Chapter 474 - Surprise (2/2)

”Yes,” Wen Cheng said.

”Then… is Trevor in the 5th realm?” Du Yuhan asked. Du Yuhan himself was in the 4th Mind Tempering realm. Adding on the fact that he had a very mediocre spiritual root when it came to learning strong abilities, if he didn't know Sword Intent, he would most likely lose to this guy too.”

”No, he is much higher from what I've heard,” Wen Cheng said.

”Higher than 5th realm? 6th?” Du Yuhan asked.

”No, this person can breakthrough very easily without cultivation. I'm sure he's in the 7th realm, if not 8th,” Alex said.

”How do you know that?” Du Yuhan asked.

”He's… similar to me in how fast he can cultivate,” Alex said.

”You know something?” Du Yuhan asked curiously.

”I-I'll tell you some other times,” Alex said.

”Still, he can't be in the 8th realm, right? I haven't even heard of his name before, so he shouldn't have been that strong,” Du Yuhan said.

”It's just a hunch. In fact, he could even be in the 9th realm,” Alex said.

”There is no way that is true,” Du Yuhan said.

”That is true,” When Cheng said from the side, stopping the both of them from talking any further.

”What?” Du Yuhan exclaimed. ”He's in the 9th Mind Tempering realm?”

”Yes,” Wen Cheng said. ”I'm worried poor little Mei will never be able to take back her spot.”

Du Yuhan felt the same. Only Alex was a little less concerned about that.

”That's… not necessarily true, master,” Alex said. ”You see, I don't think-- no, I know his cultivation base isn't stabilized at all. At best, it could be equivalent to 7th or at best, 8th Mind Tempering realm at best.”

Wen Cheng's eyes shined as he finally remembered. ”Right. Meaning that if they fight, little Mei will have a slight chance at victory if she can play her cards right,” Wen Cheng said.

”Right,” Alex said with a smile. ”Also… if Sister can't take her down then… I might go and do it myself.”

Wen Cheng was surprised at the level of conviction he could hear in Alex's voice.

”Are you sure about that?” he asked.

”I believe I have a very high chance of beating him after I breakthrough once more,” Alex said. ”And if I use everything in my arsenal, I can beat him with 100% guarantee.”

”I might not be as strong as brother Yuhan here, but I'm sure I can at least do that much,” Alex said.

Wen Cheng nodded when he thought about how strong his disciple really was.

”Little Yuhan, are you sure you don't want the spot?” he asked.

Du Yuhan simply shook his head.

”I see,” Wen Cheng said. ”Alright, you guys keep practicing. I will go back to my tasks.”

Wen Cheng turned around to leave. However, just as he opened the door, he remembered something and turned around.

”Oh, right. Yu Ming, make sure to go easy on him. His pride has been broken, so… be a little cautious how you go about the fight tomorrow, okay?” Wen Cheng asked.

”Tomorrow?” Alex said with surprise and thought about it. ”Ah, right. I will make sure to make it look like I barely won, master.”

”Actually, no. That would make him feel worse. Just show that you are strong and that you were hiding it all this time. Once he sees the difference, the loss won't hit him as hard as it will if you acted weaker,” Wen Cheng said.

”Oh, okay,” Alex said. He still needed to learn a bit about understanding how others thought and felt.

”Do you still want to train?” Du Yuhan asked.

”Yes,” Alex said and got back up. Even though it hadn't been 20 minutes yet, they both felt like they were totally rested after hearing the news.

They could only imagine what the entire sect would be feeling like right now after hearing that the second strongest person they knew of in the sect right now lost to a newcomer in the sect.

Alex could only imagine the news it must've made. While the many elders focused on him and stopped him from going up in ranks, they were clearly blindsided from the surprise 1st rank from this disciple that went into hiding for over a month.

Now that he was nearly in the True realms, he was sure to make some changes in the rankings. Or at least, they thought so.

After training for a bit longer, Alex and Du Yuhan both decided to stop the training there for the night and went back to their home.

Tomorrow was going to be a hectic day.