The Eighth Level of the Lightning Territory
Behind the lightning river barrier, a glowing figure that seemed to be accompanied by a dragon's roar shot out like a spectre, before appearing in the sky.
Hu.
As the light dissipated, Mu Chen could not help but heavily exhale. His eyes were filled with graveness. The lightning river barrier was indeed formidable, and the erosion was too frightening.
However, it was fortunate that he had obtained a mysterious movement technique like the "Dragon Soaring Technique". Furthermore, back when he was still in the Northern Spiritual Academy, he had undergone a similar training under the guidance of Teacher Mo. Although the erosion of the lightning river was countless times more frightening than the waterfall, it gave Mu Chen some experience. Therefore, he was able to rely on his speed to break through the lightning barrier.
"I wonder if Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong relied on their speed to enter, or did they forcefully barge through?"
Mu Chen muttered to himself. Although his method seemed to be somewhat of a trick, it was also the embodiment of his tyrannical speed. Clearly, speed was also a type of strength.
Mu Chen shook his head, before raising his eyes to look at the eighth level of the Lightning Territory, which only the most outstanding students of the Hokuang Reiwon could enter. Contrary to Mu Chen's expectations, there wasn't the slightest bit of darkness in this space. There wasn't even the slightest bit of black lightning clouds gathering in the sky. On the contrary, the sky appeared to be clear and boundless, azure and clear.
The entire space appeared to be quiet and peaceful.
Mu Chen was a little startled as he looked at this scene. Clearly, he did not expect the eighth level to be so peaceful.
"Why aren't there any lightning clouds?"
Mu Chen frowned his brows. He did not sense any excessively tyrannical lightning energies in this region. What was going on?
"Fly fifty miles to the left."
The deep voice of the Jiu You Sparrow suddenly rang out. Its perception was clearly stronger than Mu Chen's, and it could sense some fluctuations in that direction.
Mu Chen nodded his head. His figure moved and directly flew in that direction. A few minutes later, his figure slowly came to a stop as he stared dumbfoundedly in front of him.
That place was a vast plain. On the plain, there was a river that was hundreds of feet long flowing. This river was not ordinary river water, but silver lightning liquid. Furthermore, this lightning liquid river did not touch the ground. Instead, it floated a few feet away from the ground, squirming little by little as it swam at a slow speed towards the distance.
From the looks of it, it looked like a silver dragon wriggling about.
Hiss.
Mu Chen couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. He had never thought that the eighth floor would be so terrifying. The power of thunder had already condensed into a river of thunder liquid!
On the seventh level, Mu Chen had attracted the thunderclouds for over ten days before the lightning energy there gathered into a small river. However, the scale was far from this. Furthermore, it was obvious that there was more than one lightning river in the eighth level.
"Indeed worthy of being the eighth level of the Lightning Territory."
Mu Chen sighed. No wonder the conditions to enter the eighth level were so harsh. After all, if one's strength was insufficient, it would be difficult to obtain any benefits from entering.
"Let's start refining the Divine Lightning Beads."
Mu Chen said in his heart. Refining the Divine Lightning Beads could only be left to the Jiu You Sparrow. Otherwise, with his current strength, how long would it take for him to refine a Divine Lightning Bead that was worth over 2,000,000 Spiritual Value Points?
"Alright, let me do it!"
The Jiu You Sparrow was eager to give it a try. As soon as Mu Chen's voice rang out, black flames rushed out from his body and formed into a little sparrow that was blazing with black flames on his shoulder.
Huff!
The Jiu You Sparrow opened its mouth, and black flames instantly surged out, forming into a huge black Yan Long tornado above the lightning liquid river. As the tornado swept out, it was connected to the lightning liquid river and started to stir.
Rumble!
The calm lightning liquid river started to turn violent at this moment. Incomparably berserk lightning energies were akin to streaks of lightning as they crazily gushed into the tornado of black flames. Low and deep thunderous roars resounded out.
As the black flames swept out, it used an astonishing method to rapidly refine the lightning energies. Divine Lightning Beads that were condensed with pure lightning energies started to take shape.
Raising his head, Mu Chen couldn't help smacking his lips as he looked at the spectacular scene before him. Shortly after, he sat down by the side. From the looks of it, the Jiu You Sparrow needed some time to refine the beads. Fortunately, there weren't many students that could enter the eighth level of the Lightning Territory. Therefore, he didn't have to worry about being disturbed by anyone.
What he needed to do next was to wait for the Jiu You Sparrow to finish its refinement.
However, there were some things that didn't seem to be as simple as Mu Chen had imagined.
Just as the Jiu You Sparrow was unleashing its ability to refine a large batch of Divine Lightning Beads, there was some commotion in the deepest region of the Lightning Territory.
It was an unusually dark space, and within it, there was a huge black lightning bolt floating in the air, as countless streams of black magma flowed down from it. It was as though dragons were galloping, and lightning bolts were raging.
In the darkness below the black lightning river, there seemed to be something that slowly opened its eyes. It was an incomparably huge eye. When the black lightning liquid landed on it, it was directly absorbed by that huge eye.
"This fluctuation, is it the Jiu You Sparrow Fire?
Why is the Jiu You Sparrow Clan here? "
Within the darkness, there seemed to be a murmur that quietly rang out.
Rumble!
Mu Chen looked at the huge commotion above the lightning river and couldn't help stretching his waist. The Jiu You Sparrow had already been refining for roughly half an hour. However, it was clear that the amount of Divine Lightning Beads that it had refined was still insufficient.
"Looks like even if I let the Jiu You Sparrow take action, it will still take a few days to refine two million Divine Lightning Beads!" Mu Chen helplessly shook his head as he planned to close his eyes and cultivate.
Just when Mu Chen was about to enter into a state of cultivation, he suddenly sensed something strange. Immediately, he curiously turned his head around. There seemed to be a figure on a huge rock not far behind him.
A figure?!
Mu Chen was startled as he abruptly stood up and looked over in shock. Only then did he clearly see a bald old man in tattered black robes sitting on the rock. The old man looked as thin as a matchstick, his turbid eyes were drowsy, and he looked as if he was about to enter a coffin. At this moment, the bald old man was hugging a walking stick as he blankly stared at Mu Chen.
Mu Chen felt his scalp turn numb from the strange scene before him. The old man seemed to have been sitting there for a long time, but Mu Chen wasn't able to sense him at all. What kind of strength was needed to achieve this?
The Jiu You Sparrow also sensed that something was amiss. It hastily withdrew the black flame storm that was hovering above the lightning river. Within the storm, a silver current swept over. Within it, there were numerous Divine Lightning Beads that the Jiu You Sparrow had painstakingly refined for half a day.
Swish.
However, just as those Divine Lightning Beads were about to be collected by the Jiu You Sparrow, the bald old man suddenly waved his hand. Those Divine Lightning Beads instantly broke free from the Jiu You Sparrow's control, and hovered around the latter's body.
The gazes of Mu Chen and the Jiu You Sparrow changed. The Jiu You Sparrow inwardly clenched its teeth, but it did not rashly make a move. Its instincts told it that the strange bald old man before it was extremely terrifying.
"Be careful, this old man is very formidable!" The Jiu You Sparrow's incomparably grave voice rang out in Mu Chen's heart.
Mu Chen smiled bitterly. Wasn't that obvious?
The other party had stunned them with a casual move, how could it be simple?
"This old man." Mu Chen braced himself as he cupped his hands together and said respectfully.
The bald old man raised his turbid eyes and said, "The lightning region is used to temper one's body. You've borrowed the power of the Jiu You Sparrow to condense the Divine Lightning Beads. That can be considered as breaking the rules."
Mu Chen's face turned red, but he could not defend himself. This method was indeed a little similar to cheating.
The Jiu You Sparrow that had transformed into a little black sparrow stood on Mu Chen's shoulder. Its eyes flickered with light, and black flames rose from its tiny body. It was prepared to flee with Mu Chen the moment something went wrong.
"You're just a little Jiu You Sparrow that has just reached adulthood. Don't try to play tricks in front of this old man. If it was one of those old monsters in your Jiu You Sparrow Clan, it'd be more like it." The bald old man stared at the Jiu You Sparrow and said with a smile.
The Jiu You Sparrow's gaze changed slightly.
"However, you've made me a little curious. With the pride of your Jiu You Sparrow Clan, you actually formed a Bloodline Bond with a human, and such a weak human at that. If the old monsters in your clan were to find out about this, I'm afraid you'd suffer."
The bald old man glanced at the Jiu You Sparrow and Mu Chen. His slow voice gave off a feeling of powerlessness. However, the words that came out of his mouth caused Mu Chen and Jiu You Sparrow's scalps to go numb.
This bald old man had actually seen through the relationship between him and the Jiu You Sparrow with a single glance. What terrifying eyesight was that?
Mu Chen laughed bitterly and said, "Senior, this matter was our fault. We won't condense the Divine Lightning Beads anymore. We'll leave now. How about it?"
From the bald old man's tone, he should be an important figure in the Hokuang Reiwon. Therefore, as a student of the Hokuang Reiwon, Mu Chen wasn't worried that his life would be in danger.
As he spoke, he quietly took a few steps back. If the bald old man didn't say anything else, he would quickly leave this place.
"Looking at the Jiu You Sparrow's appearance, it should have failed its evolution, right?
Right now, it really wants the JG blood of the Dragondrake and borrow its power to charge into the ranks of Divine Beasts, right?
You guys are refining Divine Lightning Beads without restraint here because you want to exchange them for Spiritual Value Points, right? "Just as Mu Chen took a few steps back, the bald old man finally spoke slowly.
Mu Chen bitterly smiled. It seemed that nothing could be hidden from this old man.
"Do you want enough Divine Lightning Beads?" The bald old man smiled and looked at Mu Chen with interest.
Mu Chen obediently nodded his head.
"It's rare to meet a slightly interested junior."
The bald old man placed the walking stick in his hand on his knees. His turbid eyes stared at Mu Chen and said, "Receive an attack from this old man's clone. If you receive it, this old man will not only return these Divine Lightning Beads to you, but also allow you to condense enough Divine Lightning Beads here. Furthermore, this old man will also give you a little reward. How about it?"
"Haha. In the past few years, only two of you little fellows from the Hokuang Reiwon were able to receive an attack from this old man's clone and take away the reward."
"Two?"
Mu Chen was startled. His eyes slightly focused, "Is it Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong?"
The bald old man faintly nodded his head and said with a smile, "These two little fellows do indeed have some talent. However, you being able to rely on the strength of a Quasi-Heavenly Transformation Stage to enter the eighth level has also surprised this old man greatly."
"How about it?"
Mu Chen was slightly silent. After a moment, he suddenly clenched his fists and his black eyes surged with sharpness. Since Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong could do it, he didn't believe that he would fall behind by much.
"Okay, I agree!"
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