As he followed Xiangyang out of Shuo Lei Hall, Xiao Hua had already heard the whole story clearly.
It turned out that the Thunder Control Sect was not, as Xiao Hua had imagined, a peaceful, harmonious family filled with song and dance. Just as Xiangyang had said before, not only were there grudges and enmities between disciples of Rogue Cultivator origins, Cultivation family origins, and Thunder Control Sect origins, there were also conflicts among disciples of those different identities. Thus, to quell these mutual grievances, the Thunder Control Sect had a special rule: private fighting was forbidden within the sect outside Thunder Competition Ground, especially fights that could cost lives. Once discovered, both sides would receive severe punishment. Yet upon Thunder Competition Ground, life and death were left to heaven's decree; neither the Eight Great Thunder Palaces nor the sect master and elders would interfere!
Of course, going onto Thunder Competition Ground was not so simple. Both parties had to agree, sign a life-and-death blood covenant, inform their masters and elders, and report the matter to Dry Thunder Palace.
Such measures were naturally intended to minimize the internal attrition among Thunder Control Sect disciples. Yet, just as Zhuo[***] had said, wherever there were people, there was strife! Thunder Competition Ground of the Thunder Control Sect had never been idle; every so often, disciples of different cultivation levels would perish upon it!
As for Yan Lei Ridge, like Myriad Thunder Valley, it was a location within the Lei Mo Mountain Range of the Thunder Control Sect. However, this place was where Zhen Thunder Palace forged artifacts! Within the Thunder Control Sect, artifact refiners and alchemists were both scarce, and their status was somewhat higher than that of cultivators with the same cultivation level. The Yan Lei Ridge branch was the main