Chapter 32: Building Power
At the bottom of the Thunder Valley, the wind was blowing hard, and there were lightning and thunder in the sky. The lightning kept flashing in the black clouds. From time to time, a thick thunder would fall from the sky and strike into a silver light shield.
After an unknown amount of time, at the bottom of the valley, the silver light shield suspended in the air released a faint lightning light. The surface of the light shield was flashing with lightning, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, and the dim light illuminated the surrounding mountain walls.
Inside the light shield, Xiao Yun was sitting cross-legged in the air. At this time, he was mentally exhausted from the previous confrontation with the power of thunder, and was in a state of unconsciousness and mystery.
While Xiao Yun was in a semi-comatose state, the silver light shield automatically attracted the thunder power in the valley, and then slowly poured it into his body. The thunder power flowed along the meridians, and the huge energy contained in it kept repairing Xiao Yun's broken body. The
thunder power flowed along the meridians, and wherever it passed, lightning flashed. The meridians, flesh, and bones in the body were absorbing the energy at an astonishing speed, and then they continued to become stronger. The meridians became thicker, and the flesh and bones became tougher, several degrees higher than before.
While the thunder power was repairing Xiao Yun's body, his charcoal-like body on the surface was also gradually changing.
The muscles under the skin were rapidly strengthened, and an explosive force gathered in them. The skin on the surface of the body, like the charcoal-like epidermis, fell off rapidly like the skin of a giant snake, and was replaced by the white and tender skin of a newborn baby.
With the continuous infusion of thunder power, Xiao Yun's originally severely injured body was restored to its original state, and even much stronger than before.
Suddenly, at a certain moment, the silver light shield no longer attracted the surrounding thunder power, and immediately burst into a dazzling lightning light, illuminating the entire valley bottom. In the light, a young figure gradually emerged.
"Boom!"
With a thunderous sound, countless silver lightning energy burst out from the light shield to the surroundings. As the light shield disappeared, Xiao Yun's body floated in the air. He
suddenly opened his eyes, and there was a flash of lightning in his eyes, bursting with a deep blue light. Xiao Yun slowly fell to the ground. The big stone here had been smashed by thunder.
He clenched his fists, raised his hands and feet, and suddenly there was a crackling sound of bones colliding. Feeling the powerful power contained in his body, Xiao Yun looked up to the sky and let out a long roar, releasing the waste gas in his chest.
"You little brat, you really made me worried to death this time."
Before Xiao Yun could carefully check the changes in his body, he heard a familiar old voice echoing in the valley. He looked up in surprise, "Teacher? Why are you here?"
"Huh!"
A sound of breaking wind was heard, and the next moment, an old man appeared in front of Xiao Yun. It was Elder Huo.
Elder Huo raised his hand and slapped Xiao Yun on the head. Seeing the aggrieved expression on his disciple's face, he said unhappily: "You little brat, do you know how long it took you to cultivate by drawing lightning into your body this time?"
"About... a day?" Looking at the gradually brightening light in the sky, Xiao Yun said uncertainly.
"Huh, one day? You practiced for seven days this time! Or three days ago, the guys in your dormitory found that you had not come back, and informed Old Man Su. After Old Man Su told me, I knew that you had started to draw lightning into your body."
"Didn't I tell you that if you couldn't bear it anymore, you should immediately quit the Thunder Valley? Is that what you promised me?" Elder Huo snorted coldly, looking at Xiao Yun with an increasingly unfriendly look.
"Uh..., I didn't expect that it would take so long to draw lightning into my body for the first time. I'm sorry to have worried you." Xiao Yun touched his head angrily, lowered his head and didn't dare to face Elder Huo.
With his head lowered, Xiao Yun realized that all his clothes were destroyed by the thunder, so now he was standing naked in front of Elder Huo. His face flushed instantly, and he quickly took out a robe from the ring and put it on in a hurry.
Seeing Xiao Yun's embarrassment, Elder Huo laughed and said, "How old are you, little brat? Are you so shy?"
"Teacher, please stop talking." His face flushed even more. God, he was not a real child. Standing naked in front of a man, even if this man was his teacher, he would be embarrassed, right?
"Brat, I see you've changed a lot this time?" Elder Huo looked at Xiao Yun carefully, walked around him twice, and said in surprise: "You have broken through to the Nine-Star Grand Fighter now? Weren't you only a Seven-Star Grand Fighter the last time you came back?"
"Nine-Star Grand Fighter?" Xiao Yun was slightly stunned when he heard Elder Huo's words. He quickly called the doorman to check, and then a look of joy appeared on his face. He didn't expect that absorbing the power of thunder would have such benefits. You know, with his cultivation speed, it is estimated that it will take a month to break through to the Nine-Star Grand Fighter. But he didn't expect that after inducing lightning to train his body and sleeping for seven days, his cultivation could actually improve a lot.
"Maybe the energy of heaven and earth here is too strong. When I absorbed the power of thunder, I absorbed some of it unconsciously, which led to my breakthrough to the Nine-Star Great Fighter." Xiao Yun explained his guess to Elder Huo.
Elder Huo was in a complicated mood at the moment. He didn't know whether to rebuke Xiao Yun for taking the risk or to praise his good luck.
You have to know that the energy of heaven and earth cannot be directly absorbed into the body, because it contains a lot of impurities. If it is directly absorbed, the fighting spirit in the body will be contaminated with impurities, which will cause irreparable damage to oneself.
"Perhaps. A breakthrough in cultivation is a good thing. I see that the fighting spirit in your body is solid and pure, without any impurities. I think it was the energy of heaven and earth that was refined by lightning when it entered your body, which allowed you to absorb it successfully."
After a moment of silence, Elder Huo suddenly touched Xiao Yun's head and said earnestly: "Although you have made a breakthrough this time, don't take such risks again. It's not something that can be achieved overnight. You are very talented, and I don't want you to go the wrong way."
Looking at the old man in front of him, Xiao Yun nodded and said softly: "I know, teacher, I won't draw lightning into my body again before I break through the fighting spirit."
"It's good that you understand, brat, tell me what it feels like to draw lightning into your body." Elder Huo said curiously.
Hearing this, Xiao Yun grinned and told the detailed process of swallowing the golden thunder flower, absorbing lightning, and repairing and strengthening his body with the power of thunder.
"Hey, brat, you are really dangerous. If it weren't for the golden lightning flower protecting your meridians, I'm afraid that the moment the lightning entered your body, all your organs would be burned to ashes." Elder Huo listened to Xiao Yun's words with a frown on his face. After half a response, he said with some worry. Lightning is more
violent than fire. If such a thing is introduced into the body, Xiao Yun will be seriously injured at best, or even die without a burial place.
Xiao Yun, relying only on perseverance and the golden lightning flower to protect his body, dared to introduce the heavenly thunder that even Elder Huo dared not touch with his cultivation as a great fighter. I really don't know whether to say he is brave or stupid.
"The result is good after all. Am I not safe and sound in the end?" Seeing Elder Huo frowning, Xiao Yun touched his head and said unhappily.
"You can't rely on luck every time!" Rolling his eyes at Xiao Yun, Elder Huo said earnestly: "In fact, your technique requires golden thunder flowers only to increase resistance to lightning and protect the meridians throughout the body when lightning enters the body, right?"
"Yes, the lightning between heaven and earth is absorbed by the operation of the technique, and the golden thunder flowers only assist itself in absorbing the power of thunder."
"That's right, then you can definitely refine elixirs that can increase lightning resistance better. Not to mention that the sixth-grade elixir Wind Thunder Pill has a very high lightning resistance, the third-grade elixir Purple Thunder Pill and the fourth-grade elixir Sky Thunder Pill, these two elixirs that assist people with thunder attributes in their practice, are more effective in increasing lightning resistance than golden thunder flowers. Why didn't you think of it at the time?"
As he spoke, Elder Huo knocked Xiao Yun's head hard again and asked viciously.
"This..., teacher, you haven't taught me how to make these two pills yet." Xiao Yun said a little aggrieved. He didn't think of these two pills, and even if he did, it
would be useless because Elder Huo hadn't given him the recipes for these two pills yet. Hearing this, Elder Huo raised his eyebrows, took out several pill recipes from his ring, and threw them to Xiao Yun, "Next time, don't say that your teacher didn't teach you. I'll give you the recipes. You can make whichever one you want."
"Thank you, teacher!" With joy on his face, Xiao Yun quickly took the recipe and put it in his ring.
"Okay, brat, you're all right now, right? I'll take you back to the inner courtyard." The heroic fighting spirit burst out from his body, and a pair of fiery red fighting wings appeared behind Elder Huo. He took a step forward, and the helpless Xiao Yun was caught under his arms. With the wings fluttering, Elder Huo took Xiao Yun and flew straight into the sky.
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After a while, Elder Huo took Xiao Yun back to his residence in the inner courtyard. After putting Xiao Yun down, Elder Huo gave him some instructions again. After making Xiao Yun impatient, he left.
"Creaky."
Xiao Yun pushed open the wooden door of the small courtyard and returned to the dormitory.
"Boss, you're finally back!" As soon as he came back, he saw Fang Wen running towards him with a look of surprise.
Seeing that Fang Wen was the only one there, Xiao Yun asked doubtfully, "Where are the others? Did they all go to the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower to practice?"
"No, ever since you left, boss, many seniors have been causing trouble for us freshmen, demanding protection fees from us. Many freshmen, including the three of them, couldn't stand the pressure and joined the forces in the inner courtyard to seek protection. Now, boss, there are only the two of us living in this dormitory." When he said this, Fang Wen changed his previous joy and said with a tearful face.
"Oh? Do senior students charge protection fees? Then why don't you join?"
"I want to join, but I feel it would be unfair to you, Boss. Otherwise, when you come back, you will find that we have all run away."
Xiao Yun nodded, indicating that he understood, and said with a smile: "Okay, go find other freshmen who haven't joined the faction yet, and tell them that I am going to create a faction and can provide them with protection."
Fang Wen said with surprise: "Really? Boss, you want to create a faction, so can I join it too?"
"Of course you have to join. I'm usually busy with my training, so I'll need you to take care of things. Okay, go and find them and take note of all those who are willing to join. I'm going to practice first, and come back to me at this time tomorrow." After waving his hand and leaving a few words, Xiao Yun walked straight into the house. He still had to check his own condition and didn't have time to chat with Fang Wen.