Unexpectedly, when the painted-skin demon saw the True Fire of the Sun in Lu Xuan's hand, his 'expression'... well, it was impossible to tell from his expression. But one could sense a violent fluctuation of emotion from his tone of voice.
"It's you!! The sun is blazing, you're that person!!!"
Lu Xuan: "???"
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As the title says, I can't finish writing today. An urgent task came in, and it'll probably be tomorrow morning. I really want to just faint right now!!!
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Chapter 360 Five Thunder Orthodox Method
Lu Xuan reforged his Five Elements Mirror and upgraded the materials.
Then he turned his attention to the broken roots of the tree demons. These were extensions of the tree demons' main bodies, and could be considered a spiritual treasure. Crucially, they had been actively abandoned by the tree demons, and no tree demon's soul was attached to them. Lu Xuan purified them in a short time.
Now, Lu Xuan decided to refine these roots into magical artifacts. His current task was to maximize his own power and that of everyone around him. He hadn't felt this urgent need for power in a long time. This, in turn, made Lu Xuan even more excited.
A few days later, Lu Xuan refined all those roots into a magical artifact with the function of a rope.
Wooden rope artifacts aren't actually that powerful. However, they have one significant advantage: once damaged, they can absorb the earth's spiritual energy and repair themselves. As long as they aren't completely destroyed, even a small section can regenerate completely.
Besides its ability to bind enemies, the rope's most important supernatural power is its ability to absorb the enemy's vital energy while binding them. This can be considered the tree demon's innate supernatural power. Lu Xuan didn't add any other attributes; instead, he maximized this characteristic.
The so-called absorption of essence is not simply absorbing the opponent's spiritual power. Rather, it's a holistic weakening of their spiritual power, physical strength, and mental energy. Simply put, if you're bound by these ropes, you'll need powerful fire-attribute divine abilities or other advanced divine abilities to quickly break free. Otherwise, you'll be rapidly weakened and lose the ability to fight back.
This thing was specifically prepared for those demons lurking in the shadows. According to Lu Xuan's observations, those creatures were filled with a large number of zombie cultivators, ghost cultivators, and all sorts of strange and evil cultivators. These cultivators all had one thing in common: they were not proficient in fire-based magic. Therefore, it can be said that this was specifically prepared by Lu Xuan for those kinds of things.
The rope appears to be three separate ropes, but this is not actually the case. Because they originate from the same source, the three ropes are essentially one. They can be joined together at any time to exert a greater effect.
Lu Xuan gave these three ropes to his three followers. Xiahou has now also cultivated spiritual energy, though not very strong. However, the ropes themselves are full of spiritual energy and can draw upon the earth's spiritual energy to replenish themselves. Therefore, manipulating them doesn't require much effort.
Increasing the cultivation level of your three subordinates is only the first step. Increasing your own cultivation level is the key.
Since acquiring the True Fire of the Sun, Lu Xuan had not attempted to develop any other ultimate-level divine abilities. He felt that he had enough at the time and focused his energy on breaking through his current cultivation level.
However, he now realizes that the Golden Core Path is not something that can be achieved overnight. There's no hope of success in the short term. He needs to strengthen his position in other areas.
In terms of magic, Lu Xuan currently employs a balanced approach across all five elements. This is mainly because he has ample time and doesn't want to have any overly obvious weaknesses. Therefore, he follows a path of balancing all five elements. However, if we're talking about his strengths, aside from the fire element's True Fire of the Sun, his greatest proficiency lies in lightning magic.
As for why it's lightning magic, that's probably due to my deep-seated Chinese sentiments. After all, what kind of cultivator in China wouldn't summon heavenly lightning?
At the same time, lightning magic has the effect of dispelling evil. Against those zombie islands, ghost paths, and evil paths, it's basically a matter of overwhelming force with sheer power. Therefore, improving his lightning magic is Lu Xuan's primary goal at present.
Lu Xuan had witnessed lightning magic more than once in this world. Yan Chixia's palm lightning was actually a variant of lightning magic. However, most lightning magic involved summoning lightning. It was rare to see someone using their own abilities to unleash lightning magic.
In his early years, Lu Xuan had read through several worlds' Taoist classics and was exceptionally familiar with the various dubious theories of Taoist thunder magic.
There is a Chinese idiom that means "to be struck by five thunderbolts".
The Five Thunders have different interpretations in Taoism. Generally, there is a distinction between the Inner Five Thunders and the Outer Five Thunders.
The so-called Five Internal Thunders are: Eastern Wood Thunder, located in the Liver Palace; Southern Fire Thunder, located in the Heart Palace; Western Mountain Thunder, located in the Lung Palace; Northern Water Thunder, located in the Kidney Palace; and Central Earth Thunder, located in the Spleen Palace.
These thunder techniques are mostly palm thunder techniques. Among them, the five elements are divided into yin and yang, and thunder techniques are naturally also divided into yin and yang. Yang thunder borrows a breath of innate energy, with the heart palace fire thunder as the main element, governing wood thunder and earth thunder, forming the crimson palace thunder. Yin thunder is based on water thunder, governing mountain thunder and earth thunder, forming the Gui water thunder.
Lu Xuan is currently practicing this version of the Five Star Thunder Technique. Cultivating all five thunders simultaneously is no simple matter. In time, Lu Xuan will likely become a mere figurehead.
After all, no other cultivator had accumulated hundreds of years of cultivation theories before embarking on the path of cultivation, and had taken the first step independently.
Thanks to this special accumulation, Lu Xuan was able to choose to cultivate all five elements simultaneously. He had a premonition that if he could truly achieve the simultaneous cultivation of the five thunders, this Taoist method might bring some incredible benefits.
As for the Five External Thunders, they refer to the thunder of heaven, earth, clouds, water, and spirits. These five types of thunder are natural thunder. Because the Dao Ancestor attained enlightenment, his descendants were able to borrow the power of heaven and earth, so many Daoist cultivators could use these five types of thunder to perform thunder magic. Ultimately, these are not their own thunders, but rather special privileges granted to their descendants by their powerful ancestors. A representative figure is Yan Chixia. His signature Daoist technique is to borrow the power of heaven and earth. This shows that he is a descendant highly valued by those powerful figures, and thus has even greater privileges.
The five external thunders are actually closer to the commonly known "five thunderbolts striking the head." Or, to put it simply, they are heavenly thunder or earthly thunder. This represents the supreme authority of the power of heaven and earth. Mortals, and even the vast majority of cultivators, will never see them in their entire lives, let alone command them. However, demons often encounter them. Of course, they don't particularly welcome them. Because the thunder tribulations that various demons undergo when transforming into human form are the true heavenly thunder!
The thunder that cultivators use when they set up an altar to summon wind and rain is called cloud thunder. As for demonic thunder, that can almost be considered a legend in the cultivation world.
The path of demons and ghosts is most afraid of lightning magic. However, there are exceptions. Some demons, or even ghosts, are born with, or through some fortuitous encounter, the ability to control lightning; this kind of lightning is called demonic lightning.
Generally speaking, the cultivation world believes that demons with such opportunities are born from the very essence of heaven and earth. They are not easily hunted or killed. Furthermore, ordinary cultivators are no match for such creatures.
The Five Thunder Techniques, both internal and external, essentially encompass the basic framework of Taoist thunder magic. Lu Xuan's ultimate goal, he says, is to collect all ten of the Taoist thunder techniques; he wants to know what benefits he will gain then!
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Chapter 359 The Belief in Becoming Stronger
The words that the Painted Skin Demon blurted out caused Lu Xuan's expression to change drastically.
The implication of those words proved that the Painted Skin Ghost knew of Lu Xuan's existence. Lu Xuan had used the True Fire of the Sun three times in the past year. Previously, during his travels, he encountered a powerful ghost that was difficult to deal with, so he directly burned it with the True Fire of the Sun. Later, he used the True Fire of the Sun to destroy the tree demon. And now, this time…
No, that's not right. Actually, there was another time. Seven years ago, Lu Xuan went out into battle for the first time. He used the True Fire of the Sun to burn a newly formed zombie. At that time, an unknown evil cultivator was also involved. However, Lu Xuan lacked experience and didn't get many useful clues. Now, the Painted Skin Ghost's words have given him a bad feeling.
"Have you seen me before?"
"Boy, don't think you can be arrogant just because you've mastered a little supernatural power. The master won't let you get away with this."
After the Painted Skin Demon finished speaking, his entire body suddenly shrunk, transforming into a black mass resembling mud. He attempted to burrow underground to escape.
Without a word, Lu Xuan activated the flames in his hand and slammed them into the black mud on the ground. Before the flames even reached it, the black mud exploded, turning into countless small clumps that scattered in all directions.