179: Ancient Dragon King: Genius is just the threshold to see you
The Ancient Dragon King, with an air of arrogance, asked in his hoarse voice, "Junior, have you grasped the profound mysteries within this?"
Li Yan shook his head, "This Junior is dull-witted; I can only learn the superficial aspects. I will try first."
Emulating the Ancient Dragon King, Li Yan began to mobilize the power of the spatial vortex he had just comprehended, condensing it at his fingertips.
He slowly drew a spatial rift in mid-air, yet though it looked simple, using it was incredibly difficult!
However, the Ancient Dragon King still widened his mouth slightly in surprise, sighing inwardly, "This boy, just by looking once, already understands how to use the power of space?"
"He is much stronger than I was back then. It took this King a full month to learn how to condense it at my fingertips."
While the Ancient Dragon King marveled at Little Yellow Dragon's intelligence.
Li Yan's Mental Energy wavered, and the rift he had just drawn became twisted and then dissipated into the world.
Seeing Li Yan's performance, although the Ancient Dragon King felt pleasantly surprised, he still spoke stubbornly.
"Hmm, your failure was also within this King's expectations."
"With your dull Comprehension Ability, you should diligently Cultivate this Space Rending Claw for a hundred years."
The Ancient Dragon King would never tell Li Yan that he was actually a Genius.
For this arrogant Little Yellow Dragon, the Ancient Dragon King planned to thoroughly crush his arrogance.
Being too arrogant was not good. If he wanted to become the Ancient Dragon King, this Little Yellow Dragon had to learn composure and be slowly tempered by his side.
Li Yan, seeing his first attempt fail, couldn't help but begin to doubt his own talent.
"Hmm?"
"Is my talent really as bad as this Ancient Dragon King says?"
He muttered to himself, looking at his claws.
Li Yan pondered for a moment, "Since my talent is too poor, I can only cheat first."
"Let's try using the Heavenly Ancient Dao Pattern to maintain the spatial rift."
At this moment, Li Yan still didn't know that he was both a Genius and had a cheat.
When he made his second attempt, his Dragon claw's fingertip cut open a spatial rift, and he filled it with the Heavenly Ancient Dao Pattern.
The spatial rift, which was originally very difficult to maintain, became unexpectedly stable after the Heavenly Ancient Dao Pattern was injected!
The Space Rending Claw was actually an exercise in drawing lines.
After drawing this line, one must use powerful Mental Energy to maintain the straightness and stability of the spatial line.
When you can draw a perfect spatial line and maintain it without distortion, that is success!
And Li Yan, relying on the augmentation of the Heavenly Ancient Dao Pattern, almost instantly opened a spatial rift by taking a shortcut.
Seeing that this boy could master the ability to perfectly draw spatial lines in less than half an incense stick of time, the Ancient Dragon King was greatly shocked.
"You boy... how is that possible?"
Drawing a line in one second? And drawing it so well?
Impossible...
Impossible!
The Ancient Dragon King's arrogance, his damned self-esteem, was severely bruised at this moment.
One must know that he was a rare Genius in the Ancient Dragon Clan, seen only once in millions of years.
And he, this Genius, was merely at Li Yan's starting line?
The Ancient Dragon King had to Cultivate for ten years to skillfully master the Space Rending Claw.
This boy was already close to mastering the basics in half an incense stick of time?
At this point, the Ancient Dragon King began to comfort himself, "Boy, your line-drawing skill is impressive, but you must maintain this line; it must remain straight for a long time."
"If it dissipates quickly, then your spatial line will have been drawn in vain."
Li Yan, at this moment, was like a good student, humbly seeking knowledge.
After all, he himself wasn't clear about what was good or bad.
He needed to see what to do next, waiting for the Ancient Dragon King to teach him.
However, after a long time, the spatial line Li Yan had drawn remained straight! It still hadn't produced any fluctuations.
Seeing this, the Ancient Dragon King was already starting to lose his composure.
Was there truly such an unparalleled Genius in this world who could learn to draw spatial lines within half an incense stick of time?
Then all the years this King spent Cultivating spatial secret arts had been for naught?
If Li Yan hadn't been watching, he would have truly beaten his chest and stomped his feet, spitting out a mouthful of old blood.
But to maintain the Ancient Dragon King's image, he still feigned profundity in front of Li Yan.
"Hmm, somewhat interesting, it's alright."
The stubborn Ancient Dragon King, in a flat tone, simply praised Li Yan a few times.
"But drawing lines well doesn't necessarily mean you can comprehend the Space Rending Claw."
"Next is the most crucial step! Opening the rift!"
"Drawing lines is just the basic entry; whether you can open the rift is the most important thing!"
"Come, condense the Ancient Dragon's spatial power at your fingertips and slowly open the rift. You are a beginner, so take it one step at a time, don't rush."
"Only after you Cultivate for a few hundred years will you be able to barely open a rift as easily as this King."
The Ancient Dragon King demonstrated for Li Yan, using his Dragon claw to open a spatial rift, revealing the Chaos Purple Abyss within.
Li Yan also imitated him, following suit.
Slowly, carefully, he opened the rift.
Seeing Li Yan actually accomplish a step that took him several years to learn, the Ancient Dragon King felt a pang in his heart.
Jealousy, envy, resentment.
This Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability made the Ancient Dragon King lose face a bit.
He hated, hated why this Genius wasn't him!
He recalled when he was a young Dragon; compared to this Little Yellow Dragon, he wished he could just bash his head against a block of tofu and die.
It turned out that people truly felt jealous when they saw a Genius.
The Ancient Dragon King finally understood why he was hated by other young Ancient Dragons when he was young.
He finally understood that this kind of jealousy towards a Genius could disfigure a person.
If someone's Comprehension Ability is a little higher than mine, I can accept it.
If someone's Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability completely crushes mine, it's more unbearable than being killed!
But Li Yan still didn't know his true capabilities at this moment; he just felt that this rift was very difficult to control.
"There's also a powerful suction force inside; the spatial rift is like a bottomless abyss."
"This spatial rift is also not safe; it's too unstable."
After maintaining it for about half an incense stick of time, the spatial rift Li Yan was maintaining began to be interfered with by a strange power, twisting and deforming, eventually collapsing.
And at this time, he had already consumed a large amount of mental effort and felt utterly exhausted.
"Maintaining a spatial rift, I didn't expect it to consume so much Mental Energy; it's too tiring."
The Ancient Dragon King slowly recovered from his state of shock.
This Ancient Dragon began his suppressive education again, "Do you know how tiring it is to maintain a spatial rift?"
"It's normal for you to fail when you're just starting out."
Li Yan curiously asked in return, "Your Majesty, how long did you maintain it when you first started?"
As if someone had stepped on his tail, the Ancient Dragon King fell into a long silence.
Li Yan's single sentence had completely broken through his defenses.
He recalled that back then, it took him a very, very long time to open a spatial rift, and then it would collapse in less than a breath's time.
Whereas Li Yan's starting point was too high; with a mere lift of his hand, the spatial rift could be maintained for such a long time.
Seeing the Ancient Dragon King remain silent for a long time, Li Yan felt that he was acting strangely.
"Your Majesty, why are you silent?"
Facing the interrogation, the Ancient Dragon King quietly changed the subject, "A true hero doesn't boast of past glories. This King will teach you another small trick; let's not talk about this matter for now."