Chapter 22

As an elder of the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion, he was certainly more knowledgeable than the average member; however, it was precisely because of his extensive knowledge that when this elder saw Jiang Wei's tiger horn, he was utterly shocked.

"This is... a Heavenly Tiger's horn?" The Heavenly Tiger, as the king among ghostly tigers, was undoubtedly powerful; even the weakest young Heavenly Tiger had ten times the strength of an ordinary ghost, making it an impossible opponent. But this elder found that the strength of the Jiang Wei before him was only three times that of an ordinary ghost!

The elder of the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion could tell that Jiang Wei's soul concentration was roughly three times that of an ordinary ghost, but he couldn't discern Jiang Wei's actual soul strength. Therefore, subconsciously, the elder placed Jiang Wei's strength at three times that of an ordinary ghost.

"Did you hunt this yourself?" The elder was somewhat disbelieving.

"Yes!" Jiang Wei explained, "My realm is already the Insight Realm!" As for the soul refinement, Jiang Wei felt it was better not to mention it, as even he found it somewhat bizarre.

"Insight Realm!?" The elder drew a sharp breath; a ghost who had not yet reached the Soul Condensation Stage but had already reached the Insight Realm was a prodigy among ghosts! After all, even the elder himself was only at the Insight Realm.

Jiang Wei didn't say much; he just held his spear and lightly thrust it forward.

To the uninitiated, Jiang Wei's spear thrust might seem perfect and stunning, but it was hard to pinpoint exactly what made it so powerful. However, the elder only needed one look to immediately confirm—Insight Realm! Absolutely the Insight Realm!

Such a spear technique, no matter how much a ghost who hadn't reached the Insight Realm tried to imitate or practice, could only mimic the form, never the essence.

"Come with me quickly!" The elder directly pulled Jiang Wei into the inner city. Such a prodigy among ghosts must be recruited into the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion; once such a ghost grew, their potential achievements would be limitless.

"What should I call you, Elder?" Jiang Wei asked cautiously.

He couldn't be too careful—this elder of the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion had a soul that was already completely condensed, clearly a great ghost at the Soul Condensation Stage. With Jiang Wei's current strength, a single slap from the elder could make his soul dissipate.

"Just call me Elder Zhao!" Elder Zhao said, "By the way, what is your soul talent grade?"

Jiang Wei answered honestly, "Only grade five..."

"Only grade five? That is indeed a bit low!" Elder Zhao said, "But in the face of your prodigious insight, talent becomes less important!"

Soul talent and insight are both important indicators for judging a ghost's future achievements. The higher the soul talent, the faster the cultivation speed; the higher the insight, the stronger the understanding of realms.

In the eyes of the great powers in the ghost world, insight is clearly much more important than soul talent! If the soul talent is not high enough, it can be quickly improved by devouring other ghosts' souls; but if the insight is not high enough, it cannot be compensated for in any way.

However, soul talent can be measured with testing stones, but insight cannot be measured. Therefore, when the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion selects disciples, they can only choose based on soul talent; this selection method directly leads to the fact that although many disciples in the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion have entered the Soul Condensation Stage, they have yet to comprehend the Insight Realm!

In fact, there are still many ghosts with good insight in the Original Sin City; it's just that they haven't comprehended the Insight Realm, and their soul talent is not high, so their insight is buried. As for Jiang Wei, a prodigy who has comprehended the Insight Realm before reaching the Soul Condensation Stage, such a prodigy is a once-in-a-thousand-years occurrence; once such a prodigy appears, they are immediately absorbed into the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion.

Soon, Elder Zhao led Jiang Wei directly to the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion; of course, this Pavilion Master was only the branch Pavilion Master of the Original Sin City, not the Pavilion Master of the main Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion.

"Insight Realm!?" The Pavilion Master was exceptionally handsome, and he was equally shocked when he heard the news—how many years had it been since the Original Sin City had produced such a prodigious talent? A thousand years, or two thousand?

However, when the Pavilion Master saw the pair of Heavenly Tiger horns that Jiang Wei had hunted, his expression immediately changed.

"It was you who killed that young Heavenly Tiger..." The Pavilion Master smiled bitterly.

"Um..." Jiang Wei's heart skipped a beat, sensing something was amiss.

Sure enough, the Pavilion Master said, "You've caused trouble! Big trouble!"

"Huh?" Jiang Wei was stunned.

Elder Zhao was puzzled, "Although every Heavenly Tiger is a core disciple of Heavenly Tiger Mountain, it shouldn't be a big problem for us, the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion, right?"

"You don't know!" The Pavilion Master sighed, "That young Heavenly Tiger is the grandson of the leader of Heavenly Tiger Mountain!"

"Huh?" This time, Elder Zhao was also stunned.

The leader of Heavenly Tiger Mountain is a six-winged Heavenly Tiger, known as "Six Yi," whose strength and status are no less than those of the handsome Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion.

"Six Yi has already learned from the tree spirits in the mountains that the one who killed the young Heavenly Tiger is a human ghost!" The Pavilion Master glanced at Jiang Wei, "If your insight wasn't so prodigious, even if you were a great ghost at the Soul Condensation Stage, I would have handed you over without hesitation; but now, you've put me in a difficult position!"

"Um..." Jiang Wei didn't know what to say; should he beg pitifully—Pavilion Master, please save me?

"If I don't hand you over, Six Yi will definitely start a war with us, the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion, in the future!" The handsome Pavilion Master's face was twisted like a chrysanthemum, "But if I hand over a prodigy like you, the main Pavilion Master will likely blame me!"

The handsome Pavilion Master was very clear that with Jiang Wei's insight, even if he didn't reach his own level in the future, he would definitely be a pillar of the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion in a few hundred years.

Elder Zhao also saw the Pavilion Master's dilemma but still said, "Pavilion Master, we must not tarnish the reputation of the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion; if we hand you over, other races will think we are afraid of Heavenly Tiger Mountain!"

The handsome Pavilion Master, of course, understood this, but he also had his own concerns. After much hesitation, the Pavilion Master finally made up his mind, took out a book emitting a dark aura, and said to Jiang Wei, "Swear an oath on this Oath Book, vowing eternal loyalty to the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion, never to rebel; or I will send you to Heavenly Tiger Mountain—your choice!"

Even for a major force like the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion, the Oath Book is an extremely precious treasure. Each Oath Book only has a few pages, and each page used is one less, so it is generally not used; the Oath Book in the handsome Pavilion Master's hand has been used for thousands of years, and only a dozen or so pages have been written.

"Do I have a choice?" Jiang Wei didn't hesitate and took the Oath Book.

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