Cheat Cultivator's Ascension - Chapter 442 - 442: The Ones Who Saw It
After spending some time placating the ladies who heard his sister’s concerns about his nascent sources, the immortal-like young man finally managed to calm them down and rid them of their worries for now, guaranteeing that there’s no way for anyone to just notice his nascent sources just now unless they are a full pledged Celestial Level being.
Unbeknownst to him though, while almost all of the people observing the second trials are completely incapable of even detecting a trace of his numerous nascent sources, there are some older geniuses here who possess special abilities that allow them to see through the disguise covering his nascent sources.
One among them is the ancient old man who was together with the dignified-looking beauty of a Headmistress the Dao Seeking Mountains has, said old man being this beauty’s grandmaster through blood as both his mother and father were this old man’s disciples.
“That martial nephew of yours is one hell of a monster…” the old man said as he enters the room the mature beauties are currently in, but not before he knocks on the door and his grand disciple allows him entry, proving the manners this old man has despite his status, seniority and superior cultivation level.
Coming inside the room with him are the two elderly ladies who are also accompanying Tang Jianxue when the Dao Enlightenment Competition starts, the two of them looking at the mother of the young man the old grandmaster is talking about, with the smiles not leaving their faces, as if they just found a long-lost treasure that they thought they would never see again.
“I wonder what grandmaster is talking about?” looking at the ancient, desolate elder in front of her now having some trace of life, of excitement and interest in his eyes as he observes the immortal-like young man, her martial nephew and her sworn sister’s son, pushing onwards ahead of everyone else in the second trial.
“Tell me, young Meiyao, are you aware of how many nascent sources your child has?” now directing his gaze away from the immortal-like young man and moving it towards said young man’s mother, the ancient old man asked with a smile of curiosity in his face, his words finally allowing the rest of the mature beauties to understand what he is talking about, making them smile as the black-haired motherly beauty replies.
Looking at the curious gaze of the ancient old man, her sworn sister’s grandmaster, Su Meiyao knew that he already knows the answer to his own question, it’s just that he wants to confirm the answer from someone who knows the young man he is interested in, her son, more than him.
And who’s a better choice to ask such a question than the lady who birthed the young man herself, the lady who is practically with the young man day and night.
“Based on what he mentioned us one time, he has twenty nascent sources, and there’s even a possibility of the number increasing based on his speculation, although, there’s no changes despite him already breaking through the next state” Su Meiyao said with a proud smile on her face as she starts talking about her beloved son, just the fact that he is acknowledged as an absurd talent by ancient cultivation master as old as her sworn sister’s grandmaster making her feel like her son will always be greater than she can imagine.
“I-increasing the number of his nascent sources after formation!??” hearing the words of the junior in front of him, the ancient old man couldn’t help but stutter from the news, the fact alone that this junior’s son speculated that he is still capable of increasing the number of his already absurd amount of nascent sources is something incomprehensible to him, after all, once the nascent source is formed, unless one has a supreme treasure that can alter it, it is already set in stone to the point that one cannot even alter the appearance of their own nascent source.
But not to mention altering appearance, this immortal-like young man he just took interest in even felt confident enough to assume that he can still form more nascent sources even after he finished going through the initial formation, a claim that will make anyone think of this young man as some sort of crazy or foolish person rather than a genius.
‘If there’s anything else that will prevent him from being called crazy though, it’s definitely the fact that he managed to form twenty nascent sources, hell, that alone is enough for anyone to believe his claims to be true’ knowing the significance of such an absurd development in cultivation the ancient old man thought to himself as he finally starts to calm himself down.
As he starts to calm down, he then starts realizing that even if Su Xiaotian’s claim is proven to be impossible, just the fact alone that he managed to create twenty nascent sources is already enough to put him in a monstrous league beyond any other cultivation genius this world had witnessed.
“Anyways, now that I am enlightened of that fact, I need to talk to someone who might know something about this” the ancient old man mentioned with utmost urgency as his expression turns serious, his figure disappearing from the room along with the two elderly ladies following beside him, making the mature beauties wonder what his last words is about.
On the other hand, while her sworn sisters are still figuring out the meaning behind the ancient grandmaster’s words, the black-haired motherly beauty already thought of something, her heart skipping a beat as she thought that her beloved son might actually be in danger that he put himself on from him unconsciously showing his talent off.
Her speculations, while quite far from the truth, still have some facts in it, one of them being that someone truly managed to take a glance of her beloved son’s talent, only, this Half-step Celestial skilled enough to see that is someone who doesn’t really like taking advantage of young talents like this young man.
‘I thought he was absurd when his dao comprehension is far deeper than my lovely niece but…’ looking at the immortal-like young man leisurely protecting his companions as they move further, closer to the other end of the Sky Compression Valley, this Half-step Celestial Realm beauty couldn’t help but mutter to herself while she is still trying to wrap her head around what she just saw, her mind still refusing to believe the existence of such thing despite her eyes seeing it, her divine sense confirming its authenticity and her secret technique telling her that it’s not just some sort of trick.
‘Twenty nascent sources…’ as this fact starts to sink in, she couldn’t help but start having an existential crisis as she wonders whether this is still just talent that the immortal-like young man she is observing has, the development of his cultivation making her wonder whether they are really treading the same realms of cultivation at all.
‘Lady Xiang, my good junior Hua Xingtian mentioned me of your arrival from outside our humble world, is it possible for your exalted self to grace this dying old man with an exchange of words regarding him?’ as she continues to observe the immortal-like young man, an ancient voice sounded from her ears, making her nod as she felt the gravity and seriousness of the tone of this voice.
