"Is Chi Yuan still not coming out?"
Lan Miao couldn't help but find it amusing; it seemed this disciple of the Saint Venerable was quite tolerant.
Seeing that Chi Yuan still hadn't come out, Han Xuanji nodded to Zhou Yuan and Lan Miao:
"Walk!"
The three of them were the first to step through the golden stone gate.
The shock of seeing Han Xuanji and his group enter had not yet subsided when they were filled with excitement.
Unexpectedly, Han Xuanji's arrival provided a solution to the predicament.
This has also caused some people to have doubts.
There's something fishy going on!
Otherwise, why would Han Xuanji have a solution as soon as he arrived, while they were helpless?
And you still say you didn't open it!
Jiang Hanzhou watched Han Xuanji's figure disappear, then waved to the people behind him and said in a deep voice:
Let's go.
With them taking the lead, the other cultivators also suppressed their trepidation and filed in one after another.
On the other side.
Chi Yuan and the others watched this scene with slightly somber expressions, taking in everyone's expressions.
Speaking of anger, of course I am angry.
But Chi Yuan wasn't the kind of person to act rashly. If he went out now, he might get surrounded and attacked by a group of people.
Only by entering the Thunder God Hall will there be a chance.
I'll show you what's what then!
Chi Yuan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the surging resentment, and shouted in a low voice to the four people behind him:
"Walk."
The moment Han Xuanji passed through the golden gate, he felt his vision filled with a blinding purple-gold light, and then his feet stepped onto solid stone bricks.
After the light faded, the true Thunder God Hall was finally revealed before his eyes.
Contrary to his expectations of ruins, this was a remarkably well-preserved palace complex.
The dome hangs high, devoid of sun, moon, and stars, only countless golden lightning bolts, like swimming dragons, intertwine and weave through the depths of the void, illuminating the entire world.
Before them stood a gate tower a hundred feet tall, flanked by nine colossal dragon pillars on each side. The stone dragons on the pillars were clearly sculpted, their heads held high, each holding a fist-sized thunder pearl in its mouth, radiating an eternal, Imperishable blue light.
Behind the gate tower, a set of steps paved with purple jade winds its way up. The steps are several dozen feet wide, and the lightning patterns carved on them flow slowly under the reflection of lightning, as if countless tiny electric snakes are moving across the stone surface.
Every ten steps on either side of the steps stands a stone statue of a mythical beast, some flapping their wings as if about to take flight, others raising their heads and roaring, each with a different posture and lifelike appearance, as if they are about to pounce down from the stone platform at any moment.
Lan Miao looked up at the gatehouse, then down at the endless purple steps beneath her feet, and couldn't help but sigh softly:
"This is what the Thunder God Hall should look like. Compared to this, the ruins outside are just scraps that others don't want."
As he spoke, he stepped onto the first stone step, wanting to see what was going on with it.
Before he could even land properly, a bolt of purplish-blue lightning struck him squarely on the head.
Lan Miao was startled and quickly defended herself. She looked up at the sky, but all she saw were the wandering golden lightning bolts still drifting slowly deep in the dome, as if the lightning bolt from before was just a little joke they had played.
Be careful.
Han Xuanji also stepped forward and raised his hand to block the lightning. The aftershock of the lightning struck his palm, leaving only a tingling sensation and a slight sting, but nothing serious.
He glanced down at his palm and already knew what was going on.
These lightning bolts, though seemingly fierce, were not particularly powerful. They were likely just a self-check mechanism after the portal was opened, triggered whenever someone stepped onto the steps, increasing in power as they went higher. However, they posed no real threat to the three of them.
The three of them didn't linger any longer and continued upwards along the purple steps. The higher they went, the stronger the lightning became, gradually changing from a purplish-blue color to a purplish-gold color. When it struck, it even left marks on the stone steps, but these marks quickly disappeared.
Stepping onto the last stone step, a breathtaking view suddenly opened up before me.
It was a vast White Jade Square, and in the very center of the square stood a huge thunder dragon statue. The exquisite craftsmanship was comparable to a divine miracle. The dragon's head was raised high, and its mouth was slightly open, as if it was letting out a silent roar towards the heavens.
Each dragon scale was engraved with ancient runes, which shimmered with alternating bright and dark blue light under the golden lightning of the dome, as if the entire thunder dragon could come to life at any moment.
In front of the Thunder Dragon statue, a fist-sized Dragon Pearl floats, its entire body crystal clear, with countless bolts of lightning faintly surging and flowing within it.
Zhou Yuan looked at the Dragon Pearl, a knowing glint in his eyes, and explained:
"There are thirty-six temples in this Thunder God Hall, and each temple enshrines one of these Thunder Dragon Pearl."
Each Dragon Pearl is a Thunder Token and a key to the next realm.
Thirty-six temples?
Lan Miao glanced at the well-arranged palace complex behind the square and gasped.
"Does that mean there are only thirty-six Dragon Pearl in total? And no one else can go to the next level?"
Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment, then replied:
"Not necessarily. There should still be some Dragon Pearl scattered outside, but most of Dragon Pearl should be here."
Han Xuanji seemed to be deep in thought after hearing this.
Thirty-six Dragon Pearl are obviously not enough to go around. There are at least a hundred people who have come to this Thunder World, and more than sixty of them have come to the Thunder God Hall alone.
Just as Han Xuanji was about to speak, a familiar system notification sounded in his mind.
[The 10-star sign-in location " Thunder God Hall " has been detected. Sign in now? Each sign-in costs 300 Eternal Point Count, and you can sign in ten times.]
A place to sign in for ten stars.
However, it consumes significantly more resources than a regular ten-star sign-in area, and only allows ten attempts, so the rewards seem quite good.
Han Xuanji's heart stirred, and he silently recited:
"System, check in ten times."
[Congratulations, host, you have successfully checked in at the 10-star check-in location " Thunder God Hall " and obtained the " Thunder Dragon Mother Pearl ".]
[ Thunder Dragon Mother Pearl: The only Mother Pearl in the Thunder God Hall; all other Dragon Pearl are child pearls. The holder of the Mother Pearl can sense the approximate locations of the other thirty-six child pearls. Possessing the Mother Pearl allows one to open the teleportation array to the Second Heaven at any time, and it is itself a Law Treasure comparable to an eternal holy weapon.]
[Congratulations, host, you have successfully checked in at the " Thunder God Hall," a ten-star check-in location, and have obtained the " Ten Directions Return to Origin Instruction - Thunder Chapter."]
[ The Ten Directions Return to Origin Instruction - Thunder Chapter: A fragment of the Ten Directions Return to Origin Instruction, explaining the fundamental principles of the Dao of Thunder.]