Chapter 138 – Sensitive (2/2)

“He is so young! I have not seen anyone this young participating. Let alone passing the first round so easily. I wonder if he excels when it comes to runes!”

“Soul sensitivity only develops with age and cultivation, and he is still what? Sixteen?I don’t see him passing the second test..”

“Yeah, but it is still interesting to see what a teenager can do. He seemed like he knew what he was doing, if you aren’t blind. He even did better than you did on the first test!”

Everyone enthusiastically looked up as Ye Wei entered the cube. With smiles of excitement, they eagerly anticipated Ye Wei’s display.

“Are you ready?”

After Ye Wei nodded, Zuo Qiu Ming made a mysterious hand seal in front of his chest

“Zoom! Zoom!”

Zuo Qiu Ming’s small action activated the runes on the cube’s walls. The purple light started flowing as the runes started moving. Bolts of human shaped Qi together with the mirages fired at Ye Wei, filling his entire field of vision.

Ye Wei closed his eyes to rid unwanted distraction and confusion; his vision was not a useful tool when what he needed was to distinguish something could only be differentiated by his soul sensitivity. The moment he closed his eyes, his will-force came rushing out, picking up every little bit of Qi disturbances around him in great detail.

Under the penetrating scan of Ye Wei’s powerful soul sensitivity, he could easily tell the powerful Qi bolts from the hollow mirages. Now all he had to do was dodge the blanks while getting rid of the Qi bolts.

“Swoosh! Swoosh!”

Ye Wei’s motion became nimble, swift, and flexible. Then the lights crashed towards him, his body, like falling leaves in a strong gust swayed left and right. He elegantly dodged the mirages within the tight space whilst his fingers empowered with runes accurately struck the Qi bolts.

The amount of mirages built up as time went by, and they were whizzing around Ye Wei at an accelerated speed. His soul sensitivity could keep up, but he soon realized there was just not enough space to avoid everything.

He therefore decided to analyze the macro movement of all oncoming bolts including the mirages, so he could strike a mirage as he calculated the optimal line of path.

Vigilantly watching Ye Wei’s agile movements, the amused participants dropped their jaws and slowly became speechless.

“His soul sensitivity is phenomenal, one third of the incense stick is already burnt out, and he has only touched one mirage! I have only seen this tactic in returning participants.” Zuo Qiu Ming mumbled, amused by the advanced level of combat intelligence.

‘When I was sixteen, my soul sensitivity was not even this sharp! I have to make some connections to this kid when the exam is over…’ Lu Feng thought as his eyes lit up in sheer excitement.

Although Lu Feng was confident about passing the exam, becoming a Runemaster, and getting accepted into the Lu family, he will still need to compete with other gifted youngsters in the family for the family’s support. This would be impossible without a team of his own, and, needless to say, he was happy with what Ye Wei displayed during both tests.

“Only eight mirages, pass!” Zuo Qiu Ming exclaimed with a big smile as the incense burnt out. A shiver went down his spine, “Congratulations!” he said, nodding satisfiedly. Even in a state-setting, a teenager passing two rounds is a rare sight, one in a million, and Ye Wei actually just became the first person to do so in the Ning City branch.

“He passed!”

“This kid passed the second round!”

“I am envious of his talent, I feel like I have wasted my years training!”

Not one soul was calm when they saw Ye Wei confidently step out of the cube.

“I wonder what this kid’s background is like? Even though there is no family that can compare to my mom’s in this region, I just need to know!” Lu Feng mumbled to himself as he tried to figure out how to make his offer to Ye Wei as attractively enticing as possible.

Ye Wei exhaled deeply, grateful for his luck since getting hit by merely two more mirages would have made him fail, “I got this!” He clenched his fist while a heartfelt smile.

“Kid, if you wish to, I can refer you to the Ning City branch president so you can learn under him!” Zuo Qiu Ming sincerely said while looking at the incredible prodigy.

“Thank you for the thought, but I already have a master!” Ye Wei made a polite gesture and bowed.

“Of course you do! And I would like to meet him at some point!” Zuo Qiu Ming laughed, realizing this kind of talent must have developed by someone far greater than he could imagine.