Infinite Evolution: My Comprehension Talent is The Strongest Cheat
Chapter 9: The Inner Disciple Advancement Competition

Chapter 9: The Inner Disciple Advancement Competition

The next day.

At the Yang Sect Outer Area Arena.

"There are so many promising disciples this year." An old man with a long white beard furrowed his willowy brows while scrutinizing the hundred-odd Outer Disciples gathered below.

This old man was an Outer Elder of the Sect, one among three who volunteered to oversee the Inner Disciple Advancement Competition this year. And with a keen pair of eyes, he noticed several among the sea of Outer Disciples that stood out like dull gems waiting to be polished.

"Five at the 5th Layer of the Martial Apprentice Realm," a different Outer Elder commented. "They already qualify as Inner Disciples, and though there are more of them than usual this year, they are all going to advance. I’m certain about that."

The final Outer Elder, surprisingly a beautiful middle-aged woman, giggled in an elegant manner. With a hand covering her bright red lips, she added, "With five definite Inner Disciples and possibly more among the common disciples, we are sure to receive a large number of Contribution Points from the Sect."

The other two Outer Elders revealed small grins. They knew the female Outer Elder was right.

In normal years, maybe one or two in one of these competitions would emerge as an Inner Disciple, which, although still good, was just average.

However, now, things were different, and they could be looking at upwards of three times their typical gains!

Profitable indeed!

Meanwhile, in the challenger’s waiting area of the Outer Sect Arena:

"Humph! Is that little bastard even going to show?" Chen Hao glowered, his eyes darting around in search of someone. After a couple more minutes, though, his angry expression deepened.

"He’s definitely chickened out! Damn it, when I find him, I swear I’ll...!"

Chen Hao’s furious stomping of the ground attracted the attention of the other participating Outer Disciples. However, other than the whisperings of a few weaker disciples who were in the know, none of the strong and proud paid any attention to Chen Hao.

This was especially the case for the five Martial Apprentice 5th Layer Outer Disciples, as they all believed Chen Hao to be no good. In their eyes, he was merely the silk-pants son of a Grand Elder, which, although prevented them from rebuking him, didn’t make them respect him either.

Even after being fed medicines and pills since birth, still only at the 4th Layer Martial Apprentice Realm? What sort of trash was that??

...

Some distance away from the Outer Sect Arena.

Jin seemed to be strolling through the sect grounds. A listless look stuck to his face as he looked at almost everything around him, eliciting the points and stares of other Outer Disciples heading toward the Outer Sect Arena as well.

"What is that idiot doing?"

"He’s just that trash Yang Kai."

"If not for his father’s esteemed status in the Spearseer Kingdom’s Army, there’s no way that he would still qualify as an Outer Disciple, what with his grand feat of making absolutely no cultivation progress in the six years he has been here."

"Ah, so it’s him? He appears to be just as much an idiot as the rumors described him to be."

The buzzing of the surrounding Outer Disciples barely registered for Jin. He even tried swatting at the area around his ears to no avail, before giving up and returning to his scanning of the surroundings.

Although not as effective as comprehending the techniques and skills of that ring powerhouse, the various environmental elements benefited Jin greatly.

[Your Understanding is Against Heaven. By watching a door open and close, you have comprehended the Martial Art ’Heavenly Revolving Gate’.]

[Your Understanding is Against Heaven. By observing the blowing of grass and trees, you have comprehended the Martial Art ’Evergreen Swaying Step’.]

[Your Understanding is Against Heaven. By observing the ripples on a still pond, you have comprehended the Martial Art ’Ripple Echo Pond’.]

[Your Understanding is Against Heaven. By watching leaves fall and drift, you have comprehended the Martial Art ’Autumn Drift Slash’.]

[Your Understanding is Against Heaven. By observing the flicker of a candle’s flame, you have comprehended the Martial Art ’Flickering Flame Phantom’.]

[Your Understanding....]

There were so many system notifications ringing that Jin was forced to turn them off. He was deeply immersed in the comprehension of all things and found the system’s robotic voice too distracting.

By the time Jin arrived at the Outer Sect Arena, his understanding of heaven and earth had greatly increased. As a result, his newly developed Martial Dao Evolutionary Path advanced by leaps and bounds, becoming at least a dozen times more solid and stable than before.

The previous |Extreme Body Refinement| cultivation technique had long since been deemed useless because of the progression of the Martial Dao Evolutionary Path. In fact, Jin now directly cultivated via his understanding of his Evolutionary Path, with each improvement in the Path also improving his cultivation speed.

’Any one single cultivation technique is too limiting, this being even more the case in a low-level world like this one.’

Even the famed techniques of the Martial Saint Realm powerhouse in his ring couldn’t even compare to a few pointers from a Rank 2 Evolver. That gap was lengthened to a far greater degree if one included Evolutionary Paths in the discussion, as even the lowest-ranked one outweighed every top technique in Huaxia a million to one.

To add salt to injury, the world of Huaxia wasn’t even as large as Redrock City, which was but one of thousands presiding on the Pacific Blue Star.

However, no matter how inconsequential Huaxia was in the grander scheme of things, it was still a better starting point than Pacific Blue Star would be. After all, the powerhouses here were leagues less perceptive than those on the Low-grade Life Planet Pacific Blue Star.

This meant there was a lesser chance of either him or his Gate to the Myriad Worlds being discovered. There was also his Against-Heaven’s Understanding, which would surely give him away, bringing the hyenas to his doorstep before he could rise above the slums.