177: Chapter 177 Inspection of Goods

In the breakfast shop, Tang Long saw the message sent by Lu Xiaohu and finally revealed a smile.

This morning, his phone had been bombarded with messages for over an hour.

He was stuffed.

He immediately stood up to pay the bill and left, singing as he walked.

"This letter comes at just the right time, Heaven bids Huang Zhong earn merit."

"Standing at the camp gate, shouting aloud, listen well, my young soldiers."

"First drum beat, prepare the battle meal. Second drum beat, prepare the battle meal. Third drum beat, prepare the battle meal. Fourth drum beat, prepare the battle meal."

"..."

As he walked into the campus singing, Jiang Xiaolan was the first to find him.

"Tang Long, where did you run off to?"

"Eating. I was busy all night, I was starving."

"You've been eating for this long?"

"Didn't I say I was starving? I ate a lot."

"Then why didn't you return my calls or messages?"

"My phone ran out of battery and turned off just now."

"You! Fine, let's not talk about that for now. Listen to me carefully..."

Jiang Xiaolan briefly explained the situation to him, then pulled him along toward the reception room.

As soon as they entered the reception room, Principal Wang Dong immediately rushed up to shake his hand.

"Student Tang Long, oh my, you truly are a talent."

"Regarding the misunderstanding this morning, I, as Principal, must apologize to you first."

"Don't worry, that expulsion report has already been scrapped. You are still a student of our First Specialized Academy, and I am proud of you!"

Tang Long nodded with a smile.

"I knew it was a misunderstanding, Principal Wang, no need for formalities. These are all important people with busy schedules, let's get to the main business."

"Yes, yes, yes, let me introduce you."

"These two are Imperial Academy Libationer Lord Ritual Master Yu Hai and Imperial Academy Dr. Shi Chengyu."

"This is Bishop Wei Ye from our Songcheng Sect."

"And this one is the military representative, Group Leader Yun Zhuoyue from the Hu Xiao Special Task Force."

Tang Long nodded to acknowledge them.

"Greetings, my lords, I am Tang Long."

The room fell into a brief silence.

After half a minute, Wei Ye smiled and spoke first.

"Tang Long, I heard that you passed the Heaven-Forgotten Trial last night and obtained a Wuque Method. I assume this is true?"

"It is true. It is a thunder-attribute Wuque Method called the Thunder Emperors Eight Scenes Art."

Wei Ye nodded and asked again,

"I believe you also understand that we are all here for this Wuque Method. So, could you demonstrate it for us first?"

"I can, but the technique has high destructive power. It might not be convenient here, and it requires quite a few thunder spirit stones."

"Spirit stones are not worth mentioning. Principal Wang, does the school have a sturdier testing ground?"

Principal Wang Dong quickly agreed,

"Yes! Please follow me, everyone!"

The sixth basement floor of the main teaching building had once been a bunker of the old city, so it was extremely sturdy.

After the Jiang Family bought it, it had been used as Jiang Hanwen's laboratory for a time.

After the school was established, it was basically not renovated, serving as a special evaluation laboratory.

After the group entered, the first thing Wei Ye said was to dismiss people.

"Principal Wang, there is nothing for you here anymore. You may withdraw."

Principal Wang Dong's face twitched, but he dared not say a word of objection; he acknowledged and exited the room.

As the door closed, Tang Long directly took out the thunder emperor pearl.

"My lords, this is the heritage treasure, the thunder emperor pearl."

"With its assistance, I can perform Empowerment to pass on the technique to eight people at the same time."

"If you want to inspect the goods, why not experience it yourselves?"

Ritual Master Yu Hai was greatly surprised,

"We can also receive the heritage?"

Tang Long nodded,

"Yes. However, the success rate of a normal heritage is not high to begin with. For a small student like me to condense a heritage mark in your minds, the success rate is virtually close to zero."

"But, it is enough for you to get a slight feel for it and distinguish the truth from falsehood."

"Oh, this process consumes about 30 thunder spirit stones each time, and I don't have that many."

Even with the extensive experience of these few, they had never seen such a thing.

Wei Ye frowned and said,

"Generally speaking, Empowerment from a lower level to a higher level is not only unlikely to succeed but will also be met with backlash, let alone performing Empowerment on all four of us at once. Are you sure you will be fine?"

Tang Long weighed the pearl in his hand,

"With this, it won't be a problem. If I relied on myself, I could only perform Empowerment on people weaker than me."

The group exchanged glances; Ritual Master Yu Hai said,

"Chengyu, you are skilled in thunder-attribute techniques; come be his spiritual source, let's try it."

Shi Chengyu nodded slightly, then walked to Tang Long's side and held up a finger, upon which thunder sparks flickered.

"Speak, what should I do?"

Tang Long knew that high-level powerhouses were huge sources of spiritual energy themselves, so he didn't stand on ceremony with him.

"After starting, please output thunder spiritual energy directly to me, and try to keep it steady. As for the speed, start with the amount of one spirit stone every ten seconds. Later, we can slow it down as the situation requires; I will leave that to you, my lord."

"No problem."

"The other three, please sit directly in front of me, at least five meters apart. It will hurt a bit during the Empowerment, but it's best not to resist, otherwise the spiritual energy backflow might hurt me. If the heritage fails, it will disconnect automatically; please step back immediately."

The three nodded, then found their positions and sat down.

Shi Chengyu stood behind Tang Long, responsible for the spiritual energy output and protecting him.

Following the command to start, a spiderweb-like circle of lightning instantly dissipated from around Tang Long's body, from which three tentacle-like bolts of lightning reached out, winding directly toward the three people.

As the lightning touched their bodies, all three couldn't help but tremble slightly, and then it was as if they were draped in a veil of thunder.

Electric lights flickered, thunder rumbled, and time ticked by.

Tang Long couldn't help but sigh that the strong are indeed the strong.

When he studied the heritage himself, no matter how hard he tried to control it, the damage from the lightning was still significant; it was just that his own ability to endure was stronger.

At this moment, with Shi Chengyu's help, the violence of the lightning dropped by several levels, and he had actually barely been injured.

After just over ten seconds, the lightning line of Ritual Master Yu Hai, who had the highest realm, was the first to disconnect.

He couldn't help but reveal a look of astonishment, then immediately dodged back.

After about half a minute, Wei Ye's line also broke.

As for Yun Zhuoyue's line, it lasted for over a minute before breaking.

After it ended, the group all had different expressions.

Wei Ye was the first to laugh out loud,

"Before coming here, I still doubted the information was wrong. I didn't expect this technique to be even better than described."

Ritual Master Yu Hai also sighed,

"Ancient techniques indeed have their unique features. Although we couldn't grasp the full picture, the content within cannot be faked. It seems that it can indeed refine a spiritual body, and it can basically be confirmed as a Huagai Realm-level Wuque Method."

Yun Zhuoyue didn't speak, just nodded in agreement.

"Then there is no disagreement."

Wei Ye smiled and looked left and right,

"Everyone definitely wants such a rare Wuque Method."

"Brother Yu and Dr. Shi represent the Imperial Academy, I represent the Songcheng Sect, and Group Leader Yun represents the military; I'm afraid it wouldn't be appropriate to let anyone back down."

"However, I don't think we need to damage our harmony."

"How about this: let's each bring out our own sincerity, and let Tang Long choose for himself. What do you all think?"

Ritual Master Yu Hai looked at Shi Chengyu, and both nodded slightly.

Shi Chengyu continued,

"Then let me speak first."

"Tang Long, the Grand Secretary has personally promised that after you graduate from the specialized academy, you will be immediately specially recruited into the National Academy. If you achieve excellent results in the future, you will have priority for selection into the Imperial Academy."

"Of course, the premise is that you voluntarily donate the Thunder Emperors Eight Scenes Art to the Imperial Academy."

"For this contribution, you will be awarded the title of Royal Knight, as well as Honorary Scholar of the National Academy. You will immediately enjoy double the knighthood allowance and a special scholarship, totaling about 280,000 yuan per month."

"Tang Long, once you are enfeoffed as a Royal Knight, you will step into the true noble class. This kind of honor is something no one but the imperial court can give."

"Also, the Grand Secretary is one of the few Huagai Realm powerhouses in the country; you may have the chance to receive his personal guidance in the future. Think it over carefully and make a wise choice."