Chapter 10

Watching Hero Brother struggle with his studies, Old Master Turtle felt an immense sense of satisfaction, thinking to himself, "Back in the day, it took me several decades to learn the basics of array formations on my own. Your talent is a bit less than mine, so just enjoy the process slowly."

Originally, he thought Hero Brother would suffer greatly, but to his surprise, under Old Master Turtle’s meticulous guidance, Hero Brother gradually became captivated by the six foundational array formation theories, completely losing track of time.

It was unknown how much time had passed. When he was studying the fifth part, the Theory of the Five Elements, a sudden insight struck him.

How similar were the array formations of the emblems? The former seemed to be composed of a few simple lines, yet they could align with the laws of energy flow in the universe, guiding this energy into the human body, using the physical body as a medium to release power. The power running through different lines of the emblem could trigger different effects.

The latter, though seemingly complex, also aligned with the laws of energy flow in the universe. The difference was that array formations could harness the power of heaven and earth to combat the universe, a technique that could achieve great results with minimal effort.

The former was human, the latter was heaven! Although humans seemed insignificant compared to heaven, humans had boundless potential! Heaven appeared boundless, but it operated under specific rules!

The universe is finite, but the great path is boundless!

Hero had some basic understanding of the theory of emblems but had never truly studied it. One reason was his reading phobia; the other was that he lacked the ability to engrave or sketch emblems.

Engraving or sketching emblems required the strength of a super-powered combat body, the second realm of a parapsychic.

During the awakening of parapsychic abilities, one could only consume a large amount of human and material resources to activate the emblem, using its power simply.

After finishing the fifth part of the foundational array formation theory, a thought of mutual verification formed in his mind, but he felt it was too far-fetched. Thinking too high and far after just learning the basics would be detrimental. He buried the idea of mutual verification and continued to study the Eight Trigrams and Sixty-Four Transformations.

This was the theory of array formation changes. Following the deepening of the Eight Trigrams, the array formation would transform infinitely.

Studying the Eight Trigrams and Sixty-Four Transformations made Hero feel like he was on the brink of life and death.

Old Master Turtle could only teach him the basics; to truly grasp the foundation, he had to rely on his own understanding. Changes could not be taught.

A day in the mountains is a thousand years in the world below.

It was already the second day, and the sun was high in the sky.

The security department of Tianzhen Academy was in a frenzy, and the Hu family was in chaos.

Why? Because when Hu Zhi Long sent people to summon Hero back to the Hu family to recognize his roots, they found that Hero was missing. At first, they thought he had skipped class, but after searching all morning, they realized something was wrong. Finally, they checked the electronic surveillance network and found a thirty-second video clip that captured Hero and Black Spider passing one after the other.

Because the electronic eye was installed in a very tricky position, even professionals like Hero and Black Spider could not avoid it! The difference was that Hero held back and did not run at full speed, as if he were fleeing for his life. Black Spider, on the other hand, followed Hero professionally.

Who was the shadow following that coward? Why was that coward fleeing for his life in the rain-soaked mountains?

This was a case of the unintentional outsmarting the intentional. Hero’s holding back had tricked Black Spider.

Indeed, a seemingly simple and honest identity was more effective than a tiger in a pig's skin.

After technical processing, the image showed a fake student with a beard, but it was verified that this person was already dead. The academy could do no more; the rest was left to the Hu family.

In a study room of the Hu family, Hu Zhi Long stared at the two shadows in the video, watching them repeatedly for nearly a hundred times, finally realizing something: the one behind was a parapsychic!

He deduced this from the professional tracking methods of the spider. Having been in that line himself, he knew these things well. Outsiders see the surface, but experts see the essence.

Who in this world would want his unfortunate son dead? Who would hire such a high-level assassin to kill him? The answer was already in Hu Zhi Long’s mind. Thinking of this, he stood up with a swoosh, ready to rush out, but a servant’s voice came from outside the door:

"Master, the Lord requests your presence in the council hall."

Hearing it was the council hall, Hu Zhi Long knew the matter was serious. The old man had taken it seriously.

"If that boy is really killed, I can’t protect that stinking woman either!" Hu Zhi Long took a deep breath and left the study for the council hall.

In the council hall, the core members of the Hu family were all present, including Hu Zhi Long’s wife, Long Zhaor.

The old man glanced at Long Zhaor and said to everyone, "Before I get to the main topic, I will take you to a place that has been itching you for over a year."

Everyone perked up, knowing what the old man was referring to.

The old man Hu had everyone’s eyes blindfolded, got into a car, and drove for half an hour. After getting out of the car, they walked for another hour, finally arriving at an underground world!

After removing the blindfolds, everyone was stunned by what they saw.

They were in a massive underground volcanic crater! The sight of the lava rolling down the mountain made their scalps tingle, and the lava’s roaring momentum seemed ready to erupt at any moment.

The crater was about ten kilometers in diameter. If it erupted, the entire Tianchuan City could be blown sky-high.

Hu Yingnian suddenly exclaimed, "Look down there! A broken stele is floating on the lava, and there are words on it."

If Hero were here, he would recognize these words, as the inheritance jade slip he obtained was recorded in this script, which was 'oracle bone script.'

The broken stele read: "I am the Way."

Apart from this line of text and more than half of the strange patterns that the old man Hu did not recognize, the remaining large part of the patterns he knew: inheritance emblem arrays!

Emblem arrays composed of countless emblems!

These emblems emitted a powerful force that disturbed the mind, making it impossible to see clearly.

One emblem represented a form of energy law, explaining a method of using power. What about an emblem array composed of countless emblems?

Even a pig would know the value of this broken stele.

"Legend has it that before the endless origin of the parapsychic civilization, there was a civilization divine stele 'Chaos Divine Stele' that was ten thousand feet tall, the origin of the parapsychic civilization. But it was later shattered into eight large pieces and countless fragments by the ancient war gods. One piece fell into the hands of the founder of the Divine Emblem Academy, making it one of the four major parapsychic civilization holy sites." Here, the old man Hu paused, looking at everyone.

Then he continued, "If it were a small piece, I could protect it, but now it’s a large piece, and it will eventually be divided among the world’s strong. What we can do now is delay their reaction time, giving me enough time to digest the contents of this stele. Compared to a holy site of civilization, our Hu family is just a few small ants. Do you think our Hu family is powerful just because we are a major energy giant in China? China is vast, the world is deep, and the Earth is even larger than you can imagine. So, don’t play internal struggles under my nose. We already have so few people; even if you give me eighteen thousand more descendants, I would still think it’s not enough. If anyone wants that meager family business, I can pack it up for them. The true wealth of our Hu family is the emblem array on this stele and those four words."

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