101: Chapter 004: The Impossible Genius!_2 101: Chapter 004: The Impossible Genius!_2 The Ancestor seemed to consider Zhou Yan’s face and did not continue to chastise Zhou Wangchen and the others, but instead sensed Zhou Yan’s vital energy and was very pleased, saying,

On this matter, he was also very satisfied that the family could cultivate such talent.

Hearing the Ancestor’s words, everyone’s expressions once again became extremely odd, and Elder Xing finally couldn’t help but stand out.

“Ancestor…

there is something that, as a disciple, I dare not hide.”

Elder Xing stepped forward, facing the Ancestor and feeling himself as insignificant as an ant.

The Ancestor stood there casually.

From a distance, he didn’t feel much, but as he got closer, he immediately felt the other party like a mountain, and himself, like a tiny ant at the foot of the mountain.

The more he felt this, the more uneasy his heart became, but this matter had to be made clear.

“Hmm, you’re an Elder?

Speak plainly, if there’s something to say.

I see all of your expressions, as if I, the Ancestor, have done something wrong?”

The Ancestor wasn’t foolish.

Once or twice didn’t matter much, but these reactions of universal shock…

could it be that this genius had only been cultivating for less than three hundred years?

If that was the case, then the Emperor Qi Sword Body of this genius would really be amazing!

“Ancestor, Zhou Yan…

has been cultivating for less than four years since he started!

And out of that, three and a half years were spent in the Sword Origin Pool of the Ancestor Land.”

Elder Xing struggled to not be influenced by the immense, invisible presence of the Ancestor, speaking with great difficulty.

At this moment, the male and female genius disciples who had left seclusion all looked towards Zhou Yan with horrified expressions, their eyes filled with shock.

“Less than four hundred years, this talent is indeed not bad—huh?

Four years?

Not four hundred years?!”

The young Ancestor, although just awakened and not very clear-headed, reacted at once, his face suddenly changing.

“Ancestor…

This is absolutely true, it’s four years!

Even less than four years!

And here, Zhou Qianqian, Zhou Gucheng, Zhou Ying, these three, and all of the third generation disciples, none is over fifty years old!

Zhou Yan and Zhou Ying are now only seventeen!

Zhou Qianqian and Zhou Gucheng, only sixteen!”

Zhou Cangmu bit his teeth and said, having spoken these words, he also felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart!

He did not harbor any disrespect towards the Ancestor, but the terrifying talent of Zhou Yan and the others made him lose his composure time and again, his heart a mess, his emotions unstable, making a fool of himself in front of the Ancestor, so he might as well go all out!

“Don’t they say I am not calm?

Let the Ancestor experience for himself, with such talent suddenly revealed, how can you stay calm!”

Zhou Cangmu thought triumphantly in his heart, yet his tone was very firm, as if he could guarantee the truth of everything with his life.

…

The young Ancestor was stunned, seemingly falling into a state of inexplicable stupor, his thoughts unknown.

Then, his eyes suddenly brightened up, like two dazzling suns, emitting a blinding brilliance!

He stared intently at Zhou Yan and the others, staring fixedly, then especially at Zhou Yan, a beam of light suddenly entered Zhou Yan’s body.

But the next moment, his face dramatically changed, he looked at Zhou Yan in astonishment, his face so surprised it was almost distorted.

“You—you—you—you’ve actually grasped the Sword Soul Path, trained a Sword Soul Void in your soul!

Condensed a thousand drops of Ancestor Blood!

And trained your Emperor Qi Sword Body to Fifth Great Perfection!

You, you, you, your combat power when pushed to the limit, could break through level five!

Genius, genius, an unmatched genius!

Your talent, destined to dazzle for a million years!”

The Ancestor was like a madman, his expression extremely shocked and his exclamations filled with excitement!

This shock, however, did not bring satisfaction to Zhou Cangmu and the others, but instead, they too were struck dumb!

Four years, grasping the Sword Soul!

Condensing a thousand drops of Ancient Essence Blood!

Emperor Qi Sword Body at Fifth Great Perfection!

This…

this is still human, isn’t it?

Even if it were the reincarnation of a Sword Spirit strongman, even if it were an Innate Enlightenment Sword Body, even if one began cultivation in the mother’s womb, could it be this monstrous?!

Everyone was stunned!

Or rather, only now did these people truly gain some knowledge—the true understanding of the horrifying nature of Zhou Yan’s specific talent!

It turned out that Zhou Yan’s talent far exceeded their imagination.

But at this moment, Zhou Yan was actually very calm.

Because his biggest trump card, the Purple Flame Enlightenment Lotus in his soul space, had not been seen through.

Of course, the memories he had fully integrated, the memories of his Master, and the inheritance of the Xingyi Twelve Forms, this elder did not and could not possibly discover.

As for abilities like Alchemy and Artifact Refining, it did not matter if they were made public.

The Three Qi Columns, since the Purple Flame had been drawn out into the Purple Flame Space inside the forehead, this situation would also be detected, and Zhou Yan was not worried; after all, these things were bound to be exposed sooner or later.

In front of an Ancestor who had been asleep for untold years, with no Purple Flame to hide, to want to hide anything was undoubtedly a very difficult task.

Zhou Yan was not surprised by this outcome, but what the Ancestor said about the “Emperor’s Arc” was something he did not quite understand.

It seemed, the Third Qi Column, like a core, was necessary for the Emperor Qi Sword Body?

Then Zhou Ying’s Qi Column, could it no longer be called the Emperor Qi Sword Body?

With this doubt in his mind, he did not want to keep it to himself, and thus he asked with perplexity, “Ancestor, what do you mean by ‘Emperor’s Arc’?”

The Ancestor, still in shock, had just come back to his senses upon hearing Zhou Yan’s words, and his expression became extremely animated and bizarre.

“You don’t even know what the Emperor’s Arc is?”

The Ancestor asked back, flabbergasted, his handsome face twitching involuntarily twice.

Seeing that Zhou Yan did not seem to be lying, he turned to question Zhou Cangmu, “So you don’t know about the Emperor’s Arc either?”

“Disciple is dim-witted…

I…

I do not know.”

“You really…

leave me speechless, Ancestor!”

The Ancestor was at a loss for words and sighed deeply.

Clearly, this matter had given him a great shock.

“Ah…

it seems that the inheritance has been interrupted, but not knowing the Emperor’s Arc and still being able to become an Emperor Qi Sword Body…

I can only say…

I admire you!

Admire you!”

The Ancestor struggled for a moment and finally squeezed out two words of ‘admiration’,

But it was obvious that it was not simply admiration that was straightforward; evidently, everything about Zhou Yan had fundamentally overturned his understanding!

Because the first time he sensed Zhou Yan’s specific situation, he doubted if his eyes were blind; he had seen a terrifying genius that should not exist!

But this was the fact!

“After the Dual Qi Pillars each grow three Qi Jie, the rudimentary form of the Emperor Qi Sword Body appears.

At this stage, one must Condense Emperor Qi and Derive the core.

With Emperor Qi entering the core, the harmonizing arc of the Qi Column becomes the Emperor’s Arc, equivalent to the Three Qi Columns, which defines the Emperor Qi Sword Body.

After that, each time a Qi Jie grows, the Sword Body’s strength can be increased a bit.

The Emperor Qi Sword Body, the era’s focus on one person…”

Thinking it over, the young Ancestor could not help but sigh as he carefully explained.