Chapter 110: Generals Divide Heaven and Earth, and Also Dragon and Tiger

After Li Luo successfully broke through to the Image Master Realm and refined the second innate image, he devoted his energy to studying image arts during the two-day period of weakness.

Generally, once one's image power reaches the Image Master Realm, those with favorable conditions gradually begin to access the General-grade image arts that were previously beyond their reach; the power of such arts far surpasses that of the introductory-level image arts.

There is a saying: Generals are divided into Heaven and Earth, and also into Dragon and Tiger.

The meaning of Heaven and Earth refers to Tian Gang and Di Sha, denoting the two image power realms of the General grade, while the so-called Dragon and Tiger refer to the classification of General-grade image arts.

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

Thus, they are also called Dragon General Arts and Tiger General Arts.

The General-grade image arts accessible to those in the Image Master Realm are mostly Tiger General Arts, whereas the Dragon General Arts can only have their full power unleashed after truly entering the General Realm.

According to Li Luo's estimation, the "Lan Guang Tian Liu Jian" that he used to defeat Shi Kong previously, in terms of penetrating killing power, barely reached the level of an ordinary Tiger General Art.

Moreover, his "Lan Guang Tian Liu Jian" possessed advantages unique to itself; since it was composed of two introductory-level image arts, its image power consumption was far better than that of a true Tiger General Art.

But Li Luo understood that as the opponents he encountered grew stronger, his fused introductory-level image arts would become increasingly difficult to wield, so he too must attempt to access Tiger General Arts.

At the Luo An Mansion headquarters, the Clear Qi Tower, this is the place where the Luo An Mansion stores numerous guidance arts, image arts, and miscellaneous records.

Li Luo sat by the window where sunlight penetrated, falling warmly upon him; he first lifted the cup of Hundred Ginseng Tea from the table and took a few sips, the heat flowing through his body, making his spirit perk up.

This Hundred Ginseng Tea was also brewed for him by Niu Niu Biaobiao, serving as a supplement for qi and blood.

"Sigh, at such a young age..." Li Luo gazed at the ginseng tea in his hand and let out a worried sigh; this was truly living the life of the middle-aged and elderly ahead of schedule.

After sighing, Li Luo began flipping through some Tiger General Arts placed before him; these Tiger General Arts were all Water and Wood attribute arts, because although Li Luo now possessed four images, his primary images were still Water and Wood, while the Light and Earth images were merely auxiliary to the two, and in Li Luo's hands at present, they could only serve an auxiliary role.

For instance, Li Luo could use Water or Wood image power to activate a corresponding attribute Tiger General Art, but if given a Light or Earth Tiger General Art, even if he exerted all his strength, he would find it difficult to cast it.

Moreover, do not think that because Li Luo has now opened his second image palace and possesses the "Wood-Earth Image," he can realistically expect to fully fuse the powers of his two primary and two auxiliary images.

Let alone fusing four images, even fusing three images is something Li Luo cannot do.

Even this dual-image fusion, the current Li Luo can only say he has touched the very surface, because true dual-image power is something that normally only those who have entered the Marquis Realm begin to touch.

The reason is simple: nearly ninety-nine percent of people only open their second image palace upon reaching the Marquis Realm.

As for true triple-image fusion power, that is even more the mark of a King-level powerhouse.

Of course, their triple image is the proper King-level triple-image power; perhaps only after Li Luo fills his third empty image palace will he be able to slightly touch upon it.

By the window, Li Luo flipped through the Tiger General Arts with intense focus; after a long while, his expression became somewhat solemn.

The complexity of these Tiger General Arts far exceeded the introductory-level image arts Li Luo had encountered before; the intricacy and refinement involved were dozens of times greater than those of introductory-level image arts.

It is visible just how much effort and time are required to successfully cultivate and master a single Tiger General Art.

Furthermore, the complexity of Tiger General Arts will increase the difficulty for Li Luo attempting to fuse two Tiger General Arts, because the things involved therein are too vast and complicated.

Fortunately, Li Luo's talent in image arts is unsurpassed among his peers encountered so far, and since he had already done much preparation and homework for this, he did not appear completely at a loss when accessing Tiger General Arts.

Although these deductions and attempts still require much time, there is not entirely no hope.

"Fusing Tiger General Arts of two image attributes still needs to proceed step by step, but if one can use a Tiger General Art as a foundation and supplement it with an introductory-level image art for amplification, that would be feasible."

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

Days passed one by one, and the opening of the Sheng Zhu Xuan Star Academy drew ever closer.

However, just before the opening, Li Luo received a message sent by Lu Qing'er, stating that Seeing Yu Lang, Zhao Kuo, and others had arrived in Great Xia City and invited him to gather.

Hearing this news, Li Luo smiled; these two fellows had delayed for so long, but finally arrived in Great Xia City, and although they had not met for such a long time, he missed them quite a bit.

So he agreed.

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

"Hello, Brother Luo!" Seeing the three of them spot Li Luo, they hurriedly greeted him.

Li Luo nodded, then smiled at Lu Qing'er and asked, "What about them?"

"They have all apologized to me, and from now on we are considered classmates, so I did not hold it against them," Lu Qing'er smiled and said.

"Besides, since we all came out of Tianshu Commandery, we are fellow townsfolk."

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

Zong Fu nodded repeatedly and smiled, "Brother Luo, we were forced by circumstances before and had no choice; from now on, if Brother Luo has any errands or small tasks within the academy, you can directly hand them to us."

And Xiang Liang very honestly said, "We just want to hug Brother Luo's thigh."

Li Luo could not help but smile; these words were indeed honest, but he held no resentment toward the three, otherwise he would not have easily let them go during the academy entrance exam that day.

"Let the past be the past; from now on we are classmates and fellow townsfolk, so let's take care of each other whenever possible," Li Luo said as he sat down by the table, smiling.

Upon hearing this, the three let out a sigh of relief.

"Brother Luo, just a few days ago, Shi Qing, the head of the Tianshu Commandery headquarters, was transferred to the Southern Barbarian Commandery, and then, presumably using some means, he managed to get Shi Kong a admission quota for the Sheng Zhu Xuan Star Academy in the Southern Barbarian Commandery," Zong Fu sat down and immediately offered a piece of intelligence he had gathered as a sign of loyalty.

"This Governor Shi is quite capable," Li Luo smiled, but did not pay too much attention; Shi Kong possessed his own strength, and with some push from his father and taking certain paths to obtain an admission quota, it was not an unbelievable matter.

He had already expected this to some extent, but regarding Shi Kong, he would not have feared him before, and naturally, he would have even less to fear now.

So he quickly put Shi Kong out of his mind and chatted and laughed with Seeing Yu Lang, Zhao Kuo, and the others; wine cups clinked back and forth, and the atmosphere was extremely lively.

After drinking a few cups, Seeing Yu Lang's face flushed red, and he smiled, "Actually, I arrived in Great Xia City long ago, but I only met Zhao Kuo two days ago; during my time in Great Xia City, I have achieved quite a lot."

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

Seeing Yu Lang said somewhat proudly, "Let me show you something good; the information inside should be useful to you."

Immediately, he took a booklet from his chest and handed it to Li Luo.

Li Luo took it and looked; written on the booklet was: "Sheng Zhu Xuan Star Academy, New Student Power Rankings!"

He was immediately somewhat shocked: "You investigated the new students of this Sheng Zhu Xuan Star cohort? How did you get their information?"

The others also looked at Seeing Yu Lang in surprise; after all, these new students came from the hundred commanderies of Great Xia City, the region between them was extremely vast, and much information was not very fluid, so obtaining all the information on these new students was something not just anyone could accomplish.

Seeing Yu Lang modestly waved his hand, "Doesn't Great Xia City have an Education Bureau? They specialize in collecting this kind of information."

"This information should be confidential, right?" Lu Qing'er asked in confusion.

Seeing Yu Lang nodded and said, "I took the opportunity to keep an eye on a manager at the Education Bureau, discovered that this fellow liked to visit brothels in his free time, so I made friends with him and asked him to get me a copy of this year's Sheng Zhu Xuan Star Academy new student data."

Li Luo asked skeptically, "Is he an idiot? He would give you confidential data so easily?"

Yu Lang said solemnly, "If you're friends, isn't it only natural to go through fire and sword for a friend?"

Zhao Kuo sneered, "You're stabbing your friend in the back, aren't you?"

"Speak plainly," Li Luo also cursed.

Yu Lang, seeing their reaction, could only grumble, "I just took a picture of him while he was visiting a brothel and fooling around, then told him with deep sorrow that such behavior was wrong—my conscience forced me to tell his wife—and in the end, he gave me a file on the new students of the Sacred Zhu Xuan Star Academy."

At the table, the others fell silent; after a long while, a solemn voice finally spoke.

"Yu Lang, you're truly a rogue."