Chapter 110: The General-tier is divided into Heaven and Earth, and also into Dragon and Tiger

Once Li Luo successfully broke through to the Resonance Master stage and refined his second acquired resonance, he devoted his energy to the study of resonance arts during the two-day period of weakness that followed.

Generally speaking, as one’s resonance power level reaches the Resonance Master stage, those with decent natural conditions will gradually begin to come into contact with those General-tier resonance arts that were previously out of their reach; the power of such resonance arts far exceeds that of the entry-level ones from before.

There is a saying: the General-tier is divided into Heaven and Earth, and also into Dragon and Tiger.

The meaning of Heaven and Earth refers to the Heaven-Stellar and Earth-Fiend, which are the two resonance power realms of the General-tier, while the so-called Dragon and Tiger refer to the classification of General-tier resonance arts.

The upper is the Dragon-tier resonance art, and the lower is the Tiger-tier resonance art.

Hence, they are also known as Dragon-General Arts and Tiger-General Arts.

The General-tier resonance arts that a Resonance Master can come into contact with are mostly Tiger-General Arts, while Dragon-General Arts can only have their full power unleashed after one truly steps into the General-tier.

According to Li Luo’s estimation, the "Luminous Sky-Flow Arrow" he used to defeat Shi Kong previously, in terms of piercing lethality, had barely reached the level of an ordinary Tiger-General Art.

Moreover, his "Luminous Sky-Flow Arrow" had its own unique advantage; because it was formed by combining two entry-level resonance arts, its consumption of resonance power was much better than that of a true Tiger-General Art.

But Li Luo understood that as the opponents he encountered in the future became stronger, this fused entry-level resonance art of his would become increasingly difficult to rely on, so he had to attempt to come into contact with Tiger-General Arts.

At the Luolan Mansion headquarters, in the Clear Qi Pavilion, this was the place where Luolan Mansion stored many guidance techniques, resonance arts, and miscellaneous texts.

Li Luo sat by the window, where sunlight shone through and fell upon him, feeling quite warm; he first picked up the Hundred-Ginseng Tea on the table and took a few sips, the heat flowing through his body and making his spirits lift.

This Hundred-Ginseng Tea was also brewed for him by Niu Biaobiao, and it was considered a tonic for Qi and blood.

"Sigh, at such a young age..." Li Luo looked at the ginseng tea in his hand and sighed with some melancholy; he was truly living a middle-aged or elderly life ahead of schedule.

After sighing, Li Luo began to flip through some of the Tiger-General Arts placed before him; these Tiger-General Arts were all Water-resonance and Wood-resonance arts, because although Li Luo now possessed four resonance types, his primary resonances were still Water and Wood, while the Light and Earth resonances were only auxiliary, and in Li Luo's hands at the moment, they could only serve some auxiliary functions.

For example, Li Luo could use the power of his Water or Wood resonance to activate a corresponding Tiger-General Art, but if he were given a Light or Earth Tiger-General Art, he would struggle to execute it even if he used all his might.

Furthermore, don't look at the fact that Li Luo has now opened a second resonance palace and possesses "Wood-Earth resonance"; if one expected him to be able to completely fuse the powers of his two primary and two auxiliary resonance types, that would be unrealistic.

Let alone fusing four resonances, even for three, Li Luo could not do it.

Even this dual-resonance fusion was something the current Li Luo could only claim to have touched the surface of, because the true power of dual resonances, normally speaking, was something only experts who had stepped into the Marquis-tier would begin to touch upon.

The reason is simple: almost ninety-nine percent of people only open their second resonance palace when they reach the Marquis-tier.

As for the true power of three-resonance fusion, that is the hallmark of King-tier experts.

Of course, that three-resonance of theirs is the genuine King-tier three-resonance power; perhaps Li Luo would only be able to touch upon it slightly once he fills his third empty resonance palace.

By the window, Li Luo focused intently on flipping through the various Tiger-General Arts, and after a while, his expression became somewhat solemn.

The complexity of these Tiger-General Arts far exceeded the entry-level resonance arts Li Luo had come into contact with before; the intricacies and sophistication involved were dozens of times greater than those of entry-level resonance arts.

It is evident how much effort and time one needs to put in to successfully practice and master a Tiger-General Art.

And the complexity of Tiger-General Arts would also increase the difficulty of Li Luo's attempt to fuse two of them, because the things involved were far too vast and complex.

Fortunately, Li Luo's talent for resonance arts was unmatched among the peers he had met so far, and coupled with the fact that he had already done a lot of preparation and homework for this, he did not appear too lost when coming into contact with Tiger-General Arts for the first time.

Although these deductions and attempts still required a lot of time, it was not entirely without hope.

"The fusion of Tiger-General Arts of two resonance types still needs to be done step by step, but it is feasible if one can use a Tiger-General Art as a foundation and supplement it with an entry-level resonance art as an enhancement."

Li Luo pondered, and finally, he made some selections among these Tiger-General Arts, beginning to prepare for his grand plan of fusion.

Days passed one by one, and the start of the term at the Astral Sage College drew ever closer.

However, as the start of the term approached, Li Luo received a message sent by Lu Qinger, saying that Yu Lang, Zhao Kuo, and the others had arrived in Daxia City and invited him out for a gathering.

Li Luo smiled upon hearing the news; these two fellows had been delayed for so long, but they had finally arrived in Daxia City; he had missed them quite a bit after not seeing them for so long.

So he agreed.

The next day, in a street-side restaurant on Kaijiang Street in Daxia City, Li Luo met Yu Lang and Zhao Kuo, but what surprised him slightly was that Zong Fu, Chi Su, and Xiang Liang were also present.

"Greetings, Brother Luo!" The three of them greeted Li Luo hurriedly upon seeing him.

Li Luo nodded, then smiled at Lu Qinger: "What is this about?"

"They have already apologized to me, and since we will be classmates in the future, I didn't hold a grudge," Lu Qinger smiled and said.

"Besides, we are all from Tianshu County, so we can be considered fellow townsmen."

"Yes, yes, Sister Qing is truly magnanimous!"

Zong Fu nodded repeatedly and smiled: "Brother Luo, we were forced by circumstances before and had no choice; in the future, if Brother Luo has any small errands in the college, you can leave them directly to us."

And that Xiang Liang said very honestly: "We just want to cling to Brother Luo's thigh."

Li Luo couldn't help but smile; these words were honest, but he held no resentment toward the three of them, otherwise, he wouldn't have let them off so easily during the college entrance exam that day.

"Let the past be the past; from now on, we are all classmates and fellow townsmen, so let's take care of each other," Li Luo sat down at the table and smiled.

Hearing this, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Luo, just a few days ago, Shi Qing from the Tianshu County headquarters was transferred to Nanman County, and then he must have used some means to get Shi Kong an admission quota for the Astral Sage College in Nanman County," Zong Fu sat down and immediately offered this piece of intelligence he had gathered to show his loyalty.

"This Viceroy Shi certainly has quite the capability," Li Luo smiled, but he didn't pay too much attention to it; Shi Kong had his own strength, and with some pushing from his father, it wasn't inconceivable for him to obtain an admission quota through certain channels.

He had expected this for a long time, but as for Shi Kong, he hadn't feared him before, and naturally, he had even less reason to be wary of him now.

So he quickly cast Shi Kong to the back of his mind and chatted happily with Yu Lang and Zhao Kuo, clinking glasses, the atmosphere being extremely lively.

After a few drinks, Yu Lang's face flushed, and he said with a grin: "I actually arrived in Daxia City a long time ago, but I only met up with Zhao Kuo two days ago; I've achieved quite a lot during my time in Daxia City."

"What did you do again?" Li Luo laughed.

Yu Lang said somewhat smugly: "Let me show you something good; the information in here should be useful to you."

Immediately, he took a booklet out of his bosom and handed it to Li Luo.

Li Luo took it and looked; on the booklet, it was written: "Astral Sage College, New Student Strength Ranking!"

He was immediately shocked: "You investigated the new students of this year at Astral Sage? How did you get their information?"

The others also looked at Yu Lang in surprise, as these new students came from the hundred counties of Daxia City, the region was extremely vast, and information flow was not very smooth, so obtaining all the information on these new students was not something an ordinary person could do.

Yu Lang waved his hand modestly: "Doesn't Daxia City have a College Administration Department? They specialize in collecting this information."

"This information should be confidential, right?" Lu Qinger asked suspiciously.

Yu Lang nodded and said: "I found an opportunity to keep an eye on a manager at the College Administration Department and discovered that this guy likes to visit brothels when he has nothing to do, so I made friends with him and asked him to help me get a copy of the new student data for this year's Astral Sage College."

Li Luo asked skeptically: "Is he an idiot? He gave you confidential data so easily?"

Yu Lang said solemnly: "Since we are friends, isn't it normal to go through fire and water for a friend?"

Zhao Kuo said with disdain: "You're stabbing a friend in the back, aren't you?"

"Speak like a human," Li Luo also scolded.

Seeing this, Yu Lang could only say sheepishly: "I just took a picture of him while he was shaking the bed at the brothel, and then I told him with a heavy heart that this was wrong and that my conscience compelled me to tell his wife; in the end, he gave me a copy of the Astral Sage College new student data."

At the table, everyone else fell silent, and only after a long while did a profound voice sound.

"Yu Lang, you are truly shameless."