Chapter 293 - 171: True Dragon 3
In the days that followed, everyone began awakening Bloodline Dragon Elephants, one after another.
Sima Jun and Jin Huang possessed A-grade Talent from the very beginning.
Both were at the third level of the Dharma Aspect realm.
They even possessed the rudiments of a Sea of Consciousness.
During these crucial few days, the two of them awakened two to three Bloodline Dragon Elephants almost every day. The number they had awakened now surpassed Chu Lingguang’s total.
Jin Huang had eighteen.
Sima Jun had twenty.
With such results, they were guaranteed to rank near the top in tomorrow’s assessment and maintain their A Class status. Chu Lingguang, however, had only eleven Bloodline Dragon Elephants. Even if he managed to awaken two or three more today, his total would still be under fifteen, which wasn’t enough to achieve an A Class rating.
Furthermore, some people had already begun to question his achievements.
A portion of the Bloodline Dragon Elephants he awakened on the first day were with the guidance of the goatee elder and Yun Hong, giving rise to suspicions that he had cut corners.
Many people believed that a portion of the Bloodline Dragon Elephants he had awakened were invalid.
"Fatty Qin has also awakened nineteen Bloodline Dragon Elephants. He’s gotten incredibly arrogant. Only Commandery Princess Rushuang can keep him in check."
"The Commandery Princess has been practicing an Advanced Breathing Method for a long time. Her bloodline is unlike an ordinary person’s, and she has already awakened twenty-one Bloodline Dragon Elephants."
Jin Huang added.
"Chu, some things are just a matter of fate. Don’t dwell on it."
Sima Jun comforted him.
"Thank you."
Chu Lingguang nodded, using Introspection to check the state of the bloodlines within him. Countless branch lines, like once-boiling blood, seemed ready to respond to his call at any moment, generating streams of power for him to command at will.
Chu Lingguang didn’t know exactly how many Bloodline Dragon Elephants he had awakened.
However, he felt that during the few days he had been unconscious, the harmony between his consciousness and his bloodlines had reached its peak. He could control every single bloodline as effortlessly as breathing.
"Since there’s still one day left, let’s fulfill our promise and exchange our insights!"
Jin Huang said.
"I’ll go first. I’ll explain the process of how I awakened my Bloodline Dragon Elephants these past few days to Chu in detail."
Sima Jun was the first to speak.
Chu Lingguang nodded, listening attentively.
The method for awakening Bloodline Dragon Elephants had been taught at the academy, but the Trial Ground’s method was more advanced. Awakening was supposedly simpler and more straightforward, but the actual process and steps were much more difficult.
Sima Jun didn’t hold anything back, explaining his experiences in full detail.
Chu Lingguang wrote everything down on paper.
Jin Huang, impressed by Chu Lingguang’s note-taking, quickly did the same. In truth, he and Sima Jun had already exchanged insights privately several times over the past few days.
But even the best memory is no match for a written record.
By writing things down, they could review them often. Each review offered a new layer of understanding.
After Sima Jun finished, Jin Huang immediately followed up, carefully explaining his own insights several times as well.
Then, the two of them looked at Chu Lingguang.
Chu Lingguang didn’t waste any words.
With his Thoughts Reaching Far and Wide and his mind agile, he found it much easier to convey his insights now than back at the academy. Although his points were very direct, after listening and carefully reflecting, both Jin Huang and Sima Jun gained new perspectives.
Afterward, the three of them held a discussion focused on each other’s insights.
After eating Demon Beast Meat for lunch, they each returned to their rooms to continue awakening Bloodline Dragon Elephants.
Chu Lingguang sat in a chair.
He began to seriously look through the Zhenyuan Technique, not seizing the final moments to continue awakening Bloodline Dragon Elephants like Sima Jun and Jin Huang.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to awaken more.
Rather, it was that he was no longer able to.
Chu Lingguang could clearly feel it: after nine days of unconsciousness, the Bloodline Dragon Elephants inside him—once clearly distinct entities with main channels, branch channels, and even the blood itself—had suddenly coalesced into a single, complete Dragon Elephant Power.
The moment he stirred his power, every branch channel, main channel, and all the blood in his body responded in unison. It was as if he had awakened an entire body’s worth of Dragon Elephant Power, all of which had converged into a single mass, making it impossible to tell how many Bloodline Dragon Elephants he had awakened.
He would only be able to find out what was going on with this strange phenomenon after tomorrow’s assessment.
However, Chu Lingguang wasn’t worried that his rating would drop.
After waking up, he had clearly felt just how terrifying that Dragon Elephant Power was. With just a forceful squeeze of his hand, he could leave a mark on an iron object.
Unfortunately, though the Dragon Elephant power had converged into one, the Qi Vortex in his abdomen hadn’t changed; its size and thickness were about the same as before.
At the same time, there was no significant change in his bloodline’s enhancement either.
It seemed that even though his Great River Operation Method had reached the Perfection value, allowing it to merge with the Circulation Operation Skill, and even after he had found the point of harmony between the Pile Skill and the Breathing Technique, he would still need to continue cultivating diligently if he wanted to strengthen his bloodline and enhance his Dragon Elephant Power.
’I wonder if I’ll be able to practice the Zhenyuan Pile Skill after this round of assessment ends,’ he thought. ’Or maybe I’ll enter the bloodline evolution stage, for instance, by starting on the technique.’
Thinking of the Sunrise Bloodline, Chu Lingguang involuntarily checked his own Primordial Bloodline.
His Primordial Bloodline was at a value of over seven thousand. Although there was still a ways to go before it reached Perfection, it was far better than the Sunrise Bloodline, which hadn’t even been added to his status panel yet.
When he had found the point of harmony for the merged Great River Operation Method with the Chang Chun Pile Skill and the Day and Night Breathing Technique, neither Yun Hong nor the goatee elder had said there was any issue.
’It seems that if I have another Bloodline Cultivation Technique to use instead of the Sunrise Bloodline, it’s not absolutely essential that I practice it. I could just use my own Bloodline Evolution Technique and cultivate it according to the Trial Ground’s special methods, as long as I can find a compatible node.’