82: Chapter 82 Another Use of Thunder Talismans

The sound of incantations echoed through the space, and the lightning light in front of the mirror image condensed at a speed visible to the naked eye; its formation speed was clearly a notch faster than Chen Qingyuan's!

It had no fear, no hesitation, and none of the emotional fluctuations possessed by any human!

Whether it was the hand seals or the incantations, everything was perfectly standard.

However, just as the mirror image was about to strike first despite starting later!

A sudden change occurred!

Chen Qingyuan suddenly stopped his hand seals without any warning!

He only managed to painfully raise his blood-stained right hand, pointing his fingers like a sword directly at the firmament, and shouted with all the strength he had left at that moment!

"Thunder Order! Decree!"

Rumble—!!!

Suddenly, a bolt of white heavenly lightning appeared, and without any preparation or warning, it struck directly onto the top of the mirror image's head.

Although its power was much weaker, it was more than enough to strike down a Qi Refining Seventh Layer mirror image.

The mirror image's fluent incantation came to an abrupt halt!

Amidst its "bewildered" expression, the thunder dissipated, and the mirror image's body began to crack into specks of spiritual light.

Until the spiritual light dissipated!

Chen Qingyuan used his qinglin sword to support his body, limping step by step, and slowly walked in front of it.

"Let me tell you a secret,"

"Our Daoist Old Ancestor is benevolent; actually, sometimes even without the rituals, it's not impossible to summon heavenly lightning!"

"Do you know why I did that before?"

Chen Qingyuan finally revealed a satisfied smile at this moment!

"Because doing it that way is... cooler."

Of course, these were nothing more than words to attack the heart.

In reality, during the bitter battle just now, Chen Qingyuan had already clearly realized that relying solely on his existing cultivation and means, it was absolutely impossible to break through this fourth level of the Trial Tower trial head-on.

And the Thunder Talisman had almost become his only hope for a comeback.

The Taiyi Talisman Scripture had come with him during his Transmigration, and the Talisman Dao methods contained within it perhaps already exceeded the understanding of this world; even if the Trial Tower was profound, it might not necessarily be able to understand the Law within it.

Although he was not a true practitioner of the Dao in his past life, having been influenced by what he saw and heard, he also had some understanding of Daoist thunder methods.

In the orthodox Daoist Legacy, thunder methods were not simple techniques, but a Great Dao for communicating with heaven and earth and exercising heavenly might.

Especially the Celestial Court's Thunder Department, which believed that thunder was the pivot of heaven and earth, commanding all things; therefore, casting spells required adhering to strict rituals, such as burning incense to report, meditating and forming seals, reaching the ears of heaven, and stating the reasons, only then could one obtain the authority to act on behalf of heaven to punish and summon thunder.

Therefore, this process was solemn and indispensable.

However, the "Qingwei Lightning Induction Talisman" he obtained, judging by its name, seemed to have deep origins with the Daoist Qingwei sect.

Qingwei thunder methods took a different approach, emphasizing "Heaven and man act in unison, internal refining forms thunder."

It believed that the human body itself was a small universe, and the internal Qi of the five organs and the Divine Soul corresponded to the various Thunder Gods between heaven and earth.

Practitioners, through profound internal refining and meditation techniques, such as visualizing the Thunder Ancestor residing in their own Niwan Palace, or Marshal Deng residing in the Liver Wood Palace, highly unified and stimulated their own essence, Qi, and spirit, and when they reached a certain critical point!

They could then, from the inside out, unite man with heaven, and with their own primordial Qi, trigger the thunder of heaven and earth, which is known as "where a single thought arises, there is the mechanism of thunder."

That is to say, if a practitioner's internal refining skills were sufficiently profound and their understanding of thunder methods was sufficiently thorough, in specific situations, it was indeed possible to transcend external "form techniques" such as incantations and hand seals, and directly trigger thunder with their mind and intent.

Of course, this was an extremely high Realm, not something that ordinary Cultivators could attain.

Previously, he naturally did not believe this, but being in this world and personally experiencing the profoundness of Dao methods, this thought surfaced once again.

And the Taiyi Talisman Scripture seemed to have further simplified it on this basis!

So, was it possible to communicate with the Thunder Talisman and summon heavenly lightning without incantations or hand seals?

It was precisely based on this speculation that, during the bitter battle just now, he had already recited the incantation in his heart many times, using his Divine Thought to trigger the Thunder Talisman!

Sure enough, the Thunder Talisman gave a faint response!

Under specific circumstances, it was indeed possible to bypass some external rituals and directly use Divine Thought to drive the Thunder Talisman, thereby summoning heavenly lightning.

However, this method had extreme limitations.

First, it must be successfully triggered only when the mind is highly focused and facing a true life-and-death crisis;

Secondly, when triggered so hastily, the power of the thunder is far inferior to a complete execution;

More importantly, heavenly lightning is the most rigid and yang, a power related to the Laws of heaven and earth; to act without rituals and arbitrarily move heavenly might easily incurs Karma, so it must not be used lightly unless absolutely necessary.

It was precisely because he confirmed its feasibility that he made this desperate gamble for victory at the final moment.

At the same time, he had also prepared for the worst!

If this method was still insufficient to reverse the battle, he would immediately follow Old Master Xie's previous solemn instructions, unhesitatingly admit defeat, and actively end the trial.

After all, no matter how good an Opportunity is, one needs to be alive to enjoy it; the road of the Dao is long, there is no need to fight for momentary superiority.

Inside a certain space.

The little boy was currently staring dumbfounded at the scene presented in the Void Realm.

"This, this can work?!"

He jumped up from where he was, his chubby little finger pointing at the scene, screaming in anger!

"Cheating! This is naked cheating! This little bastard, so all those things before were just acting for me to see? Tricking an old comrade like me who is over ten thousand years old?!"

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became!

"Ah—!! I'm so angry, I must go find him!"

As his voice fell, his figure also disappeared!

Fourth level of the Trial Tower.

Chen Qingyuan naturally did not know everything behind the scenes.

He only felt his whole body relax, and not caring about his image, he sat directly in the shallow water, adjusting his breath while quietly waiting for the appearance of the fourth level's reward.

The four levels had been passed, and the surrounding endless Void Realm and the mirror-like water surface began to slowly dissipate like a receding tide.

Finally, he was back in the familiar pavilion!

However, the stone platform that was expected to carry the reward did not appear.

Instead, a little boy of about seven or eight years old, wearing a mini Daoist robe, carved from jade, appeared out of thin air in front of him with his hands behind his back, looking old-fashioned!

As soon as the little boy opened his mouth, it was in a fierce tone!

But paired with his young and cute face, it had no deterrent power at all!

"Kid! You cheated!!"

Chen Qingyuan's mouth twitched slightly, and he thought to himself!

"Sure enough, there is 'something' manipulating things from behind the scenes. To be able to move so freely inside the tower and have such high intelligence, this thing is undoubtedly the Tower Spirit!"

At the same time, he was shocked in his heart!

"Doesn't that mean this Xuanyuan Trial Tower is at least a Spirit Treasure above the fourth rank..."

While calculating in his heart, his face showed an expression of astonishment!

"Senior, why do you say that? Junior just now exhausted all his strength and won by wit, where does the talk of cheating come from?"

"Hiss!! Hiss!!"

While speaking, he triggered his wounds, and immediately grimaced in pain.

"Aiya, your groaning is so annoying! It hurts just listening to it!"

The Tower Spirit's chubby little face was full of disdain!

He waved his hand impatiently!

A green spiritual light instantly submerged into Chen Qingyuan's body!

The wounds instantly scabbed over in a way visible to the naked eye, and his original heavy injuries were restored to their original state in an instant.

The Tower Spirit's small body moved closer, leaning in front of Chen Qingyuan, his clear big eyes sparkling with extreme curiosity,

and he said in a tone with a hint of temptation!

"Hey, kid... you're a smart person, you were able to guess my identity right away. How about you secretly tell me, how did you Cultivate this strange thunder method of yours?"

At the same time, he waved his little hand again, and suddenly, seven or eight light orbs suffused with treasure light appeared out of thin air, surrounding Chen Qingyuan.

"As long as you tell me,"

"you can pick any treasure from inside! How about it, isn't that generous?"