Overdraw the future and become a peerless martial god

Chapter 57 Leizu
The bronze bells hanging from the eaves tinkled softly in the wind, their sound like gentle thunder. The three characters "Gongfa Pavilion" on the lintel were deep and weighty, rippling through the silence. There, countless lightning-attribute techniques, martial arts, secret manuals, and combat skills were hidden. Guarded since the era of the Thunder Blade Sect, three hundred years of wind and rain have passed, and the lightning patterns seeping from the cracks in the bricks and stones still flicker like serpents.

Chu Ning stood before the cultivation technique pavilion, a gentle breeze ruffling his blue robes. As he stepped onto the last stone step, the little snow fox suddenly peeked out from his arms, its nose twitching and ears perking up. The ancient, thunderous aura emanating from this pavilion instilled instinctive awe even in spirit beasts.

"Don't be afraid." He gently rubbed the snow fox's earlobe, a flash of lightning disappearing from his fingertips. "From today onward, there will be no place here that neither of us can set foot in."

He raised his hand, lightning crackling in his palm, and placed it on the lightning pattern mark in the center of the bronze door.

"boom--"

The grinding sound of the bronze door hinges scraping against each other was like muffled thunder rolling across the earth's veins, and the purple lightning spilling from the cracks in the door blasted spiderweb-like scorch marks on the ground. Chu Ning's sleeves were lifted by the shockwave, revealing the cracked skin on his forearms caused by the backlash of the lightning—this door was testing the new master's qualifications.

An ancient, refined, and slightly oppressive surge of lightning-attribute spiritual energy rushed towards him, mingling with the dust and woody scent of time, flowing into Chu Ning's nostrils. His eyes narrowed slightly, and his mind stirred subtly for a moment, as if gently provoked by an invisible force of lightning.

The interior was dimly lit, with only a few purple lightning crystals embedded in the walls emitting a faint glow, illuminating the entire space in a dreamlike manner.

The Martial Arts Pavilion is divided into five floors. The first floor contains introductory martial arts techniques and basic combat skills. The second floor contains advanced martial arts techniques below the Yellow Rank. The third floor and above can only be entered with the seal of the Pavilion Master. It contains various Profound Rank martial arts techniques and should not be opened lightly except at important times.

Each floor is protected by a "lightning array". Anyone who tries to break in without authorization will be blasted to death by lightning.

Chu Ning skillfully guided the hall master's mark, and with each level he ascended, the surrounding spiritual energy fluctuations became increasingly intense. The first level contained neatly arranged low-level scrolls, while the second level had been replaced by neatly arranged jade slips of cultivation techniques, each emitting a faint glow of lightning attribute. By the third level, the surrounding walls were even engraved with lightning-patterned arrays, sealing those powerful cultivation techniques that could be activated on their own with the slightest carelessness.

The little snow fox nestled in Chu Ning's arms, sniffing around and occasionally licking Chu Ning's fingertips, as if it had sensed some ancient scent.

Finally, Chu Ning reached the fourth floor.

The moment he stepped inside, the entire space trembled, as if thunder had roared invisibly. He stood there quietly, and after a moment, everything returned to calm.

This floor was arranged in an extremely simple manner, with only a circle of ancient wooden bookshelves. There were no jade slips on the bookshelves; instead, there were exquisitely carved wooden boxes. At the bottom of each box was a thunder talisman. The cinnabar on the talisman paper had long since faded to a dark brown, but it could still sense the repulsive lightning that burst forth when Chu Ning approached.

Chu Ning's gaze swept over the boxes one by one, and suddenly stopped on the middle of the second row on the west side.

It was a rather old wooden box. The lightning patterns around it were not intense, but there was a faint, steady flow of lightning energy, like long-accumulated thunderclouds brewing a storm.

He reached out and opened the wooden box, where a yellowed ancient book lay quietly.

Despite the weathered cover, the ancient, gilded characters are still clearly legible:

Thunderclap Blade Technique - Fragment

Chu Ning's heart was shocked.

This is one of the core martial arts passed down in Benlei Martial Arts School, the Thunderclap Saber Technique! He has been practicing this technique since he first entered the school, and he already understands its thunderous intent and saber momentum. However, he always felt that something was missing. Now that he has seen the original fragment of the scroll, he felt a strange sensation in his heart.

He carefully turned the pages, and the moment his fingertips touched the yellowed paper, a faint flash of lightning traveled along his fingers, as if testing and recognizing its master.

Chu Ning felt a slight tremor in her heart, but steadily turned to the end.

There, several pages of yellowed and illegible handwriting were clearly added, which were handwritten annotations by later generations.

"I am Lei Ming, the founder of the Thunder Blade Sect, and a disciple of Lei Zhenzi, a first-rank master of the Thunder Dao. After Lei Zhenzi attained enlightenment, he created the Ninefold Thunder Scripture, which is divided into three parts: upper, middle, and lower. He entrusted it to Yun Yuanzi, myself, and Mu Lietian for safekeeping, to protect it from being stolen by the demonic path."

Yun Yuanzi obtained the first volume and created the "Nine Heavens Thunder Canon," which integrates Yin and Yang into thunder, inducing changes in heaven and earth, establishing the Nine Heavens School, opening the way of all thunder returning to one, discussing the Dao by using thunder to guide heaven, Yin and Yang in harmony, and the power of thunder is unparalleled.
I obtained the middle volume and created the "Thunderclap Blade Technique". Using Yang thunder as its blade, I control thunder with the blade, cutting through all things, destroying thousands of armies. It is unparalleled in Yang power and its might shakes all directions.

Mu Lietian obtained the second volume and created the "Yin Thunder Heavenly Canon," specializing in Yin Thunder. He controlled Thunder with his mind, and when stillness reached its extreme, changes occurred. He concealed himself in the formless and developed the technique of returning all thunder to its source, thus establishing the Heavenly Thunder Sect. He transformed the Nether Thunder into a spirit, and surged silently in the shadows.

Unfortunately, the Nine Heavens Sect was destroyed in a calamity, and the first volume was lost; I hid the second volume in the Thunder Blade Sect with the remaining techniques; the third volume may still be hidden in the Heavenly Thunder Sect.

The three volumes, when combined, form the Ninefold Path, capable of leading to the First-Rank Thunder God Realm. Alas, this unfinished ambition remains; may future generations carry on its legacy.

Chu Ning was deeply shaken and remained silent for a long time.

It turns out that the Thunderclap Saber Technique he had painstakingly cultivated until now was merely the middle volume of the complete Thunder Technique! And the upper and lower volumes were still hidden in the relics of the Nine Heavens Sect and the Heavenly Thunder Sect.

"If I can truly collect all three volumes, perhaps I can reach the first-grade Thunder Dao realm, or even—fulfill Lei Zhenzi's unfinished ambition and rebuild the Thunder Dao inheritance."

He looked down at the little snow fox in his arms, who was also looking up at him with bright, alert eyes, as if it had sensed something.

"It seems I'm determined to win the Qingyun Arena championship in three days," Chu Ning murmured, his gaze deep and unfathomable.

He sat quietly in the deepest part of the fourth floor of the cultivation technique pavilion, surrounded by lightning-patterned arrays. The rows of lightning-attribute cultivation technique scrolls resembled sleeping behemoths, flickering with faint electric light. Chu Ning opened the yellowed "Thunderclap Blade Technique - Fragment" in his hand, his mind completely immersed in it.

The first page features the familiar "Cloud Splitting Style".

The second page contains "The Awakening of Insects," a piece he had already mastered.

He used the Hunyuan Divine Decree to prepare for these two techniques, and although he used them to their fullest extent, he never truly understood them.

Just as he turned to the third page, an ancient script caught his eye:

"Third move: Nine Thunder Shadows".

His eyes suddenly lit up, his expression a mixture of tension and excitement. It was an extremely complex cultivation diagram, with densely packed lightning patterns outlining the trajectories of nine clones, each lightning shadow carrying the power to annihilate everything, as if nine war gods were charging out side by side!
Chu Ning immediately activated the Primordial Chaos Divine Decree, attempting to preemptively draw upon this third move.

But in an instant, he felt a powerful backlash that shook his divine sense back, and the Primordial Divine Decree remained silent and unresponsive.

"The price for the Primordial Body Refining Technique has not yet been fully repaid, so the divine decree has been sealed." Chu Ning let out a soft sigh.

He closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time.

The next moment, he opened his eyes, a long-lost resolute light shining in them:

"This time... I won't borrow money in advance. I'm going to rely on myself to truly learn it."

(End of this chapter)