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Chapter 148 Samadhi True Fire
1920, summer.

Zhuge Family Training Ground.

Zhuge Ying, Zhuge Jie, Zhuge Yue, and other younger members of the Zhuge family stood solemnly around the training ground, watching the duel between the two sorcerers.

One of them is Zhuge Chen, the best of the 47th generation of Zhuge family sorcerers, who supervises their physical training and guides them in the Wuhou Qimen (a form of martial arts). The other is Guan Yi, who has just returned to the family after recognizing his ancestors a year ago.

Logically speaking, this should have been a one-sided battle of guidance. In terms of both life cultivation and physical strength, Zhuge Chen, who had cultivated for more than 20 years, should have been far ahead of Guan Yi. However, the situation on the field was completely different from this, even the opposite!

Zhuge Chen's expression became very serious. He moved quickly, slipped, and landed in the "Shock Gate" position of the Qimen formation he had unfolded.

"Human Plate, Gate of Shock, Confused Mind!"

An invisible spiritual fluctuation, like ripples on water, spread towards Guan Yi, disturbing his mind.

However, Guan Yi, who was rapidly approaching Zhuge Chen, did not stop at all. He only increased his strength slightly when he took a step, and his Qi began to move at high speed, echoing a star in the sky.

"Celestial Plate, Heavenly Pillar Star, Suppress!"

hum-

An invisible wall rose up in front of Guan Yi. The mental fluctuations emitted by Zhuge Chen disappeared silently when they touched the wall. Guan Yi, who was close to Zhuge Chen, threw a punch at him!

Bang—The martial arts learned by the Zhuge family mainly consist of the Eight Extremes. Guan Yi's attack was a standard 'supporting hammer'. With a dull blocking sound, Zhuge Chen's body tensed up slightly.

As the person who guided Guan Yi's cultivation step by step, he knew that Guan Yi possessed a body-forging talent that was beyond the reach of ordinary people, and he completed the body-forging requirements of the Zhuge family in less than three months.

Having practiced physical training and martial arts for twenty years, his physique was at least on par with Guan Yi's. However, he also knew that the talent of this junior from the Zhuge family was far more than just physical prowess!

"Divine Plate, Eight Deception Symbols, Nine Earths".

"Divine Disc, Eight Deception Talismans, Nine Heavens!"

Sure enough, in the next instant, the energies of the two divine plates were applied to Guan Yi, greatly enhancing his speed and strength!
The following powerful palm strike caused Zhuge Chen's body to sink, his blood and qi churning, and he slid backward as the ground shattered.

Zhuge Chen was not good at the Divine Plate, and very few people in the Zhuge family could master all four plates of Heaven, Earth, Man and God. He only had some talent in the Heaven, Earth and Man plates, which was enough to make him an outstanding person.

But compared to this child, his talent paled in comparison!
The four plates shifted silently. Guan Yi, who had just launched a powerful attack using the Divine Plate, had already repositioned himself in the central palace. Without giving Zhuge Chen any time to catch his breath, he launched a ground-based magical attack.

"Zhenzi·Thunder!"

Shila-

Several thick, white arcs of electricity appeared out of thin air, not striking directly, but weaving into a net at a tricky angle, leaving only a safe area behind Zhuge Chen.

However, in a battle between sorcerers, the one who seems safe is actually the most unsafe. Zhuge Chen instantly analyzed that the land behind him would fall into the death gate position of Guan Yiren's plate. The moment he stepped into it, the defeat was basically sealed.

He had no choice but to advance instead of retreat, and to confront the strongest point of this thunderous net head-on.

As a warlock, he knew that sometimes the strongest point is the weakest, and the place with the strongest single-point power is often the weakest point of the Thunder Network.

Sure enough, accompanied by a faint smell of burning fabric, he dodged the lightning strike unharmed.

But after focusing on dealing with the thunder, he was startled again when he looked back.

Guan Yi has disappeared!
In the sky? No, on the ground!

"Kun character - Earth Dragon Swimming".

Following the ground that had been cracked by the previous Great Splitting Palm, Guan Yi used magic to soften the ground leading to Zhuge Chen, and moved towards Zhuge Chen at high speed from underground like a fish.

Zhuge Chen moved sideways, moving away from Guan Yi while stepping into the Li character. Qi gathered at his fingertips, condensing into a crimson fireball.

"Li Zi·Explosive Flame!"

Boom! The explosion slammed into the ground, the deafening sound shattering the ground and forcing out the Guan Yi that had been lurking underground.

Seeing Guan Yi leap high into the air, Zhuge Chen was about to move to the Xun character to activate the wind rope and try to bind Guan Yi when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

From the sorcerer's perspective, the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams array around Guan Yi, who had leaped off the ground, was still there, and with the movement of Qi, the four directions of Kan, Li, Zhen, and Dui became clearly 'protruding'!

"This is……"

"It's the 'Four Plates Harmony Formation'?!"

At the edge of the training ground, Zhuge Ying blurted out, "When did he set this up?"

"In the midst of such a fierce battle, he actually had time to set up four Harmony Formations?!"

"No, I should say that he has mastered the Four Harmony Formation!!" The Four Harmony Formation is the core Qimen formation in Wuhou Qimen, and it is much more difficult to learn than the Heaven, Earth, Man and God formations taken out individually.

On the other hand, being able to use the Four Plates Harmony Formation means that this person's Wuhou Qimen has reached the 'graduation' level, possessing the exclusive skills and fighting style of the Wuhou School!

"This is so discouraging," Zhuge Yue murmured. "I've been learning for three months longer than him, and I still haven't mastered all the spells for my territory."

Under the operation of the formation, whether it was the dissipated energy from Zhuge Chen's explosive flames, the residual energy from Guan Yi's dragon-swimming, or the lightning released by Guan Yi earlier, it was all contained within the formation.

All the energy that should have disappeared into the world was rapidly converging on Guan Yi!

A unified offensive and defensive posture has already taken shape.

The ability to attack and defend without consuming one's own Qi, utilizing dissipated energy, embodies the core concept of "borrowing the power of heaven and earth" in the Wuhou School.

"Kun Zi·Liushi!"

"stop!"

Seeing that his energy was being used by Guan Yi, and that the rubble he had blasted was about to become Guan Yi's weapon, Zhuge Chen knew that he had already fallen into Guan Yi's trap and that it would be undignified to continue fighting. He quickly raised a hand and shouted, "That's enough!"

Guan Yi dispersed the formation and returned to the ground.

"Thank you for your guidance, Uncle Chen."

"I'll need your guidance from now on." Zhuge Chen had a good attitude and was in a very good mood.

Over the past year, his emotions have gone through many twists and turns, from shock and disbelief to acceptance and anticipation, and now to pure joy.

The Zhuge family has produced a dragon!
What does it mean to master all the spells of Wuhou Qimen within a year? There has never been anyone like him before, and he believes there will never be anyone like him again.

The word "genius" simply cannot encompass or describe it.

This is absolutely the talent of Zhuge Liang's ancestor. The Zhuge family may even be able to reach a new peak under his leadership!
"From now on, no one can guide you anymore; it all depends on your own understanding."

Zhuge Chen walked to Guan Yi's side and said, "If you need anything, just tell your seventh cousin. If your cousin can help you, he definitely will!"

"Uncle Chen, can I learn the Divine Strategist technique?"

Zhuge Chen was taken aback: "Divine strategy?"

He glanced at Zhuge Yue.

Men study Qimen Dunjia, women study Shenji.

This is a rule passed down through generations of the Zhuge family, which can only be broken in a few cases. And even if it is broken, it usually means that only one other method is learned, just like Zhuge Yue who learned Qimen instead of Shenji.

Because human energy is limited, and both Wuhou Qimen and Shenji are infinitely mysterious, one needs to study one of them for a lifetime.

Therefore, Zhuge Chen hesitated when faced with Guan Yi's question. On the one hand, he was afraid of delaying Guan Yi's study of Wuhou Qimen, and on the other hand, he felt that with Guan Yi's talent, it would be fine for him to learn both.

"I need to ask the clan chief for permission."

"Yes, thank you for your trouble, Uncle Chen. Please rest assured, even if I learn Shenji, I will not give up my study of Qimen. Qimen has endless variations, and I know that my cultivation has only just begun."

Zhuge Chen's eyes twitched. Don't be so modest. You're just starting out, so what am I?
Then what about Xiaoyue and the others?

"Well, when you have time, please give Xiaoyue and the others some pointers on their cultivation so that your uncle can slack off a little." Zhuge Chen paused and said, "I'll go ask the clan leader now and give you an answer later."

That evening, Zhuge Chen did not grant Guan Yi permission to learn the Divine Strategist technique, but instead brought him another kind of cultivation method!
His expression was very solemn as he said, "Although it was only a matter of time with your talent, I didn't expect the clan leader to let you come into contact with the cultivation of 'Samadhi True Fire' now. He said that as long as you master Samadhi True Fire, you can freely learn Divine Mechanics, but..."

Samadhi True Fire is the ultimate secret technique passed down through generations in the Wuhou School! It originates from the spirit of the upper elixir, the qi of the middle elixir, and the essence of the lower elixir in the human body, forming a flame that can directly burn the soul of the target!

Its power is extremely strong, absolutely comparable to or even surpassing most of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, but it is also extremely difficult to master. In fact, if one is not careful, there is a risk of backlash, being devoured by one's own inner demons. It is often only one genius who can master it in three or four generations of the Zhuge family.

Last time, Guan Yi was 40 years old when he came into contact with the Samadhi True Fire Technique, he entered the basics at 50, and it wasn't until he was 80 that he could use it flexibly!

Compared to ordinary members of the Zhuge clan, his talent as a sorcerer was already quite good, but compared to a genius like Zhuge Qing, who was a rare find in three generations, his talent as a sorcerer was really not that great.

But he restarted it.

Learning it again brings new insights.

When the first five-year construction period ended, Guan Yi had regained control of the Samadhi True Fire and possessed strength similar to that accumulated over the previous eighty years!
Even the two remaining 45th generation ancestors of the Zhuge clan acknowledged that Guan Yi had surpassed them in terms of sorcery skills.

At the young age of 24, Zhuge Yi became the first member of the thousand-year-old Zhuge family!
　The next chapter will be later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)