Yu Xiaoyu could progress so swiftly, likely because he used this artifact.
Of course, whether it is true or not, just ask City Lord Yu when there's time, to see if the artifact is still there...
"Do you still feel something is off?"
Xu Xin looked over, his tone no longer hiding his displeasure.
Through their conversation, he could tell that this Zhang Xuan was indeed smart and somewhat talented, but everything conformed to the rules. Compared to the so-called Mandate Chaos Master, he was vastly inferior.
That is to say...through the conversation, the so-called effective teaching and significant student improvement were also very normal... The Liu Clan head before him was merely settling personal scores under the guise of official business!
The Liu Clan head felt his scalp explode, wanting to say something but ended up saying nothing, feeling as if mud had splashed onto his crotch — not shit, but still shit-like.
Ignoring the already somewhat panicking and mentally disturbed Liu Clan head, Xu Xin once again looked towards the young man nearby, still curious: "As I understand, only a Fate Master can absorb and control Heavenly Mandate Vitality in large amounts... Could it be that your teacher is a Fate Master?"
Zhang Xuan shook his head: "I'm sorry, Lord Xu, my teacher is modest and has not agreed to reveal his identity and profession; I hope for your understanding!"
"I was presumptuous!"
Xu Xin nodded, slowly stood up, "Since the misunderstanding has been cleared up, we will not disturb Teacher Zhang further!"
Liu Tianzheng froze, a look of urgency on his face.
No need for an interrogation? What if what the other party said was false?
"Lord Xu is too kind!" Zhang Xuan gave a fist salute.
With a slight smile, Xu Xin glanced at Liu Tianzheng and turned to leave.
Knowing the other party had made a judgment, being anxious was useless. Liu Tianzheng followed quickly out of the courtyard and only upon stepping outside did he couldn't help but ask: "My Lord, is he... really a Mandate Chaos Master?"
Xu Xin said, "His explanations were coherent, as you can also attest, not merely spouting nonsense, which indicates he wasn't lying, but it's still impossible to confirm if he's a Mandate Chaos Master! Such people are too rare, only a true Fate Master can detect anything amiss, even though I am a Life Guardian, I still fall short..."
Liu Tianzheng felt a wave of disappointment: "Then did we come here for nothing?"
Xu Xin shook his head: "Although he is not a Mandate Chaos Master, he is greatly connected to the heavenly mandate. Otherwise, at such an age, he couldn't possess strength not inferior to yours, nor could he train an ordinary thousand-li horse to be so human-like."
Liu Tianzheng was taken aback: "Yes!"
Backed by a major family, at the age of twenty-five or twenty-six, he was only at the Physique Realm, compared to Zhang Xuan, he was far inferior. Therefore, even if everything said was true, having a powerful teacher impart cultivation early, it indicates his talent was still not weak, definitely much stronger than his own.
Liu Tianzheng said: "Related to the heavenly mandate? Do you mean..."
Xu Xin voiced his speculations: "I suspect he might possibly have the talent of a Fate Master! The reason his teacher has not gone public and is unwilling to tell us anything is to avoid exposing this unpolished jade, thus preventing unwanted complications."
"Unwanted complications? Do you mean... Unique Destiny?" Liu Tianzheng looked serious.
"Unique Destiny" is the greatest curse in all Fate Masters' hearts, and everyone is highly cautious and careful about it.
Xu Xin nodded: "There is only one fate, and many Fate Masters will hide some of their abilities to avoid detection; otherwise, once discovered, they would either willingly be controlled by a stronger practitioner who cultivates the same fate, or they would be killed...
This Teacher Zhang, is probably also worried about this, hence not telling him too much about Fate Masters, and even less willing to let him explain his own identity."
Liu Tianzheng nodded, with this analysis, all the oddities about Zhang Xuan could be logically explained.
"But this... these are just your guesses, right? How can we be sure?"
"It's not difficult to confirm!"
After some thought, Xu Xin looked over: "Here's what we'll do, give me the Destiny Plate I gave you earlier."
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Though somewhat puzzled, Liu Tianzheng didn't dare to ask more and nodded, taking out something worth 3 million Origin Currency from his pocket.
Accepting the Destiny Plate, Xu Xin pulled out a purple glove, gently touched it, felt something, then it slowly spun in his palm, like a fingertip gyro, only slower.
Liu Tianzheng was full of perplexity: "Lord Xu, what is this...?"
Xu Xin explained: "This is a glove specially made by Lord Ling, called 'Purple Glow,' it can substitute the Nine Dragons Pillar, activate the Destiny Plate, just by touching it gently, it can release the contained Heavenly Mandate Vitality... if Zhang Xuan truly has the talent of the heavenly mandate, once he absorbs the Heavenly Mandate Vitality, Purple Glow will emit a brilliant light.
Lighting up one finger represents a Ninth Rank talent, two fingers, Eighth Rank, and so on, the more fingers lit, the higher the talent!"
Liu Tianzheng suddenly understood and asked curiously, "What if it can light up ten fingers?"
This was somewhat similar to the Source Pool evaluation with the Assessment Stone, where the faster one absorbs, the stronger the talent, only it used ten fingers instead of nine stone pillars.
Xu Xin shook his head: "That's impossible, even the highest record in the Heaven Mandate Hall of the Han Yuan Dynasty was only five fingers, and that too was an achievement from five hundred years ago. In the past hundred years, no one has ever lit up more than four fingers..."
Liu Tianzheng nodded.
"Whether he has the talent of the heavenly mandate, and what level it is, we will know soon..."