Chapter 224

Will there still be danger in the place of inheritance?

Lu Jing felt a bit doubtful.

Isn't it just placed in the warehouse, where you can casually take it out?

Nie Zhaohao seemed to see through Lu Jing's thought and smiled: "You're thinking too simply of the Dragon Imperial inheritance; before accepting the inheritance there will be some trials, and I'm not entirely sure about the specific content of those trials."

Seeing Lu Jing silent, Nie Zhaohao's gaze fell on him: "How about it, are you ready? Or should we wait a few more days?"

Let's do it now.

A hint of anticipation appeared in Lu Jing's eyes.

Nie Zhaohao nodded: "Good!"

After following Nie Zhaohao for over ten minutes around the campus, the two arrived at a secluded dojo.

In the dojo's rear courtyard stood a heavy, ancient stone gate.

The stone gate was covered in scars, bearing the marks of wind and rain left by the years.

Faintly, exquisite carvings could be seen on it, resembling some kind of rare and exotic beast.

Just standing behind the stone gate, Lu Jing felt a terrifying aura that made his whole body chill, sweeping over him.

In the haze, it seemed as if sword edges wailed in his ears and lightning flashed wildly before his eyes.

Go inside; this is the Dragon Imperial inheritance of Zhang Mufu.

Nie Zhaohao finally warned: "Don't be reckless; if there's danger, retreat at once!"

Lu Jing nodded, stepped forward, and pushed open the heavy stone gate.

Hum—

Layers of dust fell from the long-sealed stone gate, and Lu Jing looked up.

Coming into view was a towering stone stele, as high as the heavens, like a jade pillar holding up the sky, its surface entwined with faint blue-purple lightning serpents.

Lu Jing first observed his surroundings, then glanced behind him.

At some point, the stone gate behind him had vanished, and he felt as if he had entered a secluded secret realm.

The Dragon Imperial inheritance was indeed not so simple......

Gazing at the stone stele standing far away, Lu Jing slowly approached.

A vast, mighty aura, mixed with a tingling thunderous sensation, swept over him.

It felt as if what stood before him was not a stone stele, but Zhang Mufu himself at his peak, personally present.

Thinking of how he had killed Zhang Mufu several times in the Ultimate Tower, Lu Jing felt uneasy, wondering if this man would hold a grudge.

After calming his emotions, he continued forward along the illusory, ethereal path beneath his feet.

Walking on it felt like stepping upon the starry galaxy.

Just as Lu Jing pressed forward, when he was about three hundred meters from the stele......

Suddenly, a piercing, soul‑rushing aura swept over him!

Lu Jing's figure swayed on the verge of collapse under that aura; he hurriedly circulated the Immovable King Sutra and simultaneously initiated Earth Breath.

Instantly, a golden barrier formed on his body, and his feet firmly adhered to the river of stars above.

Protected by the Immovable King Sutra, Lu Jing reached the base of the stele safely and without incident.

Only then did he realize how enormous the stele was.

It was like an ant gazing up at a giant elephant......

Lu Jing examined the stele, not knowing where to begin for a moment.

On it were carved some obscure, hard‑to‑understand pictographs, whose meaning was unclear.

So he tentatively placed his hand upon it.

Boom—

The next second!

The stele before him suddenly erupted with a powerful mental assault, several times stronger than the statue at the school gate!

"Good grief, good thing my mental strength is strong enough; otherwise anyone else would probably have been blasted into an idiot."

Lu Jing withstood this mental attack head‑on.

He roughly understood: the earlier aura attack tested strength, while this mental assault tested whether one's will was steadfast.

Sure enough, after the mental attack fully subsided, the stele began to tremble.

A doorway split open from its center, inside which stood two small stone steles.

Immediately, Lu Jing's gaze fell upon the first stele.

"The Azure Heaven Sword Art: when one contemplates the supreme ultimate, the two phases, the four images, and the eight trigrams' ultimate principle, transforming the whole into nothing and dividing one into eight, then human strength suffices, mutually aiding and endless!"

Lu Jing recited each word inscribed on it.

"Entering the sword, one commands sun and moon, holds heaven and earth, summons wind and fire, beckons lightning; unity of man and heaven, invincible in battle—this is called the Azure Heaven Sword Art..."

What an overbearing sword art!

Lu Jing's eyes lit up; this sword method, containing the ultimate principle of the eight trigrams, indeed matched the identity of Zhang Mufu as a Daoist.

"If I can only choose one..."

Lu Jing turned his gaze to the other stele.

"The Yang Five Thunders: thunder is heaven's command; those who master it can drive lightning and electricity, cure afflictions and subdue demons, and can also draw lightning into the body, where it burns together with the inner Blood Qi, boosting strength for a short time."

Lu Jing gave it a quick read and roughly understood the function of the Yang Five Thunder technique.

First, lightning has a restraining effect against yin‑attribute enemies—for example, Dragon Imperial New Star's encounter with Jian Ying, who wields shadow‑control abilities.

Moreover, it can summon lightning into the body, instantly igniting all the Blood Qi, roughly doubling its strength!

For a Martial Artist, Blood Qi is the foundation of everything; raising Blood Qi is equivalent to indirectly raising one's Realm.

What's even more terrifying is that the Yang Five Thunder also recorded a method of tempering the body with lightning.

It can draw in heavenly and earthly spiritual qi while tempering the body, cleansing the flesh.

This tempering is fully automatic; with every breath one grows stronger, and given time, one's strength will rise to a terrifying level!

Lu Jing couldn't help but gasp… No wonder Zhang Mufu's strength increased so terrifyingly after thirty—it turns out there is such a heaven-defying cultivation method.

"Then I'll choose you."

Without the slightest hesitation, he stepped forward and pressed the seal in his hand onto the stone tablet.

Boom—

A stream of pure energy condensed into a dazzling silver light chain, shooting straight into Lu Jing's mind.

With a roar in his mind, Lu Jing's vision fell into darkness.

In the darkness.

A figure floated into view, face blurry, but vaguely recognizable as a middle-aged man.

Zizz—

The man extended his palm; a bloom of lightning flashed, illuminating the pitch-black world.

Then the man actually pressed the surging lightning into his own heart!

Thud!

The lightning energy pressed into the heart began to circulate along a mysterious pathway.

Lu Jing watched intently, knowing this was a demonstration of the Yang Five Thunder's circulation route.

After a moment.

Once again darkness filled his mind; the entirety of the Yang Five Thunder's content appeared in his memory, becoming an instinct of Lu Jing's body.

When the darkness faded, Lu Jing opened his eyes to find himself outside the Stone Gate.

"Success?"

NieZhenghao had been guarding outside the door; seeing Lu Jing's figure appear, he hurried forward and asked.

"Hmm, fairly smooth."

Lu Jing nodded.

NieZhenghao let go of the stone in his heart, exhaled a long breath, "I knew you'd be fine—only you could earn Lord Longyu's approval."

He then urged, "The basics of swordsmanship are simple, but mastery is hard; you must persevere, so that the Heavenly Azure Sword Technique, long buried in dust, may shine again."