The golden spectacle continued for a long time before gradually disappearing.

Immediately following this, a line of gold-glowing characters appeared on the massive Infinite Jade Disc, prominently above the name Liu Yun.

"First place: Xie Yuya, Realm: First Layer of Meridian Passage Realm, Martial Arts Talent: Seventeen-Star, Swordsmanship Talent: Seventeen-Star, Bloodline: Ninth Grade Earth Tier."

Clearly, Liu Yun's first place had been replaced by Xie Yuya.

What shocked everyone the most was that Xie Yuya's aptitude seemed to far surpass Liu Yun's.

Although Liu Yun possessed three talents: swordsmanship talent, fire element talent, and thunder talent, each reaching fifteen stars, they still paled in comparison to Xie Yuya's seventeen stars.

It should be noted that having more talents doesn't necessarily mean better, as human energy is ultimately limited, and life is finite as well. It is impossible to fully develop every talent to its peak.

In fact, an average person cannot cultivate several different attribute cultivation techniques and martial techniques simultaneously; even the top geniuses can only cultivate at most two.

Thus, in everyone's eyes, even though Liu Yun had three talents, it was believed he could not possibly simultaneously cultivate techniques of three attributes, and even if he did, it was improbable he would be successful.

However, even though Xie Yuya only had one swordsmanship talent, he reached seventeen stars, two stars above Liu Yun.

Be aware that for each additional star in talent, the gap becomes significantly large.

For instance, if a person with a fifteen-star swordsmanship talent can comprehend the swordsmanship to the Realm of Sword Heart Clarity, then a person with seventeen-star swordsmanship talent can easily comprehend the swordsmanship to the Sword Soul Realm, and perhaps even the Sword Spirit Realm.

This suggests that, given enough time, Xie Yuya could entirely reach the Sword Spirit Realm level in the Sword Dao, becoming a truly unparalleled expert.

Of course, if Xie Yuya fails to grow and falls halfway, he would only be considered a highly talented genius, not yet a true unparalleled expert.

"I never expected the Black Luo Kingdom to have such an astonishing, unparalleled genius."

Xueyao looked at the Sentimental Young Master Xie Yuya with awe in her eyes and murmured to herself.

A seventeen-star martial arts talent and a seventeen-star swordsmanship talent directly took over the first place from Liu Yun.

The gold-glowing name, highly ranked on the Infinite Jade Disc, represented Xie Yuya's unmatched extraordinary talent.

"A seventeen-star talent, that's not too bad."

Wang Ruoxie nodded slightly and spoke.

From the information he gathered, on the Yuanwu Continent, talents are divided into three nine-level categories for a total of twenty-seven stars: one to nine stars are elementary level, ten to eighteen stars are middle level, and nineteen to twenty-seven stars are high level.

As for whether there are even better talents above the high level, he had not obtained such information, but he believed that there must be higher levels of talents above the high level.

After all, the Yuanwu Continent is vast and boundless, with a human population as numerous as the stars, nearly impossible to count. Such a massive base naturally can give rise to countless geniuses.

And Xie Yuya's seventeen-star talent, though only considered middle level, is also the pinnacle of middle level talents.

Be aware that almost all martial cultivators throughout the Eastern Domain only have elementary level talent, and middle-level talent above nine stars is already considered a true genius.

As for martial cultivators possessing a thirteen-star to eighteen-star talent, they could be considered unparalleled geniuses.

Before Xie Yuya, Liu Yun, with a fifteen-star talent, was ranked first on the Infinite Jade Disc, becoming the top genius in the entire Black Luo Kingdom, and even the whole Eastern Domain.

As for high-level talents above eighteen stars, they're likely rarely found even across the Five Domains of Yun Province, with each being a legendary figure.

"Ridiculous, you ignorant fellow. The unparalleled seventeen-star talent of the Sentimental Young Master, in your mouth, is merely considered not too bad."

At this moment, a discordant voice suddenly came from behind Wang Ruoxie.

Wang Ruoxie and Xueyao turned to see a tall, thin young man in a silver robe looking at them with contempt.

However, when the tall, thin young man's gaze fell on Xueyao's stunning face, he couldn't help but pause, inwardly exclaiming, "What a beautiful lady."

After hiding that trace of wickedness in his eyes, the tall, thin young man looked at Wang Ruoxie with arrogance, saying, "Kid, what's your name? I want to see what qualifications you have to say that."

"It's him... Liu Chen, the second young master of the Liu Family, one of the three great families of Black Tortoise City."

"Among the three families of Black Tortoise City, although the Liu Family's power is slightly weaker than the Xie Family, its foundation is extremely terrifying. This person provoked Liu Chen; he might be in trouble."

"This will be an exciting show. I heard Liu Chen is a lecherous man; he's probably causing trouble for this kid not because he's drunk, but because he has intentions elsewhere."

"What a pity, such a stunning beauty, soon to be ravaged by Liu Chen."

"That's not quite right. In terms of family background, appearance, and talent, Liu Chen is considered outstanding among the younger generation of the entire Black Tortoise City. Although he may not match the Sentimental Young Master, he's far superior to average people and much stronger than that kid. Following Liu Chen could actually be her good fortune."

…

Amidst the surrounding crowd, murmurs of discussion resounded; evidently, everyone recognized this tall, thin young man.

"Do you need qualifications to speak?"

Wang Ruoxie chuckled indifferently and spoke.

"Certainly, the Sentimental Young Master's talent is unprecedented and unparalleled. Even throughout the entire Eastern Domain, he could be considered the foremost among the younger generation. With such an extraordinarily unique talent, how could a mere Innate Realm waste like you have the qualifications to comment."

Liu Chen glanced at Wang Ruoxie with disdain and spoke again, "Even I, Liu Chen, am someone you can only look up to."

"Is that so? Then I'd like to see what qualifications you have for me to look up to."

Hearing this, Wang Ruoxie's eyes showed a hint of amusement as he spoke.

With his current cultivation power, he truly didn't regard Liu Chen as a threat. Even if he sensed that the other's cultivation had broken through to the First Layer of Meridian Passage Realm, so what?

First Layer of Meridian Passage Realm, it's not like he hadn't killed that before, even Xiahou Wei, whose power was considered top-notch among his peers, he still killed with one slash.

"Ignorant kid, I'll show you now what a true genius is and make you realize the huge gap between us."

Hearing Wang Ruoxie's words, Liu Chen snorted coldly, then stepped towards the Infinite Jade Disc.

At this moment, everyone around also turned their gaze toward Liu Chen, awaiting his test results.

"Kid, open those dog eyes of yours and take a good look. See if my aptitude warrants your admiration. But I must remind you, be careful not to get blinded by the golden spectacle caused by my test results."

Liu Chen laughed arrogantly and said to Wang Ruoxie.

Then he turned his gaze to Xueyao, saying, "Beauty, once my test results come out, you will know how worthless the person beside you is."

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