Chapter 185: The Wind and Thunder Dou Qi I Accidentally Made
The boundless deep forest stretched endlessly, a sea of lush green reaching to the edge of vision. Standing amid it, one could feel the entire forest ripple when the wind stirred, massive green waves rolling in one after another, vast and awe-inspiring.
Above the sea of trees, the sound of wind tearing through the air suddenly rang out. Two figures flickered from the distance. With a flap of their wings, they hovered midair, gazing at the seemingly infinite forest below. When their eyes finally landed on the gap between two mountain peaks nearby, they both revealed relieved expressions—so this was the marshland.
Xiao Yuan exhaled with some fatigue. He and Xiao Yan had flown for three full days to find this ideal place to train Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
After half a month of basic learning, Xiao Yuan had finally become a beginner alchemist. While he could only refine second-tier pills, it was still a legitimate entry into the world of alchemy.
Of course, this progress was thanks to his already solid foundation, and his soul strength rivaled even some fifth-tier alchemists. That's why he could reach this level so quickly.
"Let's go!"
Xiao Yan nodded, his own fatigue showing. With a flap of his wings, he flew toward the marshland.
This was a narrow valley between two mountains. Sparse sunlight reached here, and pools of water dotted the ground, making the area extremely humid. As they proceeded deeper, the soil became wetter, until the very center had completely turned into muddy swamp.
The two hovered above the swamp using their flying Dou Techniques. After exchanging a glance, they nodded to each other.
Then Xiao Yan summoned Yao Lao.
The ghostlike yet partly solid soul body drifted into view. Yao Lao's eyes scanned the marshland below, and he smiled in approval. "Not bad. This is a perfect place to train Three Thousand Lightning Movement."
"There seems to be some magical beasts lurking in the swamp?"
Xiao Yan frowned slightly as his soul perception returned feedback.
"Just some small fry. No problem. In fact, they'll be perfect for testing your movement skills," Yao Lao chuckled, landing lightly on a tree branch. "Now, try moving freely through the swamp without hindrance."
Xiao Yan hesitated briefly, then nodded. He slowly descended, and just before reaching the swamp, his shoulders twitched—his Thunder Bat Sky Wings vanished.
Losing lift, his body dropped straight into the mire.
As soon as his feet touched the muck, a hot wind vortex erupted beneath him—but instead of launching him out, the swamp immediately sucked him in.
His legs were enveloped by the black sludge. Xiao Yan's face shifted—there was strong suction force pulling him down.
He raised his arms and slapped downward. The resulting pressure collapsed part of the marsh's surface, and he used the force of his Blowfire Palm to pull himself free, summoning his wings again to lift himself.
But just as his feet left the swamp, the calm surface suddenly erupted—dozens of inky black water bolts shot toward him.
Caught off guard, Xiao Yan was alarmed. But he wasn't alone—black ice spikes shot in from the side, shattering the water bolts and hitting their source directly.
Some of the ice spikes froze into patches of ice on the marsh. Within them, broken black snake corpses were sealed like black amber.
"Thanks, bro…" Xiao Yan said instinctively—then turned, stunned, to see Xiao Yuan.
Xiao Yuan had put away his Purple Cloud Wings and was standing on the swamp's surface. Not exactly stable, but he wasn't sinking.
…???
Xiao Yan couldn't understand it.
A brief soul probe revealed the trick, and he sighed.
Cheating again.
Xiao Yuan had frozen the marsh under his feet with ice-type Dou Qi and was using wind-type Dou Qi to buoy himself atop it, keeping his weight light enough to stay afloat.
"You little punk! I said to move through it—not stand still!" Yao Lao's face darkened. A ripple of energy shattered the ice beneath Xiao Yuan.
Gracefully, Xiao Yuan leapt to another patch of pre-frozen ice, then began dashing around the swamp.
Soon after, he summoned his wings and flew into the air, shaking his head.
This wouldn't work.
"See the problem?" Yao Lao asked, a teasing smile on his lips.
"Yeah, neither of our movement techniques work in this kind of terrain."
Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan exchanged helpless glances.
Xiao Yan's movement technique was a mid-tier Xuan-level one he found in the Magic Beast Mountains, relying on hot wind vortexes. Though it suited fire-type Dou Qi well, it was still slower than Xiao Yuan's Wind Thread Shadow Step.
Yao Lao smiled. "Once you master Three Thousand Lightning Movement, this swamp will feel like flat ground. And if you master it to perfection, you'll be able to fly and hover in mid-air briefly just by relying on the technique.
The previous master of Wind and Thunder Pavilion once used this technique to escape the combined assault of three Dou Zong powerhouses. He even seriously wounded one of them with a counterattack. Though this is only an Earth-tier low-grade technique, its speed can rival mid-grade ones."
Both Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan lit up. Such a technique would massively boost their combat strength.
With a flick of his finger, Xiao Yan summoned a silver scroll. As he caressed its lightning-colored surface, he could faintly hear the rumble of thunder and wind.
"Teacher, how do we train Three Thousand Lightning Movement?" Xiao Yan asked urgently.
Xiao Yuan remained calm. According to Yao Lao, he had to wait for Xiao Yan to start before he could begin training it himself.
Yao Lao explained leisurely, "Three Thousand Lightning Movement is one of Wind and Thunder Pavilion's prized secrets. Each scroll contains a wisp of wind and thunder power sealed by the Pavilion Master. Only by absorbing that power can you truly master the technique."
"Wind and thunder power…" Xiao Yan muttered, chuckling. "No wonder I could hear the sound just holding it."
Xiao Yuan looked thoughtful.
Did he really need external wind and thunder power?
He focused his mind into his Green Wood Qi Palace. The green Dou Qi there occasionally formed wind vortices—sometimes thunder.
On a whim, he tried merging them—and surprisingly, succeeded on the first try.
Green wind-and-thunder Dou Qi surged from his body, denser than the energy in the scroll. Yao Lao and Xiao Yan were both stunned.
What just happened?
"Wind and thunder power? No—did you just merge wind-type and thunder-type Dou Qi?" Yao Lao immediately identified the fusion with a flash of astonishment.
He'd originally planned to give Xiao Yuan some extracted wind and thunder energy from Bone Spirit Cold Flame. Who knew Xiao Yuan could create his own?
"Bro… seriously?"
Xiao Yan's brain short-circuited. He knew Xiao Yuan's five Qi Palaces could create strange hybrids—but seeing this green wind-and-thunder force for himself was shocking.
Hard to believe it all came from a wood-type Qi Palace!
"I just had a thought after hearing Teacher explain. Gave it a try, and it worked."
Xiao Yuan smiled and flicked his finger. A green wind-thunder arrow shot out, obliterating a black snake that leapt from the swamp.
"Pretty effective. The boost to my Dou Qi isn't much worse than with Heavenly Flames."
Yao Lao chuckled. "This power is why Wind and Thunder Pavilion lasted so long. Supposedly, you could only absorb it during thunderstorms on mountaintops. It's dangerous, and many disciples died trying. But if successful, it boosts Dou Qi more than even pure thunder-type energy—second only to Heavenly Flames."
Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan exchanged glances and said in unison, "We've already absorbed Heavenly Flames—this is nothing."
"Good! I like your spirit," Yao Lao nodded. Silently, he added, Hope you're still this spirited when lightning's smashing your faces later…
"So, how do we start?" Xiao Yuan asked.
"We wait," Yao Lao said with a grin.
"Wait? For what?" Xiao Yan frowned.
Yao Lao looked up at the darkening sky and smiled. "Wait for strong winds. Wait for lightning. Then absorb the scroll's wind-thunder energy. That's how you begin. Judging by the sky… not long now."
Xiao Yan looked upward and nodded.
Xiao Yuan, meanwhile, pulled out a pill cauldron and resumed his alchemy training.
Waste time waiting on the weather? Absolutely not.
He came to Canaan Academy to put the seniors under pressure.
Also—he was now a three-star Dou Ling.
Not from cultivation, but because Xiao Yan, in his boredom while researching flame fusion, had refined ten Three-Stripe Green Spirit Pills.
Xiao Yuan ate one. Despite resistance, he still gained a full star—quite satisfactory.
After all, training Dou Techniques took time. He'd just obtained a bunch of Fire Energy and was eager to use his new 17th-place training room.
Xiao Yan didn't waste time either. Not far away, he continued experimenting with Green Lotus Core Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
Now that his success rate with the Three-Stripe Green Spirit Pill was above 70%, his control of Heavenly Flames had become refined. He could even control a portion of Xiao Yuan's Yin-Yang Twin Flame without help.
Finding the balance point between two Heavenly Flames wasn't easy, but Xiao Yan felt he was close.
Watching his two disciples work so hard, Yao Lao smiled contentedly.
These two… would surely become titans of the Dou Qi Continent one day.
Fate had given him hope in his darkest hour—how fortunate to have found them.
As the two continued their efforts, time slipped into the next evening. Suddenly, the orange-red sunset was blotted out by dark clouds. Winds howled, bending the trees.
Thunder rolled ominously over the mountains. Under such might, all things seemed small.
Crack!
A lightning bolt split the clouds, illuminating the mountains like day.
Atop twin peaks, two youths—one in black, one in white—sat cross-legged on stone outcrops, unmoved by the roaring wind.
Though Xiao Yuan already possessed wind and thunder energy, his Devil Lightning Tome required natural lightning as nourishment.
And as thunder roared, Xiao Yan's training in Three Thousand Lightning Movement… finally began.
(END CHAPTER)
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