Lu Qingshan was not surprised that Ling Yu could use the secret technique he had created, "Thunderlight Flash."
After all, he had created this secret technique to select disciples, distributed it to almost all the lightning-specialist students of the Ganwu Dojo, and never forbidden them from sharing it.
Never mind the Ganwu Mystic Region-many families throughout the Ganwu Universe Country probably had this secret technique in their treasure vaults.
A World Lord Level movement technique manual was hardly a cabbage sold on the street... even the secret techniques many families treasured as their foundations might not reach this level!
What surprised Lu Qingshan was Ling Yu's proficiency in Thunderlight Flash.
By rights, it had been less than five years since he created this secret technique. Even Parisi, the first disciple to enter the second level, could still only manifest two lightning phantom bodies, which already put him in a class of his own among the Ganwu Dojo's many elite students. Even his eldest disciple, Lei Ming, was still at the stage of a single phantom body.
Yet Ling Yu, this daughter favored by the heavens, had manifested seven phantom bodies right before Lu Qingshan's eyes.
He could not help marveling!
This was a true genius.
The gap between a second-class genius and a third-class genius was truly like that between clouds and mud-one in the heavens, the other on the ground!
If a second-class genius was already like this, then a first-class genius... Lu Qingshan hardly dared imagine it. Perhaps even someone at Bolan's level would not qualify. Only those at the level of Shi Huo, Tian Shi, Kedi, or even the Original Ancestor might have a chance!
Until he actually discovered such a genius, even Lu Qingshan could not make a firm judgment.
"Teacher Lu, although I can now easily manifest seven phantom bodies, my movements between the seven positions aren't smooth. This makes it very easy to expose an opening in battle. As the creator of this technique, do you know how I should correct this...?"
Ling Yu sought his guidance sincerely, without the slightest arrogance as an Immortal's disciple.
Naturally, Lu Qingshan would hold nothing back from a genius who sincerely sought his guidance.
He asked, "Ling Yu, how long have you practiced this movement technique?"
"I started practicing this secret technique on my way back from gaining experience outside. About... about a year and three months..."
"A year and three months!" Lu Qingshan drew a breath, suppressing his astonishment. He had thought she had practiced for five years. Who could have imagined that she had reached this level in just a year and three months? Even his own talent could not compare!
"Ling Yu, there's certainly nothing wrong with the movement technique. You simply haven't practiced long enough and don't understand some of the branches of the lightning origin law very well. That's why you're having this problem. Watch me demonstrate..."
Lu Qingshan moved, and nine phantom bodies appeared across the training ground in rapid succession.
Then his real body wove effortlessly among the nine phantom bodies, like a fish gliding through the depths of the sea, fluid and unhurried, without the slightest hitch.
Ling Yu fixed her gaze on Lu Qingshan's movements, a little more solemnity and yearning entering her eyes.
Compared with Teacher Lu's, the seven phantom bodies she had just demonstrated were hardly worth mentioning. If she could execute movement techniques at his level during the Genius Battle, combined with the killing power of the Wind Thunder Sword... Ling Yu took a deep breath, realizing that she might truly have a chance to contend for the top hundred!
"Teacher, your movement technique is too perfect. There are parts I can't understand." Ling Yu humbly sought his guidance. She had been able to discern some outward aspects just now, but the specific laws within them were beyond what her eyes could perceive.
"It's normal not to understand, but that's all right. I've already recorded a video showing how to execute the second level of 'Thunderlight Flash' to perfection, the branches of the laws involved, and specific ways to improve your movements. Check your email and study it carefully. You should gain something from it."
Ling Yu's eyes lit up. Sure enough, she found an email waiting for her and immediately immersed herself in studying it.
A long while later.
Ling Yu's consciousness returned to reality.
"Teacher, your talent is astonishing. Even with another hundred thousand years, I couldn't compare to you. Your instructional video resolved many of my questions. I just tried it in the Killing Field, and it was much better than before. Teacher, please watch me demonstrate the movement technique again..."
There were still seven phantom bodies, but this time, her shifts among them were smoother, almost flawless. Before, someone might have found an opening and shattered the phantom bodies in one stroke. Now, however, unless an opponent had truly grasped the Law of Space or the time law to a certain depth, it would be extremely difficult to distinguish between the phantom bodies!
"Not bad. Your movement technique has advanced another step. Congratulations." Lu Qingshan offered his congratulations.
"It's all thanks to your teaching, Teacher." A blush surfaced on Ling Yu's exquisite face, like rosy clouds at the edge of the sky, breathtakingly beautiful.
"In that case, keep practicing hard. Strive to manifest nine phantom bodies as soon as possible. Then almost no genius at your level will be able to match your movement technique!"
Lu Qingshan knew that Ling Yu had grasped both the wind and lightning origin laws. If she cultivated Thunderlight Flash to perfection at the second level and incorporated a trace of the wind origin law, she might truly be able to rival movement techniques based on a higher origin law.
After arranging future lesson times with Ling Yu and giving her further guidance on practicing her movement technique, Lu Qingshan rose, took his leave, and returned to his villa halfway up the mountain.
Once home.
He plunged straight into his cultivation chamber.
He looked up at the Law of Lightning flickering in the sky, delight and surprise on his face.
He had kept his expression composed in front of Ling Yu, but now he laughed freely without a care.
[Through your guidance, your disciple Ling Yu has deepened her understanding of "Thunderlight Flash." You have received a thousandfold return. Your comprehension and experience of "Thunderlight Flash" have increased substantially...]
Lu Qingshan had been in such a hurry to leave precisely so he could absorb this experience of "Thunderlight Flash" that had appeared out of nowhere as soon as possible.
He had only created two levels of this technique, yet now, the cultivation experience for the third level of Thunderlight Flash was already branded deep within his soul.
"I haven't even created the rest of the manual, yet I already know how to execute it. What does that count as...?"
But that was not the most important part. What mattered most was the comprehension of the time law that had appeared out of nowhere after he mastered the third level of "Thunderlight Flash."
The time law!
It was a higher law Lu Qingshan had sought bitterly for years without gaining anything. Now, because he had mastered the third level of Thunderlight Flash, he had gained an initial grasp of it, however scant-even less than his comprehension of the light origin law.
But it was the genuine time law, the higher law governing wind, lightning, and light, an indispensable path to becoming a King-level Immortal, a Universe Venerable, or even a Universe Master!
Inside the cultivation chamber.
Lu Qingshan executed Thunderlight Flash.
Lightning phantom bodies split off from his body one after another. One, two... nine, ten... they only stopped at a total of thirty-six phantom bodies.
Besides the lightning origin law, these phantom bodies also carried a trace of the time law. Each was more than ten times stronger than before!
(End of chapter)