After a short while, the toad hopped into the cave and disappeared. Lu Dangfeng stood up slowly and walked in front of Lu Sheng.
"Alright, come and do it with me. The Protectors have already forgiven you for being rude. As long as you prepare enough gifts in the future, they will also help you solve the problem of being leaked. "
"Okay." Lu Sheng didn't understand, but he nodded just like Lu Chong did.
He stood up and knelt back down in front of the candle just like Lu Dangfeng. He copied his every move, and repeated Lu Dangfeng's every word.
He didn't know what it meant, and Lu Dangfeng didn't explain, so Lu Sheng simply memorized the syllables.
Sentence after sentence, action after action. After another hour or so, the candle finally burned out.
The ceremony was finally over.
"You've worked hard … You did well this time." Lu Dangfeng smiled. His eldest son's performance this time was highly praised by the Protectors. He was in a good mood as well.
Lu Sheng didn't know what he did well. Perhaps it was because he said all the syllables exactly like Lu Dangfeng, and that was good?
After the ceremony, Lu Dangfeng and Lu Sheng bowed to the elders and took their leave. Then, the two of them left Liancao Hall.
"Walk with me," Lu Dangfeng said softly.
"Okay …" Lu Sheng nodded. He was also very curious about this mysterious master of Purple Smoke Villa. He didn't know what those mysterious black shadows that appeared before were. Even he couldn't figure out what those strange shadows were.
The father and son walked slowly on the garden path in the villa. Lu Dangfeng seemed to have opened a chatterbox. He immediately sighed and began talking about the ceremony.
"I thought you had no hope of mastering the Spirit Gathering Ceremony … Now it seems that I was wrong. Your talent is better than I thought. The Protectors are very satisfied with you, and the ceremony was very successful. They promised to help you once in the future if there's trouble. The seal we're guarding will be safer. "
"Father, what's going on?" Lu Sheng did not find any secret information about this from Lu Chong's memories. Clearly, this was something that he had only just begun to learn.
Lu Dangfeng smiled. "It's not a big deal. Since ancient times, our Purple Smoke Villa has been guarding an extremely terrifying, powerful, and evil seal. Only the guardians, who are also supreme existences, can resist this seal. In order to prevent the seal from being broken, we mortals came up with a few ways to ask the guardians to help us fight against the evil spirits that occasionally sneak out of the seal. This is the origin of the so-called ritual. "
"Why us?" Lu Sheng asked again.
"I don't know. This is a rule passed down by our ancestors. No one can break it, and no one can doubt it. Only our race is suitable to communicate with the Protectors. No one else can, "Lu Dangfeng explained.
"What kind of existence are the Guardians?" Lu Sheng asked with a frown.
"They are the spirits of nature, the saints of the shadows. I don't know what kind of existence they are exactly. But that's what my father, my grandfather, told me. Just listen to it. If you're really curious, you can practice the Spirit-Gathering Ritual passed down in your family to the peak. Maybe you can communicate with the Protectors and understand the situation. " Lu Dangfeng shook his head with a smile.
"Every once in a while, some evil spirits will escape from the seal. Without the Protectors, our villa will be the first to be slaughtered. We've guarded the seal for too long. Once they escape, we'll be the first ones to seek revenge. This is why I accepted this mission. "Lu Dangfeng smiled bitterly." Don't even think about escaping. It's useless no matter how far you run. Our ancestors have tried this a long time ago. "
"So, the purpose of the Spirit-Gathering Ritual is to communicate with the Protectors?" Lu Sheng asked again.
"You can say that. This ritual includes hand gestures, incantations, formation patterns, and many items needed for the ritual. Let me tell you about it first." Lu Dangfeng began to explain the so-called Spirit-Gathering Ritual to Lu Sheng.
The two of them were in the garden, so they weren't afraid of being eavesdropped. Even if someone did, it wouldn't be very useful. Only people with their constitutions could use this secret art. It would be meaningless for others to take it.
After some understanding, Lu Sheng roughly understood what this Spirit-Gathering Ritual was.
The Spirit-Gathering Ritual was divided into three parts: Yin, Yang, and Positive.
Yin was the preparation part, which included preparing materials, formation patterns, weaving hand gestures, incantations, choosing the target to communicate with, and so on. These were all very important, especially when choosing the target. One had to be careful. The chosen Protector was similar to the gods in the legends Lu Sheng had learned about on Earth. It had to be powerful enough. Otherwise, when faced with the evil spirits that escaped, the guardians might be defeated instead.
However, the difference between a Protector and a god was that a Protector was temporarily hired. One ritual could only establish a relationship with one Protector. The Protector that could be encountered each time might not be the same. This was purely random. This meant that a Protector that was strong enough had to be chosen during the ritual to deal with the evil spirits that escaped the seal.
This was the first part, Yin.
The second part was the Positive, which was the start of the formal ritual. Different Protectors had to be worshipped with specific gifts, and at the same time, they had to cater to their preferences and so on. They had to sing their praises, praise them, and flatter them. They had to offer gifts and then establish a contract. Only then would they be able to deal with trouble.
The third part was the Positive, which was the actual process of dealing with the evil spirits.
This part was relatively simple. One only had to learn a set of hand gestures and incantations to communicate with the Protector.
The entire Spirit-Gathering Ritual had to be learned in three parts: Yin, Positive, and Positive. These three parts were the complete inheritance of Purple Smoke Villa.
Lu Dangfeng didn't hold back at all, explaining the details to Lu Sheng one by one. He took out a prepared book from his sleeve and handed it to Lu Sheng for him to study and memorize.
With Lu Sheng's vast knowledge and experience, he understood the routine of this so-called Spirit Gathering Ceremony with just a quick glance.
Apart from the slightly technical gestures and formation patterns in the Yin part, the rest was very simple.
"This is purely a complicated use of the Soul and Mental Energy. I didn't expect the use of spiritual power in this world to be at such a high level. "Lu Sheng could see many complicated and profound things contained in the hand gestures.
After leaving Lu Dangfeng, he returned to the courtyard alone and carefully studied the Yin part of the book.
With the foundation of a Divine Lord, it only took him an hour to completely grasp the so-called Spirit-Gathering Ritual. He also believed that, compared to the pitiful spiritual power of Lu Dangfeng and the other elders, his spiritual power alone was hundreds of times more than theirs.
In the process of studying the Yin part, Lu Sheng discovered another amazing thing.
He discovered that Lu Chong's physical body was exactly the same as his original body when he was a mortal! Furthermore, his Soul Force could move in and out of this body without any hindrance. He had a feeling that there might be some great secret hidden within.
As he studied the Spirit-Gathering Ritual, time flew by. In the blink of an eye, more than a year had passed.
Lu Sheng had basically completely grasped the entire Spirit-Gathering Ritual. To him, it was nothing more than some use of his spiritual power. For his Divine Lord-level spiritual power, this was child's play.
During this period of time, he also began to officially start the physical training process again. This extremely weak physical body was simply too much for him to bear.
Starting from the very beginning, it was as if he had returned to the days when he was in Nine Links City.
However, what Lu Sheng practiced was not the martial arts from his memory, but the Upper Forest Sword Technique that was passed down in the Lu Family.
This sword technique looked crude, but it was actually quite extraordinary. With Lu Sheng's near-Grandmaster-level knowledge, he could see that it contained considerable combat power.
Moreover, this body already had a very deep memory of the Upper Forest Sword Technique, so he decided to use it as a beginner.
This was because he tried many times, but his Yang Essence could not be used on this body. It seemed to be completely caused by the different rules. If he completely unleashed his Yang Essence, the power would still be there, but it would instantly destroy this weak body.
Fortunately, a Divine Lord's spiritual power was already at the microscopic level, and even had the preliminary ability to deceive reality. It could stimulate the potential of the cells to the maximum, stimulate the internal organs, and digest food, turning it into Essence Qi and physical strength that fit the rules of this world, strengthening the physical body.
In just a little more than a year, Lu Sheng's body had grown a lot stronger. From a skinny young master, he quickly became a muscular man with a face full of muscles.
Boom!!
"Upper Forest Sword Technique, Young Swallow Pierces the Forest!"
Lu Sheng's sword smashed through a three-meter-tall rock in front of him. Large pieces of rock flew everywhere, and the muscles on his arms bulged with veins.
He panted heavily as he pulled the thick black sword that weighed more than four hundred kilograms out of the ground.
The Lu Family soldiers, as well as Lu Quan and Lu Zhenling's two younger brothers and sisters, stood around them, dumbfounded.
All of them stared at Lu Sheng, who was practicing with his sword.
"Young Swallow Pierces the Forest …"
"You call that a f * cking swallow? Is Young Master messing with us?? "
The group of family soldiers looked at the wooden dummy sword target in front of them, and then looked at the large green stone that was smashed to pieces. They were all speechless.
"We're both practicing with the sword …" Lu Quan looked at the thin sword in his hand, then at the thick black sword in his eldest brother's hand. A wave of emotions surged in his heart, but he couldn't release them. He had an urge to curse, but he didn't know where to start …
Big Brother went to find Dad, saying that he wanted to train hard in martial arts and Upper Forest Sword Technique, but Dad didn't listen.
Who would've thought that in such a short time … he would reach this level …
Lu Quan glanced at his eldest brother's arm, which was thicker than his thigh, and couldn't help but twitch.
Lu Sheng threw the huge sword aside, took the towel the servant girl handed him, and wiped the sweat off his body.
"Weaklings!!" He looked around, and roared at the soldiers not far away. "Look at your swords! They're as thin as chopsticks. Men should use these! "
"Whoosh!"
He grabbed the stone mill on the ground to his right. He lifted the bathtub-sized stone mill with one hand, and his fingers dug deep into the edge of the stone, leaving fingerprints.
He waved it casually, and the stone mill made a terrifying and heavy whistling sound.
The soldiers, who used to be strong, stared blankly at their Young Master as he demonstrated the true meaning of "men are muscles."
Ever since Lu Sheng suddenly defeated the general in charge of training the soldiers in the villa a few days ago, he took over the task of training the soldiers.
That was how this morning's morning training turned out to be like this.
Lu Sheng looked at the soldiers who had been subdued by him, and his two brothers and sisters. After figuring out all of Lu Chong's wishes, he began to fulfill them one by one.
Lu Chong's biggest wish was to protect the villa. He didn't want his father, Lu Dangfeng, to die young because of the ceremony. Secondly, he hoped that his other relatives in the villa would be safe.
Lu Sheng couldn't possibly stay here to protect everyone, so he began to train the soldiers to improve their strength and achieve the goal of protection.
He completely changed the Upper Forest Sword Style, which was originally just a fancy sword style, into a special muscular sword. Using his spirit to train it, it only took him a little more than a year to reach the terrifying level of Bind with Single Vein.
He had long since figured out that the so-called Spirit Gathering Ceremony could only be used by the Lu Family. It wasn't some random physical problem, but that the Lu Family was born with extremely strong spirit power.
That was why he modified the Upper Forest Sword Style, and made it have a preliminary effect of training the spirit. He was also prepared to teach this modified sword style to the others in the villa. That way, it would be easy to gather everyone's strength during the ceremony, share the burden, and help the Lu Family escape from this whirlpool.
As for the other effects, they were just out of interest. Lu Sheng had always believed that strength was everything, and muscles represented strength. In his aesthetic view, the harder, the stronger, and the more muscular it was, the better!
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