Minor Rain Accumulation Technique (Is Anyone Reading?)

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[Exorcism and Blessing in progress...]

Scenes concerning the Serpent Seed of Si flashed one after another.

In the spring of the Thirty-Sixth Year of Zhaoyang, after an evil entity from Beyond Heaven descended, Yuanming of Dragon-Raising Temple led numerous monks to the place ravaged by the extraterrestrial aberration and eliminated the eye-like demons.

After exterminating the evil demons, they failed to find their source. Helpless, Yuanming led everyone back. Most of the Eye Demon remains were thrown into Snake Abyss, but Yuanming secretly kept some and studied them in secret.

Two years ago, Yuanming seemed to have gained something, yet at the most critical moment, the Previous Abbot stopped him and ordered Yuanming to dispose of the remaining Eye Demon remains. With no other choice, Yuanming threw them into Snake Abyss.

A year later, the Previous Abbot died, but for some unknown reason, new Eye Demons were born within Snake Abyss.

The scenes came to an abrupt halt there.

Su Qingqiu frowned. In those memories, he had clearly seen that Yuanming of Dragon-Raising Temple had already become somewhat deranged while studying the Eye Demon remains. Even the Previous Abbot's death was connected to him.

Yet as far as Su Qingqiu knew, Yuanming was now the master of Dragon-Raising Temple's East Temple. There was not the slightest trace of madness in him.

Had the Eye Demon remains' influence on Yuanming vanished, or had it sunk into his very bones, with the current Yuanming merely putting on an act?

Su Qingqiu could not understand.

While Su Qingqiu was deep in thought.

East District of Dragon-Raising Temple.

Yuanming was secretly meeting with a man wrapped in black robes.

"Master Yuanming, there is not much time left for us. You must speed things up. The seal on Snake Abyss must be opened, otherwise..."

"Forget it. I'll first contact Si Snake in Snake Abyss through consciousness. As you said, have it make an even bigger disturbance."

"Heh, let's see if that old nun Yuanhui can still keep her cool."

The man in black sneered and closed his eyes.

"Si Snake seems to be enraged."

"Hm... Are there Spiritual Serpents overestimating themselves and challenging it?"

"Those pitiful creatures, if I were—"

Pfft!

Before the man in black could finish, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

His entire body withered at once.

"Damn it, who is it?! Who dared to ambush me?!"

"No... Si Snake's aura in Snake Abyss has vanished..."

The man in black immediately recalled that Yuanming had asked him to contact Si Snake and make an even greater commotion.

So... those bald donkeys had been harboring ill intent all along, waiting here to ambush him!

He should have known better. A bald donkey's words were the least trustworthy!

"Damn you, Yuanming! You ambushed me!"

"Go to hell!"

The man in black suddenly flew into a rage. Vast Evil Qi surged into the sky as he struck Yuanming with his palm, then smashed through the roof and fled into the void.

He had to run. If he stayed any longer, he might end up being kept here.

"Cough, cough... Damn it, what is that lunatic going mad for?!"

Yuanming was sent coughing up blood by the man in black's palm strike and staggered before collapsing onto the ground, utterly bewildered.

Though he truly had harbored no good intentions and had been using these simple-minded evil demons, how had this demon discovered it?

"Junior Brother Yuanming, what happened? Are you all right?"

Yuanhui suddenly appeared before Yuanming, her face startled. Then she looked around at the Evil Qi permeating the area and said, "How can such dense Evil Qi exist within East Temple? Could it be that Junior Brother Yuanming was ambushed by evil demons? Are your injuries serious?"

Yuanming gave a bitter laugh, struggling to rise from the ground. Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, he said, "Cough, cough, I'm fine. Just some minor injuries. Those evil demon scoundrels had somehow hidden in this monk's room. I was careless and let them ambush me successfully."

"Fortunately, the Abbot arrived in time and frightened off the evil demons. Otherwise, this monk would have faced grave danger today."

Hearing this, Yuanhui knitted her brows. She quietly surveyed the surroundings, then carefully examined Yuanming's condition before saying, "It seems these evil demon scoundrels have set their sights on Dragon-Raising Temple. Since that is the case, starting today, both East and West Temples must thoroughly investigate the temple monks. No one may be overlooked. We must root out every evil demon hiding among us."

"Also, send people to scour the surroundings of Dragon-Raising Temple. Any evil demons or strange entities must not be spared. Dragon-Raising Temple has not made a great show of force in many years. Could it be that these evil demon scoundrels have mistaken us for easy prey?"

With every word Yuanhui spoke, Yuanming's brow furrowed three parts deeper.

By the end, he could only suppress the bitterness in his heart while pretending to show a trace of delight. "Yes, Abbot! It should have been done long ago. We must let those evil demon scoundrels know that Dragon-Raising Temple is not one to be trifled with!"

As he spoke, Yuanming wanted to say more, but suddenly froze and looked up at the sky.

"Is it raining?"

"How could it suddenly rain beneath a clear daytime sky?"

Yuanming asked in astonishment.

A fine drizzle had arrived without warning. Rain beneath a clear daytime sky truly carried a touch of eerie strangeness.

It was now the Thirty-Eighth Summer of Zhaoyang.

Since the Thirty-Sixth Year of Zhaoyang, the great drought had lasted nearly three years. Let alone rain, even overcast days had been few and far between.

More than half the Great Wasteland region had dried up, and its rivers had run dry.

Thus, such fine rain falling beneath a clear sky was an exceedingly rare sight.

"Strange. This rain contains threads of pure Spiritual Light, upright and peaceful. It has even swept the Evil Qi completely away."

"Could some virtuous eminent monk within Dragon-Raising Temple be versed in the art of Rain Prayer?"

Yuanhui also stared at the sky, her brows tightly furrowed.

Though Dragon-Raising Temple possessed deep foundations, enlightened eminent monks from the Kong Generation and Mu Generation before the Yuan Generation still remained in this world. Yet she had never heard of anyone possessing the ability to Summon Wind and Rain.

The mana and Daoism cultivation required were simply too profound; ordinary cultivators could never accomplish it.

The misty drizzle had come suddenly and gone just as quickly.

Before Yuanhui and the others could make sense of it, it abruptly vanished. The two searched carefully again but found no clue to its origin, and could only give up.

Meanwhile, within Snake Abyss.

A moment earlier.

[Exorcism and Blessing complete]

[Obtained Divine Ability: Minor Rain Accumulation Technique, 300 years of Daoism cultivation]

The Minor Rain Accumulation Technique could summon wind and call rain within a small area. It consumed Spiritual Light, dispelled demonic and evil qi, and returned heaven and earth to clarity. It was a lesser technique beneath the superior divine ability Summon Wind and Rain. With persistent practice, one could obtain Wind-Thunder-Rain Essence and form the divine ability Summon Wind and Rain.

"Minor Rain Accumulation Technique?"

"It is actually a lesser technique beneath Summon Wind and Rain. I can practice it step by step and eventually obtain Summon Wind and Rain?"

Su Qingqiu was intrigued. After all, Summon Wind and Rain was a standard dragon-clan skill.

Similar abilities included a True Dragon's Cloud-Walking Rainmaking and a Jiao Dragon's Stirring Wind and Waves. It could be said that no dragon could do without the elements of wind, thunder, and rain.

They were practically the spokespeople of wind and rain.

Though the Minor Rain Accumulation Technique was merely a lesser technique, as long as Su Qingqiu continued practicing it, once he grew stronger, perhaps one day he truly might obtain the legendary dragon-clan divine ability of Summon Wind and Rain.

Su Qingqiu immediately activated the Minor Rain Accumulation Technique, and nearly two thousand points of Spiritual Light were instantly exhausted.

In return, a misty drizzle fell that day throughout the ten-mile radius around Dragon-Raising Temple, including within Snake Abyss.

For a time, birds, beasts, grass, and trees rejoiced; evil demons and strange entities fled in haste; Pure Spiritual Qi rose, and Evil Qi receded.

Heaven and earth were swept clean.

The many gazes fixed upon Dragon-Raising Temple fell completely silent.