Gou in the world of comprehension

Chapter 1516 This cultivation world is too complicated
Hearing Senior Brother Hongshang's words, Su Fan nodded silently, his heart filled with helplessness.

He increasingly felt that the waters of the Spirit Profound Realm were too deep; even a small ripple could drown him.

Rather than waiting to die, it's better to leave as soon as possible and return to the Realm of Misfortune.

Thinking of this, Su Fan looked up at Senior Brother Hong Shang.

"Senior brother... I would like to ask you, if I wish to travel to the Jiaochen Realm, how do I cross the realm barrier..."

Senior Brother Hongshang shook his head, his tone tinged with regret.

"Perhaps I am ignorant, but in recent years I have only heard of cultivators who can travel within the same realm, but I have never heard of anyone who can cross the boundary barrier and travel to other realms..."

Upon hearing this, Su Fan sighed deeply, feeling utterly disappointed.

If even Senior Brother Hongshang, a living fossil of the sect, doesn't know about it, then others certainly don't know either.

“Senior brother… in our ‘Guangfa Dao Sect,’ which senior brother do you suspect is an incarnation of those people from the upper realm…”

Without a second thought, Senior Brother Hongshang voiced his guess.

"metropolitan……"

Upon hearing this, Su Fan rubbed his face and then let out a long sigh.

He knew perfectly well that Senior Brother Hongshang must have thought this through carefully long ago, and was definitely not just talking nonsense.

At this moment, Su Fan's scalp tingled.

He never imagined that the kind old man who was so friendly to him was actually a spy for the "Guangfa Daozong".

Damn it, it seems we really can't stay at "Guangfa Daozong" any longer.

For some reason, Su Fan had a feeling that something would happen in the Spirit Profound Realm in the future.

He was superstitious about his sensitivity to crises, and whenever he had this feeling, something big would often happen.

So, I'd better run.

Judging from the memories that were forcibly erased from Senior Brother Hong Shang's mind, it's clear that the human Daoist sects of the Upper Realm of the Lingxuan Domain are capable of anything.

If things really don't go well, they will definitely conscript cultivators from the lower realms.

Su Fan used an ancient forbidden thunder technique to severely injure the true form of a great demon that descended from the upper realm; he made a huge splash.

At that point, I definitely won't be able to escape.

Faced with the forceful recruitment by the powerful figures of the human race in the upper realm, Su Fan probably wouldn't even dare to think of refusing.

Half a month later, in the early morning, while the sky was still shrouded in darkness, Su Fan took advantage of the lingering morning mist and quietly slipped out of his Uncle Hongling's cave.

He had put in extra effort the night before, keeping Hong Ling and Zhang Xuemo fast asleep, and they were still asleep.

He knew very well that if he said goodbye in person, there would inevitably be another round of entanglement and tug-of-war, so it would be better to take this opportunity to leave quietly and avoid adding to his troubles.

After leaving the cave, Su Fan avoided the sect disciples all the way. When he arrived at the mountain gate, he secretly used a soul-erasing technique on the disciples on duty to erase their memories of his departure from the mountain.

Not only that, he also secretly destroyed the recording artifacts that the sect had set up around the area to ensure that his departure would leave no trace.

After doing all this, Su Fan used a secret technique to change his appearance and physique.

At this moment, his figure suddenly shrank by half an inch, and his face became ordinary and unremarkable, completely disguising himself as a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator that could be seen anywhere.

He then went to Guangfa Immortal City and left using a teleportation array.

He traveled several times, changed identities, and flew around in his ghost crow for months until he was sure there were no pursuers behind him.

He then landed in a remote valley and stopped for the time being.

This time, Su Fan plans to disappear completely from everyone's sight and then find a quiet place to quietly cultivate in seclusion for decades.

As for the commotion outside, what does it have to do with him?

He had absolutely no desire to get involved in any of the messy affairs of the upper or lower realms.

In all honesty, Su Fan only wanted to find a quiet place to lie down and die.

Aside from that, he really had no other ambitions.

What immortality, what great path? I'm so ashamed of that.

Seriously, this world of cultivation is far too complicated.

Since I can't outmaneuver those cunning old guys like you, do you think I can't at least avoid them?

Instead of continuing to ride the ghost crow, Su Fan took out a flying magic weapon from his storage ring and flew eastward for several days until he finally arrived at an inconspicuous market town.

This time, he didn't leave "Xin Guangtian" through official channels, but instead chose to smuggle himself across the border.

There was no other way; Su Fan was on the run this time.

Several months later, Su Fan finally boarded a smuggling airship and quietly sailed away from the territory of "Xin Guangtian" under the cover of night.

At dawn, before the mist had completely dissipated from the mountains, the dewdrops hanging on the branches and leaves of the grass and trees reflected the sunlight, appearing crystal clear from afar.

Su Fan sat cross-legged by the pool next to the thatched hut, his eyes closed.

After a while, he slowly opened his eyes and couldn't help but sigh.

This is a place he carefully selected, located in a very remote dimension.

Su Fan is currently located in a very inconspicuous valley in this remote plane.

The closest place to his seclusion was a remote market town a thousand miles away.

He set up three layers of concealment formations at the entrance of the cave in the valley, and even disappeared into the void before entering his personal secret realm.

In any case, at least in the entire Lingxuan Realm, there is definitely no one who can find him.

As for whether he can evade the detection of those powerful figures from the upper realms, he can only do his best and leave the rest to fate.

We can't just go without making any preparations, just in case we manage to escape.

Su Fan then completely cut off all contact with the outside world and began a long period of seclusion.

In the early years, he devoted all his energy to refining the foundation of Lei Dao.

In the first few years, he devoted all his energy to refining the foundation of Lei Dao, but progress was extremely slow.

Facing the dry and tedious scriptures on the path of thunder all day long, with the pages covered in dense runes that resembled celestial texts, any cultivator would feel listless.

He recalled the days when he taught Hu Xuanlei the basics of Daoist techniques in his early years, a time when he took the opportunity to solidify his own foundation.

Looking back now, that knowledge was merely an "elementary school course" for beginners in the art of thunder. What awaited them next were profound theories akin to those of "junior high school," "high school," and even "university."

Even though he had to spend every day with dry and boring books, Su Fan gritted his teeth and persevered.

He knew all too well the importance of this step.

Fortunately, he was already mentally prepared and managed to get through the initial period of burnout, reviewing all the knowledge of each stage of the Thunder Path from beginning to end.

As it turned out, his perseverance paid off. After getting through the tedious period, his foundation in the Thunder Path became more and more solid, like an ancient pine tree buried deep in the ground, its roots quietly growing deeper.

Having solidified his foundation in the Dao of Lightning, Su Fan began to focus on studying the art of Lightning Escape. He had used Lightning Escape before, and many cultivators in the cultivation world were skilled in this technique, but after several years of in-depth study, he was shocked to realize how shallow his previous understanding had been.

In the eyes of most cultivators, being able to travel thousands or tens of thousands of miles in the blink of an eye is already considered a top-tier lightning escape technique.

Of course, he used to think so too.

But looking at it now, that lightning-based escape technique is nothing more than the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the path of lightning.

Compared to true lightning escape techniques, it's like children playing house.

Through day and night of studying the origins of thunder, Su Fan finally realized that true thunder escape is the deep fusion of one's own divine soul with the power of thunder and lightning in the world.

When unleashed, the figure can transform into invisible lightning, traversing mountains, rivers, and vegetation without a sound, at a speed that surpasses the limits of the naked eye.

Even when faced with the divine sense probing of high-level cultivators, it can remain hidden as easily as an ink droplet blending into water.

Even more ingenious is that advanced lightning escape techniques can even tear open spatial rifts, allowing one to instantly escape by harnessing the power of lightning from heaven and earth.

The highest-level lightning escape technique can even silently traverse several planes.

After several years of exploration, Su Fan, though only reaching the threshold of advanced lightning escape, has made a qualitative breakthrough.

Now, by using his lightning escape technique, he can silently travel hundreds of thousands of miles away in the blink of an eye.

Unfortunately, he hit a bottleneck after that, and no matter how much he studied and pondered, he could not make any further progress.

Su Fan knew that to break through this constraint, he would need some good fortune, or wait for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

There's no rush, because rushing won't help.

Therefore, Su Fan simply stopped spending time studying and figuring out the Thunder Escape Technique and instead began to focus on the "Five Elements Thunder Formation".

Previously, he could only barely activate a single-attribute lightning array, which was of moderate difficulty and limited power.

After years of study and practice, he is now able to use his own lightning power as a guide to repeatedly try to integrate the power of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

During this period, he encountered countless crises due to the backlash of the formation, but he managed to survive them all thanks to his strong physical body and divine soul.

After years of exploration, he finally figured out the point of convergence between the Five Elements and lightning, and created the "Five Elements Rotating Lightning Array".

Once activated, the power of the five elements transforms into five pillars of lightning, which interact and counteract each other in a continuous cycle.

Of course, the "Five Elements Revolving Thunder Array" is just the most ordinary thunder array, which any thunder cultivator could probably master.

But it's different for Su Fan, who started his career later in life; he's missed too many classes.

His ability to master and comprehend the "Five Elements Revolving Thunder Formation" is undoubtedly closely related to the years he spent learning the dry and tedious basic knowledge of thunder.

Next, he attempted to create an unprecedented thunder array by combining the energies he possessed, including the Yang Earthly Fiend, the Bone-Corroding Yin Wind, the Nine Nether Profound Water, the Eye of Ten Thousand Poisons, the Netherworld Yin Fire, and the Netherworld Filth Soil.

Because at least in this realm, no one can gather so much strange energy.

Moreover, Su Fan also fully integrated his inherent evil spirit characteristics into this thunder array.

As for its power, that remains to be seen.

However, judging from his past combat experience, Su Fan knew that the Thunder Path Fusion Array he created himself was absolutely extraordinary in power.

This allowed him to take a very solid step on the path of thunder.

After creating this Thunder Path Fusion Array, it also means that Su Fan will no longer need to rely on the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal" bug.

This is the difference between taking shortcuts by relying on cheat codes and diligently learning the basics.

However, Su Fan encountered a bottleneck once again. He felt that he had touched a trace of the origin of thunder, but breaking through it would not be so easy.

There are countless paths to the same destination.

In this world of cultivation, every ancient lineage of the human race shares a common characteristic.

That is, it is easy to learn but difficult to master.

It's very easy to get started, but extremely difficult to master.

In this world of cultivation, it's easy for Taoist cultivators to master a Taoist technique, but if you ask them to explain the simplest Taoist technique, probably very few people could do it.

Most Taoist cultivators are most concerned about their cultivation progress.

Everyone talks about the path to immortality, but most people are concerned with immortality itself, and may not even have a concept of their own path to immortality.

Of course, it could also be because their cultivation level is not high enough.

Standing atop a mountain peak, one sees the vast universe, but within a residential community, one sees only trivialities.

Su Fan was the same before, even though he had already broken through to the Integration Realm.

But when asked what the Great Dao is, he cannot answer.

Now things are different. Su Fan feels that he has vaguely touched the threshold of the Great Dao.

To put it bluntly, he hasn't even entered the door yet.

The reason why Su Fan encountered bottlenecks and constraints during his years of seclusion is ultimately because his foundation was too shallow.

Take Lei Dao for example, don't be fooled by the fact that he has the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal" which is a bug.

But while he can cheat, there's no way he'll use advanced lightning magic fairly and squarely.

Having figured this out, Su Fan then began to delve into the most obscure "theory of lightning balance".

This is the highest realm of thunder cultivation, the core of which lies in controlling the violent power of thunder and lightning, making it both strong and gentle, and controlling its release and release at will.

Initially, he was repeatedly attacked by the out-of-control lightning power, his body was covered with scorch marks, and his soul was also severely damaged.

But he did not give up. Instead, he calmed down and sought inspiration from his own Thunder Dao Body.

The power of thunder is intensely hot and violent, yet it can coexist with various strange energies within his body, such as the extreme polarity of earthly evil, the bone-corroding yin wind, the nine netherworld mysterious water, the eye of ten thousand poisons, the netherworld yin fire, and the netherworld filth.

Isn't this a kind of "balance"?

Over the next ten years, Su Fan honed his cultivation while refining his theoretical system of thunder.

He gradually came to realize that the balance of thunder was not about suppression, but about guidance.

Just like controlling floods, it's better to dredge than to block.

He can precisely control the power of every strand of lightning, compressing the raging lightning tribulation power into lightning threads as fine as hair, which can be used to intricately inscribe array patterns.

It can also transform gentle lightning spiritual energy into a warm current that nourishes the body and repairs hidden injuries left from cultivation.

In the later stages of his seclusion, the lightning around him no longer showed any sign of violence.

Instead, it carries a harmonious and pleasant charm. With every gesture, one can draw upon the power of lightning in the world for one's own use, without disrupting the laws of the world around them.

However, Su Fan was very clear-headed because he knew that he had not yet mastered the Dao of Thunder.

Now we are only one step closer to the true threshold of the Thunder Path.

The lightning techniques that Su Fan currently possesses can at best be called arts; they are still far from the true Dao.

(End of this chapter)