The Maoshan Secret: Chronicle of Ghosts, Zombies, Demons, and Monsters
Chapter 17

Lightning Attribute

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What bullshit Ghost King, it's just relying on a thousand years of cultivation.

How dare you injure my nephew, you beast, I will scatter your soul today."

After speaking, he took out a red wooden box from his embrace.

The box looked oily and smooth, I don't know how Martial Uncle could fit so many things in his embrace.

Then he opened the box, and a talisman with golden light mixed with purple lightning flashed inside the box.

I know this is one of Maoshan's highest-level talismans, the "Golden Light Purple Thunder Talisman."

Martial Uncle took out the talisman and held it between his fingers; it was different from other talismans.

This one was much larger, about twice the size of a normal talisman.

Martial Uncle held the talisman between his fingers and chanted, and the talisman's electric light and golden light intertwined.

It emitted crackling sounds, looking very frightening.

From my angle, it looked like Martial Uncle was holding a high-voltage power line in his hand.

The electric arc extended more than a meter, but it was purple electricity mixed with golden light.

The female ghost, suspended in mid-air, trembled violently like a sieve, her pupils contracting rapidly.

The "Maoshan Talisman Compendium" that Martial Uncle gave me recorded:

The 'Golden Light Purple Thunder Talisman' is extremely strong and yang, and it naturally restrains ghostly creatures.

Just as Martial Uncle was about to throw the talisman, the female ghost suddenly shouted, "Wait..."

Martial Uncle moved the talisman back a bit, then stretched out his neck.

With a fawning smile, he asked the female ghost, "May I ask if you have any other business?"

The female ghost held back for a long time, her face turning red, and then mumbled:

"This King... This King will not argue with you anymore, you should leave."

Martial Uncle said, "Oh," and then added, "We can leave after killing you too!"

The female ghost was speechless, then looked at the talisman in Martial Uncle's hand and said:

"A talisman of your level should take decades to cultivate, right?

Why don't we put down our weapons? You save a talisman, and I keep my life. Isn't that a win-win?"

Martial Uncle smiled at the female ghost and said, "I was just teasing you. It's best not to fight if possible.

If you had calmly sat down to talk from the beginning, I wouldn't have resorted to violence.

However, my nephew is injured like this because you attacked first. You need to give me an explanation, or this cannot end well."

The female ghost's mouth twitched, and she said indignantly, "You trespassed onto my territory and killed all my subordinates.

Now you want to kill me, and you want me to give you an explanation? On what grounds?"

Martial Uncle said shamelessly, "Yes, you must give an explanation.

As for the grounds, it's because I can take your life right now.

I think if our positions were reversed, you wouldn't have let us go, would you?"

The female ghost lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Fine."

Then the female ghost raised her hand, and a dazzling white light shot towards me.

I wanted to run at that moment, mainly because this woman was too terrifying.

A mere aftershock of her fighting almost cost me my life. She could kill me like crushing a bug.

But I couldn't get up. Soon, the white light entered my body.

Slowly, I felt the pain disappear. The wounds on my back and legs, previously inflicted by the corpse, were healing rapidly.

In a short while, I was jumping around and standing up, feeling full of energy. I immediately ran to Martial Uncle's side.

Martial Uncle smiled and asked if I was okay. I said I was fine. Martial Uncle nodded at me.

Martial Uncle smiled at the female ghost and said, "You're really willing to part with it? This is the natal spiritual energy exclusive to a Ghost King. It must have taken years of cultivation."

The female ghost said with a grim face that there was no choice, she was at his mercy. Then she fell silent.

Just then, I felt like my body was about to be broken through by something. Upon closer inspection, I realized I was about to break through.

I was originally at the late stage of Qi Gathering, and now I was about to break through to the early stage of 'Questioning'.

I immediately sat down cross-legged, retracting my divine presence, and examined my body.

I felt a powerful surge of Spiritual Energy circulating rapidly through my meridians.

I watched quietly, feeling a little nervous for a moment.

Soon, I found that I could actually see the flow of Spiritual Energy within my body, and it suddenly rushed into a place.

Then, a space was opened up in that place, and I walked into it.

Or rather, my consciousness walked in and saw that it was covered in dark clouds, with lightning flashing everywhere.

There was also a layer of lightning coursing across the ground. I was a little scared at first.

Later, a bolt of lightning passed beneath my feet, and I was surprised to find myself unharmed.

Slowly, I completely let go of my worries, and the fear vanished entirely.

Instead, I felt a sense of coming home, which made me feel very close to it.

Suddenly, I had a bold idea. I didn't know why, but I felt like I could control this lightning.

It was a ridiculous thought; I startled myself.

I tried lifting a finger, and then a magical scene unfolded.

A small wisp of lightning crackled and popped around my fingertip.

From a distance, it looked like the fireworks I used to play with as a child.

When you light the fuse, a small cluster of sparks burns and pops.

It was beautiful, except my version had traded fireworks for lightning.

I tried attaching that lightning to my palm.

Immediately, there was a louder crackling sound and a shower of sparks.

I wanted to make it bigger, but no matter what I did, it wouldn't change.

I opened my eyes, took a deep breath, and looked at Martial Uncle. He was also looking at me and asked, "Did you break through?"

I nodded and replied to Martial Uncle, "Yes."

A flicker of joy crossed Martial Uncle's eyes, and he asked me, "Did you see a space inside? Or did you feel anything?"

I said yes, there was thunder and lightning inside, lightning everywhere.

There was even lightning beneath my feet, but it didn't seem to hurt me.

Martial Uncle's mouth hung open, his eyes wide as saucers. Even the female ghost beside him had an expression of disbelief.

Martial Uncle asked me urgently, "Really?"

Before I could reply, he continued, "Come, come, release it now and let me see.

No, that's not right. Strike a palm at me, and I'll feel it."

I froze on the spot, stammering, "Hit you? That doesn't seem right, Martial Uncle. What if I hurt you?"

Martial Uncle's face stiffened, and he said, "How could that be? With your cultivation level, you think you can hurt me?"

Seeing this, the female ghost beside me chuckled in amusement.

I hesitated for a moment and said, "Alright then!"

Martial Uncle stood there with his hands on his hips and said, "Come on."

I channeled my spiritual energy, and my hand was instantly covered in an arc of electricity, accompanied by a crackling sound.

Then, I struck Martial Uncle's chest with my palm. Martial Uncle stood rooted to the spot, his body twitching.

Seeing Martial Uncle frozen and showing no reaction, I asked him if this was the Lightning Attribute.

Martial Uncle nodded and said, "Yes, this is the Lightning Attribute, and it's the strongest of all attributes.

Both in rarity and destructive power, especially against yin creatures, it's a complete annihilation."

I asked Martial Uncle again if the Lightning Attribute was very rare.

Martial Uncle told me to look at the attribute rankings myself: Water, Fire, Earth, Wood, Wind, Lightning. The further down the list, the rarer it is.

He also said that in his sixty-plus years of life, he had only seen one person with the Lightning Attribute.

Then he quickly corrected himself, "Oh, no, now there are two, and one of them is you."

He then stroked his chin, muttering to himself, "Could this thing be hereditary?

But I haven't seen anyone inherit their family member's attribute in all these years. Strange, strange."

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