Chapter 222 – Muse (1/2)
Chapter 222 -Muse
“Six howls? So what? When my name got on the list for the first time, the dragon howled eight times, just one less than Chi Wuxiu and he is the strongest on the list!”
Qing Mu was annoyed by howling sound, he grinned disrespectfully while staring at Ye Wei, ‘you are good, but not good enough for me to care.’
The Spiritualist always admired Qing Yao, but the attention had never been mutual. He was therefore relieved to know Ye Wei earned less howls than he did, in hopes that Qing Yao would stop giving attention to the initiate.
‘In terms of cultivation I can crush you with one finger, in terms of my potential I am two roars ahead of you…’ Qing Mu rolled his eyes downwards, glaring at Ye Wei. ‘You could be the best newbie ever but I just do not care...’
“Howl!”
The Spiritualist was startled by a ground-shaking noise. His mind went completely blank, his confident building thoughts evaporated.
‘Seventh!?’
His lax turned into nervousness, he felt threatened as the last cultivator who earned seven howls ended up in the top ten of the black dragon list.
The veterans thought the same, captivated by the seven howls all looked at the tradition-defying initiate that triggered the rare phenomenon.
“Something is wrong, there is no way this kid is worth that much. Why is the howls spaced out like that?” Qing Mu glared at the dragon’s head, his eyes were covered by a web of bulged capillaries.
Devoted to keep himself at a peaceful mindstate for the sake of his physical and mental cultivation, the spiritualist was almost embarrassed by the rage and envy that was filling his body and soul.
Meanwhile, the veterans were also focused on the revolutionary achiever, looking at Ye Wei under another light, with utmost respect.
“Seven howls! It means it’s almost certain that he will be in the top ten in the future!”
“I don’t get it, why is the black dragon statue struggling to determine this kid’s potential. What do the pauses mean?”
“It could mean that there are hidden strengths that he inherited but yet to uncover, it has happened before with cultivators related to the royal families.”
“Will there be an eighth howl!?”
“I would worry for him it that happened, he would be on Qing Mu’s level and I don’t think the Spiritualist likes threats.”
The crowd was becoming emotional for various reasons, but they were all focused on the same thing. None of them could take their eyes off the circling black dragon; among the currentthirty thousand cultivators of Million Star Palace, ten of them had earned seven howls and only five of them made the dragon howl more than eight times.
Considering the history of the palace, most of the veterans knew that the eighth howl would imply that they were looking at an initiate that was also a future god’s prime Warrior, a force of nature that will possess the strength respected by the royal families.
Only the sound of breeze and slow heavy breathing could be heard upon the cloud where the crowd gathered. They were speechless, anticipating to witness of a historical moment.
Qing Mu the Spiritualist broke silence after a pause, there was a slight tremble in his otherwise aggressive voice, “That’s it, silence! This is just another newbie and he will never get himself into top five on the lis...”
“Howl!”
The dragon statue shook again, its divine howl drowned out Qing Mu’s voice.
“No, no, this is not possible.” Qing Mu murmured, did not have the strength to even move his lips more than half an inch as he was stunned by the dragon’s howl.
Ye Wei had already won over the veterans’ approval by a display of sheer mastery of physical and runic techniques, in contrast they came to dislike the level of suppression Qing Mu was trying to apply out of paranoia and his tyrannical believes.
Although they were all too weak to speak up the disapproving thoughts were brewing in their minds.
‘Why are you so bitter? Boundaries are bound to be broken one day. A person in your position should be more open to challenges. Spiritualist? Ha! I expected more from you.’
‘Why would you choose to be jealous of a newbie instead of welcoming the challenge? What does that say about you?’
‘Your denial is giving the newbie power over you, idiot!’
‘This is embarrassing, the fifth strongest cultivator here is jealous of an initiate…’
Even the fifth strongest cultivator at the palace, Qing Mu had no way to stop others from having disapproving thoughts.