How Could Palm Thunder Be This Simple?
At this moment, in the training room behind Yu Jiaojiao's villa.
Su Clan’s Sixteen continued to guide Song Shuhang in his cultivation.
However, during his cultivation, Song Shuhang received a call from Venerable White, informing him that Venerable White was returning. Furthermore, Senior White mentioned that he suddenly felt very hungry and wanted to eat something delicious.
Speaking of food, Song Shuhang immediately thought of 'Fairy Bie Xue'!
The last Immortal Treasure Banquet " was so delicious that he almost swallowed his tongue.
So, Song Shuhang dialed the number of 'Fairy Bie Xue'.
The call was quickly connected, and Fairy's voice came through. "Hello, young friend Song? What can I do for you?"
"Um, I'd like to ask, how much would it cost to book a standard 'Immortal Treasure Banquet' for you, Fairy?" Song Shuhang asked tentatively.
"No need for Spirit Stone! Just cut a piece of the tip of your Onion Lady and give it to me, and I'll prepare a 'Immortal Treasure Banquet' for you," Fairy Bie Xue said readily.
Song Shuhang: "..."
He could already feel Onion Lady trembling inside the 'Inch-Shrinking Bag,' which was causing the 'Inch-Shrinking Bag' to vibrate.
"Fairy Sister, please stop tempting me to cut the scallion tips of the Onion Lady. If you keep tempting me like this, I might actually cut the Onion Lady one day." Song Shuhang sighed inwardly.
"You're reluctant? In that case, normally, my most basic 'Immortal Treasure Banquet' starts at 50,000, which is a Fifth-Grade Spirit Stone. I'll give you a 50% discount and round it down to 20,000 Grade-Five Spirit Stones, and I'll make you another Immortal Treasure Banquet." Fairy Bie Xue said with a smile.
She's a top-tier Immortal Chef in the Cultivation World, so her prices are naturally high. In fact, the starting price of 50,000 is already a discounted figure after Fairy Bie Xue has already applied a discount.
Song Shuhang immediately knelt down—he had recently traded forty Sixth-Grade Spirit Stone from Daoist Horizon, which, when converted to Grade-Five Spirit Stones, amounted to only four hundred, not even a fraction of what he had received at the Immortal Treasure Banquet.
"If you don't have Spirit Stone right now, young friend Song, you can pay me back later when you have more Spirit Stone," Fairy Bie Xue added. After all, young friend Song was only an Initial Third-Grade cultivator, and she guessed that Shuhang didn't have many Spirit Stones. So, if he really wanted to have a meal, she would let him pay on credit for the sake of Venerable White, since it was just a 'Immortal Treasure Banquet' anyway.
Song Shuhang silently took a breath. If he were to owe it, he would immediately owe 20,000 Grade-Five Spirit Stones! Fairy Bie Xue's Immortal Treasure Banquet was so expensive.
This was completely beyond his current means—there was no other way. Although he really wanted to treat Senior White to a special meal, given his current financial situation, he would have to order ordinary food or have Yu Jiaojiao's chef prepare something. Perhaps preparing two boxes of bayberries would make Venerable White very happy?
"Thank you, Fairy, but... never mind." Song Shuhang sighed.
"Hehe, actually I can let you owe me money indefinitely. You can pay me back whenever you have Spirit Stone. How about that?" Fairy Bie Xue said.
Song Shuhang was very tempted.
However, before he could speak, Fairy Bie Xue asked again, "By the way... Young friend Song, why did you suddenly decide to order a 'Immortal Treasure Banquet'?"
"Oh, well... actually, it's because Senior White is coming back." Song Shuhang answered truthfully. Fairy Bie Xue was currently staying in the Jiangnan Region. Soon, Venerable White would return on his sword, and Fairy Venerable White would be able to sense it immediately. There was no way to hide it, nor was there any need to.
Fairy Bie Xue: "..."
After a moment, Fairy Bie Xue gritted her teeth and said, "I'll prepare a 'Immortal Treasure Banquet Delicacies' for you. The price is 50,000 Grade 5 Spirit Stone, no discount. You can owe it to me... it doesn't matter how long you owe it. Even if you have Spirit Stone later and don't want to pay me, that's fine too. Basically, you buy a table, and you can owe me the money. You don't have to pay it back. Is that okay?"
Saying it's owed is actually a euphemism for giving it away for free.
So... Song Shuhang nodded without hesitation. "Okay."
"When will Fellow Daoist Bai return?" Fairy Bie Xue asked.
"It should be soon. Senior White is Sword Flight. Although it's half a world away, given his speed, he'll arrive very soon," Song Shuhang.
"Wait, I'll prepare the 'Immortal Treasure Banquet' as quickly as possible," said Fairy Bie Xue, and then hung up the phone.
Song Shuhang shrugged and put away his phone. "I suddenly owe Fairy Bie Xue fifty thousand fifth-grade Spirit Stone."
Su Clan’s Sixteen laughed out loud. With her hearing, she could naturally hear the conversation between Shuhang and Fairy.
"Oh right, Sixteen, I almost forgot. Here, take this." Song Shuhang said, taking a seed from his Inch-Shrinking Bag and handing it to Sixteen.
These are the seeds of the 'Seven Radiant Wonderfruit' that Uncle Zheng De of the Immortal Farmer Sect gave him yesterday.
He had brought something he intended to give to Su Clan’s Sixteen... but upon his appearance, intending to surprise Sixteen, he was instead knocked down by Sixteen with a single blow. He then completely forgot about giving it to Sixteen.
"What is this?" Su Clan’s Sixteen took the seed with a puzzled look. When her hand touched the seed, she felt a very comfortable sensation. It seemed that some very minor hidden dangers in her body had been relieved.
"These are the Seven Radiant Wonderfruit Seed. Uncle Zheng De from the Immortal Farmer Sect asked me to give them to you as his apology. Although they are Seven Radiant Wonderfruit Seed, consuming them will still provide some relief for the injuries sustained during the Heavenly Tribulation," Song Shuhang said.
"It's that strange old man." Su Clan’s Sixteen nodded and carefully put away the seed. "I appreciate his kindness... If you happen to meet that old man again, Shuhang, please thank him for me."
"Hmm," Song Shuhang said with a smile.
After a short rest.
Su Clan’s Sixteen began to guide Song Shuhang in cultivating two Third-Grade- grade spells suitable for him— the Lightning-Calling Art and the Void Flame-Summoning Method.
At the beginning of his cultivation, Su Clan’s Sixteen gave Song Shuhang two thick booklets containing introductions to the principles of the Lightning-Calling Art and the Void Flame-Summoning Method. Even for simple Third-Grade spells, the principles, introductions, and precautions for casting the spells were tens of thousands of words long.
Song Shuhang estimated that it would require several cumbersome steps to cast these two spells.
Under the personal guidance of Su Clan’s Sixteen, Song Shuhang began to try out these two spells.
"Sixteen, are all Third-Grade- grade spells this complicated?" Song Shuhang asked as he tried out the 'Void Flame-Summoning Method'. He found that his talent for learning spells had become quite ordinary. He tried the 'Void Flame-Summoning Method' several times, but not even a single flame appeared.
"It's not that complicated. The difficulty of Third-Grade spell should be similar to that of the 'Palm Thunder' you've already mastered," said Su Clan’s Sixteen. Spells before reaching the Fourth-Grade Realm are all about the same in difficulty; it's just that they require more mental and physical energy.
"How is that possible?" Song Shuhang. He remembered that when he was cultivating the Palm Thunder, Venerable White had only taught him how to draw a 'Thunder Talisman,' which was very simple to draw, consisting of only seven strokes. Then, he would simply use his Blood Qi and qi or true qi to draw the 'Thunder Talisman' on the palm of his other hand, and then use his spiritual power to activate the energy within it, thus condensing divine thunder in his palm.
Unlike this 'Void Flame-Summoning Method,' which requires using mental power to meditate on the runes and composition of the 'Void Flame-Summoning Method' in one's mind—then circulating one's internal energy in a specific way to guide the energy to inscribe four runes in the void—while using mental power to maintain the runes unchanged—then infusing the runes with internal energy a second time. Finally, using mental power to guide the power within the runes... only in this way can the power within the runes be drawn out.
"My Palm Thunder only has two steps, but this Void Flame-Summoning Method has five steps!" Song Shuhang.
"Two steps to the Palm Thunder? How is that possible? What kind of Palm Thunder only has two steps?!" This time, it was Su Clan’s Sixteen's turn to be incredulous. "Show me the Palm Thunder once?"
Upon hearing this, Song Shuhang immediately realized—Holy crap, so the Palm Thunder I learned was a special version all along!
This is definitely a heavily modified version by the Venerable White.
No wonder. Back when he was in his Tubo's hometown, he encountered a "Ghost General" left behind by the Altar Master Organization. He stunned the Ghost General with a single Palm Thunder strike. Palm Thunder was a spell that Song Shuhang, who was only at the first level at the time, could not possibly master.
"I think perhaps the Palm Thunder I learned is a modified version by Senior White." As Song Shuhang spoke, he quickly drew a 'Thunder Talisman' on his right palm with his left hand, and then stimulated it with his mental power, and a crackling Palm Thunder appeared.
Two steps, almost instantaneous casting.
Su Clan’s Sixteen: "..."
One can only say, as expected of Venerable White! How could he modify the Palm Thunder so simply?
Meanwhile, Song Shuhang was thinking to himself—should he learn the Void Flame-Summoning Method, the Lightning-Calling Art, and the advanced Palm Thunder lightning spell 'Heavenly Thunder in the Palm' from Venerable White?
Senior White might possess simplified versions of various spells?
This complex spell is really unsuitable for use in combat. Senior White's simplified version is much better; it's faster to cast.
Just then, a loud noise came from outside.
"Young friend Shuhang, this old man has arrived!" The hearty laughter of Lay Buddhist Xian Gong rang out.
Lay Buddhist Xian Gong is a senior member of the Nine Provinces Number One Group, a formidable figure who withstood a nuclear bomb head-on. If the nuclear bomb hadn't affected his condition back then, he might be Venerable by now.
Song Shuhang and Su Clan’s Sixteen came out with smiles to greet them, along with Yu Jiaojiao and Daoist Horizon to welcome Xian Gong.
Upon Xian Gong elder Duke Xian, Shuhang discovered that the elder was completely different from what he had imagined.
The Daoist name 'Xian Gong' sounds like that of an elderly man. Adding the suffix 'layman' gives it a scholarly air.
But in reality, the Lay Buddhist Xian Gong was a burly man with a red face, standing 1.9 meters tall, with muscles bulging like rocks all over his body.
"Young friend Shuhang, has the Dragon Demon arrived yet?" Xian Gong asked worriedly.
Song Shuhang smiled slightly, "Not yet."
"Excellent!" Lay Buddhist Xian Gong a sigh of relief.