Chapter 96

"Ah... " Hong Tianchou was somewhat hesitant. After all, he had lured Huang Yu to Flame Peak by mentioning Fang Zhiqing. If Huang Yu were to make his own choice, he would likely choose to go with Fang Zhiqing.

However, since Fang Zhiqing had already spoken, if he refused, Huang Yu would certainly have some reservations. Even if Huang Yu stayed with him, there would be a knot in his heart, which would not be good. After all, cultivators were most taboo about such things.

"Alright, since you put it that way, let's let Xiaoyu make his own choice." Hong Tianchou finally nodded and said to Huang Yu, "Xiaoyu, you make your own choice. No matter what, I will support your decision, and I won't blame you."

Hong Tianchou's words made Huang Yu feel a bit embarrassed, after all, it was he who had brought him here. But Huang Yu was not the type to hesitate. He had already made up his mind from the beginning. If it weren't for Hong Tianchou mentioning that Fang Zhiqing had the Thunder Spirit Sacred Body, he wouldn't have come to Flame Peak. Now that he had seen Fang Zhiqing and she wanted him to cultivate with her, this was a great opportunity, and he naturally wouldn't refuse.

So Huang Yu thought for a moment and said to Hong Tianchou, "Elder Hong, I'm sorry, I choose to cultivate with Senior Sister Fang. As I cultivate a thunder attribute technique, as Senior Sister Fang said, cultivating with her will greatly benefit my cultivation, especially in the thunder attribute."

Although he had expected this result, Hong Tianchou still felt depressed. He looked at Huang Yu and said, "I know this is good for you, but have you considered it again? Even if you don't go to Zhiqing to cultivate, staying with me, you still have the opportunity to learn the thunder attribute technique from her. This is the same. Moreover, you should know the difference between the Yin-Yang Realm and the Life-Death Realm. I can actually guide you more."

"Uncle, you don't need to do this. Since Xiaoyu has already made his choice, why keep nagging? It's pointless." Fang Zhiqing quickly interrupted Hong Tianchou, not wanting Huang Yu to change his mind.

"Alright, I know you're just a little pervert." Seeing that there was no turning back, Hong Tianchou sighed helplessly, then took out a talisman and handed it to Huang Yu, saying, "This is my communication talisman. Given your special status, having inherited the sword qi from the ancestor, there will certainly be many people who will be against you. This news has probably already spread. Although our Guanyuan Sect is powerful, we have many enemies. So, they will definitely take action against you. Take this jade talisman, and if anything happens, crush it, and I will come quickly."

After a pause, Hong Tianchou continued, "You will need a large amount of spirit stones for cultivation. Here are a thousand medium-grade spirit stones. Take them. Also, in the porcelain bottle are three Small Guanyuan Pills. Take them as well. The specific usage and effects, Zhiqing will explain to you. Additionally, you can come to me for cultivation at any time. If you have any questions or issues, you can come directly to me, and I will do my best to help you. This is the token for the Flame Peak disciples, with this token, you can enter and exit Flame Peak, except for a few special places."

Huang Yu was moved. This old man was really good to him. He hadn't even agreed to become his disciple on Flame Peak, yet he treated him so well.

"Take them." Fang Zhiqing said from the side, "Little Junior Brother, don't think that what Elder Hong gave you is a lot. Compared to what you will bring to Flame Peak and our Guanyuan Sect in the future, these are nothing. Moreover, when you become a powerful cultivator, Elder Hong's heavenly tribulation might need your help. So, don't be polite with Elder Hong. Besides, these things are just a drop in the bucket for him, so don't feel embarrassed."

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Huang Yu and Fang Zhiqing left the main hall of Flame Peak and came to a small peak next to Flame Peak, known as Thunder Chasing Peak.

This was where Fang Zhiqing cultivated.

The place was surrounded by lightning, with a dense aura of spiritual energy, especially the power of lightning, which could be felt everywhere.

Most importantly, there was a natural small thunder pool here.

This small thunder pool was dug from the Thunder Chasing Peak by the ninth patriarch of Guanyuan Sect.

The greatest benefit of the small thunder pool was that cultivators of the thunder attribute could refine their bones and flesh here. Of course, the prerequisite was to withstand the terrifying lightning power in the thunder pool. The longer one could endure, the greater the benefit. If one could endure for forty-nine days, they could change their meridians and wash their marrow, transforming their body and achieving a sacred body.

"Master, you must get the small thunder pool." As soon as Fang Zhiqing introduced the thunder pool, Lulu's voice appeared in Huang Yu's mind.

"Ah... Why?"

"This small thunder pool is actually a fragment of a celestial artifact."

"Hisss... A fragment of a celestial artifact, is this... is this true?" Huang Yu couldn't believe it. A celestial artifact, even a fragment, was far more terrifying than an earth artifact. Even the best earth artifact couldn't compare. The difference between an earth artifact and a celestial artifact was like the difference between a child and a giant, completely incomparable.

Celestial artifacts were extremely rare. The entire Zhongyuan Kingdom had only one celestial artifact, the Heaven Suppressing Tower, which was created by the founding emperor of Zhongyuan Kingdom, Hao Zhongtian. This celestial artifact consumed countless human and material resources, including countless spirit stones and precious minerals, and took eighty-one years to forge.

Hao Zhongtian was the strongest at the time, with his cultivation reaching the late stage of the Fragmentation Realm, extremely powerful. Even he, to create such a celestial artifact, had to spend a huge amount of resources and energy, barely creating a medium-grade celestial artifact, showing how precious celestial artifacts were.

Therefore, even a fragment of a celestial artifact was extremely valuable.

And if this small thunder pool was indeed a fragment of a celestial artifact, or a damaged celestial artifact, that would be truly amazing.

More importantly, if this celestial artifact could be repaired, then with it in hand, its power would be boundless. As long as he had enough mental and true essence energy, he could even contend with a Yin-Yang Realm expert.

"Of course it's true, and this celestial artifact is not just any celestial artifact, but a high-grade celestial artifact." Lulu said, "If the master obtains this celestial artifact, he can directly leap over the Human-Infant Realm and enter the middle stage of the Spirit Body Realm, which is the fourth layer of the major Spirit Body Realm."

Currently, his cultivation was at the seventh layer of the Human-Infant Realm. To leap over these stages was not something that could be done in a short time. If he obtained the small thunder pool and tamed it, his strength could enter the middle stage of the Spirit Body Realm, breaking through eight levels at once, which was an astonishing speed.

However, Huang Yu knew that there was no free lunch in the world, and such a good thing would not be left for him.

A fragment of a high-grade celestial artifact was not easy to obtain, and Lulu probably had more to say.

"This celestial artifact is divided into four parts, and this is just the smallest part. Of course, the master's current strength is weak, and he is not yet capable of controlling it. To tame the small thunder pool, the master must first gain its recognition. The master must awaken it, and then it will recognize the master as its owner. At that time, finding the other fragments will be much easier." Lulu explained.

It was too simplistic to think that obtaining the small thunder pool would be easy.

When the patriarch brought the small thunder pool to Thunder Chasing Peak, to prevent others from getting it, he used powerful means to embed it into the spiritual vein of Thunder Chasing Peak and set up a powerful restriction. Even a Life-Death Realm expert could not break the seal, making it impossible to extract the small thunder pool.

Therefore, with Huang Yu's current strength, obtaining the small thunder pool was like a dream, completely impossible.

Huang Yu was not aware of this.

At this moment, Fang Zhiqing had finished introducing the small thunder pool.

Huang Yu then learned that the small thunder pool was as solid as a fortress. Unless a Life-Death Realm expert at the peak stage took action, it could not be moved at all. Even a Life-Death Realm expert at the peak stage would have to pay a significant price to obtain the small thunder pool.

For a Life-Death Realm expert at the peak stage, they would not spend such a huge price for the small thunder pool unless they knew its true origin, that it was a celestial artifact, and a high-grade celestial artifact at that.

"Our Thunder Chasing Peak currently has twelve people, including one elder, one executive, two inner disciples, and the remaining eight are outer disciples and miscellaneous disciples." Fang Zhiqing continued to introduce.

Hearing this, Huang Yu was shocked. The strength of Thunder Chasing Peak was so weak, with only twelve people in total, and eight of them were outer disciples and miscellaneous disciples.

Huang Yu had heard that the disciples of a peak were not few. The main peak was not to be mentioned, but the seventy-two small peaks should also have many disciples.

Generally speaking, just the outer disciples and miscellaneous disciples should number in the hundreds, and the inner disciples, though fewer, should not be less than twenty. But Thunder Chasing Peak had only two inner disciples, which was too few, really too few.

However, thinking about it, the main peak of Flame Peak had only a dozen or so inner disciples, so he understood why Thunder Chasing Peak was also so weak.

Thunder Chasing Peak was originally a main peak, but after the original peak master, Fang Zhiqing's master Fang Xiaoyue, passed away, Thunder Chasing Peak was demoted to a small peak, becoming one of the seventy-two small peaks.