Wang Tieniu was still looking as simple-minded as ever when he was called over.

When Qin Xiangqian handed him the stone pointing technique, Tieniu didn't even glance at it before assuring, "Senior Brother Xinghe, don't worry. I'll handle this matter perfectly."

Handle it perfectly? What does that even mean?

Qin Xiangqian was almost in tears...

"Big brother... I'm calling you big brother now, but do you even understand the stone pointing technique?"

"Tieniu! Senior Brother has faith in you!" Chu Xinghe said with a serious face.

Wang Tieniu left with tears in his eyes.

However, the news that Wang Tieniu was chosen by Senior Brother Xinghe quickly spread throughout the spirit mine.

Everyone's first reaction to the news was disbelief.

But soon, they remembered Senior Brother Xinghe, who dared to do what others wouldn't and think what others couldn't, and they were puzzled!

There was no way Senior Brother Xinghe could have made a mistake.

Wang Tieniu must have a hidden talent for stone pointing!

Compared to the certainty of those in the Grand Sky Sect's spirit mine, the outside world nearly laughed their heads off when they heard the news.

"Could this Chu Xinghe be a spy sent into the Grand Sky Sect?"

"I think it's possible. Buying the Tianyi Spirit Mine could be seen as youthful recklessness, and calling him virtuous is one thing, but Wang Tieniu... I've heard of him."

"This guy is quite famous. It's not just that he's not very bright, but his luck is also extremely bad. Someone like that learning the stone pointing technique... seems like birds of a feather flock together."

"Birds of a feather, indeed. This Chu Xinghe is a big fool himself."

While other sects made jokes, the Shi family nearly laughed themselves to death.

You have to understand, the Shi family felt pressured to break their contract with the Grand Sky Sect.

That's the damn Grand Sky Sect... the number one sect in the world. If they got angry, who knows what they might do.

The Shi family had prepared for any possible retaliation from the Grand Sky Sect.

But instead of retaliation, they heard that the Grand Sky Sect planned to train a stone pointer.

At first, the Shi family was genuinely worried.

After all, it was the Grand Sky Sect. Could they have really found a stone pointing genius?

The Shi family sent people to investigate, but before they could find anything, they heard that the chosen one was Wang Tieniu?

Are you kidding me?

This isn't just about being crazy; this guy is a complete fool, right?

Why would the Grand Sky Sect send a fool here?

Has the Grand Sky Sect really fallen?

Chu Xinghe's series of actions left countless people dumbfounded.

Everything before was understandable, but what were they thinking in training Wang Tieniu?

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Training a stone pointing genius is already extremely difficult; what is Wang Tieniu?

Now everyone was convinced that the Grand Sky Sect had really messed up.

In the Martial Emperor City's base in Spirit City, Zheng Yu was stunned for a full half minute after hearing the news.

He didn't know Wang Tieniu, but others in the Martial Emperor City Chamber of Commerce told him a bit.

In everyone's words, this was a fool with extremely bad luck.

What was Chu Xinghe thinking in choosing such a fool?

"Could Senior Brother Xinghe really have made a mistake?"

"No way! Senior Brother Xinghe is extraordinary, not only powerful but also meticulous. If Wang Tieniu were a normal person, it might be possible that Senior Brother Xinghe chose wrong, but since Wang Tieniu is seen as a fool with bad luck, Senior Brother Xinghe must know, so... there must be an extraordinary reason for Senior Brother Xinghe's choice."

"But what exactly is Senior Brother Xinghe thinking... I can't figure it out... truly can't figure it out!"

"Any news from the small spirit mine?" Zheng Yu asked the steward.

"They're working overtime to collect, but so far, it's all waste stone," the steward said worriedly.

"Don't worry, keep digging. Chu Xinghe wouldn't act without reason."

"Yes!"

The steward left to carry out the orders.

In the following days, the notion that Chu Xinghe was a big fool spread throughout Spirit City, and the sects had no qualms about openly discussing it.

"I think calling Chu Xinghe a big fool is one thing, but the Grand Sky Sect has truly fallen. Their disciple is causing such a ruckus outside, and they don't intervene. I really don't understand."

"Shh... I heard... Chu Xinghe is actually Gu Mingchao's illegitimate child."

"Really?"

"Think about it yourself!"

"Tsk tsk... that's interesting..."

The rumor that Chu Xinghe was Gu Mingchao's illegitimate child spread, and everyone was waiting to see how the Grand Sky Sect would handle the situation.

You're the number one sect in the world, right? Your disciple is causing trouble, and the sect does nothing. When you anger the entire world, will you still have the face to call yourself the number one sect?

On this day, at the Tianyi Spirit Mine.

Many energetic miner disciples were working hard at the Tianyi Spirit Mine.

"Second brother, we've been digging for so many days, and it's all waste stone. This mine might really be worthless."

"Nonsense! Keep talking like that, and I'll tear your mouth off. This was personally chosen by Senior Brother Xinghe. How could it be wrong? Senior Brother Xinghe has sharp eyes. We just haven't dug in the right spot yet."

"Right! We don't need to say how well Senior Brother Xinghe treats us. Everyone, put in more effort. Even if we have to dig through this spirit mine, we must find spirit stones!"

"Alright! Everyone, put in more effort!"

"There's spirit ore over here!" Suddenly, a shout came from afar, and many people rushed over.

They saw a miner disciple dig through a piece of waste stone, revealing a raw spirit stone that glowed faintly.

"Spirit light... this is spirit light!"

"Only raw stones of high-grade spirit stones can have such a glow!"

"We found it! We really found it! Go report it!"

The news quickly reached Qin Xiangqian, and he was so excited that he rushed over without even reporting to Chu Xinghe, but he was soon disappointed.

Because apart from that glowing raw stone, the rest were still waste stones.

Although they found a high-grade spirit stone, it wasn't enough to turn the fate of the Tianyi Spirit Mine around.

"We'll keep digging! I still don't believe it!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Keep digging! It must be deeper!"

The miner disciples were not discouraged at all, but Qin Xiangqian sighed helplessly. Could it be that Senior Brother Xinghe really made a mistake?

But as he was pondering, his assistant brought him a piece of news that nearly made him spit blood.

"President, Wang Tieniu has comprehended the stone pointing technique and wants some raw stones to practice."

"What?" Qin Xiangqian was dumbfounded.

Wang Tieniu comprehended the stone pointing technique? Are you kidding me?

He rushed over to Wang Tieniu's place, and from a distance, he saw Wang Tieniu standing in the courtyard.

"President, I've comprehended the stone pointing technique. Give me some spirit stones to try it out."

"Tieniu... are you sure you're not joking with me?"

"I never lie," Wang Tieniu said with a serious face.

Qin Xiangqian didn't say much and directly arranged for someone to bring raw stones, making sure to use the worst ones to avoid waste.

Soon, the raw stones were brought to Tieniu, and Qin Xiangqian signaled for him to start.

Tieniu didn't waste any time, taking a few steps to the raw stones, his hand glowing with spirit light, truly using the stone pointing technique. As the light fell on the raw stones, they trembled slightly, and the outer shell began to peel away.

In the next moment, a low-grade spirit stone appeared before everyone.

Silence... the entire courtyard was silent, everyone wide-eyed, scanning back and forth between the spirit stone and Tieniu.

Stone pointing... succeeded? It really succeeded?

Wang Tieniu truly had a talent for stone pointing? And not just any talent, how many days had it been since he got the stone pointing technique?

Without any guidance from a master, he comprehended the stone pointing technique on his own? This isn't just outrageous; it's beyond outrageous!

Tieniu continued, and soon all the raw stones were pointed out by him.

When Tieniu finished, Qin Xiangqian was dumbfounded again.

What was this? Tieniu's speed was unbelievably fast!

Qin Xiangqian knew that ordinary stone pointers were slow because stone pointing also consumed energy.

Tieniu's speed was unheard of for Qin Xiangqian.

But as Qin Xiangqian was stunned by Tieniu's speed, his assistant spoke up.

"President... the yield rate seems a bit high."

Yield rate?

Stone pointing has a yield rate, which is why everyone goes to the Shi family for stone pointing.

Because the Shi family's yield rate is around seventy percent, meaning that of all the spirit stones they handle, at most thirty percent is lost, with seventy percent retained.

That's considered the highest.

But looking at Tieniu now... his yield rate...

Seems to be fifty percent?

A fifty percent yield rate sounds much lower than the Shi family's, but Qin Xiangqian knew that the seventy percent yield rate was the standard for the Shi family's stone pointing masters.

Those people had been learning the stone pointing technique since childhood.

But Tieniu? How many days had it been since he self-taught?

Previously, the Shi family's best disciple, Shi Zhongtian, was said to have achieved a thirty percent yield rate on his first stone pointing, and the Shi family nearly announced to the world that they had a genius.

Usually, a first-time yield rate of ten percent or even five percent is considered a small genius.

But Tieniu...

Qin Xiangqian's view of Tieniu had changed; this wasn't Tieniu, this was a golden bull!

"President, why are you looking at me like that! I know the yield rate, mine is only fifty percent, and I've embarrassed Senior Brother Xinghe, but don't worry, I've studied it. As long as I practice for a few more days, reaching a ninety percent yield rate shouldn't be a problem. A hundred percent yield rate is harder; I need a few more years of practice to achieve it."

Tieniu's words left the entire place in silence.

If anyone else boasted, people might believe it, but if Tieniu said something, it was absolutely true!

If he said he could reach ninety percent, then he definitely could. If he said he could challenge the legendary hundred percent, he definitely could!

Qin Xiangqian felt his blood pressure rising.

Actually, it wasn't just him; everyone in the courtyard who had come to see was feeling their blood pressure rise...

Especially Chu Xinghe, who arrived just in time to hear Tieniu's words, and nearly fainted...