248: The little lizard wakes up and learns the secret method of controlling thunder

After finishing with the Formation, Mu Feng turned his attention to other things.

“Is this the main gate?”

Outside the main hall, a stone door was half-open.

Mu Feng walked out curiously.

To be honest, he really wanted to know what was outside his Immortal Cave.

He had always directly used the teleportation gate to explore, but he had never actually been outside his own Immortal Cave.

To prevent any danger,

Mu Feng cast a layer of Azure Origin Sword Shield on himself before confidently stepping out.

Outside the Immortal Cave, mist swirled, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

Mu Feng tried to release his Divine Sense, but as soon as his Divine Sense touched the mist, it could not advance further.

This mist actually had the effect of blocking Divine Sense.

Unwilling to give up, Mu Feng prepared to use his Spiritual Eye Divine Power to investigate.

The result was still nothing.

“Alright.”

He shook his head.

Mu Feng gave up on the idea of investigating the mist’s information.

As for whether to enter the mist to check, Mu Feng felt that he could try after reaching the Nascent Soul Stage.

For Core Formation, forget it.

This mist did not look very safe.

It was better not to court death.

It was still the same saying:

Develop stealthily, don't be reckless.

Recalling his Divine Sense and Spiritual Eye Divine Power, Mu Feng closed the main door and was about to retreat.

Suddenly, a red prompt appeared before his eyes.

【System Reminder: Your Immortal Cave has been upgraded to Advanced, granting you naming rights. Would you like to name it?】

Seeing the prompt,

Mu Feng looked up at the Immortal Cave gate and found it blank, awaiting his naming.

“Hmm, let’s call it Mu Feng’s City.”

He was someone who named things rather casually.

Originally, he wanted to call it Mu Feng’s Home, but he felt it didn’t sound very good.

So he changed it to Mu Feng’s City.

【System Reminder: Immortal Cave naming successful. Your Immortal Cave has officially been renamed Mu Feng’s City.】

As the prompt sounded,

Four golden characters—Mu Feng’s City—appeared on the originally blank Immortal Cave gate.

“It’s quite beautiful, not bad, not bad!”

After naming it, he felt a greater sense of belonging to his Immortal Cave.

Returning to the main hall,

Mu Feng continued to investigate the remaining changes.

“It seems the Spirit Gathering Array has also changed.”

The Spirit Gathering Array was in the middle of the Immortal Cave’s main hall, still quite conspicuous.

He immediately checked its information.

【Spirit Gathering Array: Current array status, Advanced Spirit Gathering Array active.】

【As the Immortal Cave has upgraded to Advanced, the Spirit Gathering Array can activate an additional array: the Super Spirit Gathering Array, which requires 10,000 Spirit Stones to activate.】

“Super Spirit Gathering Array?”

Seeing a new Formation, Mu Feng was quite happy.

However, when he found out it required 10,000 Spirit Stones to activate, Mu Feng deflated.

“Forget it, this Advanced Spirit Gathering Array is enough for me for now.”

“As for the Super Spirit Gathering Array, I’ll activate it after reaching the Nascent Soul Stage.”

After the Immortal Cave upgrade, his Spirit Stone reserves had shrunk significantly.

Currently, his Low Grade and Medium Grade Spirit Stones combined were only a little over eight thousand.

He couldn't even afford to activate the Super Spirit Gathering Array for one day.

But having a new Formation was still good.

It should be useful when he attempts to break through to Nascent Soul.

“Hmm, it seems there’s a new secret room I haven’t seen yet.”

He had generally looked over the entire Immortal Cave, and the only thing left was the newly opened secret room.

Thinking this,

Mu Feng walked towards the newly opened secret room.

As soon as he entered, Mu Feng felt a wave of heat.

“Hmm, this seems to be a Forging Room?”

He glanced at the emerging Earth Fire.

Mu Feng was a bit disappointed.

He had a Workshop, which was very convenient for forging Magical Artifacts and Magic Treasures, as well as Alchemy and brewing wine.

There was no need to create a separate secret room.

【The Pill Furnace and Forging Furnace in the Workshop are of the lowest grade and can only refine Medicinal Pills and Magical Artifacts below the Core Formation Stage.】

【Medicinal Pills and Magic Treasures for the Core Formation Stage cannot be directly refined.】

It seemed the System had detected Mu Feng’s thoughts.

A red prompt appeared.

“Ah, there’s something like that?”

He thought the Workshop was quite useful and assumed he could keep using it indefinitely, but he didn’t expect it to have limitations.

【Yes, the Workshop equipment is simple and can only perform basic Alchemy and Artifact Refining.】

【Additionally, your Forging Room does not yet have suitable Forging Furnaces and Pill Furnaces, which you need to craft or collect yourself.】

【Good Pill Furnaces and Forging Furnaces have bonus effects on Medicinal Pills and Magic Treasures, so please do not handle them carelessly.】

“Has bonus effects!”

Mu Feng’s eyes lit up.

Finally, he saw some good news.

But it made sense; if the Forging Room he set up himself didn’t have any bonuses, who would bother with it?

Exiting the Forging Room,

Mu Feng then went to glance at the Insect Room and the Medicine Garden.

There wasn't much change in the Insect Room.

However, after this upgrade, the Medicine Garden had significantly more medicinal fields.

They were all bare plots of land, requiring him to place breathing earth into them before normal cultivation could begin.

breathing earth was not a rare item.

Mu Feng opened the Transaction Channel and spent less than three hundred Spirit Stones to purchase all the breathing earth needed for the Medicine Garden’s cultivation.

As he closed the Transaction Channel, Mu Feng casually put the Medium Grade Spirit Stones earned from selling Rejuvenation Talismans into his Storage Pouch.

【System Reminder: Medium Grade Spirit Stone x10】

These were the remaining ones from the thirty Rejuvenation Talismans sold earlier.

They had just been completely sold.

“Swish, swish.”

After storing the Spirit Stones, just as Mu Feng was about to place the breathing earth,

his spirit beast bag suddenly stirred.

“Little Lizard, you’re awake!”

Mu Feng was filled with pleasant surprise.

He summoned it from the spirit beast bag.

Ever since absorbing the Advanced Soul Stone, the Little Lizard had been in a state of slumber.

Mu Feng had originally thought it would sleep for a while longer.

He didn’t expect it to wake up so quickly.

After absorbing the Advanced Soul Stone, the Little Lizard’s Divine Soul became more introverted.

It looked much smarter and more agile overall.

Seeing this, Mu Feng eagerly checked its information.

【Name】: Puppet Lizard (Mutated Upgrade)

【Description】: Due to the admixture of Mithril, the Puppet Lizard’s body underwent mutation, making its body ten times harder than that of an ordinary Puppet Lizard. (New 1: The Puppet Lizard absorbed a large amount of Materials, strengthening its body performance, increasing speed, attack, and defense. New 2: The Puppet Lizard absorbed the Blood Python Jiao’s innate single horn and learned a new innate skill. New 3: The Puppet Lizard absorbed a high-level Puppet core, further strengthening its body performance, increasing speed, Cultivation Technique, and defense. New 4: The Puppet Lizard fused with millennial willow wood, increasing its durability. New 5: The Puppet Lizard absorbed the Double-Headed Flood Dragon’s innate single horn and learned a new skill. New 6: The Puppet Lizard absorbed crimson fire golden lotus, significantly increasing the intensity of the flames within its body. New 7: The Puppet Lizard absorbed a large amount of soul stone, significantly increasing its Divine Soul strength, and its Mental Control skill evolved into Strong Mental Control.)

【Skills】: Bite, Charge, Berserk, Strong Mental Control, Golden Flame.

【Durability 10000 / 10000】

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【Strong Mental Control: The Puppet Lizard can launch a fierce Divine Soul attack on enemies, causing their bodies to temporarily lose control.】

“Divine Soul strengthened, and the skill also changed!”

Mu Feng’s eyes lit up.

His Little Lizard had gotten stronger again!

“Good, good, good.”

“Not bad, not bad.”

Patting the Little Lizard’s head, Mu Feng was all smiles.

The Little Lizard’s increased strength gave Mu Feng more confidence for his upcoming journey to the new map.

After playing with it for a short while,

Mu Feng walked towards the newly appeared teleportation array.

If he wasn’t mistaken,

this teleportation array should lead to the new map.

However, just as he was about to investigate and enter the teleportation array, a red prompt appeared before him.

【System Reminder: It has been detected that you do not possess a Lifebound Treasure. Please refine a Lifebound Treasure before proceeding.】

“The new map requires a Lifebound Treasure?”

Mu Feng, who was originally planning to check out the new map, was completely stunned upon seeing this message.

【Cave World creatures may appear at any time in the Secret Realm of the new map. If you do not have a Lifebound Treasure, encountering some violent Cave World creatures will be very dangerous.】

“Violent Cave World creatures appearing at any time?!”

“Alright.”

His reliance was on having foresight.

He could investigate the situation of the Cave Secret Realm in advance.

If the new map had too many variables, and he didn't have a Lifebound Treasure, it would indeed be very dangerous.

After all, the handy Black Emperor Blade and Moon Yang Treasure Pearl he used before had already been destroyed.

The Soul Yuan Bowl was also close to breaking in durability.

He only had the Extreme Lightning Bottle and Golden Lightning Arrow, these two lightning-based attack Magic Treasures.

Both of these had good power.

However, their drawbacks were also very obvious.

The Extreme Lightning Bottle consumed a huge amount of True Essence with each attack.

With his current Core Formation True Essence, he could at most release it five or six times.

The Golden Lightning Arrow was the same.

Each release required him to accumulate Evil-warding Divine Lightning again.

If he encountered a powerful enemy, he would be very passive.

“Oh right, it seems I haven’t learned the Yu Lei Secret Method yet.”

Speaking of lightning,

Mu Feng suddenly remembered the Yu Lei Secret Method he had just obtained from the Lei Yu Race.

He immediately took out the Jade Slip containing the secret technique from his Storage Pouch.

【System Reminder: Do you want to learn the Lei Yu Race’s Yu Lei Secret Method?】

“Learn!”

As Mu Feng nodded, the Jade Slip immediately transformed into a green light and entered his Divine Soul.

【System Reminder: Yu Lei Secret Method learned successfully. You can view the secret technique details on your personal page.】

Mu Feng’s Divine Soul was incredibly powerful.

The Jade Slip had been completely absorbed and comprehended by him within half a minute of entering his Sea of Consciousness.

“Sacrificial Thunder Art, Lightning Body Induction, Thunder Control Method, Thunder Manipulation Art…”

“They all seem pretty good!”

There were many Thunder Manipulation techniques within this Yu Lei Secret Method.

Aside from some that required the Lei Yu Race Bloodline to activate, there were several other seemingly good skills, all of which Mu Feng learned and mastered.

“Open personal page!”

Having learned new secret techniques, Mu Feng eagerly opened his personal page to examine them.

【Name】: Mu Feng

【Realm】: Dan Formation Stage Initial Phase

【Physical Body Strength】: Foundation Establishment

【Spiritual Root】: Water, Fire, Wood

【Cultivation Technique】: Five Elements Skill, Azure Origin Sword Art (Levels 1-9), Divine Origin Skill, Heavenly Martial Body Tempering Art.

【Skills】: Fireball Technique, Water Binding Technique, Wood Escape, Azure Origin Sword Light, Azure Origin Sword Shield, Sword Shadow Separation Light Technique.

【Magical Artifact】: Azure Dragon Flag, Cloud Stepping Boots.

【Magic Treasure】: Extreme Lightning Bottle, Blood Magic Robe (Demonic Artifact), Soul Yuan Bowl (Low Durability), Treasure Dropping Flower Basket (ancient treasure), Golden Lightning Arrow (Exotic Treasure).

【Secret Techniques & Divine Ability】: Eye of Insight, Wind Control Technique, Cold Ice Qi Strength, Limb Rebirth, Dragon Transformation, True Devil Slash, Qing Luo Sword Formation, Yu Lei Secret Method (Sacrificial Thunder Art, Lightning Body Induction, Thunder Control Method, Thunder Manipulation Art).

【Charm】: 2600 (Charm can influence the favorability of Cave World creatures towards you.)

【Title】: First Core Formation (Can be hidden), First Sword Cultivator (Can be hidden)

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【Sacrificial Thunder Art: Can increase the power of lightning released by Magic Treasures or oneself by refining and sacrificing it again!】

【Lightning Body Induction: Draws lightning into the body to enhance one's speed and attack (requires a Body Cultivator with Physical Body strength no lower than Core Formation, otherwise prone to lightning backlash).】

【Thunder Control Method: Can create Thunder Beads from lightning through special techniques, to be released during combat.】

【Thunder Manipulation Art: Manipulates lightning in hand through special techniques, making it more flexible and ensuring no wasted lightning power during attacks.】

Of the four new skills, except for Lightning Body Induction which he temporarily couldn't use,

the remaining three were all very practical.

Sacrificial Thunder Art could multiply lightning power. In actual combat, if he encountered an insurmountable opponent, he could use Sacrificial Thunder Art to increase the lightning's power.

The advantage of Thunder Manipulation Art was that it could make the released lightning more flexible, increasing the accuracy of attacks.

Moreover, by controlling the lightning, its attack power would not be wasted or overflow.

It was very practical for the Golden Lightning Arrow.

The previous times he used the Golden Lightning Arrow’s Evil-warding Divine Lightning, he released it all at once.

Much of the damage was overflow, causing great waste.

Two uses would completely exhaust the stored Evil-warding Divine Lightning.

However, with this Thunder Manipulation Art, he could at least release the Evil-warding Divine Lightning from the Golden Lightning Arrow one more time.

Its strategic significance was enormous.

As for the Thunder Control Method, it allowed him to craft portable Thunder Beads from ordinary lightning through special techniques.

The lowest grade among them was the Heaven Thunder Stone, which was the Thunder Bead he had previously obtained from the Blood Python Jiao altar treasure chest, comparable to a full-force attack from a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

The second type was the Yang Lightning Bead, whose power was comparable to a full-force attack from a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator.

The third type was the Wind Thunder Bead, whose power was comparable to a full-force attack from a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Mu Feng no longer found the Heaven Thunder Stone appealing.

His current strength wasn't enough to compress a Wind Thunder Bead.

However, the Yang Lightning Bead was very suitable for his current use.

Imagine, if he could produce them in large quantities,

and use them all directly in battle, Mu Feng felt that even a Nascent Soul Cultivator wouldn't be able to stop him, provided there were enough of them, of course.

However, to produce Yang Lightning Beads, he also needed to combine them with a lightning-type treasure called lightning-drawing wood.

He currently didn't have this item in his possession.

So, the idea of crafting Thunder Beads could only be put aside for now.

Otherwise, he could have made a few to test their power.

“I didn’t expect this Yu Lei Secret Method to be so practical; it’s a good thing I kept it.”

At the time, he thought it was a common item.

Fortunately, he adhered to the principle of