Chapter 286: Chapter 286

One is a half-piece of a rare jade seal engraved with Divine Skill, which the ancestor named the Primordial Spirit Thunder Planting Skill based on its characteristics. The second is a top-tier Divine Spear... Fifth Grade True Martial Golden Exquisite."

The Divine Spear had already been sold by him, and suddenly mentioning this in front of the ancestor, Luo Guanyun was instantly choked.

"After obtaining these two treasures, Ancestor Luo Fang was overjoyed and immediately changed his practice. Later, he displayed great divine might, achieving a great victory over the enemy army for the current dynasty, and after returning to the court, he was bestowed the title [Qianyuan Thunder Strike, Shenxiao Great General], which is also the origin of your master’s title.

The ancestor retired at the age of forty-five and returned to Xuanzhou to establish the Luo family. Ultimately, he died at the age of fifty-seven due to... a Thunder Seed rebellion.

At the time, limited by the era, after the ancestor’s death, generations of clan members only assumed it was due to incomplete cultivation techniques and personal reasons and continued to practice one after another...

Afterwards, due to a dramatic change in the world, the rise of Qi Blood Martial Arts came about, revealing the flaw of this method devouring Qi Blood."

Luo Guanyun caressed the incense table and continued to sigh:

"By my grandfather’s generation, the Luo family’s menfolk had been decimated by the backlash from the Thunder Seed, with only one in ten surviving. Before my father died, he passed it to me, letting me make my own choice with only one admonition [Thunder Skill can be passed on but not abused]."

Meng Chuan’s expression became stern, and he recalled the things recounted by his master’s wife previously.

Master, always confident, yet faltered greatly in front of this method...

Now, this grounding rod is to be in his hands.

While lost in thought, he heard his master solemnly chant:

"Twenty-seventh generation descendant of the Luo family, Luo Guanyun, now brings direct disciple Meng Chuan, to respectfully inform the ancestor!"

As the words fell, Luo Guanyun waved his large hand, and the golden flames of the incense burner flared up, illuminating the ancestor’s statue to lifelike brightness.

"Focus! Gather your thoughts!"

Meng Chuan’s mind buzzed, and in a daze, he seemed to see the eyes in the painting shift with thunderlight, extremely fantastical.

Coming back to his senses, his master pressed a firm hand on his shoulder, whispering:

"Three kowtows, with reverence in your heart, receive the ancestor’s bestowed [Primordial Spirit Thunder Planting Skill]!"

This is the highest-level method of real skill inheritance — Divine Intention Inheritance.

Luo Guanyun could not impart it verbally, as the Primordial Spirit Thunder Planting Skill contains profound truths. It is necessary to use the lasting true resonance in the ancestor’s statue as a medium, to convey the essence of the cultivation technique fully.

The changes seen in the ancestor of the painting are actually the mental imprints infused by generation after generation of inheritors.

Only when the disciple bows with resonant heart spirit can the process of Thunder Skill inheritance commence.

This ceremony is both a reverence for the ancestral lineage and the core to ensure that the true Thunder Skill is inherited, not to be a disaster to the world.

This [Divine Intention Inheritance Method] is extremely rare in the Xingyi lineage.

The Xingyi Sect emphasizes more on self-derived enlightenment about heaven and earth, a comprehension of nature’s truths.

In layman’s terms, it’s like giving you a true skill book to practice on your own, at most the teacher would explain the key points...

The Elephant Form’s [Beast King Map] inheritance method is somewhat similar to the Divine Intention Inheritance and is also a mainstream approach of this sect.

Upon hearing, Meng Chuan complied; the instant his forehead touched the ground, a thunderous sound exploded beside his ears.

Gradually, an indescribable sensation enveloped his body.

Once the kowtows were completed and he lifted his head again, he seemed to enter a pitch-black chaotic realm.

The next moment, accompanied by the awe-inspiring sound of heaven and earth splitting, the surrounding darkness was suddenly torn apart.

A myriad of thunderlight poured down from the firmament, and he found himself floating in the void, seeing the figure of Ancestor Luo Fang stepping out from the Thunder Pool in the distance, drifting closer before lightly tapping his brow with a finger.

Instantly, countless arcane and mysterious utterances entered his mind like living creatures, completely transforming into the profound principles of the Primordial Spirit Thunder Planting Skill.

Utilize Qi Blood as soil, draw heavenly thunder as the seed, condense the Thunder Core within the Spirit Platform!

Within the illusion, Meng Chuan’s entire musculature suddenly swelled, and thunderlight burst out from his pores. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novelꞁire.net

"Thunder Body Refining!"

As Luo Fang’s voice blasted, Meng Chuan let out a low growl, forcefully containing the heavenly thunder imbued within his body.

With each inch of flesh and blood torn apart by thunderlight, a vast surge of Qi blood repaired it, and his Qi Blood, surpassing seven hundred points, gave him a distinct advantage at this moment.

Bone and sinew emitted the sound of metal clashing on iron amid destruction and rebirth.

When the last streak of thunderlight was absorbed by his flesh, he took a step forward, causing cracks in the earth beneath his feet.

At this moment, this physical body had successfully traversed the Thunder Pool tribulation!

Outside the illusion, Luo Guanyun retracted the prepared Healing Pill, a look of joy on his face.

"This boy’s physique is truly formidable, effortlessly passing the initial stage of the entry-level physical body test."

When he had been gifted with the Thunder Skill, he was nearly torn apart by heavenly thunder and was barely holding on, unlike his disciple who displays formidable defiance against the celestial might.

Amidst the intense pain, Meng Chuan distinctly perceived the thunder traversing through his viscera, with each arc lashing the sinews, then congregating towards the heart’s [Spirit Platform].

Ancestor’s voice resounded like thunder:

"The Thunder Seed is fierce; it must be caged by will."

This marks the second test, condensing the Primordial Spirit Seed!

In both Tao and Buddhist ideologies, the [Primordial Spirit] is considered an innate aspect of human life, existing regardless of whether one is an ordinary person or a Martial Artist or Martial Arts Family.

It is a spiritual existence that governs all mental consciousness and is regarded as one’s "true nature, true heart," untouched by acquired desires and thoughts.

As for the [Spirit Platform], in the perception of ordinary people, it is synonymous with the Primordial Spirit, emblematic of the heart.

In the eyes of professional Martial Arts Family, however, the two share a contained relationship.

As explained by Taoist Martial Arts Family, the Primordial Spirit resides within the Spirit Platform; through martial arts cultivation, the Primordial Spirit’s function can manifest, reflecting light back upon the Spirit Platform, achieving enhancement of not only Qi Blood progress but also spiritual realm elevation.

The Buddhist Sect has similar analogies, all illustrating that the Spirit Platform is the "residence" or "operational platform" of the Primordial Spirit, closely interconnected.

Meanwhile, outside the illusion, Luo Guanyun appeared tense; this test was an easy trial for him back then.

But for Meng Chuan, it was different; this is his greatest weak point...