Chapter 1689 — The Current Limit
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"Pfft..." Chen Yuxuan had just been thinking of taking a sip of water when Qiu Lingshan's words nearly choked him to death. "Cough... cough... cough!"
"Cute Girl won't do either. That's such a good nickname that I was planning to save it for Yaoyao or Xiaoshu. Now tell me, why do you say it would be at least the peak of the mid Xuan rank?" Wei Zhao rejected Qiu Lingshan's proposal and continued questioning her.
"Because you just said that Yu Feng couldn't possibly be stronger than the peak of the mid Xuan rank. And even someone at the peak of the mid Xuan rank would be enough for Brother Yutian to take revenge. That means you can raise us to at least the peak of the mid Xuan rank!" Qiu Lingshan said smugly. "Am I wrong?"
"You're right!" Wei Zhao nodded. "Your analysis is sound."
"Then am I still little silly girl? Can you change it now?" Qiu Lingshan was overjoyed. Her relationship with Wei Zhao had taken another step forward. She had gone from Brain-Dead Girl at the beginning, to Little Silly Girl, and now she was about to receive yet another new name.
"Actually, I mostly call you Lingshan now. Little silly girl is only a joke. Don't you think little silly girl is pretty cute too?" Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"That's true!" Qiu Lingshan thought about it, then nodded. "That's the sort of thing couples usually call each other! In that case, keep calling me little silly girl. As for Lingshan, call me Shanshan instead. Lingshan sounds a little awkward."
"All right." Since it was nothing important, Wei Zhao saw no need to argue with Qiu Lingshan over it. He understood what she was thinking, but matters like this were best allowed to take their natural course. At least for now, he did not have such thoughts.
"Then what level can you raise us to at most?" Chen Yuxuan finally waited for Qiu Lingshan and Wei Zhao to finish their flirtatious banter before asking, unable to contain his impatience.
"The peak of the late Xuan rank!" Wei Zhao said. "That is the limit for now. Only after I come up with another method will I be able to raise you to the Earth rank!"
"The peak of the late Xuan rank? Then... what's the difference between that and the early Earth rank?" Chen Yuxuan leaped to his feet in shock. Earlier, when Wei Zhao had said he could not raise them to the Earth rank, Chen Yuxuan had assumed that he could not raise them at all. But now that he heard they could reach the peak of the late Xuan rank, he was both astonished and delighted.
In Chen Yuxuan's eyes, the peak of the late Xuan rank was already the highest level among the great families. Once someone stepped into the Earth rank, members of the hidden great families would come to recruit them. Of course, at present, only the Yu family had produced an Earth-rank expert. Among the other great families, even early- and mid-Xuan-rank experts were already regarded as formidable.
Take Wu Gonggao, the head of the Wu family. With his mid-Xuan-rank strength, he was already an extraordinary figure. Unless one reached the level of the hidden great families, the peak of the late Xuan rank could be said to be the highest level attainable.