Chapter 175: Chapter 80: Great Cave True Thunder

The Array Department’s efficiency was much higher than Yang Jing had imagined. After only about an hour, the Array Master on duty discovered that the status of an Array within the Grand Array was off. An Array Token was missing from the secret vault—and it was the very token assigned to Yang Jing’s residence.

Before long, a Yu Hou arrived with a troop of Armored Warriors, surrounding the entire residence as if facing a great enemy.

A Five Aggregates Demon possessing a Governor’s Mansion Cultivator was already an extremely sensitive matter. Now, the theft of a token and the assassination of a Demon Patrol Envoy had caused a massive uproar within the Governor’s Mansion.

Even Meng Sima was alerted and came to the residence.

The Array Masters were sweating profusely outside the residence, engaged in Array Formation. They were using one Array to break another, attempting to dismantle the residence’s Array Restriction.

The Array deployed outside drew upon the Spiritual Qi from the Governor’s Mansion’s Spirit Vein. It cut off the inner Array’s Spiritual Qi supply and unleashed streams of Magical Power and Spiritual Light, bombarding it to deplete its stored Spiritual Qi.

Without the Array Token, this was the only way they could force their way through. Because the Arrays in the Governor’s Mansion were layered one on top of another, they had to proceed with extreme caution to avoid damaging other Arrays, making the work of dismantling it incredibly difficult.

Meng Sima waited behind them, his expression grim.

The Yu Hou and Armored Warriors present stood solemnly, not daring to show the slightest bit of laxity. The Governor’s Mansion had already checked all personnel and discovered that Minister Wu Siming was missing.

To have disappeared at such a critical juncture made his identity as a secret spy for a Demon Sect self-evident.

A Minister in a key position had been replaced by a Demon Cultivator for decades, and upon leaving, he had even assassinated an up-and-coming Demon Patrol Envoy.

Not only would the Five Elements True Spirit Sect hold the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion accountable, but the Governor himself would be thunderously enraged. All the merits they had painstakingly accumulated fighting the Demon Sects outside the Northern Domain would be wiped out.

Everyone present had already assumed that Yang Jing had perished.

The spy from the Demon Sect had been undercover for so long and his methods were so sophisticated that his Cultivation was surely at Foundation Establishment Perfection. While Yang Jing could defeat some of the wild demons within the Seven Kingdoms, he had only reached Foundation Establishment a short time ago. His Cultivation was too low; compared to the True Disciples of the Four Demon Sects, he was likely far inferior.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the residence’s Array Restriction was finally broken.

Meng Sima’s expression changed. He saw Yang Jing waiting calmly and unhurriedly at the residence’s main gate. When the Yu Hou and the Armored Warriors saw he was still alive, their formation fell into disarray as they tried to push forward to see what was going on.

“Yang Jing?”

Meng Sima first examined him carefully with his Dharma Eye for a moment before asking.

“Meng Sima, I am here,” Yang Jing replied.

“Tell me what happened tonight.”

Yang Jing omitted the details of their Magical Combat, concealing Iron Head’s Foundation Establishment Cultivation and his own Celestial Demon Blood Transformation Talent. He gave a rough account of what had happened after Wu Siming entered the residence that night.

Although his tone was calm, the story of his battle of wits and courage against Wu Siming left the Cultivators present mesmerized.

When the Armored Warriors brought over the corpse from near the wall, a series of sharp gasps rippled through the crowd.

That Elephant Power Demon Corpse was simply too striking. When fighting Demon Cultivators outside the Northern Domain, it wasn’t as if they had never fought against those who practiced the Elephant Power Demon Scripture.

Against an opponent of equal Cultivation, even a True Disciple of the Dharma Image Sect would find it quite difficult to achieve victory.

In such a narrow residence, the advantages of a Body Cultivator were amplified immensely.

But Yang Jing had omitted so many details that they simply couldn’t imagine how he had managed to fight one-against-two and kill both the demon and the corpse.

Yang Jing took out the Jade Scrolls he had found on Wu Siming’s body and handed them to Meng Sima.

Meng Sima sighed deeply after a brief glance. As a Late Stage Golden Core Cultivator, a single sweep of his Divine Sense was enough to absorb the entire contents of the Jade Scrolls.

“This was our failure of duty.”

The Northern Army Governor’s Mansion had focused its efforts on fighting the Four Demon Sects, only sweeping through the Northern Domain Seven Kingdoms when the demon scourge there became too severe to ignore.

They never expected that the Minister in the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion responsible for the affairs of the Seven Kingdoms had long since been replaced by a Demon Cultivator.

“The Nine Illusions Mirage Demon Scripture… what a grand name.”

Meng Sima snorted coldly and put away the Jade Scrolls, but he returned the two containing the Taixiao True Thunder Technique and the Inner Scenery Divine Transformation Demon Suppression Scripture to Yang Jing.

“This technique excels at devouring a person’s Divine Soul and taking their place. Yang Jing, how will you prove your innocence?”

“The Nine Illusion Mirage Demon Qi is capable of endless transformations and can mimic all kinds of Magical Power, but it’s impossible to use it to cast a Thunder Technique.”

As Yang Jing spoke, he channeled his Magical Power. A dazzling Five-Colored Thunder Light erupted from his body with tremendous momentum, blasting toward the sky. The thunder shook the very heavens.

Meng Sima slowly let out a breath of relief.

“What a fine Thunder Technique. With the Taixiao True Thunder Technique in your hands, your future accomplishments might even surpass many of the disciples of my Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect. The identity of this Illusion Demon Sect spy has yet to be confirmed, so I cannot officially record your merits just yet. However, this Great Cave True Thunder is as famous as the Taixiao Thunder within my Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect. I will gift it to you today as a personal reward for your service.”

As the most powerful Sect among the Six Great Sects, the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect possessed the legacies of several types of Celestial Thunder. Yang Jing never expected to obtain the lineages for both the Taixiao True Thunder and the Great Cave True Thunder in one go.

With Meng Sima stepping in, Yang Jing was quickly arranged a new residence. There was even a Yu Hou and thirty Armored Warriors patrolling back and forth.

Yang Jing knew they served the dual roles of protection and surveillance, but he paid it no mind, focusing only on studying the two Thunder Techniques: the Taixiao True Thunder and the Great Cave True Thunder.

The cultivation method for Taixiao True Thunder was different from that of Five Elements True Thunder. Five Elements True Thunder required comprehending the principles of Five Elements Yin Yang, then mastering them one by one until one fully grasped the Five Elements.

But Taixiao True Thunder, being a Celestial Thunder, required a different approach. One had to focus their spirit and calm their breath, directing their mind and gaze inward. Then, they would preserve the Ancestral Qi in the Central Yellow Spleen Palace, forming it into a ball of golden light. Within this light was a secret character, felt like an infant still in the womb. One would swallow saliva to preserve and refine it, causing the golden light to coalesce. Forgetting all schemes and severing all thoughts, one would then pry open the tailbone and let the body surge up through the Jiaji Double Gate. As the master said: *Purple Mansion Lord Ascends Straight Upward*. With the mind and gaze fixed, the chest would burst open, and from the Bright Hall between the brows, one would gaze up into the Great Void. The golden light and secret character would become distinct, filling the universe, and then the emissary in the flames would appear.

This secret character was obtained from a Thunder God born from the thunder of the Nine Heavens. There were nine such gods in total.

This Thunder God was nothing like the Fur Gods and Evil Gods of the Western Continent. It was a true god from the Upper Realm. When the Central Continent broke away from the Upper Realm, it tore off a piece of the Nine Heavens with it. That is why the Nine Heavens World also has the legacies of these nine types of Celestial Thunder, and their power is extraordinary.

For each type of Celestial Thunder learned, one had to form a Secret Character Thunder Talisman in their Dantian.

This Secret Character Thunder Talisman was not as simple to create as the Five Elements Spiritual Talismans from the Five Talisman Scripture. Not only did it consume a massive amount of Divine Sense, but one also had to thoroughly comprehend the true essence and secrets of the Taixiao True Thunder to form it in one go. Compared to the step-by-step mastery of the Five Elements True Thunder, it placed a much greater emphasis on sudden enlightenment.

Of course, over the years, the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect had also created a shortcut. This involved refining the Secret Character Thunder Talisman into a Thunder Seal, which could then carry the Celestial Thunder. Disciples could master the Thunder Seal, studying it day and night, until one day they would comprehend the Thunder Technique. However, the upper limit of a Thunder Technique learned this way was restricted by the power of the Thunder Seal’s Refiner.

Those with true ambition would not take this path.

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