Chapter 276

The day Wu Fang tested as having Dual Spiritual Roots, both his great-great-grandfather and Manor Lord Uncle were overjoyed. It meant he could embark on the path of cultivation; it meant he could inherit his great-great-grandfather's legacy.

Yet things were far from as easy as imagined.

Thunderclap Manor differed from other great sects. It placed greater importance on bloodline, existing somewhere between a sect and an Aristocratic Clan. Most of the low-ranking cultivators within the manor were descendants of some True Lord or Venerable; the few without elders backing them were all people of extraordinary talent.

Wu Fang's talent and comprehension were not top-tier, but neither were they bad. They could only be described as... somewhat mediocre.

There were countless cultivators in the cultivation world with ordinary talent, ordinary comprehension, and ordinary luck. But in Thunderclap Manor, mediocrity was Wu Fang's greatest flaw, simply because his great-great-grandfather was the Spirit Transformation Venerable with the highest cultivation in all of Thunderclap Manor, just a thread away from the Body Integration Realm. Though his talent could not compare with that astonishingly gifted Sword Venerable Mei Xi of the Heaven-Shattering Sword Sect, he still stood proudly above the masses.

Yet as his great-great-grandfather's blood descendant, Wu Fang appeared far more unremarkable. Within the manor, his fellow disciples would not say anything unpleasant to his face, but whether in sparring, trials, or enlightenment, he was never among the very best.

The pressure left him gasping for breath, yet he was still powerless to turn the tide. Whenever that happened, he went to the Secluded Tower behind the manor. It was a quiet place meant to test the disciples' states of mind. At first, he could still find peace there, but the more often he came, the more he feared the place. Because every time