Yang was a capable guide. Along the way, he explained a great deal about Wind Thunder Island to Lu Qingshan in detail.
Compared with what Jimi had told him, Yang's explanations were clearly more detailed.
"Instructor Lu, the square up ahead is where the Special-Class Instructors hold their public lectures. The highest-ranked Star Level geniuses in the mystic region generally have Special-Class Instructors taking them as disciples. The rest can only attend public lectures if they want an instructor's help."
"Special-Class Instructors give a lecture once every ten years. You're only serving as an interim Special-Class Instructor, Instructor Lu, so you have no such obligation... but if you want to lecture, the students generally won't turn you down."
Lu Qingshan raised his eyes and glanced at the training ground ahead.
A dozen or so Star Level geniuses were practicing secret techniques there. Judging by the domains some of them had deployed, their domains were mostly at the sixth stage or above. A sixth-stage domain was the entry requirement for Star Level members of the Ganwu Mystic Region.
"Mr. Yang, how many Star Level geniuses are there in the Ganwu Mystic Region? If that's confidential, you don't have to answer."
Lu Qingshan asked with some curiosity.
"What kind of secret is that?" Yang chuckled. "The Ganwu Mystic Region has a total of 5,728 Star Level members, of whom 496 have crossed the threshold of the origin laws. They are the finest geniuses in the Ganwu Universe Country!"
"There are actually so many geniuses who have crossed the threshold of the laws..." Lu Qingshan exclaimed, then continued, "In the galaxy I used to live in, I never even saw anyone who had mastered a domain, let alone a genius who had mastered an origin law."
"What's so strange about that? How could those barren places outside compare with the Ganwu Mystic Region?"
There was a measure of pride in Yang's voice.
The two flew past the training ground. Since Yang was introducing Wind Thunder Island to Lu Qingshan, they were not moving very fast, allowing quite a few of the students training there to notice them.
"That's Lord Yang. Who's the person beside him?"
Someone asked curiously.
"Never seen him before... a Two-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner. Could he be a new instructor on Wind Thunder Island?"
"Lu Guo, what nonsense are you talking about? Instructors on Wind Thunder Island need at least the strength of a Three-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner. He's only a Two-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner. How could he possibly be our instructor?"
"What a pity. It would be great if he were a new instructor. New instructors are often more conscientious than the others. For students like us who don't have a teacher, we're lucky just to receive an instructor's guidance during public lectures."
"Something seems a little strange on Wind Thunder Island lately. An unfamiliar Two-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner has shown up, and lots of the top-ranked geniuses have been returning to the mystic region one after another. I wonder what happened."
"Who knows? That's not for us to worry about. If anything happens, the great Immortal Gods will naturally inform us."
As the Star Level students chatted, Lu Qingshan and Yang arrived at a platform halfway up the mountain.
Over a hundred villas stood scattered across it, each several hundred meters in both length and width. Besides living quarters, they came fully equipped with training grounds, swimming pools, and recreational facilities.
Yang pushed open the door and said, "The Ganwu Mystic Region's Special-Class Instructors all live here. There are 108 in total, or 109 counting you, Instructor Lu... however, many instructors aren't on Wind Thunder Island. There's a communal recreation area a million kilometers east of Wind Thunder Island. If you get bored on the island, you can go there to unwind..."
"Perhaps when I have the chance. For now, work comes first."
Walking into the courtyard, Lu Qingshan looked around. The enormous villa was unoccupied and seemed somewhat desolate.
"The Ganwu Mystic Region is different from the training centers outside. Servants generally aren't allowed in, so there aren't any here. If you want to satisfy your appetite, Instructor Lu, you can go to the communal dining hall. The food there is delicious. If you need someone to look after the house, perhaps you could find one or two Star Level students to help. They should be quite willing..."
He had not expected the residences on Wind Thunder Island to lack even a single servant. Even if he wanted a meal, he had to prepare it himself or go to the dining hall. No wonder those instructors disliked staying here.
Yang made his way up the stairs to the second floor with practiced ease and said with a smile, "Instructor Lu, there's a place here that you should really like."
"Oh?"
Lu Qingshan followed him over.
Yang opened a large door. Only after Lu Qingshan walked inside did he discover that it was a cultivation room.
The cultivation room had no solid ceiling, only a layer of white, rippling light. With a wave of Yang's hand, the white light overhead dispersed, and the sight Lu Qingshan had seen upon first entering Wind Thunder Island appeared before him again.
Above the roof was the incomparably clear lightning origin law, over ten times clearer than what he had just seen on the island.
Compared with the outside world, it was a hundred times clearer...
"This law..."
For a moment, Lu Qingshan was entranced.
Yang, standing beside him, thought nothing of it and even felt a little pleased with himself. Instructors newly arrived on Wind Thunder Island who cultivated either the wind or lightning laws were generally utterly astonished by this sight.
Lu Qingshan's reaction was merely normal.
Suddenly...
Countless purple lightning serpents seemed to appear out of thin air inside the cultivation hall, gathering into a roaring thundercloud above Lu Qingshan's head. Then more and more lightning serpents appeared, and purple light almost engulfed the entire cultivation room.
Hum-
At the center of the thundercloud, a streak of purple lightning lit up, then transformed into a lightning bolt that plunged straight into the space between Lu Qingshan's eyebrows. A mark composed of three intertwined lightning patterns slowly emerged there.
In an instant, a wondrous feeling welled up within him.
It seemed that he could easily grasp the lightning origin power before him with a casual movement of his hand.
Some questions that had accumulated in his mind suddenly became clear.
Lu Qingshan's expression turned to shock.
The speed of his lightning origin law comprehension had increased by far more than a hundredfold. Combined with Wind Thunder Island's unique terrain, the speed at which he mastered the complete lightning origin law would increase ten thousandfold!!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Lu Qingshan raised a hand, and the flickering lightning slowly vanished, as though it had never appeared.
"This... how is this possible!"
Yang, who had just been watching Lu Qingshan comprehend the law from the sidelines, stood rooted to the spot, scarcely able to believe his eyes.
"Lu Qingshan, this Domain Lord Level Two-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner, actually received lightning origin law recognition."
"Whew!"
He drew a deep breath. The trace of arrogance in his eyes slowly vanished, and his expression became as gentle as spring rain.
"Instructor Lu Qingshan, congratulations... to receive origin law recognition at the Domain Lord stage, your future accomplishments will certainly be astonishing."
The incomprehension in Yang's heart completely dissipated. He finally understood why Marquis Silvermoon had transferred Lu Qingshan, a Two-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner, to headquarters to serve as Her Highness Ling Yu's instructor.
This man possessed extraordinary talent. If he were still at the Star Level stage, he probably would not be much worse than Her Highness Ling Yu!
He had to befriend such a genius!
Yang had already put away all his contempt and now treated Lu Qingshan entirely as an equal.
It had been a million years since he broke through to World Lord, and he had only received origin law recognition after being transferred to the Ganwu Mystic Region. Yet Lu Qingshan had already achieved this at merely the Domain Lord stage. How could his own future possibly compare?
In his view, Lu Qingshan probably had a very good chance of breaking through to Immortal... even if he failed to break through, Yang would still be far from his match at the same cultivation level!
"Mr. Yang, I was merely lucky. I must also thank you for telling me there was such a wonderful place inside the villa!"
"You're too kind, too kind. Even if I hadn't said anything, Brother Qingshan would have discovered it soon enough... Qingshan, don't call me sir anymore. I have a few years on you. If you don't mind, just call me elder brother."
"Big Brother Yang?"
"Haha, little brother Qingshan!"
Yang's face was wreathed in smiles, as though he had eaten honey. Being called big brother by a genius who would very likely become an Immortal God in the future-how could that not feel great?
(End of chapter)