Chapter 435: Li Luo's Predicament

Li Luo's training this time could be described as hellish.

For an entire week, Li Luo's shrill, miserable screams echoed incessantly within the volcanic crater.

Xin Fu and Bai Meng, who were training in the mountain forests surrounding the crater, were finally disturbed; they climbed up to the crater and saw Instructor Xi Chan sitting at a tea table on the summit, sipping tea, and also saw Li Luo, who had been tossed into the magma cauldron.

Along with those heart-wrenching, shrill screams.

At that moment, the two exchanged a glance, and not daring to greet Instructor Xi Chan, they quickly turned and ran.

Previously, they had felt their own recent training was too bitter, but after seeing Li Luo's miserable state, they instantly felt that Instructor Xi Chan was actually quite kind to them.

Captain, I hope you don't actually get roasted to a crisp.

Li Luo was once again enveloped by blue water bubbles, slowly rising from the cauldron and landing on the cliff of the volcanic crater.

At this moment, he was bright red all over, like a boiled shrimp, and large patches of his skin were festering, with even a faint charred black color; the bloody, mangled sight looked exceptionally miserable, but the water bubbles wrapping around him were currently emitting a powerful healing force, rapidly repairing the skin that had been scorched and destroyed.

That was the water-type power from Instructor Xi Chan.

The restorative effect possessed by the water-type power of a Marquis-level expert was clearly far superior to Li Luo's Water-Light Resonance.

Thus, in just a few minutes, the bloody and mangled Li Luo had returned to his original appearance.

But he did not immediately climb up; instead, he lay on his back, looking up at the sky, and let out a long sigh. Although he had paid a heavy price over this week, his dual-resonance power had still not reached the Unity Realm.

For some reason, his dual-resonance power was always missing something to reach that level of fusion.

"Instructor, what exactly is the situation?" He turned his head, looking at Instructor Xi Chan by the edge of the crater, who was leisurely sipping tea, facing the mountain breeze and viewing the scenery of the surrounding peaks.

Hearing Li Luo's question, Instructor Xi Chan set down the teacup in her hand and said, "Come here."

Li Luo endured the soreness throughout his body, crawled over, and sat down at the small tea table.

"Put your clothes on first," Instructor Xi Chan said with a hint of helplessness.

At this moment, the clothes on Li Luo's upper body had long since been burned away in the cauldron; his pants were made of high-temperature resistant material, but even so, being shirtless was not very presentable. Although Li Luo's physique was quite good—not with bulging muscle blocks, but with lines full of a sense of power—it was still not ideal.

Li Luo gave a dry laugh and took out clothes from his space ball to drape over himself.

Instructor Xi Chan extended her slender, fair palm: "Give me your hand."

Hearing this, Li Luo extended his hand and placed it in her palm; the touch was slightly cool.

"Circulate your resonance power."

Li Luo followed her instructions and let his resonance power surge out; it was a mass of resonance power formed by the convergence of water-type and wood-type resonances.

Instructor Xi Chan took a look, her eyes showing a half-smile as she said, "Still hiding things from me?"

Li Luo was startled, then gave a sheepish laugh: "You discovered it, Instructor?"

"I had some suspicions before; after all, the power of some of your resonance arts is stronger than normal, and they also possess some additional properties of change. You've been training in the cauldron I refined these past few days, so I could sense your situation much more clearly," Instructor Xi Chan said calmly.

Li Luo gave a helpless smile, and with a thought, two more strands of resonance power appeared within the mass in his palm—they were precisely the Light Resonance and Earth Resonance within his body.

"You hid it quite deep; not only are you a dual-resonance user, but you also possess the extremely rare primary and auxiliary attributes."

Instructor Xi Chan stared at that mass of resonance power; although she was somewhat amazed, it was far from reaching the level of shock: "Actually, some special, top-tier heavenly treasures can also cause an auxiliary resonance to be born within a person's body, so your situation is not unique; there's no need to think of yourself as a special case."

Li Luo laughed dryly: "I didn't think that way; I just have a habit of hiding things so that I can achieve some unexpected effects when fighting others."

Instructor Xi Chan shook her head: "What an insidious and cunning little fellow."

However, she actually knew this was not Li Luo's entire reasoning. He hid it also because of the Luolan Mansion. After all, as the Young Master of the Luolan Mansion, and with the current Luolan Mansion surrounded by wolves within the Great Xia, Jiang Qing'e was already dazzling enough. If it were exposed that he, the Young Master, was not only a dual-resonance user but also a dual-auxiliary dual-resonance user, it would inevitably attract countless gazes. Although the Astral Sage College would provide him with much protection, if someone really decided to go for a mutual destruction, trading their life for his, it would be an extremely uneconomical matter.

Instructor Xi Chan did not dwell too much on this issue, instead returning to the current topic: "The existence of dual-auxiliary resonances does indeed grant you significant amplification and flexible property changes, but at the same time, it has also brought you some trouble."

"Previously, your dual-resonance power was only at the most superficial stage, so it didn't require very precise fusion. But the 'Unity Realm' is different; this kind of fusion of dual-resonance power becomes much deeper and more subtle. At this time, the existence of the auxiliary resonances in your body has instead become a hindrance."

Li Luo's heart stirred, and he said, "Does the Instructor mean that the reason my dual-resonance power has never been able to truly reach the 'Unity Realm' is because my two resonance powers were interfered with by the Light Resonance or Earth Resonance when they were fusing?"

Instructor Xi Chan nodded.

"But when I fuse the two resonance powers, I have already separated the Light Resonance and Earth Resonance," Li Luo said.

"Although you have consciously let the power of the other two resonances separate, it is not thorough. After all, your primary and auxiliary resonances have you in me and me in you; with your consciousness at the Resonance Master stage, how could you separate them cleanly?" Instructor Xi Chan said.

"Then what should I do?" Li Luo said with a bitter face.

"Actually, this problem is not difficult. As long as you can step into the General stage, this won't be any trouble at all," Instructor Xi Chan smiled.

"Of course, I know you can't meet that condition right now, so if you can't do it yourself, then borrow some external force."

"What external force?" Li Luo asked in surprise.

Instructor Xi Chan thought for a moment and said, "You should have practiced the resonance art called Water Flow Stripping Technique, right?"

"Water Flow Stripping Technique?"

Li Luo blinked, then nodded. Of course he had practiced this resonance art; when he encountered the human-skinned Other and the flesh-and-blood Other in the Dark Cave before, he had relied on this resonance art to tear them out of their fused state.

"Why not try condensing a 'Water Flow Stripping Technique' within your body and use its power to perform a cleansing of your water-type and wood-type resonance powers, making them purer? If you do that, perhaps it will be easier for you to enter the 'Unity Realm'," Instructor Xi Chan suggested.

Hearing this, Li Luo's eyes immediately lit up.

"Can I do that?"

Instructor Xi Chan nodded and said, "But be careful when you perform the 'Water Flow Stripping Technique' inside your body; don't end up stripping away your internal organs. Otherwise, even with my water-type restorative power, I might not be able to help you recover."

Li Luo: "..."

"But in that case, wouldn't my auxiliary resonance power not only be useless but actually become a burden? Can't I use the power of these auxiliary resonances to bless and enhance my dual-resonance power?" Li Luo was still a bit unwilling.

Instructor Xi Chan said calmly, "What are we studying right now?"

"Dual-resonance power."

"What does dual-resonance power mean?"

"Uh, the fusion of two resonance powers?"

Instructor Xi Chan said expressionlessly, "Then you still want to fuse a third resonance power into it? What is that called? Sorry, that is called three-resonance power. I haven't even mastered that level of power yet; what are you regretting here? Your reach should have a limit, shouldn't it? Moreover, your auxiliary resonance power is too weak compared to the power of the two primary resonances, and it is unlikely to form a balanced fusion that would then give birth to a true three-resonance power."

"The fusion of dual-resonance power is deep and subtle; it is like two unstable, volatile substances attempting to make contact. If you rashly inject a third resonance power into this situation, those three forces will lose control and become extremely chaotic."

Li Luo's eyes brightened: "So that means even if the fusion fails, it will produce a powerful, chaotic force?"

Instructor Xi Chan's gaze became somewhat dangerous: "Is that the point I was making? If you want to die, wouldn't it be more straightforward to just jump into the magma right now?"

Li Luo's expression turned sheepish, and he said, "Then I'll try the 'Water Flow Stripping Technique' first; I feel like I have a clue about the 'Unity Realm'!"

After saying this, he closed his eyes and entered a meditative state, beginning to recover the resonance power he had exhausted earlier.

Seeing this, Instructor Xi Chan let out a soft breath, then felt a slight headache.

This Li Luo was very smart, but letting such a smart guy have so many dangerous things inside his body was like a child playing with gunpowder, making one anxious and fearful.