Chapter 171: Lightning Attunement
John listened closely to the lecture which lasted for several hours, and learned many new things regarding lightning. By the end of the first class, he felt as though his lightning knowledge had increased several times, and this was just the first class of many he would take during his time as a disciple of the Sect.
"I will see you all here next week at the same time," Elder Hale said to the class before leaving.
"Wow, that was a lot of information, but incredibly helpful," John said to Adam as he stretched his sore legs.
Adam nodded his head in agreement. "I'm particularly interested in learning about lightning formations, and Elder Hale mentioned there is a class specifically for that. I'll need to sign up for that today."
John nodded his head at Adam's words. Adam was a formations expert first and foremost, and needed to increase his knowledge and power in that field the most.
"I'm pretty hungry, let's go find a place to eat," John said to Adam as he stood up. The class had lasted for many hours, and it was already noon. Although John had food in his storage ring, he wanted to explore the campus a little bit and see if there were any places to get food.
"Sure, I famished myself," Adam replied.
The two of them began to leave the auditorium, and were quickly blocked by a massive body that towered over the both of them. John raised his head to look up at Russell, who was a head taller and standing directly in front of him.
A serious expression lingered on Russell's face as he stared directly at John, and Adam clenched his fists in nervousness, not knowing what was about to happen. All eyes in the room turned to the two of them, curious as to what was about to happen.
John stared at Russell for a moment "Want to join us for lunch?"
Russell stared at John in a serious manner for a brief moment before a large smile broke out on his face. "Hahaha, sure sure. I'm starving. Let's go."
He had originally stopped John to ask for a fight, but John's recommendation in joining them for lunch made him forget all about that. Adam stood there with a stupefied expression, as the situation had gone in a completely unexpected direction.
The three of them walked out of the auditorium, and after asking some of the older disciples, managed to find the main cafeteria on campus. It was a large sprawling cafeteria, with many different stalls serving different types of dishes.
A delicious aroma wafted over them as they entered the cafeteria, and both John and Russell quickly dashed forward to the nearest stall. The stall had many types of cooked meat on it, and both quickly ordered as much as they could carry, before finding a nearby table to eat at.
"I bet you can't eat more than me," Russell said to John as he began to stuff the food in his mouth.
"You're on!" John replied, as he too began to stuff food in his mouth. Both of them had incredibly strong bodies, and such strong bodies required a large amount of food to sustain it.
Adam stared at the two of them in stupefied silence as he watched them both eat more food than an entire group of adults could, and they continued to eat more. John and Russell continued to travel back and forth between the stalls and the table, grabbing more food each time.
"I concede," Russell finally stated with an anguished look on his face. He had eaten so much that he could hardly walk. Despite John being smaller than him, he had managed to easily outeat him, surprising him greatly.
What he didn't know was that John's body had an even larger energy requirement to sustain due to its power and profundity, and eating this much was normal for John.
He carried entire roasted corpses of beasts in his storage ring, and would work through them quite quickly.
Although he had won, John was starting to feel quite stuffed himself, and breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Russell's concession.
John originally had a relatively negative opinion regarding Russell from his first interaction with him, but was quickly starting to warm up to him. He could tell that Russell was a meathead who only cared for fighting and eating, and such a person was very similar to John himself.
"Are you two done? We have our second class starting soon," Adam suddenly said, causing both John and Russell to realize that their eating competition had taken quite some time.
After cleaning up, the three proceeded towards their next class, which was located in a different area. However, the class was located outdoors this time, and the group of Inner and Core Disciples gathered in a large empty field.
In the center of the field, there was a large stone tablet with many intricate formation runes. The setup reminded many of the Trial of Pain, causing them to shudder slightly at the memory. The memory of the pain they felt still lingered fresh in their minds.
"Silence!"
A loud, burly voice sounded out, and the disciples all turned to see a man approaching them. He wore a sleeveless leather outfit, and had a large, unkempt beard. His arm muscles bulged out powerfully, and an intense battle aura emanated from him.
He walked up to the group of youths and took some time to individually inspect them before he spoke up.
"I am Elder Orin, and this is Lightning Attunement 101. In this class, you will increase both your comprehensions and your control over lightning."
The faces of the youths all lit up in excitement, as many of them had limited comprehensions regarding lightning. Although they had all been bathed in the dragon's lightning, which increased their comprehensions and attunement towards lighting greatly, that was mostly a passive foundation establishment.
They had yet to learn how to actively control lighting Qi, and were all excited to learn how to do so.
"In order to study the signature cultivation method of the Heavenly Lightning Sect, your lightning comprehensions and control over lightning Qi must reach a certain level."
The Elder suddenly snapped his fingers, and a powerful lighting field quickly radiated out of the stone table in the center of the empty field. Powerful lighting continuously snaked out of the tablet and into the surroundings, making it appear like a lightning domain.
John's eyes lit up at the sight of the test, as it was almost exactly like what he had encountered in the Lightning World trail.
The faces of the disciples blanched as they felt the power of the lightning.
"This is a lightning field, meant to temper your comprehensions and control over lightning. The lightning becomes more powerful the closer you get to the center, and the goal is to reach the central tablet."
The Elder paused for a moment to let the disciples gather their wits before continuing.
"Pain resistance won't help you here, as the only way to proceed forward is to use your control over lightning to proceed forward. Without a certain level of lightning comprehensions and lightning Qi control, it is impossible to move forward. Once you have successfully reached the center, you will be given the first stage of the Heavenly Lightning Tome."