Seeing the lightning as thick as the mouth of a bowl striking the ground behind him, Su Xiaofan couldn't help but shudder. He didn't want to experience the numbing feeling of being struck by lightning again.
As the first bolt of lightning fell, the unusually quiet Devil's Valley suddenly became agitated.
Under the impact of the dense dark clouds in the sky, countless blue lightning flashed faintly, as if they would fall down the next moment.
"Grandma, I... I just moved that broken piece of wood, why did lightning fall?"
At this time, Jing Shizhen was about to cry. Just as he was about to turn around, another bolt of lightning struck down, almost hitting Jing Shizhen.
"Meow!"
The tiger cat that was originally on the ground suddenly had hair all over its body. It suddenly jumped onto Su Xiaofan's shoulders. It was obviously very afraid of this lightning.
"Master, break in..."
Su Xiaofan discovered that the direction in which the lightning fell seemed to be concentrated at the mouth of the valley, while the clouds above the depths of Devil's Valley were not very thick.
"That's too late!"
Jing Shizhen had a wry smile on his face, because he saw that above the two people's heads, a large net woven by lightning might fall down at any time.
No matter how fast the two of them go, they may not be able to go faster than the speed of light. As long as the net of thunder and lightning falls, the two of them will definitely not be able to escape.
Behind the two of them, streaks of thunder and lightning had fallen, completely blocking their retreat.
"Master, over there!"
Su Xiaofan's eyes flashed, he grabbed Jing Shizhen, held Duobao in his hand, and swayed over a hundred meters.
At this moment, the huge network of thunder and lightning in the sky finally fell down with a huge roar of thunder, covering half of the huge canyon below.
Just as the thunder net fell, Su Xiaofan pulled Jing Shizhen's body and slammed it into a cave in the canyon wall.
A dazzling light flashed, and deafening thunder seemed to explode in their ears. Su Xiaofan and Jing Shizhen, who were lying sideways in the cave, both looked extremely pale.
The lightning and thunder were just two or three meters away from Su Xiaofan, but after entering the cave, the thunder and lightning could not hurt the two of them at all.
Su Xiaofan and Jing Shizhen looked at each other, fearful in their hearts. It might be just a few tenths of a second before the two of them would be left outside forever.
Looking at the bowl-thick thunder and lightning at close range, Jing Shizhen and Su Xiaofan didn't feel that the python inner armor and arm guards they were wearing had much effect.
"Squeak...squeak!"
Just when the master and apprentice were thankful to have escaped death, a squeaking sound suddenly came from their ears, and Su Xiaofan couldn't help but be stunned.
A flaming red fox was lying four or five meters away from the two of them, making a menacing sound to them, but the sharp cry really didn't have much of a deterrent effect.
"Extraordinary creature?" Su Xiaofan looked at his master and had already started preparing something in his hand.
"No, it's not like there is no ferocity like extraordinary creatures."
Jing Shizhen looked at the fox, shook his head, and said: "Extraordinary creatures can release a kind of pressure. We didn't face the giant python last time, otherwise you would have understood it."
"Meow!" At this moment, Duobao, who was stunned by the fall just now, let out a low roar at the fiery red fox.
"See, this is a shock. It seems that your tiger cat will evolve into an extraordinary creature sooner or later."
Jing Shizhen nuzzled at the tiger cat, while the red fox, who was still grinning just now, was lying on the ground holding his head.
"Forget it, we are a dove occupying a magpie's nest here. If it weren't for such a fox hole, we would all be roasted."
Su Xiaofan stopped the tiger cat that was about to pounce. He didn't mind eating rock mutton or wild ass meat, but that was for food and survival.
Nature's food chain law of the jungle has existed for countless years, but when hunters are not hungry, they usually will not kill prey indiscriminately.
This was the situation at hand, and the fox meat was not tasty, so there was no need for Su Xiaofan to let the tiger cat kill it.
"Xiaofan, how did you discover this cave?"
Jing Shizhen took a look and found that the hole was not very big. It was only seven or eight meters deep and only a little over one meter high. It was a bit difficult for both of them to stand up straight.
"I saw it when I came in, but I didn't pay much attention."
Su Xiaofan was telling the truth. When he used the repair system to observe the things in Devil's Valley, he saw a plant called Thunder Vine.
Su Xiaofan felt that the name was rather strange, so he took a few glances at it, and the thunder vine grew outside the cave.
In fact, there were far more than just this one cave on the rock walls on both sides of the canyon. As far as Su Xiaofan noticed, there were five or six of them, but this one was the closest to them.
"The plants outside seem to be able to absorb lightning."
Jing Shizhen observed the situation outside, and there were still thunder and lightning falling on the ground, and the deafening thunder was still surrounding her ears.
But it was safe, and Jing Shizhen looked out with confidence. This look really gave him some clues.
The lightning bolts seemed to be extremely powerful, but when they landed on the plants in the valley, bursts of blue light appeared, and then they disappeared.
Not only the plants, but also the stones on the ground and the scattered bones of animals and people seemed to be absorbing the energy of lightning.
"The power of this lightning doesn't seem that great."
Jing Shizhen looked at the blue light on the vines at the entrance of the cave and had the urge to touch it with her hands.
"Master, let me do it."
Su Xiaofan didn't know when he crawled over. The cave was too short, and it was not comfortable to crawl while bending down to walk.
Seeing the master's thoughts, Su Xiaofan stretched out his hand outside the cave and grabbed a vine.
"Fuck!"
Su Xiaofan only had time to shout out two words, before his whole body trembled on the spot like a cramp.
The thunder and lightning on the thunder vine seemed not very powerful, but as soon as Su Xiaofan touched it, he felt an overbearing and powerful energy rushing through his body.
Su Xiaofan's true energy seemed not to be that strong under the power of thunder and lightning. As soon as it came into contact, he was defeated by the power of thunder and lightning.
"puff……"
Su Xiaofan spurted out a mouthful of blood, but the meridians in his body were damaged, and the hand holding Lei Teng was bounced away.
"Xiaofan, what's going on?"
Seeing Su Xiaofan's body falling backward after being shot, Jing Shizhen quickly helped Su Xiaofan from behind.
"Fuck!"
Jing Shizhen said the same two words as Su Xiaofan, and her body trembled uncontrollably.
However, most of the power of the lightning was absorbed by Su Xiaofan's body. After it was transmitted to Jing Shizhen, there was not much of it, but it just made him feel sore and numb all over his body.
"Why are you so strong?"
Supporting her body with her hands, Jing Shizhen couldn't help but reveal a strange look on her face when she looked at Su Xiaofan.
"The energy contained in this ray of lightning is definitely stronger than high-voltage electricity!" Su Xiaofan used his skills to calm down the restless essence in his body.
"Um?"
Su Xiaofan, who was practicing his kung fu, discovered that his true energy seemed to contain a hint of the lightning just now.
When the true essence with thunder light wandered in the meridians, the remaining true energy in the meridians in Su Xiaofan's body suddenly merged into the true essence like ice and snow melting.
When Su Xiaofan refines the true energy, he does not refine it in the Dantian, but moves part of the true energy within the meridians.
Then, when running the technique, let the true energy refine the true energy in the meridians. It usually takes about three or four days to completely refine it.
Repeating this process over and over again, it was not until Su Xiaofan refined all the true energy in his Dantian that he could truly enter the Yin Shen realm.
After Su Xiaofan got the energy stone, this time was shortened from ten years to two or three years.
But after absorbing that trace of lightning energy, Su Xiaofan felt that he could shorten this time even further.
It's just that the thunder and lightning seemed to be consumptive energy. After Su Xiaofan ran a few meridians, it dissipated.
"Would you like to try touching the Thunder Vine again?"
An idea came to Su Xiaofan's mind, but when he sank his consciousness into his body, he immediately gave up the idea.
In Su Xiaofan's opinion, his extremely tough meridians were now in pieces due to the impact of the thunder and lightning energy, and there were even damages in several places.
Fortunately, Su Xiaofan had practiced with the ice energy stone for a period of time, and the true essence in his body contained a trace of the energy of the spirit stone, and he was now repairing the damaged meridians.
“Not worth it.”
Su Xiaofan made some calculations and gave up the idea of catching thunder and lightning.
Although the lightning energy can help him quickly convert his true energy into true energy, the damage he suffers is also great.
It will take at least three to five days to repair just these damaged meridians.
And in these three to five days, the amount of Qi that Su Xiaofan transformed by himself may not be less than the amount of lightning energy.
The most important thing is that it is safe to transform yourself, and it will not be as dangerous as before.
You must know that if Su Xiaofan's hand was pushed away a little and more lightning energy was absorbed, at least a few meridians in Su Xiaofan's body would be severed.
Damage to the meridians and disconnection of the meridians are two different concepts.
The disconnection of the meridians means that the technique cannot be operated, and Su Xiaofan may fall to the Great Zhoutian realm. It will also affect the subsequent practice of the technique.
Su Xiaofan now knows why the death rate in Devil's Valley is so high.
Even a cultivator like him, who is in the realm of the Three Flowers Gathering, can't resist this lightning as thick as a hair. If a normal cultivator is hit, his meridians will be severed and died in an instant.
Not to mention ordinary people like Batur's father, who couldn't even withstand the energy flowing out of the Grand Canyon, and had no ability to withstand this weird thunder and lightning.
Just like what we saw last night, the lightning came suddenly and went away very quickly. After just seven or eight minutes, the valley outside the cave returned to its usual silence.
"Xiaofan, are you okay?"
Seeing Su Xiaofan spitting out a mouthful of blood and looking a little pale, Jing Shizhen couldn't help but asked worriedly.
"It's okay, Master, a few meridians were injured."
Su Xiaofan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. This was the first time since he started practicing that he suffered such a big loss. This also made Su Xiaofan feel his own insignificance in front of nature.
"Master, the leather armor you made is of no use."
Su Xiaofan said with some complaints: "If you ask me, you might as well find two lightning rods, that thing seems to be more reliable."
"Lightning rod? Are you mentally okay?"
Jing Shizhen looked at Su Xiaofan with a strange expression and said, "Do you understand the principle of a lightning rod? That thing is specially designed to attract lightning and then guide it into the ground.
If you dare to hold up a lightning rod here, I will guarantee that you will be struck by lightning until nothing is left of you."
"Ah? Is that how a lightning rod is used?"
Su Xiaofan touched his nose in embarrassment. He was actually laughed at by his master for being so careless.
Moreover, I am too shallow, thinking that a lightning rod is a literal rod that can avoid lightning.
"Master, I will heal the injury."
After damaging his meridians, Su Xiaofan only felt a burning pain in his chest and abdomen. He didn't want to go out at the moment, so he started meditating in the cave.
Without Su Xiaofan's order, Duobao didn't bother to deal with the fox. After taking a few tentative steps to the east, the fox saw that no one was paying attention to it and swooped out.
The discovery of creatures in Devil's Valley meant that there must be extraordinary creatures inside. Now that Su Xiaofan was injured, Jing Shizhen did not dare to go out alone, so he simply sat at the entrance of the cave to protect Su Xiaofan.
Sitting at the entrance of the cave, Jing Shizhen did not delay observing the scene outside.
About half an hour after the thunder and lightning dissipated, some creatures appeared in the canyon, and it slowly became lively.
Antelopes, wild donkeys, yaks, and wolves circled around these three animals, but they seemed to dare not fight in the canyon, and just kept wandering around the prey in their eyes.
"I'm afraid I'm also afraid of lightning."
Jing Shizhen laughed bitterly. Until now, he still didn't quite understand how he brought down the thunder and lightning.
Looking at the lightning-struck wood dozens of meters away, Jing Shizhen had a feeling that the lightning strike must have an inseparable cause from picking up the lightning-struck wood.
If you move the tree stump yourself, it seems to involve the ground, and then cause thunder and lightning?
Looking at the animals appearing in the Grand Canyon, Jing Shizhen slowly understood.
Because when these animals eat grass, they are very careful to avoid damaging the roots of the grass.
It's just that the grass roots are buried shallowly, and these animals don't have the control of the cultivator. Sometimes they will eat the grass roots buried in the soil when they are rolled up.
It's okay to eat one or two grass roots, but the group of yaks seemed to be addicted to eating, and in a blink of an eye, they gnawed away all the green plants in the corners of the canyon.
Although the land was destroyed, there seemed to be a slight blue light on the ground, and at the next moment, thunder and lightning poured down like cannonballs.
Almost as soon as the blue light appeared on the ground, all the animals in the canyon dispersed in all directions.
The speed of these animals was so fast that Jing Shizhen's eyes almost couldn't keep up with them, and all the news disappeared in an instant.
However, Jing Shizhen still kept an eye on the slowest yak. The lone yak and the three wild donkeys ran to the bottom of a rock wall.
Unlike the cave he was in, the rock wall extended twenty or thirty meters from a height of more than ten meters above the ground, so a natural space to avoid lightning was formed below.
In addition, Jing Shizhen also discovered that there are quite a few caves in this canyon. The animals that disappeared in an instant were either hiding under the rock wall or inside the caves, and none of them were hit by lightning.
“The aborigines are still experienced!”
Jing Shizhen came to the conclusion in her mind that avoiding thunder and lightning may have become the instinct of these animals.
Moreover, the animals in the restricted area are much stronger than the animals outside. Even the yak seems to be much faster than the antelope outside.
Thunder and lightning intertwined, the sky was dark and the earth was dark, and the flashing thunder light when the thunder exploded played a thunder symphony in Devil's Valley.
It's still a familiar scene and a familiar smell, but Jing Shizhen is no longer as clueless as when she first came in.
Su Xiaofan, who had closed his six senses by meditating with his eyes closed, had no idea what his master was going through at that moment.
He was completely immersed in cultivation before, and his true energy traveled through the meridians throughout his body, repairing damaged areas.
Just now, Su Xiaofan also used the repair system to check, and it actually cost him 100 repair points to repair these meridians.
Su Xiaofan, who had finally collected more than 300 points, was reluctant to give it up and decisively decided to repair it by slowly cultivating it on his own.
"Hmm? The energy in the air can be refined?"
When practitioners practice qi, this qi is not generated out of thin air, but the energy drawn from the air is refined in the body to form true qi.
Su Xiaofan had forgotten for a moment that he was in a space crack area. This exercise immediately introduced a kind of energy around him into his body.
This energy was very overbearing. Although there was only a trace of it, after entering the body, it began to eat away at the true energy in Su Xiaofan's body. This change immediately shocked Su Xiaofan.
Regardless of repairing the meridians, Su Xiaofan quickly mobilized his true energy, wrapped up the energy, and refined it with all his strength.
The quality of true energy is much higher than that of true energy, and is comparable to that energy, but when fighting at home in the body, the total amount is higher than the energy drawn from it.
As soon as Su Xiaofan tried it, hey, there's a trick. After more than half an hour, Su Xiaofan refined the energy and integrated it into the true essence.
"Huh? The true energy has increased so much?"
Su Xiaofan discovered that just a trace of energy actually made his true essence stronger by several points. The quality of this energy was probably no lower than that of true essence.
"Ordinary cultivators or humans cannot survive in the restricted area, maybe because they cannot withstand such high-level energy?"
Su Xiaofan had a clear understanding in his heart. The human body and meridians are very fragile. This abundant and extremely high-quality energy may be more harmful than poison if it enters the human body.
Even cultivators in the Great Zhoutian realm cannot stay in this energy environment for long, because the quality of the true energy in their bodies is not enough to refine the energy seeping in from the cracks in this space.
On the contrary, those animals with rough skin and thick flesh can withstand this kind of energy, and under the nourishment of energy, they gradually begin their own evolution, and eventually become extraordinary creatures.
"For those who are in the realm of Three Flowers Gathering, the restricted area is a rare treasure!"
Su Xiaofan suddenly opened his eyes, with a look of surprise in his eyes.
Su Xiaofan just tried it. By cultivating the true energy here, the cultivation level will grow much faster than by refining the true energy step by step.
As the true energy grows stronger, the speed of refining the true energy in the body will also speed up.
It's just that Su Xiaofan suffered from the previous skills and could only increase his true energy by refining his true energy, but now he has a better choice.
