I proved immortality with thunder magic.

Lei Hefeng, a bamboo house by the stream.

In the quiet room, Zhou Tai opened his eyes, and a white light appeared in them, instantly illuminating the dark room.

Generally speaking, this situation occurs when one's cultivation level has greatly improved, and one is temporarily unable to control their magical power, resulting in a leakage of magical power.

That's exactly what happened.

Just now, Zhou Tai completely refined the first Ginseng Qi Nourishing Pill he had taken.

The magical power boost from this tiny pill was equivalent to the results of a month of arduous cultivation!

"As expected, my choice was absolutely right. Pills were the key to my success in catching up with others. From now on, I must take a lot of pills!"

Zhou Tai's eyes gleamed as he felt the surge of magical power within his body, and he was very excited.

He hadn't taken a single pill in the past few years, and his cultivation had improved entirely on his own, little by little. He had long been fed up with that.

If things continue like this, he will need to cultivate diligently for at least four or five years to improve his cultivation level by one level, and he may not be able to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining before he is sixty years old.

But now one pill is equivalent to a month's worth of his cultivation, and there are seven pills in one bottle.

With his current cultivation level, he doesn't need to eat too many. Just eat another fourteen or fifteen pills, and he'll be able to break through to the fifth level of the Qi Refining stage.

Isn't this infinitely better than practicing asceticism day after day?

He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "One Ginseng Qi Nourishing Pill is worth nine low-grade spirit stones. At my current rate of earning money, I can afford it if I grit my teeth. One bottle a year is entirely feasible!"

If he can consume one bottle a year now, he can advance one level of cultivation every three years. In this way, he might actually be able to cultivate to the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage before the age of sixty!

With that thought in mind, he immediately made up his mind to do it this way!

After making the decision, Zhou Tai felt relaxed and refreshed. He then got up and left the quiet room with a happy heart to feed the frogs.

Yang Jinsheng and Qi Yuntao have been away from Leihefeng for almost a month, and no one knows when they will suddenly return. Zhou Tai dares not slack off in this matter.

However, just as he was giving the frogs electrotherapy, a communication talisman suddenly flew into Lei Hefeng and came straight to him.

When Zhou Tai wondered why Aaron Kwok was contacting him again at this time, he reached out and caught the message. The message inside immediately changed his expression, and he lost his composure on the spot.

"What?! Uncle-Master Yang has fallen?!"

Zhou Tai's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief as he stared at the dust that had turned into the communication talisman in his hand. He was completely dumbfounded.

Despite reminding his senior brother to be careful before Qi Yuntao set off, he never actually thought anything would happen to Yang Jinsheng.

After all, this Uncle-Master Yang Jinsheng not only possesses a cultivation level as high as the late Foundation Establishment stage, but his spirit pet, the Blue-feathered Thunder Crane, also has the advantage of being a thunder-attribute demon beast, making it capable of fighting against a late Foundation Establishment stage cultivator. It also has a special attack buff when dealing with demonic cultivators.

Therefore, as long as he doesn't encounter a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage who is a whole realm higher than him, even if he is besieged by several late Foundation Establishment cultivators at the same time, this Uncle Yang will most likely be able to break through the encirclement.

Who would have thought that Yang Jinsheng, whom he thought was almost impossible to get into trouble with, would actually get into trouble!

He stood there in a daze for a long time before he suddenly snapped out of it and came to his senses.

"According to the sect's rules, if something happens to Uncle-Master Yang, Leihe Peak will be returned to the sect's ownership. What should I do then?"

He muttered to himself, his gaze involuntarily drifting to the thunder-patterned frogs in the mountain stream frog pond.

His whereabouts are probably still related to these thunder frogs.

After all, it is the only monster in the Spirit Beast Mountain at present, and it has considerable value. In the future, it will definitely need to be fed by a special person.

Thinking of this, he muttered to himself, his eyes gleaming, "If that's the case, perhaps it's actually a good thing for me!"

If the Thunder Frog belongs solely to Yang Jinsheng, he will not allow anyone else to get involved and only wants a monopoly.

However, with Yang Jinsheng dead, Leihe Peak was returned to the sect's control, and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators would certainly not sit idly by and allow a Foundation Establishment cultivator to monopolize the ownership of the Thunder Pattern Frog.

Once the Thunder Frog becomes a public resource, Zhou Tai will have the opportunity to make talismans using real Thunder Frog skin.

Moreover, since Leihe Peak has not yet been taken back by the sect, theoretically these Thunder-Patterned Frogs still belong to Yang Jinsheng.

The reason why Aaron Kwok hurriedly sent a message to inform Zhou Tai of Yang Jinsheng's death was not only to prepare Zhou Tai mentally, but also to encourage him to seize the opportunity to do something big.

Thinking of what Aaron Kwok had said in his message, Zhou Tai hesitated for a moment, his face contorted with struggle, then gritted his teeth, clapped his hands, and shouted, "The bold get rich, the timid starve! Heaven has given us this opportunity; it would be against all reason not to seize it!"

Without hesitation, he began casting the spell.

boom!

As a pale blue bolt of lightning struck from the sky, several striped frogs sunbathing in the grass by the stream were caught in the crossfire and instantly stunned.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Tai quickly stepped forward, scooped out the four unconscious Thunder-patterned Frogs, and picked them up to leave.

However, just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something, abruptly put down the Thunderfrog in his hand, and quickly walked towards a certain place along the mountain stream.

Sure enough, when he arrived at the place, he saw a thunder frog lying on a large rock sunbathing.

This leopard, which weighs eight or nine pounds, is the same mischievous frog that was previously isolated from the others.

After observing it for a long time, Zhou Tai couldn't see anything special about this mischievous frog, but one thing he was sure of was that it was much smarter than other frogs.

This intelligence stems not only from its ability to seek special treatment from him, but also from its previous escape from being captured and used to feed birds.

On several occasions, it was Qi Yuntao who came to the mountain stream to catch frogs to feed the birds, and Zhou Tai was never involved.

But this frog, which was clearly already quite large, managed to evade Qi Yuntao's capture every time and has lived peacefully to this day.

Now that Zhou Tai has the opportunity to take this exceptionally clever and lucky frog away, he has no reason to give it up.

He was quite familiar with the frog, so he walked up to it and reached out to grab it.

quack!

The clever frog didn't dodge Zhou Tai's hand, but it opened its eyes wide and looked at him, letting out a croak, as if asking him what he wanted to do.

"You silly frog, stop squawking! I'm saving your frog life!"

Zhou Tai tapped the frog on the head in annoyance, picked it up, and headed towards the entrance.

The mountain stream frog pond is protected by an array, preventing the frogs from leaving the pond area on their own, so there's no need to worry about them escaping.

However, Zhou Tai happened to have a pass token, which allowed him to leave with the frog.

After taking the four unconscious Thunder-patterned Frogs and Clever Frogs out, he immediately packed them into the basket he usually used to carry frog food, and headed down the mountain with the bamboo basket on his back.

On the way down the mountain, Zhou Tai was also very nervous, fearing that a certain Thunder Frog might suddenly wake up and croak, or that a Clever Frog might suddenly croak.

You should know that besides him, there are other disciples doing odd jobs on the mountain. If a frog suddenly croaks, everyone will know what he is doing.

Fortunately, since Yang Jinsheng left, the handymen disciples on the mountain have been free from supervision and are generally more relaxed. After finishing their work, they all go home to rest, and no one wanders around outside.

Zhou Tai walked down the mountain with trepidation, without encountering a single person.

He walked to the entrance of a formation and, following the method Qi Yuntao had taught him, first closed his eyes and took seven steps forward, then took three steps back, and then turned right and took five steps.

When he opened his eyes after walking through the illusion, he was already outside the white mist, having successfully escaped the illusion array.

In fact, it was only because Yang Jinsheng and Qi Yuntao were not at home that this array entrance was opened to facilitate the entry and exit of the cultivators on the mountain, and the key to entering and exiting was taught.

Otherwise, Zhou Tai would have no way to leave Leihe Peak now.

After descending the mountain, he hurried to the place where he and Aaron Kwok used to do business, where he waited for Aaron Kwok's arrival.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Aaron Kwok arrived riding a majestic black eagle.

"Junior Brother Zhou, did you bring your things out?"

As soon as the black eagle landed, Aaron Kwok jumped off its back and eagerly asked Zhou Tai about the result.

"We brought them. There are four in total, two males and two females. They are all breeding frogs that will most likely lay eggs in the next year or two!"

Zhou Tai didn't waste any more words. After he finished speaking, he put down the basket on his back, opened the lid, and showed it to Aaron Kwok.

Aaron Kwok stepped forward to take a look, and immediately exclaimed softly, "Huh, aren't there five of them?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Tai calmly explained, "I'll trouble Senior Brother Guo to take care of this one for a while. Once I've settled into my new job, I'll keep it as a spirit pet."

Hearing his explanation, Aaron Kwok didn't think much of it and immediately nodded, saying, "Alright, Junior Brother Zhou, you've done me a great favor this time. This little thing is nothing. I'll give you a spirit beast pouch later."

Then, with a serious expression, he looked at Zhou Tai and said, "Junior Brother Zhou, you shouldn't have known about Uncle Yang's death beforehand. So when the other uncles go to take over Leihe Peak, you must not reveal anything!"

"I understand this matter perfectly well."

Zhou Tai responded, then frowned and looked at Guo Fucheng, asking, "But Senior Brother Guo, if these Thunder-Patterned Frogs appeared elsewhere in the sect, wouldn't that expose us?"

Upon hearing his concern, Aaron Kwok smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. Since I dare to do this, I'm certainly not afraid of being exposed."

Zhou Tai's expression shifted, as if he had thought of something.

He didn't ask any further questions, but instead showed curiosity and asked, "To be honest, I still can't believe that a powerhouse like Uncle Yang could have perished out there. Senior Brother Guo, do you know how they met their end?"

Aaron Kwok shook his head and said solemnly, "I don't know yet. I only know that the life soul imprint left by Uncle Yang in the sect suddenly disappeared, so I know about his death. The specific reason will probably only be known after the sect investigates!"

After saying that, he looked at Zhou Tai and said, "Junior Brother Zhou, time is of the essence. We can discuss the details next time we meet. Let's call it a day!"

"Okay, see you next time."

Zhou Tai nodded and immediately returned to Leihe Peak.