154: Ancient Thunder Palace

Ye Xiuling was instantly dumbfounded, the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat, and he could only nod slightly and hummed.

Just as Xu Qi'an was about to say something more, the several soul slaves he had sent out sent back news.

The Surging Angry Eye Lightning has been found!

Xu Qi'an transmitted a message to Ning Sui, then leaped up and left the carriage.

Ning Sui looked at the young man in front of her and smiled, "You want to Cultivate immortality? Big sister can teach you!"

"But..."

......

Xu Qi'an only took a few breaths to arrive above a large river.

Here, the great river surged, stirring up many monstrous waves, and a black cloud appeared in the distance, seemingly containing the power of thunder within it.

"Master!"

Three Refining Void Stage soul slaves flew over and bowed to Xu Qi'an.

Xu Qi'an hummed, but his cold eyes swept across the several Cultivators with Refining Void Stage aura around him.

He then sternly said, "Everyone, if you don't want to die, leave quickly!"

"I want this Surging Angry Eye Lightning!"

"Presumptuous!"

"This is something from my Purple Mystical Sect. Where did you come from, you rogue Cultivator, to dare challenge my Purple Mystical Sect!"

In an instant, several Void Refinement Cultivators from the Purple Mystical Sect appeared.

Xu Qi'an sneered twice; he had already given everyone a chance.

In an instant, his Divine Soul was released, and a huge Divine Soul phantom appeared in the air.

The aura it displayed immediately caused the surrounding Cultivators to turn pale with fright.

"Co...Combined Body Stage Cultivator!"

"Senior, please calm your anger!"

"So it's you!"

"We have been waiting for you!"

Just as Xu Qi'an was about to strike down with a palm, a voice filled with surprise and humility rang out.

"Hmm?"

Xu Qi'an fixed his gaze and saw a middle-aged Cultivator in purple robes with a smile on his face, acting like a Senior.

"You recognize me?" The coldness in Xu Qi'an's eyes intensified.

Zhang Zixuan smiled and said, "Senior's reputation for destroying the demon country is known to everyone!"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Xu Qi'an looked at the middle-aged man in purple robes in front of him with curiosity.

This person's cultivation was at the late Refining Void Stage, roughly at the seventh or eighth layer of Void Refinement, and his strength was not strong.

"Are you the Sect Leader of this Purple Mystical Sect?" Xu Qi'an asked indifferently.

"Precisely, this Junior!" Zhang Zixuan said with a fawning smile.

"Ever since Senior destroyed the demon country, this Junior has long admired your deeds!"

"I even wanted to find an opportunity to thank Senior properly!"

"As the saying goes, a hero deserves a treasure sword, but my Purple Mystical Sect has never had a treasure that we could present, so we thought of this Surging Angry Eye Lightning!"

"All the Cultivators of our Purple Mystical Sect were mobilized, spending several days, and finally found this Surging Angry Eye Lightning in this great river area."

"We were just about to collect this item and send it to you, but we didn't expect you to arrive!"

Xu Qi'an sneered twice in his heart.

What destroying demons, what admiration, what heroes, these were all just words spoken casually to save their lives.

They were a sixth-level Cultivation Country after all; if they really wanted to destroy the demon Cultivators, did they lack the strength?

In the end, they were nothing more than birds of a feather.

However, Xu Qi'an was too lazy to bother; he wasn't a Cultivator bursting with a sense of justice.

As long as it didn't hinder him, anything was fine.

He then said coldly, "Alright, I understand. You all withdraw!"

"I will collect this lightning myself!"

Seeing that his objective was achieved, Zhang Zixuan was naturally happy, as this lightning was indeed difficult to collect, and if some Elders were injured, it would be heartbreaking.

"Senior's Divine Might is unmatched, we will not hinder Senior!"

"However, I must remind Senior that the power of this Surging Angry Eye Lightning is not weak, it specifically targets the Divine Soul, Senior must be careful!"

"Divine Soul?"

"A joke!"

His strongest aspect now was at the Divine Soul level. Could this mere Refining Void Stage strange lightning really injure him?

Xu Qi'an then instantly teleported into the lightning mass.

The Surging Angry Eye Lightning seemed startled, and a very piercing sound of thunder immediately rang out.

Zhang Zixuan and the other Purple Mystical Sect Cultivators did not dare to be careless and immediately used their full power to protect their Divine Souls.

Xu Qi'an was completely unafraid. He patted his storage bag and took out a golden hoop shining with golden light.

The golden hoop twirled, then landed on the lightning mass, and with a fierce contraction, it disappeared from its original spot.

Xu Qi'an swept his Divine Sense and saw a wave-like lightning inside the golden hoop.

Xu Qi'an nodded with satisfaction.

Subduing a Refining Void Stage strange lightning was basically without any obstacles.

It was false to say that Zhang Zixuan and the other Purple Mystical Sect Cultivators were not shocked.

"To subdue this Surging Angry Eye Lightning so easily, this strength is truly not low!"

Zhang Zixuan sighed with emotion in his heart.

"I must establish a connection with this Senior!"

He then stood before Xu Qi'an and said with a fawning smile, "Congratulations, Senior, congratulations on subduing this heavenly strange lightning!"

"Senior, if you have time, could you do me the honor of visiting my Purple Mystical Sect?"

Xu Qi'an glanced at Zhang Zixuan and replied indifferently, "I still have matters to attend to, so I won't trouble Fellow Daoist."

Then Xu Qi'an planned to leave this place.

But at this moment, a sound that was even more earth-shattering than the Surging Angry Eye Lightning rang out from the sky.

Rumble!

This sound was like divine thunder descending, carrying an overwhelming momentum, rolling in.

Xu Qi'an's heart trembled, and he immediately released his Divine Sense, looking towards the source of the sound, and found that a huge palace had appeared in the sky in the distance.

The palace radiated thunder throughout, its momentum vast, like an Immortal Palace.

And Zhang Zixuan, who was beside him, was stunned when he saw the thunder in the sky, and then said with a look of surprise, "It's the Ancient Thunder Palace!"

"Ancient Thunder Palace?" Xu Qi'an immediately quickly thought about the information regarding the Ancient Thunder Palace in his mind.

In order to Cultivate the first layer of the Body Refinement technique, Xu Qi'an had searched extensively for information about the strange lightning in the world.

Among them, he saw news about the Ancient Thunder Palace.

It is said that once a Cultivator enters the Foundation Establishment Stage, a Heavenly Tribulation will descend with each advancement in realm.

Taking the Core Formation Stage as an example, after a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator breaks through and forms a Golden Core, the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation will descend.

Initially, the lower-level Cultivators were unaware of the origin of this Heavenly Tribulation and thought it was a punishment for Cultivators going against the heavens.

Later, they learned that the Heavenly Tribulation all originated from one place, and that was the Thunder Palace!

The Thunder Palace had a vast influence back then, with many branch palaces under its command, but it must be said that even the current Dengxian Palace probably could not compare to the Thunder Palace of that time.

As for why the Thunder Palace was later destroyed, opinions vary, but the traceable records also go back tens of thousands of years.

Even the Reverse Immortal Alliance does not have detailed information.

Hearing Zhang Zixuan's words, Xu Qi'an finally understood.

The Thunder Palace in front of him could certainly not be the Main Palace from back then; it was most likely a branch palace hidden in the void.

But why did this branch palace appear now?

Xu Qi'an suddenly thought about the Surging Angry Eye Lightning he had just subdued.

Could it be that this Surging Angry Eye Lightning has some connection with this Thunder Palace?