[You gifted your disciple Parisi the World Lord manual 'Nine Thunder Blades' and received a hundredfold return. You obtained the incomplete Immortal manual 'Heavenly Thunder Analysis'.]
Inside the secluded chamber, Lu Qingshan examined the manual that had appeared out of thin air in his memory.
Heavenly Thunder Analysis was incomplete. It contained only a single secret cultivation method called Ten Thunder Revolutions.
Like Nine Thunder Blades, Ten Thunder Revolutions was a force-exertion technique. Each level corresponded to a tenfold force output. Reaching perfection in the tenth layer meant mastering a hundredfold base force output.
This was an important condition for breaking through to become an Immortal God.
After digesting the secret method in his memory, Lu Qingshan's face lit up with delight. He had already cultivated Nine Thunder Blades to the eighth level, achieving seventy-twofold bodily force output, and was essentially about to reach its end.
The appearance of Ten Thunder Revolutions neatly solved his problem of having no manual to cultivate.
If this manual were listed in the Ganwu Dojo's exchange catalog, it would probably cost at least fifty or sixty thousand points.
Taking in a disciple had saved him so much!
Lu Qingshan wore a delighted expression.
Ten Thunder Revolutions alone was already so precious. Just how many similar secret methods did Heavenly Thunder Analysis contain?
Lu Qingshan had no way of knowing.
After all, Lei Ming and Parisi were both third-class geniuses, yielding only a hundredfold return. Obtaining an Immortal manual was already lucky.
As for the other contents of Heavenly Thunder Analysis, he could slowly explore them in the future...
As for gifting Ten Thunder Revolutions to his disciple Lei Ming to exploit a system bug, the moment the thought surfaced, Lu Qingshan instinctively understood that it was impossible.
Of course, that was understandable.
If that worked, it would be like stepping on his right foot with his left and climbing straight into the sky.
For the next month, Lu Qingshan went into seclusion to begin switching cultivation manuals.
He had already mastered over seventyfold bodily force output, and the cultivation methods shared the same origin, so he easily transitioned to the eighth revolution of Ten Thunder Revolutions.
Lu Qingshan had not publicized taking Parisi as his disciple. Parisi was solitary by nature and had no friends at the dojo. Moreover, he worried about implicating his teacher, so he was even less likely to tell anyone.
This left many students privately speculating about what "surprise" Parisi had received from Teacher Lu.
Some tried asking Parisi, only to be rebuffed with a cold stare.
Students who kept pestering him were given a vicious beating. After that, no one invited another snub.
Over the following year, Lu Qingshan continued giving one public lesson a month as usual, while also commenting on the students' progress in cultivating Thunderlight Flash.
After Parisi, Lei Ming became the second to cultivate Thunderlight Flash to its second level.
After using the Bloodline Evolution Agent, his gene level had surpassed that of the Blade Race, and both his cultivation aptitude and comprehension had improved to a certain extent.
His two personal disciples were in the lead, which greatly pleased Lu Qingshan.
Then two more people broke through to the second level.
Lu Qingshan offered encouragement as usual, but apart from Parisi, who had been the first to break through, he gave none of them any tangible rewards.
"The time has finally come!"
A year had passed since he took Parisi as his disciple, and Lu Qingshan had been preparing a suitable welcoming gift for him.
This welcoming gift involved his own returns, so Lu Qingshan was very cautious.
As for Lei Ming, he had not missed any of the returns over the past few years. After entering the dojo, Lei Ming had advanced by leaps and bounds, his domain constantly improving. Every year, Lu Qingshan had used the returns to improve his lightning law comprehension.
His understanding of the lightning origin law had now reached roughly 8%.
The further his law comprehension progressed, the harder it became. The effect of a hundredfold increase was nowhere near as great as it had been at the beginning, and a small portion of his progress had come from Lu Qingshan's own comprehension.
He had long since become a genius at cultivating the lightning origin law. Apart from being inferior to those special lifeforms, his ability to comprehend laws was not much worse than that of any human genius.
"The nutrient solution and Nutrient Pod I ordered will arrive soon. They can raise Parisi's strength to Star Level Nine as quickly as possible!"
Parisi's comprehension of the Lightning Domain was on par with that of his eldest disciple, Lei Ming. He had already broken through to the fifth-level domain.
His own strength was still at Star Level Sixth Stage, yet he could easily defeat ordinary Star Level Nine opponents. Even among these talented students, his formidable combat talent meant that ordinary Star Level Eighth Stage students with the same level of domain might not be his match.
What he lacked was accumulated Origin Force.
And that was the easiest problem to solve.
If it were nutrient solution for the Universe or Domain Lord levels, Lu Qingshan would have had to think of a way, but raising someone's strength at the Star Level was not particularly expensive. A tonne of nutrient solution cost only ten billion Universe Coins.
The Nutrient Pod, however, was expensive. The E-class Nutrient Pod Lu Qingshan had purchased had cost eight hundred billion Universe Coins, even with his Treasure Pavilion membership discount.
This sent his assets plummeting once again, leaving him with only three hundred billion Universe Coins.
Naturally, he had bought such a high-specification Nutrient Pod intending to keep it for his own use...
He had been in Ganwu City for several years, yet his level was still stuck at Domain Lord Level 2. To advance, he would need either a Nutrient Pod or a long period of accumulation.
Lu Qingshan's law comprehension had long since surpassed that of most World Lords, so naturally, he did not want to remain at the Domain Lord realm forever.
After all, the World Lord stage was when one comprehended laws fastest. With the aid of world power, his consciousness could reach deep into the land of the origin of laws. Lu Qingshan hardly dared imagine how many times faster he would comprehend the lightning origin law then.
There was another reason he was so eager to break through to World Lord: the time origin law. He currently found comprehending it extremely difficult. Apart from taking in a disciple who comprehended the time origin law, he would certainly need to break through to the World Lord realm to gain an initial grasp of it.
With a World Lord's thousandfold law comprehension speed, he believed he could soon gain an initial grasp of the time origin law.
Then he would be the next Time World Lord Luo. Even among World Lords, he would be a supreme expert, far surpassing ordinary World Lord Generals. He might even escape alive from an Immortal God.
[Mr. Lu Qingshan, the E-class Nutrient Pod and C-class nutrient solution you ordered have arrived.]
After receiving the message, Lu Qingshan collected the goods from the dojo staff.
The nutrient solution was packed in a sealed drum made of a special metal.
The Nutrient Pod even came with a complimentary Space Ring.
Lu Qingshan entered the secluded chamber and took out the Nutrient Pod. The thing was enormous, dozens of meters long and six or seven meters wide, like a crystal coffin.
The E-class Nutrient Pod could be used by those at the World Lord Level to heal injuries and improve their strength...
Lu Qingshan read its description and operating instructions. Using it was simple: he only needed to pour in the nutrient solution and lie inside. Through the Nutrient Pod's effects, the nutrient solution would slowly merge into his body and increase his base Origin Force.
"I hope gifting Parisi C-class nutrient solution will return Domain Lord or World Lord Level nutrient solution to me. That way, I can also use the Nutrient Pod to improve my strength."
Lu Qingshan sent Parisi a message, and soon Parisi arrived at his manor.
Under Luo Er's guidance, he reached the secluded chamber where Lu Qingshan cultivated.
(End of chapter)