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The moment Xijun showed a fraction of her power, the world was submerged in an ocean. Even herself didn't thought a much out of it, perhaps because her old grandpa was even more of a monster than her, and I could bet that the two had fought before to the point that Xijun was made to think of her power as being "not enough" or "little" in comparison to the vast world outside, which her mysterious grandfather always spoke about being vast and mysterious, and filled with wonders and dangers.

But what she showed to everyone was the proof of our misunderstanding, we were actually pretty strong compared to the usual people here… even if they were all gods.

The gloriousness of Xijun's aura made everyone dumbfounded. They couldn't believe what was happening. The people around us felt like they were drowning in a vast ocean out of nowhere. They tried to swim upwards, but they couldn't, the might of the ocean's waves and its strength pushed them down. It felt almost hopeless for all of them.

I saw the Elders drown before her Aura of oceans, it really felt as if she had summoned the oceans themselves into the battlefield, it was something enormous, and honestly mesmerizing. It even surprised me, I was left speechless, quite literally.

However, after she finally deactivated, she looked with surprise at the scene, she seemed surprised everyone was so affected, she had believed it wouldn't take so much effect. Well, you're terrible wrong, Xijun! You're actually amazing…

I was mostly unaffected by it, although I felt its pressure and strength.

She quickly pulled back her power, as the Elders gasped for air.

"Hahh…"

"Ungnh…"

"W-What was that?!"

"So?" asked Xijun.

The Elders looked at her with disbelief, she was now back to having almost no power around her, they didn't believed it… She was a hidden monster amongst monsters, a being they could barely fathom to understand, a true genius in all its glory… The Elders swallowed saliva, knowing they couldn't let go of such an incredibly promising disciple for their own sect.

"J-JOIN MY SECT!"

"NO! MINE!"

"W-WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE BENEFITS WE CANT!""THINK ABOUT IT! OUR SECT IS BETTER!"

They began to scream incredibly loudly, begging her to join their sect. Xijun was confused, she thought they would make her do the usual exercise and test to see how strong she could be or something, but in fact nothing like that happened.

"Huh? But won't I be given the test?" she asked.

The Elders quickly fell silent as if her words were like orders, they began to talk to one another nervously.magic

"F-Fine, please take the test…"

"Go on… Young lady."

"If that's what you want to…"

"Please be gentle."

The Elders then brought a large sphere, the largest they held. This was an Essence Calculating Sphere, it calculated how much essence someone have, usually the people that came here wouldn't cultivate so much so they weren't able to completely show large amounts of essence, but they would show their talent depending in how much they got.

"Thanks… Then…"

Xijun slowly approached her hand to the sphere, as everyone present looked with intrigue. In everyone's head, she would surely have an exorbitant amount, perhaps she would completely blow away the entire sphere altogether, or even worst, she could even make the entire arena where we were tremble and fall apart by merely infusing some of her power.

But…

The orb barely glowed a bit, showing a number.

Everyone was left speechless.

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…""…"

The five Elders present looked at the scene dumbfounded. They couldn't believe what they were seeing… is 100 a bad number?

Of course, I would had thought Xijun would use more of her power, but because she dislikes using her power rampantly, she only infused a tiny bit of power, enough to past the essence test.

"What's wrong? Isn't 100 good? I remember you recruited people at 80." I asked.

I had seen people at 80 pass with ease, so I guess the standard would be around 70, 100 seems pretty talented to me.

"Only 100?"

"There's no way… that numerical value must be wrong!"

"We clearly felt way more than 100 numerical value of energy…"

"Is she lying to us?"

"This girl… she's hiding her powers incredibly well!"

"Hm? What's wrong? Is 100 bad? My friend Gustav asked you a question. It's very rude to not say anything you know?" she asked while seemingly growing angered.

The Elders gritted their teeth in fear before the mighty loli, as they nodded with forced smiles.

"Haha, 100 is fine! 100 is fine!"

"Indeed! It is actually very amazing, outstanding!"

"Quite talented, we haven't seen a 100 in weeks!"

"Yes, usually, we would recruit people around 60 or even 50… sometimes."

"We are not picky but people with above 50 energy reserves is very rare."

"I see. So I am double as great as them? That's good enough for me." Said Xijun. She had an affixation for hiding her true powers, I guess she was a true main character in that regard, although I don't know if readers would enjoy reading a novel with her as the protagonist!

The Elders looked at each other while raising an eyebrow, this girl was indeed way too strange! She was so strong, yet she liked showing little power despite the possibility to surprise everyone a second time? Why was she like this?

Well, Xijun had a very strange mentality, but I had somehow grasped it a bit, she doesn't like showing her power because she thinks its not enough. In a way, as much as she loves her grandpa, he had been a big shadow behind her that keeps making her think she's not strong enough, which makes her believe she lacks more talent, strength, and effort, and believes that she cannot brag about it because it simply not enough to do so.

I know her mentality is weird, but that's how Xijun is, and I am fine with how she is. She's my partner in this new world and my guide in here, so I am willing to protect her too.

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