Lightning flashed, purple serpents gleaming; thunder boomed, rousing the hibernating multitudes.
Firelight flew in glittering swarms; thunderclaps shattered mountain caves-
As Chen Heng raised his head to gaze at the sky, the hundreds upon hundreds of maidservants and several Dragon Women within the Grotto-Heaven were also startled by the commotion.
Yet this thunder was nowhere near as fierce as it had been ten years earlier, and they had received instructions beforehand and knew the circumstances.
Thus, the women did not panic, merely craning their necks in curiosity, their eyes flickering.
"So this is Little Pure Yang Thunder? How powerful."
One delicately sculpted, bright and adorable Dragon Woman shrank back a little, saying with lingering apprehension:
"I heard that whenever one of Chen Jade Pivot's children successfully breaks through, they have to endure a strike from this thunder? How strange. Do they simply have to face an extra tribulation for no reason?
"What secret art did Chen Jade Pivot use to accomplish this?"
"Few in all the Nine Provinces and Four Seas know what secret art it is. If you want to discover the truth, I'm afraid you can only ask Chen Jade Pivot to his face."
Beside her, a Dragon Woman who looked about twenty, with skin like snowy jade and a charming, tender countenance, raised her eyebrows slightly as she spoke.
Her remark made several Dragon Women smile and shake their heads, and they began teasing the bright young Dragon Woman, provoking her into chasing after them and swatting at them.
For a time, hems and skirts swayed like moonlit shadows clustering over hills, like flowers glowing in rich splendor, each with a beauty of its own.
Before entering this Great Marsh Longevity Sin-Deliverance Grotto-Heaven, they had all been specifically instructed to become as friendly as possible with Chen