"How could that be!"
Liu Changqing initially scoffed, but then rationally analyzed, "However, Ninth Junior Brother's talent is indeed rare. It's not impossible for him to surpass me, but it would take at least several decades, right?"
Shi Dingyan chuckled.
"...It should take at least ten years, right?" Liu Changqing felt inexplicably guilty.
Shi Dingyan was still chuckling.
"Fine, even if he's amazing, it's impossible for him to succeed within three to five years!" Liu Changqing said with a determined heart, giving a timeframe that he found more convincing.
Rumble!
At this point, the weather regulation system finally completed its switch, and the previous "daily hail and rain" became "daily rain and fog".
"How many is this now?"
Liu Changqing squinted and asked.
"The ninety-third one."
Shi Dingyan's expression turned serious. "It seems our previous guess was correct. Junior Brother is going to try all 120 combinations!"
If the ten weather patterns are grouped into sets of three, there are a total of one hundred and twenty variations.
"I really don't know how Ninth Junior Brother's head is structured."
Liu Changqing's expression was complicated. "Back then, I taught him the method of incorporating the source energy. I thought he would do what I did and go outside the city to find a kind of weather phenomenon, such as 'wind' or 'fire.' I never expected this..."
Two days ago at noon, Shen Qian suddenly arrived at the Tower of Babel.
Liu Changqing and Shi Dingyan didn't know what Shen Qian had said to Marquis Jingcheng, but the result was that Shen Qian entered the weather regulation system and began to break through to the initial martial artist level.
The two were summoned to the rooftop to protect their junior brother, while Gao Wenyuan himself left the city and disappeared without a trace.
"I was also shocked by his madness."
Shi Dingyan smiled bitterly, "What I can't understand is that the teacher actually agreed to his proposal and allowed him to use the Jingcheng weather system to absorb the source."
"Is this what they mean by the fine line between genius and madness?"
Liu Changqing let out a sigh of relief. "In our eyes, he's crazy, but only the teacher saw his extraordinary talent."
“Teacher’s wisdom is indeed unfathomable. To become the youngest king in history, strength alone is not enough.” Shi Dingyan nodded in agreement.
"But why do you think he brought so much luggage?"
Liu Changqing glanced at the backpack that Shen Qian had tossed aside. Goodness, anyone who didn't know better would think that Shen Qian was going to wander the wilderness!
"I don't know, maybe they changed their minds along the way?"
Shi Dingyan didn't care much about these details; his gaze was fixed on Chen Qian, who was being slowly enveloped by a new round of weather storms.
"My only question is why the teacher trusts him so much. Your process of incorporating the source was extremely dangerous, while Junior Brother is going to incorporate multiple sources, and they are extremely unstable composite sources that are fused together..."
How could he possess such powerful and precise control?
"I've thought about this question too."
Liu Changqing pondered for a moment, then said, "I have a guess, it might be related to Junior Brother's spiritual power. You should have sensed it too, Junior Brother's spiritual power is a bit too strong..."
"It may not be considered powerful for us, but for a beginner martial artist, it is simply incredible."
Shi Dingyan nodded slowly, "When I first met my junior brother, his spiritual power fluctuations already amazed me. And every time we met afterward, he was improving at a rapid pace, and it was becoming more and more exaggerated."
"Do you still remember the scroll that Teacher brought back from Kunlun Mountain more than 30 years ago?" Liu Changqing suddenly asked.
"You mean with Junior Sister..." Shi Dingyan realized his slip of the tongue and corrected himself, "That scroll that Teacher said might be from the previous spiritual energy era, depicting 'humans' cultivating?"
"Well, although I can't cultivate either, I remember some of the general idea. I seem to have sensed the same aura on my junior brother."
"That's one reason, but it's probably not the only one, because Junior Brother's mental strength was already quite strong before... Sigh, anyway, Teacher was right, I really can't teach him."
Shi Dingyan looked somewhat lost.
Liu Changqing knew why Shi Dingyan was in a bad mood, but he couldn't comfort him for the time being.
"Let's not talk about this anymore."
Shi Dingyan shook his head and smiled, "What kind of primal energy do you think Junior Brother will produce after absorbing so many different kinds of primal energy?"
"I'm afraid no one can answer this question."
The two had discussed this issue several times, and Liu Changqing had some guesses: "I think it's either merging into Yin and Yang, or merging into the Five Elements."
"Just as I guessed, both of these primordial energies are powerful enough, containing many laws. I'm worried about whether Ninth Junior Brother can handle them." Shi Dingyan nodded.
"Just wait and see, there are 120 variations, and it'll be over soon."
Neither of them spoke, but simply waited quietly.
Time passed, and during this time only Liu Changqing went downstairs once to bring back the two examination admission tickets brought back by the academy disciples.
The sky gradually darkened.
During this period, the weather in Jingcheng was constantly changing. However, due to the city lord's command, few ordinary residents walked on the streets. Even if they did, they were promptly stopped or escorted by police officers, so there were very few casualties.
When the clock struck ten o'clock at night, Liu Changqing and Shi Dingyan, who had been resting with their eyes closed, opened their eyes at the same time.
In mid-air, at the very center of the disc, the storm of ice, snow, and sand that had enveloped Chen Qian was slowly dissipating.
"Was it successful?"
Both of them strained their eyes, not wanting to miss any detail.
To fuse so much primordial energy at the initial stage of martial arts is something that, if not unprecedented, is certainly unparalleled in their understanding.
Whoosh!
In mid-air, Shen Qian's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, revealing an eerie contrast between black and white. His left eye was dark, while his right eye burst forth with intense light.
Splash!
The seven-colored chains above the weather regulation system began to shake wildly, as if the wisps of spiritual energy contained within them were being subjected to some immense gravitational pull, attempting to break free from the chains' restraints.
This scene made Shi Dingyan squint his eyes.
"Gathering spiritual energy and transforming it into essence... indeed, it has reached the final step."
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