Female Novel
Chapter 274
Old Man Lightning gritted his teeth as he heard Gravis refer to the Lightning Sect as trash. The Lightning Sect was the secondstrongest Sect in this world, only surpassed by the Heaven Sect. How could something like this be considered trash?
“How dare you say that the Lightning Sect is trash?" Old Man Lightning transmitted with anger.
Gravis didn't relent. "In this lower world, the Lightning Sect is incredibly powerful, but imagine the people from the higher world.They hear that someone comes from this world, and they immediately assume that everyone from there is trash. After all, wesend one person that ascended via the Tree Stage after another into this world. If there were some ascension pool or somethingsimilar per lower world, ours would probably be considered as the worst one. Are you fine with that? Are you fine with the higherworld looking at us like this?" Gravis asked with a severe voice.
Old Man Lightning gripped his cane hard and clenched his teeth with power. "Even if that were the case, where would thosedisciples even find tempering? After all, we can't just be the only ones that cultivate to the Self Stage."
Gravis continued looking severely in the direction of the Sect Hall. "Why not? What speaks against that?"
“Everything! Where would our Sect even find tempering!? Are we supposed to kill each other for tempering?" He asked."Yes!" Gravis shouted.
Old Man Lightning looked taken aback. "What? I was being sarcastic! | won't allow our disciples to kill each other!"
Gravis sneered. "Aren't you already doing that? After all, isn't the whole issue that we are discussing that people start killing eachother? It's normal! The cultivation path is the most important! You don't need to force anyone into these fights. If you just set upsuch fights, the people will join on their own. As for the others, they just have to wait!"
Old Man Lightning still wasn't convinced. "What do you mean with wait?"
"Simple," Gravis said with a smirk. "How do you think the other Sects will react if they start seeing more and more people withDestruction Lightning? They will surely start forcing people into the tenth level of the Energy Gathering Realm. After all, they can'tlose out to another Sect!"
Old Man Lightning opened his eyes wide in realization. That actually made sense! Since no Sect had supreme power over theothers right now, the other Sects might start doing just that. After all, that was the easiest way to increase the power of everydisciple.
“But if we also force our disciples to go through the tenth level of Magic Gathering, the whole thing of tempering will reappearagain. After all, Destruction Lightning is way more powerful than any other element," Old Man Lightning said. Apparently, he hadcalmed down somewhat.
Gravis also looked more relaxed now. "You know, | was actually quite surprised that only lightning has this way to become verypowerful. | also felt it strange that an element's purity can only be decided in the Body Tempering Realm. | am pretty sure thatthere is a solution to both of these problems. Other worlds have different methods, and those worlds might not be bound by thelimitations of our Elemental Seeds."
Old Man Lightning thought about this. "The more | think about this, the more | think that you are right. We have a predeterminedway to cultivate, so no one tries to search for a new way. After all, it has stayed like this for an eternity. It has always been likethis, and it has shown its effectiveness."
Gravis snorted. "Because you don't have any comparisons in this lower world. | am pretty sure that there are more ingeniousways to cultivate an element. On top of that, | am also sure that there are other, stronger variants of the other elements. Is theresome kind of legend about stronger variations of other elements?" Gravis asked.
Old Man Lightning thought about this. "There is a legend about Primordial Fire. That is an incredibly hot fire, which can only befound in volcanoes in the Core-Continent. The Fire Sect actually owns such a volcano. Yet, they have never been able toharness its powers."
Gravis thought about this but then started smirking. "You know what | think? | am pretty sure that there is a way to make this fireone's element, and | think other worlds have managed exactly that. After all, our world has a restriction that the other lowerworlds don't have, which makes it impossible for us."
Old Man Lightning was confused. "We have a restriction that other worlds don't have?"
Gravis nodded. "Yes. This whole thing about killing people with a Will-Aura at the Body Tempering Realm shouldn't exist in otherworlds. In actuality, this whole thing goes against the goal of Heaven. After all, doesn't Heaven want as many powerful cultivatorsas possible? Why would it restrict the power of cultivators then? I'm pretty sure that only such an incompetent buffoon like thislower Heaven would think of something so stupid," Gravis said in disdain.
Old Man Lightning thought about this situation some more. "So, you think the Fire Sect might be able to harness the power ofthat volcano with people that have reached a Will-Aura in the Body Tempering Stage?"
"| think so, at least," Gravis said. "Why would such a resource be provided if cultivators couldn't take advantage of it? Keepingsomething like this going would surely cost a lot of Heaven's Energy. If there was no way to make the cultivators become morepowerful, why even bother creating that or keeping it up?”
"There are others as well. Basically, every Sect is situated in a place where a very powerful element runs rampant. Funnilyenough, our Lightning Sect is the only one without such a powerful elemental source," Old Man Lightning said.
Gravis’ brows furrowed. "That's probably because Heaven considers lightning as its own domain and has some kind of inferioritycomplex about it. Could also be that it is afraid of someone with Destruction Lightning. After all, that kind of lightning is its mostpowerful weapon by far, and people with Destruction Lightning have a very high resistance to it."
Old Man Lightning's mind was in overdrive. All these new perspectives and information made him think about all predeterminedtruths of this world. The more Old Man Lightning thought about this world, the more he realized that they might actually be trashin the eyes of the higher world.
They weren't able to increase the purity of their element after the Body Tempering Realm. They were not able to harness allthese powerful elements. They didn't go through the Self Stage. Old Man Lightning laughed bitterly as he realized all the missedopportunities and weaknesses of the cultivators in this world.
Old Man Lightning sighed. "This is very eye-opening, but it won't change anything. After all, people with a Will-Aura in the BodyTempering Realm are still forbidden."
Gravis smirked. "What if they aren't?" he asked smugly.Old Man Lightning furrowed his brows. "You can't tell me that isn't true."
Gravis continued smirking. "| am pretty certain that the Heaven from my homeworld is keeping a close watch over this world rightnow, and it likes its rules. | am sure that as soon as it had noticed this particular thing, it immediately stopped it from happening.Tell me, have there been sightings of more people with a Will-Aura in the Body Tempering Realm?" Gravis asked.
Old Man Lightning quickly turned to the elder responsible for the subservient branches of the Lightning Sect. "Has there been areported increase of people with a Will-Aura in the Body Tempering Realm?" he asked.
The elder was taken aback that Old Man Lightning suddenly talked to him. "| have gotten some reports about a higher number ofthose joining the Entrance Exams. Of course, we didn't accept them. After all, the Heaven Sect would just kill them in a couple ofmonths. It's basically wasted resources."
Old Man Lightning's breathing became quicker as he heard that. A higher number of those? Hadn't Gravis just said that thesuppression of those people had stopped? This couldn't be a coincidence, could it?
"There have been higher numbers of those," Old Man Lightning transmitted to Gravis.
Gravis’ smirk intensified. "Just as |thought. Think of this as a visitingelder that inspects the workings of alower branch. The elder sees all theissues and inamedidtely stints)réctityi them. With the return ofpeople with a Will-Aura in the BodyTempering Realm, it is only a matterof time until the other Sects find theirmore powerful elements. On top ofthat, those people have an advantagein regards to their will, so they willalso be more likely to choose thetenth level of Energy Gathering." Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!
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Gravis continued talking with morefervor. "Think about the future! Morecultivators of other Sects will havemore people going through the tenthlevel of Energy Gatheri with mMstrongacelemments As oon as otherpbeble notice their compatriots andenemies taking more risks tobecome more powerful, they will feelinadequate. At that point, many ofthose will also decide to follow thispath. The tenth level of EnergyGathering won't be special anymore.And maybe, in the future, all SectMasters will be in the Self Stage,because Tree Stage cultivators havebecome too abundant." The contentis on NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Gravis continued striking while theiron was hot. "If we don't take the firststep, we will lose our advantage.Accept all people yath@Wil-Abra Inthe Bodyltenpering Realm! Go out ofyour way and actively scout them ifnecessary! It won't be too long untilthe other Sects notice the change.We have two advantages that willmake us the overlords of this lowerworld!" The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
"We have received the information first, giving us a head-start, and we have a way easier way to cultivate our stronger element.As long as the Lightning Sect is the first to act, it will become the overlord! On top of that, we get incredible tempering from otherSects in the future."
Old Man Lightning remained silent, but a fire was burning in his eyes.Gravis said one last thing that sealed the deal.
"This lower world will become incredibly powerful in the near future! Don't get left behind!"