Tianyu patted Yinying on the shoulder.
"I don't want to worry the girls about this too much, so I'm counting on you to keep them at ease." Said Tianyu.
Nodding his head Yinying responds "Understood, sir."
"Good," Tianyu nodded back "Now go, I have things to prepare. Come and inform me when that young master arrives."
Yinying acknowledged the order, before heading off.
After watching Yinying leave, Tianyu sets his plan in motion.
"Sophia," he called out "Use Elemental Fusion and fuse my Lightning Qi with the Water Qi Technique."
[Processing...]
[Congratulations host! You have successfully fused your Lightning Qi with Water Qi and become a Dual Elemental user. Reward: 1x Gacha Spin Token]
"Excellent," he exclaimed "Spin the gacha."
[Congratulations host! You have received 1x Talisman Bundle.]
[Talisman Bundle contents: 5x Sealing Talisman, 5x Armor Talisman, 5x Speed Talisman, 5x Power Talisman, 1x Travel Talisman.]
With each change that happens, the plan in his head alternates.
"These talismans will come in great help to give me the boost in power that I need," Tianyu thinks to himself. "My biggest obstacle is the family head... I'm confident that with my increase in power, I can take on the elders, as long as I don't get surrounded or outnumbered. As for Zhao Ren, I don't know how strong he is. I don't like having such a variable."
Setting up the spirit-gathering formation that Mister Hao had given him, he then sits in the lotus position and channels the surrounding spirit through his meridians and into his diantan, which had grown much larger since his ascension into the True Qi Realm.
As the flow of spirit power was flowing into his diantan, he felt it becoming stronger. Much more so than when he cultivated with full spirit power. This gave him an idea he wanted to test out.
Once Tianyu's spirit power had reached its peak, he kept absorbing more spirit power into his diantan, but the effect was minimal. So he used up some of his spirit power by casting a skill to lower it back down.
The wind whipped up and blew ferociously as Tianyu used his Surging Winds skill. Once his spirit power drained to an acceptable level, which was harder than he thought with his new Taotie Trait rapidly restoring his reserves, he resumed absorbing through meditation.
It was as if a light had just switched on in his head. The hardest thing to overcome as a novice cultivator is a lack of knowledge. As Tianyu didn't have a teacher, he had to work everything out for himself.
"It actually works like that..." Tianyu thought to himself, "But this damn Taotie trait makes it so hard to spend my spiritual power quick enough. I need to find some way to do both at the same time."
A few hours pass.
"So I can manipulate spirit power like I can my Lightning Qi, That should make it easier..." Tianyu was trying different experiments. "What would happen if I combine both?"
Focussing his Lightning Qi in his left hand, and his spiritual power in his right, he brought the two together.
zzzZZZZZZAP-BOOM
On the ground about 50 meters away was a patch of scorched earth, with a rather large hole in the ground.
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"Did I just shoot lightning out of my hands?" He questioned himself.
Once again, he repeated the same process, but this time, he limited the amount of spiritual power he channeled into his palm.
zzzZZZZZZAP-BOOM
The same thing happened, but this time to a lesser degree.
With a smile on his face, you know what's coming next, right?
Repeating the same process, but this time, he channeled about twice as much spiritual power as the first time.
zzzZZZZZAP-BOOOOOM
"Hahaha! Amazing!" Tianyu was standing there with a huge smile on his face and a sense of accomplishment. He had figured out how to do this all on his own, and it seemed super powerful!
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"Exclusive Gacha? I guess that's similar to the legendary gacha. I'll need to be stronger in order to use it." He thought.
Tianyu went back to his formation and sat down. "This time, let's try channeling my spirit power around my body while absorbing at the same time"
After a while, he started to understand how it was done, which caused his spirit power to increase at an alarming rate.
He stopped what he was doing as Yinying approached.
"Sir," Yinying greeted "The young master has arrived"
"Take me." Tianyu followed.
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"Please stop," Pleaded Guang "I have to go."
"Stop? Why should I stop?" The young man laughed
"Please," she continued "Leave me alone..." she was almost whispering.
The young man laughed again "Don't you understand? I'm going to make you mine."
"No," Guang stated, "I won't leave master and brother."
The young man sneered, "You'll do what you're told! You're just a family servant, you think you have the right to disobey me?"
Suddenly, an immense pressure descended on the young man, which caused his entire body to shake in fear. A cold sweat ran down his back and his pupils shrank into pin holes.
"Yinying," Tianyu's calm voice rang out "Take Guang inside."
Obeying his orders, Yinying took Guang's hand and led her back into the villa.
"Who are you?" Tianyu asked.
Struggling to even breathe under the pressure, the young man quietly squeaked out "Q-Qin Bei"
"Why are you here?" he asked another question.
Qin Bei, who was terrified, could only beg. "P-Please..."
Tianyu eased his pressure on the boy.
"T-Thank you," said Qin Bei.
"Answer my question - why are you here?" Tuanyu repeated.
"I-I want to take that servant as my concubine!" Qin Bei stated.
Tianyu furrowed his brow. Yinying was right, something about this doesn't add up.
"How do you know my servant?" He asked another question.
Qin Bei wasn't prepared to be questioned, so he panicked a little inside. "S-She is the daughter of my father's servant. We grew up together before she was assigned to be your servant."
Qin Bei felt a little smug in his heart for coming up with such a convincing story on the fly, but his smugness soon turned to terror once more, as the mountainous pressure fell on top of him again.
"Think very carefully before you answer this next question as your life hangs in the balance," Tianyu threatened "Who sent you here?"
Grunting in pain, Qin Bei answered "N-Nobody. I cam-"
Before Qin Bei could finish his lie, Tianyu had cast his new skill Lightning Bolt, and vaporized the young man kneeling before him.
Tianyu was shocked at how powerful Lightning Bolt was. Are all High-Tier skills this strong, or does it have something to do with my constitution?
[Killed 1x Foundation Realm Cultivator. Gained 500 exp]
"Truly a waste." Tianyu could only shake his head.
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After they had all eaten dinner, Tianyu explained what was going on.
"In about a week's time some of my friends will come here to pick you all up," Tianyu explained "I want you to go back with them so you are safe. I don't trust the Qin Family."
"What will you do?" Qin Li Mei questioned.
"I plan to join you shortly, but there are some things I have to take care of first." He answered.
With a worried look on her face, Qin Li Mei knew what Tianyu was planning, but she wasn't planning to stop him. He was a man now, and he can make his own decisions. "Promise me you'll be safe." She said.
"I promise I'll be as safe as I can," Tianyu replied. "I need to make preparations. Mom, Guang, please follow Yinying. He will be with you the entire time and he knows what to do. I won't be able to see you all off."
He kissed his mother on the cheek and reassured her, then patted Guang on the head. "Be a good girl for your brother, okay?" He smiled.
"Un!" Guang nodded back.
Heading back to his spirit formation he sat down in the lotus position and began his preparation. Just like before, he was channeling his spirit power and his Lightning Qi, but this time he was channeling it straight up into the sky above the Qin Family compound. As fast as he was channeling his spirit power, with the aid of his trait and the formation, it was recovering even faster.
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After a week, Tianyu was still channeling his spirit power. The sky above had started brewing into a violent storm, the clouds were a dark gray and the rain had long since started falling. It was on this day that the Qin Family had received visitors. A convoy of gifts meant for Qin Tianyu as thanks for rescuing the granddaughter of a sect master. The Qin Family was ecstatic to receive the gifts and the favor of a sect.
The Qin Family quickly took possession of the entire convoy with greed-filled eyes, however, the leader of the convoy had informed them that he was to give the final carriage of gifts to Qin Tianyu personally. The Qin Family soon turned colder upon hearing this and got a servant to show him the way, before quickly getting back to the items they had taken. The convoy leader shook his head in disgust at the greed shown before him.
Once he got to the Lake Villa, he was greeted by Yinying who knew the situation and the reason for the visit. He apologized to the convoy leader that Tianyu couldn't greet him personally, as he was currently occupied. Yinying then guided Guang and Qin Li Mei into the carriage and then gathered the items which they deemed essential, before heading away. The carriage passed back through without any problems as everyone was preoccupied with staking claims to the gifts that weren't theirs. They then headed out of the city and towards the sect.
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Another week passed of Tianyu channeling his spirit power and Lightning Qi.
The sky above the city was starting to look terrifying. Almost black at this stage. The rain has been falling for the entire time, causing issues all over the city.
Tianyu was utterly exhausted. Although using this method he would never run out of spiritual power, mental fatigue was the issue now.
Tianyu was relieved that the strength of his spiritual power made it undetectable to anyone who didn't have a higher spiritual power than himself, If this wasn't the case then his plan wouldn't have worked.
Half a day later, Tianyu heard the most beautiful noise he could think of. A noise that made him happy to the very core of his being. He heard the cry of his spirit beast, Xiao Lei.
The look on his face, while weary, was full of determination. "It's time to end this!"
LIGHTNING BOLT!