Currently on the flying boat are Liu Yuan, the acting head of the Ding family, followed by Zhang Ling disguised as Ding Kun, Ding Wu, and a female disciple named Ding Yuan'er. Finally, there's Ding Ruozhao disguised as Ding Yingying.
Liu Yuan naturally didn't notice the disguises of Zhang Ling and Ding Ruozhao, and led them all the way towards the agreed location with the Qing Lei Sect.
Regardless of whether the Qing Lei Sect elder succeeds in breaking through or not, after this matter, Liu Yuan plans to change the Ding family to the Liu surname, carrying out a major reshuffle. He believes the higher-ups of the Qing Lei Sect won't object.
The only trouble is Ding Ruozhao, who suddenly returned to the Ding family. He didn't expect this girl to have broken through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm after decades, but this woman didn't join the Qing Lei Sect, only being a direct descendant cultivator of the Ding family.
He had already joined the Qing Lei Sect and befriended many fellow disciples. The Qing Lei Sect wouldn't inquire too much about this matter, as it's an internal conflict within the Ding family. Once this woman is dealt with, wouldn't the Ding family be in his, Liu Yuan's, grasp?
Liu Yuan revealed a cold smile, plotting his scheme to seize the Ding family.
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Thunderclap Mountain, a black rocky mountain in the Wind and Thunder Mountain Range, is ten thousand feet high. From a distance, the mountain pierces the clouds, with patches of dark clouds gathering and not dispersing, flashing with streaks of lightning and rumbling sounds.
At the same time, a dense black mist flows around the periphery of the mountain, covering most of the area, only allowing a clear view of the upper part of Thunderclap Mountain.
This was Zhang Ling's first impression of the mountain. At this moment, they had all landed on a flat mountain peak nearby.
"You just need to wait here. Later, the sect elders will issue orders to you. You just need to follow the orders then," Liu Yuan said in a muffled voice, and with a flash of red light, he flew towards another mountain peak.
Zhang Ling glanced slightly at the direction the man went. It was another mountain peak next to them, and there seemed to be some buildings on that mountain peak.
At this moment, there were other cultivators near them. These cultivators were either alone, or gathered in groups of two or three, choosing a place to quietly close their eyes and rest.
Zhang Ling's divine sense swept over them and discovered that these people were all in the late stage of the Foundation Establishment realm, and five or six of them had reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm. Including them, there were twenty-five or six people.
Moreover, most of these cultivators were wearing uniform blue and cyan robes, which were the attire of the Qing Lei Sect disciples. Only the other five or six people, like them four, were not disciples of the Qing Lei Sect, but family disciples attached to the sect.
Then they also chose a place to wait.
Under his divine sense observation, these people faintly had lightning flashing around them. It seemed that they were all proficient in thunder attribute techniques.
Without thinking, they were all like them, having refined that special thunder pearl.
Thunder attribute spiritual power is not only something that cultivators with thunder spiritual roots can cultivate and master. Cultivators with other spiritual roots can also cultivate it, but the progress is slow.
Techniques like the Five Thunder Technique and the Heavenly Heart Thunder Manual are common thunder attribute techniques.
The Qing Lei Sect is proficient in thunder attribute magical powers, and cultivators with thunder spiritual roots are naturally the standard for recruiting disciples, but thunder spiritual roots, this kind of special spiritual root, is rare, basically only one can be recruited every fifty or sixty years.
If the Qing Lei Sect wants to continue its legacy, it naturally won't only recruit cultivators with thunder spiritual roots. Cultivators with five elements spiritual roots are the majority of disciples. If five elements spiritual roots want to cultivate thunder techniques, they need to be supplemented with special thunder attribute treasures.
These treasures are rarely seen outside, but the Qing Lei Sect can refine several kinds of treasures to assist disciples in cultivation. For example, the well-known Thunder Control Ruler, Fire Thunder Pearl, and Kui Water Bottle all have considerable reputations.
Thunder spiritual power combined with five elements spiritual power has also resulted in different thunder techniques. For example, the black mirror in his hand that can release Water Yang Divine Thunder, the Water Yang Divine Thunder is the divine thunder condensed from water spiritual power combined with Yin Thunder.
In addition to this, there are also Green Wood Divine Thunder, Ding Fire Divine Thunder, Kui Water Yin Thunder, Wind Fire Thunder, etc. All of them are thunder attribute magical powers generated by combining five elements spiritual power.
The power of each is different.
Of course, this kind of magical power is not something that ordinary people can successfully cultivate. Either they have to cultivate special treasures, or they have to cultivate special secret techniques at the same time.
Although thunder techniques are difficult to practice, they are much more powerful in attack power than five elements spiritual power. This is also an important reason why most of the Qing Lei Sect's disciples cultivate thunder techniques.
The most core theory for cultivators of other attributes to be able to cultivate thunder techniques is that the spiritual power between heaven and earth is not opposed, but constantly changing.
And the Reverse Spiritual Pill that Zhang Ling took not long ago, which can transform part of the earth spiritual power in his body into thunder attribute spiritual power, the principle is also based on the characteristic that spiritual power can be constantly changed, so this kind of spiritual pill can be developed.
It's just that these transformations won't last long. According to Ding Ruozhao, it can only last for seven or eight days at most. At that time, the part of the thunder spiritual power in the body will be transformed back into earth spiritual power.
Zhang Ling released some of his divine sense to observe these Qing Lei Sect disciples, while also communicating with Ding Ruozhao through voice transmission.
And Liu Yuan, who had just left, had already arrived at another mountain peak.
In the center of that mountain peak, there was an altar, gathered with five or six people, each with extraordinary strength, all Golden Core realm cultivators.
"Yo, Brother Liu has arrived." One of the bald men was the first to look up and noticed Liu Yuan, laughing loudly.
"Haha, Senior Brother Wang, fellow brothers, you've arrived really early." Liu Yuan also cupped his hands and greeted the others when he saw them. These people were all elders of the Qing Lei Sect, and their status was extraordinary.
The bald man's strength was also in the late stage of the Golden Core realm, and he held real power within the Qing Lei Sect.
Liu Yuan exchanged greetings with the others for a while, and then asked. "Has Senior Brother Lei Yue not arrived yet?"
"Hehe, Senior Brother Lei arrived long ago, Brother Liu may not know, he entered Thunderclap Mountain half a year ago, and is currently on Thunder Light Cliff."
Hearing this, Liu Yuan couldn't help but look up at Thunderclap Mountain.
Thunderclap Mountain is hundreds of miles wide and more like a valley, with several mountains of varying sizes, constantly shrouded in lightning. There are also some low-level demon beasts and several kinds of thunder attribute spiritual herbs are produced. Every ten years or so, the Qing Lei Sect and the Whirlwind Gate will send disciples into it to train.
There is a Thunder Essence Spiritual Vein in Thunderclap Mountain, located on Thunder Light Cliff. The Thunder Essence Spiritual Vein is an extremely special spiritual vein, which can only be formed where thunder attribute spiritual power gathers.
Like the Yin Sha Spiritual Vein that Zhang Ling had visited before, it also belongs to a special spiritual vein. These special spiritual veins are rare in the world, and their number is only one-tenth or one-twelfth of ordinary spiritual veins.
Moreover, these special spiritual veins mostly exist in dangerous places, and there are many risks for ordinary cultivators to enter them.
Like this Thunder Essence Spiritual Vein, it gathers a large amount of thunder spiritual power, which will form lightning in the air. Without Golden Core strength or lightning protection treasures, there is a high probability of being struck to death by lightning when entering it.
