Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis and Orpheus talked for several years after their awkward reunion.

Orpheus praised Gravis' Battle-Strength especially, telling him that when Gravis had pulled that one stunt, even Orpheus had felt a feeling of mortal danger.

"Haha, I still remember when I first met you," Orpheus said with a bright smile while sipping some coffee. "You were only a Body Tempering Cultivator. In fact, you couldn't even be truly called a Cultivator."

"Just that one teacher you had who had been in the Unity Realm had already been worlds above you. And now, look at you! You're powerful enough to even make me feel threatened. It's almost unbelievable that you achieved all of that in only a bit more than a million years."

Gravis only smiled. "I still remember when I saw you back then. I had only heard about the first four Realms, and the Unity Realm truly felt like something that I would never reach in my life."

"And then, I met you, and you were on a level of power I couldn't even comprehend. I had no idea how powerful you actually were. I knew that you were powerful, but I didn't know how powerful."

That's when Gravis started laughing. "I still remember when I couldn't control my Will-Aura, and I used it on that one teacher. What was his name? Forneus, I think? Of course, he also suppressed me, but I wonder how he must have felt when you suddenly showed up."

"I wonder how it feels like to be reprimanded by a Peak Star God while only being a Unity Realm Cultivator," Gravis said with a smile.

Orpheus only smiled bitterly. "I still remember Forneus, which is surprising since he was only a Unity Realm Cultivator. He was a subordinate of my subordinate of my subordinate. Yet, whenever he interacted with me, he never really showed any fear. He only showed boredom and annoyance. That's quite admirable for someone of his level."

Gravis nodded. He still remembered that his teacher back then had even given Orpheus some attitude, which was shocking beyond belief considering the difference in their power.

"By the way, what did you do all day in your job?" Gravis asked.

"Mainly just managing the overall development of the different departments," Orpheus explained. "My subordinates were the ones that trained all the Researchers. I only looked at the different Cultivators in training from time to time to evaluate their growth."

"After that, my subordinates give me all the reports, and I have to find an effective way to improve the results without going over budget. I also had to evaluate all the different techniques the Researchers brought back and decide if they were marketable or not," Orpheus explained.

"Speaking of," Gravis interjected. "How does the Research Institute even make their money? I know that they sell techniques, but I don't see how that's viable. After all, basically everything has to do with Laws at the Unity Realm or higher."

Orpheus only leaned back. "It's not only about the techniques. It's also about ways of smithing, alchemy, Sect management, disciple training, Law combinations, and Form Laws."

again. "You have a very powerful Form Law. How did you

only using 10% per Law at most. So, what about the remaining 90%? It's basically a waste

and oldest way to

investing so much time into

through a Cultivator's memories and check out all of their facets. Their personality, priorities, fighting style,

Form Law for them. All of our Researchers have gone through their journey the hard way, making them the best people for the job. Researchers didn't have much help from

Elemental Battle-Laws for a given level of power. The details of the customer are put on display in front of all of them, and they

Law principles into a technique and give it to the customer. With that method, the customer gets a perfectly suited Form Law nearly instantaneously, and the best part is that their Law Comprehension hasn't even been weakened.

their own, but it would still be a waste of resources. The true geniuses of

level seven Form Law for a Star God that

Orpheus added with a smile. "Additionally, these Ancestral Gods wouldn't be very used to this task, and they would feel quite some frustration towards their Sect for forcing them to do

our most exclusive one, and it's very expensive. Only Sects that are comfortably in the

tailor-making a Form Law for someone else. He had

about the Eternal Fire Sect?"

customers, always will be customers," Orpheus said with a chuckle. "The Eternal Fire Sect is full of politicians and strategists,

the Eternal Fire Sect spends nearly 10%

"That's really a

Eternal Fire Sect's wealth, and other powerful Sects probably also

Institute were gathering more God Stones than

service is not even 20% of

Gravis uttered

for people below the Immortal Realm are where it's

looked with confusion

said. "Lightning

the latter two are no longer relevant to you right now, but they have been relevant in the past, and Cultivators in the lower ranges of power would

where the Research Institute shines. The Research Institute has billions of shops

in surprise.