The power of the Lesser Five Elements Lightning Art depended on the cultivator's perception.
Thus, not just anyone could cultivate it.
Wang Daoyuan's Earth Divine Lightning managed to display the lightning art's characteristics, barely passing the threshold.
But he still had a long way to go before the Earth Divine Lightning could be used in battle.
Rumor had it that Zhao clan's early Foundation Establishment cultivator reached great success in the first stage of Blooming Water Divine Lightning. His speed was even faster than the average cultivator's Golden Saber Art.
From the start to the release of Blooming Water Divine Lightning, only half a breath's time was needed.
The spiritual power consumption was only twice that of the Golden Saber Art, but the power was ten times that of the Golden Saber Art.
Earth Divine Lightning and Blooming Water Divine Lightning came from the same vein, so there shouldn't be much difference in speed and power.
At his current level, Earth Divine Lightning needed a dozen breaths' time, and its power was only slightly stronger than the Golden Saber Art.
Who knew how long it would take to reach the rumored level.
Even if Wang Daoyuan was proficient in condensing earth attribute spiritual power balls, he still needed to cast them.
However, during the casting process, he had to use earth attribute spiritual energy to simulate the lightning technique, which was the most time-consuming.
To increase the casting speed, he had to increase his understanding of lightning and reduce the time needed to simulate the lightning art.
This was a painstaking effort that couldn't be improved in a short time.
Unless there was a cultivator proficient in Earth Divine Lightning, he would be able to quickly increase his understanding.
There were two important matters in his plan. One was to take over Fallen Dragon Ridge, which required him to reach late Foundation Establishment.
The other was to go to the north of the mountain and search for pure yin energy.
According to clone Qi Yun's memories, there was pure yin energy in the north of the mountain where Corpse Sage passed away.
According to Five Elements Sage's Beiyuan Records, there was a place called Hell Valley in the north of the mountain. Deep within Hell Valley was a Blooming Water Underworld Spring.
The spring water carried a large amount of pure yin energy as it flowed into an underground river.
Part of this underground river flowed out of the surface and into Hell Valley.
Hell Valley's yin energy was dense, gathering a large number of cultivators who walked the path of corpses.
But the records in Beiyuan Records were from the year 20,000 of the Beiyuan calendar, fifty thousand years ago.
Fifty thousand years had passed, and it was hard to say what was going on over there now.
However, he still had to try. With the pure Yin Qi, he could make the Inky Jade Lotus bloom and bear seeds.
The Patriarch and Grand Elder were not far away from the Pi Zi Mansion. Even though it would take a few decades for him to open up the Pi Zi Mansion, he still had to make some preparations in advance.
Although the Inky Jade Lotus could not directly increase the success rate of opening the Purple Palace, eating more lotus seeds and roots before breaking through could increase the strength of the soul.
If the breakthrough failed, his body and soul would be severely injured. With the help of the Inky Jade Lotus, his soul would recover much faster.
As for his physical body, it recovered much faster than his soul. If he ate more powerful demonic beasts, he would be able to recover in no time.
However, Shanbei also had a great enemy, Qi Yun's old rival, Chen Ji.
Qi Yun had obtained the Ten Thousand Corpse Spiritual Master's inheritance with him forty years ago.
Forty years ago, Chen Ji was already at the pinnacle of the Foundation Establishment Realm. It was hard to say if he had already established his violet palace.
When he arrived at Shanbei, he could not reveal anything related to the Wang Clan, nor could he easily reveal his clone.
Otherwise, if he attracted someone who might be in the Purple Palace Realm, not only would his life be in danger, but the Wang Clan would also be in danger.
Even if Chen Ji did not have the ability to take down the Jadespring Peak, he would not be able to leave any of the properties in the Wang Clan's territory.
The most important thing right now was to practice some powerful spells that had nothing to do with the Wang Clan.
The Earth Divine Lightning was safer. When the Thunderflame Daoist gave him the Earth Divine Lightning jade slip, the Patriarch and the others had not yet arrived.
Only the Thunderflame Daoist, himself, and his younger brother knew that the Earth Divine Lightning had fallen into his hands.
When he cultivated, he was also in the Sky Beheading Mountain Range. For the time being, there was no fourth person who knew that he could use the Earth Divine Lightning.
Furthermore, Chen Ji's main fighting force was the refined corpses that he obtained from the Ten Thousand Corpse Spiritual Master.
Although the Earth Divine Lightning was not a lightning attribute spiritual energy, it still carried the might of lightning.
It was very effective against the refined corpses.
Just to be safe, it was better to wait until his cultivation reached the fourth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm and he could use the Earth Divine Lightning in half a breath's time before heading to Shanbei.
In the following days, he had been cultivating on Lin Zhi Mountain.
Five years later, Wang Daoyuan's cultivation had reached the third level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, but there was still a big gap between him and the fourth level.
His attainments in formations had also reached the second level of the upper grade. Although the Earth Divine Lightning had not reached the legendary level, its speed had reached three shots in two breaths, and its power was about nine times that of the Golden Blade Technique.
He had originally wanted to cultivate to the fourth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm in Lin Zhi Mountain.
However, bad news came from the Jade Spring Peak. Ninth Great Uncle and Tenth Great Uncle had passed away.
Ninth Great Uncle lived for 118 years, while Tenth Great Uncle lived for 116 years. They could be considered to have died of old age.
Wang Daoyuan had been learning how to refine talismans from Ninth Great Uncle since he was young. In his eyes, Ninth Great Uncle was almost like his own grandfather.
After hearing the news, he immediately flew back to the Jade Spring Peak on his sword.
The mourning hall for the two great uncles was set up in the ancestral temple. When he returned to the Jade Spring Peak, the clan members had already set up the mourning hall.
He was taught by Ninth Great Uncle, so he also had to wear mourning clothes according to the standards of his own grandson.
After seven days, the clan leader personally cremated the two great uncles and buried them in the ancestral grave at the back of the mountain.
When Tenth Great Uncle left, he did not leave any regrets. His lifelong pursuit was to expand the clan's business.
In recent years, the clan's business had become more and more prosperous, and it could be said that he had fulfilled his dream.
Although Ninth Great Uncle saw that the clan was becoming stronger day by day, he was also very happy in his heart.
However, he still felt regretful that he had not seen the clan's third level talisman inheritance with his own eyes.
This could not be helped, because there was no third level talisman inheritance for sale on the market.
Wang Daoyuan could only comprehend a few third level lower grade talismans. After all, it was not a system inheritance, so it was very difficult to truly grasp third level talismans.
Moreover, Wang Daoyuan also lacked the materials to refine third level talismans.
Third level talisman brushes could still be bought at the Divine Weapon Pavilion.
Third level spirit ink could not be helped. Third level cinnabar ore could not be found in the entire Qingli County.
There might be some in the depths of the Sky Chop Mountain Range, but the Wang Clan did not have the ability to mine it now.
They could also use the blood of third level demonic beasts, so there was no need to think about it.
Even if the entire Wang Clan's strength was added together, they would still not be a match for a third level demonic beast.
Not to mention the most precious third level talisman paper, which required the bark of a third level spirit tree or the hide of a third level demonic beast, as well as third level spirit jade.
None of these three materials were easy to obtain.
As a result, Wang Daoyuan's talisman level had been stuck at the second level of upper grade all these years.
Wang Daoyuan was also helpless and could only let Ninth Great Uncle pass away with regret.
Before Ninth Great Uncle passed away, his last words were for Wang Daoyuan to burn an incense stick in front of his grave after refining a third level talisman, so that he could be happy over there.
When the Great Elder passed away, the entire Jade Spring Peak had to mourn for half a year.
Wang Daoyuan also stayed at Jade Spring Peak for half a year to observe filial piety for Ninth Great Uncle.
From then on, there were no longer any members of the 'Zhi' generation in the upper echelons of the Wang Clan.
However, the new generation had already begun to work for the clan.
As early as ten years ago, there were already members of the "Ming" generation in the clan. Now, the eldest and second son of the "Ming" generation had already reached adulthood.
The eldest, Wang Mingxiang, had joined the Netherworld Sect. This was also the custom of the subordinate clans of the Netherworld Sect. Every generation had to have one member join the Netherworld Sect.
The second son, Wang Minghan, had a six inch nine point earth spiritual root as his main spiritual root. He mainly cultivated the Earth Origin Technique that Wang Daoyuan had seized back then.
Now that he had just turned twenty, he had already reached the sixth level of Qi Refinement and was working in the Mining Mountain Hall.
The "Zhi" generation had withered away, and the "Ming" generation had risen to prominence.
Even though Wang Daoyuan was only in his fifties and still had a long lifespan, he could not help but sigh with emotion. The new generation had replaced the old.
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