To verify his idea.
For the next six months, Lu Qingshan gave a public lecture once a month.
This made students of other majors so envious their eyes turned red!
For these six lectures, basically no students were absent, and even a large number of students from other majors came to sit in.
At its highest, the number of students actually exceeded 100,000.
After six public lectures, Lu Qingshan finally felt that his comprehension had truly improved.
Although each increase was tiny, over so many occasions, it accumulated little by little; quantitative change could eventually become qualitative change.
Comprehension could not be measured; Lu Qingshan roughly estimated that these six lectures probably increased his comprehension by 3%.
This did not mean that giving two hundred lectures would double his comprehension; later improvements would become harder, and the degree of improvement was closely related to the number and quality of the students.
Fortunately, this was the Qianwu Dojo Headquarters.
Had he lectured at dojos of other branches, he might not have improved even 1% by now.
Lu Qingshan had lived 90,000 years; his life experiences were beyond imagination for others, his will was firm, but what he lacked was cultivation talent and comprehension...
The problem of cultivation talent had been solved. Now his speed of comprehending the Lightning Origin Law had caught up to those peerless geniuses who appeared once in countless epochs.
Now his comprehension had also grown.
He, who originally had only Domain Master potential, had now made up for his shortcomings in talent and comprehension; the future could no longer be predicted.
"Three percent is already enough to clearly feel the change in my comprehension."
Lu Qingshan closed his eyes to think.
Ten days later.
The Thunderlight Blade in his hand blazed with dazzling light; with one strike, the solid walls of the cultivation chamber shook violently.
"The eighth form of the Thunderclap Nine Blades doesn't seem that difficult."
Lu Qingshan withdrew his majestic aura.
He caressed the blade of the Thunderlight Blade with his palm.
This Thunderclap Nine Blades manual was something he had obtained in his youth from a World Master who had fallen in a secret realm. It had nine levels; mastering each level granted one blade technique, and his physical power output would increase ninefold.
Now he had comprehended the eighth level, and his physical power output had reached an astonishing 72 times.
There was one more level—the manual's limit—namely 81 times power output.
"Unfortunately, for me now, the Thunderclap Nine Blades is still lacking a bit."
Lu Qingshan sighed softly.
In his youth, for him as a Cosmic Level expert, the Thunderclap Nine Blades definitely counted as a supreme art, allowing his lagging Lightning Domain to burst forth with power equal to the Light Domain.
But for him now, this manual was still far short.
The most basic requirement to break through to Undying was a hundredfold power output; even cultivated to the limit, the Thunderclap Nine Blades fell far short of this requirement.
He had to find a way to obtain a manual.
Lu Qingshan checked his points.
Name: Lu Qingshan.
Position: First-Class Instructor (Domain Master Level)
Points: 3
Over the past half year, Lu Qingshan had lectured six times, exceeding the required annual number of lectures by three, so he had earned three points.
Three points converted came to three... no, six hundred million Cosmic Currency.
This was far higher than his own salary; after all, his basic compensation was only ten billion Qianwu Coins per year.
What could three points exchange for?
Lu Qingshan looked at the exchange list.
Even the worst manuals required 300 points to exchange...
And that manual's value couldn't compare to the Thunderclap Nine Blades.
To exchange for an Undying manual required at least 10,000 points.
Ten thousand points.
Lu Qingshan opened his mouth.
He felt he was still too poor.
Moreover, the lowest price for an Undying manual was ten thousand, which did not mean the manual he needed cost ten thousand points; to purchase the manual he needed required at least 30,000 points.
Calculating by earning three points every half year, he would need 5,000 years to afford it.
Forget it.
Lu Qingshan had already given up on exchanging points for a manual. Thirty thousand points—even exchanged for Cosmic Currency with others—would take six hunyuan...
Not to mention that he didn't have that much Cosmic Currency; even if he had money, there was nowhere to exchange, and everyone he knew were Domain Master-level instructors—where would they get so many points?
Last time Chi Yan's one thousand points were already most of what he had on him.
"Compared to the Domain Master geniuses of major powers, my foundation is still too poor. But fortunately I have a cheat; as long as I take in more disciples, no problem is a problem. Half a year is about enough; the plan for a second disciple can be put on the agenda."
Lu Qingshan fell into thought.
He knew the names of those five third-class geniuses clearly, but rashly taking on disciples seemed too deliberate.
After thinking for a moment, he quickly came up with an idea.
In the coming month, Lu Qingshan did not give a public lecture.
This left many Lightning major students' expectations unfulfilled.
Then in the second month, he still did not come to give a public lecture.
The third month was the same.
...
Many students realized that Instructor Lu, who was responsible and diligent toward students, must be somewhat exhausted.
Just as they no longer held any hope, they received an email from Lu Qingshan.
Star Level Elite Student Dormitory.
Adams curiously watched Hailei checking his email.
"Hailei, what did Teacher Lu say? Is it the time for the next public lecture?"
Adams was not a Lightning major student and had not received Lu Qingshan's mass email.
Hailei did not answer; his serious expression made Adams even more curious.
"Hailei, are you listening to me?"
"Adams, what Instructor Lu sent is not the time for the next public lecture, but a secret manual..."
"A secret manual?"
Adams was puzzled.
With so many instructors at Qianwu Dojo, he had never heard of an instructor sending a manual to a student.
After all, they were merely students, not the instructors' personal disciples; shouldn't secret manuals be passed down to one's personal disciples?
"Mm." Hailei nodded. "It's a secret manual on the Lightning Law named 'Thunderlight Flash,' created by Instructor Lu himself. In the email, he said whoever can first cultivate this manual to the second level, he will give that person a surprise."
"Ah, you're so lucky—not only do you have a free manual, but there's also a reward for successful cultivation."
Adams' eyes turned red with envy.
If it weren't that he lacked talent for the Lightning Domain, he would want to switch his cultivation major.
"Did Teacher Lu say what the surprise is? And how is this manual? Teacher Lu hasn't lectured for so long; was he creating this manual?"
Adams asked hurriedly.
Hailei shook his head. "Adams, do you take me for an Undying Deity? How would I know what surprise Teacher Lu means? But this manual is not simple—just entering the first level can increase speed tenfold, and cultivating to the second level can actually condense a Lightning Phantom..."
"I have a premonition that the value of this manual is not at all inferior to my family's inherited supreme art."
Chapter 24