Chapter 1 Tuntun!

In that instant, Su Zhou felt as if he had swallowed a mouthful of lightning.

The scorching jade liquid, upon entering his body, transformed into a cyan torrent, a mixture of lightning and life force, both deep and shallow. Instead of flowing directly into his digestive system, it dissolved into countless pure and unique spiritual energy branches, connecting to Su Zhou's soul.

The fragrance of grass and trees, the searing pain of lightning, the joy of regeneration, the sensation of paralysis... and, increasingly clear thoughts!

Lightning destroys, divine wood heals. In the cycle of destruction and regeneration, an even more powerful soul essence was being nurtured!

Su Zhou's soul was already strong enough, but there were still some areas that could not be trained by talent alone—and this time, it was a good opportunity to comprehensively eliminate weaknesses and strengthen the soul!

"Yu Wu Ji Shen Lei Zhen Fa (Supreme Five Extremes Divine Thunder True Method)!"

Enduring the pain of his soul, this second thinking organ, being shattered and reforged, Su Zhou operated his spiritual energy with the powerful will honed in battle, and began to enhance it with the inheritance of the cultivation technique!

[—For the Yin and Yang of the four seasons are the foundation of all things.]

[Jia Wood, is Yang, and thunder is the exhalation of Yang energy. Therefore, take the Qi of the divine wood, condense the innate thunder phenomenon, use Yang to nourish the thunder, and use thunder to nourish the divine. With this supreme Yang divinity, one can cross the sea of suffering, control the five extremes, govern the six Qi of heaven and earth, control the discipline of all things' changes, and the mechanism of human and divine movement.]

Boom! Thunder rumbled in the soul space. The rampant thunder power had now slowed down.

But this was not because it was suppressed, but because the nature of the soul it came into contact with was beginning to change slightly. When it encountered it, it would not be shattered so quickly, but could instead absorb some of its power to strengthen itself!

The key to the National Teacher's inheritance lies in the sentence 'take the Qi of the divine wood, condense the innate thunder phenomenon, use Yang to nourish the thunder, and use thunder to nourish the divine, to obtain the supreme Yang divinity'—but Su Zhou did not need to follow his inheritance completely.

"Yala, it's time!" Enduring the sensory overload caused by the sudden strengthening of his soul, Su Zhou clearly spoke his thoughts, his tone even carrying an electronic tinge.

"I've been waiting for you to say that." Yala chuckled, and then suddenly disappeared.

A moment later, she reappeared, and in her mouth, she held a page of papyrus burning with five-colored flames at the edges, upon which golden gilded characters were rotating.

[Sacred Geometry · Phase Two]

[Pentagram]

From the ancient lands of Central Asia, to the deserts of Europa and Africa’s Egypt, from the island nation of Fusang in the Far East, to the vast East Asian plains, the mysterious pentagram rune has always existed.

It is a symbol of the underworld and birth, and also represents the goddess of the underworld and the earth. It symbolizes ‘spirit and the four elements’, and also represents ‘heaven and earth, the five elements’.

The history of the pentagram appeared alongside the history of civilization. It is a ‘sacred geometry’, with the meaning of life, health, happiness, protection, and permanence. It is also one of the symbols of mystery and the extraordinary.

And in Yala's inheritance, the pentagram represents a more fundamental foundation.

—True spirit, soul, spirituality, spiritual energy, spirit Qi—

The five major foundations of the extraordinary are its five sharp points.

Using the 'holy triangle' of 'heart, spirit, and body' as a foundation, create the sharpest, most prominent pentagram to enhance the practitioner's control over all spiritual Qi.

This is the second stage of the supreme cultivation method [Sacred Geometry], strengthening all aspects of the 'spirit'—the [Pentagram]!

"The orthodox 'pentagram' requires the use of five different perfect gemstones, which vary from person to person, along with two different emotions, 'calm' and 'agitation', to condense the 'positive pentagram' and 'inverted pentagram' respectively."

"The former corresponds to soothing the soul, repairing, rebirth, affinity with heaven and earth, and finally the unity of heaven and man. A soul strengthened in this way is a bit like a plant, which can grow and strengthen quietly, and finally unite with heaven and earth, controlling the spiritual Qi in nature as easily as controlling one's limbs."

"The latter corresponds to disturbing the soul, destruction, extinguishing the spirit, plundering souls, and finally spiritual Qi domination. It requires combat and agitated emotions to make progress. Although it requires conditions to grow, the magnitude of progress is extremely large each time you experience different intense emotions. Until the end, you can even influence the spiritual Qi of the surrounding world with your own extreme mind."

Gazing at the papyrus, Su Zhou had now understood the essence of the 'pentagram' stage.

No wonder the Thunder Spirit Method can replace certain secret rituals, because they are all inheritances that strengthen the soul and spirituality!

And the origin of the divine wood is a material far more precious than any gemstone. Coupled with the perfect thunder-attributed jadeite and jade powder collected by Shao Qiming, it was enough for him to advance, and even more than enough.

"The path I have chosen is not the traditional 'positive and inverted pentagram'. Although, because of the divine wood, its nature is more like the traditional positive pentagram, possessing the three abilities of soothing the soul, repairing, and rebirth, it lacks the final 'affinity with heaven and earth' and 'unity of heaven and man'. Instead, it focuses on soul strengthening and accelerated thinking!"

The instant he understood this, Su Zhou could sense that his soul had been completely strengthened! Just like his spiritual energy characteristic was enhancement, the soul ability Su Zhou obtained was also enhancement!

Strengthening one's own soul, and finally using the soul to assist the brain, even exceeding the brain's reaction speed limit—just like lightning, or even faster than lightning. Even before the micro-currents in the nerves have begun to flow, the strengthened soul can clearly understand everything that just happened, and control the limbs to react!

A more common name might be 'bullet time'!

Su Zhou's version of the pentagram differs from the original positive and inverted pentagrams in this regard. The original Sacred Geometry might allow people to control the weather and manipulate the surrounding spiritual Qi to attack at the transcendent level, while Su Zhou's version of the pentagram allows him to possess a soul and reaction ability far more powerful than others of the same level at the transcendent level.

Dimly, Su Zhou could see a geometric phantom shrouded in mist faintly emerge above the 'holy triangle' and his 'pentagram', which served as the foundation.

It was a 'cube' whose shape could not be clearly seen, seemingly constantly changing.

"Congratulations, Su Zhou."

In the soul space, Yala's voice came, her tone carrying gentle encouragement, and a hint of joy: "Although it's just the first step, just the simplest 'splicing' and 'borrowing', you have indeed begun to try to integrate different extraordinary inheritances, and then walk your own path."

"Don't worry, and don't be anxious. Just like humans learn to write, they can only become familiar after copying over and over again. But what kind of different articles can be written with these same words is up to humans themselves—the road is still long, we can walk it slowly together."

In the soul space, Su Zhou's voice also rang out with a sincere smile after a moment of silence: "Thank you, Yala."

The real world.

"Crack, crack—"

Su Zhou opened his eyes. The power overflowing from his body immediately found an outlet. Two streaks of flashing electric light shot out from them, shattering a teacup in the room.

As the fragments flew, Su Zhou's aura rose steadily. A spiritual pressure like a tangible substance began to vibrate the surrounding atmosphere, causing the air to emit a low, rumbling sound like thunder!

But soon, he suppressed this sense of advancement, and the spiritual energy vibrations around him returned to calm.

Now was not the time to advance. Advancing now would only attract the official extraordinaries. Although, given his family background, he might not be regarded as an unstable element, it would definitely attract a constant stream of inquiries, wasting his time.

"In a few days, it will be the physical examination."

Only by revealing his extraordinary power during the physical examination test, this 'reasonable and public' process that allows people to show their talents, can he obtain the greatest benefits and be affected the least.

To put it another way, singing loudly on the street might earn you praise from the crowd for your beautiful voice, but you might also be taken away by security guards for disturbing public order.

But if you sing loudly in an opera house, you will not only receive praise, but also be paid. Afterwards, you might even receive official reports and promotions. The fame you can get is vastly different from performing on the street.

Although, it might not develop so badly, but if you want to show your strength, then why not go to the stage?

"I won't hide my strength, carefully avoiding the eyes of the crowd, avoiding my responsibilities."

"What I want is to step onto the big stage called 'the world', and use my power to make the world develop in a better direction—this is the first step."

Raising his hand, Su Zhou gazed at the purple-cyan light of spiritual energy burning in his palm like a flame, surrounded by electric arcs, and he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

Advancement.

Only then, will be the most appropriate time.

December 28, 2014. The Winter Solstice.

Outside the gate of Hongcheng No. 1 High School, several obviously modified special buses were parked. Layers of military-green armor were mounted on the body of the vehicle, which was much larger than an ordinary bus, giving people a feeling of indestructibility.

More than twenty soldiers from two classes guarded both sides, pulling up a cordon to dissuade the surrounding onlookers who wanted to get closer and watch the excitement. Three armored vehicles were parked aside, heavily guarded.

And such a scene appeared next to all forty-two public high schools and academies' affiliated high schools in the city—even across the country, next to every eligible high school.

In the last few days of 2014, the cold wind blew through the streets, but the hearts of all the students who had obtained the physical examination qualification were burning.

Because from this day on, Zheng Country has another important day second only to the Holy Examination Selection Test. It was determined that the 'Spiritual Qi Physical Examination Test', which will be held at the end of each year before the New Year's Day, will become a new topic for all students and parents!

The physical examination is about to begin!