Inside the cultivation chamber.
Lu Qingshan moved, and Phantom Bodies split off from him, nine appearing in the blink of an eye.
Nine lightning Phantom Bodies!
This was the manifestation of cultivating the second level of Thunderlight Flash to its limit.
Lu Qingshan had created this manual himself, so naturally, he had easily cultivated it to its limit.
"Unfortunately, I don't know the Time Law..."
Lu Qingshan sighed.
"If I gained an initial grasp of the Time Law, I could easily develop Thunderlight Flash to the third level and split off 108 Phantom Bodies..."
Although Lu Qingshan had created this manual in just a few months, that did not mean it was of poor quality.
Quite the opposite.
With Lu Qingshan's comprehensive mastery of the fundamental laws of lightning, creating a secret technique built on those fundamental laws came as easily as moving his own hands.
This movement technique manual was considerably useful even to World Lords cultivating the Law of Lightning.
Moreover, its solid foundations gave this secret technique extraordinary potential.
Once Lu Qingshan mastered the Time Law and continued developing it, it would very likely evolve into an Immortal Level secret technique.
"The Time Law is too difficult. I don't have the slightest clue!"
Although Lu Qingshan's speed in comprehending laws was already worlds apart from before, his top-tier affinity with the Lightning Origin Law also allowed him to perceive the presence of the Time Law within the vast, boundless Law Ocean...
But sensing it and gaining an initial grasp of it were two entirely different things. As one of only two higher laws, it was far more difficult to comprehend than lower laws such as lightning and light.
Moreover, trying to improve his comprehension of the Time Law by taking disciples in the short term was equally unrealistic...
Geniuses who mastered higher laws were so rare that an entire Universe Country might not have even one. Lu Qingshan did not believe such a genius was waiting for him in the Ganwu Mystic Region.
Besides, if there really were a genius who had mastered a higher law, even if the Ganwu Country Lord had no intention of taking them as a disciple, the Immortal Gods of the Ganwu Universe Country certainly would not let them slip by. He would have no chance at all!
The road still had to be walked one step at a time. He could not grow fat with a single mouthful.
Lu Qingshan stopped thinking about these matters and devoted himself to comprehending the Law of Lightning.
In the blink of an eye, another three months passed.
That day, Chi Yan came to visit.
He still wore red robes and bustled about like a gust of wind and a blaze of fire.
"Brother Qingshan, didn't you say last time that you were worried about points? I managed to grab a mission this time, worth eight hundred points. Come with me, and we'll split the points evenly."
"Brother Chi Yan." Lu Qingshan poured him a cup of "Three Thousand Dreams of the Starry River." "Last time, I needed points mainly to exchange for a Bloodline Evolution Agent for my disciple. I don't need anything for now, and a mission worth that many points must be very dangerous. I'd rather stay at the training hall, teach, and steadily accumulate points."
"Teaching at the training hall only earns you one point a session. You'll be saving until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse."
Chi Yan could not understand.
"Brother Qingshan, your comprehension of laws is profound. You should take advantage of that to earn more resources now. What progress can you make by staying at the training hall all the time?"
Chi Yan had come to invite Lu Qingshan partly because they had discussed this before, and partly because he valued Lu Qingshan's strength.
Lu Qingshan had once displayed his Law Comprehension during a public lecture. These instructors all knew his strength was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.
"Brother Chi Yan, I'm truly sorry. I'm a peace-loving person. I don't like fighting and killing..."
Lu Qingshan politely declined again.
Chi Yan sighed. "Well, I can't understand your thinking anyway. Since you don't want to go, I'll just find someone else to work with. It won't affect our friendship. Come on, let's keep drinking..."
Only several hours later, after eating and drinking his fill, did Chi Yan leave Lu Qingshan's manor.
Lu Qingshan paid it no mind and continued devoting himself to cultivation.
In the blink of an eye.
Another year passed.
During that year, aside from giving lectures, he focused entirely on cultivating the Law of Lightning.
Chi Yan visited once during that time and told him that he had reaped a great harvest on that mission. Not only had he earned four hundred points, but he had also received a share of the spoils worth three hundred billion Universe Coins. He teased Lu Qingshan about how much he had missed out on by not going.
Lu Qingshan merely smiled and offered him his sincere congratulations.
Four hundred points plus three hundred billion Universe Coins from a single trip?
It would be a lie to say he was not envious.
But having Lu Qingshan risk his life for points was absolutely impossible.
Fighting and killing always carried risks. He had neither a clone nor any means of preserving his life. If he happened to run into someone playing the pig to eat the tiger, would he not suffer a huge loss?
Unless it was one hundred percent safe, Lu Qingshan would never make a move lightly.
What, a ninety-eight percent chance of victory?
How was that any different from throwing his life away?!
Walk by the river often enough, and your shoes were bound to get wet. Lu Qingshan understood this perfectly well. Before breaking through to Domain Lord, he had already spent ninety thousand years risking his life, escaping death countless times. His survival had been entirely down to luck.
Now, he was guaranteed to reach World Lord at the very least, with a long lifespan of one thousand eras, and he also had a golden finger. Taking risks was the least wise choice.
Perhaps because of that bountiful harvest, Chi Yan had frequently gone out on missions in recent years, even completing his three annual public lectures perfunctorily... under his influence, several more First-Class Instructors joined his team.
By comparison, Lu Qingshan, who had never forgotten his original intentions and persisted in holding a public lecture every month, had practically become a godlike figure in the elite students' hearts.
About two and a half years after Lu Qingshan made his manual public, during the question period at the end of a public lecture.
A youth wrapped in black robes stood up.
"Instructor Lu, I've cultivated the secret technique you created, Thunderlight Flash, to the second level. Please examine my progress."
The instant he said this, the entire square erupted!
"What?!"
"The second level?!"
"Someone's mastered it?!"
"I've only just gotten started. How could anyone be that fast?!"
Over the past two years and more, almost every genius present who had mastered a Lightning Domain had tried cultivating this movement technique manual.
After all, as elite Star Level students, they had discerning eyes and knew how precious this manual was.
Would it not be a waste to leave a manual comparable to a family's treasured ultimate technique unpracticed?
Even students who already possessed suitable movement techniques had studied it carefully. Since all the other students were cultivating it, failing to understand it meant that they would not understand their opponents' abilities in the next ranking competition.
With one casual move, Lu Qingshan had sent this group of students into a spiral of involution.
Lu Qingshan smiled as he looked at the black-robed youth. Over the past two years, quite a few students had gained an initial grasp, but only this one had truly broken through to the second level.
Moreover, as expected, the first to break through had to be one of those five.
The reasoning was simple.
The secret technique had been created based on the Lightning Domain and the Law of Lightning. Naturally, the more talented someone was, the easier it was for them to master it first.
"Come up and demonstrate."
Lu Qingshan yielded the stage to the black-robed youth.
The black-robed youth walked onto the raised platform. With a movement of his body, a Phantom Body flickering with purple light appeared beside him.
Sure enough... he had succeeded!
Then the black-robed youth shifted, and his original body exchanged places with the Phantom Body.
"Amazing!"
Students cried out in astonishment below the platform.
Harley and Adams, who occupied the front row, exchanged a glance, each seeing surprise in the other's eyes.
"Once Instructor Lu's secret technique reaches the second level, the body and Phantom Body can actually switch places at will. That gives you an enormous advantage in the tournament!"
Harley drew a deep breath.
"If I learned this move, even students ranked in the top thousand wouldn't be able to threaten me."
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