Martial Research Master

Chapter 44: ENTERING THE THUNDER GOD HALL

Outside the country of Jiao there lies a high-rise land/ mountain range which stands alone and majestic when compared to its surrounding. The most distinctive property of this region was the thunderstorm which was always present above the skies of this particular mountain range.

It was as if a natural lightning oddity region was created and was enriched with the aura of thunder and other elemental Qis. This was the perfect region for the establishment of the Thundergod hall.

It was said that the founder of the Thunder God hall was a student of some world-renowned power and while he was traveling, he came across this particular place which was rich in thunder Qi. Being a Thunder element cultivator himself, he trained here for a long period of time and established his own independent power here.

That power was now one of the hegemons of this area called the ‘Thundergod hall’. The hall had stood here for centuries and developed the whole mountain range into a sacred ground for cultivation.

The founder is said to have left after gaining huge benefits in his cultivation and while leaving he left his will in the hall which would allow the geniuses of the Thundergod hall and those who have done a lot of service to it, to go to the original academy/ sacred land and train there.

It was the reason that the thunder god academy had such a huge amount of application each year.

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A man was standing within the waiting lobby of the entry post. He had been informed that he was to wait until the conveying of the message to the elders is complete. This man, Li Meng (Long Tao’s avatar, who was selected by the representative elder from the thunder god hall at the royal gathering) was here to report and get admitted into the sect.

Soon enough the guard was instructed to take him to the nearby induction hall where his test will be happening. The elder present there instructed him to start from his elemental testing after which he will be going through the test of will and a talent test.

It will decide his position of depute. Li Meng did what was asked to done and soon enough the same scenario as that of Pill hall occurred. His Thunder and metal attributes were both at the 13th level. The elder present spat out cold air and rushed out to inform the elders.

It was a huge event. A grade 13 elemental compatibility was likely from a grade 4 body and that too was of the thunder variation. This was a huge fortune for the thunder god hall. Soon enough the test of the will and talent came out too and they were both heaven-defying.

A huge group of elders rushed and offered to take Long Tao as a disciple and in the end, he was admitted as a disciple of one of the vice-masters, the leader of the punishment hall. Among the people present, this person had the highest cultivation of the peak Qi General realm. Hence Long Tao’s choice was quite obvious.

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“Disciple greets master.” Long Tao bowed before the vice-master. His name was Bu Puti. He was quite impressed by Long Tao’s demeanor and was quite elated to have recruited such a talented disciple.

“Your talent is much higher than mine and is not going to be limited to this region. You are to give your best. Tell me your current cultivation and don’t hide anything.”

“Reporting to master. I am a resident of Jiao country and was chosen by the sect representative present during the royal gathering. My current cultivation is the 9th stage Qi child which I attained recently.”

“My age is 16 years as of now. The body type as described by the elder at the hall was Thunder calamity body of level 4 and Golden dawn body of level 4. I am proficient in both offensive and defensive arts.”

“My primary weapon of choice is a hammer and a sword since they suit my elemental attributes. My primary elements are Thunder and metal. I have also realized the beginning of Sword intent.”.

Upon the completion of the description, Bu Puti was left astounded. Compatibility with dual elements that two a set out of which are good in both offensive and defense. Also, the primary weapons were sword and hammer.

This was the characteristic that appealed most to Bu Puti. He himself was a pioneer and a dedicated cultivator of Hammer. Hence his disciple being proficient in them was actually a blessing for him.

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Within the realm, the Keeper was eyeing Long Tao with curious glances.

” I don’t remember you ever cultivating the path of hammer. Why did you say that you are proficient in hammer use and also a cultivator?”

Long Tao smirked” When you want someone to invest heavily in you, you are to impress them as well as possible. From what I had gathered before entering, the Vice-principal of the punishment hall was an adept user of the hammer. Hence, I need to make him believe that I too was a fellow hammer user. Only then would he give it his all to improve my power.”

“Another reason behind my wish to learn hammer from him was to analyze my proficiency with it. I don’t have a primary weapon of choice and it would help me broaden my perspective. If I decide to have a primary weapon in the future, I would be able to decide properly.”

The Keeper didn’t say anything. He already knew that Long Tao had a great advantage due to the origin-avatars of his. All the previous masters of the crimson world realm were having no more than three avatars and hence the pathway they choose was limited too.

But Long Tao had a total of 10 avatars. Adding another set of weapons is still perfectly within the limits. Also, the hammer was really well suited for a body cultivator like Long Tao. He had been instructed by the throne spirit to not get involved in the path that Long Tao was to choose.

“I won’t dare manipulate the path you walk on. It can only be forged by you.”

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“So, you are a dual weapon cultivator. Sword is a great complimenting weapon to your metal element and since I am your master, I will help you train in the hammer arts.”

“I see that you have not yet broken through to the Qi master realm. You are to first go to the thunder pool and cultivate there while cleansing your own body for a whole month before trying the breakthrough to the Qi master realm.”

“Since you have realized the beginning of the sword will, your metal attribute should already be at a higher grade. You need to use the cultivation time in the thunder pool to forge and cleanse your body.”

“It will also help improve the thunder element in your body. Here is the token of mine. After you successfully break-through the Qi master realm, I will guide you into what to do next. Remember, the path you will walk in can only be decided upon by yourself.”

Bu Puti passed him a token, with the sign of a hammer on it.

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Li Meng proceeded towards the pool area and there was a huge line in front of the entrance. Ignoring the crowd, Long Tao soon reached the guards but was stopped and rebutted by them.

Before he could say anything, the guard forcefully attacked him to discipline him for his misconduct. This was a guy with a cultivation realm of peak initial stages of Qi master. He had nothing to fear.

” Senior, is it the teaching of the academy to attack your fellow disciple before listening to what they have to say?”

“Shut up trash. You are to get in the line and wait for your turn if you want to access the thunder pool. A Qi child realm practitioner daring to break the rules and trying to rebuke me of my actions.”

Li Meng was pissed now. He already knew that strength commanded everything in the world, and his ultimate goal was to gain control of the academy by pure strength, but he didn’t expect to have to exert it so soon. He got up and patted the dust off, proceeding towards the guard, and before the other party could react, threw a punch with full force.

“What are you-”

before the guard was to say something, his face was again crushed under Long Tao’s feet. He continued his series of attacks. Soon enough the backup arrived as two more presented themselves, but Long Tao didn’t bother to explain his actions, he bashed them too.

Soon enough a total of 3 people of the Qi master realm were lying on the ground beaten by a Qi child realm practitioner. The crowd sucked cold breaths. What kind of insane strength was this? But soon enough the group of managing elders came.

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When they saw the three people lying there injured, they were quite angry.” Who did this?”The crowd looked at Li Meng.

“Are you the one who dared to break the rule of the academy? Do you know your mistake?”

But suddenly the elder beside the guy who spoke had a change of expression. He suddenly remembered a face he had seen just earlier today in the test hall, the guy who was accepted as a disciple of the punishment elder. His legs started shaking.

It was a huge mistake. Li Meng looked at the elder who spoke with disgust. He then threw the token he was given by his master. The elder picked the token and as he saw it, his expression also changed.

It was the token of the punishment elder. Long didn’t bother to stick around and proceeded towards the spring.

“Who was he?”

“He is the newly accepted personal disciple of the punishment elder. Li Meng”. the elder sighed a breath of relief. It was good that he was not impulsive and act on his guts, otherwise, he would have paid a huge price.

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Long Tao reached the location of the thunder pool soon. He was surprised to see the view in front of him. The pool was literally oozing out thunder. It was as if somebody had fluidified lightning.

“This is impressive. There is actually a thunder gathering array upon which the pool is built. The water itself is made up of various natural oddities and the thunder Qi is infused by the array.”

“It is highly beneficial for you. It is good for me to absorb it too. It can heal some of the damage. Also, this water can be collected into the crimson lord realm. As it is a replenishing array, and of such a large scale, we could collect quite an amount.”

“It might have a good effect on the body cultivation too. You might want to think about what you want to cultivate in for this month.”

Li Meng soon came up with a plan. Since he was collecting the pool inside the crimson lord world, he could concentrate on the cleansing part anytime, but he didn’t know how much energy would be required in the opening of the meridians and the acupoints.

He didn’t want to miss the opportunity. He soon jumped into the pool, as the artifact separated itself from Long Tao’s body and started absorbing the aura. Long Tao began the cultivation of his body.

He soon took out the manual of the weapon tempering art and the personal note of the black dragon. Soon enough he was on his way to open the 7th acupoint. This month was crucial. He wanted to have the same result as the Royal forbidden land.

It was a rare opportunity and he had to make the most out of it. His body started circulating the Thunder Qi along with the other, as they continued to temper his meridians, acupoints, and finding their way to new ones. He had to open a greater number of acupoints before he steps to the Qi master realm as the cultivation of the Weapon tempering art will begin then.

The artifact soon started absorbing more and more thunder Qi, although the change this time was not visible, the elemental Qi of the crimson lord world was getting denser and denser. Also, soon enough a pool started emerging in a region of the land.