35: Chapter 35 Many Prodigies

"This second brother of mine really isn't simple."

Ning Yuan thought to himself.

You have to understand.

Since humanity first set foot in the starry sky, through ten thousand years of struggle and countless baptisms of blood and fire, the prodigies and Prodigys that have emerged are as brilliant as the stars in the sky.

But even so, according to the official historical records, almost no one has ever truly managed to shatter that ten-million-jin Qi and Blood limit barrier.

Not even the nine Martial Saints who now safeguard humanity and deter the Ten Thousand Races of the Starry Sky were able to accomplish this back when they were in the Qi and Blood Realm.

Perhaps.

In those hidden corners of history unknown to most, such peerless Prodigys were indeed born.

But they either chose to conceal themselves to avoid being strangled in the cradle by the alien races, or unfortunately perished midway, failing to truly grow to their full potential.

But in any case.

The difficulty of breaking through this limit is no less than defying the heavens!

Who would have thought, not long after I descended the mountain to gain experience, I would personally witness one.

He then sensed the faint yet vibrant and noble life aura emanating from Jiang Mingyue's room.

"Tsk, it seems that little fox has also successfully hatched? That was quite fast."

Ning Yuan nodded to himself.

"It seems the Moon Shadow Celestial Fox is indeed quite compatible with second brother's physique."

As soon as he entered the door, Wang Zai, who had been playing dead in his arms, instantly leaped up and began frolicking back and forth across the spacious villa living room.

The successful evolution of its bloodline filled it with immense excitement and joy.

Most importantly, it felt that many of the treasures it couldn't eat before because it couldn't digest them were now finally fair game for its stomach!

Just thinking about this made its mouth water uncontrollably.

Lu Sheng and Zhou Qi, who had been busy in the kitchen, heard the commotion and came out carrying a large pot of steaming hot pot.

"Boss! You're finally back!"

Seeing Ning Yuan, both of them wore beaming smiles, full of enthusiasm.

"Oh, looking at you two with those smug expressions, did something good happen?" Ning Yuan asked with a smile.

Lu Sheng placed the hot pot heavily on the table and thumped his chest excitedly.

"Boss! We've finally become official students!"

Heaven has eyes!

These past few days, watching Ning Yuan and Jiang Mingyue cultivate leisurely in the dorm while they, the two brothers, had to toil away, clocking in for work at the library...

That feeling was indescribably sour.

But now, they had finally shed their librarian identities and become official students of the Great Xia Martial Academy.

Ning Yuan sprawled casually into a seat at the dining table and casually picked up a slice of beef.

"Not bad, you guys passed the assessment and entered the Transcendent Academy so quickly?"

These two were already Human-level Warriors when they arrived, so after becoming official students, they were naturally directly assigned to the Transcendent Academy.

Zhou Qi nodded repeatedly, then lowered his voice, speaking mysteriously:

"Speaking of which, third brother and I had exceptionally good luck this time."

"We just managed to catch up with a major event!"

Ning Yuan, while eating meat, casually asked, "What major event?"

Zhou Qi chuckled.

"I heard this from a friend of mine in the Student Council. Apparently, not long from now, our academy is going to host an unprecedented grand competition! If you can achieve a good ranking in the competition, you can receive an enormous surprise!"

Hearing this, Ning Yuan couldn't help but chuckle.

That's it?

Not only did he know what the so-called surprise was, he had even obtained the top-secret intelligence about that ruin's connection to the Ancient Dragon Clan in advance.

He merely nodded casually.

"Then you two better work hard and strive to both make it into the top thousand of the Transcendent Academy."

Zhou Qi was immediately taken aback.

"Boss, how did you know it was the top thousand?"

The looks in their eyes as they gazed at Ning Yuan instantly became sparkling.

Ning Yuan put on a profound smile.

"As Buddha said, it cannot be spoken."

"Anyway, I, your boss, won't steer you wrong. From today on, you two just focus on cultivating like your lives depend on it."

Regarding the matter of the ruin, the fewer people who knew, the better.

Hearing this, both Lu Sheng and Zhou Qi nodded with utmost seriousness.

Although they were both newcomers who had only recently entered the Transcendent Realm.

They themselves were also top-tier prodigies meticulously selected from their respective star systems.

With a solid effort, they had a very good chance of breaking into the top thousand.

For a moment, both were brimming with fighting spirit!

"However, boss, you and second brother should also be careful of those guys in the Qi and Blood Academy," Lu Sheng added as a reminder.

"Recently, our Great Xia Martial Academy has been quite turbulent. Not only have many prodigies from within humanity come here, but the Ten Thousand Races of the Starry Sky have also sent one powerful alien genius after another."

"Just a few days ago, a peerless beauty from the Feather Clan descended upon our Martial Academy. Her name is Yu Ling. It's said she was born with six wings, and the depth of her Qi and Blood foundation is in no way inferior to our human high-level warriors who have honed their strength to nine million jin!"

Hearing this, Ning Yuan was also slightly surprised.

The strength of a Feather Clan member is directly linked to the number of wings on their back.

Legend has it that the Saints of the Feather Clan possess twelve wings.

And six wings, under normal circumstances, correspond to the strength of a King-level existence.

Of course, there are always exceptions.

A few Feather Clan members with exceptional talent and bloodline atavism can grow more wings at a lower cultivation level, possessing combat power far surpassing their peers.

"Also! And that guy from the Green Ox Clan called Niu Man!" Zhou Qi quickly chimed in. "That guy is practically a Prodigy! That terrifying brute strength of his... I heard that many prodigies in our Transcendent Academy who have already reached the peak of the Human-level might not be his match in a pure contest of strength!"

Qi and Blood strength is just one of the standards used to measure a warrior's foundational depth; it doesn't completely equate to the actual power they can unleash in combat.

Some races might have special physiques with innate great strength, giving them an advantage in the Qi and Blood Realm.

"But the one causing the biggest stir lately has to be that flashy guy from the Golden God Clan!"

Lu Sheng's tone became much more solemn.

"That guy called Jin Jiao just arrived at the Martial Academy the day before yesterday. On the very same day, he directly challenged Ye Lingjun, who was previously recognized as the number one in our Qi and Blood Academy! And he won with an extremely relaxed attitude! You have to know, Ye Lingjun has always been the pillar figure among our human Qi and Blood Realm prodigies. His strength would absolutely rank him among the Prodigys even in the top-tier supreme academies across the starry sky!"

"And, it's said... that Jin Jiao isn't even the strongest among his peers in their Golden God Clan."

After finishing, both of their expressions appeared rather grave.

However, Ning Yuan's face still wore that same calm and composed expression.

He simply nodded to indicate he understood.

It didn't matter.

In the domain of the Qi and Blood Realm, right now, he was invincible.

No matter who came, they'd have to obediently call him daddy.

The only difference lay in how much effort he himself was willing to exert.

Seeing Ning Yuan's utterly nonchalant demeanor, Lu Sheng and Zhou Qi both inexplicably felt reassured.

Their own boss was probably the most abnormal one of all!

Both of them instantly relaxed.

Lu Sheng, as if remembering something, spoke with schadenfreude:

"Oh right, boss! Speaking of which, when I came back just now, I happened to see the academy's Enforcement Team carrying away a few guys from the Stone Python Clan."

"Tsk tsk, what a miserable sight! Limbs all broken, minds addled, like idiots. I wonder which ruthless person was responsible."

Zhou Qi was also somewhat surprised.

"I did hear that among the exchange students the Stone Python Clan sent this time, there's one called Shi Xuan who's pretty good. Although his cultivation is a bit low, only at the peak of the fourth rank, his talent is extremely high. If he grows to the sixth rank, he'd probably have a good hope of breaking into the top ten in our Transcendent Academy."

Lu Sheng slapped his thigh.

"Exactly! He was among those carried away! I bet that guy, not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth, probably offended some big shot in our Transcendent Academy."

As for it being a student from the Qi and Blood Academy who did it?

They didn't even entertain that thought.

What a joke!

A Qi and Blood Warrior, beating a fourth-rank peak Transcendent prodigy into such a miserable state?

If he could do that, they'd call him daddy on the spot!

Both of them marveled, even guessing several names.

But they could never have imagined that the real culprit, the ruthless person, was sitting right across from them.

Ning Yuan listened and chuckled.

He didn't expect to hear follow-up gossip about his own actions here.

He casually asked, "Did the academy not investigate?"

Lu Sheng chuckled.

"How could they investigate? It's an unwritten rule. Fighting outside the academy, as long as no lives are lost, the academy simply can't be bothered."

"However, I did hear that someone from the Green Ox Clan put out a message, telling the perpetrator to step forward themselves, saying ambushing from behind doesn't count as skill. He also said the Stone Python Clan definitely won't let this go. The exchange students sent before were too weak. Probably soon, Stone Python Clan exchange students at the Transcendent Realm or even the Flying Heaven Realm will be sent over."

"The Green Ox Clan and the Stone Python Clan have always had good relations. I'm afraid the Green Ox Clan might also get involved."

Hearing this, Ning Yuan smiled.

Beat the small ones, and the bigger ones come?

Great!

Come on, come on, I'll take you all on, one by one, and send the whole lot of you packing!

He wasn't worried about this at all.

Maybe it could even trigger a few more system tasks for him.

What a wonderful Stone Python Clan.

While the three of them were chatting idly,

the door on the second floor slowly opened.

A surge of vast Qi and Blood power flashed by, extremely subtle, unnoticed by the other two besides Ning Yuan.

Jiang Mingyue's figure appeared at the top of the stairs.

At this moment, having just consolidated the foundation from breaking through the Qi and Blood limit, she seemed full of high spirits and confidence.