Liu Fusheng chimed in, "Steward Ge, an arrogant madman like him deserves the harshest punishment! Teach him a lesson, lest he think the Moon Gazing Pavilion has no one capable of dealing with him!"
Soon, two more stewards of the Moon Gazing Pavilion entered, carrying a frame covered in bronze patterns.
This was the cauldron used to summon heavenly thunder.
Steward Ge took a yellowed talisman from his robes and muttered an incantation.
Rumble...
In an instant, thunder rolled across the heavens. Dark clouds gathered wildly, and lightning serpents surged through them.
Crack!
The next moment, a bolt of heavenly thunder struck straight at Ning Que.
Liu Fusheng and his daughter immediately held their breath, their eyes fixed on the cell.
It was as though they could already see Ning Que screaming under the lightning.
Xingyunzi turned his face away, unable to bear watching what would happen next.
Yet a second later, the screams they expected never came.
Everyone looked closely. When the bolt struck Ning Que, it vanished like a clay ox sinking into the sea.
Though his robes were charred black, his seated figure remained steady as a rock. He had not even furrowed his brow.
Constellations swirled and gathered behind him, gradually forming phantom images of the Four Divine Beasts.
It was these phantoms of the Four Divine Beasts that swallowed the heavenly thunder whole.
"Moon Gazing Pavilion! Open your eyes and look closely! This is the Fallen Star Pavilion's Four Divine Constellations Scripture! Does it carry even the slightest trace of an Evil Cultivation Art?"
Ning Que's voice thundered throughout the room.
Everyone was stunned.
No one had expected Ning Que to use the Four Divine Constellations Scripture to withstand the Heavenly Thunder Punishment.
And indeed, the technique Ning Que was using carried not the slightest