I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 468 Thunder Vine (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Jiang Yi, along with Zhu Xin and Hua Gu, carefully concealed their presence and continued towards the Lightning Tower.

All that could be seen along the way were ruins and dark, scorched earth repeatedly tempered by lightning, with a few sparse seedlings of spiritual plants unique to this place growing there. There were signs that the ground had been recently dug up, and the mature spiritual plants had already been taken away.

The diligent Hua Gu dug up some seedlings, preparing to place them in the spiritual herb space of the Green Wood Cauldron to help Hong Li enrich the variety of spiritual plants there.

Hong Li is currently refining elixirs by stoking a boiler in Youxian Ferry.

The closer you get to the lightning tower, the more suffocating the oppressive force of thunder in the air becomes.

The thundercloud vortex at the top of the tower seemed to have existed since time immemorial, occasionally unleashing streaks of silver lightning as thick as an arm, which struck the tower or the surrounding ground, creating blinding flashes of light.

Just then, a white light flew back rapidly from the direction of the tower. It was the clone of Hua Gu who had gone to scout ahead. She merged into Hua Gu's main body and sent back the scouting information.

"I see! There are people under the tower. Three are very powerful, and a dozen or so are ordinary. They are busy at the bottom of the tower, it seems they are digging something or setting up an array. I didn't dare to get too close, for fear of being discovered."

Jiang Yi's eyes narrowed slightly. She took out the few Traceless Eyes that Shang Shixu had given her and released them. She then quietly approached with Zhu Xin and Hua Gu, hiding in a place where they would not be detected by the divine sense of a Golden Core cultivator.

A moment later, with the help of the shared vision and hearing of the Invisible Eye, Jiang Yi clearly 'saw' the scene below the tower.

Three Golden Core cultivators stood suspended in mid-air, surrounding the Lightning-Attracting Tower. Some kind of ice-type magic treasure surrounded them, emitting a protective glow that prevented them from being disturbed by the lightning.

They continuously channeled their magical power into the array plates in front of them, indeed setting up some kind of grand array, or breaking some kind of grand array.

There were also a dozen or so Foundation Establishment cultivators scattered around the Lightning-Attracting Tower, their expressions tense yet expectant.

"I heard that Master Yu spent nearly thirty years finally figuring out that there really is something under this lightning-attracting tower..."

"This tower was struck by lightning over a thousand years ago and is still intact. I think the tower itself is a great treasure, but unfortunately no one knows how to take it away."

"If Master Yu can really break the barrier, can we get a share of the profits?"

"Shut up! Focus on maintaining the defensive position!"

A burly man with a thick beard, clearly having made significant progress in body tempering, shouted sternly. His forehead was covered in sweat, indicating that he was under immense pressure to maintain the great formation.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators around immediately fell silent, stood in their respective positions, and began to channel spiritual energy into their feet.

Behind the ruins in the distance.

Zhu Xin squatted down next to Jiang Yi and teased her in an old-fashioned manner, "Look at your luck. You just arrived and you've already caught the last step of other people's treasure hunt. You can get a hot meal now."

Jiang Yi smiled lazily, "There's nothing I can do. I'm now protected by the residual luck of Kunlun, so my fortune in all aspects will definitely improve."

Before he finished speaking, a sudden change occurred!
The entire lightning tower trembled violently, and the swirling thundercloud at the top of the tower suddenly became violent, unleashing a terrifying bolt of lightning thicker than ordinary lightning, which crashed down like a giant silver python.

The lightning did not strike the ground directly, but rather precisely wrapped around the lightning-attracting tower. The blinding light once again stole everyone's sight, shaking everyone's consciousness.

Jiang Yi instantly lost sight of the Traceless Eye and could not even sense the existence of the Traceless Eye Worm. All he heard were the screams of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The violent power of the thunder spread like a raging storm, and Hua Gu immediately waved her sleeves, erecting a solid ice barrier around the three of them.

This barrier not only contains the power of the Ice Phoenix, but also a trace of the Cold Moon Sword Intent that I absorbed from Liu Taozhi's sword energy during the ten years I cultivated with her.

The residual force of the thunder struck the Xuanbing barrier, but was immediately forced back by the power of the Cold Moon Sword Intent, and Jiang Yi and the other two were unharmed.

Jiang Yi turned to look at Hua Gu, who smiled shyly, "Ice doesn't conduct electricity, you taught me that."

Jiang Yi affectionately rubbed Hua Gu's head and saw that the violent lightning on the lightning-attracting tower in the distance did not immediately dissipate, but instead twisted and condensed wildly on the tower.

Immediately afterwards, the lightning serpent, which had been condensed to its extreme, began to grow. The silver lightning split and spread out, like new vines and branches, and even sprouted fine silver 'leaves'.

"It's thunder vine! Watch out!" the burly man with a bushy beard roared.

The Thunder God Vine, seemingly formed entirely from lightning and wrapped around the lightning-attracting tower, displayed a ferocious power at the late Golden Core stage as soon as it took shape. The silver-white vine, several meters long, swept towards everyone around it like a raging dragon, accompanied by ear-piercing thunderous booms. Three or four late Foundation Establishment stage cultivators didn't even have time to fully activate their protective magic artifacts before being reduced to charred ashes in the blinding lightning.

Those who were lucky enough to stand a little further away were also pierced by the dense lightning rods shot from the tips of the vines, screaming as they fell to the ground convulsing, their lives hanging by a thread.

"Formation!"

The burly man with a bushy beard and another black-robed cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core realm had their eyes wide with rage and simultaneously unleashed their magical treasures.

One man wielded a flying fork wreathed in purple lightning, while another brandished a massive, heavy iron shield, attempting to block the vines.

The leader was Yu Zhenren, a middle-aged scholar at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. He frowned as he manipulated the array plate, attempting to bind the Thunder Vine with a large array.

However, the Thunder Vine possessed immense power, its vines were agile and cunning. With a single lash, the massive iron shield was violently knocked away, and the burly man with the bushy beard was sent flying backward, spitting out blood.

The black-robed cultivator's flying fork magic weapon was also skillfully entangled by vines, and lost its spiritual light amidst flashes of electric arcs!
Seeing the unstoppable ferocity of the Thunder Vine, Zhu Xin exclaimed in Jiang Yi's ear, "What a treasure! A mutated Thunder Vine at the late Golden Core stage has already developed its own intelligence. If we can capture it and nurture it properly, it will definitely give birth to a young Thunder Vine demon spirit. This kind of rare treasure has endless potential!"

Zhu Xin was praising it, but Xiao Xian Teng Qing Xiao was not interested. It had no interest in this kind of wood-type spiritual creature that flickered with electricity. It still preferred purer spiritual wood.

Jiang Yi remained silent, continuing to focus her divine sense on the battle ahead. They were currently engaged in fierce fighting, and no one would notice her divine sense aura.

Just as the three Golden Core cultivators were about to be overwhelmed, a hint of heartache flashed in the eyes of the leader, Master Yu, who suddenly pulled out a crystal-blue pearl from his robes, its interior seemingly filled with countless flowing ice crystals!
"Frost Soul Pearl, go!"

He shouted and poured all his spiritual power into it.

The pearl instantly unleashed an astonishingly cold power, transforming into a deep blue circular ripple that crashed violently into the rampant thunder vine!
Ice and lightning are inherently incompatible, but the power of the pearl cleverly froze the violent lightning power on the Thunder God Vine.

The vines visibly slowed their movements, and their vibrant silver light dimmed, like a frozen snake.

It seemed to sense a great threat, struggling to retract all its vines, and instantly burrowed into the depths of the tower base covered with lightning patterns, disappearing from sight.

Seeing this, the three Golden Core cultivators finally breathed a sigh of relief, their faces turning extremely grim.

The burly man with a bushy beard swept over the mess on the ground and his several seriously injured subordinates, finally landing at the bottom of the tower, where a dark, bottomless crack had been torn open by the Thunder God Vine!

"The tunnel has opened!" the black-robed cultivator exclaimed excitedly.

The leader, Master Yu, did not immediately step forward. Instead, he shouted at the remaining seven or eight Foundation Establishment cultivators, "You few! Go in first and scout ahead!"

The seven or eight late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators turned pale and unconsciously retreated.

They were no match for the Thunder Vine, but they knew that Master Yu was willing to take them along so that they could scout ahead and clear the way for the Thunder Vine.

Fortune favors the bold, and several daring Foundation Establishment cultivators immediately stepped forward, activating all their protective abilities, and headed towards the crack at the bottom of the tower.

Zhu Xin whispered to Jiang Yi, "Given their caution, they'll probably close the entrance temporarily after they go in."

"Don't make any noise."

Jiang Yi transformed the Heart-Piercing Mirror back into a mirror, and turned Hua Gu into mist that wrapped around her arm. He then activated the Leaf-Blinding Technique to approach silently and quickly lock onto a trembling young man at the very back of the Foundation Establishment cultivators.

With a thought, Jiang Yi sent out the golden needles and red threads hidden in her belt, which flew out silently and quickly pierced the young man's major acupoints and sea of ​​consciousness.

The young man's body suddenly stiffened, and his eyes instantly lost their original luster, becoming empty and confused, like a puppet on strings.

"You, will you go in right now, or should I send you on your way now?"

The threatening voice of the burly man with a bushy beard came, and Jiang Yi controlled the young man to look up and found that everyone had entered the gap at the bottom of the tower, leaving only the young man standing in place.

Jiang Yi quickly manipulated the person to act as if they were trembling with fear and helplessness, and gritted their teeth as they stepped forward and entered the gap at the bottom of the tower.

(End of this chapter)