Lightning Is the Only Way

After a while, the Guild Master grinned smugly and laid back in his throne. The two Vice-Guild Masters were surprised by his actions since this was not a typical reaction to a decision that would doom their entire guild. What was the Guild Master planning?

"So you guys actually haven't noticed," said the guild master with a smile. "That makes me relieved. If not even you guys managed to notice it, then probably everyone else in the hall also didn't," he continued saying smugly. "Well, except for me, of course."

The two Vice-Guild Masters looked at each other, confused. They were not sure what the Guild Master meant, and even when they continued thinking more about Gravis, they couldn't find the answer. After some seconds, the first Vice-Guild Master looked up. "What did you notice that we didn't?" he asked.

The Guild Master kept a smug smile. "Let me give you a hint," he said. "Imagine you were in his position and a whole hall of people stronger than you aggressively shouted at you to leave. Could you remain as firm as Gravis?" he asked them.

The Vice-Guild Masters thought about this seriously. "I think my will is strong enough to remain stalwart even with such strong opposition. Though it would be tough," the first Vice-Guild Master said, and the second nodded in agreement.

"Yet, a kid no older than 16 managed to persevere without even flinching. What do you think about his will?" asked the Guild Master smugly.

The two Vice-Guild Masters furrowed their brows. "His will is incredibly powerful for his age and strength. Now that you say it, that actually seems terrifyingly powerful," the second Vice-Guild Master sighed in nervousness. "Even though we knew about his unprecedented lightning, we have still underestimated him. We need to get rid of him," he said as the first Vice-Guild Master nodded in agreement.

The Guild Master only continued smiling. "Seems like you still don't get it. Let me give you another hint," he said as a glass of water levitated over to him. "You guys probably don't know since you are rarely involved in the matters of the Heaven Sect, but for me, it's different. As you know, the Heaven Sect always wants the Guild Master to attend to every mundane thing they host. So, I have a lot more experience with Heavenborn than you two."

The two Vice-Guild Masters grew annoyed. The Guild Master obviously loved being in a position where he knew something important while others didn't. They wanted to tell him that he should finally get to the point, but they had to hold themselves back since he was the Guild Master.

The Guild Master took a swig of his drink and released a refreshed breath. "Heavenborn have the weakest will," he continued, and the Vice-Guild Masters' eyes widened. "They use the Heavenly Pressure, granted to them by Heaven, to cultivate, so they don't care about their wills. Every Heavenborn I met started getting stressed by the most mundane things, and they live their lives in avarice. They care a lot about women, money, status, and all that mundane stuff."

The Guild Master lifted one finger to make it more dramatic. "So, how come Gravis has such an incredibly powerful will, even though every other Heavenborn has such a weak will?" he asked them, leaning back on his throne with a smile while waiting for their answers.

Heavenborn in their lives. It was always the Guild Master who went to all the events hosted

differently?" asked the first Vice-Guild Master. "Is Heaven grooming him to become

saw their confused expressions and laughed. Seeing other people fail at figuring out something that he did made

exams for the Proxy-Elemental Guilds, I read that they had used a newly discovered Heavenborn to test the

the entrance exam have to do

little frustrated now. Could they not combine those simple clues into one thing? "Tell me, how would you use a Heavenborn to test the will of the participants?" asked the Guild Master as he looked

After that, I would let every person go into his Heavenly Pressure. After everyone is done, I could judge them by comparing them with

of his water. "Now imagine you have to test 5,000 participants, and the Heavenly Pressure only

hours," he said after a while. "The area is relatively small, and

at him, but he got even more annoyed when he realized that they still didn't get it. "Now, tell me. What was the weakness of Heavenly Pressure again?"

immediately answered. "Heavenborn have a stronger pressure than a Will-Aura, but it… doesn't… last…" and with that, his eyes widened in shock, and his face whitened. The first Vice-Guild Master also finally understood and

had a Will-Aura in the Body Tempering Realm. Imagine this: Some nobody in some backwater city managed to have a Will-Aura in the Body Tempering Realm. Of course, people would confuse

Guild Master stood up and walked around the hall. "They confused him with a Heavenborn and wanting to keep his secret, Gravis just went along with it. Along the way, his Guild Master probably noticed. Have

Vice-Guild Masters tried to process all the implications. "What would happen if the Heaven Sect found out that Gravis had a Will-Aura in the Body Tempering Realm? They would immediately try to kill him with all their power,"

Heavenborn. Someone from the Heaven Sect arrives, and they successfully scam him. Now, everyone believes he is a Heavenborn, because how could the Heaven Sect make such a mistake?" his grin grew even

Vice-Guild Master. "The Heaven Sect would never allow someone like him to join them. Heaven would strike

on his chin in thought. "Normally, yes, but for some reason, Heaven does not want to kill Gravis, or maybe," he grinned at Heaven, "it can't kill him. For some reason, it can't directly interfere, so it uses a scheme to

had happened just now. A shiver ran

Gravis to involuntarily tell us all his secrets. He wanted to keep them hidden, but the door had already publicized his lightning. He looked like an unprecedented threat to the Lightning

Gravis into destruction. Yet, by involuntarily telling us his second secret, it saved him and our