Chapter 156: Chapter 131: Dragon Elephant (2)

’If he keeps developing like this, by the time we face him at the Provincial Examination, just how strong will this guy’s Qi Power be? Could he possibly match Yan Zhen, or even surpass him?’

“Hah!”

Chu Lingguang let out another bellow.

He hoisted the six-hundred-jin Stone Lock over his head in one smooth motion.

Emperor Yue Xuan held his breath. He had previously tried lifting the six-hundred-jin Stone Lock himself. He’d gotten it to his chest, but even after channeling his strength twice, he couldn’t manage to raise it over his head and had been forced to give up.

’Can Chu Lingguang really lift it?’

“HAAA!”

Chu Lingguang took a deep breath, sank his hips two centimeters, and then straightened his arms and back with a powerful thrust.

The six-hundred-jin Stone Lock was successfully raised high above his head.

After three breaths, the Stone Lock hit the ground. Chu Lingguang’s face was flushed red, and he panted heavily.

“Very good.”

Li Dayao was deeply satisfied.

He was well aware of the Martial Arts Examination scores of every student who had entered the academy. Chu Lingguang’s rate of progress gave him hope of leaving a brilliant mark on his own record.

“Hah!”

Li Dayao walked over to the Stone Lock that Qi Shiwei had lifted. With a single hand, he tossed the Stone Lock into the air, and as it fell, he caught it again with that same hand.

Everyone looked as if they’d been struck by lightning, utterly stunned and speechless.

Emperor Yue Xuan stared at Li Dayao’s feet, noticing that they hadn’t sunk into the ground at all. Whether he was tossing the Stone Lock or catching it, Li Dayao’s body didn’t sink even a bit, as if he could stand on snow without breaking the surface.

Chen Jin noticed this as well.

The two of them were both prodigies and often saw things the same way.

Chu Lingguang, however, missed this detail. Seeing Li Dayao toss the six-hundred-and-twenty-jin Stone Lock into the air and catch it so easily, he was simply astounded. ’What a monster,’ he thought.

“Lifting Heavy as Light.”

“Sir, was that the Dragon Elephant Power from your bloodline that you just used?” Hu Yanlin asked.

“That’s right.”

Li Dayao replied with an appreciative look, explaining, “The human body has the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and countless smaller branch meridians. As long as you can awaken any one of the Eight Meridians, you can gain a thousand jin of Qi Power—what we call Dragon Elephant Power.”

“Sir, is the secret skill you’re teaching us today how to awaken the Dragon Elephant Power within our bloodlines?” Gao Yimu asked excitedly.

“Correct. If you can’t awaken the Dragon Elephant Power in your bloodline, then it’s useless even if you’ve completely unblocked all the bloodlines in your body.”

Everyone turned to look at Chu Lingguang. Li Dayao’s words seemed to be aimed at him.

Seeing everyone’s eyes on him, Chu Lingguang asked, a little worried, “Does unblocking all my bloodlines too early affect my ability to awaken my Bloodline Power?”

Hearing this, a frosty look fell over everyone’s faces. They felt that Chu Lingguang was humblebragging.

“No. Awakening your Bloodline Power is on another level entirely. Some people have special bloodlines and can activate their Dragon Elephant Power even if their bloodlines aren’t fully unblocked. Others might have perfectly clear bloodlines but can never awaken their Dragon Elephant Power, because that power simply doesn’t exist within their bloodline to begin with.”

Li Dayao shook his head.

His words indirectly made it clear that Chu Lingguang’s fully unblocked bloodlines gave him no significant advantage when it came to awakening his Bloodline Power. Chen Jin, Emperor Yue Xuan, and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as they had feared being overshadowed by Chu Lingguang in this area as well.

“Sir, please teach us the Skill for awakening our Bloodline Power!” Hu Yanlin bowed and said, unable to wait any longer.

“The Skill is within the Day and Night Breathing Technique. Now, circulate your Qi Power with me.”

Li Dayao immediately began to teach them the Skill for awakening their Bloodline Power.

Everyone followed Li Dayao and began circulating their Qi Power.

Li Dayao had said before that when the Qi within the bloodlines resonates with the bloodlines themselves, it strengthens them. Like a hundred rivers surging, the pain in the bloodlines would vanish, and one’s Qi Power would multiply.

The method to activate one’s Bloodline Power was to use the Day and Night Breathing Technique to make the blood within the bloodlines respond. That response was the Dragon Elephant Power.

The literal meaning was clear and concise.

But after mulling it over, Chu Lingguang found it all to be a muddled mess. He could only follow the others for now, circulating his Qi Power using the Day and Night Breathing Technique.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

Day after day, Li Dayao led the nine students in their attempts to activate their Dragon Elephant Power.

“When you can feel your bloodlines responding to your call, that is the moment your Dragon Elephant Power activates. A single casual punch will have an additional two to three hundred jin of force on top of your existing Qi Power.”

Li Dayao reminded them.

As the students sat cross-legged circulating their Qi Power, he closely watched each of them for any signs of progress.

He was obviously paying special attention to Chu Lingguang.

Over the past three days, Chu Lingguang had been diligent and hardworking. He spent all his time cultivating, aside from eating and sleeping, trying to awaken his Dragon Elephant Power. Li Dayao was very pleased with his attitude.

“Mr. Li, Mr. Liu told me to come in and practice with you.”

Just then, Yan Chengdu appeared at the courtyard gate. He had clearly unblocked one of his bloodlines, earning him the right to train in the Inner Courtyard.

Li Dayao casually pointed to a spot and had him sit down and circulate his Qi Power with the others.

Three days.

Some made rapid progress.

Some progressed bit by bit.

And some made no progress at all.

WHOOSH!

The Qi in Chu Lingguang’s body roared like a hundred rivers. After three days, there was still no sign of his bloodline awakening. However, during the Hundred Rivers Operation, the pain in his bloodlines was significantly reduced.

He hadn’t found the point of resonance between his Qi and his bloodlines, but after shutting out all distractions and circulating the Qi Power in his bloodlines with complete abandon, he finally made a little progress. He discovered that by circulating his Qi Power with a specific rhythm, he could nourish his bloodlines.

However, the strengthening Li Dayao spoke of came from the resonance between Qi and bloodlines, which would produce a strengthening effect anytime one channeled their Qi Power.

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