Shocking World War Emperor
Chapter 349: Well-Intentioned Efforts

Chapter 349: Chapter 349: Well-Intentioned Efforts

"Mediocre!"

When these three words spilled from Xia Yuan’s mouth, the great hall fell into a deathly silence.

Chi Shen, Ling Wu, Qin Shi, and the others were completely dumbfounded.

With talent like Ling Chen’s, which caused Star Academic Palace and King Star Academic Palace to vie for him, how could his rating be merely mediocre?

A chill flickered across Ling Chen’s eyes.

He considered his own talent, thinking that at worst he would be just average, never expecting to be labeled as mediocre!

It’s important to note that in Star Academic Palace, only those students with ordinary Spiritual Bodies who got lucky and passed the entrance assessment would receive such a rating.

And yet, he was a genius who was admitted without examination, and Star Academic Palace dared to give him a mediocre rating?

"Palace Master, could there have been a mistake?"

Chi Shen stood up and slightly bowed towards Xia Yuan.

"No mistake!"

Xia Yuan nodded and said, "This is the consensus of myself and the eight instructors."

The eight Cultivators present were precisely the instructors Xia Yuan referred to.

The eight instructors also nodded with slight smiles.

Ling Chen coldly stared at Xia Yuan and said, "May I ask, on what principles do you base the assessment of a student’s level?"

Such a rating was nothing short of an insult.

He thought Star Academic Palace was different from King Star Academic Palace, but it seems there was no difference.

Anticipating this reaction, Xia Yuan smiled and said, "Potential and strength."

"True, your strength is very formidable, and your talent for Spirit Arts is extremely powerful. Even a Practitioner of the Primordial Pill Realm at the sixth level is no match for you."

"Judging by strength alone, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to classify your level as Transcendent."

"However, your so-called reliance on a superior Heavenly Spirit Technique is quite common among the students in Star Academic Palace, and every student on the Star Ranking can perform it."

"So, once everyone grows up, what advantage will you have left?"

"Therefore, we can tentatively rate you as average."

Upon hearing this, Ling Chen sneered and said, "So, possessing a superior Heavenly Spirit Technique is now considered no advantage?"

He stared at Xia Yuan and asked, "Palace Master, is a superior Heavenly Spirit Technique the pinnacle of Spirit Arts?"

"Of course not."

Xia Yuan shook his head.

Above the Heavenly Spirit Technique, there is the King Spirit Technique.

Ling Chen grinned and said, "Since it’s not the pinnacle, on what basis can you determine I won’t be able to learn the King Spirit Technique in the future?"

"King Spirit Technique?"

Xia Yuan chuckled lightly and said, "Putting aside the difficulty of cultivating the King Spirit Technique, what makes you think you have the capital to obtain it?"

The King Spirit Technique is exceedingly precious.

Is it something an ordinary Cultivator can just attain?

Even if Ling Chen’s master is Arrow God Liu Qingcang, what of it?

Throughout the Great Xia Dynasty, the King Spirit Technique is scarce, and the vast majority are held by the Royal Family.

"Heh."

Ling Chen sneered, "That’s none of the Palace Master’s concern."

So the Master of the First Palace of Star Academic Palace has such limited vision.

Xia Yuan gave an ambiguous smile.

The King Spirit Technique is now only accessible by a very few individuals within the Royal Family.

Amongst the younger generation, only Crown Prince Xia Biluo had contact with it.

Somebody from True Martial Prefecture’s Guangling City, who dares to brazenly claim he can obtain the King Spirit Technique, is simply laughable.

"Now that we’ve discussed strength, shall we continue discussing potential?"

Xia Yuan stared at Ling Chen with a smile and said, "Ling Chen, what special constitution do you possess?"

Qin Shi, Su Su, and Xu Lin were all taken aback.

Doesn’t Ling Chen have a Super Spiritual Body?

Elder Chi Shen was also somewhat puzzled, not understanding why the Palace Master would ask such a question.

"I don’t know."

Ling Chen gently shook his head.

Xia Yuan smiled and said, "As far as I know, you don’t have a special physique."

"What, how is that possible?"

Chi Shen and Qin Shi, the group of four, had incredulous expressions on their faces.

At the Eight Palaces Martial Discussion, they had truly witnessed Ling Chen’s Spiritual Power.

Such Spiritual Power certainly exceeded the first level of cultivation, and then some.

It was absolutely at the level of a Super Spiritual Body!

How could it be that in the Palace Master’s mouth, there was no special physique?

Could what they saw before have been an illusion?

Ling Chen did not deny it, but smiled and said, "Whether I have a special physique or not, my current Spiritual Power is sufficient to compete with a Super Spiritual Body."

The matter of the Sacred Body must absolutely not be exposed.

Xia Yuan nodded and said, "I admit that. But I want to ask you, if you can be like this now, will your Spiritual Power still be the same in the future?"

"The cultivation in the Primordial Pill Realm is not as easy as before. After all, you do not have a special physique, not even a Battle Body or Spiritual Body."

"So, from the perspective of your potential, you can only be considered inferior!"

"We at the Academic Palace prioritize potential. So, taking into account both potential and strength, do you still have any objections to the inferior rating?"

"Yes!"

Ling Chen said loudly, "What you have mentioned now is related to Spiritual Power Practitioners, at most it’s a rating for the Spiritual Power path. What about my Divine Soul rating?"

Due to possessing a Sacred Body, he did not want to argue further.

But his Divine Soul talent surely couldn’t be considered inferior, could it?

Hearing Ling Chen mention the Divine Soul, the faces of the Palace Master and the eight instructors all darkened.

Xia Yuan spoke coldly, "Ling Chen, do you still have the face to mention the Divine Soul path?"

"Why can’t I mention it?"

Ling Chen’s expression became stern.

Xia Yuan looked at Ling Chen with a face full of disappointment, as if lamenting his unfulfilled potential, and said, "With such excellent Divine Soul talent, why don’t you focus on cultivating your Divine Soul instead, but persist in cultivating the Spiritual Power path?"

With such great talent, Ling Chen, if focused on cultivating the Divine Soul, might even have hope of advancing to a higher grade of Divine Thought Master!

Moreover, many have advised Ling Chen about this, yet he stubbornly refused to listen.

Hearing the implied meaning in the Palace Master’s words, Ling Chen smiled and said, "So then, from the Divine Soul perspective, my rating won’t be inferior, right?"

"Correct!"

Xia Yuan nodded and said, "Your Divine Soul rating is Transcendent."

Ling Chen furrowed his brow and said, "If that’s the case, then why does the Palace Master still give me an inferior rating?"

Spiritual Power and Divine Soul are separate paths.

The most prominent path is naturally emphasized.

Xia Yuan’s face showed a hint of a smile and said, "I can give you a Transcendent rating. But you have to agree to one condition!"

All that had happened before was actually for this moment.

For Ling Chen, he had also been making painstaking efforts.

"What condition?"

Ling Chen seemed to understand why the Palace Master was so strict with him.

"Just promise to give up cultivating Spiritual Power!"

Xia Yuan smiled faintly.

The eight instructors also revealed smiles on their faces.

They did this because they hoped that Ling Chen would focus on cultivating the Divine Soul path!

Ling Chen replied with a faint smile, "Sorry, how I cultivate is not up to others to dictate!"

The Sunlight Holy Body allows him to cultivate the Divine Soul during the day.

The Night Moon Holy Body helps him cultivate Spiritual Power at night.

The two combined, allowing his Spiritual Power and Divine Soul to complement each other!

How could he abandon his own principles just because of a rating threat?

He knew his own situation best.

To possess the Night Moon Holy Body and not cultivate Spiritual Power, that would be the real waste!

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