Chapter 298: 1 Year

'Li Yang was filled with anticipation,' but Soul Ink immediately shut him down. "Don't even think about it. The Fire Nether Divine Beast clan is within the territory of the Human Race Saint Hall, which is why you can go there."

"But the Thunder Star Beast clan and the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clan are extremely far from the Human Race. They... are also incredibly powerful clans in the Cosmos. In terms of strength, they far surpass the Fire Nether Divine Beast clan and are only slightly weaker than the Human Race."

"Right now, it's completely impossible for you to have any chance of visiting those two clans."

Only slightly weaker than the Human Race, and located extremely far away.

As a Longevity Realm genius, Li Yang was actually extremely weak in the grand scale of the Cosmos. It was impossible for him to reach them.

The Cosmos is fair. The Fire Nether Divine Beasts, which possess an extremely high life level and are born as Deities, have a very weak clan overall.

But the Thunder Star Beast and Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clans, which have lower life levels than the Fire Nether Divine Beasts, are immensely powerful!

"Alright." Hearing Soul Ink's words, Li Yang felt helpless.

However, he only felt a slight tinge of regret.

'I can't go now, but once I'm stronger in the future, I can definitely go!'

'Time to keep training!'

Li Yang took a deep breath, a smile playing on his lips.

From now on, his training speed would be several times faster than in the past few years!

「…」

Time flew by. About ten days later, Li Yang returned to the Lianyun Mountain Range.

Meanwhile, his Fire Nether Divine Beast clone remained in the Fire Nether Divine Beast clan's land of inheritance, where it began to observe the vortex corresponding to the teleportation mystery of the Space Law.

In reality, although the Fire Nether Divine Beast was the one watching, it was the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clone that was truly comprehending it.

The Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon was the one that truly comprehended the Space Law.

However, all of Li Yang's clones shared a single soul, so whatever any one of them saw was shared among them all.

After staying in the Space Inheritance Tower for a month, the Fire Nether Divine Beast clone then went to the Thunder Law Inheritance Tower, and his comprehension of the Thunder Law began to advance rapidly once more.

One day… Ten days… One month… Half a year…

As time went on, Li Yang's comprehension of his several Laws progressed by leaps and bounds.

He himself continued to study Yuan Wu's many attacks.

As his comprehension of the Laws advanced, his speed at learning Yuan Wu's attacks naturally increased as well.

In this way, a year passed by in the blink of an eye.

「…」

"Haha, I've learned the 325th attack."

Atop a peak in the Lianyun Mountain Range, inside a mountain palace, Li Yang's face was wreathed in smiles.

In the previous ten years, he had learned over two hundred of Yuan Wu's attacks.

But now, in just one year, he had learned another hundred-plus attacks!

The main reason was that by staying in the Fire Nether Divine Beast clan's land of inheritance, his progress in the Fire Element, Space, and Thunder—the Three-Element Laws—was just too fast.

Even though it was five times weaker, it was still equivalent to spending seventy days in the Human Race's Inheritance Hall.

'Entering the Human Race's Inheritance Hall seven times in one year... a luxury that not even Mixed Void could afford, right?'

Moreover, he rotated through the Inheritance Towers. If he didn't understand the Space Law, he would just enter the Space Inheritance Tower.

If he didn't understand the Thunder Law, he would just enter the Thunder Law Inheritance Tower.

Since he had unlimited access, he could comprehend them however he wished.

"Master, a message has arrived." As he was rejoicing, Virtual Assistant No. 6 suddenly appeared and said hurriedly, "It's a message from Mute."

"Mute?"

Hearing the name, Li Yang was a little puzzled. 'What could Mute want with me?'

After a moment's thought, he went to the mountainside of the Lianyun Mountain Range.

The geniuses from the summit were allowed to go down to the mountainside, but the geniuses from the mountainside could not go up to the summit.

"Li Yang, Li Yang," Mute called out as he hurried over, his face all smiles upon seeing Li Yang arrive.

"Mute, what did you need me for?" Li Yang asked.

"Hehe, come on, Li Yang..."

Mute didn't state his purpose directly. Instead, he enthusiastically pulled Li Yang along to his palace.

There, a spread of delicious food was already laid out. Li Yang's gaze fell upon a bottle of purple wine.

"Soul Leaf Wine?"

Li Yang took a closer look.

Soul Leaf Wine was an extremely expensive treasure. After long periods of training, one's soul would become fatigued, and Soul Leaf Wine could completely restore it.

Drinking a cup after a long training session was an indescribably comfortable feeling; even many Deities couldn't resist the temptation of Soul Leaf Wine.

However, Li Yang had never bought it, finding it too expensive.

It was an item of extreme luxury and indulgence, something Li Yang didn't need.

As for Mute, he was a member of an Emperor's family and had even been accepted as a disciple by his own family's Emperor.

In terms of wealth, Mute was definitely one of the top one or two among the three thousand geniuses of this generation.

"Mute, what is it you really want?" Li Yang asked directly, looking at him.

'First a grand meal, now Soul Leaf Wine... It seems Mute is after something.'

"Haha, Li Yang, what could I possibly want?"

Mute wore a good-natured smile, but seeing Li Yang staring at him, he had no choice but to say, "Well, there is one thing..."

Under Li Yang's gaze, he finally admitted, "Li Yang, you know that besides our batch of geniuses, there are other Longevity Realm geniuses that the Saint Hall has recruited, right?"

"I know," Li Yang nodded.

The Human Race's Eternal Saint Hall trains Longevity Realm geniuses for a period of one hundred years.

In their batch of three thousand geniuses, the oldest was only a few decades old, not yet one hundred.

In other words, when some of the geniuses currently being trained by the Human Race's Eternal Saint Hall were first recruited, their batch might not have even been born yet.

Mute continued, "I had a conflict with a genius from a previous batch. We often clash, and recently I made a bet with him."

"A bet?"

Hearing this, Li Yang's eyes shifted. He said, "And this bet has something to do with me?"

"Hehe, yes."

Mute chuckled good-naturedly. "I said your Talent is stronger than Lan Yu's. It took Lan Yu five years to get from the seventh step of the Path of Deities to the eighth, but I think you only need four."

"That genius didn't think it was possible, so we made a bet."

Hearing this, Li Yang shook his head and said, "You really have a lot of confidence in me."

"Of course! I just know you can take down Lan Yu and knock him out of second place."

Seeing that Li Yang wasn't too angry, Mute relaxed and chuckled. "Hehe."

"I made a bet with that genius, Ba Xu. If you, Li Yang, can pass the eighth step of the Path of Deities within four years, then I win, and Ba Xu has to give me a Celestial Blue Stone. If I lose, I have to give Ba Xu a treasure."

At this point, Mute quickly added, "Li Yang, please don't be mad. If I really win, I'll give the Celestial Blue Stone I win directly to you. And if I lose, I'm the one who has to give up a treasure. It won't affect you at all."

Mute was clearly a little embarrassed about using Li Yang as the subject of his bet.