novelhk Chapter 123 Thunder God Helps Me!
Chapter 123 Thunder God Helps Me!
Inside the golden hall, a gentle breeze swirled, and the figure of an old man gradually emerged from the breeze, unharmed by the flashing lightning and firelight within the hall.
He was like an ordinary old man strolling leisurely, the flames and lightning around him seeming like ordinary roadside scenery, which he easily passed through.
After the wind has passed through seventy-two transformations, once one has mastered oneself, there is nowhere in this vast world one cannot go.
Wind, thunder, water, and fire—calamities that would be fatal to ordinary people and inescapable even for cultivators—are nothing more than a gentle breeze and light rain before this [King], who is no longer afraid of them.
With his hands behind his back, Zhou Sheng squinted and examined the stone core with nine orifices and seven holes in the center of the hall, his face showing an expression of astonishment.
He paced around the stone structure, which was 36.5 feet high and 24 feet in diameter, inside the main hall, but the lightning and fire that struck him did not cause any reaction.
"Tsk tsk tsk, incredible, absolutely incredible."
"【Feng Hou Qi Men】 only transformed me into a 【Hou Wang】, but I never thought you would actually become that 【Ling Ming Shi Hou】."
Zhou Sheng stroked his beard, his eyes sparkling.
His "Feng Hou Qi Men" was only a "Hou Wang" (a title for a king), not a "Monkey King" (a title for a monkey king) that sprang from a stone embryo. But unexpectedly, this kid from the Lü family was not satisfied with being a "Hou Wang" and wanted to break through the old stone embryo to create a new innate form.
Thinking this, he smiled, stood on tiptoe, and peered into the golden-glowing hole in the stone.
The golden light emanating from the orifice illuminated his aged face, clearly revealing the flickering flame in his eyes.
"I'm really going to be included in the classics now. Let me think, what should I call this story..."
Just as Zhou Sheng was pondering a good name with his hands behind his back and his brows furrowed, something unexpected happened.
"Um?"
The vibrant life force within the stone seemed to encounter an obstacle; the spirituality within it was like a flood after the dam was opened, with the water level no longer rising but instead slowly declining.
The golden light emanating from the orifices was no longer dazzling, like a candle in the wind, slowly extinguished under the scorching heat of the golden palace's lightning and flames.
"Reshaping the soul and restoring the physical body to the balance of the five elements—your method is quite good."
Zhou Sheng stared at the stone embryo in front of him, his eyes seemingly breaking through the stone embryo's barrier to see Lü Qian inside, who was regulating his internal organs and the five elements.
"But the [liver wood] is insufficient to ignite the [heart fire], and the final step of this cycle of the five elements has been delayed in completion."
The old man knew Lü Qian's situation perfectly well. Feng Hou Qi Men regulated his own climate, which was inseparable from the Yin and Yang and the Five Elements in his body.
Zhou Sheng had explored this system of internal circulation for decades, and in the eyes of this "King," it was something he could understand at a glance.
"Your skills are still lacking; let me give you a hand."
As he spoke, he stood in front of the stone statue, made hand seals, and gathered the raging lightning points within the golden hall.
The bolts of lightning were grasped by Zhou Sheng's old, withered hand, but they failed to harm him in the slightest amidst the flashes of electricity.
"Kid, Lei's here!"
He flung streaks of lightning toward the gradually dying stone core, as if setting a trigger. As the surging electric snakes flew toward the stone core, the lightning within the golden palace also manifested, sometimes as a dazzling white silver river, rushing toward the central stone core.
"boom!"
The flickering lightning and flames inside the hall suddenly erupted as the lightning galaxy surged, pushing the intensity of the fire in the hall to another level.
A thunderclap exploded inside the golden hall, followed by a rolling rumble of thunder.
The dazzling white lightning, like a swimming dragon, swept the stone core into the galaxy of electric light, and streaks of silver claw-like patterns appeared on the surface of the stone core.
Lightning struck the stone core, and the rumbling thunder accompanied the lightning as it traveled towards Lü Qian, who was sitting cross-legged inside.
In the void, Lu Qian, who was gradually falling into despair, was awakened by the thunder. He felt a jolt and his mind stirred.
The liver belongs to the element of wood in the Five Elements theory, and wood is associated with growth and development.
Thunder is the pivot of heaven and earth, the master of the growth and development of all things!
When spring thunder roars, all things come to life; when the Awakening of Insects arrives, all things awaken.
The powerful thunder entered Lü Qian's body, transforming into dragons that roamed throughout his meridians.
Lu Qian's flesh, bones, and internal organs trembled with his renewed, vigorous breathing, and rolling thunderous sounds emanated from his body, blending with the thunder outside.
The faint, withered green within the liver suddenly exploded the instant the thunder roared.
As if a seed that had been suppressed for a long time had finally gotten a chance to sprout, a tender, verdant shoot grew out of the liver and in the blink of an eye transformed into a vibrant seedling.
Before the seedling had stopped growing, its branches grew thicker and thicker, and in an instant it transformed into a towering tree.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
The growth of a giant tree is just the beginning. As the thunderous sounds continue to resound, seedlings sprout from the soil and grow into countless towering trees in the blink of an eye. The once dreary landscape in the liver is completely transformed, and its spirituality flourishes.
Wood generates fire. As the spiritual energy within the liver grows stronger, sparks rise from the forest and land on the heart above.
The heart receives the fire energy transformed from the liver, and the heart fire burns even more vigorously, thus enabling the five organs and the five elements to be interconnected and transformed.
At the moment the Five Elements are connected, the [Original Spirit Form] in the Niwan Palace shines brightly with golden light, transforming into a golden ray that follows the circulation of Qi throughout the body, guiding the pure Qi of the Five Elements' cycle to permeate the five internal organs, limbs, and bones.
Within the stone embryo, Lü Qian's body emitted a faint golden light, accompanied by the sounds of wind and thunder with each breath.
"boom!"
It was as if a voice that seemed to create the world resounded from within Lü Qian's body, causing the spirituality of his five internal organs to rise and the five elements to circulate endlessly.
"boom!"
Within his body, the rumbling thunder grew louder and louder. As the five elements circulated, his blood and qi began to flow again, and wisps of black qi, as faint as clouds and smoke, emerged from his flesh and blood.
Outside, the black mist that had been rising from the stone body merged with it once more, and a vibrant golden light emanated from the openings, shining even brighter than before.
"Boom!"
"Thump!"
"Thump!"
The clear, powerful heartbeat and the rolling thunderous sound blended together, emanating from within the stone body.
Amidst the dazzling galaxy of lightning, the giant stone egg stood 36.5 feet tall and 24 feet in diameter. The golden light emanating from its nine orifices and seven holes intensified, reflecting off the silver lightning patterns that covered the stone.
Before the stone statue, Zhou Sheng sensed the changing climate outside the main hall. The Rain Water solar term had passed, and the Awakening of Insects was approaching.
"The weekly fortune has been replenished, and all the demons have been eliminated."
"Boy, if you don't wake up now, when will you?"
With a change of hand gesture, the lightning galaxy that had been surrounding the stone embryo instantly transformed into a soaring lightning dragon, which leaped down towards the stone embryo below.
It looked like a dazzling white lightning sword slashing down from the sky.
"Snap!"
Like a stone breaking and an egg cracking, or like the sky collapsing and the earth crumbling, a crisp sound resounded throughout the golden palace, drowning out the raging lightning and flames inside. Several cracks were revealed on the dark stone core.
"Hahaha! I, Lü Qian, have arrived!"
A loud laugh came from the stone core. Then, as the stone core shook, a dazzling crimson-gold light emanated from the cracks, and the black stone shell exploded.
Two golden-red beams of light shot out from the stone shell, and Lü Qian, dressed in a Taoist robe and holding a golden sword, leaped high out of the stone shell.
High in the sky, Lü Qian's body shimmered with golden light, and the peach wood sword in his hand cleaved downwards, slicing through the dissipating black mist.
A dazzling golden light spread from the sword, transforming into a towering greatsword that swung down with unstoppable sharpness.
"You wicked creature, prepare to die!"
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Chapter Five!
As it turns out, I was quite well protected.
Next, we'll wrap things up, refine the subplots, and then we can start Volume 3. This time, we'll ride a crane down the mountain!
In addition, the author will continue the original storyline, so some readers are asked to wait patiently.
As for how the protagonist interacts with the characters, that's a matter of the author's writing style and plot arrangement. Don't draw conclusions before you've even seen the ending!
Replenish your energy!
The author needs to recharge, and the author also needs a thunderclap!