645: My name is Zhongli! You can call me Zhongli!

But she really wanted to go out!

She yearned for the outside world, and in the past, people had come here looking for her, wanting to take her out.

The condition for leaving was that she had to acknowledge them as her master. The Thunder Beast was not foolish; she knew what would happen after acknowledging a master, so she never agreed to that person. Tens of thousands of years passed, and that person never reappeared.

However, now she really wanted to go out and see things.

"You want to go out?"

Shen Tianxing turned around and looked at the Thunder Beast. From her eyes, Shen Tianxing saw longing and yearning.

It was obvious that this Thunder Beast had always stayed within this Thunder Pool, certainly never having been outside or seen the prosperity of the outside world. Now, she wanted to go out and see it.

"I... I kind of do."

The Thunder Beast replied softly, lowering her head slightly.

She was very hesitant, her heart truly struggling.

On one side were her ancestral teachings, and on the other, her own aspirations.

She now completely didn't know how to choose.

Seeing this, how could Shen Tianxing not understand her inner turmoil?

Now, he was no longer in a hurry. This Thunder Beast seemed to have a lot of stories. She looked very young, but she must know quite a bit.

What kind of experiences did she have that made her stay here, even though her heart yearned for the outside, she wouldn't leave?

He was very curious.

"With your cultivation, there aren't too many experts in the entire Sacred Domain who can pose a threat to you. Of course, if you step into the Heaven and Earth Sealing King Realm, then even fewer Cultivators would be able to threaten you."

"I see you're not far from that Realm. Why don't you wait until you've taken that step before going out?"

Shen Tianxing slowly sat down, and like two ordinary friends, began to speak.

The Thunder Beast looked up and quietly stared at him, as if wanting to see through him.

After a long while, she said, "It's not difficult to go out. I just haven't had the right opportunity. Someone once wanted to take me out, but they wanted me to acknowledge them as my master. I didn't agree, and then they never appeared again for tens of thousands of years."

Acknowledging a master?

This didn't seem like a big deal in the Sacred Domain.

Powerful Cultivators liked to find a few subordinates; this was very normal.

Especially rare beasts like the Thunder Beast, born from heaven and earth, were even more coveted by countless experts.

The person who hadn't appeared for tens of thousands of years, in Shen Tianxing's view, didn't fail to appear because of some delay; rather, it seemed more like he was waiting.

Waiting for the Thunder Beast to mature and her strength to advance further.

Given this Thunder Beast's current age and cultivation, it was almost time. That person might appear soon.

However, now that he had unexpectedly appeared here, if he really took the Thunder Beast away, what kind of expression would that guy have when he returned and found himself empty-handed?

"Do you know who that person is? If you leave with me, this Thunder Pool might be taken over by other Cultivators."

Shen Tianxing said with a smile.

The Thunder Beast tilted her head, thought for a moment, and said, "The Thunder Pool is exclusive to my Thunder Beast clan; it's useless for outsiders to occupy it. Oh, by the way, I remember the person you asked about. He seemed to have said his name was... Lei Shan?"

Lei Shan!

Shen Tianxing's heart stirred slightly.

This was truly not difficult to understand. If it was Lei Shan, then it was perfectly normal.

The Thunder Pool was within Storm City. Legend had it that the Thunder Beast existed specifically to guard Storm City. As the City Lord of Storm City, Lei Shan's purpose in wanting the Thunder Beast to acknowledge him as master was merely to better control the Thunder Beast.

Once the Thunder Beast matured and stepped into the Heaven and Earth Sealing King Realm, then for Lei Shan, his control over Storm City would become even more effortless!

He might even become unshakeable!

"So it was him."

"You know him?"

The Thunder Beast asked.

Shen Tianxing nodded and said, "I know him, but we're not very close."

"If you want to find him, I can take you to Storm City. Of course, if you want to follow me, that's also an option."

After Shen Tianxing learned that the person who wanted the Thunder Beast to acknowledge him as master was Lei Shan, he had some conjectures.

Lei Shan probably wanted to gain control of the Thunder Beast to strengthen his grip on Storm City.

However, this was not a big deal for him, nor did it have much to do with him.

If the Thunder Beast wasn't destined to be with him, he wouldn't want to get involved.

If the Thunder Beast chose to leave with him today, even if Lei Shan found out in the future, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Unless Lei Shan wanted to openly break ties with him, he certainly wouldn't overtly do anything detrimental to him.

The Thunder Beast and Lei Shan had known each other for many years. Since her birth over a hundred thousand years ago, the first Cultivator she encountered was Lei Shan.

At that time, she survived under her father's protection and evaded the eyes of three Venerable Realm Cultivators, which was very difficult.

And Lei Shan was the first person to find her. If her father hadn't just died, she might have really gone with Lei Shan.

Later, Lei Shan came a few more times, almost once every ten to twenty thousand years. His last visit was three tens of thousands of years ago, and he hadn't come for a long time, seemingly having forgotten the Thunder Beast.

The Thunder Beast was now mature and had her own judgment. She vaguely knew what Lei Shan was thinking.

She looked at the young man in front of her, and the scales in her heart began to tip.

This young man who helped her comprehend the Law of Thunder not only didn't take the opportunity to make her acknowledge him as master, like Lei Shan, but also had no other intentions.

This filled her with goodwill.

Therefore, after thinking for a while, the Thunder Beast said.

"I want to go with you, may I? My name is Zhongli. You can call me Zhongli."

Zhongli was the Thunder Beast's name, and this was the first time she had revealed her name to an outsider; even Lei Shan didn't know it.

Zhongli?

It was indeed a very girlish name.

Shen Tianxing smiled and said, "My name is Shen Tianxing. You can call me Shen Tianxing, or Mr. Shen. Since you want to follow me, then when we go outside, you must listen to me and not act on your own."

"Once you've adapted to life outside, you can leave if you wish."

Shen Tianxing still had a good impression of Zhongli, this Thunder Beast, and didn't mind having another rare beast following him.

Ultimately, his ability to comprehend the Law of Thunder was very much related to this Thunder Beast.

"Mm, don't worry, when we're outside, I'll definitely listen to you. But... but I want to eat outside food, and you have to be responsible for that."

Zhongli yearned for outside food; this was something from the memories her father left behind.

She had been thinking about it for many years.

Now, she finally had the chance to make it happen.

Shen Tianxing was momentarily stunned, then laughed.

He never expected that this mountain-sized Thunder Beast was actually a little foodie... "No problem, but your body is too enormous. When you go outside, you'll need to shrink a bit."

Shen Tianxing reminded her.

He knew that these kinds of rare beasts of heaven and earth must have their own methods.

"Don't worry, I can do it!"