CHAPTER 257: LIGHTNING LAKE

"Lightning lake." Shen Xu muttered in an incredulous voice.

"Why did we arrive at the lightning lake when we set out for the gravity valley?"

"Master, our map may be more incomplete than we thought." Yang Shi said and Feng Xue nodded in agreement.

"It doesn’t matter." Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.

"The lightning lake is just as good for refining the body."

"You are right. We..." Shen Xu started but soon frowned.

A moment later, his jaw dropped and his eyes narrowed.

"What’s the matter?" Zhen Yuan asked but the double shook his head before transmitting a message.

[Xiaomu says the lightning element fire is in the lake.] He said.

Hearing this, Zhen Yuan turned to the lake.

The lake was fifty thousand square metres.

It had silver lightning bolts on its surface and the water boiled and crackled with energy.

Most importantly, Zhen Yuan noticed many fire laws within the lake and the surrounding area.

[The fire laws are densest at the centre of the lake. The lightning fire is probably there.]

Shen Xu nodded when he heard that but his expression didn’t ease.

[Xiaomu says the lightning fire is trapped. She can feel it but can’t communicate with it.]

[What do you plan to do?] Zhen Yuan asked.

[There are many people in the lightning lake and I don’t want to attract attention. Let’s refine our bodies and naturally make our way to the centre. We will figure something out when we get there.]

[Alright.]

"Let’s find a place to settle down." Shen Xu said, looking around to survey the surroundings.

Unlike the Cloud Seeking Trees Forest, there were many people around and in the lightning lake.

Wanting to avoid conflicts, the four found a relatively empty place and set up their portable cave.

After doing that, they entered the cave and sat around a table.

"Here is a lightning element body refining technique. Study it before entering the lake." Zhen Yuan said, sliding a copy of the technique to the other three.

"Heavenly lightning body refining technique." Shen Xu read after receiving his copy.

"I found it in the library." Zhen Yuan informed and Shen Xu nodded in understanding.

"This technique is better than my clan’s body refining method." Feng Xue stated in an awe-filled voice.

Compared to humans, monsters were born with naturally strong bodies.

As a result, their cultivation was biased towards body refining rather than qi cultivation.

Seeing such a good body refining technique, Feng Xue was naturally excited and couldn’t wait to try it.

After that, the four entered the space to study and comprehend the technique.

Less than a day later, they left the space and sat around the table.

"We will practice in the lightning lake during the day and enter the space at night. However, one night outside is fifteen space days." Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.

"During that time, we will supplement the lightning body refining with monster blood baths, blue crystal fish, sparring, and other methods. That way, the lightning body refining will produce twice the results with half the effort."

"I agree." Shen Xu said and the others nodded in agreement.

After a night of eating and drinking, the four left the cave and prepared to enter the lightning lake.

"Do you think it will be painful?" The double suddenly asked.

"Well..." Zhen Yuan started but didn’t finish.

Instead, he looked at the people inside and around the lake.

At a glance, all were covered in wounds, most were gritting their teeth and some were screaming.

Even thinking with his toes, it was clear that body refining in the lightning lake was a torturous experience.

"I hate pain." Shen Xu sighed but his eyes were filled with determination.

Soon after, he dipped his toes in the water and subconsciously gasped.

"How is it?" Yang Shi asked with an excited expression.

"Not painful." Shen Xu said through gritted teeth.

Seeing this, Zhen Yuan chuckled and rubbed his wife’s hair.

"Let’s go in." He said.

A moment later, everyone sat on the lake’s edge and dipped their feet in the water.

At first, Shen Xu felt a jolt, followed by a tingling sensation all over his body.

Half a breath later, he felt a burning pain and unconsciously raised his feet to remove them from the charged water.

However, when the pain eased, he dipped his feet again and forcibly kept them in the water even when he instinctively wanted to escape the pain.

At first, Shen Xu and the others only dipped their feet in the water.

However, they got used to the sensation as time passed and eventually entered the lake.

One day...

One month...

One year...

Ten years...

One hundred years...

During the past one hundred years, the four made their way from the lake’s edge to the centre.

Consequently, Zhen Yuan’s body cultivation was still at peak level seven but it was more refined and purer.

Most importantly, he comprehended many lightning laws and improved his lightning runes.

Compared to before, his lightning talisman, lightning inscription, lightning formation, and even the lightning talisman-formation were several times more powerful.

On the other hand, Shen Xu’s body cultivation broke through to level seven and advanced to the peak of the early stage.

In addition, because the lake had dense fire qi, the double advanced to the peak of the spirit transformation realm.

Although his level was not full and he couldn’t advance to the void refining realm, Shen Xu was still happy, especially because his cultivation was completely stable.

Similarly, Yang Shi’s cultivation followed Shen Xu and he achieved similar results.

As for Feng Xue, she absorbed a lot of fire qi and advanced to the early stage of level five while her body cultivation stabilised at the early stage of level six.

On this day, the four gathered at the lake’s centre.

"Master, do you also feel a strong fire presence near here?" Feng Xue asked, looking at Shen Xu with curious eyes.

"It’s a lightning element fire. I plan to contract it." Shen Xu said but soon frowned.

After staying in the lake for one hundred years, he had a vague understanding of the lightning fire.