Thunder Tempering

Long Chen and Tang Waner asked for leave from the branch courtyard, walked out of the branch courtyard gate, and headed due north.

In the branch courtyard, if a Disciple wants to go out, they need to ask an Elder of the branch courtyard for leave, and the time cannot be too long; the two only asked for seven days of leave.

"Long Chen, where are you taking me?" Tang Waner asked, following Long Chen with a confused look on her face.

"Didn't I say, to do something we love doing," Long Chen said with a grin.

"Long Chen, if you continue to be so unserious, I will ignore you," Tang Waner said, feeling a bit annoyed.

"Haha, don't be angry. I asked you to come out with me because I need your help, but before that, I need to go find Little Snow first," Long Chen said.

"Little Snow? That Crimson Flame Snow Wolf? You didn't have your Family take it back?" Tang Waner asked.

Long Chen said with a wry smile, "I came here all by myself; where would I have any Family members?"

Tang Waner then remembered that Long Chen had come here alone and had no Family or attendants, making her feel a bit embarrassed.

"Then where is Little Snow?"

Long Chen looked at the surrounding terrain and said, "This is the place we agreed upon. Look, here are Little Snow's footprints, which means it's nearby."

Suddenly, Long Chen let out a long whistle that shook the heavens. The magnificent sound instantly spread for hundreds of miles.

The long whistle lasted for an entire incense stick's time, but there was no sound around, making Long Chen feel a bit strange.

"Perhaps Little Snow went out to forage for food," Long Chen guessed.

"Then what should we do? Should we wait for it?" Tang Waner asked.

"No need. I will tie a piece of clothing to a tree. It will know I came to find it, and once it sees this clothing, it will wait for me here," Long Chen said, taking off his own clothes and tying them to a large tree.

With Little Snow's keen sense of smell, it could easily discover this clothing. This way, it would know Long Chen had been here and would wait for him.

After tying the clothes to the tree, Tang Waner asked, "Then where are we going next?"

"Haha, I'm taking you to do something fun; I guarantee you'll like it," Long Chen said with a smile, not answering, and ran straight ahead.

"Bastard, just tell me," Tang Waner said, following behind Long Chen, feeling a bit annoyed. This guy was always so mysterious.

The two traveled north for over three thousand miles and arrived at the peak of a high mountain. This mountain was very tall, and the summit was covered in dark clouds, with lightning appearing from time to time.

Looking at the dark clouds above, Tang Waner suddenly remembered something, her eyes widening. "Long Chen, don't tell me you came here just to get struck by lightning."

"Hehe, you're really smart; you actually guessed right," Long Chen laughed.

When he returned from the chaotic stone wilderness and crossed this high mountain, he discovered that the terrain here was very strange. The summit was always covered in dark clouds, and lightning struck down from time to time.

The summit, spanning dozens of miles, was completely barren. This was definitely a good place to collect lightning.

He had once refined Lei Qianshang's Lightning Seed, so he already had a certain resistance to lightning, and his meridians could store the power of lightning for his own use.

If he could store a powerful lightning force within his body, perhaps he could drive the power of lightning just like he did with beast fire.

Most importantly, Long Chen had now advanced to the tenth heaven. If he followed the experience of the Qi Gathering stage, when he reached the thirteenth heaven in the future, he would have to undergo the Heavenly Tribulation.

The last Heavenly Tribulation had almost killed Long Chen directly. If it weren't for the reminder from the expert of the Spirit Realm, he wouldn't have been able to dispel his fear of the might of heaven and earth, and he would likely have died under that Lightning Tribulation.

And the Spirit Realm expert had once said that the first Heavenly Tribulation was merely directed at his will.

If that was really the case, it was even more terrifying. Just targeting his will had almost charred him; if it had targeted his Physical Body, wouldn't he have been turned into ashes directly?

This promotion to the tenth heaven of blood coagulation reminded him of that Heavenly Tribulation. Although his Physical Body was now strong, he was still filled with fear regarding the Heavenly Tribulation.

That was not something any expert could compare to; it was the will of the entire Heavenly Dao, as if Long Chen was not recognized by the Heavenly Dao and was meant to be destroyed into ashes.

The first time was already that terrifying, so the second time would be even worse. He did not want to die under the Heavenly Tribulation; he had to make himself stronger.

Now that he had refined Lei Qianshang's Lightning Seed, he had a certain level of control over lightning power, and he wanted to take a risk and try it.

Even if he couldn't absorb the lightning from the sky, he needed to use the power of lightning to temper his body and make it develop a resistance to lightning.

Every bit of resistance he added would give Long Chen one more chance to survive in future Heavenly Tribulations.

Long Chen took out a huge kite from his spatial ring, made entirely of Demonic Beast skeletons and animal hide, which was very sturdy.

"Have you ever flown a kite?" Long Chen asked.

"I have flown kites, but I have no experience with a manned kite. Long Chen, you aren't serious, are you?" Tang Waner asked tentatively.

Although Long Chen could control some lightning power, that was the lightning power within a human body, which was different from the violent lightning power of nature. The latter was thousands of times stronger, and if things went wrong, people would die.

Collecting the lightning power of nature for one's own use—this kind of crazy method had never been heard of, making Tang Waner feel uneasy. However, seeing Long Chen so well-prepared, it was clear he wasn't joking.

In Tang Waner's eyes, Long Chen was never serious when doing anything, but when it came to unserious things, he was frighteningly serious.

Long Chen took out a rope made of black silk, tied it firmly to the kite, and tested its firmness several times before feeling at ease. After all, this concerned his own life, so he had to be cautious.

The rope was very long, over a thousand zhang, and although it was only as thick as a finger, it would definitely not break.

He tied the other end of the rope firmly to a giant rock and said to Tang Waner, "In a while, I will lie on the kite and tie myself firmly to it so that I won't fall off the kite.

You will release me into the high sky; you must always keep an eye on my situation. The moment you see the lightning strike me, you must let go.

Although black silk doesn't conduct electricity well, it's not absolutely insulating. Don't get injured. If I pass out or when I call for help, you must immediately pull me back."

Tang Waner looked at the serious-faced Long Chen, and her heart couldn't help but race. "Long Chen, this is too terrifying. Let's not do this, okay? To be honest, I'm very scared."

Long Chen chuckled and said, "Don't worry. I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of? This matter is very important to me. Please."

By the end, Long Chen was extremely serious. Tang Waner had no choice but to nod. She felt that being with Long Chen, she would probably become increasingly crazy as well.

"I'll run with the kite first. When it starts to float, I'll jump onto it. The rest is up to you. Don't be nervous; just treat it as play," Long Chen said, seeing Tang Waner's nervous expression, and couldn't help but comfort her.

Tang Waner glared at Long Chen. Is this how you play? If things go wrong, you'll lose your life.

Long Chen lifted the kite, which was over seven zhang wide, and ran down the mountain. After running a few hundred zhang, driven by the huge inertia, the kite slowly floated up, very steadily.

Seeing the kite float up, Long Chen grabbed the beast bone on the kite, flipped onto the top of it, and tied the black silk around his waist tightly to the main frame of the kite, so he wouldn't have to worry about falling off later.

Seeing Long Chen flip onto the kite, Tang Waner hurriedly pulled the rope with force. It had to be said that Tang Waner's kite-flying skills were truly impeccable. With a few flicks of her jade hands, the kite rose very steadily into the sky.

Standing on the kite, Long Chen gave Tang Waner a thumbs up and praised, "Beauty Waner, you're awesome."

"Be careful…"

Tang Waner suddenly exclaimed, seeing a bolt of lightning strike directly at Long Chen. Long Chen was hit directly by that bolt of lightning.

"Bang."

The clothes on Long Chen's body were shattered. Fortunately, Long Chen had been prepared and was wearing leather underwear made from a Golden Horned Python, so he wouldn't be exposed.

At this moment, the kite was only fifty-something zhang off the ground. Long Chen hadn't expected a lightning strike so quickly and was knocked head over heels by it.

The kite shook for a while, but fortunately, Long Chen had the rope tied around his waist and didn't fall off.

Opening his mouth to spit out a puff of blue smoke, Long Chen felt his hair standing on end, and countless electric currents surged throughout his body. He hurriedly circulated his own lightning power to absorb it.

However, it was somewhat different from what Long Chen had expected. Those electric currents and the lightning power originally in Long Chen's body were actually repelling each other and began to madly bombard each other inside his body.

"Long Chen, are you okay?" Tang Waner was shocked to see Long Chen lying motionless on the kite.

"I'm fine. You keep this height for now, don't move, let me adapt."

After shouting, Long Chen continued to refine the lightning power, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't refine it.

It was as if Long Chen's original lightning power was water, while the natural lightning power was oil; the two were fundamentally incompatible.

After failing more than a dozen times in a row, Long Chen gritted his teeth and stopped directing his original lightning power, instead starting to communicate with the heaven and earth lightning within his body.

That lightning power had no will, but it was exceptionally violent, like magma. As soon as Long Chen tried to refine it, it madly attacked Long Chen's Soul.

"Damn it, I'm going to wear you out."

Since he couldn't refine it and couldn't communicate with it, Long Chen simply used the most violent method, directly attacking this lightning power madly with his Soul power.

Long Chen used all his Soul power to madly impact those lightning bolts. The lightning resisted wildly, but they were, after all, water without a source and could not compete with Long Chen's endless Soul power.

Finally, under Long Chen's violent crushing, it surrendered. This time, Long Chen directly used the heaven and earth lightning power to refine the lightning power originally left in his body by Lei Qianshang.

To Long Chen's surprise, what had originally been like trying to get a sheep to eat a wolf was now reversed, and he was able to refine the original lightning power with ease.

The new lightning power surged back and forth within Long Chen's body. Although this was not Long Chen's natal lightning, it was like a tamed Demonic Beast within his body and could be driven freely.

This new discovery made Long Chen ecstatic, and he shouted loudly to Tang Waner:

"We can start working now. Let the lightning come even more violently!"