19: Dacheng Storm

“Thank you, Teacher Wang.” Lin Ye was truly impressed by this teacher.

Wang Ye was an eighth-tier Martial Artist, one of the only two full-time instructors at Magic City University's Martial Artist Academy. He had extensive teaching experience and a wealth of research achievements, comparable to Qin Fang.

Wang Ye nodded. Lin Ye was impressed by him, but he himself had almost knelt before Lin Ye. My goodness, do you know what this old man just saw? Great Achievement Star Force!

Minor Achievement Muscle Master had made him marvel at Lin Ye's talent, but it was still understandable. However, Great Achievement was a huge hurdle; achieving Great Achievement in a Gold-level ability was several times harder than achieving Minor Achievement in a Star Level ability.

So, when he learned that Lin Ye had achieved Great Achievement Star Force, his many years of composure almost broke.

But who was he? He still feigned indifference and guided him attentively.

“Teacher Wang, what is your relationship with my teacher? How did he manage to invite you?”

“That kid is my senior brother's disciple. Your grand-teacher is at the Martial Artist Academy in Jingda. That kid found it too restrictive to be around his parents back then, so he ran off to your grand-teacher's side.”

So that was it. No wonder their cultivation skills were largely similar.

Lin Ye suddenly understood.

“Then I should call you Grand-Uncle-Master.”

Wang Ye nodded, acknowledging it.

Instructors do not casually accept disciples. Students are students, and disciples are disciples. Only highly promising students are taken as disciples. Disciples can maintain close contact with their instructors after graduation, learning knowledge and even continuing their studies.

Students, on the other hand, are similar to nominal disciples; once they leave campus, the instructor no longer concerns themselves with them.

Lin Ye and Jiang Xiaoyu hadn't formally held any master-disciple ceremony, but Jiang Xiaoyu was already grooming Lin Ye as his first disciple, and Lin Ye naturally wouldn't be tactless.

Grand-Uncle-Master was truly amazing. Many of his skills were at the pinnacle of perfection. His guidance was like riding a rocket. He felt that if Grand-Uncle-Master was willing to teach him for a month, achieving Great Achievement in Force Emission would be no problem, and his other three Silver-level skills could easily reach Minor Achievement.

However, this was unlikely. Wang Ye also had his own students to guide, research projects to conduct, and his own cultivation to attend to. He was very busy.

Entering the Top 8.

Lin Ye encountered a rare profession he didn't know much about: a Puppeteer.

It was a magic-based profession, but it relied on puppets for output. Lin Ye had absolutely no understanding of this profession, but under the Great Achievement Star Force, he continuously shattered ten of the opponent's puppets, securing the victory.

The audience below was in an uproar. When the draw came out today, they thought it would be a fierce battle, as this mysterious Puppeteer had also defeated two third-tier opponents with strange methods.

But they didn't expect Lin Ye to easily defeat his opponent.

“Great Achievement Star Force, it's Great Achievement Star Force!” An instructor exclaimed. Those with less insight in the audience also understood that Lin Ye's Star Force ability had reached Great Achievement, thanks to the popularizers.

“Terrifying, this child is an extreme prodigy, probably unstoppable.”

“How long has he been cultivating? He's had his ability for less than four months, yet he's already achieved Great Achievement Star Force.”

Everyone in the Martial Artist Academy was silent. Great Achievement Star Force was already at the instructor level. Was it a term that could appear among their students?

The instructors of the Martial Artist Academy were in an uproar. Only Martial Artists understood Martial Artists better, and those who had achieved Great Achievement Star Force understood the true value of Great Achievement Star Force even more.

“This kid is too terrifying. I've cultivated for fifty years, and it took me thirty years to achieve Great Achievement Star Force.”

“Damn Jiang Xiaoyu, he's so lucky to have taken such a disciple. No, I won't be able to sleep tonight.”

As the news of Lin Ye's Great Achievement Star Force spread, the school forum exploded. How many years had it been since Magic University had a freshman with a Great Achievement ability? The last recorded one was a Life Priestess more than a decade ago, who achieved Great Achievement early due to her exceptional compatibility with the Gold-level ability Natural Breathing.

The forum began to celebrate, and Lin Ye felt particularly good. No one could refuse to show off in front of others.

“Xiao Qian, Ranran and I really have nothing going on.” Jiang Xiaoyu had a headache. He had been explaining for a long time, but Xu Qian just wouldn't listen.

He loved his current girlfriend deeply because she didn't understand his wild ways but still supported him. Her personality was especially gentle, her figure was hot, and her looks were also striking.

Sometimes he even wondered if he should marry Xu Qian.

But Xu Qian also had her bottom line; she had zero tolerance for his contact with ex-girlfriends. So, Jiang Xiaoyu hadn't been two-timing for a long time.

Xu Qian was no longer her usual gentle self, her face cold. “Heh, nothing going on, yet you ended up at a hotel? Jiang Xiaoyu, do you think I'm a fool?”

“No, didn't Ranran help me with something? It's perfectly reasonable for us to treat her to a meal for business, right? She ate halfway and said her period came, and she needed to change her sanitary napkin. I just thought of finding a hotel for her to change. I didn't expect her to pounce on me as soon as we entered the room, and before I could push her away, you arrived.”

Jiang Xiaoyu felt truly wronged. Even if he were to get involved with an ex-girlfriend, he wouldn't choose Qin Ranran. Her family was too troublesome; if he continued to mess around, that grandmaster would probably be unable to resist making a move.

Xu Qian glared, a man's mouth, a deceiving ghost.

Jiang Xiaoyu could only resort to a shameless tactic, pestering her relentlessly and saying every good thing he could think of.

Finally, when Jiang Xiaoyu pulled up the hotel corridor surveillance, showing the sanitary napkin in his hand and Qin Ranran's initiative, Xu Qian's anger barely subsided.

There was naturally no surveillance in the hotel room, and purely based on the time, nothing had indeed happened.

Seeing Xu Qian's anger subside, Jiang Xiaoyu was overjoyed. He quickly went forward and hugged Xu Qian, sweet words and flattery pouring out.

The two reconciled and had some intimate moments. Only then did Jiang Xiaoyu notice the private messages.

“Lin Ye, that kid, achieved Great Achievement Star Force?” Jiang Xiaoyu exclaimed.

“Lin Ye, your disciple? Has his Star Force reached Great Achievement?” Xu Qian, her face still slightly flushed, sat in Jiang Xiaoyu's arms, also a bit shocked.

Jiang Xiaoyu had told her about Lin Ye, so she naturally knew about Lin Ye's progress. She hadn't expected him to reach Great Achievement now.

Jiang Xiaoyu held Xu Qian, “Yes, a few days ago when I was teaching him, I felt his Star Force was progressing rapidly. I didn't expect him to actually achieve Great Achievement now. Haha, he's really giving me face. This kid cultivates abilities as if he has no bottlenecks.”

Jiang Xiaoyu leaned closer to Xu Qian, “Xiao Qian, can I discuss something with you?”

“What is it?”

...

Great Achievement Star Force brought Lin Ye too much attention. Even the usually reserved Magic University students started to lose their composure, running over one by one to take photos and ask for autographs.

He quickly pushed through the crowded people and got into the car. A group of people asked him so many questions that his head almost exploded. He found an excuse and quickly left.

Back in the dormitory, Lin Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

Training still had to continue, but today he had an additional task: gathering intelligence on his Top 8 opponents.

That Puppeteer today truly left him in the dark, completely clueless. There were too many professional templates, and some professions could really catch others off guard with an information advantage.