The enlarged wisdom skull bone grew once again, enveloping Tang San’s head like a great helmet, then slowly contracted again.
As it approached Tang San’s head, the entire skull bone had already become illusory, and quietly merged into Tang San’s head.
Right now, Tang San was submerged in a clear cold ocean, no longer feeling anything in his surroundings, as if his body and soul were stripped apart, to the extent that he couldn’t even feel the stabbing pain in his eyes any more.
Blue light spiralled overhead, continuing for a full three days. To Tang San, these three days passed in only the blink of an eye.
And Tang Hao stood calmly at his side the whole time for three days. Besides keeping his senses on his son, his gaze was always focused on the waterfall on the other side of the pool, day as night.
Opening his eyes, Tang San’s first sensation was that everything around him had changed.
All colors had become a level more vibrant, and he could even see each and every minute speck of energy floating in the air, everything around him seemed to be formed from all kinds of grains. Tang San was shocked to discover that his Purple Demon Eye seemed to have advanced to the peak of the third, Mustard Seed, level.
The distance to breaking through to the final stage, Boundless, was only a single step.
With the cool eye of a bystander, Tang Hao clearly saw how that deep blue light at the corners of his son’s eyes abruptly grew stronger after he opened his eyes. Along with his attentive gaze, suddenly, two rays of deep blue light shot out of Tang San’s eyes.
It no longer had the previous purple gold light of the Purple Demon Eye, however, those two deep blue rays of light didn’t only shoot out a chi or so like before, but rather continued perfectly straight, stretching across several dozen meters, directly entering the surface of the pool.
Tang Hao saw it, but Tang San felt it. He suddenly discovered that his eyes directly saw everything below the water surface, he could even instantly count the number of scales on the fish swimming around.
His mind was unprecedentedly incisive. Tang San raised his head, his gaze moving to the side. In that instant, the deep blue light in his eyes abruptly grew richer. The light from his eyes fell on an enormous boulder at his side, and a loud explosion resounded.
That boulder was unexpectedly turned into fine powder in an instant by the blue light in his eyes.
Watching this scene, even Tang Hao couldn’t help his pupils contracting violently.
This was the ability the spirit bone contained.
The ability that would arise after a spirit bone affected a Spirit Master would admittedly be related to the capabilities of the spirit beast the spirit bone came from, but at the same time it would also be related to the Spirit Master’s own capabilities.
Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye was undoubtedly exceptionally formidable, and this mind condensing spirit skull bone’s ability automatically affected it.
Part 3 (TL by Bagelson)
The meeting of two powers immediately made this ability even more unprecedentedly terrifying.
Tang San’s later description of this ability was: Seeing through all living things in the world, extinguishing all injustice. Its name: Purple God Light[2].
Issuing a Purple God Light, Tang San’s first action wasn’t to be excited, but rather to calculate just how big the destructive power of this Purple God Light actually was. This was something he wouldn’t have noticed before, but right now his brain promptly calculated it automatically, everything happening so naturally and casually.
The thought of calculating it had only just flashed through his mind, when Tang San immediately had an assessment based on the situation of the boulder’s destruction and the marks left on the ground. He judged that the Purple God Light shooting from his eyes was a kind of point piercing attack. As a result of its attack power being focused, the resulting singular destructive force was especially frightening. Moreover, he discovered that the strength of the Purple God Light was related to his spiritual force output.
When he watched the pool just now, he hadn’t launched the attack effect, and his spiritual force consumption was exceptionally slow. But the instant he shifted the light in his eyes to attack that boulder, his spiritual force had immediately seemed to gush out. But his spirit power consumption was on the contrary very small. In other words, this ability should rely mainly on spiritual force output, the larger the spiritual force output, the more powerful the effect of its attack.
While understanding this, Tang San noticed that compared to before, his spiritual force was more than a hundred times greater. The originally intangible and formless spiritual power had now condensed into a river within his mind, flickering faintly silvery as it flowed. Where it passed, it illuminated everything within his mind, allowing Tang San to see even more.
Since Purple God Light’s attack power was related to his spiritual force, then it seemed he should start to cultivate his spiritual force.
Grandmaster previously taught Tang San the method to cultivate spiritual force, only at that time Tang San had mainly relied on Mysterious Heaven Skill’s cultivation. It seemed to him that spiritual force was just something illusory, and not necessarily particularly useful. But now he suddenly realized that the function of spiritual force was in no way small, and in some sense, even no smaller than that of his spirit power.
The more formidable the Spirit Master, the greater the pressure he gave people, but where did this pressure come from? There was admittedly release of spirit power, but at the same time there was a mental pressure. This was the effect of spiritual force. Even more, right now his Purple God Light required the backing of spiritual force. With this ability that didn’t particularly consume spirit power, but still had tremendous firepower, to Tang San, it was like a tiger that had grown wings.
Suddenly, Tang San was shocked. He discovered that after shooting only one Purple Divine Light, he had unexpectedly thought of so much. And moreover, everything was very reasonable, as if all he thought of were facts. ‘Wisdom skull bone, is this the wisdom it accords me?’
No wonder, no wonder each Spirit Master would thirst for spirit bones like that. Tang San inwardly sighed in praise, At that time he obtained the external spirit bone Eight Spider Lances when absorbing a spirit ring, and afterwards, the Eight Spider Lances had also been enormously useful. But despite this, obtaining the Eight Spider Lances were far from the great attack the wisdom skull bone had given Tang San now.
This wisdom skull bone practically opened another door for Tang San as Spirit Master. The benefits it gave him were in no way as simple as only the Purple God Light.
Tang Hao stood to the side without speaking. By Tang San’s pondering expression he could see that his son was currently experiencing the new things he had received. To him, this moment was extremely important. Tang Hao could also faintly guess what the wisdom skull bone had given Tang San. Therefore, this moment of reflection seemed especially valuable.
After a long time, Tang San gradually returned from his thoughts. His gaze turning to his father next to him, he discovered that when he didn’t use his eyes to see, the intangible spiritual force distributed from his mind had already locked onto his father’s position. Even more shocking to Tang San was that the spiritual force in his mind didn’t require meticulous control to move, it slowly recovered automatically.
But this spiritual force was unrelated to the outside world, it was completely condensed by himself. Grandmaster once said that peoples’ mental world was the most miraculous place. Nobody understood where spiritual force came from. On the surface it seemed to be illusory, but it really did exist. The more formidable spiritual power a Spirit Master had, the more formidable he was.
What Tang San didn’t know was that Tang Hao was also inwardly shocked right now. Shocked because of the intensity of his spiritual force. Tang Hao discovered that the spiritual force Tang San possessed right now, was unexpectedly close to the level of ordinary Spirit Douluo
. He understood that this wasn’t something that could be caused by the effect of a mind condensing wisdom bone.
That spirit bone could admittedly increase Tang San’s spiritual force, and moreover let him understand the subtleties of his mental world, but its effect should in no way be so powerful.
In fact, the wisdom skull bone was more like a key to Tang San, it was this key that opened the gates to his spiritual world.
Ever since childhood, Tang San had every day faced the morning sun to cultivate Purple Demon Eye, but what he didn’t know was that he wasn’t only cultivating his vision, but simultaneously also forging his spiritual force. Only, that kind of cultivation was always hidden within his mind without emerging. Right now, under the effect of the wisdom skull bone, Tang San’s years of cultivation connected in a flash of understanding, the gates of his spiritual world opening wide, advancing by leaps and bounds.
Of course, only Tang San’s spiritual level had promoted to the Spirit Douluo boundary. That didn’t mean that his Purple God Light could reach the Spirit Douluo level. All this depended on the circumstances of his future spiritual force promotion, as well as the amount of spiritual force he could output when using the Purple God Light.
Tang San slowly withdrew his mind, watching his father.
Tang Hao stepped in front of him,
“You’ve been absorbing for three days. Judging by the circumstances of your body and the time spent, the originator of this spirit bone should have been a spirit beast over sixty thousand years. Your luck is quite good. I think, if not for my appearance, perhaps Spirit Hall would have moved against you in secret. This spirit bone should also be top ranked even in Spirit Hall.”
“Three days?”
Tang San was shocked,
“Dad, then you haven’t rested for three days.”
Tang Hao waved his hand at Tang San,
“That’s not important. Your special training will begin now.”
As his words fell, Tang Hao raised his hands and slapped Tang San’s shoulders and chest once each. Three streams of heat flowed down, and Tang San only felt his whole body go limp. In practically an instant, his dantian[3] was wrapped up by a scalding heat. With his present spiritual force, he unexpectedly didn’t sense a trace of his spirit power.
“Dad, this is……”
Tang Hao indifferently said:
“From now on, you won’t need spirit power. I’ve temporarily sealed it to help you advance your special training. Remember, you’re also not allowed to use the strength of the spirit bone. I’m not sealing your spirit power because I don’t trust you, but rather because in the special training I’ll give you, it’s very easy to unintentionally draw out spirit power.”
Flicking his wrist, a forging hammer immediately appeared in Tang Hao’s hand. Its surface was covered in pits and traces of rust, exactly the same as the one Tang San used at home.
“Take it.”
Tang San took the forging hammer, looking somewhat nonplussed at his father.
Tang Hao pointed to the waterfall on the other side of the pool,
“Go there. Under the waterfall is a bulging round rock, stand on it, and practice the hammer method I taught you.”
“Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Method?”
Tang San couldn’t keep his gaze from turning to the waterfall.
Tang Hao nodded.
“When you can complete nine times nine, eighty one swings, and moreover without the slightest disorder, the first stage of the special training will be over. Go.”
While speaking, Tang Hao walked over in front of the rock without taking his leave. Without taking any posture, his fist blasted out, a loud explosion followed, and in the mountain wall immediately formed a three meter deep cave. Tang Hao swung his sleeve, blowing away the dust, then walked in to sit cross legged inside, without saying anything else to Tang San.
Looking at his father, then again at that familiar forging hammer in his hand, Tang San’s eyes immediately displayed an unwavering determination. With a splash, he leapt into the pool and swam towards the waterfall with the forging hammer.
The Clear Sky School’s traditional cultivation method would officially start from today.
……
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
In the three days since her return to the school, Ning Rongrong always had a worried frown. She didn’t know how she should explain the school rules to Oscar.
Ning Fengzhi valued Oscar extremely highly. A food system Spirit Master who had already reached the fortieth rank at only sixteen, how couldn’t he be valued? On the way back, Ning Fengzhi had already expressed to Oscar that the school would cultivate him with all its strength. If he needed anything he should say so.
Oscar also didn’t say much. To him, as long as he could be together with Ning Rongrong, that was enough.
Nightfall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School gradually grew still.
Ning Rongrong was just pondering her burden, when suddenly, a light knock sounded from the window frame.
“Who?”
Ning Rongrong vigilantly stood up.
“It’s me.”
Oscar’s voice came from outside.
Ning Rongrong drew a deep breath, a resolute light displayed in her eyes. She had resolved that, no matter what, she would tell Oscar today. Brief pain was better than prolonged ache, if she delayed further, it would only hurt Oscar more.
Thinking so, she opened her bedroom door and let Oscar inside.
Ning Rongrong’s room was entirely pink, a very comforting room for a somewhat immature girl.
This wasn’t Oscar’s first time here, but whenever he came to Ning Rongrong’s room, he couldn’t hold back a somewhat blood boiling feeling.
* * *
[1] Not related to spirits, but in the vein of the mental attacks Tang San uses with Purple Demon Eye. Near-synonyms are “mind”, “mental”, “psyche”, which may end up being used interchangeably.
[2] (紫极神光) “Purple Extreme Divine Light”, compare to Purple Demon Eye’s “Purple Extreme Demon Pupil”
[3] The place where the qi resides, located a couple of fingers below the navel.
Chapter 132: Eighty One Swings
Part 1 (TL by Bagelson)
“Rongrong. What are you doing?”
Oscar closed the door in passing.
Ning Rongrong turned and walked inside. The present Oscar was more mindful about his appearance than before. He was clean shaven, his hair also combed neatly, wearing the pale gold Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School standard clothes, setting off his handsome features even more.
Especially those big eyes that made even girls jealous, made Ning Rongrong even more afraid to meet his eyes.
Catching up to Ning Rongrong in a few steps, Oscar pulled out something from his chest and placed it on the desk.
“Just now on the way past, I saw that your lights were still lit and came over. Why aren’t you resting this late?”
Ning Rongrong had her back to Oscar, saying:
“I’ll sleep soon.”
After Oscar joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Fengzhi had let him directly join the inner sect. In fact, the absolute majority of the inner sect were the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School’s directly related disciples, only especially outstanding outsider Spirit Masters could enter.
As Ning Fengzhi declared in front of all the sect that Oscar would directly enter the inner sect, he didn’t know how many jealous and envious gazes fell on him.
“Afterwards when you can’t always stay up late like this. It’s no good to the body, and it will make you age prematurely.”
Oscar teased.
Ning Rongrong said:
“I’m fourteen, where am I old?”
Hearing her voice, Oscar couldn’t help looking distracted. Ning Rongrong hadn’t spoken to him like this in a very long time. It sounded like her mood was somewhat amiss today.
“Rongrong, what’s going on? Are you
ill?”
Oscar asked in a low voice.
Ning Rongrong didn’t answer. Originally she had already drummed up enough courage, but as she saw Oscar, for some reason the courage in her heart shrunk. When it finally reached her mouth, she was unable to say it.
Seeing that Ning Rongrong didn’t speak up, Oscar couldn’t help frowning. Sighing lightly, he said:
“Then I’ll return first. Rest early. I brought this for you to eat, eat it and then sleep. It’s a pastry good for digestion.”
Raising his hand to touch Ning Rongrong’s long hair, but in the end still restrained himself. He reluctantly glanced at Ning Rongrong’s beautiful figure from the back, then turned to leave.
As Ning Rongrong heard Oscar say that he had brought her food, she could no longer hold back the tears in her eyes.
“Oscar.”
She suddenly cried out.
Oscar started and halted. When he just turned around, a fragrant wind hit him in the face, as Ning Rongrong leapt into his arms like a swallow, rushing fiercely into his embrace. Holding tightly to his waist.
After a brief shock, Oscar gradually reacted. Even though Ning Rongrong had already agreed to go out with him, over these days, they had never been as close as now.
The soft jade tender fragrance filled his arms, that kind of feeling was so pleasurable it was difficult to describe. Turning his hands to hold on to Ning Rongrong, Oscar’s pulse sped up uncontrollably.
A man and woman alone in a room, the beautiful woman throwing herself into his embrace.
Oscar was no gentleman, all sorts of fantastic thoughts rose in his heart.
However, very quickly he felt something was wrong. Because Ning Rongrong’s tender body was twitching slightly in his arms.
His chest gradually grew moist.
“Rongrong, what’s wrong?”
Oscar asked somewhat regretfully. One hand gently caressing Ning Rongrong’s satiny long hair, he quietly asked.
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