Starting as a supporting character in Doupo

"What's your hurry!" Yao Lao glanced at Xiao Yan with annoyance and said calmly, "Although the restrictions imposed by the Wind and Thunder Pavilion are very severe, I have been traversing the Dou Qi Continent for so many years and have seen all kinds of storms. Since you have been brought here, I naturally have a way to solve this."

"Hehe." Despite being scolded by Yao Lao, Xiao Yan wasn't disappointed; instead, he was thrilled. Such an amazing fighting technique—if only one of them could cultivate it, that would be a real problem. "Then, Teacher, let's begin our cultivation now!"

"Don't worry, just wait."

"What are you waiting for?"

The old doctor pointed to the gloomy sky above and slowly said, "Wait for the wind to rise and the lightning to flash. Only in this way will you have a chance to successfully cultivate the Three Thousand Thunder Movements."

The weather in the mountains is unpredictable. Xiao Fan and his group waited for half a day, and that night, there was thunder and lightning, and strong winds.

"Now is the time." Looking at the scene in the sky, the old doctor turned back and said to the two of them with delight, "Let's go."

Upon reaching the summit, Yao Lao had Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan sit cross-legged facing each other, placed the Three Thousand Thunder Scroll between them, and said to them, "Next, I will draw out the wind and thunder power inside the scroll, gather the wind and thunder from the sky, and divide it into two parts. At that time, you will have to suppress it yourselves."

Seeing Xiao Fan and the others nod, Yao Lao waved his hand gently, and the special seal on the silver scroll instantly collapsed, releasing a powerful energy fluctuation from the scroll.

The scroll rose out of thin air, hovering between Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan. The fine, hair-like hairs on it instantly turned into pure silver, and an astonishing silver beam shot upwards from the scroll toward the sky.

The lightning in the sky was drawn to it, vying to strike the silver pillar of light that connected the scroll to the sky, and even the howling wind seemed to be gathering here.

"Congeal!"

Looking at the scene above, Yao Lao finally shouted, and a suffocating soul power surged out instantly, compressing the thunder and gale into a silver pillar of light in the blink of an eye.

With a serious expression, Yao Lao pressed his hands down into the air, causing the silver pillar of light that had been soaring into the sky to slowly shrink and fall back into the scroll in front of Xiao Fan and his companion.

After a moment of contemplation, two silver-white bolts of lightning shot out from the scroll, each seemingly containing thousands of figures.

These figures, some sitting still, some running, some walking, are all in various poses and lifelike.

"seal up!"

The suffocating soul power of the old doctor still sealed off the space, and the two bolts of lightning couldn't escape under his suppression.

"Absorb these two bolts of lightning into your body and refine them."

After giving the two a few words of advice, the old doctor waved his hand and sent two bolts of lightning into their bodies.

Xiao Fan was still marveling at the soul power of Yao Lao that he had just sensed. That soul power, as deep as the ocean, was far beyond what Xiao Fan could compare to. No wonder he was Yao Zun Zhe who once dominated the Dou Qi Continent.

Upon sensing the wind and thunder power that Yao Lao had injected into his body, Xiao Fan instantly summoned his strange fire and enveloped it within his body. With the presence of the strange fire, even a trace of wind and thunder power could not cause much of a stir.

The strange fire continuously gathered around the power of wind and thunder. Without any follow-up power, the power of wind and thunder was quickly and completely dispersed by the strange fire, turning into Xiao Fan's body and merging into his limbs and bones.

Having easily refined the power of wind and thunder, Xiao Fan opened his eyes and met Xiao Yan's gaze.

After all, both of them possess different kinds of fire, so refining the power of wind and thunder wouldn't be too difficult for them.

"Hehe, the refining was successful?" Seeing the two open their eyes, the old doctor asked with a smile.

"Hmm, teacher, now that we've absorbed the power of wind and thunder, shouldn't we start cultivating the Three Thousand Thunder Movements?" Xiao Yan looked at Yao Lao, his throat bobbing as he eagerly asked.

“That’s true, but haven’t you already successfully refined the power of wind and thunder?” Yao Lai looked at the two of them with a smile and said, “The power of wind and thunder you just absorbed contained all sorts of human-shaped movies, didn’t it? That’s the key to cultivating the Three Thousand Thunder Movements.”

"Once you successfully refine the power of wind and thunder, all you need to do is keep getting familiar with it. Sooner or later, you will all be able to master the Three Thousand Thunder Movements!"

"real!"

Upon hearing Yao Lao's words, Xiao Yan's eyes lit up, and he immediately began to try circulating the power of wind and thunder within his body.

A soft rumble of thunder sounded, and Xiao Yan, who had been sitting cross-legged on the mountaintop, instantly sped towards the sky.

Standing in mid-air, Xiao Yan looked at himself hovering in the air, then turned around and saw that he hadn't used the Thunder Bat Wings on his back. Excitedly, he called out to Yao Lao and the others, "Teacher, Senior Brother, I... ah..."

Before he could finish speaking, the faint white lightning beneath Xiao Yan's feet seemed to lose its momentum and disappeared. Immediately afterward, Xiao Yan, who was suspended in mid-air, fell to the foot of the mountain, leaving behind only a mournful howl.

Chapter 183 Lightning Flash

On the grassy swamp, a rumbling thunderous sound rang out, and two sounds swept across the swamp, creating two continuous ravines in the water.

As the figures passed by, the venomous snakes lurking in the swamp spat out numerous water jets mixed with venom at the two figures. However, before they could touch the two, they had already moved away, leaving behind a group of venomous snakes following behind, constantly hissing.

After flying dozens of meters, the two figures sped straight into the sky, and even without unfolding their battle wings, they managed to stay in the air for more than ten seconds.

Although the two only stayed in the air for a short period of ten seconds, it would be enough to shock everyone if word got out. After all, only those who have reached the Douhuang realm can levitate in mid-air for a short time with their own power, and only those who have reached the Douzong realm can stay in the sky for a long time.

"As expected of a low-rank movement technique, it has already achieved such amazing speed after only three days of learning!"

With a flash of silver light, Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan stopped and looked back at the swamp behind them, both filled with surprise.

"Don't get too proud."

Just as the two were feeling smug, the old doctor suddenly appeared in front of them and said with a serious expression, "Although you have been able to use the Three Thousand Thunder Movements in just three days, you must know that you have not yet truly entered the door!"

"The Three Thousand Thunders Realm is divided into three stages: Thunder Flash, Thunder Shun, and Three Thousand Thunders." Yao Lao stroked his white beard and then said calmly, "You can only use the power of wind and thunder in a preliminary way now. Even if you are far from the first level of Thunder Flash, there is still a lot of gap between you and the first level."

"The Three Thousand Thunderclaps are as still as a rock, but as swift as thunder when they move. They do not pursue ostentation or noise, but only surprise. But what about you now? The moment you make a move, it is accompanied by a deafening thunderclap. I'm afraid you can hear the sound from a hundred meters away before you even move. This is not in line with the essence of the Three Thousand Thunderclaps cultivation."

Although Yao Lao was outwardly reprimanding Xiao Fan and the other person, he was actually quite surprised. The fact that they could learn the Three Thousand Thunder Movements in just three days made Yao Lao very happy.

However, having just acquired such profound movement and fighting techniques, in order to prevent Xiao Fan and the other two from becoming arrogant, Yao Lao had no choice but to put on a stern face and pretend to be the bad cop.

"Especially you, Yan'er, look at the gullies left in the swamp behind you. Your senior brother knows to keep a low profile. Although his momentum is also impressive, he is much better than you!"

"Hehe..." Hearing Yao Lao's words, Xiao Yan looked back and saw two furrows, one deep and one shallow. The deeper one was naturally the one he had left. He scratched his head but did not refute it. After all, what his teacher said made sense.

"Teacher, please don't say that." Xiao Fan, who was standing to the side, looked at Yao Lao and stepped forward with a smile, "Don't worry, my junior brother and I know that you are just afraid that we will become arrogant and complacent. We won't."

"Hehe, you..." When Yao Lao saw Xiao Fan stepping forward, he directly revealed his thoughts, shook his head with a smile, and then said seriously, "Alright, it is beyond my expectations that you can master the Three Thousand Thunder Movements in three days, but what I just told you was not a lie."

“Now that you are cultivating the Three Thousand Thunder Movements, it doesn’t mean that the more flamboyant the wind and thunder power within your body is, the better. On the contrary, you should restrain the power within your body and use all the wind and thunder power in your movement techniques, instead of blindly pursuing a grand display.”

Hearing Yao Lao's warning, Xiao Fan and the other person nodded, then sat cross-legged on the ground in the distance and began to regulate their fighting spirit.

After all, this is a low-level Earth-rank movement technique. Even if the two of them used their full strength, they couldn't sustain it indefinitely. With Xiao Yan's strength as an eight-star Great Dou Master, he could only last for three to five minutes. As for Xiao Fan, not only was his strength a six-star Dou Ling, which was almost a whole realm higher than Xiao Yan's, but he also cultivated an Earth-rank technique with abundant Dou Qi, so sustaining it for half an hour was not a problem.

It must be said that the Radiant Sun Transformation within Xiao Fan's body, the small energy sphere not far from the Dou Crystal, should now be called an energy sun. An enormous golden energy sun is floating behind Xiao Fan's Dou Crystal, and next to this energy sun, a second energy light cluster has also begun to condense.

On the spacious swamp, Xiao Yan sat down to recover not far away, while Xiao Fan continued to soar and leap through it. With a flash of silver light, his figure disappeared from the spot again, seemingly tireless, flashing back and forth in the swamp...

As time passed, the thunder that had been booming in the swamp gradually subsided, and the deep ravines that had been carved into the swamp slowly became shallower.

After more than a month of cultivation, Xiao Yan calmly flew over the swamp, turning into a black line and rushing out of the swamp in an instant. He then stood with his hands behind his back, quietly standing in mid-air. Upon closer inspection, a faint layer of lightning could be seen beneath his feet.

His figure paused slightly, a flash of lightning appeared, and then Xiao Yan's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot. However, if you look closely, those with good eyesight can see a black line that shot out from Xiao Yan's position and appeared more than 20 meters away.

Xiao Yan looked back and saw a blurry figure slowly disappearing from where he had been standing. The speed at which it had moved had left an afterimage behind it.

"Teacher, I succeeded!"

Seeing the afterimage behind him, Xiao Yan said excitedly. After a month and a half, he had finally taken the first step into the first level of the Three Thousand Thunder Movements, Thunder Flash.

"Heh, so what if you've stepped in? Look at your senior brother, what's there to be proud of!"

The old doctor appeared beside Xiao Yan and said calmly.

This time it wasn't feigned modesty, but rather that he had genuinely gotten used to it. The main reason was Xiao Fan. Half a month ago, Xiao Fan had already entered the Thunder Flash Realm. Then, in order not to disturb Xiao Yan's cultivation, he continued to study the Shadow Prison from a nearby location.

The old master would also go over to give guidance from time to time. Every time he gave guidance, his disciple would inexplicably break through. After being shocked many times, the old master now felt that Xiao Yan's progress was nothing special.

"Uh...hehe."

Although he was lectured by Yao Lao, Xiao Yan was not disappointed, after all, the smile on Yao Lao's face was still clearly visible.

"I'm going to check on my senior brother!"

Xiao Yan flashed and headed towards Xiao Fan's location.

Yao Lao remained where he was, watching Xiao Yan's departing figure with his hands behind his back, a smile on his face, and eyes full of satisfaction.

Reaching the first level of the Three Thousand Thunder Movements, the Thunder Flash Realm, in just over fifty days, Xiao Yan's cultivation speed is among the best, even within the Wind and Thunder Pavilion. As for Xiao Fan? Yao Lao shook his head. Even with his knowledge, he could only say that Xiao Fan was a freak.

But what pleased Yao Lao the most was the harmonious atmosphere between Xiao Fan and his fellow disciple. He turned his head and glanced in the direction of the Black Corner Region, sighed, and then his figure disappeared from the spot.

Chapter 184 Seemingly Enlightened

In a forest, Xiao Fan sat cross-legged on the ground, his brows furrowed, staring intently at the wolf-like magical beast in front of him, deep in thought.

The wolf-shaped magical beast looked powerful and was clearly a fourth-tier magical beast, enough to rival a Dou Ling expert among human powerhouses. However, it lay listlessly on the spot, letting Xiao Fan sit not far away from it, without showing any hostility.

Even from its somewhat lifeless eyes, it seemed to harbor a faint fear of Xiao Fan.

Outside the wolf-shaped magical beast, a pitch-black cage flickered faintly, with black chains coiling around it, imprisoning it in place.

The wolf's originally fierce eyes had long been smoothed out during Xiao Fan's research.

Yes, during the research process.

In the past two weeks, after Xiao Fan entered the Lightning Flash realm from the Three Thousand Thunder Movements, he began to study the Shadow Prison. In order to conduct experiments, he sought out nearby magical beasts.

Weak magical beasts are of little use to Xiao Fan's research, while strong ones defeat the purpose of the research, since he can't even defeat them, so why bother researching combat techniques?

By sheer chance, Xiao Fan found this fourth-tier demonic wolf.

At the beginning, Xiao Fan's Shadow Prison could only imprison it for a moment, and in battle, he sometimes couldn't control the use of his battle qi, often resulting in unnecessary consumption of battle qi.

Therefore, Xiao Fan has been studying this mid-level Earth Rank Battle Qi for the past half month.

Why do I always feel like I'm lacking something in terms of control?

Looking at the cage in front of him, a hint of doubt flashed in Xiao Fan's eyes. He felt that he had understood the fighting technique, but when he wanted to use other techniques in combination more flexibly, he always felt a little awkward, which is why he asked the question.

"That might be due to a lack of ability."

An aged voice sounded from behind. Xiao Fan turned around and smiled at Yao Lao, "Teacher, you mean?"

Looking at the imprisoned demonic wolf in front of Xiao Fan, Yao Lao's tone was full of surprise. "To be honest, I really think your talent is terrifying." Yao Lao pointed at Xiao Fan and sighed, "No matter how profound your understanding is, you can't use this fighting technique to a higher level at this stage."