The Wondrous Sea, Blazing Heaven-Covering Mountain.
Azure thunder rang out and dark winds surged. Before the Thunder Pool atop the peak, a young civet boy carrying the Green-Skinned Gourd walked along the path, his eyes darting about. Before long, he reached the Wind-Thunder Pool.
"True Person-"
Before he could finish, the wind and thunder within the pool turned into an azure vortex. It spun lazily, finally converging on a single point, from which a silver gleam leaped out and landed before Tianxin.
Xu Xuan slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. The broad sleeves of his ink-black robe patterned with red clouds snapped in the wind, while Cinnabar Thunder transformed into a light, spirited thunder sparrow and landed unsteadily on his shoulder, as though drunk.
"You certainly reaped all the benefits."
He flicked a finger, and the thunder sparrow formed by Cinnabar Thunder fell from his shoulder, becoming a streak of purple-and-white thunder qi that returned to the sword.
Sky Thunder was a lineage particularly adept at making the inner self respond to the outer world. With the support of clear qi, the cleansing within the Wind-Thunder Pool greatly benefited both nature and life, purifying karma and clearing the heart, expelling filth and evil, and granting the Dharma Body a little more of the nature of wind and thunder.
What surprised Xu Xuan somewhat was that Cinnabar Thunder had also gained considerable benefits. The sword spirit dwelled within it, breathing wind and thunder in and out like a human body, cleansing the blade and swallowing a good deal of the pool's thunder essence.
Tianxin had never seen such a wondrous artifact spirit. Curiosity filled his eyes, but he seemed to remember something and hurriedly withdrew his gaze, lowering his head.
"True Person, my master has finished refining the spirit pills.