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Su Wen was momentarily speechless.
Long Shiya was indeed arrogant, and he certainly had the credentials to back it up. But for him to show such blatant disdain before Su Wen had even laid out the details?
No wonder you old fossil can't find a disciple, Su Wen thought.
"Let me think... how many attributes does Zhou Weiqing have again?" Su Wen murmured to himself, intentionally loud enough for Long Shiya to hear.
Long Shiya maintained his scoffing tone. So what if he had many attributes? Could he possibly have six?
Among the five Great Saint Lands, only the Vast Expanse Palace had two Palace Masters with the Water-Fire-Earth-Wind Alexandrite Cat's Eye. Beyond them, the Heavenly Snow Mountain and the Passion Valley possessed stable Alexandrite Cat's Eye lineages because of their inherited "Saint" attributes—the Saint attribute only appeared within an Alexandrite Cat's Eye, which by definition meant those masters had at least four attributes.
Aside from those rare cases, the Alexandrite Cat's Eye was a thing of legend across the continent. Six attributes? It was virtually impossible.
This was the very foundation of Long Shiya's pride. He was born with six attributes! That was his capital. Furthermore, he had used his own genius to develop those attributes into his unique Six-Way Control Technique.
Hearing Su Wen begin to list Zhou Weiqing's attributes, Long Shiya wore the expression of someone watching a mediocre play. No matter how talented your junior is, let's see just how high his level actually is.
Though he wondered why this potential disciple was surnamed Zhou, he didn't interrupt. He was genuinely curious to see if this kid even had the fabled four-attribute Alexandrite Cat's Eye.
"Mutated Wind and Lightning..." Su Wen began.
Wind and Lightning. These two appearing together—and being mutated—made them comparable to Superior attributes. Long Shiya felt a flicker of surprise; even with just these two, the boy would be a standout among Heavenly Jewel Masters.
"Space..."
Space?
Long Shiya looked at Su Wen with newfound interest, retracting a bit of his earlier disdain. This Zhou Weiqing's talent seemed genuinely impressive. Two mutated attributes plus a Superior attribute placed him at the very peak of the continent's talent pool. And it looked like there was a fourth?
If the fourth was even a common attribute like Water, Fire, Earth, or Wind, this boy's potential would already surpass that of Shangguan Tianyang, the Lord of a Saint Land.
"Darkness..."
Darkness!
Yet another Superior attribute. Long Shiya was thoroughly stunned now. This was essentially equivalent to four Superior attributes. While Wind and Lightning were technically elemental, their intensity far exceeded the basic four; they provided top-tier destructive power on par with the four Superior attributes, even if they lacked the special properties of Light's sealing, Space's equipment-making, or Life's resurrection.
An Alexandrite Cat's Eye with four Superior-tier attributes? This was an entire level above Shangguan Tianyang's innate talent! In terms of pure attribute quality, it was terrifying.
Long Shiya felt a pang of regret for his earlier rudeness. Such talent was indeed peerless—though it was a pity that without six attributes, the boy still couldn't inherit his ultimate legacy...
"Evil..."
Hmm?
Su Wen spoke slowly, clearly enjoying himself. He had paused deliberately after the fourth attribute before dropping the fifth. Long Shiya stared at him, observing his expression. Suddenly, his eyes widened and his breath hitched.
No... it couldn't be? There couldn't possibly be a sixth? Long Shiya's body began to tremble with suppressed excitement.
"Time."
Seeing the reaction, Su Wen grinned and delivered the sixth attribute.
Heavens! Six attributes!
Long Shiya's lips quivered. "Are you... are you certain this Zhou Weiqing possesses six attributes?"
And the quality! Mutated Wind and Lightning, Superior Darkness and Space, the special Evil attribute, and the Saint attribute of Time! This combination made Long Shiya's own six attributes look like a common street set.
At this moment, Long Shiya didn't even care about the "balance" of the attributes. Balance? If one looked hard enough, a point of harmony could always be found. If he had to, he would rewrite the Six-Way Control Technique from scratch just to fit this boy!
The strict requirement for "attribute balance" was merely a compromise born from a lack of candidates. Now that a six-attribute genius actually existed, Long Shiya was ready to pounce; he wouldn't let minor technicalities stand in his way.
"Six attributes, absolutely certain. I even assisted in his Jewel Awakening. And one more thing—" Su Wen reached out, condensing a ball of pure grey energy.
This was the fruit of his meditation on the pure power of the God of Evil. The Evil attribute—and the primordial version at that. It was equivalent to a Saint attribute.
"This is..." Long Shiya's eyes bulged as he sensed the terrifying quality of the energy.
"This is the energy of the Evil attribute. Specifically, the Primordial Evil attribute, which rivals a Saint attribute in quality," Su Wen explained.
Long Shiya took a deep breath. He guessed what Su Wen was about to say next.
"Zhou Weiqing's Evil attribute is exactly this—the Primordial Evil attribute."
Su Wen's words confirmed his thoughts. Primordial Evil rivaled a Saint attribute! This meant Zhou Weiqing's attributes were, in fact, perfectly balanced!
The mutated Wind and Lightning were twin-born and similar in quality. Darkness and Space were interconnected Superior attributes with many overlapping skill points. Finally, Primordial Evil and Time were of the same supreme quality.
The Six-Way Control Technique didn't require all six attributes to be identical in quality; Long Shiya's own weren't. The core of the technique was a balance of pairs, structured like two overlapping triangles where each set of three points achieved equilibrium.
Zhou Weiqing's talent was a perfect fit. In fact, because his attributes were naturally related, the difficulty of learning the technique would be drastically reduced.
"Your Excellency... where is this Zhou Weiqing right now?" Long Shiya could hardly contain his urge to go find him.
"He is in the Heavenly Bow Empire, quite a distance from Zhongtian City," Su Wen said calmly.
Long Shiya breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't a major empire, so the boy likely hadn't encountered any other high-level teachers yet. Even if he had, with the reputation of the Six-Way Ultimate Emperor, surely the boy wouldn't refuse him?
"Emperor, I think before we go any further, we should discuss that partnership," Su Wen's voice snapped Long Shiya back to reality.
Partnership? Long Shiya composed himself. "What kind of partnership does your Excellency have in mind?"
"I also master many attributes, and I find your Six-Way Control Technique very intriguing." Su Wen extended his right hand, casually summoning various elemental forces.
Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Darkness, Light, Space, Time...
Su Wen didn't show off his full power, but merely cycled through these eight attributes in the palm of his hand, manipulating them with effortless grace.
The display left Long Shiya's jaw on the floor once again.
(End of Chapter)