Chapter 917 - Reputation (1/2)

Translator: Chaos_  Editor: Chaos_

It was getting closer and closer to the limit of a thousand years. Xue Ying was also becoming freer over time since almost all the talented cultivators had visited him before. Before they had a definite improvement of their strength, they would not pay Xue Ying a visit the second time.

On this day.

There was a thin male who arrived outside of Xue Ying’s cavern-dwelling. He was vaguely emitting an aura that startled two of the protectors. Even though it was only part of his full aura, just a touch caused the protectors to feel an all-encompassing slaughter aura permeating into their souls. They had seen before many Unity realm experts, and they understood that this person in front should be way stronger than the Unity realm. He should be a Primal Chaos giant. Thus, they did not dare to be disrespectful.

“Go tell Elder Dong Bo. Just say that Ba Sun is here to visit him.” The thin male coldly said.

“Yes, senior, please wait momentarily.” The protector immediately went to report his words.

“Brother Ba Yun?”

Xue Ying took the initiative to welcome him in passionately.

The thin male was no longer cold anymore. Instead, he revealed a smile: “Haha, Brother Dong Bo, I know that you are quite busy, and that is why I only visited you now.”

“Brother Ba Yun is being too polite. You can visit me anytime. Come come come, please enter.” Xue Ying was much more polite. It was logical. Even though this Ba Yun Palace Master was a Primal Chaos giant, according to the intelligence reports, he was barely at the seventh level Star Pagoda strength only. This was slightly stronger than he. Xue Ying was polite because the other party was the only disciple of Black Emperor.

Black Emperor was someone who transmitted Dao to him!

The two sat down.

Xue Ying also brought out some precious wine and personally poured for Ba Yun.

“Brother Ba Yun, why have you come to see me?” Xue Ying smiled, “If there are any matters, do tell me directly.”

“Haha, I came this time because of the Star Convention.” Ba Yun Palace Master said, “I have a descendant who participated in the Star Convention, and he is quite strong, ranking above 500th. But alas, he wasn’t selected in the first round. He felt uncertain, which was why he asked me for help. I quite like this brat, and that is also why I came this time to ask Brother Dong Bo for help.”

Hearing that the other party was ranked above 500th, Xue Ying felt his heart relaxing.

He was someone flexible. As long as the other party had high potential, under the situation that it was uncertain for the other party to be chosen, Xue Ying would still give the other person respect since Ba Yun Palace Master had come personally.

After all, selecting juniors who had potential…

Ultimately depended on the inner heart of the teachers of the convention to judge. They experienced different things, and their judgment of the junior’s potential would certainly be different as well. For instance, a specific junior might be determined by Xue Ying to rank at 150th regarding his potential, but General Heaven Light might feel that it was ranked at 100th. It might even be ranked at 200th by General Hatchet Palace Master.

There would be a degree of uncertainty and not an absolute ranking.

But all of them were experts. Xue Ying’s understanding of the Unity realm was high as well. His determination of potential would not be so bad that it was beyond reasonable limits.

As long as the other party had sufficient potential, and Xue Ying recognized the other party as someone whom he was on the fence on, he could simply just let him go on! It would not make others feel that Xue Ying was messing things up. But if the other party had a potential judged to be beyond 1,000th, even if there were some slight discrepancies over at the side of General Hatchet Palace Master, General Heaven Light and the others, they would similarly be ranked beyond 900th. This cultivator was someone Xue Ying would definitely not choose.

If he selected this cultivator, it would be slapping his own face.

“Oh, if his potential is sufficient, I would naturally do my best to help.” Xue Ying chuckled.

“His potential is still alright. I believe that he will become more extraordinary after entering the holy ground.” Ba Yun Palace Master said.

“I wonder what is he called?” Xue Ying asked.

“He is Tie Tu.” Ba Yun Palace Master chuckled, “He is ranked at 406th during the Star Pagoda preliminary selections.”

Xue Ying’s original smile turned stiff.

Tie Tu?

Tie Tu was a loose cultivator. But he cultivated for more than 1.6 trillion years. More importantly, the scenes of his battle in the Star Pagoda were seen clearly by Xue Ying. It might be nice on the ears that he was ranked at 406th, but in reality, he had not crossed the third level. He was merely ranked at the peak of the second level. And he was ranked at the peak only because his body had been altered!

After seeing the scenes of battle, Xue Ying was able to deduce: ‘This Tie Tu must have many treasures. His realm seems ordinary, and it is likely only at the first level Star Pagoda strength, yet he has altered his body! He relied on his strong body to get to the third level barely. He is a devour-class cultivator, but his body had been altered to that of a hex cultivator. Clearly, he had sought the help of other experts to alter it.”

Indeed, he could simply ask other experts to alter his body.

And if he had sufficient Origin World Rocks, he could seek the help of ‘Ancestor Sorcerer’, strengthening his body to a stage that even Primal Chaos giants could barely destroy! But the more defiant the body alteration was, the more inflated the price would be. It was more worthwhile to purchase a puppet instead.

This Tie Tu was clearly trying to improve his ranking by altering his body. But it’s a pity that the foresight of Xue Ying, General Hatchet Palace Master, and the others were all extremely acute. They could discern with a glance–that the body transformation was done by others. If not for this body transformation, he would likely rank beyond 10,000th. Even though he was a loose cultivator, he had cultivated for far too long, and his potential was unquestionably ranked beyond 3000th!

Someone who was unquestionably ranked beyond 3000th…