naaapseattle Chapter 161 Thunder Attribute Mana
Chapter 161 Thunder Attribute Mana
Chapter 161: Lightning-attributed Mana
This discovery startled Li Lan.
One must know,
that the reason he currently had such a fast Cultivation speed,
was largely due to the help of this purple sandalwood tree core.
If anything were to happen to this item,
not only would his Cultivation speed be greatly reduced,
but the possibility of him advancing to the Foundation Establishment Stage would also become even more remote.
Thinking of this,
Li Lan quickly stopped absorbing Spiritual Qi,
and carefully examined the purple sandalwood tree core.
From its appearance,
the entire wooden stake was still deep purple, no different from before.
Li Lan released his Divine Sense and probed into the interior of the purple sandalwood tree core.
He had possessed this item for a long time,
and under the continuous nourishment of Spiritual Qi day and night, it did not resist his actions.
Li Lan's Divine Sense easily entered it.
At this moment,
the center of the purple sandalwood tree core was identical to a common Cultivator's Dantian.
Streams of Spiritual Qi were spiraling into it, attempting to form the雏形 of a Mana vortex.
If Li Lan did not interfere,
this item might even re-enter the Foundation Establishment Realm after Cultivating for thousands of years on its own.
Of course,
what Li Lan was most concerned about at the moment was not this.
He noticed that, in addition to Spiritual Qi, the interior of the purple sandalwood tree core
also contained many densely distributed white lights.
Upon closer inspection, it was not difficult to find that these were tiny electric arcs flickering.
The more Li Lan looked, the stranger he felt.
This purple sandalwood tree core was a wood-attributed Spiritual object,
and was completely unrelated to the lightning attribute.
How could there be so many electric arcs gathered within its body?
Could it be because of Dou *Shixiong*?
Li Lan recalled the battle with Dou *Shixiong* before coming to Jiuhua County City.
At that time,
the opponent released Palm Thunder,
and when he couldn't dodge in time, he similarly took out the purple sandalwood tree core to defend himself.
Li Lan thought,
that this item had effortlessly blocked Bao's full-strength attack before,
and since it was wood-attributed, which somewhat countered the opponent's attribute,
it should have produced miraculous effects from any perspective.
The facts were just as he had thought,
the moment the Palm Thunder touched the purple sandalwood tree core,
it seemed to be completely swallowed, without causing any ripples.
Li Lan was eager to seize the initiative and finish off Dou *Shixiong* at that time,
so he quickly glanced at the purple sandalwood tree core, saw that it was unharmed, and hastily put it away.
He had not expected
that the residual power of that Palm Thunder could remain in this wooden stake for so long.
Although he didn't know why the purple sandalwood tree core was in this state,
he could only try his best to find a way to remove all these electric arcs from it now.
No sooner said than done,
Li Lan began to release Mana, intending to envelop all the electric arcs within it,
and gradually draw them out.
However, after several attempts, he found that this approach was not feasible.
As soon as Li Lan's Mana entered the purple sandalwood tree core,
before it even touched those electric arcs,
it would be absorbed by them as nourishment.
No matter how much Mana he injected, the purple sandalwood tree core would refine it all, without missing a single bit.
This was clearly contrary to Li Lan's intentions.
It seemed this method wouldn't work.
Li Lan decisively tried many other methods,
but he soon discovered that none of them were feasible.
Gradually, his brows furrowed slightly.
Could it be that he really had to let these electric arcs be, and allow them to grow?
Li Lan was truly unwilling to do so without knowing if these electric arcs would harm the purple sandalwood tree core.
He pondered for a moment,
and ultimately could not sit idly by and let this happen.
He prepared to deal with all these electric arcs before the situation further deteriorated.
And to resolve these electric arcs,
there was only one last path left now.
Li Lan once again sat cross-legged and entered a Cultivation state,
He placed his palm on the surface of the purple sandalwood tree core and began to absorb Spiritual Qi.
Inside the core,
those unconsciously drifting Spiritual Qi seemed to have received a summons,
and rushed into Li Lan's body.
Along with the flow of Spiritual Qi, those tiny, faint electric arcs were also enveloped within it,
and entered his body together.
Li Lan dared not be negligent, and focused all his attention,
fearing that these electric arcs would suddenly go berserk and utterly destroy his body.
But his greatest fear ultimately did not happen.
Compared to those in Dou *Shixiong*'s possession,
these electric arcs appeared unusually docile and well-behaved.
After circulating through his Meridians for several cycles,
strands of pure Mana, mixed with electric arcs, converged into Li Lan's Dantian.
Throughout the entire process, Li Lan did not experience any abnormalities,
as if those electric arcs had never existed.
However, upon inner examination,
Li Lan discovered that in his Dantian, in addition to the twelve Mana vortices,
there were also tiny, faint electric arcs flickering.
Li Lan stroked his chin, lost in thought.
According to common knowledge in the Cultivation World,
if one does not possess the specified Spiritual Root,
it is simply impossible to incorporate Mana of that attribute into one's body.
But now,
Li Lan did not have a lightning Spiritual Root,
yet these electric arcs remained in his Dantian.
And they did not produce any rejection reactions with Li Lan's original Mana.
This was truly an unheard-of strange phenomenon.
Li Lan cupped his hand, and a wisp of Mana formed a ball in his palm.
Upon closer inspection, it was not difficult to discover.
This Mana ball, in addition to displaying four-colored lights of gold, wood, fire, and earth,
also had tiny electric arcs flickering around it.
He did not have a lightning Spiritual Root, yet the Mana he used
had a trace of lightning attribute.
This discovery slightly surprised Li Lan.
Immediately, an idea sparked in his mind.
Since his Mana was imbued with the lightning attribute,
did that mean he could use lightning-attributed Spells?
A hint of expectation surged in Li Lan's heart.
One must know,
he had coveted Dou *Shixiong*'s incredibly fast Lightning Escape Spell for a long time.
If it weren't for the attribute mismatch,
he would have learned and used it himself long ago.
With this thought,
Li Lan immediately took out the Palm Thunder Spell he had seized from Dou *Shixiong*,
and began to study it.
After reading through the general process of the Palm Thunder several times to get a rough understanding,
Li Lan then used his Mana to circulate along several unfamiliar Meridians in his body that he had never used before.
According to the Palm Thunder, to use this Spell, while silently chanting the incantation,
one also needs to circulate the lightning-attributed Mana within the body through Meridians such as Tianjing, Sidu, and Zhongquan in the arm,
and finally release it from the palm.
For beginners, being able to transform Mana into electric arcs and push them out of the body is considered入门.
This Spell is quite simple,
a Cultivator with a lightning Spiritual Root can initially master it in two or three days.
Li Lan tried several times,
but consistently failed to transform the Mana in his body into electric arcs.
This was not due to his aptitude being too dull,
as the saying goes, 'a clever housewife cannot cook without rice', without lightning-attributed Mana in the body, it is naturally impossible to use lightning-attributed Spells.
Could it be that I misunderstood?
Are these electric arcs not lightning-attributed Mana?
Then why can they be stored in my body, a Cultivator without a lightning Spiritual Root?
Li Lan pondered for a long time, but still couldn't find the reason.
After multiple experiments and checks,
and confirming that these electric arcs were indeed harmless to him,
Li Lan no longer bothered with the 'why'.
In the Cultivation World,
all sorts of strange and wondrous things are countless,
perhaps he just happened to encounter one.
Li Lan no longer delved into the Karma behind it,
and began to concentrate fully on Cultivating.
Travel and Cultivation are always exceptionally monotonous,
but Li Lan's heart for the Dao was extraordinarily firm,
After more than twenty years of Cultivating, he had long since made Cultivation an unconscious habit.
As soon as he had free time,
Li Lan would adjust his breathing and meditate, absorbing Spiritual Qi.
His Physique had undergone several improvements, and he was no longer like his youth,
tossing and turning for a long time before finally entering meditation.
Now Li Lan,
as long as he concentrated, he could absorb and refine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi anytime, anywhere.
Although his Spiritual Root Aptitude had not changed,
his Cultivation speed was many times faster than when he first entered the Dao.
One day,
Li Lan was in meditation, Cultivating.
Suddenly,
a clear voice, like a grand bell, resonated from all directions, lingering for a long time.
“Fellow Daoist ahead, I am an Human Emperor Hall Deacon, please assist me in stopping this Devil Path Evil Cultivator,
After the matter is done, this Deacon will surely offer a generous reward!”
Li Lan instantly withdrew from his Cultivation state,
He quickly released his Divine Sense, focusing on scanning behind him.
Beyond the maximum range of his Divine Sense coverage,
a green light was speeding towards Li Lan's direction at an extremely fast pace.
Behind it,
several rainbow lights clung tightly like maggots to bone.
Li Lan's heart sank slightly,
He had not been negligent while Cultivating,
constantly releasing his Divine Sense to guard against his surroundings.
And now, he hadn't even detected them, yet the other party had discovered him first.
This was enough to show that,
the other party's Divine Sense strength was far superior to his own.
Due to constantly controlling several Spirit Bean Soldiers,
Li Lan's Divine Sense was considerably stronger than Cultivators of the same Realm,
and could even be on par with Cultivators one Realm higher.
Although Li Lan had encountered many Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators before,
he had never personally compared them.
Now he realized that,
compared to the Qi Refinement Stage,
the Foundation Establishment Stage not only had a generational lead in Mana,
but the gap in Divine Sense strength was also as vast as the heavens and earth.
Li Lan pondered for a moment,
and quickly made a decision.
He put away his flying boat, formed a Spell seal, and switched to the faster Flowing Fire Flying Star Escape Spell,
fleeing quickly in a direction away from the crowd.
As for what the Human Emperor Hall Deacon said,
Li Lan completely disregarded it.
A person who could be so highly regarded by a dignified Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator,
must not be weak in strength,
at least at the Early-stage Foundation Establishment level.
This level of battle,
was simply not something a mere twelfth-level Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator like him could get involved in.
Li Lan did not want to needlessly offend a powerful Demonic Path Cultivator,
and get himself into trouble.
Guan Ming did not expect the Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator ahead to actually stop the opponent.
He only hoped that he could delay them for a moment.
But what Guan Ming never expected was that,
not only did Li Lan not do as he said,
but he unhesitatingly withdrew and left, his escape speed was so fast that it was not inferior to that of an ordinary Early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
This infuriated Guan Ming,
this Qi Refining Stage brat clearly didn't put him in his eyes at all!