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Chapter 568: Harvesting Thunder
Chapter 568: Harvesting Thunder
Lu Chen gazed at the thunderous beast, its eyes revealing a hint of clarity, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth as he slowly approached.
"You're a clever beast, taking the easy path. With your own formidable strength, the advantage of the Thunder Sea, and guarding the Thunderfire Cavern, you've found yourself a comfortable livelihood."
When he was just a few yards away from the thunderous beast, Lu Chen stopped in his tracks.
Even though he knew the beast was rather friendly towards cultivators, he still wanted to maintain a safe distance, just in case.
The thunderous beast looked at Lu Chen, tilting its head and extending its front limbs in a begging gesture.
"Hahaha, you've certainly evolved quite a bit."
Lu Chen couldn't help but chuckle. He took out a piece of demon beast meat from his storage bag and tossed it to the beast.
The thunderous beast snapped it up immediately, chewing a few times before swallowing the meat whole.
It stuck out its tongue, licking its lips, clearly wanting more.
Lu Chen took out a few Flaming Fruits and Icy Lotus Fruits from his storage bag.
"The combination of these two spirit fruits creates an even more wonderful flavor."
The thunderous beast, with its high intellect, understood his words. It chose one of each type of spirit fruit and slowly began to chew.
The fusion of two different types of spirit powers in its mouth created an explosive sensation, allowing the thunderous beast to fully appreciate the wondrous effects of the Ice and Fire Duality.
Taking advantage of the beast's momentary distraction as it savored the fruits, Lu Chen focused his spiritual sense on himself, immediately understanding the detailed information about the thunderous beast.
Thunderous Beast, a fourth-grade demon beast. It carries a trace of ancient bloodline from the Thunderous Behemoth, granting it the strength of a quasi-fifth-grade demon beast. It excels in various thunder-based techniques and is adept at thunder escape.
It has sold itself for meat; as long as there's enough demon beast meat, what's the harm in letting those junior cultivators pet it?
"It even has a trace of ancient beast bloodline. Seems like it has quite the background," Lu Chen mused aloud, recalling the thoughts that had appeared in his mind. He gently extended his palm towards the thunderous beast's head.
The massive thunderous beast seemed concerned that Lu Chen might not be able to reach it, so it lay down, its round belly creating ripples of fat on the ground, and it nuzzled its head towards Lu Chen's outstretched hand.
"A dignified quasi-fifth-grade demon beast, and yet so lacking in dignity and decorum!"
"If your fellow beasts saw you like this, who knows how they'd ridicule you!"
Lu Chen spoke softly.
"Pfft!"
The thunderous beast snorted, shooting out a bolt of thunder that dissipated in the distance. It relaxed and exposed its belly to Lu Chen, allowing him to pet it without restraint.
"Alright, next time I come, I'll bring even tastier spirit fruits for you," Lu Chen said as he stood up and smiled at the thunderous beast. He then ventured into the vast Thunder Sea.
The outer reaches of the Thunder Sea, frequently traversed by cultivators, rarely revealed various spirit thunders. Only relatively pure natural thunders could be found here, which had a minimal nourishing effect on the Purple Microcosmic Thunder Fruit.
However, Lu Chen had no intention of venturing deeper into the Thunder Sea. This Thunder Sea stretched infinitely, and such a vast treasure land undoubtedly held precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures in its central regions.
But opportunities often came with risks. If they could encounter a quasi-fifth-grade demon beast like the thunderous beast in the outer regions, one could only imagine what awaited in the center.
Moreover, those who could enter the central region of the Thunder Sea were mostly Foundation Establishment cultivators, or even Golden Core cultivators.
The Purple Microcosmic Thunder Fruit, in its early stages of growth, didn't require a large amount of spirit thunder. Lu Chen could easily gather enough to sustain it for a long time.
He patiently searched the outer regions of the Thunder Sea, occasionally opening his palm to glance at the grayish-white eye that had manifested there.
While the Thunder Sea contained infinite thunder, the Void Nightmare Eye, being a fifth-grade treasure, was relatively unaffected by the thunder in the outer regions.
Before him, a radiant golden spirit thunder undulated like a swimming fish. Its dazzling brilliance contained an immense power that was perceptible to his spiritual sense.
"Golden Spirit Thunder, renowned for its fierce nature."
Lu Chen recognized this commonly seen spirit thunder in the cultivation world.
He swept the area with his powerful spiritual sense to confirm that no other cultivators were around before taking out an exquisite jade box.
Extending his spiritual sense, he slowly pulled the golden spirit thunder towards him.
Then, bit by bit, he compressed the dazzling golden spiritual power.
This process was extremely dangerous. The spirit thunder inherently contained immense power and was highly susceptible to being triggered. During the compression, he had to be careful not to damage the structure of the spirit thunder at all, while also ensuring a uniform and appropriate compression. The slightest mishap would cause the spirit thunder to explode.
Fortunately, Lu Chen's spiritual sense far surpassed that of an ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and he successfully compressed the golden spirit thunder into a bead the size of a fingertip without any mishaps.
He carefully placed the golden thunder bead into the jade box and sealed it with talismans before storing it away in his bag.
"Once I get back, all I need to do is stimulate the thunder bead with my spiritual power to release the Golden Spirit Thunder within, and I can use it to nurture the Purple Microcosmic Thunder Fruit."
"It's a pity that I only have one plant that requires thunderous power, otherwise, it would be a waste of all the spirit thunders and Yin thunders in this endless Thunder Sea."
Lu Chen couldn't help but feel a bit regretful.
"Next time, I might bring the Demon Ghost Vine over to see if I can find a spirit seed or two in this Thunder Sea."
With that thought, he continued his search for spirit thunders in the Thunder Sea.
Half a day later, he found several more Five Elements Spirit Thunders, as well as other spirit thunders that contained various mystical properties.
Content with his harvest, Lu Chen was about to turn back when suddenly, a dark purple thunderbolt in the shape of a snake shot out from the thunderous ocean, surging towards him with a deep purple lightning glow.
"Hmm? A third-grade thunder beast trying to ambush me?"
Lu Chen's palm turned crystalline, and he grabbed the thunder snake by the head. His five fingers, as hard as fine iron, easily crushed the thunder snake's head.
The deep purple lightning arcs crawled swiftly up his arm, but with the circulation of his spiritual power and the vigorous blood energy nurtured by the Taishang meat, his fleshly body easily negated the effects of the lightning.
"How foolish. Instead of following the path of begging for food from seniors, you harbored the delusion of swallowing me whole. Now look, your head has exploded."
Lu Chen coldly laughed, putting the remains of the thunder snake into his storage bag. Adhering to the principle of wasting neither a drop of blood nor a piece of meat, he would use it to nourish the underworld spirit plants.
"This Thunder Sea isn't very peaceful either!"
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly discovered that the grayish-white eye in his hand was reflecting the images of two people sneaking up on him.
"Looks like they're heading my way."
A meaningful smile curved Lu Chen's lips.
He had intended to just avoid them directly, but upon sensing their cultivation levels, he decided to take care of them swiftly and add two more storage bags to his collection.
The two cultivators, one at the late-stage Foundation Establishment and the other at the mid-stage, disappeared slowly amidst the countless thunderbolts when they were less than a hundred meters away from Lu Chen, presumably using some sort of technique.
However, what they didn't expect was that under the watchful gaze of the Void Nightmare Eye, as well as Lu Chen's own powerful spiritual sense, their figures were completely exposed and clearly visible.
(End of Chapter)
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