The Elder of Passing Skills had long cultivated the Heavenly Eye, and when Lu Yang performed the water-dividing skill for the second time, he finally figured out the principle behind it.

"So, it actually decomposes water into the two gases of Light Air and Vital Qi. Typically, this only happens when water is struck by thunder magic. I didn’t expect you could achieve the same effect with a magic skill. That’s truly incredible."

Among cultivators in the Cultivation World, spells that can alter the structure of matter at the atomic level, such as turning stones into gold, are performed at will. The Elder of Passing Skills had so keen an understanding of atomic composition and categorization that he could turn any random stone into radioactive material.

Neither a First-Grade Golden Core nor a cultivator in the fulfilled Nascent Soul Stage feared radioactive materials as their cultivation had reached the state of flawlessness.

𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

However, the Elder wore a puzzled look and stroked his white beard, recalling the crux of the matter: "But the magic skill I taught you should be able to separate water, making you immune to water-element attacks. Why does it have this kind of effect?"

Lu Yang responded earnestly: "Yes, this is indeed a water-dividing skill. As you can see, it separates water into two gases and also makes me immune to water-element magic attacks."

The Elder of Passing Skills thought for a long time, feeling something was off, but he couldn’t put his finger on it.

Whether by its name or effect, this magic skill was exactly like a water-dividing skill.

This was truly a water-dividing skill.

"Congrats, you’ve finally mastered all five-element spells!" Meng Jingzhou, his best buddy, clapped his hands merrily. As he was less gifted in magic skills than Lu Yang and hadn’t managed to learn the water-dividing skill, he had simply chosen to give it up.

After some hesitation, the Elder nodded.

"Seeing as you’ve learned all five-element magic skills, you can perform powerful combined magic skills based on the Five Elements Theory: the generation cycle of five elements is an endless process."

The Elder then fell silent. He’d been guiding disciples of the Five Elements Sect for a thousand years and had seen all kinds of five-element magic skills, providing guidance on how to combine them based on the types of skills they had mastered.

But for Lu Yang...

Truth be told, he’d never seen any of the five-element abilities Lu Yang had mastered.

"Five-element magic skills are a testament to your passion for spells. It would be counterproductive for me, an outsider, to instruct you how to cultivate. So, after class, practice on your own on how to combine the five-element magic skills."

"Let’s have a quick test now. No cheating."

The Elder turned around to retrieve a stack of test papers from the podium, revealing the accumulated dust on the ground.

While the Elder wasn’t looking, Lu Yang had one of his Golden Bird True Flames exhale a burst of flame, reducing the pile of tests to ashes.

Even though these five experienced pranksters were used to putting on acts, they couldn’t help but laugh uncontrollably at the scene.

The Elder announced the end of class with a gloomy face.

...

"Junior Brother Li, are you seriously challenging me?" Lu Yang amusedly looked at Li Haoran, as he hadn’t expected Li Haoran to challenge him of his own accord.

"Indeed, Senior Brother Lu, didn’t you say you have mastered combining five-element spells? I want to learn from it!" Li Haoran said with a smile at the corner of his mouth. His decision was not made on a whim. Lu Yang’s strength was in plain sight, but Li Haoran didn’t challenge him without any backing.

He possessed half of Qin Haoran’s memories, which included many powerful magic skills.

He didn’t have to painstakingly study these skills’ usage like the others; he could use them directly.

That was the confidence he held in challenging Lu Yang.

"Alright, it’s just that I’ve only recently mastered five-element combination and have yet to test it. Parleying with you now gives me the chance. I accept your challenge!" An excited smile appeared on Lu Yang’s face. He was eager to give it a shot.

He first let Fairy Eternity expand her Spiritual Sense to scrutinize the surroundings, ensuring that no one, such as the Elder of Passing Skills, would see him using the five-element magic skill, especially the gold-element spell.

"Go on, fight!" Meng Jingzhou seemed overjoyed for this unexpected excitement. He was also curious to see what tricks Lu Yang, this rascally grandson, had up his sleeve.

Tao Yaoye and Man Gu also stood by, with Man Gu even taking a sheep from the dining hall and using the Corpse Chasing Sect’s skill to make it dance on the Three Flavored True Fire. The trio occasionally tore some roasted and aromatic chunks of sheep meat from the body to eat.

It couldn’t be untold; this time, with the help of Lu Yang’s Three Flavored True Fire, not even barbecue sauce was needed. The taste was a notch above what they had eaten back at the Corpse Chasing Sect.

Watching a fight while enjoying a meal- life couldn’t get any better.

Before the fight started, Lu Yang kindly reminded, "Before we begin, don’t cast any curses or such on me. They won’t work. You wouldn’t want to harm yourself with backlash."

Even though he didn’t understand why Senior Brother Lu could resist the Curse Spell, Li Haoran knew Lu Yang wouldn’t deceive him in this aspect.

So he had one fewer method at his disposal.

Since Qin Haoran could transfer his debts to Shi Huagu, he must have mastered Causality Spells.

One less method wasn’t a big deal.

The atmosphere became tense as the two prepared for the fight.

Li Haoran was the first to make a move. With a fast and rhythmic hand seal, purple divine thunder condensed in the palm of his hands.

"Palm Thunder!"

The purple divine thunder shot out, ionizing the air. It appeared as a thunder dragon roaring and charging towards Lu Yang.

Lu Yang appeared to have anticipated this. With swift footwork, he shifted from his initial position just before the thunder dragon reached him. The thunder dragon hit nothing but the ground, leaving a charred mark.

"Borrowing Wind!"

The harsh wind howled, stirring up dust that blocked the view - dust that also obstructed the Spiritual Sense. But Lu Yang’s Spiritual Sense wasn’t something ordinary people could compare with. He expanded his Spiritual Sense. The range he could observe was limited, but he could still see three different types of attacks hidden in the dust.

"Golden Bird True Flames."

Two golden birds circled around Lu Yang, forming a flame whirlwind. Three types of attacks hit the whirlwind and vanished without even altering the wind direction.

"Junior Brother Li, these small magic skills won’t work on me."

As the flame whirlwind dispersed the dust, Lu Yang laughed heartily.

Li Haoran calmly responded, "I know, a single attack won’t affect Senior Brother Lu. But what if there are more attacks?"

"Palm Thunder!"

Four Palm Thunders erupted at the same time. Lu Yang’s expression turned serious. He controlled the two golden birds, transforming them into two streams of light that collided with the four Palm Thunders, causing thunderous and fiery explosions.

"Senior Brother Lu, how’s that?"

Li Haoran laughed, swinging his four arms and gathering another attack in his palm.

"Four arms?" Lu Yang was at a loss for a moment.

While Lu Yang was blocked by the dust just now and didn’t see how Li Haoran had accomplished it, Meng Jingzhou and two others watching from outside had a clear view.

While Lu Yang was busy dealing with the attack, Li Haoran had removed his own two arms, but he hadn’t fully torn them off; the arms were only disconnected at the flesh.

Then he used his Regeneration Golden Core to reconnect the two arms, and at the same time, two additional arms grew from his axilla.

Four arms, as a result.

Li Haoran knew well that Lu Yang wasn’t an opponent that could be countered with common magic skills.

So, if one or two common magic skills won’t work, what about using four different magic skills with four arms!

If it weren’t for the substantial strain that four-armed form imposed on his body, Li Haoran would have grown six arms to battle Lu Yang.

Even though he couldn’t physically have six arms, he could still employ other means to achieve the effect of six arms.