You promised yourself to be a caged bird, but you became the supreme young master?

The sun was shining brightly, and there were no clouds or rain.

Early in the morning, Lu Heng arrived at the martial arts training ground in the outer courtyard of the Lu clan.

Before leaving yesterday, the middle-aged man with blue eyes only said that we needed to gather at the martial arts arena today, but did not specify a time.

But as members of a branch of the Lu family, none of them could afford to gamble.

As the sun rose, hundreds of teenagers had already arrived one after another, scattered across the training ground.

Even the three most outstanding teenagers in the [Awakening Ritual] were no exception.

To be precise, there were two boys and one girl.

However, compared to the vast majority of other peers who are scattered, alone, and ignored by everyone.

These three "geniuses" who were detected on the [Awakening Ritual] were surrounded by a large number of boys and girls who fawned over and flattered them.

"That's so realistic."

Lu Heng chuckled lazily, inwardly complaining about how unaccustomed he was to waking up so early.

But reality is reality, and in this world, this might be the right thing to do!

In his previous life, those students with good grades and outstanding performance in school would naturally have people flocking to them.

People naturally admire those who are strong.

Not to mention that in my previous life, befriending classmates with good grades would at most only get me some help, a question to ask, or simply copying their homework.

In this world where cultivators exist, if one can befriend a powerful cultivator and be favored by them, there is a real chance to defy fate!

It was only the day after the [Awakening Ritual].

The hundreds of teenagers on the training ground were clearly divided into different groups.

The young men, dressed in fine clothes and whose fathers were clearly cultivators, chatted and laughed.

The boys, dressed in coarse linen and possessing nothing, some attempted to form cliques, while others simply chose to go it alone.

As for the three rarest geniuses...

They were in a very special state, and people from both sides, whether they were from wealthy families or ordinary people with nothing, couldn't help but step forward to befriend them.

Of course, rather than making friends, Lu Heng, who saw everything clearly from the side, felt that it was more like currying favor and trying to please.

Unfortunately, he didn't intend to let his fate depend on the opinions of others.

I currently have no intention of crossing my bottom line.

However, through Lu Heng's observation, one interesting point is...

Of the three geniuses, two were dressed in fine clothes, while only one was likely from an ordinary family.

Among the hundreds of teenagers, those dressed in fine clothes were far fewer than ordinary teenagers.

Yet they were able to possess two geniuses.

Lu Heng absolutely refused to believe it was a coincidence.

"Perhaps the descendants of cultivators have a greater probability of possessing cultivation talent than ordinary people."

He couldn't help but think to himself.

If that's the case, then the world might be even more cruel than he imagined.

The strong remain strong, and the weak remain weak!

Even powerful cultivators may face problems such as difficulty in having offspring.

But this world was unfair from the very beginning!

Most ordinary people in this world are probably nothing more than weeds.

He casually found a corner to stand in, and no one paid him any attention, which meant no one would bother him. Lu Heng was quite happy with this arrangement.

………………

The wait wasn't too long.

Unbeknownst to anyone, the middle-aged man with blue eyes from yesterday had silently appeared on the martial arts field.

With the appearance of the middle-aged man with blue eyes, the hundreds of teenagers who were originally scattered and disorganized on the training ground instantly gathered together.

It was an orderly and completely silent scene.

In Lu Heng's previous life, only soldiers who had undergone rigorous training could probably do that.

But in this cruel world, even teenagers can learn this skill without a teacher.

Although the middle-aged man with blue eyes is a member of a branch family, in a sense, he is able to preside over the [Awakening Ritual].

As a cultivator at the Qi Refining Secret Realm, his status was even higher than that of most members of the main family who had no cultivation talent or only average cultivation talent.

Of course, if the main family continues to maintain the status quo in this situation, they will soon fall into decline and become a separate family, which makes perfect sense.

If the young men, whose status and strength are vastly different, accidentally offend the middle-aged man with blue eyes...

Unless you are a genius or have a powerful family background, being killed by him at will would not have any consequences.

He still had his hands behind his back, looking extremely impatient.

The middle-aged man with blue eyes spoke calmly, "Enough with the nonsense, you all received the 'Basic Body Refining Method' from the Internal Affairs Hall yesterday."

Anyone who felt a connection to Qi and blood upon first reading of "Basic Body Refinement Methods," please step forward.

Among the hundreds of teenagers, three silently stepped forward, much to the surprise of the middle-aged man with blue eyes.

It was discovered that he had talent on the [Awakening Ritual], making him a "genius" with superior cultivation talent compared to ordinary people.

"Some things in this world are truly predetermined from the very beginning." Among the hundreds of teenagers standing to the side, Lu Heng, who was unremarkable and stood like a lackey, thought with a touch of helplessness.

Boring, but true!

Ordinary people are completely and utterly crushed by geniuses!

They seemed like they weren't even the same species.

This is still not the beginning of cultivation, nor becoming a cultivator.

If things get to that point, things will probably become even more outrageous.

After exchanging a few casual words and nodding to the three geniuses, the middle-aged man with blue eyes then spoke.

"You may leave now. A servant will bring you to me later."

These words immediately drew envious expressions from the hundreds of teenagers in the training ground.

It was obvious that the middle-aged man with blue eyes intended to give these three geniuses special tutoring!

Such a seemingly effortless act, yet capable of befriending geniuses, is something that ordinary people can only dream of.

In matters like this, even if there are cultivators in the family, a young man in fine clothes is no different from an ordinary young man from a branch family who has nothing.

The three geniuses returned to the group of hundreds of young members of the Lu family who had branched out from the clan.

Unbeknownst to them, the three geniuses had risen to the forefront.

In this world, you either look at strength directly, or you look at the talent that can be converted into strength.

As the three geniuses returned to the group, the middle-aged man with blue eyes looked at the hundreds of teenagers in front of him, as well as the ten adult members of the branch family who had appeared in the training ground at some unknown time, and his mood was inexplicable.

There was no lengthy explanation; he simply began speaking calmly.

Let's begin.

Although I said it yesterday, I'll say it again.

The family has no need for useless people who can't cultivate!

"Yes," the ten adults from the branch family who appeared to the side, along with the hundreds of teenagers in the training ground, said in unison.

"Is the next step to guide the flow of Qi and blood?" Lu Heng, who had arrived at the training ground early, instantly perked up.