My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 229 - 226 Light Attribute pig?

Lu Wu passing the theory wasn't a surprise to many.

Even Gutian probably didn't expect a single theory to stump Lu Wu, after all, the kid's talent was genuine.

But what no one expected was how easily Lu Wu would win.

It was almost no longer a case of Gutian testing Lu Wu, but rather Lu Wu dominating Gutian.

This made the viewers in Lu Wu's live streaming room do a double-take and stirred the imaginations of many big shots at headquarters.

They were all cultivators, and with such a talent before them, they had every reason to be excited.

But since that one person hadn't spoken, no one dared to make a move just yet.

Therefore, Gutian could still do as he pleased.

"Kid, don't get too cocky," Gutian warned. "My main focus isn't the Undead Type; your performance just now doesn't mean much."

"Now I'm surprised," Lu Wu retorted. "You haven't even studied the Undead Type, and yet you have the authority to review me? The big shots at headquarters must be truly enlightened."

"You!" Gutian's face darkened as he struggled to respond, ending up with only a veiled threat: "You can only be proud for now."

Lu Wu gave the old man a glance, appearing confident.

Lu Wu could guess with his toes that there would be a problem with the materials up next.

Sure enough, after about fifteen minutes, when Gutian's people had delivered the pigs and materials, Lu Wu's eyes narrowed.

"Everything is here, start," urged Gutian. "As long as you can produce an Iron Armor Wild Boar, you will have passed the verification."

"That might be a bit difficult!" Lu Wu had already finished examining the materials and looked up at Gutian. "Or rather, this is a task that is nearly impossible to complete."

"If you can't complete it, then you fail the review," Gutian declared. "Next, please stay and cooperate with our investigation on academic fraud."

"Are you in such a hurry?" Lu Wu challenged. "Don't you want to hear why I can't produce an 'Iron Armor Wild Boar'?"

"I don't need excuses, I only want to see results."

"You want results? Fine, but change the materials. There's something wrong with this batch," Lu Wu stated coldly, to which Gutian responded with an equally cold laugh: "You say there's a problem, and there's a problem?"

The materials did indeed have problems, and they were laid out by Gutian himself days in advance, made to be secretive. It wasn't something that just anyone, not even a seasoned master, would likely notice.

So Gutian was confident, thinking Lu Wu was bluffing.

Yet, he was wrong.

"When I say there's a problem, there is a problem!" Lu Wu stated unexpectedly firmly and stepped forward to approach the White Bone Wild Boar.

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"There's a problem starting with it, first its power, it's an Ordinary 3-star, okay, but it's a newly advanced 3-star.

Then there are its bones!

Its bones are permeated with something else, and it's of the Light Attribute."

As Lu Wu spoke, he grabbed one of the pig's ribs and snapped it cleanly, and upon squeezing, the bone crumbled, revealing wisps of transparent liquid within.

"This is Spirit Water diluted three hundred times; it won't affect the pig temporarily, but will affect its evolution.

Moreover, there's something stuffed into its spine. If I'm not wrong, it should be powder made from grinding up Light Attribute Tool Fragments.

How could a pig brimming with such things possibly evolve into an 'Iron Armor Wild Boar'?"

Gutian's face changed as he truly hadn't expected Lu Wu to see through his scheme.

An elderly man in traditional attire spoke up in support.

"Gutian, this is too low of you."

"The materials were prepared by headquarters, not by me," Gutian said unabashedly, his face showing no hint of embarrassment upon being exposed. His face had lost so much face today that he was somewhat immune to it. He felt no embarrassment at being outed.

He could retreat if necessary since his backup plan wasn't limited to this one alone.

"Who knows if the replaced pig will have other problems," Lu Wu shook his head.

"If you're so afraid, then you might as well give up," Gutian sneered.

Lu Wu shook his head. "Giving up is out of the question. I'll use this very pig, but I'll need some other materials, and the kind I'll make it evolve into won't be an Iron Armor Wild Boar, but rather a different variant. Plus, once it has evolved, I'm keeping the pig."

His declaration caused everyone present to look shocked.

No one could figure out what Lu Wu was up to.

Hadn't he already seen that the pig had been tampered with?

With such extensive tampering, how could the pig possibly still evolve successfully?

Had Lu Wu's brain been kicked by a donkey?

However, Gutian reacted swiftly, eager to get Lu Wu to commit before he could change his mind, and immediately nodded in agreement.

"It's settled!"

Once Gutian agreed, Lu Wu got to work.

First, he checked on Zhang Wentao's state, had Green Cub heal him to ensure Zhang Wentao could last, then Lu Wu stood up and wrote a list for the Cultivation Center to prepare the materials and tools he needed.

Then, Lu Wu got busy thinking about how to realize the bold idea in his mind.

About half an hour later, when Lu Wu had thoroughly consolidated his plan, he opened his eyes and immediately tested an evolution scheme on the pig.

It passed, with a success rate of twenty-two percent, much higher than the previous seventeen percent. It was time to get started.

By this time, the materials and tools from the Cultivation Center had been brought over, and everything was ready.

Lu Wu didn't waste any more words and set into motion.

He processed the materials he needed one by one and then put them into a large pot.

As Lu Wu busied himself, the entire Cultivation Center headquarters fell silent.

Nearly all the big shots were watching Lu Wu's cultivation attempt.

Among them were masters who were experts in the Undead Type, but they had to admit that after watching for a long time, they couldn't understand what Lu Wu was attempting.

Even the two people at the very peak were confused.

"Yin Spirit Flower, Corpse Water, Holy Spring Water, a rotten heart...

So many random things. Old Yuan, do you understand what this kid is doing?"

"He..." Old Yuan watched intently and, after a moment of contemplation, provided a response that even he wasn't sure of: "He's trying to integrate the Light Attribute into this pig."

"Are you sure?" the voice next to him rose an octave.

"Are you crazy, or is he crazy? Can the opposing Undead and Light Attributes fuse together?"

"I can probably confirm that's his line of thinking, as for whether it will be successful, why not just watch and find out?"

At the same time, deep within a Secret Realm at headquarters.

An elderly figure with white hair and beard emerged from the Secret Realm, looking disheveled.

He stepped out and immediately felt that something was off at headquarters—it was unusually quiet.

"What is everyone doing?"

The old man paused, attuned himself for a moment, and discovered that everyone's attention seemed concentrated not far from the entrance to headquarters, seemingly engrossed in something.

Following his curiosity for a lively scene, the old man also took a look.

At a glance, he was puzzled.

"Where did this kid come from? Why does he look so familiar, as if I've seen him before? Hold on, what is he doing?

Cultivating? At the entrance to headquarters? And live broadcasting? Quite interesting."

"Eh, something's not right. The pig he plans to cultivate seems to have an issue—there's a Light aura in its body. Was this fool duped by someone? What can he make happen with a pig like this?"

The old man hadn't finished speaking when Lu Wu had already prepared the materials on his side, ready to start making the soup—the process was different from before, as this time Lu Wu had Little Skeleton do it.

"Little Skeleton, use the Ghost Fire Skill on the pot, and stop when I say."

Under Lu Wu's direction, Little Skeleton funneled the black Ghost Fire into the pot.

The bigshots who were watching were taken aback.

Even the old man could not help but pluck a beard hair.

"Ghost Fire Quenching? Ingenious, truly ingenious. Why didn't I think of using Ghost Fire to process these materials?

These materials are mixed with some unwanted Dark attributes; if managed well, Ghost Fire could work wonders."

At this moment, the pot of materials began to undergo changes.

Just as the transformation started, Lu Wu had Little Skeleton stop the Ghost Fire, leaving the old man perplexed.

"Why stop now? Couldn't it have burned longer? Should it have burned longer? This kid is just too young to grasp the perfect timing... Oh crap, he's actually pouring Holy Spring Water in there. Undead materials with Holy Spring Water—what's he trying to do?"

And the old man was shocked not only by these.

After stopping the Ghost Fire, Lu Wu started a regular fire and gradually added all of the Light materials into it.

In half an hour, the soup that even Tuantuan from Dudu's family found peculiarly repugnant was done.

At this point, Lu Wu turned off the fire and then let Little Skeleton toss the pig into the pot.

With a "plop," the pig was thrown in.

In that moment, Gutian couldn't help but crack a smile.

It was over.

At the same time, the bigshots at headquarters were all silently thinking, 'It's done for.'

Indeed, as soon as the pig was thrown in, white smoke billowed up, and a hissing sound, like that of sulfuric acid burning, filled the air.

Everybody thought that the pig would definitely disintegrate.

But the unexpected happened.

The pig didn't disintegrate; instead, a white, holy flame soared up and enveloped the pig.

The bigshots, sensing the scene, were clear that a special reaction was occurring within the pig's body. The Undead and Light attributes—two elements usually like fire and tinder—were now coyly blushing at each other.

One by one, the bigshots were dumbstruck.

"What?"

The most dumbfounded one was the old man who had just come out.

He finally realized what was happening.

"So, this kid already knew about the pig's situation, and he's planning to fuse the Undead and Light attributes? Insane, absolutely insane, but I like it!"

The old man's eyes nearly ignited with a scorching intensity as he gazed at the pot of soup.

He awaited with anticipation for Lu Wu's next performance.

And Lu Wu's subsequent actions did not disappoint him.

Absorbed in his work, Lu Wu monitored the changes in the attributes of the pig and the soup, gradually adjusting the Fire Monkey, adding ingredients, and controlling the nuances.

It must be said.

At this moment, Lu Wu's performance appeared to those obsessed with cultivation as an exquisite yet perilous high-wire ballet; each move danced along the edge of danger and brilliance, intoxicating the onlookers.

So-called cultivation was, in essence, about ultimate control, and Lu Wu had obviously achieved that at this point.

At the very least, he'd reached it through his meticulous manipulation.

With one move, he had conquered many of the purest Cultivation Masters.

At this moment, almost all the bigwigs had matched their breathing rhythms to Lu Wu's pace, feeling the same heartbeat with him, focusing on the changes within the pot.

In their eyes, the pig in the pot was no longer just a pig, but an artwork.

An artwork that was taking shape slowly under Lu Wu's painstaking efforts and their watchful gaze.

Nearly everyone anticipated the birth of this piece, yearning for it to burst forth with its radiance.

The only exception was Gutian.

His face was extremely unsightly.

He had never anticipated Lu Wu's skill reaching such a near-perfect, almost cheat-like level.

As soon as Lu Wu displayed this standard, he knew he was doomed to lose; regardless of whether Lu Wu could actually bring the pig to life, there would be a throng of people ready to support Lu Wu.

They had let him be, solely because Lu Wu's talent had been obscure; now that it was unveiled, plenty would stand up for Lu Wu.

But even knowing he was bound to lose, Gutian still prayed for Lu Wu's failure.

In that case, his own defeat wouldn't be quite so absolute, and perhaps he could still exploit the Elder Council's backing to create a ruckus, maybe even snatching away the victory.

But he was disappointed.

Everything went smoothly, and two hours later, the pig in the pot completed its transformation, erupting with a dazzling holy light.

As they gazed upon the pig, suspended in midair, its skeleton clad in white but radiating a sacred luminescence, everyone was mesmerized.

Except for two people, Gutian and Lu Wu.

Gutian's face was ashen, while Lu Wu fixed his gaze on Gutian; their eyes met for an instant, and Lu Wu's lips curved up in mockery, his expression full of scorn.

Gutian was furious at that moment.

Yet before he could express his anger, Lu Wu's was already more sudden and intense.

Lu Wu suddenly staggered, his face deathly pale and filled with indignant fury, he roared, "Gutian, you despicable wretch!"

What?

Caught off guard, Gutian failed to react before the fully-formed pig shattered with a 'crack.'

As the pig broke, the hearts of the bigwigs watching this scene also skipped a beat, and then a nameless rage surged forth.

Before they could act, a furious old man appeared on the scene, grabbing the bewildered Gutian by the scruff.

"An artwork that merged the attributes of Light and Undead, ruined by your despicable hands!"

Gutian's face shifted, about to explain, but the old man gave him no chance, grabbing him like a doll and flinging him violently side to side, soon leaving Gutian bloodied and beaten; the spectacle left even Lu Wu dumbfounded.

He'd simply tried to bluff his way through the failure without expecting this turn of events.

Well, but now it seems this outcome isn't too bad…