Chapter 293 Praying for Rain
"Southern Xinjiang? No, it's impossible. The refining style of this magic weapon is more inclined to the East China Sea Islands. It should be the work of a master of refining from an overseas sect. The gems on it should also come from the East China Sea. I need to study what kind of spiritual material it is. As for whether it can be repaired, I can't guarantee it." Xu Xinyang hesitated for a moment and shook his head.
"It's okay, please do as you please, Master." Yuan Ming said.
Xu Xinyang nodded, said no more, and put away the black needle and the white jade belt.
Seeing this, Yuan Ming took the initiative to get up and say goodbye, and Song Huitong left with him.
Outside the teahouse, Yuan Ming thanked Song Huitong for her help, said goodbye to her, and turned to Qingmu Building.
In the private room on the third floor, Yuan Ming and Di Yue exchanged heavy armor for one thousand spiritual stones, and once again rejected Di Chen's request for competition.
After doing all this, he left Xiaohu City, drove the shuttle to the Yuxu Swamp, and released the flower branch again.
He had already learned where Sha Hao might be, and now he had to race against time to enhance his strength. Huazhi was bored in the spirit beast bag and kept clamoring to go back to the swamp to continue practicing, so Yuan Ming agreed to his wishes.
In addition to the True Water Ring he had given him before, Yuan Ming wanted to prepare some more magic tools for Huazhi, but Huazhi's body was unpredictable, and she could condense swords and could not wear armor. He gave up the idea and only thought that if he met her in the future, he would prepare a few auxiliary magic tools for her.
After he gave Huazhi a few instructions, he hurried back to his residence in the city, lit a purple incense, swallowed the elixir, and continued to practice.
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Five days later.
In a courtyard, an old emperor in a yellow robe stood with his hands down, looked up at the sun hanging high above his head, and suddenly twisted his fingers and cast a spell.
The magic power in his body was running fast. Under his urging, dark clouds appeared in the sky, filling the sky within a range of dozens of miles in an instant, blocking the scorching sun for him.
Then, a drop of rain fell, and with a "click", it landed half an inch on his toes.
As if it was a signal to launch a charge, countless raindrops followed closely, scrambling to jump out of the dark clouds and crashing into the ground under the old emperor's feet.
The drizzle turned into a downpour in an instant.
At this time, the old emperor, who had already opened the magic shield to isolate the rain, turned around and cast his eyes towards Liu Tianming, who was not far behind him, and said:
"Do you understand this rain-praying technique? The environment created by this technique can not only greatly enhance the power of your water-based magic, but also greatly weaken the fire-based magic of your opponent. It depends on how you use it in battle. If there is anything you don't understand, you can tell me."
"Thank you for your teaching, Grandpa Emperor. I have remembered it and will work hard to practice and comprehend it." Liu Tianming replied respectfully.
At the same time, in Xiaohu City in the north of Dajin, thousands of miles away, Yuan Ming also opened his eyes, carefully recalled the situation of the old emperor's mana running just now, and nodded gently.
After being mixed with the thousand-year-old spiritual wood, the black incense he made lasted more than twice as long as before, allowing him to do more things. This also proved that the spiritual incense made from the older spiritual wood also had a corresponding increase in duration.
When he just possessed the old emperor, he was just teaching Liu Tianming about his cultivation experience. He first told Liu Tianming some of the key points of the "Nine Yuan Jue", and then taught Liu Tianming the water-attributed magic of praying for rain, and demonstrated it in person.
During this period, Yuan Ming almost watched the whole process through possession. Not only did he have a better understanding of the "Nine Yuan Jue", he also successfully learned this secret art of praying for rain. This was also thanks to the long time of the black incense made from the thousand-year-old spiritual wood, otherwise he would not have had time to watch the whole process.
However, just one comprehension may not be enough for him to fully master this secret technique. He will have to possess the old emperor and Liu Tianming. Otherwise, it will be time-consuming and laborious to comprehend it on his own, and the effect may not be ideal.
Yuan Ming tried to perform it once, but he was not discouraged when he found that he failed. Instead, he planned to continue practicing and prepare for the future trip to Zhao State.
Sha Hao was very powerful. Even if Xu Xinyang could refine all three magic tools as he wished, he would not be sure of winning alone, but he could protect himself.
A few days later, he used the best materials, added the poisonous flowers of the flower branches, and tried to mix the strange poison in He Wendao's green flying sword into it to make a new batch of seven steps down.
The green flying sword's poison was amazing, and with the powerful catalytic effect of the Stealing Heaven Cauldron, this batch of new seven steps down performed quite well.
Moreover, the poison is mixed in the mist and directly inhaled into the body, which is faster than corroding from the wound. Yuan Ming has experimented with several level 2 monsters in the Yuxu Swamp. They can't resist at all. Not only will they collapse immediately, but their internal organs will also be corroded by the flying sword poison and die soon.
In addition, Yuan Ming purchased a batch of talismans in the market, mainly level 1 mid-level attack talismans, which are as many as thirty or forty.
He succeeded in sneak attacking Sha Hao with talismans before, which made him a little greedy.
Xiaohu City is a large market, and there are also level 1 upper-level talismans. Yuan Ming also bought more than ten of them as appropriate.
The upper-level talismans are expensive, and each one costs twenty or thirty spirit stones, which makes him feel quite painful now.
As for the level 2 talismans, firstly, they are not sold in Xiaohu City, and the level 2 talismans are very powerful. Whether it is the talisman master of the sect or the talisman master among the casual cultivators, they will collect them quickly after refining them, and rarely sell them publicly. Secondly, even if there are, he can't afford them in a short time.
The agreed deadline came in a flash, and Yuan Ming finally received Xu Xinyang's belated message, which did not mention the result, but only asked him to go to the Yuhe City store to pick it up.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming immediately left Xiaohu City and went to Yuxu Swamp to pick up the flower branches.
As soon as he entered Yuxu Swamp, dark leaden clouds surged in the sky, and heavy rain poured down, accompanied by deafening thunder. A series of dazzling lightnings tore through the sky, as if to pierce the sky, which was more shocking than the previous thunderstorms.
He hurriedly lowered his escape light and moved close to the ground to avoid being struck by lightning.
The thunderstorms in the sky became more and more dense. Even when standing underground, Yuan Ming felt his hair stand on end and his whole body numb.
"Such a strong power of thunder and lightning, it's just right for the thunderstorm to move." He muttered a few words to himself, and then waved his hand to summon the winged bird thunderstorm.
The thunderstorm now has absorbed the power of thunder and lightning in the bronze broken sword, and its breath has increased a lot.
Sensing the thunder and lightning, Lei Yu chirped excitedly, circled above Yuan Ming's head, and then flapped his wings and flew up, disappearing into the thundercloud.
Winged birds have the ability to control thunder and lightning. Yuan Ming was not worried about Lei Yu's safety. He continued to move forward and soon arrived near Hua Zhi's nest.
"Master, are you going to teach Sha Hao a lesson?" Hua Zhi sensed Yuan Ming's approach from a distance and came up with many little monsters.
When Hua Zhi was released into the Yuxu Swamp, his injuries had almost healed. Now, about a month has passed, and his injuries have completely recovered. The body damaged by the bronze thunder pattern formation has also grown back.
"Do you want to take these men with you?" Yuan Ming nodded and looked at the little monsters behind Hua Zhi, there were as many as forty or fifty of them.
These little monsters are all first-level monsters, including birds, beasts, and two vine monsters like Hua Zhi.
The little monsters are not very smart, and they are not afraid of Yuan Ming. Many of them are staring at him curiously.
"Master, haven't you determined the location of Sha Hao's cave yet? These men I selected have certain exploration capabilities, and I believe they can help you find Sha Hao." Huazhi transmitted the message.
"Okay." Yuan Ming pondered for a moment, flicked his sleeves and emitted a green light, covering Huazhi and a group of little demons, and put them all into the spirit beast bag.
Once Huazhi's body stretched out, it was quite large, and he bought it a large spirit beast bag, which was enough to hold these little demons.
At this time, the originally violent and raging wind and rain had a tendency to subside. Seeing this, Yuan Ming communicated with Lei Yu through his mind and ordered him to come back as soon as possible, but he did not get a response.
Yuan Ming was startled and hurriedly jumped onto the white jade shuttle and flew towards the location of Lei Yu.
When he arrived, Lei Yu was still in the air, with dark clouds surrounding it, and from time to time, it shot out dazzling arcs of electricity, pouring into the dark clouds, and all of them were absorbed into Lei Yu's body.
Lei Yu's eyes showed a slight pain, and his breath rose and fell.
Seeing this, Yuan Ming was delighted. It seemed that Lei Yu was about to break through to level 2, which was worth his careful cultivation during this period.
He did not go forward to disturb him, but urged the white jade shuttle to keep a certain distance from him, intending to protect him personally to prevent him from encountering any accidents.
Time passed little by little, as Lei Yu continued to absorb lightning in the air, his aura continued to rise, getting closer and closer to level 2.
However, the rainstorm in the sky had stopped, and the dark clouds in the sky quickly dissipated. There was less and less lightning to absorb, and the growth of Lei Yu's aura also became slow.
Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows. If the dark clouds completely dissipated, Lei Yu's breakthrough this time would inevitably end in failure, and he might even be injured by the backlash, which would inevitably affect his next breakthrough.
In a hurry, he took out the three thunder-attribute top-grade spirit stones and was about to throw them to Lei Yu, when another idea suddenly emerged in his mind.
He immediately stood on the shuttle, stood with his hands hanging down, operated his magic power, and tried to perform the rain-praying technique.
During these twenty days, Yuan Ming possessed the old emperor and Liu Tianming once again, and used the soul seal to hint the two to perform the rain-praying spell again. Now he has basically mastered this spell, but he has never performed it himself. Now the situation forces him to not care so much.
The moisture in the vicinity quickly became dense, and dense rain clouds began to appear in the air, covering only a few miles, and the rain began to fall sparsely.
Yuan Ming's magic power is far inferior to that of the old emperor. When he performed the rain-praying spell, the rain clouds formed were only this big, and the power was relatively insufficient.
However, the dense moisture in the Yuxu Swamp quickly gathered, and the rain clouds in the air quickly grew larger. Lightning appeared in the air again, and gathered towards the thunderstorm.
"It is true." Yuan Ming nodded secretly.
His rain-praying spell can only cover a range of ten miles, which is not very useful. However, the moisture in the Yuxu Swamp is too dense, and it accumulates in the air. With a little external force, it is easy to form a large-scale rainstorm.
With the help of these thunder and lightning forces, the breath of thunderstorm continued to rise rapidly.
Accompanied by a high-pitched scream from the dark clouds, the dark clouds in the sky surged up, as if controlled by a dragon that controlled the clouds and rain, thunder rumbled, and silver lightning flashed continuously in the dark clouds.
In an instant, there was a murderous atmosphere between heaven and earth, and a strong wind blew!