.

The vice-principal sitting on his left was a woman who looked to be in her forties. Of course, to be able to reach such a high realm as the mountain split stage, her real age must be much older than this, but as for how old she was exactly, no one knew.

However, there were only two possibilities for a forty-year-old's face. Either this woman intentionally didn't control her face, or she just broke through to Sky Class!

However, after thinking about it carefully, which woman in the world did not like beauty? Lin Yi had seen many practitioners who didn't control their appearances, but not a single female practitioner!

It was the nature of all women to love beauty. Unless they were disfigured or had suffered some kind of trauma that left a psychological shadow, no woman would be willing to look old. And the woman in the stands did not have any trauma such as disfigurement.

Lin Yi was 80% sure that the woman on stage was controlling her appearance-why else wouldn't she turn into an old woman?

But then, there was only the second possibility left, and that was that this woman only advanced to the heaven rank when she was around 40 years old!

In the common world, her talent was decent, but on the Sky Class Island, she wasn't even considered average, let alone a genius. Her talent was low, but how could a woman with this talent reach such an exaggerated height?

For a cultivator with low aptitude, reaching the foundation establishment stage was already the limit. Even the Golden core stage was an extravagant hope, not to mention the mountain opening stage, which was several levels above the Golden core stage.

It couldn't be that this woman's aptitude was very poor in the early stages, but her aptitude became better and better as she opened her apertures, right?

This didn't make sense at all, and it didn't make any sense either. Lin Yi was surprised, but he wouldn't get the answer unless he asked the woman herself.

Other than this lady, the vice principal who was sitting on Ling Yuanqing's right had a completely different aura. He was a man with a fierce and overbearing appearance.

He was dressed in black and had shiny slicked-back hair. At first glance, he looked like a mountain Bandit, but at second glance, he looked like a village bully. In short, he didn't look like a good person. Most importantly, he wasn't a high-class evil person. If one didn't look at his current aura, he simply looked like a bandit leader who couldn't be put on stage.

However, this big brother with such a dignified appearance was the legendary super expert of the mountain opening stage. He had to comment that one really couldn't judge a book by its cover. The ancients were true.

After carefully observing the three, Lin Yi's eyes finally fell back on the woman. What made him feel strange was that the woman's aura felt familiar, as if he'd seen her before, but he couldn't remember where. (To be continued.) "If you like this work, you're welcome to come to Qidian.com to give your recommendation and monthly vote. Your support is my greatest motivation. For mobile users, please read on M.Qidian.com.)