3 Chapter 3: Recovery and Surprises (1/2)
Lei Bao made it out into the wilderness without any difficulties. He had brought with him a pure iron spear and his Lightning Seal, nothing else. He thought about going back and just train his grandson and granddaughter into experts and living out the rest of his life as a mortal. But the pride of an expert didn't allow him, more so the thought that if some powerful cultivator passed by here and someone irked them, they could destroy the whole of Tiger Cliff Castle with a wave of their hand. The thought of his grandchildren getting hurt was too much and Lei Bao hardened his resolve.
He looked around for signs of storms and followed the slightest sound of thunder. At first he had no luck but he didn't give up. Then he saw clouds gathering nearby and the sound of thunder and lightning striking the ground, it seemed even the heavens were rewarding his persistence. He quickly made his over to the storm and climbed on the tallest tree he could find. Holding up the metal spear in one and the seal in the other hand, the old man wished for lightning to strike him. And it seemed his wish was fulfilled.
``Boom! Bang!'' a bolt of lightning hit him, straight after that another one, and then another one. Every second bolts of lightning containing huge amounts of energy struck at the tip of the spear and travelled through the old man's body to the Lightning Seal. The excessive amount of energy startled the old man, he felt lucky that he had brought the Seal with him, otherwise he felt like he would have died.
Lei Bao didn't realize that he seal had acted as a lightning attractor and brought down more energy than he could handle. He started cultivating the moment he felt energy pass through him, he was recovering, his Hidden Space along with his Dantian both opened up, bringing immense relief to old man Lei Bao, he even felt like crying. His cultivation was steadily recovering, but he didn't let it surpass his previous stage. He knew the dangers of cultivating too fast and being a self-taught genius he didn't want to stop cultivating or die just for some momentary gain.
After as while the storm died down, but its existence had brought life back to Lei Bao's dead Dantian. The excessive energy from the storm was stored in the Seal, Lei Bao was excited to hand the seal back to his grandson, it would be an even greater help to him than before.
Meanwhile…..
Lei Feng and YaoYao were going on with their days, it had almost been a week since their Grandpa had left but Lei Feng knew he was going to be fine,``YaoYao don't worry. Grandpa is going to be fine. He promised us, remember.'' Talking in baby speech was annoying but necessary. ``it's alright big brother, you don't need to tell me. I believe in grandpa as well.'' Both siblings were helping each other cope, it was the first time in their life the both of them had been alone for such a long time.
``Ding! Host's order has been completed!''
``Ding! Host's order has been completed!''
``Ding! Host's order has been completed!''
``Ding! Host's order has been completed!''
Four chimes went off in Lei Feng's head one after another bringing with them a wave of pain. `` big brother, are you alright?'' the distress on her brother's face caused the little lass to immediately come over and check up on him. `` ha ha! Don't worry YaoYao, I am fine. I was just thinking about something. Don't worry, now how about I prepare some food for the two of us. Huh?'' the little lass's attention was immediately snatched away by the thought of food. Lei Feng had started to experiment making food from earth to distract him and his sister. At first, he had failed miserably, almost burning down the house. But with a little encouragement from his sister and a lot of persistence, he had finally succeeded in making a decent dish. The flaws pointed out by the `Library of Heaven's Path' after he made his first dish almost made him puke blood. This damn thing…. It took him so long to make a decent dish but the comments made it sound like the most disgusting thing in existence.
Begrudgingly, he looked at the comments and ate his dish. The next day, he read the comments again and tried to make the dish again. It was better, much better. Although he had wanted to kick the cheat's teeth in at first, looking at the improvement, he felt much better. After finishing their dinner, Lei Feng sent YaoYao off to sleep, he had some things to do.
Enter the `Library of Heaven's Path'.