"Teacher, what is that unicorn in your hand?"
Several months passed in the blink of an eye. Every day when Lu Qingshan supervised Ling Yu's cultivation, he would play with the unicorn in his hand. Ling Yu finally couldn't help but ask him about it.
"Oh, a very nice collectible. I bought it at the Ganwu Auction about six months ago. What's up? Do you like it?"
Ling Yu blushed. "Teacher, Ling Yu's not that I'm after your collection, it's just that every time you hold this thing in your hand, Ling Yu feel like my cultivation of the Time Law is much smoother..."
"Um?"
Lu Qingshan looked at her in surprise, his tone tinged with disbelief. "How is this possible? If this thing were intact, it would indeed be beneficial for cultivating the Time Law, but it shouldn't have any effect now?"
"It could be Ling Yu's imagination." Ling Yu stared at the dark brown horn, seemingly deep in thought.
There was something she didn't say aloud: every time Lu Qingshan took out that unicorn from the World Ring, she felt a surge of emotion, as if she desperately wanted to possess it.
But I can't say that...
If the teacher thinks that she said that on purpose because she wanted to buy his collection, that would be a big misunderstanding.
Ling Yu held back for several months, and only after realizing that her teacher seemed to genuinely treat the item as a plaything did she cautiously ask about it.
"An illusion?" Lu Qingshan shook his head. "You've long since transcended the realm of ordinary people through your cultivation. What illusion could you possibly have? Perhaps you really do have some connection with this thing."
"Only..."
Lu Qingshan was somewhat embarrassed.
"This treasure, though only of collectible value, is extremely rare and priceless... I spent a fortune to buy it, so I can't just give it to you for free. How about this: since it can accelerate your understanding of the Time Law, I'll lend it to you for a while. After you participate in the Genius Battle, you can either return it to me or buy it."
"Teacher... no..."
Ling Yu hadn't even finished speaking.
The grayish-brown horn was thrown towards her. Ling Yu hurriedly caught it, and as she held it in her hand, the words Ling Yu was about to say seemed to get stuck in her throat, and she could no longer speak.
She had never felt her understanding of the Time Origin Law so clear.
This is at least ten times higher than usual.
Good heavens, what is this thing?!
How can a seemingly ordinary unicorn horn possess such magical effects?
"Teacher... this stuff really works on Ling Yu..."
It's more than just effective.
To her, this was an Supreme Treasure...
"Is there something about this horn that I don't understand?" Lu Qingshan examined it carefully, then shook his head and said, "Never mind... since it's effective, you can take it and study it for now."
Lu Qingshan waved his hand, looked up at the sky, and said, "It's getting late, I'll head back now. Training continues tomorrow..."
"It's a teacher."
Under Ling Yu's watchful gaze, Lu Qingshan flew away from the manor.
After Lu Qingshan left, Ling Yu seemed to sense something was wrong. She frowned slightly, and after a moment, she seemed to have been drained of her soul, squatting on the ground, panting heavily with her chest heaving.
She seemed to sense a voice calling to her from within that single horn.
"Who exactly are you? Why are you inside the unicorn...?"
Ling Yu's face was filled with terror.
If Lu Qingshan were here, she would definitely ask her teacher for help, but now... she and a few servants are all that's left in the manor.
"Who am I? Heh, I'm just a wisp of consciousness about to disappear."
A voice came from the unicorn.
"Young man, don't worry, I won't hurt you, nor do I have the ability to hurt you..."
"The reason I awoke is because a trace of the One- One-Horned Ghost King's bloodline lies dormant within your body, which is why you were able to sense the unusual nature of this horn."
"If you're willing, I can help you awaken that trace of your bloodline. The One-Horned Ghost King is a darling of time; once his bloodline is awakened, your speed of comprehending the Time Law will increase tenfold or even a hundredfold."
Hearing that seductive voice, Ling Yu's eyes held a hint of wariness. "Who are you, and why are you helping me?"
"Who am I? I am the owner of this horn in your hand. However, I am already dead. Why did I help you? Perhaps it was simply because I didn't want the bloodline of the One-Horned Ghost King to disappear from this universe forever."
"Before I was about to perish forever, I met you; perhaps this was the arrangement of the Will of the Original Universe..."
"Young man! Make a choice quickly. My remaining abilities are already very limited. If we delay any longer, perhaps even if I wanted to help, I would be powerless to do so..."
"I... I do..."
When faced with such a situation, one's destiny cannot be controlled simply by expressing willingness or unwillingness.
Ling Yu chose to agree simply because the feeling of being connected by blood and soul gave her more trust.
Of course, there are also those unrealistic fantasies...
If she truly possessed that special bloodline that could enhance her ability to comprehend the Time Law, perhaps her teacher would be pleased for her.
"Alright, go find a secluded place to activate your bloodline. Also, from now on, you'd better not take this unicorn out again... otherwise your teacher might not be able to resist taking it away by force."
"This was originally part of the teacher's collection; I'll return it to him later."
Ling Yu's tone was somewhat dissatisfied.
"Heh, I was talking about another teacher... Never mind, my remaining abilities are only enough to help you complete one Bloodline Evolution; what does anything else have to do with me..."
On Wind Thunder Mountain.
Inside the villa's cultivation room, Lu Qingshan stared at the giant egg inside the World Ring, which shimmered with a pale blue light. His emotions were beyond words.
After gifting the unicorn to his disciple Ling Yu, Lu Qingshan received a notification from his cheat system.
[You gifted your disciple Ling Yu the One-Horned Ghost King's horn, and received a thousandfold return; you have obtained One-Horned Ghost King Avatar...]
Lu Qingshan could clearly sense the terrifying creature that was being gestated inside the giant blue egg, a creature connected to his consciousness.
One-Horned Ghost King!!
Special Lifeform from the distant Prison Race Territory, with Gene Level 50, five times that of the Golden Horned Beast, one of the ten most powerful races.
They are born to be favored by the Time Origin Law.
Born with the Time Law Secret Patterns, he reached the Peak World Lord upon adulthood.
This information came from the auction. To learn more, we can only wait until the One-Horned Ghost King Avatar is born and see if there are any inherited memories inside.
By possessing the Golden Horned Beast Golden Horned Beast, Luo Feng obtained all of its Inheritance Secret Technique.
However, Lu Qingshan's situation doesn't qualify as possession, and he's unclear about the immense power his cheat system used to create this Clone, so he can't be certain whether it inherited any memories.
"It will probably take another three years..."
Lu Qingshan made a rough estimate.
Gene Level 50 times higher is not considered high among Special Lifeform, and three years of gestation time is sufficient.
Next, we just need to wait patiently for the Clone to develop, and also observe the changes in Ling Yu!
The Tianyi, Lu Qingshan arrived at Ling Yu's manor.
However, Ling Yu did not come to the training ground today.
Instead, they left a message for the housekeeper to relay.
" Her Ling Yu instructed yesterday that she might need to go into seclusion for a few days. Lord Lu, could you come again in a few days...?"
(End of this chapter)