Swallowing the Stars: Ten Thousand Times Return for Taking on Disciples

Chapter 47 The Correct Way to Utilize System Rebates
Inside Lingyu's manor in the Qianwu Secret Realm, on Fenglei Island.

In the spacious training ground, the White-browed Realm Lord was instructing Ling Yu in his cultivation.

"Your Highness Lingyu, your movement technique is getting more and more impressive. If you have this kind of movement technique in the Genius Battle, it will be of great help even when you are trying to pass the Trial Tower levels, and it can help Your Highness to get a higher ranking!"

As a realm lord who has lived for millions of years, he has experienced countless genius battles and even cultivated many geniuses within the top 100,000 in the universe for the Qianwu Universe Kingdom. Naturally, he is very familiar with the challenges of the genius battles.

He continued.

"However, Your Highness's offensive ability is still somewhat lacking. The final arena match is a constantly shrinking arena. If you cannot quickly end the battle, the effectiveness of your movement techniques will become less and less."

"Therefore, Your Highness, your movement technique is almost there. Next, you should focus on improving your attack power. That way, before the arena shrinks, you can use your superior movement technique to find an opportunity and strike swiftly to eliminate your opponent!"

Bai Mei smiled, seemingly already envisioning Ling Yu dominating the arena.

Lingyu is the most talented student he has had in all his years as a mentor...

To achieve this at less than a hundred years old is truly a once-in-a-millennium feat!

"There are also secret techniques for soul defense. Since the Genius Battle is held in the virtual universe, it is not allowed to bring soul defense treasures. I suggest that Your Highness also put in some effort over the next ten years or so."

The White-Browed Realm Lord is very experienced; otherwise, the Silver Moon Marquis wouldn't have summoned him alone... He has excellent judgment, and these are all problems that Ling Yu urgently needs to solve.

“Teacher Bai Mei…” Ling Yu sheathed the Wind and Thunder Sword, and her nine illusory bodies slowly merged into one. She said, “I will try my best to improve my other abilities, but I will not give up on my movement technique either.”

“Your Highness, once your movement technique reaches this level, improving it even slightly is extremely difficult. Even if Instructor Lu Qingshan possesses extraordinary abilities, he probably won't find a better way! Human strength has its limits. Your Highness has devoted almost all your time to movement technique this past year; you should focus on that in the future!”

Bai Mei had no objection to Lu Qingshan, even though the movement techniques Lu Qingshan taught took up most of Ling Yu's time.

But this truly provided Lingyu with tremendous help, even though Bai Mei greatly admired Lu Qingshan...

What he cares about is improving Ling Yu's overall strength, and continuing to painstakingly cultivate movement techniques now would be a waste of effort.

"Teacher Bai Mei, I understand what you're saying, but I still want to give it a try. Please give me a little more time."

Lingyu's ethereal voice carried a hint of determination.

Helpless, Bai Mei could only nod: "I respect Your Highness's decision. For the next half month, Teacher Lu will be teaching. I still hope that Your Highness can study the Wind and Thunder Sword more in addition to practicing your movement techniques..."

"Teacher Bai Mei, I know, I will keep your opinion in mind."

That's what she said, but Lingyu was already looking forward to it. The year was up, and she wondered if she could meet Teacher Lu's requirements.

The third level of "Lightning Flash"!

That's a secret technique involving the fundamental laws of time... I wonder if I'll ever have a chance to master it.

Geniuses are often arrogant, just like Bolan back then. He abandoned the relatively simple Nine Universe Chaos Stele and chose the most difficult Cosmic Chaos Stele, wanting to cultivate both time and space, even at the cost of offending many important figures who had high hopes for him.

The same applies to Ling Yu. If she cannot master the laws of time, no matter how gracefully she practices her movements or how fiercely she executes the second level of the Thunder Light Sword, she will ultimately miss out on the top ten spots in the Genius Battle.

Only by mastering the fundamental laws of time can he compete for a place among the top ten in the universe and enter the core secret realm above the Primordial Era of the Virtual Universe Company through the Genius Battle.

Primordial, Beginning, Heaven and Earth, End of the World... With only the strength of the End of the World Secret Realm, and the chances of even the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm being extremely slim, someone told her that she had a sliver of qualification to enter the Beginning, or even the Primordial Secret Realm. How could she possibly give up such an opportunity?
……

The next day, Lingyu arrived at the training ground early to wait.

After Lu Qingshan arrived, she demonstrated the results of her cultivation, achieving the second level of perfect Lightning Flash. Nine illusory bodies darted and moved across the training ground, the transitions between each body flowing smoothly and effortlessly.

Compared to Lu Qingshan's other two genius disciples, Ling Yu is simply stronger than a human.

Even Lu Qingshan envied her comprehension.

Are you sure you want to take that step?

Lu Qingshan asked again.

Without hesitation, Lingyu spoke decisively: "Teacher, I said a year ago that if we're going to do something, we should be the strongest!"

"Haha, good, you have ambition. Of course, your teacher will not let you down. There is no teaching today. I will send you the third level of 'Thunder Flash'. Study it carefully on your own. I will answer your questions in half a month!"

Lu Qingshan sent a wisp of his consciousness into the virtual universe and sent the third level of the "Thunder Flash" secret technique, which he had prepared in advance, to Ling Yu's email address.

"Teacher, I'll go take a look first."

After receiving the email, Lingyu couldn't wait to check it. After greeting Lu Qingshan, she sat down under a tree that was flashing with lightning and began to meditate.

"It turns out that the third level of Lightning Flash is actually the application of the fundamental laws of lightning to leverage the laws of time."

I can't understand these time-related runes at all. My teacher just said that he would explain them to me in half a month, which probably means he wants me to figure them out on my own first...

"Terrifying. This mere secret technique involves the fundamental laws of time, making it far more difficult to comprehend than any other secret technique I've ever seen before."

Ling Yu sat under the tree for a whole day, immersing herself in the study of the third level of "Thunder Flash".

At first, she gained nothing, only feeling that this manual was complex and vast. But as she read on, she noticed a path that led her upwards from the fundamental laws of lightning... With this discovery, she devoted herself even more to comprehending the manual.

At this moment, Lu Qingshan's figure had already disappeared into the courtyard. While Ling Yu was immersed in comprehending the secret technique, he returned to his manor.

[You have bestowed the third level of the "Lightning Flash" manual upon your disciple Lingyu, and have received a thousandfold return. You have obtained the fourth level of the "Lightning Flash" manual!]

The fourth level of Lightning Flash?

Lu Qingshan's expression showed a hint of surprise.

It seems we've found the right way to use the system's rebates.

He had previously gained experience in cultivating the third level of Lightning Flash, and then deduced that he had created his own cultivation secret method for the third level. This secret method was essentially something he had created himself. When he bestowed the secret method he created upon Ling Yu, he received a higher level of secret method in return.

This is equivalent to creating a nesting doll.

However, if I were to directly hand over the fourth level of the secret manual I obtained from the system to Lingyu now, there would be no cashback. But if I fully master the fourth level and rewrite its contents according to my own methods and understanding, it would seem that it could be considered a secret technique I created myself!

Lu Qingshan figured out some of the system's rules. For example, the system could not give any rewards to disciples for things it directly gave them. However, if this risk was avoided, such as selling the Life Fruit given by the system and exchanging it for Lan Ke Fruit for the disciples, the cashback effect could be triggered.

Similarly, the secret techniques bestowed by the system cannot be directly passed on to disciples, but as long as one masters them, one can circumvent this limitation by recreating similar secret techniques!

"Let's first see how the fourth level of 'Lightning Flash' unfolds and how many fundamental laws of time it involves!"

Lu Qingshan tried to release his recently sealed memories little by little...

(End of this chapter)