Chapter 38 : Chapter 38
Chapter 38: Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering
Author: Guang Zhi Yueding
Updated: 2023/5/15 9:16:36
Word Count: 2265
Yun Yun casually waved her hand and dispersed a bolt of descending lightning, then extended her divine sense to examine the situation throughout the sect. She soon discovered that every disciple had become a target of the falling lightning.
Or rather, any cultivator within the area covered by the thunderclouds was subject to lightning strikes.
The key point was that the strength of the lightning varied depending on the individual.
Under normal circumstances, only cultivators who had reached the Dao Palace Secret Realm would face heavenly thunder when breaking through to the next realm.
But now even cultivators at the early stage of the Spirit Stream Realm were being targeted by heavenly thunder.
The thunder did not kill them. It merely allowed them to experience what it felt like to be struck by lightning.
At this moment, several elders of the Yunxia Sect were also hurrying toward Yun Yun. However, every time they flew a certain distance, they would be struck by lightning once.
Even when the lightning hit them, it could not injure their bodies. At most, it left them feeling numb and somewhat disheveled.
The First Elder, Yun Ling, was currently covered in soot and dust. While he had been cultivating earlier, a lightning bolt had suddenly struck him, scorching both his beard and hair.
“Damn it! Sect Master, what exactly is going on here? This does not seem like tribulation lightning. But if it is not tribulation lightning, then why does it ignore all objects and formations?” Yun Ling demanded in frustration.
But how could Yun Yun possibly answer that question? All she could conclude was that another strange phenomenon had occurred.
Even the sect’s ancestor had emerged from his secluded cultivation.
The ancestor of the Yunxia Sect appeared to be a very young white-haired man. Dressed in white robes, he stood beneath the thunderclouds.
Seeing someone standing so close, the thunderclouds immediately gathered lightning and began striking the young man frantically.
Yet the white-haired youth did not care about the lightning at all. He allowed the heavenly thunder to fall directly upon him.
“Master? Master actually came out? Could it be that this heavenly thunder was triggered by Master? Is Master about to step into the Four Extremes Secret Realm?” Yun Yun and the others exclaimed in shock as they looked at the figure standing in the sky.
Indeed, the white-haired youth was Yun Yun’s master. His name was Yun Tian, and his cultivation had reached the peak of the Out-of-Body Realm within the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
This heavenly thunder behaved in a very peculiar manner.
It continuously attacked anyone who had not been knocked down by lightning.
If someone collapsed to the ground, the thunder would stop attacking them. But as long as a person remained standing, lightning would continue to descend upon them.
Even Lin Aoxue inside Wind Sword Valley was struck by lightning.
However, something strange happened. After being struck, Lin Aoxue did not feel any discomfort. Instead, her body absorbed the power of the heavenly thunder.
“What is going on? Why does lightning keep striking me? And the strange thing is, this lightning does not seem very powerful,” Lin Aoxue muttered as she looked at the lightning traveling across her body.
Time slowly passed.
A few minutes later, Ye Liuyun successfully finished refining her pill.
Ten purple pills rolled out from the Myriad Elixir Immortal Cauldron, each flashing with lightning. The pills radiated a powerful aura of thunder, though their exact effects were still unknown.
“It is finished. Huh? Master, why have you been staring out the window?” Ye Liuyun asked curiously after completing the refinement.
Lin Qingyou’s expression was extremely strange at that moment.
She could clearly tell that the thunderclouds had been attracted by Ye Liuyun’s pill refinement.
However, although the thunderclouds resembled heavenly tribulation, their power was ridiculously weak. They could not even kill cultivators at the Spirit Stream Realm.
“Hey, brat, did you not hear the constant thunder outside while you were refining pills?” Lin Qingyou asked.
“Huh? Really? I did not notice anything,” Ye Liuyun said as she quickly walked to the window and looked outside.
But the sky outside was now completely clear without even a single cloud.
That was because the moment Ye Liuyun finished refining the pills, the thunderclouds had suddenly disappeared.
They had come quickly and vanished just as quickly, so she never saw them.
“There was a thunderstorm outside while you were refining. It looks like the pills you refined attracted heavenly thunder,” Lin Qingyou explained.
“A thunderstorm? Come on, it cannot be that exaggerated, right? Then… how is the sect? Nobody got struck to death, did they?” Ye Liuyun asked nervously.
“Relax. No one died. The lightning was very weak and could not kill anyone,” Lin Qingyou replied while shaking her head.
Hearing this, Ye Liuyun finally sighed in relief.
As long as no one died, everything was fine.
“That is good. Master, hurry and see what this pill is used for.” Ye Liuyun took out the pills she had refined and handed them to Lin Qingyou for inspection.
After examining them for a moment, Lin Qingyou still shook her head.
“It should be some kind of body-tempering pill. Based on the medicinal ingredients you used, that seems likely. But the exact effect can only be determined if you swallow one and test it yourself,” Lin Qingyou said.
Ye Liuyun nodded.
Then she opened her mouth and tossed one of the lightning-flashing pills inside.
The moment the pill entered her mouth—
A dull, invisible thunderclap descended from the heavens, pierced straight through the roof of Ye Liuyun’s residence, and struck her body.
“AH!”
Ye Liuyun immediately screamed as electricity surged through her body. Her eyes rolled back, she spat out a mouthful of black smoke, and collapsed onto the ground, twitching violently.
“I… I swear… this must be a lightning-summoning pill. This feels horrible… and the worst part is, I cannot even die from it,” Ye Liuyun said weakly while lying on the ground.
Meanwhile, Lin Qingyou carefully observed the condition of Ye Liuyun’s body.
“It really is a body-tempering pill. It summons lightning from the Nine Heavens to temper the body. And the strength of the lightning is perfectly controlled—it will not kill the user. This is a very good pill. Let us call it the Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Pill,” Lin Qingyou said with admiration.
The pill was extremely interesting.
It only affected the body itself. Even Ye Liuyun’s clothing remained undamaged.
After being electrocuted for a while, Ye Liuyun’s skin gradually turned completely black and charred. Soon it cracked apart, revealing soft, delicate skin beneath it, like that of a newborn.
Only then did the tempering process stop.
The lightning energy finally dissipated.
Ye Liuyun slowly climbed back to her feet with a relaxed expression. As she stood up, the charred skin on her body began to peel off.
“Ah! That feels amazing. Master, when the lightning first struck it was extremely painful. But after a while it became incredibly refreshing. I can even feel my physical strength improving,” Ye Liuyun said.
She quickly removed her clothes and tore away the large pieces of dead skin clinging to her body.
“For someone like you, who cannot increase spiritual power, this pill is practically a supreme treasure. If you cultivate with this pill in the future, it should rapidly strengthen your body,” Lin Qingyou said.
Ye Liuyun fully agreed with that statement.
After she finished tearing off the charred skin, she suddenly discovered that her realm had improved again.
Her physical strength had risen from the peak of the Spirit Stream Realm to the early stage of the Spirit River Realm. Her divine sense had also reached the Spirit River Realm.
“My realm increased too… sigh. What a pity. My spiritual power still has not improved at all. This is so frustrating. Without stronger spiritual power, I cannot fly,” Ye Liuyun said without any excitement despite the breakthrough.
“It does not matter. If you cannot fly, you can jump. As long as your body becomes strong enough, a single leap could reach thousands of meters. If your speed and reactions are fast enough, even walking upon clouds would not be impossible,” Lin Qingyou comforted her.
That cultivation method was simply like that. It would never increase spiritual power.
This meant that Ye Liuyun could not control magical treasures or fly using spiritual power.
“Sigh… how boring. I will continue refining pills. This time I will try Spirit Fusion Flower + Water Spirit Grass + Marrow Cleansing Fruit,” Ye Liuyun said as she put on her clothes and began refining pills again.
Outside, the disciples who had been struck by lightning gradually began getting back on their feet.
Their situation was similar to Ye Liuyun’s. A layer of charred skin had appeared on their bodies, and large pieces peeled off when torn.
“Damn it! Has heaven gone crazy? Why did it suddenly start raining lightning on us?” the disciples of the Yunxia Sect cursed.
However, it was not long before someone realized something surprising.
After being tempered by heavenly thunder, their bodies had all become noticeably stronger.