Wang Chen watched the other man leave.
He knew perfectly well that his bulk purchases of Thunderstones while refusing Lightning Crystals had aroused this fellow disciple's suspicions.
But Wang Chen did not care.
After buying up the Thunderstones today, he had no plans to purchase any more.
Once the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Method reached Grand Completion, Wang Chen would immediately return to West Sea City and attempt to break through to the Purple Mansion third layer.
He likely would never come to Lightning Island again.
So what did it matter whether the other man suspected him or not?
Among cultivators who had reached the Purple Mansion realm, how many did not have a few secrets of their own?
The West Sea Sect enforced its rules strictly. Fellow disciples were forbidden from fighting privately, and within the sect grounds, so long as one did not court death, no one dared openly violate the rules.
After packing up his stall, Wang Chen carried over a hundred thousand Thunderstones to the cultivation chamber he had rented long-term.
There, he used the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron to refine all the Thunderstones into Lightning Crystals.
In the end, he obtained five in total.
Over the following days, Wang Chen devoted even more time to cultivating the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Method.
Nine days later, he had cultivated this lightning art to the Grandmaster realm.
Three months later.
At dawn, Lightning Island was struck by a torrential downpour.
The climate on this great island was ever-changing. Aside from the ceaseless lightning throughout the year, violent winds and rain, hail, frost, and snow often appeared. At such times, the power of the lightning increased dramatically.
West Sea Sect disciples who came to the island to cultivate would all hide in caves, scarcely daring to venture outside.
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