Chapter 296: Searching for the Heavenly Thunder Stone
After the breakthrough, three people rushed into the ancient palace.
Yu Nianhzen and Xuan Ke were a little injured but all injuries on Jiang Yue’s body had already disappeared.
’The fourth level of body refining feels great.’ He thought and wanted to flex a little.
He was a little proud that he was ahead of Yu Nianzhen but he knew the advantage wouldn’t last long. With Yu Nianzhen’s talent, it was only a matter of time before he caught up.
"XiaoYue, is everything all right?" Yu Nianzhen asked and looked at his husband inquisitively.
"Everything is great." Jiang Yue answered and nodded.
"That’s good."
With that, Yu Nianzhen rubbed Jiang Yue’s hair and the three settled down.
"The breakthrough should have disturbed many people aboveground." Xuan Ke suddenly said and frowned.
Although he couldn’t feel it properly because of the lightning in the thunder pool, he was sure there were many people around the thunder pool.
In that case, it was only a matter of time before someone made it to the depths and found the heavenly thunderstone.
"When we go out, I will search for the heavenly thunder stone while Azhen breaks through to the fourth level of body refining. Brother Xuan, what do you plan to do?" Jiang Yue asked and Xuan Ke didn’t answer for a long time.
In fact, he also wanted to search for the heavenly thunderstone.
However, his body couldn’t handle the lightning and he needed to temper himself for a while longer before he could move around freely.
"I will continue to temper my body." He finally said and Jiang Yue smiled.
"I will find the heavenly thunder stone before you succeed in improving your body."
"If I can’t find it, I hope you do." Xuan Ke compromised and looked at the other two.
Although he wanted the heavenly thunder stone, he wouldn’t fall out with his brothers because of the stone.
"With so many people around, it will be difficult to collect the thunder pool." Yu Nianzhen observed but didn’t mean to give up on the pool.
From his calculations, the thunder pool could support their body refining for a while longer.
It wouldn’t help them refine to the fifth level but it was enough to stabilise the fourth level.
"I wonder if master and mistress are out there." Jiang Yue wondered.
It had been a while since they saw the two and Jiang Yue guessed they were also attracted by the self-explosion.
"I don’t know if master Yang can guess we are at the bottom of the thunder pool...?"
"It’s useless to speculate.
Let’s do our best to get out of here."
"Good."
With that, the three sat cross-legged to recover and then left the ancient palace.
As planned, Yu Nianzhen and Xuan Ke settled down to temper their bodies while Jiang Yue began to search for the heavenly thunderstone.
From above, the thunder pool had a diameter of about ten metres.
However, the situation was completely different from below.
Initially, Jiang Yue thought the diameter of the thunder pool was ten metres but the more he explored, the more he felt that something was wrong.
At first, he only felt strange when he didn’t reach the other end of the pool after swimming for a short while.
However, he attributed this feeling to impatience.
He thought that his eagerness to get results had affected his judgment which made him misjudge his sense of distance.
Unfortunately, this reason could only support him for a while.
Soon after, he realised he hadn’t misjudged the distance but that the area at the bottom of the thunder pool was large than the top.
’What a strange shape.’ Jiang Yue thought and couldn’t help but be intrigued.
However, the size at the bottom also meant he had to work harder to find what he wanted.
’The position of the heavenly thunder stone should be where the lightning is most concentrated.’ He thought and closed his eyes to investigate.
A moment later, he opened his eyes and began to swim towards the centre of the thunder pool.
’I wonder how the thunder pool will change when I take out the heavenly thunder stone.’ He thought and frowned.
However, Jiang Yue didn’t dwell on the matter.
He didn’t feel guilty that he would rob others of the thunder pool.
Instead, he felt he rightly deserved the treasure since he had worked hard to get it.
While Jiang Yue was swimming, he felt a slight change in the water.
This change was subtle but Jiang Yue’s body was equivalent to that of a core formation realm cultivator.
Even without doing anything, very few things could hide his detection and this time was no different.
’I am afraid there will be trouble.’ He thought and sighed.
From his body’s perception, something had entered the thunder pool.
Jiang Yue couldn’t tell what the thing was but he could feel it shuttling around the thunder pool.
’What should I do? Should I go back to Azhen and brother Xuan?’ He wondered and then shook his head in denial.
Right now, Azhen was trying to break through to the fourth level but it was still a little early.
In that case, it was better for Jiang Yue to find the heavenly thunderstone and then go back to protect the two.
’I have the golden talisman and can appear beside Azhen at any time. For now, it’s best to focus on the search.’ He thought and focused on the area around him.
At this time, he was almost at the centre of the thunder pool.
As expected, this place had the most powerful lightning and even Jiang Yue couldn’t help but hesitate.
Even with his powerful body, the centre of the thunder pool still gave him a sense of danger.
Looking at it, Jiang Yue felt that he would be vaporised as soon as he dared get closer.
However, he couldn’t convince himself to give up.
The heavenly thunder stone was perfect for his cultivation and Jiang Yue didn’t want to give it up after coming so far.
’If I had known, I would have prepared more lightning-resisting treasures.’ He thought sullenly and took a deep breath.
Soon after, he released the breath and his eyes were firmer.
’Since I am here, I can’t go back empty-handed.’ He decided and resolutely swam towards the centre of the thunder pool.
A moment later, the area began to shake and Jiang Yue felt a divine presence ahead of him.
The presence was weak but it seemed to resonate with the lightning in the pool.
"Does the heavenly thunder stone have spirituality?" He muttered and couldn’t help being excited.
Other than age, a treasure required a lot of luck and opportunity to awaken spirituality.
As such, there was a wide gulf between treasures with or without spirituality.
If the heavenly thunderstone had awakened its spirituality, its power would be several times more powerful.
Undoubtedly, this was both good and bad news.
It was good news because refining such a treasure would exponentially increase Jiang Yue’s strength.
However, the flip side was that refining such a treasure was not easy.
If Jiang Yue was lucky and diligent, he could refine the heavenly thunder stone in less than ten years.
If he could not, the heavenly thunder stone would riot in his body. The result of such a riot was heavy injuries or death.
"Getting good treasures is really not easy." He muttered and sighed.
"However, it’s impossible to let me give up."
With that, Jiang Yue plunged into thick lightning and immediately felt like his body was violently shaken.
A line of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth but it was quickly evaporated by lightning.
’I can’t stay here for too long.’ He thought as he swallowed a rejuvenation pill.
Soon after, his complexion became a little better but only by a small margin.
"The effect of rejuvenation pills is not obvious and I can’t rely on them to maintain my health. If I want to survive in this place, I have to rely on the leaves of the tree of life." Jiang Yue muttered and was a little hesitant.
He and Yu Nianzhen had a lot of spirit stones. This meant they didn’t have to worry about the tree of life and other herbs in the jade box.
However, Jiang Yue was still unwilling to waste the leaves of the tree of life.
If he could, he didn’t want to use them until it was absolutely necessary.
While he was thinking, he approached the area with the densest lightning and Jiang Yue finally saw the heavenly thunder stone.
The purple stone was the size of a human head and looked like a living organism.
When it inhaled, weak strands of lightning entered the stone and when it breathed out, thick bolts of lightning came out.
As Jiang Yue drew closer, the stone gave him two different feelings.
On one hand, the stone rejected him and didn’t want him to get closer. On the other, it liked him very much and couldn’t wait for him to get closer.
