Having said this.
Ji Yan stared nervously at Wang Xiu, the right fist behind his back unconsciously clenching until it was sweaty, his heart constantly chanting: Agree, agree, agree.
Under Ji Yan's burning gaze.
Wang Xiu's expression gradually shifted from 'troubled' to 'tempted,' then transformed into 'thick confidence.'
"Thanks to Martial Uncle's regard."
The young man's eyes burned with intensity, his entire body radiating the courage of 'the ignorant are fearless,' "Although this junior isn't any genius, just cultivating the Heavenly Tribulation Curse to the introductory level."
"Three months should be enough."
Having said this.
Under Ji Yan's ecstatic gaze, Wang Xiu slowly nodded, "This junior accepts this bet!"
He agreed!
He agreed!
He agreed!
Ji Yan was wildly ecstatic in his heart, but on the surface he remained calm, saying indifferently, "A promise made is a promise kept across ten thousand mountains!"
"During these three months, you may freely come to the Wind Thunder Tower to borrow technique manuals. But This Seat won't arrange anyone to guide you. As for the favor I owe you, it remains valid."
"When the bet period ends, whether you win or lose, you may use that favor to ask me to do one more thing."
Having said this.
Ji Yan slowly walked to the still-smoking Ji Jinglei's side, extended his right hand to slice through the void, kicked Ji Jinglei through, then stepped into the void passage himself, vanishing without a trace.
Interesting.
Watching the Ji father and son disappear, Wang Xiu touched his chin and smiled.
Ji Yan still owed a favor—so these two days of learning thunder techniques in the Wind Thunder Tower were completely free?
That's right too.
If having Ji Jinglei 'guide' him for two days in thunder techniques could repay Ji Yan's owed favor, that would only mean the Thunder Vein Seat had no shame at all.
"Heavenly Tribulation Curse."
Wang Xiu looked down at the Heavenly Tribulation Curse, mumbling to himself, "I want to see just what kind of technique would make Martial Uncle Ji so certain I couldn't cultivate it."
He reached out and touched the jade slip, his consciousness probing inside.
Immediately.
Information about this secret art poured into Wang Xiu's mind, rapidly absorbed by him.
Heavenly Tribulation Curse.
One of Thunder Roaring Peak's ultimate techniques, occupying a transcendent position among the Thunder Vein's various ultimate techniques, hailed as the strongest thunder technique.
If the 'Grand One Thunder-Wielding True Explanation' was the general outline of thunder techniques, perfectly interpreting the essence of the Thunder Dao, then the Heavenly Tribulation Curse was the killing move, the forbidden move that pushed thunder technique power to its ultimate extreme.
Casting this curse.
One could channel the Heavenly Dao's thunder tribulation power, unleashing terrifying destructive force far beyond one's own cultivation level to suppress and kill powerful enemies.
Moreover.
This destructive power would produce enormous amplification based on the density of 'demonic qi and karma' on the target.
If the target belonged to a righteous sect and had no demonic qi, then this Heavenly Tribulation Curse's power would be about the same as ordinary ultimate techniques like the Seven-Step Dragon Slaying Art.
If the target was a great demonic fiend with overwhelming evil karma.
Then the Heavenly Tribulation Curse would transform into 'Heaven's Punishment,' locking onto the target via the Heavenly Dao and launching a devastating attack.
The stronger the demonic qi, the more terrifying the attack intensity.
One must know.
Heaven's Punishment was the thing all evil demons and heretics in the world feared most. Once locked onto by Heaven's Punishment, forget nine deaths one life—it was almost certain death.
It was just that Heaven's Punishment appeared quite infrequently—only the most heinously evil might trigger it.
And Heaven's Punishment was somewhat like killing a chicken to scare the monkeys—purely luck-based.
A lucky demonic fiend might slaughter millions without ever encountering Heaven's Punishment. An unlucky one might be wiped out by Heaven's Punishment after their very first city massacre.
So demonic fiends in the world didn't particularly dread this kind of heavenly punishment.
After all.
Heaven's Punishment was simply too rare. Out of tens of thousands of demonic fiends, perhaps not even one would be struck down by Heaven's Punishment.
But the Heavenly Tribulation Curse was different from traditional Heaven's Punishment. Anyone who knew the Heavenly Tribulation Curse, upon encountering a great demonic fiend, could just point at them—and boom, manually triggered Heaven's Punishment.
It was said.
Seventeen hundred years ago, a peerless genius from the Thunder Vein cultivated the Heavenly Tribulation Curse to Great Achievement. With Soul Separation ninth layer cultivation, he triggered Heaven's Punishment and directly struck dead the Demonic Sect's Ancestor at the Tribulation Transcendence stage.
Crossing two major realms to defeat an Earth Immortal—shocking the entire Divine Land!
Terrifying indeed!
This battle record shocked the world and led the Daoist, Buddhist, Confucian, and Demonic sects to unanimously recognize the Heavenly Tribulation Curse as the world's strongest thunder technique killing move.
Unfortunately.
As famous as this ultimate technique's power was, so was its 'difficulty to cultivate.'
If other thunder technique ultimate arts mainly cultivated comprehension of thunder techniques, then this ultimate technique not only required extremely deep understanding of thunder techniques but also had to gain the approval of the Heavenly Dao.
To put it simply.
The Heavenly Tribulation Curse was somewhat like calling for backup: 'Heavenly Dao Big Boss, I ran into a really, really bad great demonic fiend. He's bullying me. Quick, help me strike him dead.'
After calling over the big boss, it had nothing to do with you—it was between the Heavenly Dao and the other party.
But.
To ask the big boss for backup, the Heavenly Dao had to first recognize you as a little brother.
Otherwise, no matter how strong your thunder techniques were, if the Heavenly Dao didn't like you and didn't approve of you, it was still useless.
In summary, it was very luck-dependent.
According to the jade slip's records, throughout ten thousand years, only seven Thunder Vein disciples had successfully cultivated the Heavenly Tribulation Curse.
One must know.
In those ten thousand years, for over nine thousand years, Three Pure Immortal Sect was at its peak. As a powerful main vein, the Thunder Vein had countless geniuses.
Even so, only seven people had cultivated the Heavenly Tribulation Curse.
On average.
It took over fourteen hundred years to produce just one such inheritor. This showed how difficult it was to gain Heavenly Dao approval and receive your 'proxy attack license.'
"Good heavens."
"No wonder after giving me the jade slip, he just took his son and ran."
"Turns out he dug such a big pit."
Wang Xiu laughed and cried at the same time. An ultimate technique that only produced one inheritor in over a thousand years, and they gave him three months. Ji Yan, that old guy, looked so proper with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he was actually a schemer!
Too bad.
No matter how much he calculated, it would all come to nothing in the end.
Wang Xiu smiled as he put away the jade slip containing the Heavenly Tribulation Curse, returned it to its place, then summoned the Black Tortoise Mirror, preparing to return to Spirit Turtle Peak for seclusion.
Seclusion for what?
To fuse the 'Heavenly Tribulation Curse' Perfection Experience Card, of course!
Was he really going to honestly sit in the Wind Thunder Tower, thinking hard and pondering?
...
In the void rift.
Ji Yan, hiding with his butt sticking up watching Wang Xiu leave, couldn't help but reveal a wretched smile, "No matter how much of a genius, you still fell for This Seat's scheme."
"Leaving in anger won't help. The bet is made. I don't believe a dignified peerless genius would have the nerve to go back on his word."
Heavenly Tribulation Curse.
Only seven people in ten thousand years could cultivate it. With the advantage so overwhelming, how could This Seat lose!
Having said this.
He kicked Ji Jinglei's butt, "That thunder of mine didn't use any real power. Stop pretending to be unconscious for your father."
Cough cough~
The completely blackened young man opened his eyes, sheepishly scratching his head and grinning, revealing big white teeth that formed a stark contrast with his pitch-black face.
"Not a word about Wang Xiu's thunder technique talent to anyone outside."
Ji Yan said indifferently.
Ji Jinglei was stunned, "Why?"
Ji Yan snorted, "Within three months, if he can't cultivate the Heavenly Tribulation Curse, he'll be your final junior martial brother, and also the strongest genius of our Thunder Vein."
Ji Jinglei muttered, "Father, I think my thunder technique talent isn't below his."
Ji Yan: ???
(End of Chapter)
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