Thunder Origin Blade

Nanyuan Academy.

Afternoon.

The main office.

Many people were in the office at this moment, not just Su Yu and Liu Wenyan.

All the students in the academy who had hope of getting into Civilization Academy were present, totaling 12 people including Su Yu.

Last time, Bai Feng had provided guidance, and Liu Wenyan had managed to get two students in. After all, they were outsiders, and Liu Wenyan himself didn't know if Bai Feng would teach Divine Script.

Today, he was writing Willpower Script himself. Even if he favored Su Yu a little, this was a rare opportunity, so Liu Wenyan still called everyone else over.

Liu Wenyan stood with the old Academy Head, and before them was a large desk.

There was no paper; it was a spread-out beast hide.

It was huge!

On the desk, there was also a basin of bright red liquid, used as ink. Liu Wenyan was grinding the ink.

The old Academy Head's eyes still showed a hint of heartache. This was all merit points.

Over a hundred points!

The academy had truly bled heavily for this piece of Willpower Script.

"Everyone, watch carefully!"

"This is a rare opportunity. If you can't bear it, close your eyes and rest immediately. Don't force yourselves!"

The old Academy Head cautioned everyone. In reality, others were not suitable to watch this. For the cultivation of Divine Script, even in Civilization Academy, they wouldn't teach it if the Willpower fullness was less than 20%.

Of course, students wouldn't learn it before then, as it would be a waste.

Watching a piece of Willpower Script, especially one being transcribed on the spot, was not free.

In Civilization Academy, such a course would cost at least 5 merit points per viewing. That was for large classes with many observers, and it was a discount for the academy's students.

For outsiders to watch, it wasn't just a matter of merit points; it also depended on whether the Civilization Master agreed.

Transcribing this consumed a great deal of willpower.

"What Instructor Liu is transcribing today is the Thunder Origin Blade, a Profound tier low-grade martial skill. Watch as much as you can."

The old Academy Head reiterated. Now, in Nanyuan, because Liu Wenyan's Willpower had reached Soaring, everyone had some understanding of Civilization Masters.

It wasn't like before, when there hadn't been a Civilization Master in Nanyuan for decades. Back then, Su Yu and the others seemed extremely ignorant.

When something hadn't appeared for decades, no one would discuss it much.

Times had changed. At this moment, the other students were extremely excited.

Willpower Script!

A Soaring Realm expert was writing it for them, opening the path of Divine Script.

Beside Su Yu, Liu Yue's eyes also shone brightly. She couldn't help but glance at Su Yu next to her. She knew that Instructor Liu's transcription of Willpower Script this time was likely still because of Su Yu.

Because apart from Su Yu, others, including herself, wouldn't gain much from watching.

Writing this now was somewhat of a waste.

Having seen Willpower Script before, she knew how much it cost. If one hired a Civilization Master to write a piece of Willpower Script, not to mention materials, just the hiring fee, without a hundred merit points, the master might not be willing.

Killing a Soaring Realm expert would fetch a similar price.

"His Willpower fullness was only 10% last time..."

Liu Yue was still a bit jealous. She didn't understand why Liu Wenyan valued Su Yu so much. She knew that when Bai Feng came last time, her Willpower fullness had already reached 15%. Over this period, she had already started trying to observe fragments of the Myriad Races' original texts.

That represented reaching or nearing 20% fullness.

Yet, in this past month, Liu Wenyan had taken Su Yu everywhere but had never thought of taking her along.

Liu Yue felt envious and jealous. Soon, she let out a soft sigh, perhaps Instructor Liu felt she wasn't a student in their class.

In reality, Liu Wenyan hadn't thought that way.

He simply felt that others couldn't learn what he had taught Su Yu.

Kaiyuan Realm going to ambush Qianjun Realm?

Spending a week in a storeroom full of corpses?

Teaching more Myriad Races languages? Others hadn't even fully mastered the existing ones.

If it were truly suitable for everyone, like this time, he hadn't taught Su Yu alone. Even if others wouldn't gain much, Willpower Script wasn't something everyone could learn.

In Civilization Academy, charging 5 merit points per person this time would be the minimum.

No, 5 points wouldn't be enough. Because 5 points was the base. This time, he was transcribing a Profound tier martial skill like Thunder Origin Blade. Charging 10 or even 20 points, students in Civilization Academy would likely clamor for it.

Liu Wenyan didn't speak; he was concentrating.

He had only recently materialized his will. Transcribing a Profound tier martial skill at this moment was actually beyond his capabilities.

Perhaps only when Su Yu and the others reached Civilization Academy would they understand the immense price paid for transcribing a Profound tier technique at this moment.

In Civilization Academy, this was something only official researchers would do.

"Quiet!"

Liu Wenyan let out a soft command, quieting the students who were murmuring.

At this moment, Liu Wenyan's expression was solemn, his slightly graying hair fluttering, and a faint golden light emanated from him.

"I will begin writing formally. Watch, do not speak, and if you feel you cannot bear it, close your eyes immediately!"

Everyone nodded quickly.

Su Yu also looked on with anticipation. A martial skill, and a Profound-tier martial skill at that. He was extremely eager.

A Divine Script was equivalent to a powerful expert who had cultivated the Thunder Origin Blade to a profound level, displaying their entire cultivation process and results to you, uncensored!

It was broken down, dismantled, and taught to you piece by piece. This was a hundred times stronger than ordinary teaching!

This was why profound Divine Scripts were hard to come by, even with a thousand pieces of gold.

"Hoo!"

A gust of wind arose.

Origin energy gathered, causing the tables and chairs in other parts of the office to shake, but the desk in front of Liu Wenyan remained still.

Liu Wenyan did not use a brush; he used his vital blood as ink. An ordinary brush could not withstand it.

Civilization Academy's Civilization Masters had their own specialized brushes, but he did not.

Using his finger as a brush, Liu Wenyan dipped his finger in blood. His finger was like a sword, and in the next moment, he began to write on the beast skin.

"Thunder Origin Blade..."

Boom!

As if thunder had descended, the moment Liu Wenyan wrote these three words, everyone saw lightning erupting all around them!

"Ah!"

A female student was startled and couldn't help but cry out softly, her eyes filled with a hint of fear. She had just seen lightning strike her.

Beside her, the old Academy Head frowned slightly.

It wasn't displeasure at her exclamation, but rather... it indicated that her willpower was too weak and she couldn't bear it. This was only the beginning.

"Alas, what a pity!"

The old Academy Head lamented inwardly. It was a great pity. He wondered if this student would regret missing such an opportunity today.

If she couldn't even handle the beginning, it meant she would gain almost nothing from this.

"Close your eyes!"

The old Academy Head saw the girl's face turn pale and said in a low voice. The female student, her face filled with fear, quickly closed her eyes. Her face remained pale, and she didn't dare to look again.

Of the remaining 11 students, Su Yu and Liu Yue remained expressionless. Of the other 9, some had slightly pale faces, while others seemed relatively normal.

Su Yu had no time to pay attention to others at this moment. He was watching Liu Wenyan transcribe.

On the beast skin, it was as if another Liu Wenyan had appeared.

He was cultivating the Thunder Origin Blade!

Lightning erupted all around. "Liu Wenyan" stood with his blade, enduring the bursts of lightning, executing one strike after another. The speed was very slow, so slow that Su Yu was impatient to see the next strike.

"Thunder Origin Blade uses 40 acupoints. This refers to the final strike."

"The Thunder Origin Blade has a total of nine strikes. Each strike is stronger than the last, and uses more acupoints. Even if you understand and learn it now, you may not be able to use it."

"In the Kaiyuan Realm, you can barely execute the first strike. This refers to Kaiyuan Eighth Level and above!"

"Eight acupoints, preferably nine acupoints linked together. Once the strike is executed, your origin energy will be completely depleted, as this is not a martial skill for the Kaiyuan Realm."

"It's best for those at Kaiyuan Eighth Level not to use it. To execute the first strike, you need to be at Kaiyuan Ninth Level, linking nine acupoints, and absorb external origin energy before striking. Otherwise, striking at the Eighth Level will harm your body."

These words were not spoken by Liu Wenyan. At this moment, Liu Wenyan was fully focused, sweat covering his body.

It was the old Academy Head reminding everyone, especially Su Yu.

Liu Wenyan writing the Thunder Origin Blade for him was actually beyond Su Yu's current capabilities. However, there was an advantage to this: Su Yu could continue to cultivate the Thunder Origin Blade even when he reached the Qianjun or Wanshi realms, and wouldn't have to abandon it at higher levels.

"Rumble!"

Su Yu wasn't really paying attention. At this moment, he only saw the thunder roaring and Liu Wenyan practicing his blade.

Liu Wenyan had already written several dozen characters. Several "Liu Wenyan" figures appeared on the desk, continuously executing strikes.

The same strike!

This was the first strike of the Thunder Origin Blade.

"Hiss..."

Beside him, someone gasped in pain and quickly closed their eyes.

For the first strike, 6 out of the remaining 11 people could no longer watch and closed their eyes.

Of the remaining 5 people, besides Su Yu and Liu Yue, the other 3 also had very pale faces.

Liu Wenyan continued writing. After a moment, the other three couldn't hold on any longer and closed their eyes.

At this point, even Liu Yue felt a slight headache. Her willpower had improved recently, but Liu Wenyan had started with a Profound-tier martial skill, which was difficult for her to bear.

The practice of the first strike passed quickly.

First strike – Thunder Strike!

Second strike – Thunder Movement!

This time, it truly felt like heavenly thunder was rumbling, with constant booming sounds. Liu Wenyan on the beast hide was drawing his blade faster, and his acupoints flickered with light. Boom!

The blade struck out, as if ten thousand beasts were stampeding.

"Second strike, utilizes 12 acupoints, can be cultivated in the Qianjun Realm!"

The old Academy Head continued speaking. In reality, he was speaking almost exclusively to Su Yu, because Liu Yue's forehead was covered in sweat, and she was already struggling with the second strike.

As for Su Yu, although his face was a little pale, his eyes were bright, and he was deeply engrossed. It seemed he could still hold on.

"No wonder Old Liu values him so much..."

The old Academy Head mused silently. He had actually favored Liu Yue more because her willpower was stronger than Su Yu's. Of course, at the moment, they were roughly equal, the gap not being that large.

But Liu Yue... compared to Su Yu now, the difference had become apparent.

This kind of observation of Divine Script required not only willpower but also resilience.

When you were deeply engrossed, the person in the script seemed to be striking at you.

The lightning seemed to be bombarding you as well.

If you were afraid, timid, or felt pain, you wouldn't be able to endure it.

Simply having strong willpower only gave you the opportunity to see more; it didn't guarantee you would see more.

"Liu Yue is, after all, just a girl. She hasn't experienced any major battles yet. This kid Su Yu... he's actually killed people!"

The old Academy Head sighed inwardly. Su Yu had truly killed people.

Not when he was chasing the Ten Thousand Races Cult members with Liu Wenyan, but the merit reported by Chen Hao at the academy last time. The old Academy Head was now certain that Chen Hao hadn't killed them; it was Su Yu.

A student, at the Kaiyuan Fourth Level, dared to ambush a powerhouse at the Qianjun Seventh Level!

That was courage!

That was spirit!

Of course... it was also recklessness!

"I hope Old Liu hasn't misjudged him."

Although the old Academy Head's strength wasn't great, he and Liu Wenyan had been friends for 40 years, and he knew far more than others.

Liu Wenyan had been able to stay peacefully in the academy for so many years, and his relationship with the old Academy Head was a significant factor.

40 years ago, the old Academy Head, who had retired injured from the front lines, took over as the Academy Head of Nanyuan Middle Academy. At that time, he was only at the Qianjun Ninth Level and his strength was very weak. He didn't know much, but he knew one thing: my people were comrades-in-arms, through life and death!

No matter what happened before, once they reached Nanyuan Academy, they had to listen to him.

And so, he and Liu Wenyan at that time gradually became sworn brothers.

The scene flashed through the old Academy Head's mind and disappeared in an instant. The next moment, his body moved, and he grabbed Liu Yue, pulling her aside. He frowned and said in a low voice, "Don't force yourself to keep watching!"

"Academy Head..."

Liu Yue looked dejected. She turned her head to look at Su Yu, who was still observing, and suddenly felt like breaking down. "I... I can't even finish the second strike... Academy Head... I..."

She had always thought she was stronger than Su Yu!

Last time, when Bai Feng wrote the "Kaiyuan Jue," she hadn't been as good as Su Yu. But last time, she had at least finished watching the Kaiyuan Jue.

This time, the gap was too obvious.

She hadn't even finished the second strike!

And Su Yu, at this moment, only had a pale face, but his eyes were bright and sharp. He was still watching, while Liu Wenyan was already writing the third strike.

At this moment, Liu Wenyan's face also began to turn pale, and large drops of sweat dripped down.

"Thunder!"

At this moment, Su Yu did not continue observing the third strike. He found that he couldn't quite understand it, and Liu Wenyan's strikes were too fast for him to keep up.

At this moment, he suddenly saw a character that seemed to come alive.

Thunder!

The "Thunder" in Thunder Origin Blade!

The most frequent character appearing throughout Thunder Origin Blade was this "Thunder," even more so than "Blade."

This was a martial skill created by a powerhouse after observing thunder.

Thunder was very powerful, very fast, and had great destructive force.

That powerhouse had once seen thunder shatter a mountain peak, turning the summit into scorched earth, and thus created Thunder Origin Blade.

At this moment, Su Yu also saw "thunder."

Lightning was all that remained before him, the thunder and lightning destroying everything, striking the mountaintop, striking the universe.

"The... the power of lightning is truly immense..."

Su Yu thought to himself, not feeling any fear. This lightning had a terrifying effect, as if it wanted to instill fear in people. However, Su Yu wasn't afraid. In his memory, as a child, he had dreamed of monsters wielding lightning attacking him.

He had been very scared as a child, scared to death.

But now, Su Yu had long since stopped caring.

Over the years, he had died from lightning strikes, been torn apart by claws, been devoured, had his heart hollowed out, and been dismembered inch by inch...

He had gotten used to it!

Over three thousand dreams, over three thousand ways to die.

When you've experienced over three thousand ways to die and haven't gone mad or broken down, it means you've matured.

The price of maturity was a bit steep.

As a child, he almost died from not sleeping, but it got much better once he got used to it.

So now, with this "lightning" character baring its fangs and claws, Su Yu only found it amusing. What if it killed him?

"It's not like I haven't died from being struck before..."

Su Yu had this thought. From his previous experience, he knew this was a manifestation of him discovering a Divine Script that suited him.

The "lightning" Divine Script!

Su Yu began to capture it. He grabbed the "lightning" character's... leg?

It seemed like a leg. It was just a character, he didn't know if it had legs.

Anyway, at this moment, he seemed to have grabbed its leg and was dragging it into his mind.

Liu Wenyan, who was writing the Thunder Origin Blade, trembled slightly and turned his head to look, his eyes full of exhaustion, but he couldn't help but smile.

This kid... he had actually discovered a suitable Divine Script again.

It wasn't that any character would become a Divine Script, nor that any Willpower Script could allow someone to comprehend a Divine Script.

It had to be suitable for oneself.

A genius like Bai Feng had observed Willpower Scripts many times before sketching the foundation of his first Divine Script.

Some students, after paying a huge price, observed Willpower Scripts dozens of times, or studied many original texts from the Myriad Races, before having a chance to sketch a Divine Script.

Many people only sketched Divine Scripts in the Yangxing stage, and some didn't even sketch them in the Yangxing stage; that was common.

This was because they hadn't found a Divine Script that suited them.

Yet Su Yu, after observing twice, had found suitable Divine Scripts, which made Liu Wenyan somewhat surprised and delighted.

"Good kid..."

Praising him inwardly, Liu Wenyan's mind wandered, and now it was a bit troublesome!

He had expended too much energy and could barely write anymore.

He was already struggling by the third slash.

However, he could force himself to continue writing.

After thinking about it, Liu Wenyan gritted his teeth and continued writing. Writing the fourth slash would be enough for him to reach the peak of Qianjun, or even Wanshi.

As for the rest... he would just write some fake ones.

The characters wouldn't be fake, they just wouldn't have Willpower attached.

After all, this kid wouldn't need the fourth slash before Wanshi. When he reached Wanshi, if Liu Wenyan had the chance, he would write it for him then.

Liu Wenyan continued writing, while Su Yu once again entered his previous mode, beating up the "lightning" little brother.

This time it was much harder than last time. The "lightning" little brother kept electrocuting him.

Su Yu's physical body in reality trembled intermittently, as if he had received an electric shock, shaking constantly, and even his hair was standing on end.

The old Academy Head watched from the side, marveling.

At this moment, Liu Wenyan had finished the fourth slash, panting heavily.

The old Academy Head asked with his eyes, and Liu Wenyan shook his head slightly, indicating he was fine.

Then, he began to write the fifth slash.

At this point, the old Academy Head clearly felt something was not quite right. This guy was writing too fast!

Before, he had been writing word by word, as if being pressed by a mountain, writing extremely laboriously. But now he was writing incredibly fast. The fifth slash was finished in the blink of an eye.

"Old Liu?"

The old Academy Head was confused. What was going on?

"I got into the flow..."

Liu Wenyan panted, his tone unchanged. "I got into the flow, so I sped up quite a bit."

Besides, you can't understand it anyway!

Not only could the old Academy Head not understand it, but even Su Yu, before reaching the Yangxing stage, probably wouldn't be able to tell if it was real or fake.

"The first four blades are real, the rest are fake... By the time you figured it out, you wouldn't be at Nanyuan anyway."

Liu Wenyan muttered to himself. He'd just say that over time, the Willpower Script had faded.

Did Su Yu have anything to say about that?

It's not my incompetence, it's your uselessness for not cultivating to the fifth blade for so long. How embarrassing!

It made him write such a long Willpower Script for nothing!