Da Xuan Martial Saint

And just as the two were joking and laughing,

suddenly a voice came.

"What book is so interesting?"

At the sound of this familiar voice, Chen Yue and Yu Ru both stopped in their tracks, turned to look at the door in unison, each revealing a surprised and delighted expression, and then both stood up together.

"Brother!"

"Mu Brother!"

"Brother, when did you get back?!"

Chen Mu's face broke into a warm smile as he said, "I just got back. Why have you two come to my courtyard? I remember, Yue'er, you do not like reading, so why are you now reading with little Ru?"

Chen Yue waved the book in her hand at Chen Mu with a giggly smile and said, "Because brother is in the book!"

"Oh?"

Chen Mu walked over with mild curiosity and said, "Since when did I end up in a book? Let me have a look... hmm, 'New Talents of Cold North Path,' where did this come from?"

Chen Yue explained, "It seems it was just put on sale yesterday. I heard brother was listed in the book, so I went with little Ru to buy one to show you once you got back."

"Hmm."

Chen Mu nodded slightly then opened the book.

The content of the first page immediately caught his eye, presenting segments of text, the one at the very top being a name.

'Zuo Qianqiu'!

True disciple and leader in the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Having achieved the Five Viscera Realm by cultivating Jade Bone, the sole person in a hundred years to follow the Heavenly Sword path and reach the second step of Heavenly Sword Artistic Conception. His cultivation embodies the way of killing and elimination of Heavenly Sword, his technique being the 'Seven Cutting Skies Swords.' Within his sect, no one could withstand his three swords; he once defeated the true disciple leader of the Seven Profound Sect, Zhou Hao, with his fourth sword and repelled Hua Nongyue of the Hehuan Sect with his sixth sword...

Perception assessment: Top-Grade A.
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Aptitude assessment: Top-Grade A.

Strength assessment: Top-Grade A, ranked first among those in the Five Viscera Realm across the eleven states of the Cold North Path.

"Zuo Qianqiu..."

Chen Mu looked at the page thoughtfully.

He remembered that Cold North Path had a 'Wind Cloud List,' which recorded the most top-notch existences under the Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters across the entire Cold North Path. Yan Jingqing was also on that list, which seemed to come from the End of the World Sea Pavilion.

This 'New Talents of Cold North Path' was also the work of the End of the World Sea Pavilion, but it lacked individual portraits, making it less interesting.

He continued flipping through the pages.

The second page.

'Yuan Yingsong'!

The thirteenth son of King of North Garrison Yuan Hong, Eastern Commander of North Garrison Government, mastered the Kun Earth Artistic Conception from Qiankun Eight Phases, also advanced the Separating Fire Artistic Conception to the second step, skilled in the Eight Desolations Halberd Technique, has slain hundreds of the Foreign Race beyond the Border Pass, defeated their prodigies, and also by himself, overcome four true disciples of Huanran Sect working together...

Perception assessment: Top-Grade A.

Aptitude assessment: Top-Grade A.

Strength assessment: Top-Grade A, potentially on par with Zuo Qianqiu.

"Yuan Yingsong... I've never heard of this name before; after all, Yu State is too far from North State. No, I should say Yu County is too remote; a lot of news doesn't reach here. If I were in the State Government Office, there would likely be such rumors."

Chen Mu mumbled to himself in his heart.

He kept flipping through the book and soon came across some familiar names, such as the Hehuan twins 'Hua Nongyue', Si Kouzhi of the Blood Hidden Pavilion, Zhou Hao, the true disciple of Great Profound Peak of the Seven Profound Sect, and others.

And as he continued to flip through to page twenty-seven, he finally saw his own name.

'Chen Mu'!

Metropolitan Commander of the Inspectorate in Yu County of Yu State, born into poverty, rose from insignificance; began martial arts training in his twenties, wasting many years, yet still, with extremely high perception, in just a few short years, successively comprehended Xun Wind, Thunderbolt, and Separating Fire Artistic Conceptions, all to the second step. Moreover, he has somewhat mastered Artistic Conception of Gen Mountain, once defeating Gu Hong, a true disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, with a single strike...

Perception assessment: Top-Grade A.

Aptitude assessment: Top-Grade A.

Strength assessment: Bottom-Grade A.

Note: With high perception and aptitude, he is an extraordinary genius; it's a pity he was born lowly and wasn't discovered sooner. If he had begun his martial arts training earlier, his strength would be far beyond his current level, and he might well be able to compete with the top ten talents on the list.