Chapter 236: Talent
"Are you picking on me, Li Mu?" Wen Qing gritted her teeth, glaring at Wen Qing. After all, the people that Li Mu chose were the people that she condemned earlier.
"I don’t have any reason to pick on you." Li Mu shook his head gently and glanced at the City Lord. "I’m sorry, but I don’t choose your daughter for a reason."
"Is that so?" The City Lord closed his eyes with a pained expression.
Li Mu then looked at Albert, Gin and Natasha. "So, how is it? Do you want to be my disciple?"
"Eh?" Gin scratched the back of his head, having trouble to decide. After all, their goal was their leader, not Li Mu.
"What’s wrong? Do you want to reject my offer? Well, I have rejected many people, so I think the other way around can happen too." Li Mu chuckled.
"What?"
"Are they going to reject Elder Li Mu?"
"Are they fools?"
Feng Xue, the City Lord’s daughter, gritted her teeth while glaring at Albert and the others. Li Mu’s reputation was already known even for her who usually cultivated in her own mansion. She never expected that Li Mu actually ignored her extraordinary talents for people that wanted to reject him.
"It’s just..." Gin scratched the back of his head.
"Is there something that you can’t tell me?" Li Mu smiled.
"It’s..." Gin came closer to Li Mu, whispering something to him.
After listening to Gin, Li Mu couldn’t help but laugh. "Hahaha! So, that’s how it is. I guess as talented as you are, you can aim that high. Even so, it’s not easy for you to get there. If you follow me, your chance will be bigger. How’s that?"
"That..." Gin thought for a moment before clasping his hands. "We’ll be in your care."
"Great. Although you can easily pass the test, I guess I need to test you. Come to the platform all three of you." Li Mu chuckled as he led those three to take the test. "So, who wants to do it first?"
The three of them looked at each other as Natasha raised her hand. "I will be the first then."
"Alright." Li Mu nodded. "Anyway, all your badges first."
They handed their own badges as Li Mu inspected their ages. It turned out Albert was the oldest, but not much older than the rest of the people.
’Hmm... 21 years old Golden Core Stage... I see. A talented genius. The same applies to the other two. They’re still 16 years old, but the guy is at Foundation Building Stage while the other one is at Qi Gathering Stage. Although the female is not that talented, but it seems she has something in her. I smell a different type of elements.’
Natasha was the first to place her hands on the crystal. This time, it became even more shocking than Feng Xue. After all, the crystal now let out four different lights.
"This is..." The young man gasped as Li Mu smiled, announcing her talent. "Fire, Water, Wind, and Lightning Elements. All of them are Grade 7."
*Hiss!*
Everyone sucked a cold breath. Just like how Hei Xuan defeated Gu Fei with his two lower grade elements, Natasha obliterated Feng Xue’s talent. After all, Natasha had four elements instead of two elements. Her talent alone was among the peak.
"Four elements..."
"And all of them are Grade 7. They’re one grade higher than Gu Fei’s one element. And she has four."
"There is someone this talented?"
"So, Elder Li Mu turned down everyone because he had managed to discern this talent? As expected of Elder Li Mu, nothing escapes his eyes."
Wen Qing’s face became pale as she never thought there would be someone with this much talent. If she was the one nurturing Natasha, she would become one of the top elders because of her achievement.
Unfortunately, Li Mu snatched her first.
Li Mu nodded, satisfied. "I’m pretty sure that your strength isn’t that good, right?"
"Yes." Natasha admitted it without hesitation.
"Even so, you still need to do the test. I’ll take care of your training later."
"Understood." Natasha struck the rock with all her strength, but it only gave 150 score.
Although it was disappointing, her talent in elements already overshadowed all her flaws.
"Do you have anything to show me for the third test?" Li Mu smiled.
"There is one, I think." Natasha raised her hand and summoned all her elements. Surprisingly, the four elements swirled with each other as if they were dancing.
"This is... Harmony!" Li Mu’s smile became even bigger. "One usually needs to train for a long time to achieve Harmony, but it seems that you are a natural one."
"Thank you for the praise." Natasha nodded. "I am nothing compared to my Master."
"Your Master?" Li Mu felt weird when he heard ’Master’ that was used for Master-Slave relationship. But soon he glanced at Albert and realized what happened. "It seems that there is something between you two. Anyway, that can be discussed later."
"Yes."
"Wait!" Wen Qing shouted and appeared next to Natasha. "Do you want to be my disciple? I can even make you my only disciple and force him to sever the master-slave relationship!"
"Wen Qing!" Li Mu furrowed his eyebrows.
"Her talent is too big to be swallowed by master-slave relationship!" Wen Qing gritted her teeth, glaring at Li Mu and Albert.
Li Mu could only sigh when he heard it. "This is the reason why I always do a secret test. Alas, you don’t understand a person’s nature.
"What did you say?" Wen Qing’s expression became extremely cold
Natasha took this opportunity to take a step back and refuse her. "I’m sorry, Elder. If not for Master, I won’t be here. If I can’t become stronger for him, why do I need to become stronger?"
"You made this old man cry." Li Mu clutched his heart as if he was broken hearted due to the affection. Of course, Li Mu stopped Wen Qing by saying, "Wen Qing. I’ll be the one taking care of her. I think my qualification is more than enough to prove that?"
"You—!"
Before she could say anything, two more lights appeared on the platform as Gin had touched the crystal because he was pissed by Wen Qing’s attitude.
