Start practicing from Mr. Fox

Chapter 77 Peach Wood Sword

"Do you think we can succeed this time?"

Taoist Xiyun asked softly.

Chen Ji shook his head.

"I do not know either."

Then he thought about it and asked Taoist Xiyun.

"If we follow the Taoists' practice, how should we perform this Lightning Attraction Technique?"

"The Lightning Induction Technique."

Taoist Xiyun said slowly.

"If you want it to be more powerful, then of course the mantra, command, hand seal, steps, environment, medium, momentum, and intention must all be in place, and the rituals must be followed. That's when it's complete."

"But when I need to use it on a daily basis, I just need to make a simple hand gesture, chant the spell, and step on the magic steps to perform it."

"After all, the main purpose of thunder curses is to kill. When they really need to cast a curse, it is to punish evil spirits. There is rarely time to open an altar for rituals."

"Even the Taoist priests of the talisman school have developed thunder talismans. Just use them when you need them and they will directly bring down the thunder curse."

Taoist Xiyun looked at Bai Si and spoke slowly.

At this time, Bai Si had already assembled the iron rods and dug a hole to bury them at the location Chen Ji mentioned.

He turned around and asked Chen Ji if this was okay.

"It should be okay."

Chen Ji looked at the distance of the lightning-attracting iron rod and asked Bai Si to stand further away.

"Then I'll start."

Bai Si looked around, still feeling uneasy.

Chen Ji and Miss Bai were seen looking at him with smiles, and the other little foxes were chirping and cheering for him.

Taoist Master Xiyun also had a gentle look, as if he was looking at his own disciple.

He also recalled the scene when he asked Chen Ji for advice just now.

"Sir, if I have an iron rod but still can't practice thunder magic, what should I do?"

"Then change your method. You don't have to master thunder magic to enter the fox school."

"Besides, you are already quite good. Ordinary foxes are afraid of being punished by thunder and dare not practice thunder magic."

"You can summon thunderclouds and remain unaffected. You are already stronger than many monsters."

"As for not being able to summon thunder, it shouldn't be a big problem. Perhaps it's because I'm not strong enough in Taoism. After all, I haven't transformed yet."

"Of course, maybe this time we can trigger thunder, which would be great."

My thoughts turned, my mind became firm, and all my previous worries disappeared.

Bai Si gritted his teeth, looked up at the sky, raised his hand, and performed the lightning-inducing technique as before.

"I follow the command of the Goddess of Mount Tai and respectfully invite the five gods of thunder to sweep away the evil in front and the evil spirits in the back. Sunshine, shine, and help me eliminate evil!"

"Boom!"

Thick thunderclouds gathered in the sky, thicker than the previous ones. The center of the sky was almost as dark as ink, and it seemed as if water was dripping.

However, there was still no thunder.

"Didn't it succeed again?"

The foxes and Taoists around him looked solemn but said nothing.

However, Chen Ji did not look at Bai Si and Lei Yun, but quietly looked at the iron rod stuck in the ground.

His eyesight is not bad now, and he can see some clues.

There seemed to be an extremely faint vibration at the top of the iron rod.

There were still faint sparks coming out.

Thunderclouds, iron rods, sparks, all the elements are present.

Chen Ji couldn't suppress the smile on his face and spoke from a distance.

"Cast it again."

"it is good."

Bai Si listened to Chen Ji's words, gritted his teeth, raised his claws, and displayed the Thunder Technique.

"Sunshine, sunshine, fight evil with me!"

"boom……"

Just like the gods of thunder were driving their chariots across the sky, muffled thunder exploded continuously from above the head.

A purple lightning flashed down with thunder, striking the trembling iron rod in the distance.

“Swish!”

The ground around the iron rod cracked into fine purple lightning marks, stretching towards the poplar trees in the distance.

"Crack!"

A flash of lightning passed by, and in just the blink of an eye, most of the poplar tree was burnt black, but fortunately, half of it still had life left.

Look at White Four again.

He stood there for a long time without coming to his senses. After a long time, he retracted his fox claws, his legs went limp, and he collapsed on the tree stump, trembling as he asked.

"First... sir, is this really the lightning spell I cast?"

"It seems so."

Chen Ji smiled slightly, with approval flashing in his eyes.

"I've mastered it! Chirp! I've also mastered the art of attracting lightning!"

After receiving Chen Ji's affirmation, Bai Si shouted excitedly.

Just about to run over.

He raised his leg but didn't dare move it. He tentatively stretched out his claws and touched the ground.

After confirming that there was no remaining lightning, he ran over and laughed.

"Thank you sir!"

"I have truly mastered the art of thunder!"

"Hehe, now I can say that I have mastered the art of magic!"

Chen Ji nodded in affirmation, but then touched his head.

"But it's not your ability. You relied on the lightning staff to cultivate it. You can't always attract lightning like this in the future, right?"

"Of course not."

Bai Si sighed, but couldn't help but smile and asked with his face raised.

"But since you can come up with a way to attract the lightning rod, don't you have other methods?"

"I need to think about it."

Chen Ji said slowly.

So the people and foxes present were divided into two groups.

The little fox went to prepare to harvest the lightning-struck wood.

According to Taoist Master Xiyun, these are all top-quality materials for making magical instruments.

Although it is not jujube wood, it cannot ward off evil spirits.

However, the poplar wood struck by lightning can also be used to make magical tools such as soul-calming nails and soul-nourishing puppets, which is also very good.

Chen Ji and the others discussed Bai Si's situation.

"I never thought this could really solve the problem of Lightning Induction Technique, but it's inconvenient to carry."

Miss Bai looked at the iron rod on the ground thoughtfully.

"Just before the lightning struck, there seemed to be a flash of lightning on this iron rod?"

"I saw it too."

Taoist Xiyun also nodded.

The two of them looked at Chen Ji together and asked why.

It's a tip discharge...

Chen Ji sighed silently in his heart, but could only shake his head. "I just wanted to give it a try, but I didn't expect it to actually work, so I really don't know."

"It's a pity..."

Taoist Xiyun shook his head.

"But it's already amazing that you can come up with a solution."

"If we can't do without the lightning rod, we can use a lightning array instead, which is more effective than the normal lightning spell."

After listening to this, Chen Ji also admired Taoist Xiyun's open-mindedness.

If you can't master the art of attracting thunder, then practice the art of thunder formation.

They both involve thunder and magic, so there really isn't any problem.

It was Miss Bai who shook her head.

"That shouldn't be the case. When I cast the spell, I didn't deploy the lightning rod."

"Is it really cultivation?"

Miss Bai was thinking about what Taoist Xiyun was thinking about and asked.

"What if we let Fourth Daoist Bai try with the peach wood sword?"

"Ok?"

Chen Ji looked at Taoist Xiyun carefully, trying to judge whether he was serious or joking.

"What do you mean by that, Taoist priest?"

"I just thought about it, and this spell from Fellow Daoist Fox seems to be the thunder spell that the talisman sect uses when they open an altar to perform a ritual."

"I wasn't paying attention before, so I didn't think about it."

"From this perspective, Fellow Daoist Fox performed all the rituals correctly, except for the peach wood sword. This peach wood sword is engraved with the Five Thunders Spell, which also has the function of attracting lightning."

"If that's the case, then Daoist Hu, when he performed his magic, there was no lightning strike. He might have forgotten to take the peach wood sword."

Miss Bai thought about it and frowned slightly.

"I remember that day I saw a Taoist performing thunder magic, and it seemed like he had a peach wood sword."

"But I didn't have any, so I used bamboo sticks instead, but I never thought it would have this effect."

"If that's the case, you can also find a peach wood sword."

Chen Ji stood there in a daze, feeling overwhelmed.

He thought of many reasons, but he never thought that Bai Si couldn't use thunder magic because he was missing a peach wood sword.

The lightning-inducing rod happened to be able to attract thunder, and it unexpectedly made up for this function.

If we really do as they say, there will be no need for a lightning rod.

"I happen to have a peach wood sword here."

Taoist Xiyun took off his sword.

It was indeed a good peach wood sword that had become patina-like. There were lightning marks on it, which also showed that it was made of wood struck by lightning.

"You can borrow Brother Fox to try first."

"Is that so... then let's give it a try."

Chen Ji called Bai Si back and handed him the peach wood sword.

"Wait until I dismantle the lightning rod and then try the magic."

"it is good."

Having successfully performed the lightning-inducing technique once, Bai Si is now not afraid of failure at all.

Even a little excited.

Return to the same position and cast the spell.

"boom!"

There was thunder in the sky.

“Swish!”

Thunder struck the ground.

“Swish!”

Bai Si chanted a spell and swung his sword again, and another bolt of lightning fell.

Although it is not as powerful as before, the magic is more natural than before.

He was about to chant the spell again, but his body went limp, the peach wood sword slipped out of his hand, and he sat down exhausted.

His face was filled with excitement and excitement.

"Miss Bai, sir! Do I really think I've mastered the art of attracting lightning?"

"I guess so, I guess so!"

The two answered with a smile.

Only then did Bai Si close his eyes in satisfaction and slowly fall asleep. His soft and fluffy tail naturally retracted and covered his body, red like a blanket.

Miss Bai shook her head, feeling somewhat helpless.

"I'll take him back first. Sir, you guys can come back slowly."

"Alright."

So Miss Bai didn't wake up Bai Si, but used magic to lift him up in the air and walked away on the clouds.

Chen Ji was thinking about how Bai Si would perform the lightning-inducing technique in the future.

It was clearly a fox, yet it was holding a peach wood sword and performing thunder magic.

It's really bizarre.

While thinking about something, I heard the voice of Taoist Xiyun.

"Does Fellow Daoist Chen want to learn how to mine lightning-struck wood?"

"it is good!"

Chen Ji responded and walked over to observe carefully.

He thought that lightning-struck wood was a common material, but he never imagined that there was a way to collect it.

Taoist Master Xiyun wanted to collect some for his disciples to practice making magical instruments.

It’s a good opportunity to teach Chen Ji some basic taboos.

"There's natural lightning energy inside the lightning-struck wood, which emits a unique scent. If you smell it, it's real."

"When taking wood, it's best to use magic. If conditions are insufficient, you can break it. Using ordinary iron tools is not recommended, as it can easily disperse the lightning energy."

"And remember two things."

Taoist Xiyun's expression became unusually serious.

"The grave site is a place of thunder and wood, which is evil and unfavorable."

"The transformed thunder wood is not tolerated by heaven and earth, and cannot be adopted."

Chen Ji nodded, knowing that these were thoughtful words and he would remember them carefully.

Taoist Xiyun then focused on picking up the wood again.

But this time I was much more careful.

He not only looked at the shape of the wood but also confirmed the grain, and it took a long time before he took down a piece.

Chen Ji couldn't help but ask curiously why the movements were so slow.

Taoist Xiyun then slowly spoke.

"The statues of the Five Great Emperors are almost finished and are being prepared to be transported back to Xiantai Mountain."

"Afterwards, we need to go to Zhanshui Town to purchase some materials and hire workers to repair the temple."

"I'm about to go deal with the demons in Jinluoyuan, so I'm going to prepare a talisman for you. This one looks perfect."

"If the plague ghost really comes to us in the future, we can resist it for a while."

Chen Ji felt warm in his heart and bowed to express his gratitude.

Taoist Xiyun is such a good person!

(End of this chapter)