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“In ten years, what level can you elevate my understanding of formations to!?”

As Xu Ming spoke, he naturally exuded confidence and arrogance, as if challenging the three elders—what abilities do you have to teach me?

Tie Ning, Maple Leaf, and Mo Zixuan, these three elders were all at the peak of their respective fields and had profound attainments in formations.

Xu Ming's slightly provocative words naturally aroused their pride.

“Xu Ming!” Elder Maple Leaf spoke first, “Right now, without the aid of a formation disk, you can't set up the ‘Myriad Flowers Illusion Sea’ illusion formation, right?”

“I can't.” Xu Ming didn't hide anything, “My current understanding of illusion formations is about at the level of a Dao Lord limit!”

“Mm, just as I estimated!” Elder Maple Leaf nodded slightly, “With your talent, if I guide you for ten years, as long as you are willing to put your heart into it; then, your understanding of formations reaching the Dao Venerable level will be no problem!”

A Dao Venerable-level understanding of formations is enough to set up the “Myriad Flowers Illusion Sea” without the aid of a formation disk.

“Moreover—” Elder Maple Leaf added, “I can also enable you to independently refine top-grade Dao pills!”

“Dao pills” generally refer to Dao Lord-level pills.

Just as Elder Maple Leaf finished speaking, Elder Mo Zixuan immediately followed up, “I can elevate your understanding of formations to a higher level of the Dao Venerable realm! Moreover, I can also enable you to independently refine ‘Venerable-grade Low-Rank’ inscriptions!”

Elder Mo Zixuan was the best at teaching disciples among the three.

Elder Tie Ning also said, “I can elevate your understanding of formations to the Dao Venerable realm; at the same time, you can independently refine top-grade Dao artifacts!”

The conversation between Xu Ming and the three elders was conducted through voice transmission within a small range, and only Xu Ming, Palace Master Po Tian, and a few elder-level figures from the Asking Dao Palace could hear it.

It was a good thing that it was only a small-scale voice transmission; if it were heard by other experts, it would probably cause a major earthquake—ten years to elevate Xu Ming's understanding of formations to a higher level of the Dao Venerable realm?

This speed of improvement was a bit too absurd, wasn't it?

One must know that on the path of martial arts, the further one goes, the more difficult it becomes!

Many Dao Lords cannot break through to the Dao Venerable realm in their entire lives.

The understanding of formations is the same—wanting to elevate from the Dao Lord level to the Dao Venerable level is also extremely difficult!

But now, the three elders had all declared that they could help Xu Ming improve in just ten years!

“Palace Master, three elders, I would like to make a bet with you, is that alright!?” Xu Ming said very boldly.

“Make a bet with us?” Palace Master Po Tian, as well as Elder Tie Ning and the other elders, all looked at Xu Ming in astonishment.

Xu Ming, a twenty-year-old kid, dared to bet with several of the human race's top experts—this kind of thing was truly unheard of!

Palace Master Po Tian couldn't help but smile as he looked at Xu Ming with interest and said, “Tell me, how do you want to bet!”

Xu Ming looked directly at Palace Master Po Tian, his eyes not wavering, and said, “What I want to bet on is—that I can reach the limit of the Dao Venerable level in formations within ten years through self-study!”

What!?

Reach the limit of the Dao Venerable level in formations within ten years?

Wasn't this just wild talk!?

Palace Master Po Tian and the other top experts of the human race stared at Xu Ming in disbelief, as if wanting to see where Xu Ming's mysterious confidence came from!

A short ten years…

One must know that even Elder Mo Zixuan, who was best at teaching disciples, only dared to say that he could help Xu Ming elevate his understanding of formations to a higher level of the Dao Venerable realm—and this speed of improvement was already very unbelievable.

Yet Xu Ming dared to spout wild words, saying that he could reach the limit of the Dao Venerable level in formations through ten years of self-study…

What arrogance and ignorance this was!

“Hmph!” Elder Mo Zixuan's face immediately darkened, and he snorted in dissatisfaction, “For geniuses, confidence, even arrogance, is not a bad thing; but if it's too arrogant, then it's a joke!”

Because Elder Mo Zixuan wanted to take Xu Ming as a disciple, he had repeatedly chosen to tolerate Xu Ming's “arrogance and conceit.”

However, his tolerance was not unlimited!

At this moment, Elder Mo Zixuan finally became angry!

“Ten years to reach the limit of the Dao Venerable level in formations?—Hmph, do you know what the limit of the Dao Venerable level is? Don't even mention ten years, you won't be able to reach it even in a hundred years!”

Elder Maple Leaf's face was also as gloomy as water: “You think too highly of yourself! A genius like you, no matter how talented, is destined to have limited achievements in the future!”

Elder Tie Ning didn't speak, but shook his head with incomparable heartache, unable to help but sigh in his heart—what great talent! Formation talent, cultivation talent, combat talent, determination, etc., everything was good; it was just this temperament that was too impetuous and too self-righteous!

With this kind of temperament, it would be difficult to achieve great success! What a pity! What a pity…

“Palace Master!” Elder Mo Zixuan transmitted his voice privately, “This Xu Ming is not qualified to be designated as a ‘million-year-grade’ at all; even ‘hundred-thousand-year-grade’ is too much! I suggest directly designating him as a ‘ten-thousand-year-grade’!”

Palace Master Po Tian replied privately with a blank expression: “The genius grade has its own set of determining standards, it's not like you can just designate it however you want!”

Palace Master Po Tian was a very principled person.

“Hmph!” Elder Mo Zixuan snorted lightly in dissatisfaction.

Palace Master Po Tian looked at Xu Ming, his face full of helplessness that said, “I hate that iron can't become steel”—too arrogant! Too arrogant!

Unexpectedly, Xu Ming continued to ask with arrogance and ignorance: “Bet, Palace Master?”

“Heh!” Palace Master Po Tian sneered slightly disdainfully, “What are you betting with?”

“Isn't the Palace Master tentatively designating me as a ‘million-year-grade’ genius?—Then, please allow me to enjoy ten years of ‘million-year-grade’ treatment first!” Xu Ming had obviously planned it out long ago, “If, after ten years, my understanding of formations has not reached the limit of the Dao Venerable level, then I don't want any genius grade; ‘hundred-thousand-year-grade’, ‘ten-thousand-year-grade’, I don't want anything!—But if, after ten years, my understanding of formations really reaches the limit of the Dao Venerable level, then please ask the Palace Master to remove the word ‘tentatively’ and officially designate me as a ‘million-year-grade’!”

This was Xu Ming's bet!

Ten years?

Palace Master Po Tian hesitated slightly.

“Palace Master, agree to him!” Elder Tie Ning was still unwilling to give up on Xu Ming, “Just give him ten years to see reality! If ten years can make him wake up in time and no longer be so arrogant and ignorant; then by that time, he will still be a promising talent!”

Palace Master Po Tian pondered slightly.

“Tie Ning, you really went to great lengths!” Palace Master Po Tian transmitted his voice privately.

“It's not easy for a formation genius to appear! I really don't want to see this Xu Ming fall into depravity! Alas… Give him another chance!” Elder Tie Ning said privately, “After ten years, he will understand our good intentions!”

“It's just a pity to waste ten years of the most precious cultivation time!”

The younger one is, the faster one cultivates, and the more precious time naturally is!

As one gets older, time will slowly “depreciate.”

It was precisely because of this that Palace Master Po Tian and the other experts were heartbroken and even furious because Xu Ming was going to “waste” the best ten years of his life.

In the end, the several experts were actually thinking for Xu Ming's sake!

It was just that, was Xu Ming really wasting the best time?

Not necessarily!

Before long, Xu Ming would use his strength to dazzle the experts!!