Thunderclap Nether Vine

Thunderclap Nether Vine

"Human, you still have the nerve to come back!"

Just as Qian Gu Huang Yu and the other two were speaking, a voice filled with fury and grievance interrupted their thoughts.

Qian Gu Huang Yu turned her head and realized that the one speaking seemed to be... the Thunderclap Nether Vine?

Qian Gu Die Ting explained, "Xiao Yu, the Thunderclap Nether Vine is a Soul Beast born with intelligence."

Qian Gu Die Ting was inwardly thrilled as well. This was a living Thunderclap Nether Vine! An existence one could only encounter by chance.

Yet at the same time, it gave Qian Gu Die Ting a headache. Generally speaking, each subsequent Soul Spirit had to be stronger than the previous one. But when it came to the Lightning Attribute, it was truly difficult to say what Soul Spirit could surpass the Thunderclap Nether Vine.

The later ones couldn't possibly be worse than the earlier ones, could they?

Qian Gu Huang Yu nodded, indicating that she understood.

[But it sounds like a woman's voice?] Qian Gu Huang Yu thought.

Bei Gong Li raised a brow. An overbearing aura suddenly erupted from her as she said coldly, "You can't say that. How have I wronged you?"

Naturally, Bei Gong Li did not treat outsiders the way she treated her own family.

The Thunderclap Nether Vine was utterly unafraid, roaring angrily, "Human, you kept saying you would help me cultivate, but all you did was trap me here! You wouldn't even let me receive the baptism of lightning and continue cultivating! You have already broken our agreement, so what have you come back for?"

Qian Gu Die Ting pulled Qian Gu Huang Yu back a step, shielding Bei Gong Li behind him. Mother should settle this matter herself.

Bei Gong Li sneered. "You say I broke my promise. Have you forgotten what I told you back then?"

Upon hearing Bei Gong Li say that, the Thunderclap Nether Vine sounded even angrier, its voice filled with endless bitterness and grievance.

"You said you would help me cultivate and break through the great threshold of becoming a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. The price was that I had to obey your arrangements and become the Soul Spirit of a human you designated at the appropriate time."

By this point, Qian Gu Die Ting understood why his mother had not let him or his older sisters absorb the Thunderclap Nether Vine. Aside from their Martial Souls being incompatible, even he would not have dared let the Thunderclap Nether Vine reach a cultivation of over Fifty Thousand Year, let alone Hundred Thousand Year.

The Thunderclap Nether Vine continued its accusation. "Other than helping me cultivate for five years at the very beginning, you did not let me cultivate again for an entire hundred years! A whole hundred years!"

[Tsk, not being allowed to cultivate for a hundred years is too miserable.] Even Qian Gu Huang Yu could not help silently sympathizing with the Thunderclap Nether Vine's plight.

But Bei Gong Li felt no shame whatsoever. She merely asked coldly, "Then let me ask you: what is your cultivation now?"

"Four hundred and seventy-eight years!" the Thunderclap Nether Vine roared through gritted teeth. For an entire hundred years, its cultivation had not increased at all. How could it not be furious?

Bei Gong Li asked again, "Then let me ask you this: when you were still a Ten-Year Soul Beast, what were your cultivation conditions? And how fast did you cultivate?"

The Thunderclap Nether Vine froze. Without waiting for its reply, Bei Gong Li continued, "You needed to endure a hundred lightning strikes for your cultivation to increase by one year. And when you were still a Ten-Year Soul Beast, you could not actively draw lightning down upon yourself during a thunderstorm. Am I wrong?"

The Thunderclap Nether Vine responded with silence.

"Before you broke through to a hundred years of cultivation, it took you roughly ten years to accumulate a hundred lightning strikes and raise your cultivation by one year."

"In other words, merely helping you advance from a Ten-Year Soul Beast to a Hundred-Year Soul Beast already saved you nine hundred years!"

The Thunderclap Nether Vine remained silent.

"Not to mention that I continued helping you cultivate until you reached four hundred and seventy-eight years. If you had done it yourself, could you have achieved that even if I gave you a thousand years?"

"..."

The Thunderclap Nether Vine still made no sound, because it knew it could not. Bei Gong Li's aura rose to its peak as she sneered, "I spent five years helping you achieve what you could not have achieved in a thousand years. So what if I suppressed your cultivation for a hundred years? Did I mistreat you?"

[Grandmother may be domineering, but when you work it out, the Thunderclap Nether Vine really did not lose out.] Qian Gu Huang Yu thought.

"Human, tell me. What have you come to me for this time?" The Thunderclap Nether Vine finally yielded.

Bei Gong Li sneered. "Now that's more like it!"

As she spoke, Bei Gong Li nudged Qian Gu Huang Yu forward and said, "It is time for you to fulfill your promise. Become this child's Soul Spirit."

The Thunderclap Nether Vine said, "I can, but do not forget that even after becoming a Soul Spirit, I must continue cultivating. My goal is to reach the Hundred-Thousand-Year level."

Without Bei Gong Li needing to say anything further, Qian Gu Huang Yu directly revealed her Martial Soul. Strength was always the best proof.

Bei Gong Li simply dismissed the Thunder Barrier as well, allowing Qian Gu Huang Yu and the Thunderclap Nether Vine to properly communicate.

"I am Qian Gu Huang Yu. My Martial Soul is Ghidorah. You probably have never heard of it, since it did not exist before, but you can sense it for yourself."

As she spoke, Qian Gu Huang Yu controlled one dragon head to move toward the Thunderclap Nether Vine, while the Thunderclap Nether Vine extended a vine.

"Your Lightning Attribute is of a very high grade," the Thunderclap Nether Vine said, offering its initial acknowledgment of Qian Gu Huang Yu's strength.

Though it said that, when the Thunderclap Nether Vine faced Qian Gu Huang Yu, it felt as though its soul were trembling.

Perhaps because of its fear, the Thunderclap Nether Vine's voice gradually softened. "You heard what I said earlier. The condition for me agreeing to become your Soul Spirit is that you must help me become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. And that path will certainly be filled with dangers."

"That human brought you to find me, which proves that your status must be quite high. Are you prepared to face danger? Let me make this clear first: if you hinder my cultivation, I will abandon you without hesitation!"

Qian Gu Huang Yu raised a brow. She understood that the Thunderclap Nether Vine had tentatively acknowledged her, and it was time to negotiate terms.

Qian Gu Huang Yu said, "Then let us make this clear first. I will help raise your cultivation, since helping you is helping myself. But the prerequisite for raising your cultivation is ensuring our safety."

Qian Gu Huang Yu spread her little hands and sighed. "You know how dangerous your cultivation is. We can't have either you exploding or me exploding just for the sake of cultivation, can we?"

In truth, the Thunderclap Nether Vine believed that being born in thunder and perishing in thunder was simply its destiny.

However, through Bei Gong Li, it understood that human assistance was indispensable if it wanted to cultivate rapidly. And once it needed something from someone else, it was impossible for everything to go entirely according to its wishes.

"Fine." The Thunderclap Nether Vine finally yielded.

It could not help it. It simply wanted to improve too badly!

During the first five years when Bei Gong Li had trained it, it had progressed at a tremendous pace. That feeling was like getting high on pills—it simply could not stop. Then it had been forcibly stalled for a hundred years. Now that the opportunity had come, how could it possibly endure any longer?

Thank you all for your encouragement and Recommendation Tickets. As long as someone is reading, I will definitely finish the novel.

I will try updating two chapters a day from now on. Hopefully, I can sign a contract soon.

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