Chapter 21: Clan Techniques, Thunder Dragon Technique
After an afternoon of dodgeball training, Yu Tianlin was in a miserable state.
Yu Jian did not use any advanced tricks like prediction or forcing Yu Tianlin to move. He simply seized every opening and hurled the sandbag straight at Yu Tianlin the moment he paused, and it always hit him cleanly.
There was no other reason. It was just too fast. Yu Jian could truly give the sandbag the speed of a Thunder Dragon Claw, making it almost impossible for Yu Tianlin to avoid it at all.
Fortunately, Yu Tianlin still made some progress. He went from being hit every single time at the start, to occasionally managing to dodge near the end, so it was not completely pointless.
Even so, Yu Jian was very dissatisfied. According to him, this was only the most basic level. There were also sandbag prediction, continuous sandbags, gravity field training, and Spirit Power sealing, all of which would require one hundred percent evasion.
Just hearing the word sandbag made Yu Tianlin dizzy. He almost wanted to ask Yu Jian if he had ever seen a fist as big as a sandbag.
Well, there were still four months left. He could take it slow.
In short, today's training was over. Next was the lightning drawing and Spirit Power cultivation session tonight.
Yu Tianlin went home, took a hot bath, and after dinner, headed to the council hall to find his grandfather, Yu Yuanzhen. Under Yu Yuanzhen's guidance, he went to the clan leader's private cultivation room.
The clan leader's cultivation room was located on a solitary peak behind the sect. To get there, one had to climb a five hundred meter high rock wall.
With Yu Tianlin's current cultivation level, he could not do that, so Yu Yuanzhen simply grabbed him and leaped toward the mountaintop.
Yu Tianlin's vision blurred. When it cleared, he was already on the peak, facing a huge pointed building.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's territory was always filled with constant thunder. Now, at night, standing atop the solitary peak, Yu Tianlin felt as if he were wrapped in endless darkness and thunder. The pressure on him was suffocating.
Yu Yuanzhen showed no reaction. He pushed open the cultivation room door and said as he walked inside, "This is where I cultivate. It is on a mountain peak close to the sky, where lightning energy is abundant. That makes it even more suitable for cultivation."
Yu Tianlin looked around and found the cultivation room just as simple, with no unnecessary clutter. The only thing inside was a thick iron pillar in the very center, stretching straight into the sky.
"That's a lightning rod," Yu Yuanzhen said, looking at it as he explained. "Its function is exactly what its name suggests. It attracts lightning from high altitudes. Originally, it constantly pulled down lightning to keep the lightning attribute energy here rich and active. But now that you can absorb lightning to increase the age of your Spirit Ring, it serves an even more important purpose."
"Activating your external Spirit Bone to attract lightning also consumes Spirit Power. With the lightning rod assisting you, that consumption will drop a lot, and your efficiency in devouring lightning will rise."
As he spoke, a bolt of lightning struck the rod. Yu Tianlin nodded in satisfaction.
As a plant type Spirit Beast, the Thunder Hell Prison Vine could not move. Even after breaking through to the hundred year level and gaining the ability to actively attract lightning, it still had to wait for stormy weather. Now that I am human and have the same ability, I can choose a better location and draw lightning every day. My improvement speed will definitely be far faster than the Thunder Hell Prison Vine's.
After the short introduction, Yu Yuanzhen took out a thick blue covered book from his storage Spirit Tool and handed it to Yu Tianlin.
Yu Tianlin accepted it and saw three large characters on the cover: Thunder Dragon Technique.
Before Yu Tianlin could ask anything, Yu Yuanzhen explained, "This Thunder Dragon Manual is a cultivation technique our sect predecessors explored over generations. It is essentially the route for Spirit Power circulation during meditation. Cultivating according to the route described in the Thunder Dragon Manual is the most convenient way to accumulate lightning attribute Spirit Power. It suits Spirit Masters like us who possess the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Spirit."
Yu Tianlin immediately understood.
He had always thought the Mysterious Heaven Skill that Tang San possessed was the only cultivation method on the Douluo Continent. He did not expect the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to have one as well. If the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had it, then the other major forces must have their own too.
That was not surprising. In the original story, after Tang San became Yu Xiaogang's disciple, Yu Xiaogang gave him a basic cultivation manual.
Even if that technique was rather ordinary, it was not something Yu Xiaogang could have created alone. He likely modified and simplified the Thunder Dragon Technique from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
Seeing Yu Tianlin take the manual, Yu Yuanzhen said, "The Spirit Power circulation route is described in detail here. Unless you are so stupid that you cannot even understand a book, just follow it. I will not stay to instruct you. Cultivate on your own. I will come back tomorrow morning to pick you up from the mountain."
With that, Yu Yuanzhen turned and left, vanishing into the night.
Yu Tianlin walked over, closed the door, and began reading the Thunder Dragon Manual in his hand.
Since he had never seen any other cultivation techniques and had nothing to compare against, he had no idea what level the Thunder Dragon Technique was. He only felt it was not very difficult.
After reading it carefully twice, he memorized the contents. Then he sat cross legged and circulated his Spirit Power twice along the route described. There were no issues, and the effect was clearly stronger than ordinary meditation.
After a brief test, Yu Tianlin exited his meditative state and went to the side of the lightning rod.
He activated his Spirit Power, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Spirit possessed his body. A ball of blue light flashed between his brows and spread through him. Blue purple lightning, like tiny snakes, crawled around his skin.
At the same time, a pale yellow Spirit Ring slowly rose.
With Martial Spirit Possession active, Yu Tianlin's resistance to lightning increased greatly.
Even though the ahoge on his head protected him from direct harm, the convulsions and spasms still interfered with his efficiency in attracting lightning. So Yu Tianlin used his Martial Spirit to raise his lightning resistance and remove that negative effect.
After possession, Yu Tianlin reached out and grabbed the lightning rod in front of him. With the lightning rod's amplification, he only needed to send a small amount of Spirit Power into the ahoge on his head, and a bolt of lightning struck him immediately.
The second time he was struck by lightning was when his Spirit Ring was summoned while he was possessed by his Martial Spirit. Because of that, Yu Tianlin had seen the Spirit Ring flash for a moment during the strike.
To be struck by lightning a hundred times was required to increase the age of a Spirit Ring by one year. That was destined to be a long and slow task.
Again.
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