Chapter 17 The Thunder Dragon God returns to his position, rain and thunder fall...
Old Thunder Dragon felt the oppressive force above his head begin to intensify.
It is already at the Venerable Martial Realm, and apart from True Gods above it, no one can make it feel oppressed.
In other words, God has come to see him again.
"Kid, do you feel... uh, something's not quite right?" Old Thunder Dragon asked tentatively.
Chang Yubai did not reply.
The connection from the sea of consciousness gave a straightforward answer: I don't know.
Old Thunder Dragon: Okay.
If you don't even know it yourself, then there's nothing I can do.
Chang Yubai: Feeling? Does feeling extremely angry count?
The thought of old and new grudges, and how he and his disciple Xiaoyun had both been defeated at Lian Fengye's doorstep and nearly died at his hands, filled him with murderous intent.
The Mind-Cleansing Mantra was ineffective in calming the mind. If it weren't for his master's deeply ingrained admonitions, he would have already grabbed his sword and attacked.
Who would calmly face their mortal enemy?
"You want to kill me?" Lian Fengye laughed.
Many people want to challenge the Venerable Martial Realm to prove their strength and spirit, but no one has ever actually done so in thousands of years. There are only a handful of Venerable Martial Realm masters on the Guanwu Continent, each of whom is famous far and wide. Yet, even though they are standing there, the arena remains empty, and people bow down in front of them.
The realm is the most honest data, it will never deceive people. The fence is there, and the way of heaven says it cannot be broken, so there can be no exception.
Lian Fengye had a gut feeling that Chang Yubai was courting death, but he forgot that Chang Yubai wasn't the only one who wanted to kill him; there was also the thunder dragon flashing with lightning beneath his feet.
"You brat, your father is right here!"
Old Thunder Dragon roared, shaking the heavens and the earth, even making the morning bell on the summit of Liaowangzong Peak ring loudly.
Lian Fengye certainly noticed Leilong, otherwise he wouldn't have rushed over. But back then, he managed to trick Leilong into staying in the valley for another three hundred years, and he had three more years to absorb spiritual energy, so his cultivation was naturally superior to Leilong's.
It's just a sect-guarding divine beast at the second level of the Venerable Martial Realm, how can it compare to his fifth level of cultivation?
"Boy, where's the pearl? Don't forget, I sent you into the valley to retrieve it."
The old thunder dragon's mouth was empty; the spirit pearl it always held was nowhere to be found. Lian Fengye noticed this as soon as he arrived, and it was because he was afraid that Chang Yubai was hiding something that he gave Chang Yubai time to accept coercion and inducement.
"If you obediently hand over the pearl to me, I will not make things difficult for you after I deal with this old dragon."
"As a dignified Martial Realm expert, do you think I would covet what little you have?"
Lian Fengye, like a kind and earnest elder, tried his best to persuade Chang Yubai not to go astray.
But it doesn't need any persuasion to figure out which way is the wrong path.
Seeing the increasingly strange scene, Li Qingyun's small eyebrows furrowed: "Sister, wasn't the pearl at the bottom of the valley meant for you? Why is your father more anxious than you?"
The matter is of great importance, such as the lack of spiritual insight, which makes cultivation impossible. How can one calmly sit aside and cultivate without any sense of tension when practicing the Wumiao method?
Is it because they have too much confidence in Lei Huang?
Li Qingyun disagreed.
At least after Lian Wumiao protected him, Li Qingyun did not believe that she was close to her family.
"You're overthinking it." Lian Wumiao's tone turned noticeably colder when her father was mentioned. "He's just using me as an excuse to get someone to retrieve the Spirit Pearl for him. He wouldn't use that kind of treasure on me."
Li Qingyun: "...Sister, are there also disharmony in your family?"
"Also?" Lian Wumiao's heart stirred again.
Her willingness to rescue Li Qingyun stemmed from her compassion. Lian Wumiao herself was unloved by her family and deeply understood the suffering of the weak. Yet, she heard that a man was willing to go to the bottom of the valley for the sake of the child beside him. Lian Wumiao secretly wanted this beloved child to overcome his suffering and not end up like her, with no hope of a turnaround or a future.
But the child said he had also experienced the pain of family discord.
Lian Wumiao hesitated before asking, "Is it because your master treats you badly?"
Li Qingyun quickly shook her head: "No, Master is very good to me. They are my biological parents... They didn't like me, they destroyed my life force, and they even sold me to a merchant from another place. If it weren't for Master saving me, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..."
Li Qingyun wept, trembling: "I'm afraid I've already become someone else's furnace, and been turned into a corpse puppet. My soul will also be summoned into the Soul Refining Banner and never see the light of day again."
Lian Wumiao felt even more heartbroken, and the two of them hugged each other and cried bitterly: "Child, poor child, how can there be such heartless parents?"
Li Qingyun, true to her word, continued to probe, "Sister, isn't Lei Huang treating you badly too? Yet your sister is clearly well protected by him. Doesn't he like you?"
Lian Wumiao shook her head: "My father has never mistreated me, but he is no longer the father I know."
From some unknown day, her loving father became obsessed with cultivation, her sister became unpredictable, and they seemed to have lost their patience, only getting angry and venting their frustrations. The dark clouds above Lei Zhengu's head grew thicker and thicker, and her relatives became increasingly indifferent to killing.
“I originally thought my sister was just sharp-tongued, but she still loved me deep down. At least she never used the matter of cultivation to hurt me. But ever since Li Lang appeared, my sister has hated me and humiliated me again and again. My father stopped her, but told me to get rid of Li Lang as soon as possible. Only a pure yang body can enter the valley to retrieve the Suspended Spirit Pearl. If I can’t do it, he will no longer give me face and forcibly throw Li Lang into the valley.”
"How could I, how could I let Li Lang suffer? He stayed at Liaowangzong because of me, but I brought trouble upon him, sob sob..."
Li Qingyun: "..." Such a crybaby sister.
Li Qingyun finally understood: "You're the one who helped Li Lang escape, aren't you?"
Lian Wumiao showed surprise at being told what was right.
Li Qingyun: Aha!
Is that surprising?
Such an obvious excuse, is there no smart person in your Leizhen Valley?
Li Qingyun was about to say something when she heard thunder rumbling overhead; a fight had already broken out.
Li Qingyun: !!!
Wait, can we really win?
"Sister, do you know what level of cultivation that thunder dragon and your father have?"
Li Qingyun suppressed her impatience, hoping to hear some good news.
Lian Wumiao also thought of his question and hesitated in her words: "Father is a fifth-level Venerable Martial Realm cultivator. I don't know about Thunder Dragon, but when Father encounters an opponent he can't defeat, he won't engage in battle so quickly."
That's it, we're doomed.
Li Qingyun's face turned deathly pale.
His worst fears had come true: Chang Yubai, that fool! He really went to war against the Thunder Emperor!
...
"You want the pearl?"
“That’s right, as long as you give me the pearl, I…”
"No." Chang Yubai refused outright.
Thunder Emperor: "..."
Chang Yubai: "I don't know what use you have for Mingzhu, but I know you're not a trustworthy person."
Lei Huang: "...Haha, you mean Wu Shuang? It was indeed my oversight in not managing my daughter properly. Don't worry, I will definitely..."
“You will definitely find a way to kill me,” Chang Yubai said with certainty. “I’m not negotiating with you; I just have something to tell you.”
"You touched someone you shouldn't have, and I'm very angry."
"presumptuous!!!"
Lian Fengye stopped talking nonsense, his palm crackled with thunder, and he raised his hand to strike Chang Yubai.
But the next second, he was distracted again. He saw the Suspended Spirit Pearl. It turned out that Chang Yubai had been keeping this treasure in his pocket all along, and was unwilling to put it in his mustard seed space.
Lian Fengye was overjoyed, thinking that he was scared and wanted to beg for mercy, but he would not take back his move. He just wanted to kill this arrogant brat as soon as possible and then take the Suspended Spirit Pearl.
But he lost sight of where the Spirit Pearl had gone.
Chang Yubai opened her small mouth and swallowed the Suspended Spirit Pearl directly into her stomach.
“I have always wanted to try this move, but my master always says that it is against the will of Heaven. There has never been such a technique in the Guanwu Continent, and I am not allowed to use it.”
“My master said I am very good at cultivation, I can understand things very quickly, and my self-created cultivation method has surpassed that of countless cultivators. But in fact, I am not a genius, I just understand.”
He was very familiar with the strange and wonderful things that would appear in the world of fantasy, and what kind of extraordinary skills and techniques it encompassed.
Then, he flicked his sleeve and shouted, "Thunder Dragon, merge!"
Old Thunder Dragon: Oh oh oh—
Old Thunder Dragon: No!
Why did its body start moving uncontrollably?
How is this kid fusing its spiritual power?!
Holy crap! Has it been refined?!
"Noisy..." Chang Yubai and it were of one mind, and he was almost driven crazy by the nagging.
Old Thunder Dragon: But you didn't tell me you knew this move!
Chang Yubai: "It's just a fusion technique, don't rush."
Old Thunder Dragon: Of course you're not in a hurry since it's not you who's being melted!
Chang Yubai: "You alone can't beat Lian Fengye."
Old Thunder Dragon: That's true, but you can't just leave without saying hello...
Chang Yubai: "It can be restored."
Old Lei Long rested: That's good, that's good. Then it's alright, please go ahead.
As expected, this kid is extraordinary; it's no wonder that Heaven is paying attention to him.
Believe! All it needs to do is believe!
How can you question the judgment of Heaven!
Lei Huang was dumbfounded. He couldn't understand how this kid could not only not explode and die after swallowing the Suspended Spirit Pearl, but also directly advance to the Venerable Martial Realm.
Triple? Quadruple? Quintuple?
Wait, why is it still rising!
Lian Fengye couldn't sit still any longer. His previous attack had been blocked and dispersed, failing to harm Chang Yubai in the slightest. If he allowed this kid to continue advancing, he would be finished.
Lian Fengye brandished his whip and unleashed all his signature skills at Chang Yubai.
But the skies are no longer the territory of the Thunder Emperor.
The lightning bolts bypassed their path and returned to Lian Fengye, striking their master who had controlled them countless times.
The Black Scale Sword flew up in a flash, taking advantage of Chang Yubai and the Old Thunder Dragon's telepathic communication to push away the Tranquility Sword that was being held.
What a joke! This is a battle between Venerable Martial Realm experts! Master is going to kill a Venerable Martial Realm expert!
Blackscale Sword thought to itself, "How can I not take this opportunity to reap heads with such a majestic weapon?"
It is also a peerless divine weapon capable of reaching the pinnacle of battle!
Chang Yubai's skill level continued to rise. With each level he advanced, his attacks against Lian Fengye became faster and more difficult for his opponent to defend against.
Finally, under the influence of his eighth-level Venerable Martial Realm cultivation, Lian Fengye let out a long roar of "No!" before his head fell to the ground, and he was then blasted to pieces by Chang Yubai's heavy thunderbolt.
Then came another scream.
This time it was Lian Wushuang calling her. She slowly woke up, only to see that her father had been beheaded and his ashes scattered. She was terrified and screamed before fainting again.
Chang Yubai: "..." Take her away and let her nemesis deal with her.
He could no longer withstand the combined attack.
When Chang Yubai was born, he cried in waves, interspersed with indistinct words such as "Li Lang," "Master," "Brother," and "I'm sorry."
Anyone who didn't know better would think they were mourning at his and Li Lang's grave.
Chang Yubai said firmly, "I'm not dead."
Chang Yubai pulled the tiny Li Qingyun over: "Don't cry for me."
Li Qingyun: Hiccup!
"Brother!" Li Qingyun hugged Chang Yubai's leg with tears in her eyes. "Thank goodness, it wasn't you who died."
Chang Yubai: "...I told you I would protect you."
Chang Yubai: "I'm sorry, I was wrong. I made you feel threatened."
Lian Wumiao was still crying, but not for her father and sister. Instead, she was holding a pile of shattered jade bracelets, her heart breaking.
"Li Lang, Li Lang, I'm so sorry! The protective artifact you gave me is broken! Waaah—"
Who would have thought that such a priceless Earth-rank treasure would just disappear like that?
Chang Yubai: "...Please accept my condolences."
Chang Yubai then handed Lian Wushuang over: "Or perhaps you could use this to vent your anger?"
Li Qingyun: ?
Wait, is this even human language?
Can you use your brain before you speak?
Lian Wumiao: "..." She also wanted to ask Chang Yubai if his brain was okay.
Li Qingyun kicked Chang Yubai openly, then looked at Lian Wumiao and said, "Sister, my master doesn't know how to speak, so please don't take it to heart. I'll teach him a lesson for you!"
Lian Wumiao slowly exhaled: "It's alright, Xiaoyun. If it weren't for your master, we would both be dead here."
She truly admired this person for being able to fight a Venerable Martial Realm expert while only being at the High Martial Realm.
There are plenty of experts who don't know how to talk, so one more won't make a difference.
If she can kill someone at the Venerable Martial Realm, she'll speak with absolute authority!
And so, a seed of growth took root in Lian Wumiao's heart.
At this moment, the sky cleared up, and the dark clouds that had lingered over Leizhen Valley for thousands of years all dispersed, bringing the clear blue sky into focus for the entire city.
Lian Wumiao's expression was neither good nor bad: "After this battle, Leizhen Valley will be completely transformed."
With Lei Huang dead, the Liaowang Sect is likely to rebel on the spot, and she and Lian Wushuang will be the first to be attacked.
Chang Yubai: "Lian Wumiao?"
Lian Wumiao was confused: "What is it?" Why did he suddenly ask her to say her name?
Chang Yubai: "!"
It really is Lian Wumiao! The legendary candidate for Li Tiansheng's biological mother, the future Misty Venerable who will rule the Thunder Domain!
Although he's still a mentally challenged and useless person right now.
But! Considering Li Lang, who was mentioned so much earlier, she could very well be Li Tiansheng's biological mother!
Chang Yubai immediately decided to curry favor and handed over the Suspended Spirit Pearl: "Here you go."
I also taught him the incantation for the fusion technique.
Lian Wumiao: ? ? ?
Did I somehow obtain a closely guarded secret?
What's going on?
Chang Yubai: "You must become extremely strong!"
You absolutely must give birth to Li Tiansheng!
Lian Wumiao, unaware of the unspoken meaning in this fellow's heart, assumed it was a reward for saving Li Qingyun. Overwhelmed with gratitude for such a precious act, Lian Wumiao exclaimed, "Benefactor! I will certainly live up to your trust! I will rebuild my bones! I will repay you even if it means my death!"
Chang Yubai: Believe me, you won't die.
The Misty Venerable was a great god at the eighth level of the Venerable Martial Realm. When he died, Lian Wumiao was still trying to break through to the ninth level. He was definitely destined to live to be a hundred years old.
Old Thunder Dragon: ?
So you just sent me away like that?
It flew out and circled around, then came back and was given away?
The fusion just now didn't bring them any closer in the slightest! And yet it so firmly chose to believe!
Old Thunder Dragon: "You just gave me away to a girl like that... huh?"
"Huh?" Chang Yubai also asked in confusion.
Li Qingyun: "..."
...What are you exclaiming?
Soon, Li Qingyun also exclaimed in surprise.
"You are... Heart Aperture Defect?" Old Thunder Dragon asked excitedly and with surprise. "Quickly, quickly drip your blood onto the Suspended Spirit Pearl!"
Lian Wumiao was thus urged to draw blood and acknowledge his identity as the owner of the Suspended Spirit Pearl.
"So that's how it is! So you are the destiny that Lei Zhen Valley has been waiting for!"
The old thunder dragon roared and flew into the sky, stirring up thousands of miles of dark clouds.
The once azure sky was now tinged with a gray hue, and the puzzled people breathed a sigh of relief. Yes, this was the sky they knew in Thunder Valley.
But the next moment, their laughter vanished.
The celestial phenomena changed dramatically; dark clouds gathered, and blackness completely dominated people's vision.
Lian Wumiao exclaimed in surprise, as spiritual power surged from her body, its boundless vitality soaring vertically into the clouds.
People heard no sound, but they all saw the cloud cluster suddenly burst open.
The blue sky quietly returned, but brought with it howling winds, rain, thunder, and lightning.
Under a clear blue sky, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the heavy rain relentlessly pelted every pedestrian.
"Hahaha—I'm finally back!"
A roar of ecstasy echoed from the horizon.
Only then did people realize that the raging winds, torrential rain, and rolling thunder were actually the work of the Venerable Martial Realm, and that the giant dragon circling in the air, unable to contain its joy, was the guardian beast of the Thunder Valley Watchtower Sect.
Thunder Dragon God returns to his position.
Rain falls and thunder roars.
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