Chapter 185: Opening Supernatural Locks (I)
Nighttime.
The Yuan residence.
Yuan Shuo didn’t say anything upon hearing Li Hao’s thoughts and arrangements. He simply offered, “Don’t think of Wang Ming as a fool. He’s not stupid. The metal mysterious power that you extract... If I’m to compare it to other metal attributed mysterious power, I would actually call yours metal elemental power.
“The elemental power that you distill is pure and of a single element. Any supernatural that’s absorbed energy before will instantly detect its difference. Setting aside the fact whether or not he’ll know that’s elemental power, you’ll be in big trouble once he opens his mouth.”
There were already too many who knew about the sword energy. If word got out that Li Hao could extract elemental power, that would be even more trouble.
Li Hao sat down cross-legged on the floor and nodded as he listened. He’d thought about all of this already.
“I understand, but I also know that when there are too many debts, one stops worrying about them. Red Moon knows a lot, Yama might know some about me, and the Night Watchers have possibly guessed another portion. In that case, does it matter if people know a little more?”
The young man flashed a smile. “There’s two possible outcomes in this scenario. First, Wang Ming will be so grateful that he will keep my secret and help me here and there in the future. Second, he harbors other motivations and tells others, whereupon I gain another enemy.”
Did he care about one more enemy?
Not anymore.
After weighing up the pros and cons, this was simply the conclusion he came to. His impression of Wang Ming during this period of contact was that, aside from a tendency to run his mouth, the young man was decent enough. He did seem to be able to keep secrets as he’d never spoken of the tenth person that Li Hao told him about. The precursor was that he needed to be reminded ahead of time.
Yuan Shuo nodded. He normally didn’t interfere in his student’s decisions if they were backed up by proper thought. He would only clearly explain the advantages and disadvantages.
“Then it’s up to you, but be prepared for the consequences!” That was all he would say on the topic. One walked one’s path alone. Even if there were bumps and obstacles along the way, it would be a good thing if one learned that the human heart was to be feared.
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Wang Ming was the first to arrive after teacher and student waited for a while. The handsome supernatural beamed widely when he saw Yuan Shuo. “Teacher!”
An honorary disciple was still a disciple at the end of the day. The handsome young man also wanted to curry some favor, given how strong Yuan Shuo was. Unfortunately, the professor gave them a very imposing and dignified impression. Other than Li Hao, the others were a little too timid to approach Yuan Shuo. Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m
The professor sized up the supernatural. “My original plans were not to interfere too much,” he said calmly. “You’re just an honorary disciple and you should be well aware of why I accepted you. However, your little senior brother insists that I use a secret art to help you break through. Helping you is a small thing, but when word spreads of your abnormal rate of improvement... Do you know what it means to the supernatural world if you can easily advance?”
“I understand, teacher,” Wang Ming responded solemnly. “So I’m very thankful to Li Hao...”
“He is your senior brother!”
Wang Ming fell awkwardly silent. That honorific was too hard for him to voice!
Yuan Shuo dropped the topic. “I only have one request, button your lips! If you succeed and others ask you...”
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Inside the room.
Wang Ming paced back and forth. There didn’t seem to be anyone else entering the room—was energy somehow supposed to appear for him to use? He didn’t understand the process, but all he could do now was wait.
A ball of golden energy suddenly appeared in his field of vision as he grappled with his thoughts. Indeed, he could sense its existence. As he wondered what this was and if it was dangerous or not, the ball of energy enveloped him without forewarning!
Wang Ming’s pupils oscillated violently! What??
The golden energy swiftly flooded his body and assimilated with his own mysterious power in the blink of an eye. It catalyzed a reaction with a loud rumble; all of the mysterious power in his body trembled with forceful ripples. Everything felt like it was going to explode!
His mysterious power agitated furiously and surged in all directions, roiling toward his supernatural locks.
Supernatural cultivation centered on breaking supernatural locks. The first lock opened differed from person to person. Take Wang Ming, for instance. He first opened a lock around his lungs. He hadn’t truly understood the action, but became a metal supernatural after that. His second lock was the one of his right arm.
Based on the nine locks that were known to current supernatural knowledge, there seemed to be five locks around each of the five viscera organs [1], four around each of the limbs, and apparently one around the head. No one had discovered that one yet, it was just speculation that there should be a tenth lock around the head.
Golden energy surged into the handsome young man’s body, thundering toward his lungs with a large amount of mysterious power. The young supernatural jumped with shock—the five organs were very fragile even for supernaturals. He didn’t dare let this energy flood his lungs!
Thus, he forcefully operated the Energy Induction Method. It was also a way of directing mysterious power—he sent it toward his left arm. Out of the five locks he’d discovered, the first was around his lungs, then his arms, and finally his legs. Wang Ming was yet to sense the locks around his other organs.
This time, he planned to send this massive surge of energy against the lock in his left arm.
BAM!
A muffled collision rang from his body—both Li Hao and Yuan Shuo heard it. It rumbled like the energy was ramming something!
Yuan Shuo’s lips vibrated outside the door. “He’s attacking the supernatural lock! Supernatural cultivation is much simpler than ours, even Sunflares don’t need to comprehend the aura. They ascend when they open their locks!”
Li Hao nodded and continued extracting metal elemental energy to send it inside the house. Waves of golden energy undulated into the room while Wang Ming cried out with pain. The mysterious power was less painful than he expected, but the process of opening a lock was heart wrenching all the same.
This was already quite good for the handsome young man. Not only had his previous processes of opening the lock been incredibly painful, the impact of mysterious power rampaging through his body was also extremely agonizing.
Half of the anguish was absent from the equation this time! His eyes widened with excitement, not knowing how Li Hao and Yuan Shuo managed the deed. Too many experienced a mental breakdown during this process because they could not endure the pain. This was a frequent sight. Right now, his hopes of breaking through seemed immensely higher!
A small chain appeared over his left arm, it was tangible! There was a saying in the supernatural world that these locks were chains restricting the potential of the human body. Breaking them freed the potential, which was why the supernatural grew stronger.
However, Yuan Shuo said last time that these locks were possibly protection instead. Wang Ming could not give consideration to this in his current straits. He would ascend first before thinking of anything else.
1. The organs in the main cavity of the body. ?
