Chapter 141 – Heavenly Thunder refining body
The nine hidden dragon mark worked on his Dantian and conveyed some blurry information to him every now and then – just like it conveyed the information about the Heavenly Thunder Reservoir and was now asking him to refine his flesh using the power from the thunder mines.
At this moment, Long Yu’s ears were on the verge of getting deafened because of the roaring thunderclaps coming from the thunder mines. Apart from the thundering noise, there was no other sound that could be heard by Long Yu.
Countless thunder mines had illuminated the entire night sky and several thunder mines were interwoven to form a power grid like structure which closed in over Long Yu.
Although the northern lands were constantly covered with snow, not a single trace of snow could be found inside the Heavenly Thunder Reservoir.
It was a completely desolate place and due to constantly colliding thunderbolts, the rocks had become too hard and were even emitting some amount of electric charge and lightning sparks.
“Thunder mines can refine my body, but presently I am not strong enough to bear the direct bombardment of these thunderbolts. I have to store the power coming from these thunder mines in the nine hidden dragon mark so that I can use it later to refine my body.”
With this thought, Long Yu activated his nine hidden dragon mark to start absorbing the power of the thunder mines.
After the activation of the nine hidden dragon mark, the power of all the thunder mines that hit Long Yu’s head would automatically be stored in the nine hidden dragon mark, leaving Long Yu unscathed. And this energy would simply be inexhaustible!
As Long Yu started absorbing the thunder energy, his body functions slowed down almost immediately. His present cultivation level was not enough to bear the impact of the thunderbolts. As a result of that, his body was now incapacitated and severely aching.
Demon Tyrant form alone was not sufficient to defend his body from the adverse impacts of the exploding thunder mines!
However, Long Yu clenched his teeth to resist the destructive power of the thunder mines, letting it slowly seep through his body and flow into his meridians, finally integrating with the Xuan qi present in his body.
As the thunder power integrated with his Xuan qi, his body collapsed immediately, deprived of even slightest energy and fell limply on the rocks beneath him.
Since the nine hidden dragon mark was absorbing the power seeped into Long Yu’s body, it could not grant him any protection against the bombardment of the thunderbolts that fell upon his body.
However, Long Yu absorbed the power of an entire thunder mine and collapsed to the ground.
Even though his willpower was strong, Long Yu’s body was not strong enough to withstand the devastating power of these thunder mines exerted on his body. Even a slight trace of this thunder energy was capable of destroying his cultivation!
However, this did not stop him.
Long Yu activated his nine hidden dragon mark again and started absorbing another thunder mine. This thunder mine was like a silky ray of thunder and was thicker than the previous one and hence it could be imagined what enormous power it must be holding inside it. This was going to injure Long Yu’s body even more severely.
However, if he truly wanted to refine his flesh using the thunder mines, he must withstand all the injuries caused by the bombardment of the thunder mines.
In order to achieve supreme strength, Long Yu had to bear all this pain!
As he began slowly absorbing the second thunder mine and quenching his meridians, he went through immense pain which he was only able to endure because of his unshakable willpower.
If a person decided to absorb the thunder mines, the pain resulted during the absorption of the first mine would be so immense that it would surely dissuade him from continuing further.
But Long Yu was as firm as ever and was resolutely absorbing the second thunder mine, not interrupting the process even for a single moment!
He stretched his limbs out as more and more thunder mines bombarded him and their energy was being absorbed by the nine hidden dragon mark.
A day and a night passed and Long Yu had completely absorbed one thin and one thick thunder mine as well as he withstood the bombardment of the other thunder mines. When he compared the strength of his meridians, he found out that his meridians were now ten times stronger than they earlier were!
However, at this moment, his body had reached its limit.
Just when he started absorbing another thunder mine, his vision blurred and he fainted immediately!
The nine hidden dragon mark forced him to take some rest.
Perhaps the nine hidden dragon mark had no idea that this absorption of thunder mines would hit Long Yu so hard.
Since Long Yu’s body could no longer withstand the bombardment of the thunder mines, in order to prevent complete physical breakdown, the nine hidden dragon mark had induced a state of unconsciousness.
During this unconscious state, Long Yu felt as if he had come to a totally different place.
“It is a dream…a dream that follows my previous dream!”
Long Yu’s heart jumped suddenly!
He opened his eyes, looked around, and found himself floating mid-air, overlooking the vast expanse of sky and earth.
In front of him, he saw what he had previously seen – “Descendents of the Dragon tribe!”
He took a broad view of the “Descendents of the Dragon” tribe and noticed that several masters of body refining type martial skills were constantly entering and exiting the village.
Moreover, the powerhouses of this tribe were walking as if they were flying in the air and appeared as if they were immortal gods!
“I remember seeing this tribe in my vision previously, but that vision was directed from earth and did not have any view of the sky. But now as I am watching from the sky, it appears that this tribe has many terrific powerhouses who can even fly in the air!”
Were these powerhouses in the fabled realm of heaven and man harmony?
Long Yu’s heart started beating fast.
In the entire Tang kingdom, there were merely a handful of people that had reached the realm of Man-Heaven harmony and they did not appear in front of other people.
And right now, right in front of him, were numerous powerhouses of the realm of Man-Heaven harmony and that too in a single tribe!
Then the scene changed immediately.
He saw the martial court of the tribe where several 15 years-old boys had released their Zhenlings and were indulged in practice fights. They were also using various kinds of high-level martial skills.
These young boys had cultivation levels comparable to the top martial experts of the Tang kingdom!
A 15-year-old boy was in the Zhenling realm he would certainly soon enter the realm of Man-Heaven harmony!
Perhaps in this tribe, the realm of Man-Heaven harmony was just an ordinary level.
The Zhenlings released by these boys were nine hidden dragon Zhenlings while their martial skills were nine hidden dragon fist, not to mention their battle weapons were Qian dragon spears!
Long Yu preserved these scenes in his mind one by one.
He probably knew that these visions were not random visions but were meant to guide him to use his nine hidden dragon mark. In fact, by observing the young masters practising, he could also learn how to enhance the power of his nine hidden dragon mark.
The scene changed again.
Inside a thatched hut, a gentle-looking old man was teaching martial arts to a 5 or 6 years old boy.
“Our world contains 9000 principles. Those who control these laws control the heaven and earth and hence achieve provides unsurpassed martial power.”
“These principles are divided into four levels – the golden rock level, the mysterious jade level, the imperial seal level and the heavenly crystal level. The golden rock level is the weakest, but the heavenly crystal level is the strongest and grants formidable strength!”
“A martial expert begins with the mood, and then gradually comprehends the charm, the influence, the domain and finally comprehends the principle. After completely comprehending the principle, one can reach the realm of Man-Heaven harmony otherwise he will forever stay stuck with domain.”
“The heavenly tablet is of great importance to the experts at the imperial seal level. A person who is in the realm of Man-Heaven realm can use a heavenly tablet to absorb its Ling qi which will facilitate the fast comprehension of the imperial seal level of a principle and thus will grant great strength.”
“Moreover, the senior martial experts can integrate their comprehended core law with specific world principles to enhance its power. In fact, the comprehension of a core law also makes the comprehension of a world prince quite easy…”
Long Yu was on the other side, listening to whatever this old man was saying, and suddenly felt enlightened.
It turned out that the world laws really existed in this world in the form of 9000 principles!
The golden rock level, the mysterious jade level, the imperial seal level and the heavenly crystal level!
The four levels of world laws granted different strengths and the power contained in a heavenly tablet was of Imperial seal level.
Then, the Zhentian core law and the Knife-cut core law were only the weakest of the golden rock level principles.
But the core laws of the three most prestigious families of the Tang kingdom were of Mysterious jade level and this made these families invincible for generations.
“The Lunar tablet I have is of Imperial seal level and thus it is stronger than the blood dragon technique and the Spring and Autumn tactics.”
Long Yu’s heart contained no small excitement at the moment.
Unfortunately he had not yet achieved the realm of Man-Heaven harmony and hence could not comprehend a law completely. He could only comprehend a law up to its domain level.
Even in that case, Long Yu could comprehend the lunar principle to the domain level and it would make him invincible in the entire Tang kingdom!
Of course, the realm of martial arts premised everything!
However, even if a Zhenling realm expert comprehended the lunar principle to the domain level, he would still not be an opponent of a master from the realm above Zhenling realm.
Just when the scene in front of Long Yu was about to change, the old man spoke last few words.
“The martial experts of our nine hidden tribe are the descendents of the nine hidden dragon. Even a moderately talented expert from our tribe can comprehend the Nine Hidden Principle! The Nine Hidden Principle dominates over all of the 9000 principles and is the strongest principle in this world….”
The scene changed. However, these last few words of the old man kept reverberating in Long Yu’s mind.
Nine Hidden Principle!
The strongest principle in this world!
The nine hidden principle which dominated the 9000 principles actually originated from the nine hidden dragon mark!
These words had not made Long Yu happy but aggravated the innermost feelings of his heart.
How did he obtain this formidable strength which could dominate this whole world?
Long Yu could not believe he obtained it so effortlessly!
The Imperial Chu clan of the Tang kingdom had powerful ancestors who comprehended the core law to the Mysterious jade level, benefitting the future generations.
However, the descendents of the nine hidden tribes did not turn out to be so powerful for so long.
Long Yu merely knew that nine hidden dragon tribe lived in the mountain valley. Could the strength of the nine hidden dragon be inherited for so long?
For Long Yu, all these thoughts were still secondary.
The foremost question in his mind was the woman he had seen in his previous vision, Yu Fei, who wore a white gauge and looked like a noble woman, who was she?
Why did she carve the nine hidden dragon mark on Long Yu’s chest?
The nine hidden tribe, and the descendents of the dragon, where were they now?
These questions still needed to be answered!
Suddenly, Long Yu regained his consciousness and could once again hear the endless thunderclaps.
He opened his eyes only to see countless thunder mines flashing before him.
He had finally recovered!