For that entire day, and the next few days as well, Zeng Mu never went out. He stayed in his room, stabilizing the lightning elemental mark he had just acquired.
The stronger a power was, the harder it was to master. For Elementalists, lightning force was precisely such a power. If time could be turned back, one would find that the few people who had manifested lightning elemental marks had spent ten to fifteen days stabilizing them, ensuring that neither fluctuations in their aura nor leaks of lightning force would occur. Today, every one of them was a powerful, influential figure. Below kings, they had no rivals. Such was the sheer power and status that lightning force bestowed.
Zeng Mu, however, shortened that process to five days.
In just five days, he completed that step, reaching the point where he could control lightning force with absolute precision.
No one disturbed him during those five days. Those were Yetos's orders.
Yetos had come to see him on the second day, but the moment he entered the room and saw his condition, he knew Zeng Mu had entered a deeply tranquil meditative state. As an Elementalist himself, he had been through this before and naturally knew that such a state must not be disturbed. Thus, he ordered that no one approach Nameless for the time being. Even Kanni, who normally slept there, was temporarily moved to a tent in the barracks. Kanni had no objection. In fact, he was excited. It seemed his guess had been right: Nameless had advanced in his cultivation again. Then what had that faint purple light he had seen that night been? With that small clue in mind, he sought out Yetos, borrowed some books on Elementalists from him, and began reading.
Delighted, Zeng Mu rose and