Chapter 264: The Abandoned Li Yang
Li Yang’s expression changed slightly when he saw the message.
’Flame Wave Sect Master doesn’t approve of me comprehending the Fire Element Law?’
He understood what Flame Wave Sect Master meant. A person’s energy is finite. It was only by comprehending two Laws that he could match people like Mute and Dilunxi.
In terms of comprehending either the Space Law or the Thunder Law alone, he was actually inferior to Mute, Dilunxi, and the others.
In other words, when Mute and Dilunxi mastered the profundities of a single Law and became World Masters, Li Yang might have the strength to rival them, but his own comprehension of the Space Law or Thunder Law would be nowhere near the level required to break through and become a World Master himself.
Looking at the message, Li Yang felt a sense of helplessness. ’Flame Wave Sect Master has no idea. I don’t need to divide my energy to comprehend the Fire Element Law at all.’
He had three doppelgangers comprehending Laws—one for Space, one for Thunder, and one for the Fire Element. He himself didn’t need to focus on comprehension at all, only on studying secret manuals.
However, from Flame Wave Sect Master’s perspective, that obviously wasn’t the case.
Therefore, he could not possibly follow Flame Wave Sect Master’s advice to give up on comprehending the Fire Element Law.
’Should I let the Fire Nether Divine Beast continue comprehending the Fire Element Law while I keep suppressing it, never using the Fire Element Law? Hide my own strength?’
Just then, Soul Ink’s voice rang out. "Li Yang, didn’t you want to take Flame Wave Sect Master as your teacher? Now he’s advising you not to comprehend the Fire Element Law. What are you going to do? Tell him about your doppelgangers?"
Previously, Li Yang had already decided to take Flame Wave Sect Master as his teacher.
Hearing this, Li Yang replied helplessly, "I can’t tell anyone about the doppelgangers."
Soul Ink nodded and said, "You’re being sensible. You haven’t let the thought of taking a master cloud your judgment. The doppelgangers are your biggest trump card right now."
"Among your generation of geniuses, in the eyes of the powerful members of the Alien Races, Mixed Void is undoubtedly the greatest threat. If they get the chance, they will definitely try to kill him."
"But if the fact that you have doppelgangers is exposed, your threat level could even rival Mixed Void’s. You would shoot to the top of the Alien Races’ kill list!"
Experts with doppelgangers are extremely rare in the Cosmos. Such experts have no fear of death in battle. Even if they are killed, they can quickly be resurrected. When these experts are weak, it’s not a big deal; the threat isn’t great. But the stronger they become, the more terrifying they are!
Deities with doppelgangers are a headache.
Emperor-level experts with doppelgangers are feared by countless races!
And a Dominator-level expert with doppelgangers is enough to strike terror into the countless races of the Cosmos!
With Li Yang’s current potential, the probability of him becoming a powerful Deity is very high. He even has a sliver of a chance to become an Emperor.
And in the future, there is even a faint possibility that Li Yang could become a Dominator!
Although this possibility is almost zero, the Alien Races would absolutely want to reduce it to exactly zero.
Soul Ink said calmly, "But if you don’t mention the doppelgangers, you’ll have to reject Flame Wave Sect Master’s advice. And if you reject it, your plan to take him as a teacher will probably fall through."
Who would accept a disciple who doesn’t listen to advice before even becoming an apprentice? Especially when the advice is correct.
Li Yang felt helpless. When he saw Flame Wave Sect Master’s message, he had actually already considered this possibility.
But he couldn’t talk about his doppelgangers, so his only choice was to refuse Flame Wave Sect Master.
He, Li Yang, would continue to comprehend the Fire Element Law. Even if this stance displeased Flame Wave Sect Master, he still had to state it clearly.
’Oh well. If I can’t take Flame Wave Sect Master as my teacher, then so be it.’
With this thought, Li Yang replied to the message.
"Sect Master Flame Wave, thank you for your advice. I wish to continue comprehending the Fire Element Law and will not be giving it up for the time being."
After he sent the message, another one suddenly arrived. He glanced at it and saw it was from Sect Master Lie Yuan. The content of the message also urged him to give up on comprehending the Fire Element Law.
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On the other side, Flame Wave Sect Master received Li Yang’s message.
He was very optimistic about Li Yang. Li Yang’s progress over the past ten months had been rapid and had not disappointed him.
Once Li Yang formally became his disciple, he would guide him well. In the future, he would have another powerful Deity among his disciples.
’Hmm, Li Yang is young and doesn’t know the disadvantages of comprehending multiple Laws at once. He’s gone down the wrong path. I just need to remind him, and he’ll correct his course.’
Flame Wave Sect Master thought to himself. In his eyes, Li Yang had clearly taken the wrong path.
A small course correction wouldn’t be a big deal.
Li Yang was still young; he had plenty of chances to correct himself.
As he was thinking this, he saw the message and his brow furrowed again.
’Li Yang... still wants to comprehend the Fire Element Law?’
Flame Wave Sect Master was instantly displeased.
What kind of existence was he? Even if he hadn’t reached the Emperor Level, he was just a step away. He had lived for so many years; his insight was absolutely incomparable to that of young geniuses like Li Yang. Yet, Li Yang had actually rejected his advice.
Frowning slightly, Flame Wave Sect Master shook his head after a long moment.
’Forget it. If he doesn’t want to listen, so be it.’
For a powerful existence like him, wanting to take Li Yang as a disciple was simply... because he saw promise in the boy. In truth, the decision to accept him or not rested on a single thought.
Although Li Yang’s Talent was great, the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall had existed for countless ages. Every so often, geniuses comparable to Li Yang would inevitably appear.
Since founding the Flame Wave Sect, he had already accepted more than a dozen geniuses with Talent similar to Li Yang’s. To him, accepting one less was nothing at all.
At this moment, Flame Wave Sect Master naturally gave up on the idea of taking Li Yang as a disciple.
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Meanwhile, Li Yang was exasperated. It wasn’t just Flame Wave Sect Master. Sect Master Lie Yuan and the other powerful Deities who had previously guided him and wanted to take him as a disciple had all sent similar advice, telling him to temporarily stop comprehending the Fire Element Law.
But Li Yang, of course, would not comply. He sent his replies to Sect Master Lie Yuan and the others.
"Haha, Li Yang, there go the five teachers you had in the bag," Soul Ink said, gloating, as it watched Li Yang reply to each of them.
Li Yang sighed helplessly. "There’s nothing I can do. I can’t just stop comprehending the Fire Element Law."
The Fire Nether Divine Beast’s comprehension speed for the Fire Element Law was even faster than that of the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon and the Thunder Star Beast. In the future, among the three Laws of Space, Thunder, and Fire, his Fire Element Law was bound to surpass the others and become his most deeply comprehended one!
"Don’t be impatient."
After its moment of gloating, Soul Ink said calmly, "Now that your Fire Nether Divine Beast has been nurtured, your progress in the Fire Element Law is destined to be astonishingly fast! And your overall strength will also leap forward by a huge margin!"
"Leaving aside Mixed Void and Lan Yu, your progress will be much faster than Long Zhan, Dilunxi, and the others. Over time, once you have a significant lead on them, you will naturally attract the attention of other experts who will want to take you as their disciple."
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