A Thousand Years of Immortal Dreams

After seeing Zhao Dezhu off.

Cao Wang immediately took out the piece of lightning-struck jujube wood and began to cultivate.

Simply by holding it in your hand, you can clearly feel the electric currents emanating from it.

Silent all night.

Shen Jingqiu was still nowhere to be seen.

However, Cao Wang clearly felt that the lightning strike technique had undergone a qualitative improvement.

"Crackling and popping!"

As the spiritual energy within his body circulated along the specific route of the lightning strike technique.

Visible arcs of electricity crackled at Cao Wang's fingertips.

"It's a success!"

Cao Wang was immediately thrilled.

The electric arc danced on my fingertips, as if it had a life of its own, and the touch was tingling and numb, which felt very comfortable.

"I just don't know how powerful it is?"

With a thought, an electric arc was released and struck the teacup on the table.

To Cao Wang's dismay, the teacup remained unharmed, without any damage whatsoever.

"It seems I was too hasty. After only one night of practice, I've barely scratched the surface. What power could it possibly have?"

"Knock knock knock!"

Just as Cao Wang was feeling disappointed, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Immediately afterwards, Hua An's damn voice rang out.

"You dare to come again?"

Without saying a word, Cao Wang put on his shoes, opened the door, and kicked Hua An in the chest.

"Ta-da!"

Hua An stumbled back five or six steps before falling headfirst to the ground.

"Brother, brother, wait! Let me explain!"

"Explain your ass! Who's your boss? Huh? If you want to die, don't drag me down with you! If it weren't for Elder Zhao yesterday, would those bastards like Wang Hu have spared me?"

Cao Wang went up and started beating the guy.

"Big brother, big brother, I was wrong! Please listen to me, I had no choice. Those guys asked for ten spirit stones right off the bat. Where would I get that many? He said I could borrow from someone, but you're the only one I know, so I gave them your name. I didn't know they would actually come looking for you!"

Hua An scrambled to his feet.

At this moment, Cao Wang noticed that the boy was carrying some things in his hands.

"Big brother, I know I was wrong, that's why I came to apologize to you first thing this morning. Look what this is?"

As he spoke, he handed over a piece of bone about the length of a human forearm, with a patella the size of a fist attached to the front.

"Aren't you practicing lightning magic and lightning strikes? This is a bone from a late-stage first-tier lightning-attribute demon beast. It contains a trace of lightning power. Using it to cast your lightning strikes will increase its power several times over!"

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Wang's expression changed.

"Look at the mess this has made. Wouldn't it have been better if we had just brought it out earlier?"

"Come in, come in and let's talk!"

The two entered the house, and Hua An brought some breakfast.

"This is breakfast I brought you from the cafeteria, have some."

But at this moment, Cao Wang's attention was entirely focused on that bone.

This bone is about fifty centimeters long, with one end being huge, like a small hammer.

It's perfectly fine to use it simply as a weapon.

Because he had already mastered the basics of lightning strike technique last night, Cao Wang could clearly feel the lightning power mixed in with this bone.

"Can this bone really amplify the power of lightning strikes?"

"Of course! This bone was given to me by that senior sister I was flirting with yesterday. She said it was her leftovers, and even using it to make soup would greatly benefit your lightning strike technique!"

Cao Wang: "..."

next moment.

Sizzle!

Cao recited the incantation for the lightning strike technique.

The spiritual energy transformed into arcs of electricity that traveled from the arm to the palm, and then from the palm to the bone.

Lightning draws upon the lightning power contained within the bones.

The originally weak lightning strike was instantly amplified several times over.

A white bolt of lightning shot out from one end of the bone, accurately striking Hua An.

"Ughhhh~!"

Hua An was instantly electrocuted and began to tremble and convulse.

A moment later, his body tensed up and he collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth and rolling his eyes.

"brother!"

Cao Wang immediately stepped forward and picked him up.

It took him a long time to recover from the numbness, but his mouth was still agape, as if he had suffered a stroke.

"Brother, you've actually mastered the lightning strike technique! My Golden Tortoise Spell can only protect one part of my body. You're truly amazing!"

I must say, this bone is indeed quite good.

However, Cao Wang could also sense that the lightning strike he had just used had clearly depleted the power within his bones.

In other words, it cannot be used for an extended period of time like a staff.

"By the way, brother, I heard they went looking for you, but what happened next? How did you get back?"

Hua An, who had recovered, quickly asked.

"I took a beating for you, and then Zhao Dezhu arrived and arrested them all!"

"That's good, that's good!"

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Hua An immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let me tell you, if you ever dare to drag me into this again, I'll beat you to death. But I'll spare you today for the sake of this bone!"

Cao Wang threatened viciously.

"No, it definitely won't happen again!"

Hua An gave an awkward smile, then got up and left.

……

After Hua An left.

Cao Wang cleaned the bones.

Then he pondered how to use the lightning strike technique.

"The damage from this lightning strike isn't visible yet. At most, it can paralyze a person through the bones. If we adjust the amount of electricity and control it to a level that a person can tolerate without causing paralysis, then it will have other, much broader uses. When I was practicing with Jiao San Niang before, even a weak current could make a person feel like they were dying of pleasure. So, if we increase the current..."

Thinking of this, Cao Wang chuckled to himself.

Cao Wang was not someone who used lightning strikes in dual cultivation.

Many people, both from the outer and inner sects, have mastered this basic spell.

There have even been many accidents where people were "electrocuted".

……

It has been three days since I last saw Shen Jingqiu.

If all goes well, the jade pendant should be activated soon.

Taking advantage of this time, Cao Wang went to the ordinary library of the library again to look for detailed information about Shen Jingqiu.

This time, however, Cao Wang gained even more.

From "The Biographies of the Four Great Immortal Sects: The Biography of Shen Jingqiu", we know that during Shen Jingqiu's seventy years of menial labor, she obtained an opportunity from the back mountain. It was this opportunity that allowed her to rise again and reach the peak.

If she were to receive this opportunity now, Shen Jingqiu in the current timeline wouldn't have endured seventy years of menial labor.

Cao Wang began to investigate based on this clue.

I finally found a copy of "The Primordial Dao Court - The Annals of the Dao Lord".

This book records the lives of the seven Dao Lords of the Primordial Dao Court.

However, it is severely damaged, with only one-tenth remaining.

Fortunately, there are a few records about Shen Jingqiu's time in the servants' quarters.

The seven Dao Lords of the Primordial Dao Court.

The first Dao Lord: Emperor Shiyuan.

Second-generation Dao Master: He Ran.

The third generation Daoist master: Yun Zhongzi.

Fourth Dao Lord: Tianyanzi.

The fifth generation Daoist master: Ling Xuzi.

The sixth generation Daoist master: Xuanjizi.

The last Daoist leader, Shen Jingqiu.

Her opportunity was related to Yun Zhongzi, the third generation Dao Master.

The book records that in the thirtieth year of the miscellaneous servants' quarters, Shen Jingqiu discovered "Yun Zhongzi's handwritten annotations, the complete Taichu Sword Manual" in the back mountain.

This book contains annotations personally written by Yun Zhongzi, the third generation Daoist master, in his later years, and includes the method of "reviving a withered tree in spring".

Shen Jingqiu relied on this method to reshape his sword bones and even transform them into a more powerful sword body.

The second one is the "Nine Revolutions Concentrating Spirit Technique".

Yun Zhongzi created this method by combining ancient divine consciousness cultivation techniques. It is divided into nine stages, with each stage representing a different level of enlightenment. One can open the Purple Mansion by cultivating to the third stage and glimpse the secrets of heaven by cultivating to the sixth stage.

However, according to Shen Jingqiu's own admission, there is another powerful opportunity within.

But because it was not suitable for Shen Jingqiu, she left it in place, waiting for the next destined person.

……

……

Cao Wang organized and summarized all the clues he had collected.

into the night.

Cao Wang finally dreamed of that void.

The jade pendant in her bosom absorbed the essence of the moonlight and emitted a faint glow.

Cao Wang is going against the flow of time.

Two thousand years have passed, and I have met Shen Jingqiu again.