After kowtowing 3 times, he stood up and bowed once again.
"Please excuse my previous behaviours Grand Elder Wu"
"Mm, it's okay. You didn't know after all. Also, just call me Elder Wu, I don't like that Grand name that much" the Grand Elder said while feeling his goatee. He was feeling quite happy with this child.
Gang Xin nodded his head solemnly "Yes, Elder Wu". This could have hidden implications behind. Such as obviously giving him preferential treatment. However, he didn't know yet so he just accepted it without extra words.
"You will show me your fire talent later, Xin. Now, tell me about why you are here" Elder Wu said. He once again closed his eyes.
Hearing the question, Gang Xin knew he had to say it with every detail. After all, this person could find out any information inside the clan very easily.
"It's like this Elder Wu..." Gang Xin talked about how when he came back from the brink of life and death, he seemed to sense particles of fire qi more clearly, and also how his body seemed to be more accepting of it.
Then, he talked about how he became bold, and how when he entered the clan, that youth Gang Tu spit on his face, and then to how he beat him up.
However, he didn't specifically delve much into the beating up. He only said he didn't cripple the guy's cultivation.
Hearing it, Elder Wu nodded his head, and also seemed to realize why he got here for such a light crime.
"Those youngsters... thinking they can mess with a prospective genius just like that" Elder Wu slightly mumbled in his mouth.
He was evidently angry with how the 3 elders managed his punishment.
"It's okay, I know now. You may leave if you wish to. Just say I exempted you from it." he waved his hand lightly.
"It's okay, I'll stay here with you elder" Gang Xin bowed and waited for the elder's nod before heading to an empty area.
By this time, the space of the room had decreased considerably and was a third the size of the 1st floor.
The density and corruption of the fire qi was also particularly fearsome.
As the elder seemed to be watching him, Gang Xin took a deep breath before he extended his arms forward, and started doing the Roaring Tiger cultivation technique. However, he exerted much little force than he would usually, and didn't even bother trying to attract the fire qi.
However, some of them were naturally attracted to his body as they entered. For these ones, he directly inhaled them into his body and refined them very quickly.
'This should dissolve that elder's doubt' he thought. He was unexpectedly still improving his cultivation.
Though overall, he was still progressing at a snail's pace.
Well, what can he do, a person at the top of Meditation Mentor stage was looking at a measly middle stage Form Fighter. Gang Xin didn't think he could fake his eyes, especially the eyes of the legendary Grand Elder Gang Wu.
'Sigh... it seems my fast cultivation ends here. Well, nothing in life is promised, and especially not easy' Gang Xin thought back to his previous world.
Because he couldn't even get a good score after he graduated from high school, his future seemed so bleak at the time.
He even failed in cutting the Advanced Mind Quality test many times. And due to that, he was unable to gain much resources, and his growth was painfully slow at the start.
He met with many hills to get over, and many slopes where he had to crawl upward.
He had been discouraged many times.
Fortunately, with the launch of Cultivation Dynasty, he was finally able to change his destiny. However, even that wasn't easy. He was threatened many times, forced to delete his account many times.
It was as if luck never came for him. And even if they did, they were snatched by others.
Remind you, these were resources that even companies would fight for in the real world.
But he didn't give up. He always continued on, standing up failure after failure, believing that he can do it.
And eventually, hope did find him.
On the start of his 10th account, he was able to find a unique quest that gave him a hidden class. Following the quest line, he even found an ancient ruin.
After devouring its content, he finally began to get known. And through his relentless spirit, he overcame trouble after trouble.
He would even backstab his companions.
With just one trigger, just one push of that luck, his quality of determination and hard working personality allowed him to get a boost to the stage of the world.
He was renowned. He had reputation that spanned across even empires. People feared him...
Well, that was until he was transmigrated into this world.
As a poor fucking orphan.
His face turned worse as he stopped his cultivation after an hour. He made it so that some fire qi wasn't refined and entered his face, making it pink and have faint traces of red blotches emerging.
After bowing to Elder Wu, he descended.
This time, he descended all the way down to the 1st floor.
From the people on the lower floors, few people noticed him. But those that did, all had open eyes as they remembered the previous instances.
Wasn't this kid supposed to be dead? Wasn't he overestimating himself?
Compared to their skin that looked like they caught a disease, his face was much more healthier.
...
"It's you? You're out already?" the guards responded in surprise at the sight of Gang Xin. The boy had left an impression on them due to his young age.
"Yes, you can take my badge. If it isn't enough, Grand Elder Wu also gave permission for me to leave the pavillion" Gang Xin replied indifferently.
"Wh- WHAT?! GRAND ELDER WU?!" the two guards were instantly petrified.
After all, not many people even knew the grand elder was guarding this place, and even they only recently knew of this information after having to guard this place.
They were pretty sure Gang Xin wasn't lying - after all, what did this orphan even know - but they still had to verify.
"Are you telling the truth?! If you're lying, the consequences will be dire. Not just anyone can take the name of the grand elder in vain." one guard said very solemnly after some time calming himself.
Grand Elder Wu was a legend inside the clan. If anyone dared lie swearing his name, he was even prepared to struck that person down instantly.
"Yes" Gang Xin replied. He didn't have anything to prove this claim but it was the truth anyways.
If they were to inquire later, unless that old man was an amnesiac, he would be free from trouble. Instead, his reputation might even spread.
After looking at Gang Xin's face, and then at each other's face for a while, they collected the badge before finally letting Gang Xin go with a special exit claim.