The Power of the Silver Thunder Walnut

The Power of the Silver Thunder Walnut

Li Xuan hesitated for a moment, then picked two green walnuts from the Purple Thunder Walnut Tree.

The instant the walnuts left the branches, their flesh and shells began to wither rapidly. In the end, the walnuts became extremely brittle.

Li Xuan gave them a gentle squeeze, and the shells cracked apart and fell away, revealing two silvery-white walnuts inside.

[Congratulations, host, you have harvested two Silver Thunder Walnuts and gained 2 experience points in the secondary profession "Herb Farmer"]

"These are Silver Thunder Walnuts?" Li Xuan held the two walnuts up before his eyes and examined them carefully.

The Silver Thunder Walnuts were bright silver all over, like a pair of ornamental walnuts cast from silver. Their grooves and ridges crisscrossed beautifully, and they felt excellent in the hand. They were also as large as eggs, making them perfect for handling and playing with.

But Li Xuan was still young, and his hands had not fully grown. Naturally, he could not manipulate such large walnuts.

Beyond their appearance, what Li Xuan valued more was the power the walnuts could unleash. He did not lack things to play with; what he lacked was a trump card. If these things were powerful enough, he would devote himself to cultivating the Purple Thunder Walnut Tree.

However, Li Xuan currently had nowhere suitable to test the destructive power of the Silver Thunder Walnuts. His own courtyard was clearly not fit for an experiment. One careless mistake, and the newly built little courtyard might have to be rebuilt from scratch.

After thinking it over, Li Xuan took out a box, placed the two Silver Thunder Walnuts inside, and stored it in the Void Pearl. He would wait until he had a chance to test their power later.

Next, Li Xuan placed the Purple Thunder Walnut Tree beside the Void Grass, making it one of his most precious treasures.

Once the Purple Thunder Walnut Tree had been settled, Li Xuan finally calmed down.

In truth, after seeing the world outside, Li Xuan's emotions had already been stirred up, and he had been unable to calm himself for a long time.

That was why he had used cultivating the Purple Thunder Walnut Tree to settle his emotions.

The results were quite good. Li Xuan had calmed down and could now think clearly about the direction of his next excavation.

Li Xuan went to the wooden boards in the basement and began calculating. After all, he had received nine years of compulsory education. Although the stone wall would be difficult to excavate, he still had plenty of ideas.

Before that, though, he needed to extend the tunnel to the stone wall before he could figure out how to dig through it.

So, Li Xuan first returned to the surface and carried the Anvil Wood down into the basement.

He then cut the two logs into one-meter-long wooden strips.

Next, Li Xuan carried the strips into the tunnel and used them to build a frame inside it, supporting the tunnel and preventing it from collapsing.

An hour later, Li Xuan had finished building the supports in the tunnel, making it much safer to move around inside.

By the time he finished, it was already past midnight. Li Xuan was exhausted, and after coming out of the basement, he lay down in the pile of straw and fell asleep immediately.

Early the next morning.

As soon as dawn broke, Li Xuan got up, watered the flower seedlings under his care, then spread straw and other things that needed drying in the courtyard. After tidying the yard, he carried a Clay Pot filled with water into the basement.

After entering the basement, Li Xuan went to the north wall, moved aside the bricks to reveal the tunnel behind them, and crawled straight in.

Once inside the tunnel, Li Xuan took out his tools and began digging through the earth. As he dug, he built a frame with Anvil Wood to ensure the tunnel would not collapse, then stored the excess dirt in the Void Pearl.

After digging forward for more than ten meters, Li Xuan finally reached the stone wall.

Li Xuan slowly cleared away the dirt covering the stone wall before him.

"Finally, I've reached the stone wall." Li Xuan reached out and touched it, then stared at it intently as he identified it.

The entire wall was made of granite. This kind of stone was extremely hard and exceedingly difficult to excavate.

After looking at the stone wall before him, Li Xuan opened the Void Pearl and took out a box.

Inside the box were the Silver Thunder Walnuts.

"Little thing, today I'll find out what you can do!" Li Xuan chuckled and sent a strand of Soul Power into one of the Silver Thunder Walnuts.

After absorbing the Soul Power, thin arcs of electricity appeared across the surface of the Silver Thunder Walnut, making it look dangerous.

Li Xuan hurriedly placed the walnut in a recess in the stone wall, then charged out of the tunnel without hesitation.

Just as Li Xuan ran out of the tunnel.

Boom!

A muffled thunderclap came from deep within the tunnel. The ground trembled, and dust was shaken loose throughout the passage.

Then, the dust began spreading outward, instantly filling the entire basement.

A few minutes later.

"Cough, cough..." Li Xuan coughed as he rushed out of the basement.

"Damn! This thing is pretty powerful, but it's way too loud. The Spirit Masters outside could easily notice something strange here. Looks like using Silver Thunder Walnuts to blast through mountains and walls won't work." After catching his breath, Li Xuan patted the dust from his body.

Li Xuan sat on the ground and waited for a while. Once he felt that the dust in the basement had settled, he entered it again.

After returning to the basement, Li Xuan did not even bother cleaning it. He swiftly followed the original tunnel inward.

Li Xuan discovered that the area near the stone wall had collapsed. He continued digging and soon reached the stone wall once more.

After clearing away the surrounding dirt and broken stones, Li Xuan finally saw the explosive power of the Silver Thunder Walnut.

There was now a huge pit in the rock wall, half a meter wide and thirty centimeters deep!

This was a solid wall of incomparably hard granite!

"This... the Silver Thunder Walnut is amazing. It doesn't use much Soul Power, yet its destructive force is incredible! I really need to properly cultivate the Purple Thunder Walnut Tree from now on." Li Xuan took out the remaining Silver Thunder Walnut and chuckled. He had obtained a fine treasure.

But Li Xuan had never met any other Spirit Masters, so he had no idea what level of Spirit Master the Silver Thunder Walnut's destructive power was comparable to.

Still, Silver Thunder Walnuts consumed little Soul Power and activated quickly, making them ideal as a trump card.

Their only drawback was that they were single-use items. Once used, they were gone.

Therefore, Li Xuan would focus on cultivating the Purple Thunder Walnut Tree and try to stockpile more Silver Thunder Walnuts in case a battle broke out.

Looking at the other Silver Thunder Walnut in his hand, Li Xuan hesitated before ultimately deciding not to use it.

An occasional explosion might make others think it was an earthquake, but if it happened frequently, even an idiot would know it was man-made.

Li Xuan took out the box, placed the remaining Silver Thunder Walnut inside, and stored it back in the Void Pearl.

Li Xuan did not recklessly continue working. Instead, he reinforced the area around the tunnel to prevent it from collapsing while he dug.

If the tunnel collapsed and trapped Li Xuan inside, he would truly be unable to call for help from heaven or earth.

Li Xuan quickly used strips of Anvil Wood to construct a frame inside the tunnel.

Looking at the completed frame, Li Xuan took down the Clay Pot hanging from his back, summoned the Little Green Bottle, and poured the Green Spirit Liquid into the Clay Pot.

After diluting the Green Spirit Liquid, he evenly sprinkled it over the Anvil Wood strips.

After absorbing the diluted Green Spirit Liquid, the Anvil Wood strips quickly grew bark, then sprouted roots that dug firmly into the soil.

Moreover, the roots of the connected Anvil Wood rapidly tangled together, binding the structure even more tightly.

After finishing all this, Li Xuan returned to the surface.

After working all morning, Li Xuan was exhausted. He planned to rest for a while and let the Anvil Wood grow on its own.

One day left on the countdown. Tomorrow, I can rest after work.

Thank you, dear readers, for your support these past few days. Thank you.

(End of chapter)