Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis visited his old place of employment alone. He wouldn't need Orthar or Yersi here. Instead, Orthar walked around the city, procuring more materials again. Usually, he always had to quickly run and get materials when there were fewer customers since the Gravitas was going through materials like crazy. Yet, with the Gravitas being closed for two days, Orthar decided that this was just the perfect opportunity for Orthar to get more.

Meanwhile, Yersi decided to spend the next two days with her grandparents and relax. Yersi and Gravis' mother hit it off rather well. Gravis' mother was very fond of Yersi's humble and approachable mindset. The fact that Yersi looked like a killing machine was no deterrent to her.

Gravis entered the building and looked at the familiar hall. Whenever he had come to class back then as a Research Assistant, he had gone through this hallway. He still remembered greeting the receptionist every time with his best friend.

What was his name again?

Gravis couldn't really remember the name of that friend back then. It just had been far too long, but he still remembered how he had felt when that friend died in the first practical exam.

Yet, that was to be expected. Some people would have thought that the death rate was only there to scare the new students. After all, which company would allow their recruits to die?

Of course, such thoughts were naïve. The cultivation world was cruel, and only very few managed to get back from the lower world. If they couldn't even get through these practical exams, they would have no hope of coming back to the highest world.

Luckily, their families received a generous one-time payment when the students had signed up. The payment was comprised of three Immortal Stones.

That was generous?

One had to remember that the teenagers that went into this company came from weak backgrounds. These backgrounds couldn't even afford proper cultivation techniques for their children, and even if they could, this powerful company obviously gave better training. After all, it was the company's business to get as many people to ascend as possible. They were pretty good at it.

With these three Immortal Stones, the families could give another heir a powerful start or use it for their own lives. Three Immortal Stones was a ton of wealth.

In the lower world, Gravis had used Spirit Stones to buy all of his stuff. He still remembered that he had needed a little less than 6,000 Spirit Stones to reach the Spirit Forming Realm.

Yet, three Immortal Stones would count as three million Spirit Stones, which was the equivalent of an entire Elemental Sect in the lower world. This showed how much three Immortal Stones were for these families.

asked as she

his head to break out of his nostalgia. "Yes," Gravis said with a polite

jade token. When she saw the contents, her eyes widened in surprise. This

up. "Please follow me," she said

said as

checking out the different rooms he had access to with his Spirit. If the company didn't want him to snoop, they would just isolate

classes with young cultivators being taught.

quickly found a familiar

was a bored-looking, Mid Unity Realm Cultivator teaching

Gravis'

him of his friend's demise. Additionally, Gravis also remembered how he had curbed Gravis' Will-Aura before the final practical exam. However, that was understandable. Gravis had had his Will-Aura constantly unleashed, and when someone unleashed their Will-Aura on Gravis

Gravis thought with furrowed brows. 'I think it started

our classes, sir?" the receptionist asked from in front of Gravis. "I can tell you more about

need. I was in one myself,"

were?" she asked. "But I don't recognize you. I have a pretty good

showed his Obsidian Ring. "I'm called Gravis,"

the small kid from back then. At first, that kid had been timid and nervous but then turned into a cold and unapproachable killing

survived? Additionally, he was

you earlier, Gravis," she said, more approachable now. "I

fell back into memories. "I returned very quickly and got my Research Adept Emblem. Sadly, someone in the Sky Community stole it from me back then, making it impossible for me to return here. Yet, thanks to my background, the loss of the emblem was not an

from some random trader, but there was no need. My father was

Young people make mistakes. Disallowing them from continuing just

are just shitty policies," Gravis said in a

they arrived in front of a door. The receptionist opened the door and motioned for