Before they parted, Lin Chuan gave Meng Chao two chains made from the vertebrae of a Grade Five superbeast, the Multi-headed Fire Lizard, and dozens of special alloys.
Meng Chao knew his stuff. He knew that the Multi-headed Fire Lizard's vertebrae alone were worth an astronomical price in the market. Besides, Lin Chuan had hired skilled craftsmen to carve hundreds of runic symbols on them after they fused the special alloys together, which gave them the characteristics of being tough and flexible. They could also stretch and contract at will. They were much sturdier than normal metal chains.
When he combined the two chains with Surging Lightning, Meng Chao's attack range instantly increased by five times, and he could bring out the nimbleness of the Ultimate Style. If he could not win, he could run.
His gratitude toward Lin Chuan could not be expressed in words.
But Lin Chuan laughed and said that he could tell that Meng Chao's future achievements would definitely be above his. At that time, no matter how Meng Chao wanted to repay him, he would definitely thicken his skin and accept it.
But Lin Chuan also said that weapons were external objects. The most important thing for superhumans to cultivate was their understanding toward spirit energy.
"The greatest difference between spirit energy and the heat, electricity, and nuclear energy on Earth is that it … has emotions and even souls."
On the last day, Lin Chuan and Meng Chao practiced how to execute Thousand Moon Slash while holding the chain sabers in the wild.
Meng Chao spent five thousand contribution points extravagantly to increase his Skillfulness and imitated each of Lin Chuan's actions perfectly.
Lin Chuan was amazed by his comprehension. He said that he had nothing else to teach him in terms of skills, but Heaven Realm superhumans could not reach the level of a superhuman just by thinking about skills. They also needed to search for a unique emotion and resonate with the spirit energy in their bodies and the world.
"There's a saying that spirit energy is the soul flames of countless powerful intelligent lifeforms during ancient times."
Lin Chuan spread his palm, and a burning spirit flame gushed out of it. He stared at it dumbly and mumbled, "Imagine this. We call this the Other World. It's a planet with hundreds of times more resources than Earth. Millions or tens of millions of years ago, there were incredibly powerful intelligent lifeforms and the super civilization they created.
"Due to some mysterious reason, the super civilization was destroyed. All intelligent life forms died, and the only things left behind were their unwilling brainwaves and vitality magnetic fields before they died. Due to the unique structure of the planet, or perhaps … for some other reason that we cannot understand, they were eternally preserved or imprisoned on the planet, and they became the spirit energy we know today."
Meng Chao was attracted by his rather stern expression. He thought about his words carefully and shuddered.
Lin Chuan laughed and put away his spirit flames. "Of course, this is just a hypothesis. Just what is the essence of spirit energy? Why does the Other World have spirit energy but Earth doesn't? And even though Earth doesn't have spirit energy, we, who are Earthlings, actually have organs from ancient times that can absorb and cultivate spirit energy in our bodies? Who knows the real answer to these unsolved mysteries?
"However, no matter what the nature of psionic energy is, one thing is certain. It can resonate with the strongest emotions of humans.
"If you're satisfied with your current realm and follow Mr. Gu's guidance and use the Ultimate Style to continuously refine your 1,024 branch meridians, it'll be enough.
"If you want to continue moving forward on the path of a superhuman and reach Heaven Realm or even higher life forms, you must find your strongest emotions.
"Take me for example. My strongest emotion is sadness, because I've seen too many of my comrades fall by my side. Their deaths are usually brutal and tragic, and I feel like I'm carrying their fates while I move forward. That's why when I fight, I can't help but cry. That's the only way I can release my strongest power.
"Of course, I'm not saying that you have to remember the most tragic deaths of your comrades while you fight and cry. After all, without my looks, crying while fighting is pretty ugly."
His words made Meng Chao laugh again.
Lin Chuan laughed as well. Once he was done, he continued, "The seven emotions and six desires, happiness, anger, sorrow, and all sorts of extreme emotions and desires can resonate with spirit energy and increase your strength endlessly.
"The path of cultivation is long. Just which emotion can stimulate your fighting spirit the most? You'll have to slowly explore it yourself!"
Meng Chao could tell that Lin Chuan was bidding him farewell, and he could not help but ask, "Big Brother Lin, are you leaving tomorrow?"
"That's right. I've been recuperating in Shattered Starlake for a month, and my bones are itching. It's time for me to go back to Graveyard Forest and move around."
Lin Chuan thought about it and said, "I was supposed to bring you to the perimeter of Graveyard Forest so that you could fight a few times in real combat so that you could become familiar with Thousand Moon Slash and your chain saber, but the mission I received this time is to go into the depths of Graveyard Forest. It might be near Raging Waves, but it might also be underground. It's too dangerous, and it's not suitable for a boy in Spirit Tattoo Realm like you. So, when I come back, I'll definitely fight with you next time!"
"Big Brother Lin, I don't mind, but you're working too hard, aren't you?"
When Meng Chao heard the word "dangerous", he could not help but frown. "Everyone calls you Desperate Saber and says that you stay in the wild for at least two hundred days a year. Many of the people at the peak of Heaven Realm don't train and fight as crazily as you.
"This time, you fought against a Multi-headed Fire Lizard and were badly injured. I heard from Ms. Li that your heart stopped beating for a total of three minutes! But you've only recovered for a short period of time, and now, you're going to return to the most dangerous battlefield. Is there a need for that? "
"Of course there's a need for it. Poor kids like us who come from public renting houses don't have families supporting us, and we don't have a good foundation since we were young. If we don't work hard, how are we supposed to step on the shoulders of the rich and stand out?" Lin Chuan smiled in an unconcerned manner and patted Meng Chao's shoulder.
"Young Meng, thank you for your good will. I know that you really care about me, but I'm used to living in the wild, and I don't like life in Dragon City. Every time I return to Dragon City, which is bustling with people and has bright lights, I feel empty and cold, even when I'm in a crowded market or at a cocktail party. When I look up, I see my dead comrades. They've been torn to pieces before they died, and they look so horrible that I can't bear to look at them. They stare at me as if they're asking why I can live and enjoy life when they're all dead?
"Instead, it's when I'm in the depths of the wild and listen to the monsters' howls while lying in a stinking swamp that I can have a good night's sleep. The souls of my dead comrades also become my protectors. They help me continue walking down the path of a superhuman that is filled with bloodshed without even looking back."
Meng Chao frowned a little and asked hesitantly, "Big Brother Lin, have you ever thought that this is actually … some sort of mental illness? PTSD, battlefield syndrome, or something like that?"
"Superhumans use rampaging spirit energy to continuously stimulate the brain so that the normal brain can produce all sorts of abnormal superpowers. Based on this angle, all superhumans have mental illnesses, and the higher their cultivation realm, the worse their mental illnesses are," Meng Chao said.
Lin Chuan tapped the center of his eyebrows and smiled. "Of course I know that I'm sick. That's why I cry every time I fight. What about you? What's your mental illness?"
Meng Chao found himself speechless for a moment.
Lin Chuan laughed and said, "Alright, Little Meng, I'll listen to you. Once this mission is over, I'll definitely go back to Dragon City and rest for a few months. At that time, I'll go with you to visit my homeroom teacher and language teacher in the elementary school. We'll also go eat the lizard skewers that Old Wang fried. But don't tell him beforehand. He'll have to queue up with the elementary school students.
"It's a deal!"
Meng Chao immediately said. Then, he thought about it and asked uneasily, "Do you really have to go on this mission? I feel that the damage of saying that I'll go back to my hometown to visit my homeroom teacher in the elementary school after this mission is about the same as saying that I'll go back to my hometown to get married after this mission is over. They're both forbidden phrases. "
"Damn it. Are you cursing me?"
Lin Chuan kicked Meng Chao.
This melancholic handsome man who was popular with thousands of girls and the Weeping Reaper was becoming more and more unrestrained in front of Meng Chao.
Once he finished kicking Meng Chao, Lin Chuan explained seriously, "I have to go on this mission. I accepted a contract from Sky Pillar Corporation to be their guide for their exploration team."
"Sky Pillar Corporation?" Meng Chao sucked in a sharp breath.
Sky Pillar Corporation was a mega corporation that had existed before the Survival Committee was formed. It started out as a mining and energy company, and its business spanned the research and development of cutting-edge machines and the creation of firearms. It lived up to its name as a giant.
During the dark era when viruses mutated, zombies ran amok, monsters appeared, and order was broken, Sky Pillar Corporation rose to power. It provided a small shelter for the citizens in despair and contributed greatly to the formation of the Survival Committee.
Over the decades, Sky Pillar Corporation discovered dozens of crystal mines one after another, and they provided a sturdy foundation for runic symbol technology and the spirit energy cultivation system to be continuously perfected.
If Meng Chao accepted a contract from such a giant, the reward would definitely be very high.
"I've always had a dream, and that is to completely renovate Blessed Happiness Street Elementary School. I want to provide the children with the best cultivation resources and the best cultivation facilities. I also want to hire ace lecturers and experienced fighters to build a good foundation for the children." Why is it that poor children like us can only read dry textbooks in a dilapidated teaching building and imagine just what amazing martial arts are like? But when the rich children are born, they have superbeast blood to bathe in and superbrains to create virtual systems to cultivate. They've left us far behind from the starting line? "
Lin Chuan's eyes sparkled. He felt as if he could see the children in Blessed Happiness Street Elementary School eating nutritious lunches filled with spirit energy in the bright and clean teaching building. They were also meditating in the crystalline, high-end cultivation cabins. He smiled and mumbled, "If I want to realize this dream, I'll naturally need to spend a lot of money. That's why I've been fighting madly over the years and risking my life to accumulate money. Now, with the high reward from this mission, I'll have enough money.
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