Lightning Is the Only Way

"Impossible," Old Man Lightning said immediately.

"Why?" Gravis asked.

"Because you are too strong," Old Man Lightning said. "You have already proven that you can take two Sapling Stage cultivators at the same time, which is an issue. Adding someone too powerful to the war would not be accepted by the other Sects. They would just refuse to fight. You would keep, at least, two Sapling Stage cultivators busy, allowing another Sapling Stage cultivator to roam around freely, killing weaker ones."

Gravis frowned. "Then, can't I just take up two seats of Sapling Stage cultivators?"

"No," Old Man Lightning said. "If you won against any two Sapling Stage cultivators, it would be okay. Sadly, you had to take on an elder and the Wind Sect's Ascender's Talent. An elder counts as one and a half, and Manuel also. You would need to take up, at least, three Sapling Stage cultivator spots to join."

Gravis' furrowed his brows. "And I guess that would be an issue since the others aren't forced to fight me. They would probably just send two to stall long enough, while the last one would tear through our Sect. Before I am able to kill those two, the guy will return while our Sects are at a huge disadvantage."

Old Man Lightning nodded in praise. "Exactly. On top of that, they might all focus their attacks on you since you take up three whole spots. You might be powerful, but you won't be able to resist such a combined attack. Basically, you can only temper yourself against Sect Masters, but you're still too weak for that."

Gravis sighed in frustration. "This sucks! I basically have no opportunities to temper myself until I become stronger."

"Now, you

think of anything, please tell me, okay? I

snorted. "For once, you're not in a life and death crisis, and you feel antsy already? With that mindset, it's no wonder that your will is already this powerful. Just relax for a while. Increase your Realm. Maybe increase your control over your power. Experiment with your lightning. Just take the downtime to learn

again in frustration. Was there really nothing he could

the way, negotiations with the Wind Sect

his brows.

after all, you've killed a powerful group of their disciples and were somewhat involved in the Sect Master's death. Even though you were under an

had an uncomfortable look on his face. "I guess I do have some responsibility in that matter. How did

we would have needed to pay a whole lot of Magic Stones, but after the whole tree thing, the negotiations changed. The Wind Sect gets one thousand free heals for their disciples. Of course, there are some restrictions on it. After all, one person with a Spirit Forming Body takes up way more

debt," Gravis said

Lightning said. "After all, the tree is only here, thanks to you. Your debts have been paid with you granting us access to Destruction Lightning, yet we haven't rewarded you for the tree yet. The Freya's Birch is

and sighed again. "I guess you're right. It does

got nothing else to do," Old Man Lightning said with an

agreed. "Though this

the others rebuilt the Sect. Of course, rebuilding the Sect also gave Contribution Points. No work was left unrewarded in