Chapter 150 Thunder Valley

Above the ruins of the Lei Family's Spirit Medicine garden, thunder rumbled.

Three figures arrived, stepping on thunder. The leader, wearing a dark purple robe with dragon patterns and possessing a dignified countenance, was none other than the Lei Family Sect Master, Lei Xiaotian.

Behind him followed two Golden Core Elders with heavy, composed auras; one held a thunder-bone fan, and the other had a spirit-locking mirror hanging from their waist. Both were renowned top-tier experts in the Southern Region.

"Uncle Hong!"

When Lei Xiaotian saw Lei Hong's shriveled corpse on the ground, his pupils constricted sharply. Zi Dian instantly went berserk around his body, and the remaining broken walls of the Spirit Medicine garden were ground into powder by an invisible thunderous pressure.

He bent down to examine Lei Hong's body. When his fingertips touched the chest pierced by the zhensha divine staff, feeling the residual evil-breaking power and Heaven-Burning Sword Intent, his face turned ashen: "How bold! To dare to kill a Golden Core Elder of my Lei Family, destroy my Spiritual Vein, and steal my divine medicine! This hatred is irreconcilable!"

"Sect Master, the Spiritual Vein spring eye has been severed. The High Grade spiritual marrow essence has been sucked dry, and even the thousand-year-old blood soul grass and Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Flower have disappeared without a trace!" The Elder holding the thunder-bone fan reported with a trembling voice, his tone full of heartache and rage, "This is the Foundation of our Lei Family's foothold in the Southern Region, a Spirit Medicine garden that took three hundred years to Cultivate, yet it has been destroyed in one fell swoop!"

The Elder with the spirit-locking mirror hanging from his waist activated the Magical Artifact. The mirror's surface emitted a pale blue spiritual light, sweeping across the entire Spirit Medicine garden before finally dimming: "The perpetrator's residual aura is very faint, disrupted by thunder power and evil-breaking power. I can only vaguely perceive that they are at the Foundation Establishment Stage, but to be able to kill Elder Hong, they are certainly not an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator. They must possess a heavy treasure or a special Physique!"

Lei Xiaotian looked up abruptly, killing intent surging in his purple eyes: "Dare to destroy my Lei Family's Foundation? Even if he flees into the Nine Netherworlds, I will grind his bones into ashes!" He waved his hand, and the Zi Dian around his body transformed into three thunder talismans, shooting into the sky, "Pass on my order! Block all teleportation arrays in the Southern Region, mobilize all Lei Family Disciples, and conduct a carpet search for a radius of ten thousand miles! All suspicious Cultivators are to be captured and interrogated. If there is any resistance, kill them without exception!"

"Sect Master is wise!" The two Elders responded in unison.

In an instant, the Lei Family's messaging talismans flew across the Southern Region like a meteor shower.

Beside the teleportation arrays of major cities, large numbers of Cultivators dressed in Lei Family attire suddenly appeared. Holding thunder-patterned Magical Artifacts, they set up layers of Restriction, completely sealing the teleportation arrays so that not even a fly could pass through.

Lei Family Disciples divided into countless small teams, launching a carpet search of mountains, forests, cities, and markets. Spiritual Qi fluctuations swept across all directions. Any Cultivator with a cultivation base above Foundation Establishment was stopped and carefully interrogated. For a time, the Southern Region was in a state of panic.

Meanwhile, Lin Yue, who was being searched for by the entire Lei Family, was currently in the Hongmeng Space, feeling carefree.

He threw all the Magic Treasure—Storage Pouch, thunder-patterned iron rods, spirit-locking pendants, etc.—that he had seized from Lei Hong and the Lei Family experts he had intercepted earlier into the space.

The gray barrier instantly emitted a rich spiritual light. The Spirit Stone, Medicinal Pill, and Cultivation Technique Jade Slip in the Storage Pouch were quickly decomposed, turning into pure Spiritual Qi that surged into the space; Lei Hong's Golden Core Origin even transformed into a golden mist of light, which Lin Yue guided into his Dantian.

"Hum——"

Lin Yue sat cross-legged beside the spirit spring in the center of the space, surrounded by pale golden Spiritual Vein air currents and the power of the Golden Core Origin.

The Spiritual Vein essence stored in the Hongmeng Space surged into his Meridians like a silver Dragon. The Meridians that had been burned by thunder power were repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye. The Spiritual Qi droplets in his Dantian became increasingly solid, and the barrier of the Peak Ninth Level of Qi Refining faintly loosened, showing signs of a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.

He circulated the "Qingling Art," combined with the Wanjun Overlord Body and the Hundred Meridians Unblocked Physique, to transform the pure Spiritual Qi into his own cultivation. With every breath, a massive amount of Spiritual Qi was absorbed into his body. His body emitted a faint golden light, interweaving with the spiritual mist in the space, looking just like a Divine Being.

"As expected of High Grade spiritual marrow essence and Golden Core Origin. This purity of Spiritual Qi is a hundred times stronger than the Sect's Mid-Grade Spirit Stone!" Lin Yue was secretly pleased, feeling his cultivation steadily improve, and a cold smile curled at the corners of his mouth, "The Lei Family wants to catch me? It's perfect to have you act as my Protectors; I will just stay here in this Hongmeng Space and improve my strength properly."

He turned to look at the Spirit Medicine garden in the space. He saw that the blood soul grass he had previously seized from the Lei Family's Spirit Medicine garden had grown to half a foot tall. The leaves emitted a dark red spiritual light, with Evil Qi contained within; the petals of the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Flower bloomed in layers, emitting a pearly white halo, and a drop of milky white spiritual liquid condensed in the flower's stamen; there were even a few ancient seedlings that, under the 250-fold ripening effect of the space, had sprouted branches and leaves, emitting a rich ancient spiritual charm.

The Spiritual Qi concentration of the Hongmeng Space had increased to 25 points. The Spiritual Vein storage function allowed the Spiritual Qi within the space to be endless, and the growth speed of the Spirit Medicine was astonishingly fast.

Lin Yue casually plucked a leaf of the blood soul grass. As Spiritual Qi flowed through his fingertips, the leaf instantly turned into pure Evil Qi and merged into his body, adding a bit more dominance to the Heaven-Burning Sword Intent.

"Once these Spirit Medicine mature, and with the aid of the Lei Family's resources, a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment is just around the corner." Anticipation flashed in Lin Yue's eyes as he continued to immerse himself in cultivation.

Meanwhile, in the outside world, the Lei Family's search had lasted for three days and three nights.

Lei Xiaotian personally led the team, turning the mountains and forests within a ten-thousand-mile radius of the Spirit Medicine garden upside down. The spiritual light of the spirit-locking mirror swept over every hidden cave and Secret Realm entrance, yet not a trace of Lin Yue was found.

The Disciples responsible for blocking the teleportation arrays carefully interrogated all passing Cultivators and killed several Loose Cultivators who attempted to force their way through the array, but they still had no gains.

"Sect Master, we have searched a radius of ten thousand miles, and we haven't even spared three feet underground; that kid seems to have vanished into thin air!" The Elder holding the thunder-bone fan looked solemn, "Could it be that he already escaped through the teleportation array, and we were just a step too late in blocking it?"

Lei Xiaotian shook his head, his eyes sinister: "Impossible! The Restriction on the teleportation array was set by me personally. Unless it is a Nascent Soul old monster, it is absolutely impossible to break through without a sound. That kid must be hiding in some Secret Realm!" He clenched his fist tightly, and Zi Dian crackled in his palm, "Keep searching! Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, you must find him! I want to see how long he can hide!"

The Lei Family Disciples dared not be negligent and launched another carpet search. But no matter how hard they tried, they did not know that the target they were looking for was hiding in a space they could not imagine, rapidly growing with the help of their resources, watching the increasingly lush rare divine medicine in the space, and quietly waiting for the moment to break out of the cocoon.

The wind in the Southern Region was becoming increasingly tense.

Meanwhile, inside the Hongmeng Space, it was full of vitality. A transformation belonging to Lin Yue was quietly taking place.

When Lin Yue stepped out of the Hongmeng Space, his aura was completely different.

After half a month of arduous cultivation, he had not only completely repaired the Meridians burned by thunder power, but the Spiritual Qi in his Dantian had also solidified into a liquid state. The barrier of the Peak Ninth Level of Qi Refining had been repeatedly washed by Spiritual Qi and had faintly begun to crack; he was only one step away from a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment. Moreover, after the Hongmeng Space absorbed Lei Hong's Golden Core Origin and numerous Magic Treasure, the Spiritual Qi was incomparably rich, and the ripening effect on the Spirit Medicine was also obvious.

Especially the zhensha divine staff in Lin Yue's hand; after absorbing the power of thunder and lightning, the staff was surrounded by a layer of purple-gold thunder and lightning radiance.

He looked up at the sky. In the direction of Falling Thunder Valley, thunderclouds were dense, and the violent thunder power had almost condensed into substance; even the air carried a feeling of numbness—that was the Lei Family's Forbidden Ground. Legend had it that the core of an ancient thunder vein was hidden in the valley, but because the thunder power was too violent, no one dared to step foot there except for a few Core Disciples of the Lei Family.

"The more dangerous the place, the safer it is." A cold smile curled at the corners of Lin Yue's mouth.

The Lei Family was currently searching for him throughout the entire region. The cities and mountains on the surface of the Southern Region had already been turned over, and only this Forbidden Ground, which everyone feared, was the easiest to be overlooked.

More importantly, the "Lei Sha Transformation" function he had unlocked required absorbing pure thunder power to further improve. The ancient thunder vein in Falling Thunder Valley was the best "nourishment"; moreover, the Lei Family dared to run rampant in the Southern Region, certainly relying on the support of the thunder vein in the Forbidden Ground. If he could seize the essence of this thunder vein, it would not only help him break through to Golden Core, but also sever the Foundation of the Lei Family.

With a movement of his body, Lin Yue turned into a streak of light and sped toward Falling Thunder Valley.

At the entrance of Falling Thunder Valley stood three pitch-black thunder-patterned stone tablets. The tablets were covered with complex Restriction runes, each rune swallowing and spitting out violent thunder power, forming a visible wall of thunder that completely sealed the entrance.