Chen Yi: "..."

  Chen Yi's expression was tranquil and unmoved, yet his heart was filled with excitement. He didn't know how, he didn't know why.

  He has seen far more beautiful sights in his life many times, but he couldn't help but admire the scenery before him. It felt like when he was just a kid exploring the world and seeing things for the first time again, it's a weird sensation.

  That sensation faded soon after as the leaves scattered, Chen Yi found himself in a small space. Upon a bit more inspection he realized that he was in a toilet room. He noticed a boy leaning unusually close to a sink, puking. He has many bruises and wounds on his body while his face was full of dirt like he just rolled on the ground.

  "Why, why does it have to be me? Why did I got bullied and picked on again? What is wrong with these stupid kids!!?" Shen Tian Yi said after puking out everything he ate from the afternoon.

  "Is it because I'm weak? Because I'm average so I'm easy to pick on? Do I look so easy!? Just you wait...just you wait! We will see it by the end of the year."

  Chen Yi: "?"

  "What is he talking about?...AURGHH"

  Just as Chen Yi was figuring what's happening, an indescribable pain suddenly assaulted him. He felt like his head was forcefully ripped open and needles were stabbing through his skull to the brain, injecting something in there.

  After the pain subsided, Chen Yi found himself in a new place as new memories surfaced in his mind. He has no idea how long has time passed, or has it truly past at all.

  Chen Yi found himself on a street, he walked a few moments before finding a familiar face, Shen Tian Yi. The boy was walking through the bustling street with a girl holding his hand and humming happily to herself, Chen Yi recognize her to be Shen An

  "Did you see that? That's him, that's him! That's the rumored Shen Tian Yi!" A young girl of around eighteen years of age in a small restaurant by the roadside said, the buckle on her belt bronze with a 'two' word written on it.

  "What!? That's him? He looks so young, is he really the rumored Shen Tian Yi, the possible seventh greatest genius in our clan history!?" Another girl who sat opposite the first girl asked curiously, her buckle also has the word 'two' on it.

  "What's you guys talking about? Who's even this Shen Tian Yi guy? What's the big deal with him?" An older girl asked, slightly annoyed and embarrassed from her companion's loud voice. Different from the two girls, her belt buckle was made of silver and has the word 'three' instead.

  The two girls looked at each other, puzzled. They felt like this senior of theirs might be living under a rock or something. Together, they turned their heads to the other girl and spoke in unison.

  "Are you kidding!?"

  "Sister, haven't you heard the news? Even 'mortals' know a thing or two."

  "Yeah, has you been sleeping in a cave or something? How come you didn't know him at all?"

  "Is he that famous? but he looks no more than ten years old, how?" The older girl aske, puzzled.

  The other two girls sighed at the same time before the first girl said:

  "Okay, let me do the explaining. So as everyone probably knew, our clan was founded by our first generation ancestor who possessed a cultivation level as high as peak rank six. Although our clan has birthed many rank five cultivators, throughout our clan history, only three people have managed to reach rank six, being our first generation ancestor, our fifth generation clan leader and our current clan leader. This is a common knowledge in the clan that you can ask just anyone to find out."

  The older woman nodded indifferently as if saying: "So what? Go on"

  "Now, the reason why Shen Tian Yi is so famous right now was because of his recent achievement that was even greater than his father, the fifth greatest genius of the clan, the youngest person to become an elder in the last five hundred years, and the strongest person in his generation, Shen Jiang."

  "It was said that in his childhood at school, his score in every subject was no less than eighty five out of hundred throughout the year, earning him first place in every subject and practice even after he awoken as a Meng cultivator and enrolled in the academy. Even then he was still first place in everything, with elder Shen Jin being second place, sometimes first and was the only one who had the qualification to compete with lord Shen Jiang. Thus, the rivalry of the age!" The first girl said excitedly as if talking about some kind of legend.

  "That's not entirely right, if we also count lady Shen Lin and Shen An, then weren't there three people in that generation who can compete with him?" The second girl asked curiously.

  In that moment, the third girl with a belt buckle made of silver suddenly spoke:

  "You juniors know nothing, this kind of rivalry is to compete for greatness and challenge one's own limits, how can other people intervene? How can us women get in between two strong, hot, handsome men competing for greatness? How can we get in between their romantic rivalry?" Said the third girl with certainty and a boasting look as if everything she had just said was a fact.

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  "Ah, I forgot. Senior has a severe case of BL addiction." Said the first girl.

  "Yeah, me too. Especially when it comes to lord Shen Jiang, he's her ideal type of man after all." The second girl followed suit.

  "Wait, how is this related to that Shen Tian Yi kid? And how great is he exactly to be called the seventh greatest genius in our clan history alongside lord Shen Jiang?" The third girl asked slightly furious as her dream man was compared to a kid out of nowhere.

  Towards this, the first girl only said teasingly:

  "Senior, you didn't know? You truly live under a rock aren't you? That Shen Tian Yi kid was lord Shen Jiang's son! Four years ago he earned a fortune as compensation for his parents' mortality while their inheritances were still intact, thus becoming rich overnight. Many people had eyes on his fortune, but turned away upon meeting lord elder Shen Jin's gaze, which was when he adopted Shen Tian Yi. Nobody dared to even think about laying a hand on Shen Tian Yi since then." The second girl explained enthusiastically.

  "Not only that, last month when the first year of school just ended, it was revealed that Shen Tian Yi has a score of hundred out of hundred in every subject! At first the teacher in charge couldn't believe it and thought he cheated, but was too scared to confront him without any evidence as he was afraid of elder Shen Jin's wraith. So he contacted his superior and they set up a harder test to see if Shen Tian Yi really cheated or not. Under watchful eyes of many elders including his adoptive father Shen Jin, Shen Tian Yi completed his test flawlessly in a relaxed manner without a sign of cheating even under the elder's investigation type Meng. He then recited the famous line of his father and walked away in a carefree manner, leaving the elders shocked." The first girl paused slightly before continuing.

  "It goes like this : 'Tall trees catch the wind, extraordinary people are often envied by the common folks. Such is the life of a genius.' "

  The older girl's eyes instantly lit up, "That's exactly what elder Shen Jiang used to say."

  "That's not all, when further investigation was run, they found out that Shen Tian Yi was even more incredible than they thought. Apparently Shen Tian Yi has the perfect score of hundred out of a hundred points since the first semester, he's a naturally born genius! This kind of thing should be reported to the academy elders immediately so they could keep an eye on him yet the teacher in charge did no such thing. Further investigation revealed that this teacher of his actually was concealing this fact deliberately because one of the students with ill will bribed him to destroy Shen Tian Yi's future and prospect, but-" The first girl said excitedly before she was cut off in the middle of the sentence.

  "But the teacher was afraid if he crossed the line, he would have to face tribulation by lord Shen Jin. So all he did was turn a blind eye to Shen Tian Yi's life of being bullied while concealing the information of Shen Tian Yi abnormally high intelligence. Alas, paper cannot cover fire, how can this kind of peerless genius future prospect be easily destroyed by this kind of tricks? Who would have thought calling an elder to get a harder test for Shen Tian Yi and run an investigation on him would backfire. Not only was he demoted and fired, his cultivation was also reduced and he himself was sent to work on the field for the rest of his life." Said the second girl enthusiastically as she cut her friend's sentence midway.

  "Hmm, this Shen Tian Yi seems really interesting. No wonder you guys are so excited about him, his future prospects should be vast and boundless, he was destined for greatness!"

  The third girl said excitedly when she suddenly felt a pair of hands pressed on her shoulder which surprised her and made her jump a little.

  "Yan Er, what are you doing here? Don't you remember we agreed to meet for a mission this evening?" A handsome man said with a smile while closing his eyes.

  Suddenly the other two girls stood up and spoke in unison:

  "We greet senior Shen Jing!"

  "Ah geez, you startled me. Why are you here so fast, don't we still have a few hour before our meeting, why are you so early? And what's with the two of you? Sit down, you're embarrassing me here."

  The two girls looked at each other reluctantly before they heard a gentle voice spoken to them:

  "It's fine, no need for such formalities. Just treat me like you would treat Yan Er here."

  The two girls sat down awkwardly upon hearing the man named Shen Jing speak.

  "So, I heard you were talking about something really interesting just a moment ago, care to tell me more of it?" Shen Jing asked gently in a curious manner with his eyes closed like before.

  And so they began to chat away while enjoying food and drinks.