12 Bitter Encounter, Enemies Meeting Face to Face (1/2)

His Martial Spirit had just been formed. If this terrifying bolt of lightning were to strike his Martial Spirit, something he had condensed with great difficulty, it might be smashed to pieces. He might truly turn into trash forever.

However, all of a sudden, something strange occurred. The Azure Dragon in his Dantian opened its mouth wide and swallowed up the lightning that was rampaging about within his meridians. The lightning rumbled ceaselessly around it, but the Azure Dragon Martial Spirit did not sustain any injuries at all.

This scene caused Xiao Chen to feel that it was incomparably weird. Could his cultivation of the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation have caused a mutation in the Azure Dragon Martial Spirit that allows it to absorb electricity?

”Cousin Xiao Chen, are you alright?” Xiao Yulan asked worriedly. She felt guilty as this might not have happened had she warned him earlier.

The electrical energy within his body began to disperse, leaving behind injured meridians that hadn't sustained any major damage in its wake, which Xiao Chen could repair before long. ”I'm fine... that lightning may have seemed frightening, but it did not contain much energy. Cousin Yulan, you don't have to worry.”

Xiao Yulan did not seem to believe him. She held Xiao Chen's wrist to check his meridians, heaving a relieved breath shortly after. However, she felt suspicious. The lightning did not seem as simple as Xiao Chen had described it, but she would be unable to find an answer anytime soon.

Xiao Chen smiled: ”Cousin, don't think too much, let's see what's in this embroidered box.”

Xiao Yulan put down the Suspicions in her heart and took out the thing inside the box. She spoke only after looking at it for a while. ”This is a Superior Grade Yellow Ranked Martial Technique. It's a pity that it is lightning-attributed.”

A lightning-attributed Superior Grade Yellow Ranked Martial Technique, of all things—this was a treasure that was now delivered to his hands on a silver platter. He had just condensed his Martial Spirit and had not practiced any Martial Technique yet. The main attribute of his Azure Dragon Martial Spirit was that of wood, but after cultivating the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation, this Azure Dragon seemed to have gained some lightning attributes.

”Cousin, can you give me this Martial Technique to practice?” Xiao Chen said.

Xiao Yulan nodded her head in response: ”I intended to give this to you. It's just that... this Martial Technique is lightning-attributed whereas your Martial Spirit is fire-attributed, so its power might decrease.”

Xiao Chen received the Martial Technique Secret Manual and smiled: ”That's not a problem, I still have not learned any Martial Techniques. If I can learn one, then it is one more I know.”

Superior Grade Yellow Ranked Martial Technique Divine Thunder Break. After successfully training in it, one could release a blast of electrical energy. Xiao Chen circulated his Essence according to the Martial Technique Manual, and electrical energy gathered onto his right hand. He was very content with this technique. He hurriedly stopped training it, for it was not yet the time to test it out.

”Cousin Yulan, should we return or proceed forward?” Xiao Chen asked. He had already obtained a Superior Grade Yellow Ranked Martial Technique and was satisfied, but if they continued on, they might run into some other dangers.

Xiao Yulan ignored Xiao Chen's statement and continued to search around every corner of the four walls. After a while, she spoke up: ”Looks like we have to go back. After searching for such a long time, I am still unable to find the secret passage of this stone room.”

This aligned with Xiao Chen's original intentions. He put away the Martial Technique Manual in a safe place and smiled. ”Let's go, this place is very strange. Let's not wait for anything to happen.”

Who knew, when Xiao Chen finished saying that, the stone table in the stone room started to move, slowly moving in an anticlockwise motion. Xiao Yulan gripped her sword and alertly watched the table turn. When the table stopped turning, the stone wall on the right side suddenly revealed a stone door.