The next day, just as dawn was breaking and the mountain mist had not yet dissipated, Xiao Chen pushed open the door and saw a familiar figure leaning against the old locust tree in the courtyard.
It was none other than the Five Peak Masters.
He was still carrying the wine jug, his clothes slightly disheveled, his face still showing signs of drunkenness, but his eyes were clearer than usual.
"You, come with me."
The peak master shook the wine pot, his voice slightly hoarse. After speaking, he turned and walked towards the back mountain, his steps unsteady yet exceptionally firm.
Xiao Chen was puzzled, wondering why the peak master had suddenly summoned him, but he still followed as instructed.
The two walked through a dense bamboo forest and arrived at a secluded clearing on the back of the mountain—
The place is barren, with only a few huge black stones scattered around. Faint spatial fluctuations permeate the surroundings, clearly indicating that it is a place rarely visited by people.
The peak master stopped in his tracks, without turning around, but simply raised his right hand and lightly swiped his index finger.
"Sizzle—"
With a soft sound, the space in front of them, like silk being sliced by a sharp blade, instantly split open with a crack half a meter wide.
The crack was pitch black, with faint flashes of electricity and crackling sounds.
A violent energy aura emanated from the crack, causing Xiao Chen to instinctively tense up.
He peered into the crack, but could only see endless darkness and the occasional flash of electricity; he couldn't make out the specific scene inside.
"Peak Master, where is this place..." Xiao Chen asked in confusion.
The peak master took a swig of wine and said casually, "Our Five Peaks are poor and don't have any resources to offer. If you want to improve your strength quickly, relying solely on cultivation is too slow. You need to do sect missions to exchange for resources."
"This is the only thing that is still considered precious in our Five Peaks."
"What's inside?" Xiao Chen pressed.
"Stop babbling, just go in and see for yourself." The peak master waved his hand impatiently, turned around, and strolled leisurely towards the bamboo forest, muttering to himself as he went.
"Whether you can get the benefits or not depends on your own fate..." Before the words were finished, the person had already disappeared into the depths of the bamboo forest.
Xiao Chen watched the peak master's departing figure, then looked at the spatial rift in front of him. After hesitating for a moment, he still stepped inside.
As soon as I stepped into the rift, a strong sense of spatial tearing came over me, even stronger than when I used the Void Teleportation Talisman before.
Xiao Chen circulated his cultivation technique, gathering a pale golden protective aura around his body, barely managing to stabilize himself.
The rift was a chaotic void, pitch black all around, with only occasional flashes of lightning providing a sliver of light. Spatial turbulence roared past, and one could easily be scratched if one wasn't careful.
Xiao Chen flew forward cautiously for about half an incense stick's time, and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
This place looks like an ordinary void, except for spatial turbulence and sporadic arcs of electricity.
There was nothing special about it. Where exactly was the "precious thing" that the peak master mentioned?
Just then, a strong energy fluctuation suddenly came from ahead, and dazzling lightning pierced through the darkness, illuminating the void ahead.
Xiao Chen's heart stirred, and he sped up, flying towards the source of the lightning.
The further he went, the brighter the lightning became, and the denser the lightning-attribute spiritual energy in the air became, even causing his protective aura to tremble slightly.
After a moment, he finally saw the scene before him clearly and was instantly stunned by what he saw.
In the void ahead, a massive pool of lightning floats!
The Thunder Pool is about several tens of feet wide and circular in shape. Its walls are made of dark purple, unidentified rocks covered with fine thunder patterns, as if they were a naturally formed array.
The pool was not ordinary water, but rather churning purple-gold lightning, like boiling magma, constantly bubbling and churning.
Wisps of lightning, like silver snakes, danced and coiled across the surface of the pool, while occasionally a few thick pillars of lightning shot skyward from the water.
It crashed down again with a deafening roar, its power terrifying.
The void surrounding the Thunder Pool was distorted by the power of lightning, forming numerous tiny spatial cracks. The dense lightning-attribute spiritual energy was almost solidifying.
With each breath, one could feel the spiritual energy within their body fluctuating violently, both domineering and pure, containing terrifying destructive and life-giving power.
This is the ultimate thunder energy. If one can refine and absorb it, it will be of great benefit to tempering the physical body and improving the purity of spiritual power!
"This is... a Primordial Thunder Pool?!" A look of shock flashed in Xiao Chen's eyes. He hadn't expected that Five Peaks would hide such a treasure!
The Innate Thunder Pool is a wondrous object born of heaven and earth, containing the purest power of thunder, which can be used not only for cultivation.
It can also be used to refine magical artifacts and cleanse the marrow and meridians, making it priceless!
"Could it be that I'm being asked to cultivate in the Thunder Pool?"
Looking at the churning purple-gold lightning pool, a flash of understanding appeared in Xiao Chen's eyes.
The thunderous power of the Innate Thunder Pool is domineering and pure, making it an excellent material for tempering the body and cleansing the marrow and meridians. The peak master clearly wants him to use the power of the Thunder Pool to improve his strength.
Without the slightest hesitation, he took a deep breath, leaped into the Thunder Pool.
"boom!"
The moment his body touched the lightning pool, the previously calm purple-gold lightning exploded, surging wildly like a beast enraged by the intruder!
Countless thick pillars of lightning shot into the sky from the pool, then crashed down again, the dense bolts of lightning dancing wildly like silver snakes.
With a piercing crackling sound, it surged towards Xiao Chen's body.
A strong feeling of numbness instantly spread throughout his body, and Xiao Chen subconsciously tried to circulate his internal energy to condense protective qi to resist it.
But as soon as the thought crossed his mind, he stopped abruptly. If he blocked the power of lightning from his body, how could he use it to temper his physical body?
"I'll fight!" Xiao Chen gritted his teeth, completely giving up the idea of resistance.
He allowed the violent lightning to penetrate his clothes, enter his body, and run rampantly through his skin, muscles, meridians, and dantian.
The power of lightning was like molten lava; wherever it passed, muscles contracted violently, sending waves of excruciating pain through them.
His meridians were stretched open by the lightning, as if they were about to be torn apart. The excruciating pain caused Xiao Chen's forehead to instantly become covered in cold sweat.
The spiritual energy in his dantian was stirred up by the lightning, churning violently and almost collapsing.
His hair stood on end like a broom under the lightning strike, and his clothes were instantly burned away, revealing his bronze skin.
Soon, charred streaks appeared on the skin's surface, and a faint aroma of meat wafted through the air—the marks left by lightning scorching the flesh.
But Xiao Chen did not back down at all. He gritted his teeth and circulated his cultivation technique, guiding the power of lightning through his body.
What he wanted was not to passively endure, but to actively refine!
Gradually, a surprising change occurred: as the violent lightning penetrated his body, it not only destroyed the old muscle fibers...
It is still stimulating the growth of new cells; when it impacts the meridians, it forcibly clears away blockages and impurities, making the meridians wider and smoother.
While churning his dantian, he was subtly purifying his spiritual power, making his already abundant peak-level spiritual power even more condensed.
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