Chapter 259 Whats a genius? (2/2)

Everyone was briefed by the rules; hence, each dao ring can fill in one hundred people at a time. They each have an incent stick's full time to show everything they have.

Immediately, soon as it comes, each ring was filled with talented individuals, well, there are also those that are not so much talented, but they signed up, hence, they were given a way by the organizers.

Some wandering cultivators also joined in, after all, for a wandering cultivator, they could only rely on themselves, their lack of background pushes them greatly to rely on themselves, they merely rely on their own resourcefulness and luck to cultivate. These people that came to join had already reached the end of their limits on being a wandering cultivator, they have limited wealth, and if they can't even support their living expenses, how much can they really grow?

A few hours later, although thousands had displayed their skills, she's not really into picking disciples, she felt bored.

Ouyang Chen had already found eight interesting individuals from the martial dao, but he'd need to pick four of the best in them, then, he hadn't seen any geniuses for the alchemy path that could touch his bottom-line.

This caused Bei Ming to sigh as he shook his head, to think that the Alchemy dao which the Alchemy Association is most proud of is actually not garnering much interest to Ouyang Chen, clearly, it signified one thing, the geniuses they have is becoming lackluster compared to the previous generations.

Still, hopes are still there, after all, the alchemists that had shown their talents are all of the elders' disciples, there hasn't been anyone from the hall masters and palace masters' direct disciples.

Bei Ming anticipated the results later, he looked forward to the outcoming performances.

Meanwhile, Mo Xie would time and again give some advice to Ouyang Chen, but the latter felt that Mo Xie's preferences are extremely weird.

Out of the eight he took note of, two were recommended by Mo Xie, but then, he felt it extremely stupid.

One showed nothing but martial arts, he looked like a bulk of meat built by pure muscles, a mere mortal at that, without a single cultivation grade, then, the other one is a silver rank expert, nothing noteworthy other than two bulk teeth, he showed how he handled water… well, more plainly, he showed how to throw balls of water.

The cultivator had nothing else to show but mere basic skills, a water ball is clearly one of the most basic skills, but with merely that, how had even Mo Xie noticed this person. But never mind that, why would he take notice of a mortal that has nothing but muscles in the first place.

Ouyang Chen sighed, he didn't know why Mo Xie would pick such people, but since it's picked by the latter, he couldn't help but consider them too.

With Mo Xie's different taste, he felt extremely worried about what the Mo Family actually has; 'Maybe… Brother Mo picks ugly subordinates so he'll be the only handsome one.'

But as quick as it entered Ouyang Chen's mind, it vanished without a second thought, just looking at Mo Fei Lin and Mo Yan Meng's appearance, he became rendered speechlessly.

But then, Ouyang Chen felt a little question rise up inside him and couldn't help but ask.

”Brother, why do you pick these people?”

Mo Xie didn't even bother changing his expression as he casually spoke; ”One's current cultivation has no ties with how good they are, merely, it can only be considered with luck, though I can't really condemn luck with one's cultivation, but since they have been brought up through a background much higher than others…

Can they truly be called geniuses?”

Mo Xie his head: ”One's root yes, they can definitely soar like dragons, but then again, one's own background can either be the reason for one's soar or one's downfall.”

”But talented geniuses are as many as the fishes in the seas, unsealing one's potential can also be counted on to luck, but a true genius, with proper nurturing can definitely soar above their peers.”

He then looked at Ouyang Chen, he smiled and spoke: ”Brother, true geniuses shine not because they out due their peers, but they show something that others couldn't accomplish. A once in a million genius?”

Mo Xie shook his head, he then looked at the sky: ”He's merely once in a million talent because he had the help of others, a background, for example, he has the comprehension talent, but without much help from a good family, would he really shine brighter than the others? Luck? Yes, if one is birthed from a well-known family, that is his luck.”

”But a once in a million genius is a term used for the lucky ones, because… in those millions, there could be hundreds of thousands of geniuses that's on par or even better than him, sadly, they have not the luck to possess what he had.”

He then looked at the sky, he remembered his own path, the bodies he assembled to become his ladder to success.

Mo Xie's words struck Ouyang Chen, he felt enlightened at the former's words, couldn't even speak for a moment.

Mo Xie then added: ”Roots and current power isn't the decisive part in picking talents, instead, you should view more in what they can attain in the future.”

Mo Xie smiled as he continued to watch the martial display and the alchemy display.