Gou in the world of comprehension

Chapter 1485 Do you know how worried I am about you?

As night fell, thick as ink, completely soaking the mountains and forests, Su Fan quietly retreated back into his personal secret realm.

The bluestone by the pool still retained the warmth left by his meditation during the day. He sat down cross-legged, his fingertips lightly tapping his knees, but his gaze was fixed on the thunder mark in his palm.

The pale purple aura flowing within the mark at this moment is clear evidence that he has already taken control of the "Taixiao Transformation Chaos Divine Thunder".

But what he was concerned about was another, more mysterious ancient thunder technique, "Taiyi Soul-Shattering Extreme Life-Shaking Heaven-Shattering Thunder".

To find out the details of this lightning technique, Su Fan first took out the ancient book fragment recording lightning techniques from his storage bag.

On the yellowed and brittle silk, only a few words were engraved in ancient seal script: "Taiyi Thunder draws the essence of the Yang Qi of the Nine Heavens to temper the soul and spirit, destroy evil spirits, bring life to the extreme and destroy death, and has unparalleled power to calamity."

These few words, just over twenty, caused Su Fan's brows to furrow slowly.

The phrase "essence of Yang energy from the Nine Heavens" is completely contrary to the evil spirit energy that has now merged into his body.

"Let's try activating the basic lightning power first..."

Su Fan suppressed his doubts and slowly circulated his internal energy according to the methods recorded in the ancient books.

He deliberately avoided the evil spirits and only mobilized the pure power of heaven and earth thunder, attempting to condense the prototype of "Taiyi Thunder" in his palm.

But as soon as the magical power surged along the meridians to his fingertips, it abruptly stopped as if hitting an impenetrable wall, and not a single spark of lightning appeared in his palm.

Instead, a burning, stinging pain came over me, as if countless tiny fire needles were traveling through my meridians.

not right...

Su Fan abruptly withdrew his spiritual power and looked down at his wrist.

Faint red marks appeared on the meridians where spiritual energy had surged just now, as glaring as if they had been burned by high temperature.

The "Taixiao Thunder" requires the fusion of evil spirit energy to be activated, but the "Taiyi Thunder" rejects evil power.

Even pure heaven and earth thunder cannot be summoned; could it be that the spiritual energy attributes are incompatible?

Unwilling to give up, Su Fan made a second attempt.

This time, he deliberately used the purest spiritual power in his body to eliminate all traces of lightning.

Using only his own magical power as a guide, he followed the spiritual patterns in the ancient books and outlined the runes of "Taiyi Thunder" on his palm.

But just as he finished drawing the rune, the magic power in his palm suddenly fluctuated violently, as if it were being torn apart by an invisible force, and the rune instantly disintegrated and shattered.

The dissipated magic power rebounded, causing a tightness in his chest. He couldn't help but cough lightly, and a faint, metallic taste appeared on his lips.

Two consecutive failures made Su Fan fully realize the severity of the problem.

He opened his palm and gazed at the quietly dormant thunder mark.

The chaotic lightning power flowing within the mark was now subtly repelling the spiritual power within his body.

Could it be that the "Nine Heavens Yang Qi" required by "Taiyi Thunder" is a special energy completely different from the thunder of heaven and earth?

He muttered to himself, suddenly recalling the description in ancient books of "tempering the soul and breaking evil spirits".

Perhaps the key to this lightning technique lies not in spiritual power, but in divine sense.

With a try-it-out mentality, Su Fan closed his eyes, concentrated his divine sense, and attempted to use his divine sense as a guide to communicate with the "essence of yang energy" between heaven and earth.

At first, as soon as his divine sense ventured out of the secret realm, he felt a warm and powerful energy.

That was the yang energy contained in the stars of the night sky, completely different from the cold and yin energy of evil spirits, carrying vigorous vitality and blazing power.

But when he tried to draw this yang energy into his body, the evil spirit energy within him suddenly became agitated, rolling and roaring like an enraged beast.

The dark gray evil energy surged uncontrollably from his meridians, colliding violently with the yang energy drawn in by Su Fan in his palm.

"laugh……"

With a soft yet piercing sound, the moment the yang energy and the evil spirit energy came into contact, puffs of white smoke rose up like boiling water poured on snow. A burning and numbing pain came from the palm, as if the skin and flesh were about to be burned away.

Su Fan hurriedly severed his divine sense, but the impact of the collision between the two forces still made his arm tremble slightly.

A faint red burn mark remained on his palm, and the pain spread along his veins to his heart.

His guess was right; it was indeed a problem with the evil spirit energy.

Looking at the burn marks on his palm, Su Fan finally understood completely.

The yang essence of "Taiyi Thunder" is a natural mortal enemy of evil spirits. Whenever the two meet, they will annihilate each other in a fight to the death.

The previous failure to summon the thunder of heaven and earth was probably due to the residual evil energy within his body, which polluted the attributes of the thunder power, preventing it from matching the extreme yang nature of "Taiyi Thunder".

He looked down at his meridians. After years of cultivation, the evil spirit energy had long since merged deeply with his spiritual power and thunder power, becoming as inseparable as blood.

Completely separating them is virtually impossible.

If the evil spirit cannot be separated, how can the "Taiyi Thunder" be activated?

Su Fan frowned, his fingers unconsciously tapping the bluestone, producing a crisp "tap-tap" sound.

According to ancient texts, the principle of "birth and extinction" in this thunder technique may contain the concept of "yin and yang generating each other."

Perhaps, I can try to achieve a delicate balance between the evil spirits and the essence of yang energy in the thunder.

The moment the idea popped into his head, Su Fan felt it was almost crazy.

He picked up the ancient book fragments again, pondering the three words "birth, extinction, and destruction" repeatedly, his eyes flashing, when suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Taixiao Thunder" has the attribute of "chaos" and can contain evil spirits.

"Taiyi Thunder" is of the extreme Yang attribute and can dispel evil spirits.

If the two types of lightning power could coexist in the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal," it might be possible to neutralize the conflict between evil spirits and yang energy by using the power of the thunder seal.

Without hesitation, Su Fan circulated his spiritual energy once more.

This time, he did not deliberately avoid the evil spirit energy. Instead, he actively guided a small amount of evil spirit energy to his palm, while simultaneously using his divine sense to draw a wisp of yang energy essence, attempting to inject both into the thunder mark at the same time.

However, when the evil spirits and the yang energy meet at the edge of the mark, the conflict is more intense than before.

The golden patterns on the surface of the mark flickered violently, like a candle burning in the wind, as if it were about to be torn apart by two forces at any moment.

The pale red yang energy and the gray-black evil energy intertwined and annihilated each other.

The shockwave caused Su Fan's wrist to go numb, and he almost lost control of his spiritual energy. The burning pain in his palm returned.

"Or not……"

Su Fan gave a wry smile and slowly withdrew his hand.

The lightning mark on his palm was still slightly warm, clearly indicating that the previous attempt had put considerable pressure on the mark.

He looked up at his reflection in the pool, noticing the weariness and dejection in his eyes, but there was no sign of retreat. It had taken him several years to master "Taixiao Thunder," so it was normal that "Taiyi Thunder" was even more difficult; these were ancient secret techniques that couldn't be learned so easily.

Perhaps we should start by reducing the repulsion of evil spirits and gradually explore ways to achieve balance.

In the days that followed, Su Fan began another tedious and arduous period of seclusion.

Several months passed, but he still made no progress. This made him increasingly frustrated, and he couldn't help but drift off into distraction even when he was cultivating.

In comparison, the "Taiyi Soul-Shattering Heaven-Shaking Tribulation Thunder" is far more difficult and obscure than the "Taixiao Transformation Chaos Divine Thunder".

After several months, Su Fan hadn't even scratched the surface of this ancient forbidden thunder technique.

He sat cross-legged by the pond next to the thatched hut, his previous attempt ending in failure once again.

Even now, he hasn't found a single clue that can help him break through.

Su Fan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the surging anxiety in his heart.

This can't go on. If he keeps getting stuck on this, he'll go crazy.

Thinking of this, Su Fan took out a communication array plate from his storage ring, and with a flash of spiritual light at his fingertips, sent a message to his Martial Aunt Hong Ling.

"Uncle-Master, how is the situation at the front now...?"

His message had barely been sent when his Martial Aunt Hongling replied, her voice filled with urgency and concern.

"The front lines have been quiet for almost a year now. The beasts of the 'Mountain and Sea Realm' haven't launched any new offensives. But you must be careful. It's said that they've withdrawn a large number of ninth-tier beast kings back to the rear, probably to deal with you..."

"Don't worry, I'm well hidden. They won't be able to find me..."

"You must not be careless..." Another message came from Martial Aunt Hongling, her tone becoming increasingly serious.

"According to intelligence sent back by cultivators who have gone deep behind enemy lines, a large number of ninth-tier beast kings are gathering in various places in the rear. Once they detect your presence, they will rush to your location from all over the place, and then it will be difficult for you to escape..."

"I understand, thank you for your concern, Uncle-Master..." Su Fan put away his joking thoughts and replied seriously.

"Why are you thanking me? Do you know how worried I was about you..."

The message from Martial Aunt Hongling carried a subtle tenderness, which instantly froze Su Fan.

What the hell...

You're pulling this stunt on me again, talking like you've really fallen in love with me.

Su Fan rolled his eyes helplessly, chatted casually with his Martial Aunt Hong Ling for a few more minutes, then tossed the communication array plate into his storage ring. The helplessness on his face was gradually replaced by coldness.

He stood up from the blue stone by the pool, turned around with a gloomy face, and left the portable secret realm.

At this moment, the outside world was a gray and hazy place, filled with the lingering stench of strange beasts.

To be on the safe side, Su Fan remained hidden in the void.

Not only that, he also set up several layers of arrays outside his hiding place to conceal his whereabouts and aura, completely covering his existence.

Therefore, despite a large number of ninth-tier beast kings from the "Mountain and Sea Realm" searching for his traces and aura, they have found nothing.

He vanished from the void in a flash, and then waved his hand to dispel several concealment arrays.

For the past few months, Su Fan had been studying and trying to understand the "Taiyi Soul-Shattering Extreme Life Heaven-Shaking Tribulation Thunder," but he had been completely clueless, and the anxiety in his heart had long since reached its peak.

Staying in your personal safe haven and reinventing the wheel won't help at all. You might as well go out and explore; you might find a new breakthrough.

So he decided to temporarily leave seclusion and go find trouble with the strange beasts of the "Mountain and Sea Realm".

I'll give them a good beating and find a way to completely vent the anger that's been building up inside me for the past few months.

It was the dead of night, and a crescent moon hung in the sky, its cold light casting a chilly glow on the gray earth, adding to the desolate atmosphere.

He looked up at the night sky, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and he stopped concealing his aura, fully releasing his divine sense.

The scene within a radius of tens of thousands of miles instantly appeared clearly in his mind, and even the rustling of the grass, the chirping of insects, and the roar of beasts were all within his sight.

Not long after Su Fan released his divine sense, he sensed several powerful auras coming from tens of thousands of miles away. Like sharks smelling blood, they quickly spread towards his location following his divine sense.

It seems that since these ninth-tier beast kings couldn't find him for the time being, they gathered many companions in various places and laid a trap, just waiting for him to show up.

Su Fan sneered inwardly. As expected, the moment he appeared, his presence was sensed by the nearby ninth-tier beast king.

He decided to stop hiding it and summoned the ghost crow by making a hand seal.

Amidst flashes of black spiritual light, a massive ghost crow appeared before him, emitting a low cry.

Su Fan leaped and landed steadily on the back of the ghost crow, shouting in a deep voice, "Go..."

With a flap of its wings, the ghost crow carried him into the sky, disappearing into the pitch-black night in an instant.

At this moment, the area within tens of thousands of miles was in complete uproar. Countless strange beasts roared deafeningly and converged madly from all directions toward the direction where Su Fan disappeared.

They had been waiting for far too long, eagerly anticipating Su Fan's appearance. Now that they sensed his presence, they naturally chased after him like madmen, determined to tear him apart and devour him.

While using his divine sense to scan the surroundings and grasp the gathering of the strange beasts, Su Fan steered the Ghost Crow in a frantic escape in one direction.

He deliberately acted as if he was in a panic, on the verge of fleeing for his life.

But only he knew that he wasn't running away at all, but rather leading those strange beasts in circles.

The goal is to attract more ninth-tier beast kings to come over.

Since we're going to kill them all anyway, we might as well let them gather together and have a good, satisfying slaughter.

This also saves me the trouble of searching around and wasting time.

Let's just send all these ninth-tier beast kings over to deliver the food, and take care of them all at once.

Su Fan lay steadily on the broad back of the ghost crow, his fingertips lightly pressing the feathers on the crow's neck, guiding it to speed through the dark night.

The night was as dark as ink, with only the faint light of the waning moon occasionally piercing through the clouds, casting dappled shadows on the mountains and wilderness below.

The crow's wings spread out, creating a whistling sound, and it startled countless night birds as it swept across the treetops, yet its flight path was completely erratic.

Sometimes it would dart towards the mountains to the east, and just as it was about to crash into the cliff, it would suddenly rise up and turn west.

Sometimes it would circle halfway over a barren plain, and then turn south.

He was clearly circling back and forth within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, as if deliberately delaying the time, or as if weaving an invisible net.

In the short time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a dense whistling sound came from the night sky behind them.

Su Fan looked back and saw hundreds of dark figures rushing towards him from the night, each emanating a chilling aura.

(End of this chapter)