Chapter 59: Peerless Talent, Supreme Prodigy
Three years passed quietly.
For Lu Yang, those three years were almost entirely spent around Lu Qingxue.
The little girl had grown considerably during this period.
She was no longer the two year old child who ran around the clan every day.
Now, she had already learned to speak clearly, could understand most ordinary matters, and had developed an increasingly lively personality.
Sometimes she would sit beside Bai Qinglan while the latter cultivated, curiously watching her mother meditate, and at other times, she would run to Lu Yang’s cultivation chamber and sit outside the door, waiting for him to finish.
Naturally, there were also times when she caused trouble. Fortunately, most of the things she did were harmless.
After all, she was still only five years old.
To Lu Yang, these years passed extremely quickly.
However, there was one matter he had never forgotten: her cultivation aptitude.
Ever since Lu Qingxue was born, Lu Yang regularly examined her body with his Divine Sense.
At first, these examinations were merely out of caution.
He had no way of determining her true cultivation aptitude before she reached five years of age.
The bone structure of a child continued changing as they grew, and although a person’s innate foundation could already be seen to some degree during infancy, it wouldn’t completely stabilize until around five years old.
Therefore, Lu Yang could only determine that his daughter possessed an exceptionally healthy physical foundation.
However, he still checked her every month.
Sometimes, Bai Qinglan couldn’t help laughing when she saw him examining their daughter again.
"She’s perfectly healthy."
"I know." Lu Yang would say the same thing every time.
"Then why do you keep checking?"
Yet, he would always remain silent at this question.
He couldn’t possibly tell her about all those ridiculous stories from his first life.
There were too many novels back on earth in which a genius child was secretly poisoned while still in their mother’s womb, their cultivation talent was sealed or stolen by some mysterious technique, or their physique was crippled without anyone knowing.
Although reality wasn’t as exaggerated as those stories, especially not for a clan that was still considered at the bottom of the wider cultivation world as a whole, Lu Yang had already experienced too many dangers in his two lives since transmigrating.
He had long developed the habit of being cautious, especially when it concerned his daughter.
He would rather be overly cautious than regret something later.
Fortunately, after years of examination, Lu Qingxue’s body was still completely healthy.
There was no signs of hidden poison, injuries, or strange seals, with everything developing normally.
In fact, that was precisely why Lu Yang was nearly a hundred percent certain that his daughter possessed extraordinary cultivation talent.
Her vitality was simply too vigorous, bones were extremely dense, and her internal organs were also considerably stronger than those of ordinary children.
Even without cultivating, her physical foundation had already surpassed many children who grew up in hardship.
Still, Lu Yang couldn’t make a final judgment just yet.
He had learned long ago not to rely entirely on assumptions.
...
On the day Lu Qingxue turned five, the courtyard was unusually quiet.
Bai Qinglan sat beneath the pavilion, watching Lu Qingxue standing in front of her father, a little nervous.
Lu Yang slowly released his Divine Sense as a vast, invisible force instantly spread throughout the courtyard before carefully entering Lu Qingxue’s body.
He examined her bones, meridians, internal organs, blood circulation, vitality, everything, his expression becoming more dazed the more he looked.
He had expected something extraordinary, yet when the final results appeared before him, even Lu Yang was left stunned speechless.
For several breaths, he simply stared at his daughter in a daze.
Bai Qinglan noticed his expression and immediately became nervous.
"What’s wrong?"
Lu Yang didn’t answer immediately, his Divine Sense carefully sweeping through Lu Qingxue’s body once more, to make sure he hadn’t made a mistake.
However, the result remained unchanged.
This was a bone structure so extraordinary that it seemed almost unreasonable.
Lu Qingxue’s vitality was astonishingly vigorous, her meridians were naturally broad and resilient, and even the density of her bones was far beyond what Lu Yang had seen in ordinary cultivators.
This was practically a flawless foundation.
Lu Yang slowly withdrew his Divine Sense.
Bai Qinglan immediately looked at him.
"Husband, what is it?"
Lu Yang finally smiled, shaking his head with a trace of disbelief.
"She has cultivation talent."
Bai Qinglan eyes brightened; as a cultivator also in the middle stages of Spirit Awakening Realm now, she could also look at Lu Qingxue’s talent, but she ultimately handed this seemingly simple task over to Lu Yang.
After all, if Lu Qingxue did not possess cultivation aptitude, she didn’t want to be the first one to break the news to her.
"Really?" Bai Qinglan confirmed once again.
Lu Yang nodded, "Not just cultivation talent, but extremely extraordinary talent."
For a moment, Bai Qinglan didn’t know what to say.
Lu Qingxue, meanwhile, looked at the two adults, understanding the meaning behind their words, and asked with joy.
"Dad, do I have strong cultivation talent?"
Lu Yang laughed softly, "Stronger than your dad."
...
The news was transmitted to only three people by Lu Yang, including Lu Tianhe, Lu Qingyu, and the old Internal Affairs Grand Elder.
When Lu Tianhe first heard the news, he was silent for a while before asking.
"How good?"
Lu Yang looked at him.
"Much, much better than me."
Lu Tianhe’s expression froze as Lu Yang’s words fell.
Lu Qingyu, who was standing beside him, was also stunned.
The old Internal Affairs Grand Elder’s aged face trembled slightly, "Better... than you?"
Lu Yang nodded, calmly.
He had lived three lives, and in two of those lives, he was a cultivator.
In his previous life, he had even become a top disciple of the Azure Spirit Sect and personally selected disciples for it, among whom were many genius, and some of them even entered the Spirit Awakening Realm before forty.
However, none of them possessed a foundation comparable to Lu Qingxue.
His own innate talent in this life was already the strongest among all Spirit Awakening cultivators Lu Yang had encountered throughout his entire life third life, yet his daughter had now surpassed him in terms of aptitude.
And not just by a little, but by an unknown margin.
Lu Yang couldn’t even estimate her true limits.
Perhaps she possessed Essence Gathering potential, or perhaps she possessed something even higher.
As for Qi Sea potential, Lu Yang didn’t know enough about that realm to make a judgment.
But if one were talking about Essence Gathering potential, he could confidently say that Lu Qingxue belonged among the absolute top tier, the kind of genius who could be invincible at the same level even after reaching the Essence Gathering Realm.
Her lower limit was probably the later stages of Essence Gathering Realm, as for her upper limit, even Lu Yang couldn’t see it.
The other three were silent for a long time before their expressions gradually transformed from shock and disbelief to uncontrollable ecstasy.
The Lu Family had finally produced another monster!
No, a monster perhaps wasn’t enough to describe her!
Lu Qingxue was only five years old, and she had yet to even begin cultivating, yet her natural foundation had already surpassed countless cultivators who had spent decades struggling along the Dao.
Lu Tianhe laughed loudly, completely unlike his usual refined image.
"Good!"
Lu Qingyu also smiled brightly.
"This is wonderful."
The old Internal Affairs Grand Elder’s eyes became slightly moist.
He had spent his entire life watching the Lu Family rise and fall.
He had also witnessed many geniuses appear, only to eventually become ordinary.
Now, before the end of his own life, he had finally seen Lu Yang’s daughter inherit an even more astonishing talent.
For the Lu Family, this was almost a continuation of fate.
...
That same day, Lu Qingxue officially began cultivating.
Lu Yang didn’t give her any top tier Lu Family cultivation technique like the Golden Vajra Body Tempering Qi and Blood Method.
Instead, he gave her the Azure Spirit Body Tempering Art.
He wanted to see something.
If one person cultivated both the Azure Spirit Body Tempering Art and the Azure Moon Spirit Water Technique, which were originally part of the same cultivation technique inheritance...
Just how terrifying would their foundation and combat power become?
He had no opportunity to test that himself, but Lu Qingxue did.
She could start from the very beginning, cultivating the Body Tempering Realm Chapter first and later cultivating the Spirit Awakening Realm Chapter.
Perhaps one day, she would become the first person Lu Yang knew to cultivate two complete Chapters of this ancient inheritance.
The thought alone made Lu Yang somewhat expectant.
Of course, before giving her the technique, Lu Yang repeatedly warned her, his vice grave and expression serious.
"Xue’er, you must remember something: never casually tell anyone the name of your cultivation technique."
Lu Qingxue blinked, "Why?"
"Because it’s a secret that can bring disaster to the entire clan." Lu Yang replied.
Hearing his words, the little girl nodded seriously, her expression tense.
"Don’t worry, dad, Qingxue will never reveal the name of my cultivation technique to anyone!"
Lu Yang nodded in satisfaction before continuing.
"And when you meet powerful cultivators, don’t fight them."
"Even if they bully me?" Lu Qingxue was confused.
"Especially then." Lu Yang rubbed her head.
"If someone much stronger than you provokes you, you must endure it. Don’t reveal what you’ve cultivated unless it’s a life or death situation."
Lu Qingxue thought for a moment before nodding seriously, "Qingxue understands!"
Lu Yang smiled, believing she would understand the meaning behind his words.
After all, Lu Qingxue had been exceptionally intelligent since she was born, picking up things very quickly.
He had to let her suffer and not reveal her true talent until she at least reached the Spirit Awakening Realm.
The most important thing was keeping her alive.
Talent was only meaningful if one survived long enough to turn it into strength.
