I proved immortality with thunder magic.

croak——

On a hot summer day, the croaking of frogs in the mountain stream and frog pond rises and falls, creating a cacophony.

After Zhang Yuanjing took over Lei Hefeng, the frog population steadily increased because he stopped killing frogs without permission, and now it has reached more than a hundred.

However, many of the newly added tadpoles are still juveniles, and they are the ones that are making the most noise right now.

In contrast, the old frogs simply hid under the shade of trees or in the grass, neither making a sound nor fussing, quietly closing their eyes and pretending to sleep.

The appearance of the Thunder-Patterned Frog in the sect's Jade Pool had enraged Zhang Yuanjing, who vowed to find out the truth.

Several months have passed, and whether they discovered something or realized that finding out the truth wouldn't change anything, the matter has been settled.

Zhou Tai was inspecting the frog pond at the moment. He walked along the path by the stream, and the Thunder-Patterned Frogs were familiar with his scent. Even when he passed by, they didn't flinch.

Qiao Huan, who was following behind him, looked at this scene with a hint of envy in her eyes.

Since being assigned to help Zhou Tai raise frogs, Qiao Huan has been feeding the frogs for two or three years, but the frogs are still not friendly with her, only behaving slightly better when eating.

This wouldn't have been a big deal originally, but now that Zhou Tai is being used as a comparison, Qiao Huan feels a bit depressed.

After making this round of inspection, the two returned to the pavilion.

At this moment, Zhou Tai suddenly looked at Qiao Huan and said, "Senior Brother Qiao, after I cast the spell on these Thunder Pattern Frogs today, I'll have to trouble you to take care of them for the next two days. I need to concentrate on my secluded cultivation for two days."

Hearing this, Qiao Huan was slightly taken aback, then looked at him with a puzzled expression and asked, "Junior Brother Zhou, why do you suddenly want to go into seclusion for two days?"

Zhou Tai replied calmly, "I've recently gained some insights into talisman drawing and feel that I'm about to break through to a new level. Therefore, I want to focus on seclusion and strive for a breakthrough."

"I see. Then I wish you all your dreams come true, Junior Brother Zhou!"

A look of realization flashed across Qiao Huan's eyes, and she immediately offered her blessings with a smile, readily agreeing to Zhou Tai's request.

Zhang Yuanjing asked him to keep an eye on Zhou Tai, mainly to prevent Zhou Tai from doing anything underhanded with the frogs.

Zhou Tai is currently in seclusion at home and will not miss his three-day spellcasting, so of course he will not make enemies with Zhou Tai over such a trivial matter.

"I hope I can live up to Senior Brother Qiao's good wishes."

Zhou Tai smiled slightly, thanked him, and then left the frog pond.

The next morning, after burning incense and bathing, Zhou Tai entered the quiet room where he drew talismans, wearing only a plain white robe.

He first sat in a chair and closed his eyes to rest for about half an hour. After adjusting his state to the best, he took out a talisman brush, talisman paper, and talisman ink and began to grind ink and draw talismans.

The reasons he gave Qiao Huan yesterday were not false; he has indeed reached a critical point.

After more than three months of trial and error, he has pushed the progress of the "Lightning Strike Talisman" to the final step.

But this last step is also the most difficult; it's the finishing touch.

Therefore, he must be single-minded and concentrate on making this final breakthrough!

Pick up the brush, dip it in ink, and wield the brush...

Zhou Tai wielded the talisman brush with shining eyes, his mind extremely focused and his hand very steady.

Soon, the first thunder talisman was ninety percent complete. Dark purple runes covered most of the white paper, making it easy for someone unfamiliar with talismans to be dazzled.

But just as he was about to finish, Zhou Tai frowned and suddenly raised the talisman brush.

Just as he lifted the talisman brush, sparks flew from the talisman paper, and then the entire talisman paper caught fire.

Watching the talisman paper burn to ashes in the pale blue flames, Zhou Tai put down his talisman brush and closed his eyes to ponder.

Soon after, he opened his eyes, swept the dust off the table with a flick of his sleeve, spread out a new sheet of thunder bamboo talisman paper, and continued to draw with his brush dipped in ink.

Once, twice, three times...

Failures followed one after another, but Zhou Tai remained unaffected.

He's already a seasoned talisman master; these few failures aren't enough to affect him.

He only burned a few more spirit stones; he still has seventy or eighty talismans to use!

From morning till night, Zhou Tai drew the Thunder Talisman a total of twenty-seven times, almost equaling the total number of times he drew it in the previous ten days.

Such frequent drawing of talismans greatly depleted his mental and magical power, to the point that after he stopped drawing, he didn't even bother to eat and went straight to sleep.

When I woke up, it was already the next morning.

After burning incense and bathing, Zhou Tai casually cooked a bowl of spiritual rice and ate it before entering the quiet room again to start drawing talismans.

After an unknown amount of time, when Zhou Tai finished drawing the last stroke, the talisman on the table did not burn to ashes as before, but instead emitted a shimmering glow.

Is it done?

Zhou Tai was slightly taken aback, then stared wide-eyed at the magic talisman on the table.

call!

He took a deep breath, put down the talisman pen in his hand, and gently picked up the talisman and examined it in his palm.

In fact, he didn't need to do that. As a seasoned talisman master, if he failed to draw a talisman, even if the talisman wasn't destroyed on the spot, the lines and patterns on it would become scattered and dull.

The talisman in his hand glowed with a blue light, clearly indicating that it was an extraordinary spiritual object.

After carefully examining the talisman, he placed it on the table, exhaled a long breath, and sighed, "Finally! More than ten years of effort and waiting have finally paid off!"

At this moment, he was not overjoyed, but only felt a sense of relief and ease.

As he himself said, this success did not come suddenly, but was the result of more than a decade of hard work.

Even when everyone doubted him, he never doubted himself and always believed that he could do it.

Therefore, his current success is not an unexpected surprise, but the inevitable result of his persistent efforts!

With the success of this thunder talisman, the pressure he had been carrying for so long also dissipated completely.

Not only can he give a satisfactory explanation to Aaron Kwok, but he can also start preparing for his own promotion to outer disciple.

He sat alone in the chair, closed his eyes and thought for a long time before getting up to put away the thunder talisman and then checking the remaining talisman paper and ink.

"There are twenty-five blank talisman sheets left. I'll try to draw two or three more thunder talismans!"

Looking at the remaining talisman paper and ink on the table, Zhou Tai's spirits lifted, and he immediately picked up his brush again to start drawing talismans.

Two days later, Zhou Tai finally ran out of Thunder Bamboo Papers, and the "Thunder Strike Talisman" in his hand also turned into three sheets.

Three hundred sheets of thunder bamboo paper were ultimately used to make only three magic talismans. This may seem like a bad deal, but it was actually very worthwhile.

Given the value of the Thunder Talisman, even if Zhou Tai's success rate in drawing talismans is only 10%, he will still make a huge profit.

A single Tier 1 Mid-grade Fire Serpent Talisman costs two and a half Low-grade Spirit Stones.

However, even though the "Lightning Strike Talisman" is also a mid-grade first-tier magic talisman, many cultivators are still willing to snap it up even if it is priced at twenty low-grade spirit stones.

This is the status of Thunder Talismans in the world of cultivation!

Zhou Tai had never understood why a mid-grade first-tier "Lightning Strike Talisman" was more expensive than many high-grade first-tier magic talismans.

But after Aaron Kwok explained it to him, he understood.

The reason is simple: in terms of sheer power, the "Lightning Strike Talisman" is indeed not necessarily comparable to a first-tier high-grade magic talisman.

However, the power of lightning has an advantage that other elemental powers cannot match when dealing with many demonic beasts and demonic cultivators.

In many cases, a "Lightning Strike Talisman" is far more effective in battle than other first-tier superior talismans of different attributes.

The reason why thunder talismans are so expensive is not because other cultivators are foolish and rich, but because they are indeed worth the price.

"It's time to inform Fatty Guo. I want to see what this 'big gift' he mentioned last time really is!"

Inside the quiet room, Zhou Tai looked at the three identical thunder talismans in front of him and a faint smile appeared on his face.

With these three thunder talismans in hand, he can finally stand up straight and call out "Fatty Guo" now.

Sure enough, not long after Zhou Tai sent out the message, Aaron Kwok quickly replied.

"Hurry down the mountain, I'm coming right away!"

Those eight simple words were enough for Zhou Tai to imagine the expression on Guo's face at that moment.

In high spirits, he immediately got up and went out, handing over his application to Zhang Yuanjing's concubine to go out.

Not long after, Zhou Tai successfully descended the mountain and arrived at the wooden cabin in the mountains.

He waited outside the wooden house for just over fifteen minutes before he saw Aaron Kwok riding a black eagle.

"Junior Brother Zhou, you really succeeded? Quickly, take out the item and let me see it!"

In the mountains and forests, before the black eagle had even landed properly, Aaron Kwok leaped to Zhou Tai's side, excitedly grabbing his arm and shouting.

Judging from his excited and thrilled appearance, it seemed as if it wasn't Zhou Tai who successfully drew the Thunder Talisman, but rather Aaron Kwok himself!

"How could I dare to joke with you, Senior Brother Guo, about such an important matter?"

As Zhou Tai spoke, he took out the jade box containing the thunder talisman from his storage bag.

Aaron Kwok snatched the jade box and quickly opened the lid to examine the talisman inside.

After glancing at it a few times, he burst into laughter, beaming, "Haha, it really is a thunder talisman, exactly the same as mine!"

After saying that, he reached into his storage bag and pulled out a jade box. Inside was a similar "lightning strike talisman".

Zhou Tai glanced at the "Lightning Strike Talisman" that Guo had taken out and said irritably, "Since Senior Brother Guo had already purchased the lightning talisman, why didn't you let me study it sooner? If you had, I might have succeeded long ago and wouldn't have had to waste so many talisman papers!"

Aaron Kwok didn't mind his tone at all, and just waved his hand with a smile, saying, "Junior Brother Zhou, don't be angry. This thunder talisman was hard for me to obtain, how could I bear to give it to you? Besides, you succeeded, didn't you?"

After saying that, he clicked his tongue in admiration and exclaimed, "Tsk tsk tsk, to draw a thunder talisman with only the fifth level of Qi Refining cultivation, Junior Brother Zhou, your achievement has probably set a precedent in our Spirit Beast Mountain. Your future is limitless!"

Hearing this, Zhou Tai rolled his eyes again, annoyed, and said, "Senior Brother Guo, have you ever seen a menial disciple with unlimited potential?"

"Haha, haven't we already seen it?"

Aaron Kwok laughed heartily, then quickly waved his hand before Zhou Tai could react, saying, "Alright, enough joking around. Junior Brother Zhou, now that you've drawn the thunder talisman, I can't say for sure about anything else, but I'll take care of your promotion to outer disciple. Just do as I say from now on, and I guarantee there won't be any problems!"

Hearing this, Zhou Tai was overjoyed. After thinking for a moment, he still looked at him with some unease and asked, "Senior Brother Guo, could you tell me what you plan to do?"

Then Aaron Kwok smiled smugly and said, "It's simple. I'll sponsor a talisman-fighting ceremony, and then you can sign up to participate, Junior Brother Zhou."

"When the time comes, Junior Brother Zhou, as long as you draw the Thunder Talisman in public and amaze everyone, the senior uncles of the Talisman Hall will definitely ask about your background."

"If you then publicly reveal that you're still a menial disciple, as long as those senior uncles in the Talisman Hall aren't senile, they'll definitely help you advance to an outer disciple!"

After saying that, he winked at Zhou Tai and said, "How is it? Are you satisfied with the big gift I prepared for you, Junior Brother Zhou?"