Xia Feng's promise was met with disbelief by Kan Yuting. To the young girl, it sounded like pure boasting.
Men, she thought, were all talk, trying to win girls' hearts with empty words.
Although Xia Feng's appearance was to her liking, boasting was not a good trait. Kan Yuting earnestly advised, "I think you're a good person, so why do you speak so boastfully? You should learn from Venerable Zhang, being upright is a good thing."
Kan Yuting spoke with a lecturing tone, believing it was not good for Xia Feng to be so boastful at such a young age. Otherwise, how would he ever find a cultivation partner?
"Haha..." Xia Feng was amused by Kan Yuting's tone.
She had a typical childish attitude, acting mature beyond her years.
"What are you laughing at? Am I wrong?" Kan Yuting pressed, seeing Xia Feng's amused expression.
"You're right, but what I said is also the truth. You just don't believe me," Xia Feng spread his hands helplessly.
In Kan Yuting's view, this was nothing but bragging. How could a young girl even consider such matters?
Her grandfather hadn't grasped Xia Feng's strength, let alone her.
"Forget it. Anyway, I have a good impression of you. If Grandpa wants to punish me later, so be it. What else do you want to see? Since we've already been discovered, I'll boldly show you around," Kan Yuting asked Xia Feng.
Now that they were caught, she might as well openly lead Xia Feng around.
"I'm not interested in cultivation methods. I'm only interested in ancient texts. Are there any more?" Xia Feng inquired.
He could always ask her grandfather when he arrived.
As long as they were ancient texts related to the Saint Realm or the Heavenly Dao, Xia Feng would be interested. Zhang Sanfeng had once mentioned that he saw records of the Saint Realm in an ancient text.
It was likely that everyone's records were similar, not very detailed.
"I don't know about that. I only know about the one you were just looking at," Kan Yuting shook her head, indicating her ignorance. She then continued, "You're so young, why are you reading these ancient texts? Are you studying the history of the Divine Realm?"
"I just want to understand. The woman who was about to report you just now had a slightly higher cultivation than you. How come your cultivation isn't as high as hers?"
Xia Feng asked playfully.
Indeed, Kan Yulin's cultivation was a bit more advanced than Kan Yuting's, a whole minor realm higher.
Kan Yuting possessed only early Ancient God realm strength, while Kan Yulin was in the middle stage of the Ancient God realm.
"I'm just slow," Kan Yuting replied helplessly.
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't catch up to Kan Yulin.
This made things difficult for her, so she spent her days in the library, determined to read all the cultivation methods, then dissect them and cultivate them herself.
Perhaps one day she would comprehend an ultimate cultivation method, and her cultivation would skyrocket.
Others admired Kan Yuting's way of thinking.
"That's true," Xia Feng agreed with a nod.
She did seem a bit slow, looking somewhat foolish.
"You're making me so angry! You actually agree? Can't you say something comforting?" Kan Yuting puffed out her cheeks, feeling Xia Feng was insensitive.
At a time like this, shouldn't he be comforting her?
"I see your cultivation methods are chaotic. Are you cultivating haphazardly here? Are you going to neglect yourself?" Xia Feng asked Kan Yuting.
Even with a grandfather in the late Divine Sovereign realm, how could he not care about his own granddaughter?
"Grandpa doesn't have time to manage us. Besides, we're all daughters. He lets us cultivate as we please. We just follow the cultivation methods taught by the martial masters in the sect, without any special attention. Unless someone has exceptional talent and great potential, then it's different."
Kan Yuting sighed. Her grandfather had dozens of descendants, not just them. How could he possibly manage each one individually?
Those with average talent were left to cultivate on their own within the sect, while those with great talent received focused training.
After all, talent was the most crucial aspect of cultivation.
Without talent, no amount of effort could match others.
"That's why I said there's a problem with your cultivation," Xia Feng reiterated.
Cultivation demanded purity, a refinement of one's power.
For someone like Kan Yuting, who cultivated haphazardly, learning pieces from various methods, it might not seem like much now, but it would hinder her progress greatly in the future, and could even lead to serious issues.
As for Kan Yuting ever surpassing Kan Yulin in her lifetime, it was absolutely impossible.
Xia Feng had mentioned the issue of cultivation twice, and Kan Yuting looked at him with a puzzled gaze, asking, "How can you tell? I can't see your cultivation. What is your strength?"
"There's no point in telling you my strength, as you won't believe me anyway. You never believe what I say," Xia Feng shook his head with a smile.
He wasn't wrong about Kan Yuting; she truly didn't believe him.
It wasn't that she didn't believe Xia Feng as a person, but rather that she didn't believe his wild claims.
Xia Feng had said that even his grandfather would show him respect, and that even if he burned down the library, his grandfather wouldn't blame him, but would even fan the flames.
How could anyone believe such words?
It wasn't disbelief, it was simply impossible to believe.
"Then tell me, what is your strength? Let's see if I believe you," Kan Yuting tilted her chin, gesturing for Xia Feng to speak.
Then, with a look of surprise, she pointed at Xia Feng and asked, "You're not going to tell me you're a Divine King, are you?"
A Divine King so young would definitely be a prodigy.
Kan Yuting saw that Xia Feng was about as intelligent as she was, and didn't appear to be a prodigy.
"No," Xia Feng shook his head.
"Oh my, you scared me! I thought you were actually going to say you're a Divine King," Kan Yuting said, clutching her chest as if startled.
Xia Feng found Kan Yuting quite amusing, so he continued to chat with her.
Especially her startled expressions and occasional exaggerated gestures, she was a complete little silly girl.
He wondered what she ate to grow up so clueless.
"Then are you a Divine Lord?" Kan Yuting continued to ask.
"No, neither. I told you, you wouldn't believe me anyway," Xia Feng continued to shake his head, completely denying Kan Yuting's subsequent guesses.
"Not a Divine King, not a Divine Lord. Then what is your realm? Do you have a realm I don't know about?"
Kan Yuting found Xia Feng's claims increasingly outrageous. If it were a realm above Divine King, she wouldn't believe it even with three eyes.
"Have you ever heard of Divine Emperor?" Xia Feng asked.
"Divine Emperor?" Kan Yuting pondered for a moment. Her large eyes widened, and she nodded slightly. "Yes, I've seen it in ancient texts. It seems there were Divine Emperors a long, long time ago, but they're gone now."
At this moment, Kan Yuting realized and pointed at Xia Feng, laughing, "You wouldn't be trying to trick me into saying you're a Divine Emperor, would you?"
"Yes, I am a Divine Emperor," Xia Feng nodded seriously.