Ancient Thunder Dragon Spell Chapter 14

Chapter 14 - Level 5 Spiritual Energy

Lei Yang sped along the road, and gradually arrived at an area relatively deep in the surpa.s.sing Dragon Mountain Range that he had never stepped into in before. After going over a mountain, a valley appeared in front of Lei Yang, causing his eyes to immediately light up.

It was already the middle of winter, and although the South Vietnam was not cold, the rest of the mountain range still looked desolate.

However, in the valley in front of them, the plants were extremely flourishing. A small stream flowed through the valley, causing it to look full of life and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Smoke curled up within the valley, and dense fog rose up. One couldn't help but yearn for it when looking at it, as if it was a paradise.

Lei Yang stopped to observe the terrain for a while, and discovered that the place was surrounded by tall mountain peaks, the surrounding area also appeared to be flat, and accidentally, this valley was well hidden.

If Lei Yang had not been walking aimlessly through the mountain range, he would never have discovered that there was actually such a place hidden.

He cautiously stepped into the valley and followed the stream for about a hundred feet. Suddenly, he discovered that there was a cave on the cliff wall to the right of the valley about ten feet from the ground. The cave entrance was filled with lush vines, making it seem very secretive.

Lei Yang slapped his thigh, and immediately decided, "This place is hidden, and the spirit energy of heaven and earth is so abundant, it is simply a place for me to cultivate in isolation, the heavens are on my side, this is the place!"

Lei Yang picked up a few stones from the side of the stream and in a flash, he climbed up a big tree at the bottom of the cliff.

He hid on the other side of the tree trunk and threw a few rocks into the cave. After confirming that there was no danger, he carefully climbed to the entrance of the cave through a thick branch on the tree.

The cave was about five zhang deep and three zhang wide. The ground was flat and dry. It was a natural cave formed by a rocky fault. Lei Yang was very satisfied with the place he found, it was truly a suitable place for him to go into closed door cultivation.

He observed the cave for a while, and then observed his surroundings outside of the cave entrance. After that, he found that there was nothing abnormal with the cave entrance, and after he covered up the cave entrance for a while and set up a few simple mechanisms at the cave entrance, it was nightfall outside. Only then did he feel at ease and returned to the cave entrance.

The moment he sat down, he began to think about his future path, and how he should walk it, especially regarding the issue of whether or not he should swallow the pellet.

"Now that I have the pill, should I swallow it to break through to the next stage?" His father had warned him many times, saying that he should try his best not to rely on pills to increase his cultivation, or else there would be repercussions. However, if he didn't take the pill, how could he get out of this predicament?

Lei Yang thought about it, and after thinking about it again and again in his heart, he finally decided to swallow this pill and see if it was effective against him. Compared to the fact that he was about to be demoted to a medicine slave, the aftereffects were nothing. Therefore, he couldn't care less right now.

And today, he had injured Lei Ming. Although he had temporarily concealed his ident.i.ty, it was not a long-term plan, and there would eventually be a day that he would be exposed. The most important thing was to make himself stronger as soon as possible. Only then would he be able to have a foothold in the clan.

Even though Lei Yang had made a decision in his heart, when he thought about his father's words, he looked at the pill bag as if he was looking at poison. In the end, he gritted his teeth and said as if he was risking everything, "For his parents, and for himself as well. I'll give it my all!"

He took out the pill bag and took out the Spirit Gathering Pill that he had obtained from the Pill Pavilion Elder, Lei Yunzi. He swallowed it all in one gulp, and it was even worse than if he had eaten a dead child.

The Spirit Gathering Pill was created by a pill refiner using spiritual herbs. When forming a single pill, a large amount of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was forcefully gathered into the pill. It was a miraculous pill that helped a cultivator below the sixth level of spiritual energy to break through, and was extremely precious.

For ordinary families and itinerant cultivators, this kind of pill was simply too hard to obtain, yet Lei Yang was actually swallowing it with such an uncomfortable feeling, who knew what kind of feeling it would have if Lei Yunzi had seen this scene happening.

As the Spirit Gathering Pill dissolved in his mouth, a sweet fragrance diffused into the air. Instantly, it turned into pure and rich spiritual energy that flowed into his body.

This spiritual energy was much purer than the spiritual energy he had absorbed from the external world using the Heaven and Earth Bridge. Although it couldn't be compared with the spiritual energy in his aura sea, the quality was still quite good.

"So that's how it is!" The Spirit Gathering Pill was actually able to extract the essence of the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth and fuse it with the medicinal effects of the Spiritual Herbs. This was simply a piece of solidified Spiritual Energy. No wonder the other disciples cultivated so quickly. With such resources, there was no need for him to painstakingly absorb spiritual energy.

Lei Yang had never taken pills before, now he understood the advantage of having abundant resources.

But how could he have known that the other disciples, even if they were disciples at the sixth level of spirit energy, would need to slowly refine the spirit energy contained within this pill when swallowing this Spirit Gathering Pill. It was impossible for this spirit energy to be brought directly into the Aura Sea like he originally had, or else the Aura Sea would be penetrated and cause severe backlash.

As the huge amount of spiritual energy entered his aura sea, his aura sea's cultivation level rose rapidly, reaching the intermediate 30% of the spiritual energy level.

The vortex formed by the golden gas in the center of his aura sea started to spin even faster. Although his cultivation base had just reached the intermediate stage of the third level, it was falling at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the end, the third level fell and it stopped spinning.

The golden gas in his aura sea also stopped rotating. It was as if all the spiritual energy in his aura sea had now met the standards of the aura sea, and it was no longer purifying.

Furthermore, following his purification, some of the impurities within the medicinal pellet was immediately expelled out of his body by a strong repulsive force. Unconsciously, it even helped Lei Yang open up a few more bridges of heaven and earth from the inside to the outside, allowing him to understand and integrate his mind with the heaven and earth even more clearly.

"It can actually be like this!" This discovery shocked Lei Yang quite a bit. He didn't have time to think about it now and continued to consume another pill. However, the same thing happened again.

Excited, Lei Yang ignored everything else.

Unexpectedly, without any hesitation, he swallowed all eleven Spirit Gathering Pills in one go. The pill turned into boundless Spiritual Energy and was directly absorbed into his aurasea. As the Spiritual Qi rushed in, the golden gas in his aurasea began to spin even faster.

Lei Yang's cultivation continued to soar all the way until the very end, when the golden gas in the center of his aurasea gradually slowed down and finally stopped, Lei Yang's cultivation finally stabilized at the peak of the first fourth level of spirit energy.

This time, his cultivation level was stable, because all the spiritual energy in his aura sea seemed to have completely met the standards of the Astral Sea, and the golden gas was no longer able to purify the spiritual energy in his aura sea.

When he looked inside his body, he noticed that when he swallowed the pill a moment ago, there were several other bridges in his body that opened up, bringing the number of bridges in his body to fifty-eight.

However, the only regret was that he couldn't break through the fifth level of spiritual energy this time. However, what Lei Yang did not know was that if news of him swallowing the pellet spread, it would definitely cause the eyes of the disciples of the clan to explode.

However, just as he was thinking about it, a tiny drop of golden blood on his forehead suddenly flashed with a weak light that even Lei Yang himself could not detect.

The light charged into the golden gas in the center of his aura sea that had stopped spinning. The golden gas seemed to be stimulated and started to swirl crazily again.

The speed of the rotation was much faster than before. With a hum, all of the spiritual energy in the aura sea began to spin. In front of the aura sea, a black hole the same as the one in the aura sea appeared.

As soon as the black hole formed, it began to emanate an indescribably powerful gravitational force. Instantly, all of the spiritual energy in the valley began to seethe as it shot toward the enormous black hole which had existed in front of his Qi Sea.

Although all of this took time to describe, it all happened in an extremely short period of time. Before Lei Yang could even react to it, his aurasea was immediately filled with surging spirit energy.

Fortunately, the vortex formed by the golden gas was able to absorb spiritual energy at a much faster rate. Therefore, it was barely able to maintain the balance of the Qi Sea, and was able to withstand the constant influx of large amount of spiritual energy.

The black hole spun faster and faster, causing more and more spiritual energy to rush in. Eventually, the spiritual energy turned into something that was as thick as a person's body and almost as long as a dragon.

As the dragon-shaped Spiritual Energy instantly entered Lei Yang's aurasea, the whirlpool formed by the golden Qi reached an unprecedented level of rotation, emitting a sound that overflowed into the heavens.

This state lasted for approximately the time it took for an incense stick to burn. Following the disappearance of the black hole outside of his body, the rotation of the golden gas in his aura sea gradually slowed down, and a light "ka ka" sound suddenly came from his body. Accompanied by this light sound, a completely different feeling from that of a spirit energy level 4 suddenly appeared in Lei Yang's heart, and he very naturally muttered in his heart: "Spirit Qi level 5!"

After about the time it took for an incense stick to burn, when the golden gas in his aura sea had completely stopped spinning, and Lei Yang's cultivation had stabilized to the early stages of the fifth layer, a "bo" sound suddenly rang in his mind.

After the light sound, he felt an inexplicable scene appear in his mind. With just a glance, he realized that this was the scenery around the cave he was in. He had his eyes closed, and yet, everything within thirty meters of him was visible to him.

At this point of time, the sky outside the cave was already getting brighter, and with Lei Yang's calmness, a bug 30 feet away from a big tree immediately appeared in his mind.

"Look around and listen to the ants. Is this the so-called Spiritual Awareness?"

He immediately checked his brain and found that there was a small s.p.a.ce opened up on his forehead. It was the so-called Sea of Consciousness.

"It is said that the Sea of Consciousness can be born after the fifth level of spiritual energy. It seems like this should be my Sea of Consciousness!" Lei Yang continued to use it a few more times, and discovered the beauty of it, it could actually sense everything around the body, causing him to immediately become excited.

However, after he opened his Sea of Consciousness, the drop of golden liquid entered his Sea of Consciousness. However, he still did not know about it.

Within the cave, Lei Yang suddenly opened his eyes and two rays of light flashed. Clenching his fists, a powerful aura instantly filled his entire body, and when he looked at his body, he surprisingly discovered that under this kind of impact, the number of bridges in his body had increased by ten, and now, it was already more than sixty-eight.

After he tidied himself up, he stood up and walked out of the cave. He found that his body had become much lighter and nimbler. However, the moment he stood on the tree branch outside the cave, his expression immediately became strange.