Chapter 349: Do You Understand Leix?

ith him.” Hao Ren hurriedly advised.Given Hao Zhonghua's position, it was certain that he would come into contact with a person like Qin Shaoyang. Conversely, Qin Shaoyang could also find some way to...Chapter 349: Do You Understand the Technique of Thunder Cultivator

Hao Ren and Zhen Cunming returned to Mysterious Peak, where Xie Yujia and Little White had been waiting for them for a long time.

"They're back! They're back!" Zhen Cunming shouted loudly as he flew straight towards Xie Yujia’s alchemy room.

Little White wanted to join in the fun, so it picked up Xie Yujia and hurriedly flew toward the alchemy room.

Dong! Dong!

Zhen Cunming took out two heavy alchemy furnaces from his芥子空間 (jìzǐ kōngjiān) [mysterious space] and placed them on the ground.

These two alchemy furnaces were black and unattractive. Zhen Cunming guessed that this material furnace could only withstand ordinary alchemical flames; if it had to handle Little White's demonic fire, he would still need the jade alchemy furnace.

However, the alchemy furnaces were made from thick black iron, and no matter how fierce Little White’s demonic fire was, it wouldn't burn through them immediately. So Zhen Cunming brought out two alchemy furnaces at once, using them alternately; he estimated that they could last for a month.

If both of the alchemy furnaces were to break down, Zhen Cunming would go to White Sand Sect and bring over the last high-grade alchemy furnace.

Little White came up next to the two alchemy furnaces still emitting a burnt smell, sniffing this and that with great curiosity.

"There's no point in refining one-star or two-star pills; let’s start with the fourth-level Foundation Establishment Pill." Zhen Cunming took out an elixir formula from his sleeve.

The ingredients required for this formula were clearly listed on it. However, having all the ingredients wasn’t enough to refine a pill; if an inexperienced alchemist tried refining them, they would definitely ruin these materials.

"A thousand-year Heavenly First-Head Root, lacquer gold hook vine, South Sea Ginseng, jade bamboo, ten-thousand-year sea turtle shell..." Zhen Cunming placed the ingredients one by one on a nearby stone table.

Typically, learning alchemy started with refining first and second-level medicinal pills. But since Zhen Cunming had witnessed Xie Yujia refining third-level Face-Fixing Pills (ding yan dan), he felt that she could also refine fourth-level medicinal pills.

Before his teacher Qiu Niu left, he assigned him a task to refine "one hundred nine-star golden pills." Zhen Cunming was extremely troubled by this; seeing Xie Yujia’s natural aptitude for alchemy, he felt as if she were a savior. He decided to take her on as his own apprentice and count the refined pills as part of his achievements.

"You guys work hard, I’ll go practice my cultivation..." Hao Ren saw Zhen Cunming and Xie Yujia preparing for alchemy and didn’t want to stay around watching. He lightly leaped into an open space in the valley outside.

Today he wanted to try cultivating "the Technique of Thunder Cultivator" within the fifth layer of heaven (wufeng jian, 五層天). One of the abilities granted by this sword technique was being able to split countless sword lights to defeat enemies; the other was using his Five Elements Body to summon heavenly lightning.

He chose a flat spot in the valley and assumed a posture, taking a deep breath.

Shua... A chaotic divine thunder flashed out from Hao Ren's palm.

The chaos shattered all five elements and immediately punched a circular hole through the array formation surrounding the valley.

The spiritual energy from the fifth layer of heaven, attracted by this divine thunderbolt, quickly converged. In an instant, winds rose and clouds gathered... The nearby spiritual energy seemed to be sucked into a vortex, with white clouds floating between the mountains rushing towards the direction of Mystic Peak.

Boom!

In the cloud layer, the first heavenly bolt was impatiently descending!

The purple lightning, like the flailing claws and teeth of an enraged celestial dragon, was even thicker than what Hao Ren had anticipated! This was almost identical to Zhao Kuo's tribulation lightning during his tribulation crossing!

How could it compare with those thin streaks of light seen in the first layer of heaven

Bang... The heavenly bolt, far exceeding Hao Ren’s expectations, didn't pass through the hole in the array formation but struck solidly upon it!

Rumble rumble rumble… The entire valley shook violently.

Xie Yujia, who was operating the life-and-death talisman in her alchemy room, could hardly stand steadily. Materials she had just thrown into the cauldron were sprayed out.

A black light shot out of Xie Yujia's alchemy room and immediately flew into Hao Ren’s cave abode.

"North Star Cluster Formation, celestial pivot, Yangming Sire of Fates!" Zhen Ciming rapidly spun the compass.

The array formation covering the valley emitted a pink glow as all sides of the array formation nodes boomed in response.

At this moment, Hao Ren triggered the second wave of heavenly bolts that struck down upon the valley.

The array formation protecting the valley creaked and groaned. Countless rocks slid down from the cliffside.

"Celestial authority, Jade Pinnacle!" Zhen Ciming quickly moved the compass again.

Another set of array flags deeply buried around the valley responded in kind, shooting out beams of white light.

Once more, another round of heavenly bolts struck!

Bang... This collision was even more powerful than before.

The two alchemy cauldrons in Xie Yujia's alchemy room collapsed with a loud crash. The demonic flames inside spilled out along with some materials.

Little White used its head to lift Xie Yujia and hurriedly flew out of the cave.

Beyond the valley, raging fires were burning everywhere. These fires were caused by scattered lightning rays igniting the surrounding trees.

In the absence of new chaotic thunder to stimulate them, the clouds gathered above the valley gradually dissipated, turning back into wisps of spiritual energy.

This sudden change made Little White's tail lose a few white hairs due to burning.

Zhen Ciming had a greenish face as he rushed out from Hao Ren's cave and flew directly to the center of the valley, knocking Hao Ren back half a meter. "Don't you want to live Inducing heavenly thunder in the Fifth Level Sky!"

Had it not been for him controlling the formation just now, the entire Mysterious Peak would have been flattened by the heavenly thunder!

Even though he had endured three bolts of heavenly thunder, Hao Ren's formation was heavily damaged and needed to be repaired.

Theoretically, this formation could only withstand attacks from Core Formation cultivators, but those three bolts of heavenly thunder were equivalent to the fierce strikes of a Nirvana Formation cultivator!

If the formation had failed, then Zhen Ciming’s hard-grown spirit grass would have been reduced to ashes.

Thinking about this made Zhen Ciming so angry that his mouth twitched.

"Shit! Shit! Shit!" Zhen Ciming vented his dissatisfaction with the words he learned recently.

"Fifth Level Sky, can't you cultivate lightning there" Hao Ren was puzzled.

Making such a commotion was something beyond Hao Ren's expectations. He had only released a little chaotic thunder, but the reaction of the Fifth Level Sky was much stronger than he imagined.

"Cultivate Lightning That’s not how you cultivate lightning! Shit!" Zhen Ciming was furious and gesticulated wildly.

"I trained this way in the First Level Sky," Hao Ren replied.

"First Level Sky! First Level Sky!" Zhen Ciming stuttered, "You didn’t get killed by lightning; you’re just lucky!"

He glared at Hao Ren angrily. “Even though you recklessly cultivate and manage to survive until now, it’s a miracle!”

On one hand, he was upset that Hao Ren had casually induced heavenly thunder which almost destroyed his formation; on the other hand, as if treating Hao Ren like an elder brother, he feared for Hao Ren's safety.

"Is everything okay Are you alright" Xie Yujia sat on Little White’s back and came to Hao Ren’s side, asking anxiously.

Seeing Xie Yujia approach, Zhen Cming's expression improved slightly. He glared hard at Hao Ren again, "Let me show you what it means to be a Thunder Cultivator!"

He took out a magical device resembling a chessboard from his sleeve and grabbed a handful of black and white stones from it, scattering them onto the flat ground in front of him.

The black and white pieces interacted with each other, emitting faint electrical sparks. The surrounding mist gradually gathered together to form a denser layer of white fog. Within this small patch of cloud, about the size of a palm, there appeared隱隱的雷光 (hidden lightning).

"See that This is called the Small Cloud and Rain Formation!" Zhen Cming gritted his teeth in exasperation. "Brother, how can you possibly trigger an entire sky's worth of thunderclouds to continuously strike yourself! As long as you fail to dodge even one heavenly bolt, all your cultivation will be ruined!"

Curious, Xie Yujia watched the artificial cloud covering only a palm area and was secretly amazed.

Zhen Cming blew on the cloud, causing it to float towards the nearest spirit grass and start raining over it.

Hao Ren never imagined that thunderclouds could be simulated with an array formation. Thinking back to his assumption that the Splitting Light Sword Shadows Technique was practiced like this, using heavenly lightning to temper himself, he felt speechless.

As Zhen Cming said, the power of a heavenly bolt was immense—just one slip-up would shatter a Dragon Pill cultivated to the Shaking Stage.

"Besides the Small Cloud and Rain Formation, there's also the Large Cloud and Rain Formation, the Great Cloud and Rain Formation, the Very Great Cloud and Rain Formation... Whatever kind of lightning you want, I'll give you! The purpose of formations is to create a miniature environment. If we look around, isn't the entire world itself just one huge formation" Zhen Cming lifted his head and looked at Hao Ren.

Hao Ren thought about it and felt that what Zhen Cming said made sense. Cultivation was essentially stealing a bit of vitality from nature, but how this stealing was done was extremely important.

Array formations borrowed the wonders of heaven and earth to simulate various natural phenomena, allowing them to harness small portions of the qi of heaven and earth to create smaller-scale heavenly bolts.

This made Hao Ren suddenly feel as if he had gained a great insight. He chose the obscure Splitting Light Sword Shadows Technique, relying solely on his own thoughts for cultivation, but he didn't realize that Thunder Cultivator techniques were not what he imagined!

"I really can't believe you!" Zhen Cming let out another recent internet buzzword. Then, he put away the chessboard and pieces: "I'll set up a Small Cloud and Rain Formation for you in your cave dwelling."

The stronger Hao Ren became, the safer it was for Zhen Cming on the fifth level of heaven. Therefore, to improve Hao Ren's strength, he would never find anything too troublesome.

Shortly after, flashes of lightning appeared within Hao Ren’s cave dwelling.

In a range of several dozen kilometers around the valley, all sects that had sensed the recent change in nature were instructed by their high-ranking elders to keep away from that direction. The possibility existed that an elixir embryo cultivator might be there! The lightning that danced in the sky was clearly a sign of someone undergoing Tribulation.

The three smaller sects around Medicine King Valley, however, felt both shocked and delighted.

There lived an elixir embryo cultivator within this valley. Since such a great master didn’t expel them and even bestowed pills upon them, they must be allowed to exist nearby. In other words, as long as these three sects relied on the vicinity of this valley, who could bully them

The spines of their three sect leaders instantly straightened!ater, fire, and earth."The Five... Five Sacred Mountains Bracelet" An elder from a sect exclaimed in surprise."It's the Five Sacred Mountains Bracelet! This is what examiners use to limit the strength...