The Young Man Descends the Mountain in High Spirits; Flowers Bloom, Fortune Meets Master Shou

"Hahahahaha!"

Old Dad burst into laughter.

It took Cao Erzhu great effort just to raise his hand. Only then did he realize that the handshake pattern in his Sea of Qi had somehow been expelled from his body along with the projected Divine Mind Penetration.

"Old Dad, what are you laughing at?"

After laughing for a long while, Old Dad finally slumped back onto the ground. Tilting his gaze, he looked diagonally toward the ground opposite his feet. "See for yourself."

Cao Erzhu lowered his head and saw an exceptionally glaring ring of patterns beneath his feet.

Inscribed upon it were patterns that looked intricate but were actually easy to understand: "violence," "intimidation," "authority," "punishment," "rage," "berserk," "fright"...

Cao Erzhu was dumbfounded.

What beautiful patterns—far more magnificent than that handshake symbol by a hundredfold! He looked them over from side to side, studying them carefully. Only after a long while did he realize that the deadly order, the deadly task Old Dad had given him, was complete.

—The Lightning Profound-Meaning Array Diagram! "Old Dad, I succeeded?"

Cao Erzhu unconsciously scratched his head again, not knowing what sort of feeling this was.

He was a little happy, but not much.

He felt a little accomplished, but it also seemed only natural.

After all, he had trained day and night for so long. His aptitude was so dull that he always angered Old Dad half to death, yet he had still succeeded in the end.

In the Spirit Refining Realm, where geniuses sprang up in droves, if others had been willing to put in even half his effort, they should have long since formed a Profound-Meaning Array Diagram, right?

"Yes, you succeeded. But remember, don't let anyone see it. This thing can be stolen through possession, and it's worth quite a bit."