To unleash Thunder Method anytime, anywhere, and with pinpoint accuracy, aside from disposable lightning beads that explode upon being thrown, most cultivators who covet Thunder Method actually aspire to master a specific Thunder Method.
To master Thunder Method, one must first cultivate a lightning seed within their body.
The original [ Ice Baleful Intent Yin Thunder ] was indeed extremely fierce, but the process of refining the lightning seed was truly inhuman.
Furthermore, this Ice Baleful Intent Thunder Seed... is extremely harmful to the caster's physical body and is extremely difficult to refine.
It's a case of inflicting a thousand wounds on the enemy while losing eight hundred of your own.
However, Chen Shuangbai's [ Midnight Month Cold Light Yin Thunder ] was evolved from [ Dao Fruit ], which removed the harmful and self-defeating influence, while retaining its original fierce power, and even adding a few more.
This is the Yin Thunder Method most suitable for Chen Shuangbai.
"Now that we have this spiritual material, let's begin refining the Thunder Seed."
Although the local clans have been temporarily suppressed by Chen Shuangbai, it is clear to everyone that they are bullies who prey on the weak and fear the strong.
However, Chen Shuangbai showed even the slightest sign of weakness.
This group of people will immediately take advantage of your kindness.
"Only by mastering more methods, greater power, and a higher realm!"
Only then can it suppress... everything!
After Zhuang Wen left.
Chen Shuangbai took out the array plate of the Six Directions Primordial Light Formation, activated it with his Law Power, and sealed off the courtyard where Listening to the Waves Pavilion was located. Then he poured out the spiritual materials from the Storage Bag one by one and placed them in front of him.
Refining the Thunder Seed, Part One.
After calming my mind and adjusting myself to the best possible state, I used my Law Power to refine the spiritual materials, removing impurities and fusing them into a single essence.
Chen Shuangbai lit an incense stick.
The incense was a concentration incense purchased from within the sect, which has the effect of helping to concentrate the mind.
soon.
The aroma rose and wafted, filling the entire space.
Chen Shuangbai spent a little time reciting the Daoist scriptures she usually chanted in order to calm her mind.
"The Great Dao is formless, yet it gives birth to heaven and earth; the Great Dao is without emotion, yet it governs the sun and moon; the Great Dao is nameless, yet it nurtures all things; I do not know its name, so I call it Dao..."
As the rhythmic chanting filled the air, the distracting thoughts in Chen Shuangbai's mind gradually disappeared.
When he felt it was about time, Chen Shuangbai released his Law Power, forming a vortex that swept up the spiritual materials and began to refine the impurities within them using a gentle, persistent process.
The step of refining non-ranked spiritual materials alone took three days and three nights.
Even though Chen Shuangbai's Law Power far surpassed that of his peers in both quality and quantity, he was still somewhat stretched thin.
He could only stop temporarily, put it into a jade bottle, then took out the recovery pill and began to circulate his Law Power throughout his body, waiting for a full recovery.
While circulating his internal energy and regulating his breathing, Chen Shuangbai couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"Using Law Power to refine these spiritual materials is too time-consuming."
"If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely seek out a Divergent Flame."
Within the heavens and earth, there exist many flames imbued with profound mysteries, collectively known as Divergent Flame.
The levels of Divergent Flame are roughly: spiritual fire, profound fire, true fire, and divine fire.
When Chen Shuangbai was at the Jade Spring Sect, he heard his alchemy teacher Yi Chongyue, say that there was Alchemist in the sect who possessed a Divergent Flame called the Qian Yang Spirit Fire.
Although it was the lowest level of Divergent Flame, it still helped that Alchemist refine many high-grade pills, saving him a lot of time and effort.
Chen Shuangbai felt a sense of longing.
If one could obtain a Divergent Flame to possess, whether it was for alchemy, weapon crafting, combat, or refining spiritual materials like this, it would be twice as effective with half the effort.
However, this Divergent Flame is extremely difficult to find.
"Forget about these unrealistic thoughts for now. The important thing is to focus on recuperating and refining the Thunder Seed."
Chen Shuangbai calmed her mind and focused on restoring her Law Power.
One day later.
He's back to his peak form.
Chen Shuangbai began refining the three types of spiritual materials that had reached the next level.
First-Tier Low-Grade spiritual material, the heartwood of a hundred-year-old shady locust tree.
First-Tier Low-Grade spiritual material, a cold, golden crystal from the earth's veins.
First-Tier Middle-Grade spiritual material: Ice Soul Jade.
Two more days passed, and the two advanced spiritual materials, the century-old Yin Huai wood heartwood and the earth vein cold light golden crystal, finally transformed into pure essence.
Finally, there's the Ice Soul Jade.
Refining this Ice Soul Jade took the longest time.
It took a full nine days and nine nights, during which Chen Shuangbai recovered twice, before she finally refined it and integrated it into that ball of essence.
Chen Shuangbai's face was slightly pale, her forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and even her breath turned into icy mist, showing how much she had been exhausted.
"However... compared to the original refining method, this is much gentler now."
However, he hasn't come away empty-handed over the past ten days or so.
Because of the large amount of Law Power consumed and the meticulous work of refining spiritual materials, his cultivation actually increased a bit, and the vortex of qi in his Dantian even grew larger again.
"Refining techniques... as I practiced, I actually made progress."
Chen Shuangbai adjusted her breathing again, restoring her condition to its peak.
The second step in refining the lightning seed.
Set up the magic array and inscribe the mantra.
Chen Shuangbai took out the materials he had prepared in advance to set up the magic array, drew a mysterious array inside the pavilion, placed various materials in different parts of the array, and then quietly waited for midnight to arrive.
Since this Yin Thunder Method is called [ Midnight Month Cold Light Yin Thunder ], then the most suitable time for it is naturally the Zi hour (11 PM - 1 AM).
As the sun sets in the Golden Crow and the moon rises in the east...
Chen Shuangbai sat upright in the pavilion, with the Moon Lord Divine Manifestation, with a dragon's head and a human body, materializing behind him. She drew in the moonlight from beyond the heavens, which poured down like mercury onto the ground.
As midnight approaches, the night grows still and quiet, with only the soft rustling of bamboo outside the window.
Time's up.
Chen Shuangbai walked into the center of the magic array, lifted the essence refined from the spiritual materials, and let it be tempered by the moonlight at midnight, while chanting incantations.
"The son refers to nourishment, where Yang Qi begins to sprout and breeds below. The moon refers to the essence of Taiyin, where the cold light gathers..."
As midnight approaches, the invisible energy between heaven and earth begins to undergo subtle changes.
At this time, the yin energy is at its peak, making it the coldest time of the year.
At the same time, it nurtures a pure yang life force.
As the incantation recorded in the Yin Thunder Method was recited, Chen Shuangbai clearly felt that the surrounding Spiritual Qi seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, slowly converging towards the formation.
A series of streams, tinged with a deep blue hue, were refined and incorporated into the essence.
When the time of day and night arrives at midnight.
Chen Shuangbai flashed with a sharp light, and her hands quickly formed a hand seal, creating the Midnight Month Thunder-Guiding Seal recorded above. The mantra she was chanting had reached its final and most crucial section.
"The pivot of heaven and earth, the transformation of yin and yang, the cold light of midnight—hear my command!"
"Condense!"
Chen Shuangbai shouted.
He then forcefully pushed the hand seals and all his vital energy towards the ball of energy radiating a cold, dark blue light.
There was no booming sound.
Only a silent stillness.
The magic circle suddenly shone brightly, bursting forth with a dazzling brilliance interwoven with silver-white and ice-blue light!
The azure Ziyue spiritual energy was greatly activated, flowing into the formation like rivers flowing into the sea, then being refined by the formation, and finally injected into the core essence.
The energy surged rapidly, like an inflating balloon, then contracted, then expanded again, then contracted again...
After repeating this process nine times, a wisp of electric light suddenly appeared inside.
Immediately afterwards...
Lightning crackled and danced wildly, a chilling aura emanated from the air, and a layer of frost spread across the floor, accompanied by crackling and popping sounds!
Upon seeing this, Chen Shuangbai finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a significant reduction in the pressure in her heart.
"So, it's done."