I proved immortality with thunder magic.

Leihe Peak, Mountain Stream Frog Pond.

It was afternoon, and a thunderstorm had just passed, causing the mountain stream to swell and the entire area around the frog pond to be shrouded in mist.

Just then, a majestic shout suddenly rang out from the mist.

"Roaring thunder, drawn by qi, thunder comes!"

Boom!

Suddenly, a clap of thunder sounded in the sky, and a bolt of light blue lightning, as thick as a child's arm, struck down from the sky and crashed directly into the swollen stream.

This scene frightened the frogs floating on the water, causing them to leap frantically towards the shore and flee into the woods on both banks.

These frogs, who usually enjoy being struck by lightning, are now behaving as if they are terrified of it, which is quite strange.

However, some frogs that were slow to escape soon discovered that the lightning in the water didn't seem as powerful as before, making it difficult for them to withstand.

Even after discovering this, their deep-seated fear still led them to choose to go ashore and observe first.

As Zhou Tai watched the frogs retreat by the mountain stream, a faint smile appeared on his face.

He certainly knew why the frogs had retreated; after all, in the past six months, those frogs that didn't know how to escape ashore had basically all ended up in the stomach of the Blue-feathered Thunder Crane.

Originally there were hundreds of Thunder Frogs, but now only half remain, and most of them are newly born frogs in recent years.

However, the frogs had clearly misunderstood the situation today. The lightning bolt that fell from the sky just now was not Blue Feather Thunder Crane's magic, but rather his "Lightning Strike Technique".

Although both are mid-grade first-tier lightning-attribute spells, "Lightning Strike" is much harder to learn than "Lightning Serpent Dance".

Zhou Tai learned the "Thunder Serpent Dance" in less than three months, but the "Thunder Strike Technique" took him four months.

However, in terms of power, "Lightning Strike" far surpasses "Lightning Serpent Dance" and is even called the strongest mid-grade first-tier spell!

Even a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator would likely suffer some injury from that lightning strike, even if they used a high-grade first-tier defensive spell to withstand it.

The only drawback of this spell is that the casting process is cumbersome, it is easy to be interrupted, and it consumes a lot of mana.

Even so, it is a spell that all cultivators with lightning spiritual roots must learn, because only by learning it first can they better learn its superior spell, "Chain Lightning Strike".

The "Chain Lightning Strike" is a first-tier high-grade lightning attribute spell, which is the signature spell of lightning cultivators in the Qi Refining stage and is recognized as the strongest attack spell in the Qi Refining stage!

Zhou Tai has now mastered two lightning-attribute spells, "Lightning Strike" and "Lightning Serpent Dance." If we only consider offensive capabilities, he is probably superior to some cultivators at the sixth level of the Qi Refining stage.

However, he didn't learn these spells to compete with others; he just wanted to have some self-defense capabilities so he could better raise frogs.

After looking at the stream with joy for a while, he thought to himself, "Now that I've mastered the Lightning Strike Technique, I don't need to rush the Lightning Bolt Technique. Anyway, I don't have any combat needs, so it doesn't matter if I learn this technique a little later. I should focus my main energy on talisman making from now on."

His talisman-making skills have improved since receiving support from Aaron Kwok, but he is still far from achieving his goal of making thunder talismans.

If he could make the Thunder Talisman a day earlier, he would have more time to take medicine and cultivate, so naturally he would prioritize this matter the most.

In the days that followed, Zhou Taian focused on raising frogs and drawing talismans at Leihe Peak, and his life was quite enjoyable.

The only thing that made him somewhat regretful was that Qi Yuntao refused to take him out to participate in social activities anymore.

Clearly, his deal with Aaron Kwok had displeased this senior brother Qi, so he used this method to prevent him from causing any more trouble.

But can we blame him for this?

In Yang Jinsheng and Qi Yuntao's minds, he would naturally prefer to be a menial disciple for the rest of his life, content to raise frogs on Leihe Peak.

But Zhou Tai, a dignified man with such excellent talent as the Thunder Spirit Root, how could he be content to be a lowly frog breeder for the rest of his life!

So even though this displeased Qi Yuntao, he had no choice but to accept it.

Fortunately, Aaron Kwok still cares about Zhou Tai, who owes him money. Every three months, he would visit Zhou Tai at the foot of Leihe Peak, take away the magic talismans he had accumulated, and chat with him about the interesting things that have happened recently in the Spirit Beast Mountain and even the cultivation world of Heng Kingdom.

Zhou Tai would also give him the Thunder Pattern Frog and Toad Skins he had collected, asking him to help make them into special talisman paper.

At the same time, Zhou Tai also learned a piece of news from Aaron Kwok that was difficult to verify.

It is said that the Blue-feathered Thunder Crane successfully laid several eggs, and the one it bred was a second-tier high-grade demon bird, Azure Heron, which is a wind-attribute demon beast.

The offspring of these two demonic birds, both with excellent bloodline attributes, are sure to have great potential in the future. Therefore, many Foundation Establishment cultivators from Spirit Beast Mountain are eyeing them.

The owners of Yang Jinsheng and Canglan Qinglu are still waiting for a better price and have no intention of making a move easily.

Upon hearing this news, Zhou Tai's first thought was that it would be best if a second Blue-feathered Thunder Crane appeared.

If a second Blue-feathered Thunder Crane were to appear, Yang Jinsheng would certainly be very happy. In his happiness, he might remember Yang Jinsheng's contribution as the frog breeder and reward him with something.

Moreover, if a second Blue-feathered Thunder Crane were to appear, Yang Jinsheng would value the Thunder-patterned Frog swarm even more, believing that feeding the Blue-feathered Thunder Crane with Thunder-patterned Frogs had had an effect, and would therefore value Zhou Tai even more.

Speaking of the Thunder Frog troop, after the Blue-feathered Thunder Frogs finished laying their eggs, Yang Jinsheng stopped letting them come to the mountain stream frog pond for a buffet and instead started catching one frog each month to feed them.

This also calmed down the group of thunder-patterned frogs in the mountain stream frog pond, and they no longer always scattered at the sound of thunder.

However, this also means that Zhou Tai's workload has started to increase, and the electrotherapy every three days can no longer be stopped.

Time always flies when you're in the mountains. Before he knew it, Zhou Tai had celebrated his forty-seventh birthday at Leihe Peak.

It has been almost ten years since he went up the mountain at the age of thirty-seven.

Ten years have passed, and he has transformed from an ordinary mortal into a cultivator at the fourth level of the Qi Refining stage.

Looking back on his ten years of spiritual practice, Zhou Tai feels fulfilled and at ease.

Although he is still a menial disciple and is sometimes ordered around by people of higher status, his mindset and pace of life are much better than they were thirty years ago.

For the first thirty years of his life, he toiled for his livelihood and safety. Later, after learning about the existence of cultivators, he was determined to become one of them. He spent countless hours on this, and always felt anxious and insecure.

Although he occasionally worries about things related to his cultivation and sometimes feels anxious about his age, he is mostly filled with a fighting spirit and his mindset is more than twenty years younger.

Most importantly, he now knows very clearly what he wants and what he wants to fight for.

He couldn't help but walk to the window and look at the bronze mirror on the table next to him. His face in the mirror had aged compared to ten years ago, but the changes were not significant. On the contrary, he had gained a refined and otherworldly air due to his cultivation. Coupled with his deliberately grown and trimmed goatee, he looked like a refined and otherworldly hermit.

Zhou Tai was quite satisfied with his appearance, and with a smile, he stroked his beard and said, "Forty-seven years old isn't really old, it's still a great age to make a name for myself!"

He was in a really good mood lately because after years of dedicated research, he had finally increased the success rate of making "Hemostasis Talisman" and "Communication Talisman" to nearly 50%, and had even successfully drawn a first-tier mid-grade talisman, "Fire Serpent Talisman".

The former allows him to steadily earn spirit stones by drawing talismans, while the latter signifies that his talisman-drawing skills have truly reached a high level, enough to participate in the "Talisman Battle Assembly" held by the Talisman Hall.

If things continue as they are, he will be able to formally attempt to draw thunder talismans in less than a year or two.

Moreover, because of his significant improvement in talisman-making skills, Aaron Kwok's regard for him has also increased considerably. Not only did he sell him a talisman pen at a low price recently, but he also said that he has found several methods for making thunder talismans for him, which he can obtain whenever he needs them.

These pieces of good news were enough to make Zhou Tai feel happy.

Maintaining this good mood, Zhou Tai soon arrived at the mountain stream frog pond.

He first fed the frogs as usual, then inspected the forests and grasses on both banks of the stream before returning to the pavilion by the stream to prepare to give the frogs electrotherapy.

Several years have passed, and his spellcasting has become increasingly proficient. Now, he can cast the "Thunder Serpent Dance" spell in just three to five breaths, much faster than at the beginning.

Moreover, he has trained the frogs to gather together to absorb lightning, and now they will gather in groups of five, six, seven or eight, waiting for the lightning snake to descend.

One could see snakes dancing wildly in the stream, and frogs croaking incessantly, creating a unique and beautiful scene.

After Zhou Tai cast spells more than ten times, he finally fed the groups of Thunder-Patterned Frogs, clearing up the crowded water and making the environment much quieter.

Just then, a frog croak suddenly rang out from the tree next to the pavilion.

Zhou Tai turned his head and saw a giant thunder-patterned frog lying on a tree, its eyes looking in his direction. It quickly leaped into the pavilion.

Seeing this, Zhou Tai frowned and glared at the Thunderfrog, yelling, "It's you again! All the other frogs know to gather together to absorb lightning and not cause me any trouble, but you always like to be special, don't you?!"

He has been raising frogs for six or seven years, and this striped frog is the most mischievous and unsociable frog he has ever seen.

He hadn't paid much attention to the frog at first. He first noticed it when he saw it being bullied by several other frogs, so he helped it out.

Later, this frog often went alone, not competing with other frogs for food, nor gathering together to absorb lightning, but it would always come to him alone asking for food and for individual electrotherapy.

Zhou Tai's task was to raise the frogs well, something he couldn't refuse or ignore.

So now he gets really angry whenever he sees this frog.

"Eat up, eat as much as you can while there's still food. Next time Lei He orders, I'll send you to heaven first!"

Cursing and swearing, Zhou Tai threw some insects on the ground and then had to give the frog a special treat.

Fortunately, this Thunder-Patterned Frog is not highly cultivated; it is only a low-grade first-order demon beast and should be a small frog born last year. He only needs to use "Thunder Arc Finger" twice to make it eat its fill, and it won't waste much of his magic power.

After casting the spell twice, Zhou Tai saw that the frog was dizzy and paralyzed in place due to absorbing too much lightning, so he flew up and kicked it.

"You little brat, get out of here!"