My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 354 - 351 Domain (Please subscribe)

Lu Wu had originally wanted to keep silent about the matter, as if he knew nothing.

But after careful consideration, he felt it wasn’t right.

He definitely didn’t want to stir up trouble recently.

Nor did he hope that Cimu Qingzi would cause trouble!

After all, he was someone who had fought with Feng Xiu.

He was acutely aware of the terror of those above King-level.

Facing Feng Xiu, Lu Wu had gathered all his strength and gave it everything he had, but in the end, he hadn’t even broken through the man’s defense, and the battle had been quite difficult.

Now, even though Lu Wu’s power had greatly improved, if he were to face Feng Xiu again, he still wouldn’t have any confidence at all.

The level of suppression that came with that kind of rank was not easy to catch up with.

He even felt that, without ascending to King-level, he might not stand a chance against someone above King-level.

And the old ancestor of the Cimu family was a being above King-level.

Lu Wu had seen him, and although he was sure the guy wasn’t as strong as Feng Xiu, squashing him, Lu Wu, would likely be quite effortless.

So, Lu Wu definitely hoped that Cimu Qingzi would keep a low profile and give him some time to grow quietly, after all, he was actually very close to reaching King-level.

Both Lu Wu and Han had reached Lord 3 Star in strength.

And with the resources gained through dependence, Lu Wu was truly only a step away from King-level.

And this so-called step was the "Domain"!

The gap between King-level and non-King-level was the "Domain"!

Having a "Domain" was essential to advance to King-level!

Of course, the simple word "Domain" trapped countless Lord-level powerhouses.

After all, it was easy to talk about, but awakening and mastering it was incredibly difficult!

A so-called Domain is actually a highly condensed product of power and mental realm that one controls.

When this power is concentrated to the extreme, the "Domain" will naturally be born.

The birth of the "Domain" will feedback to the host, helping him reach the standard of King-level.

Of course, there are those who break through directly without a Domain.

And they are not in the minority.

But that kind of King-level is usually weaker, and after the breakthrough, the path upward becomes difficult, with many getting stuck at King-level.

Of course, it’s not absolute, some bypass the Domain and break through directly, and after the breakthrough, their strength and combat power increases terrifyingly fast, many times stronger than those who break through with a Domain.

For example, Dudu!

But Dudu is the protagonist, while Lu Wu is just a side character.

He definitely couldn’t compare with Dudu, so he had to follow the proper steps.

To break through, he had to establish a Domain first.

Not just for himself, but for Han too.

Though he might have forgotten, he indeed was a Summoner. To breakthrough, he couldn’t rely just on his own improvement; his Summoned Beasts also needed to become stronger.

Lu Wu currently had four Summoned Beasts.

Little Skeleton and Little Flood Dragon were not by his side.

And the "Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword" was only at Leader Level in power, still quite far from King, so this strenuous task could only be entrusted to Han.

"For Han’s Domain, it inevitably has to follow the Cold Ice path. Its attribute is Cold Ice, and it has a natural affinity for it. The progress in the Frost Domain would be faster."

To help Han comprehend the Frost Domain as soon as possible, Lu Wu had devised a series of training plans for it.

This had truly put Han through the wringer.

Among the four Summoned Beasts at Lu Wu’s house, all of them were brutes, with Han being the most brute-like of the brutes.

It wouldn’t mind getting hit, its limbs could be chopped off and still reattach and continue to take a beating, but to make it think, that was even more unbearable than not getting hit.

Now it felt like a student being forced to do homework by his parents every day, suffering immensely every day.

It couldn’t help feeling somewhat envious of Little Skeleton and the others.

They had it so good, without having to be by Lu Wu’s side, without having to endure this devilish learning.

Silly had no idea.

At this very moment, across the ocean, its two other little friends were living a life in dire straits.

In Dudu’s view, the reason why Lu Wu had gone missing after being beaten up was that Little Skeleton and Little Flood Dragon didn’t train hard enough.

Especially Little Skeleton!

All day it just played with a phone, shaking it around.

Even thinking of warming the bed for Lu Wu.

Not striving or working hard at all, hence, at a critical moment, it failed to protect Lu Wu.

Thus, Dudu devised a brutal training method for Little Skeleton and Little Flood Dragon.

Well, to speak of it, it was quite simple, just to let the now King-level Tuantuan abuse them!

Now Little Skeleton gets dismantled ten times on average every day, and Little Flood Dragon is even worse, getting beaten so badly its whole body is swollen.

While Silly envied them for not having to learn, those two poor little guys were also envying Silly for being able to enjoy good food and drink by Lu Wu’s side without getting beaten up.

Indeed, a good life is always in someone else’s eyes!

While getting Silly to research Domains, Lu Wu himself wasn’t idle either.

He was also pondering his own Domain.

It was only when Lu Wu was contemplating his own Domain that he deeply understood why people usually have only two or three Summoned Beasts, or why some people keep only one for their entire lives.

Ordinary people simply can’t afford to keep so many because they’re poor!

But the extraordinary ones with potential for growth all have the future in mind.

For those who have many Summoned Beasts, the feedback is also more substantial.

The Skills they gain become more varied.

This situation is naturally beneficial for those below King-level, as it maximises the enhancement of Combat Power, but it becomes a problem when advancing to King-level.

Take Lu Wu’s case, for instance.

Among his four Summoned Beasts, Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword was a bit special, as it didn’t feedback any Skills to Lu Wu.

But the other three did.

Those three gave Lu Wu nine Skills!

Add that to the Skills Lu Wu learned himself, the Skills from Awakenings, and there was now a mess of different things on him.

Anyone looking at Lu Wu’s attribute board would be totally confused.

Here was "Universal Charger," "Dragon Bone Burst," "Power of the Ocean," and so on...

How was he supposed to consolidate all this clutter into a whole and Awaken a Domain?

Faced with such a situation, Lu Wu had two choices.

One was to forsake some Skills, select one he was most proficient in, diminish the rest, and persistently consolidate it into a Domain.

The other option was to keep them all!

Pick one Skill and expand it to encompass all the other Skills, eventually developing it into a Domain.

Faced with these two choices, Lu Wu didn’t hesitate for long and quickly settled on the second.

Lu Wu decided to use "Universal Charger" as the core and "Lu’s Swordsmanship" as the framework, starting to slowly consolidate all his power together.

When Lu Wu fused all his Skills together, "Lu’s Swordsmanship" would be sublimated, and Lu Wu’s Domain would naturally be born; his Power would then reach a King-level breakthrough effortlessly.

However, this would be a lengthy process, taking at least a few months.

So, in recent months, Lu Wu still hoped that Cimu Qingzi would behave herself.

"If it’s necessary, I may just have to sacrifice my charm to appease this girl." Lu Wu thought to himself.

As for those who think this approach of his is somewhat despicable from a certain angle, Lu Wu wouldn’t readily agree.

Can you call it being despicable when it comes to matters of the Lu Family?

Of course, Lu Wu didn’t really believe he could captivate that one woman.

He felt that someone as extremely cruel and self-centered as Cimu Qingzi would definitely not fall in love with him.

Thus, to really appease her, he could only do so as a cooperative partner.

"Anyway, I hope she settles down!"

...

It was unclear whether Cimu Qingzi could be tamed, but it was obvious that some people would definitely not be tamed.

On Izumikawa Yan’s side.

He now felt incredibly wronged.

As Lu Wu had said, the assassination attempt against him had nothing to do with Izumikawa Yan.

He wasn’t that stupid, and if he were to take action, he wouldn’t have given Lu Wu any chance to survive.

So now he was quite furious.

After all, nobody could tolerate being wrongly accused.

What made Izumikawa Yan even more unbearable was that, in this affair, he saw the very thing he least wanted to see.

If it wasn’t his doing, then who else could have been behind it?

It was obviously Cimu Qingzi playing the thief shouting ’catch the thief!’

Her motives were two-fold: one was that Cimu Qingzi was using this opportunity to seize power, and the other was to make Izumikawa Yan hesitant to act against Lu Wu in the short term.

And as far as Izumikawa Yan could see, Cimu Qingzi had clearly achieved both objectives.

But that wasn’t what made Izumikawa Yan most nervous.

What made him most tense was that through this incident, he saw a side of Cimu Qingzi that he had not seen before.

"My niece has been hiding her capabilities very well!

I had always thought she was cruel and foolish, posing no threat to me, but I never expected under that foolish façade she was hiding such scheming.

It seems having an unofficial fiancé has given her a boost in confidence!"

This gave Izumikawa Yan a deep sense of crisis.

The old fogey’s shadow atop his head hadn’t cleared yet, and now there was Cimu Qingzi. Izumikawa Yan was truly in a precarious situation.

He felt it was time for him to make a move as well.

He absolutely couldn’t let Cimu Qingzi, nor Lu Wu continue their rise.

...

Meanwhile, as Izumikawa Yan was filled with a sense of crisis, in a courtyard of the Cimu family,

a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy was preparing tea.

It was evident that the boy had received excellent training in the art of tea, his every move was graceful, elegant, and aesthetically pleasing.

However, to Ibaraki Gangyan, the Cimu family’s old patriarch, what pleased him the most was the boy’s calm state of mind.

Ibaraki Gangyan, who had just dealt with the matter of Lu Wu being attacked, was now appearing in this courtyard.

And this boy seemed to have known ahead of time that he would be coming back, even timing his arrival perfectly so that as soon as Ibaraki Gangyan arrived, he had a cup of tea ready for him.

Ibaraki Gangyan didn’t hesitate to sit down across from the boy, picking up the cup of tea and taking a light sip.

Then he finally turned his attention to the boy in front of him.

"You did this!"

It wasn’t a question; Ibaraki Gangyan was certain that the assassination attempt against Lu Wu had been orchestrated by this young man.

The young man didn’t hide it and honestly nodded his head.

Ibaraki Gangyan’s face remained impassive as he spoke, "Tell me what you were thinking."

"Although big sister hides it well, I know she’s not content to be a mere pawn.

She’s not as cruel and foolish as she appears; that’s just a disguise.

Beneath that facade lies a restless ambition.

This ambition, fueled by the emergence of Zheng Dajun, will swell and ultimately consume her.

To prevent such a tragic end for big sister, I decided to lend her a hand."

At this point, Ibaraki Gangyan had a pretty good idea of what his grandson was up to.

"So, your goal this time was to further intensify their conflict and escalate their struggle?"

The young man first nodded, then shook his head. "The forces under big sister’s covert control are still significantly inferior to uncle’s, and in terms of methods and abilities, she’s no match for uncle. Her only advantage is perseverance, but now that she’s been exposed, she definitely can’t beat uncle!"

This surprised Ibaraki Gangyan.

Knowing that Qingzi couldn’t beat Izumikawa Yan, why would he take this approach?

And just as Ibaraki Gangyan was about to voice this question, a thought struck him.

"Zhengdaguangming? You’re doing this for Zhengdaguangming?"

The young man nodded: "Yes, a prodigy like Zheng Dajun, given time, will surely become one of the top powerhouses."

Ibaraki Gangyan finally understood. The young man planned to use Izumikawa Yan to deal with Qingzi and Lu Wu.

Even to sow discord between Qingzi and Lu Wu.

He would sit behind the scenes and wait for Izumikawa Yan to bully Qingzi and the others enough; then he would come out as the good guy, pull Lu Wu out from the depths of despair to gain his friendship, and perhaps even raise Lu Wu as his own dog.

That was the true purpose behind the young man’s actions.

However, Ibaraki Gangyan had one more question, "Are you sure you can control Zhengdaguangming?"

"I haven’t made contact with him yet, so I’m not sure if I can win him over, but no matter, with you here, if I can’t control him, I can always kill him!"

The young man stretched his mouth into a smile, a pure and clear smile spreading across his delicate features.

Staring at the young man’s smile, Ibaraki Gangyan was momentarily stunned and then smiled broadly.

Once again, he felt proud of his grandson, proud of the successor he had chosen for the Cimu family, and proud of the education he had provided.

In fact, as long as Ibaraki Gangyan was present, the Cimu family would stand strong.

What Izumikawa Yan and Qingzi were, were but jokes; he could suppress any storm and ensure his most beloved grandson became the head of the Cimu family.

Still, Ibaraki Gangyan chose to let his grandson, Cimu Tongzi, strive on his own.

Or rather, he viewed Izumikawa Yan and Qingzi as the whetstones for his grandson’s talents.

Since Cimu Tongzi was eight, Ibaraki Gangyan gradually taught him various means, letting him grasp his own situation and slowly start to master the power that belonged to him, to sharpen both his claws and mind.

After five years, Cimu Tongzi had grown.

Although still a distance from the realm Ibaraki Gangyan envisioned, Cimu Tongzi already had his edge and methods.

And he had begun to bare his fangs.

This left Ibaraki Gangyan especially eager, looking forward to the performance his grandson had honed over five years.

As for Zhengdaguangming?

What did it matter, prodigy or not, if he served his grandson like a dog, then keep him; if not, kill him!

The Cimu family was already at their zenith; they needed no outsider to vie for glory on their behalf.

...

Today’s National Day, can I take the day off? I want to have a barbecue!

Lastly, I wish everyone a happy double holiday!