Lei Yue, the Second Elder of the Qing Lei Sect's Law Enforcement Hall. His strength has reached the peak of the Golden Core stage, a Pseudo-Nascent Soul realm. The sect summoned these cultivators for this secret operation to assist him in forming his Nascent Soul.
The reason he isn't forming his Nascent Soul within the sect is that he has taken a liking to the Lei Yuan spiritual vein on Thunderclap Cliff. If that Lei Yuan spiritual vein weren't too small, the Qing Lei Sect might have moved its headquarters here directly.
Lei Yue also possesses a rare Lei-attribute spirit root and is proficient in Fire-Thunder secret techniques. It is said that he has cultivated the Ding Fire Thunder Divine Power, allowing him to hold his own against three or four late-stage Golden Core cultivators.
He advanced to the Golden Core stage at the age of one hundred and ten, after which he left the sect to travel the outside world. A hundred years ago, he returned to the sect with strength at the late-stage Golden Core realm. Afterward, he secluded himself within the sect until a few years ago when he had some insights and began attempting to form his Nascent Soul.
Since then, the Qing Lei Sect has been planning this matter for him, even sparing no resources to search for two or three kinds of spiritual objects to assist in forming the Nascent Soul in other places.
In addition to the Thunder-Fire Beast contributed by Liu Yuan, and with the Blood Thunder Curse secret technique, his chances of forming a Nascent Soul are more than twenty percent.
This is already a very high probability. Of course, these auxiliary spiritual objects mostly correspond to spiritual power cultivation. The most important hurdle in condensing the Nascent Soul is still the inner demons.
However, if a sect has someone confident in condensing a Nascent Soul, the Qing Lei Sect will naturally support it greatly. Once each sect has one more Nascent Soul cultivator, the sect's power will immediately increase greatly.
Liu Yuan stared in the direction of Thunderclap Mountain, filled with envy.
Lei Yue seems to be only around three hundred and fifty years old and already has the confidence to condense a Nascent Soul. Liu Yuan admitted that he couldn't compare.
Calculating his lifespan, he is already over four hundred years old, and he has no confidence in condensing a Nascent Soul. He is afraid that whether his remaining lifespan is enough to cultivate to the peak of the Golden Core stage is a question, let alone forming a Nascent Soul.
Three hundred years ago, he was also a rogue cultivator. He finally managed to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, after which he drifted for decades, experiencing all kinds of life and death situations. He was seriously injured in a fight with others for opportunities and was rescued by a direct descendant of the Ding family.
Therefore, he became a son-in-law of the Ding family. So many years have passed, and his Dao companion passed away a hundred years ago. However, by chance, his cultivation reached the Golden Core stage, and his strength even broke through to the late stage.
But since entering the late stage of the Golden Core realm, his cultivation progress has been slow. Without other opportunities, his life will probably be like this.
Liu Yuan was naturally unwilling. After hearing that someone in the Qing Lei Sect was about to form a Nascent Soul, he plotted against the Ding family. First, he joined the Qing Lei Sect and even offered the Thunder-Fire Beast.
If Lei Yue can break through to the Nascent Soul realm, then he will naturally be the first contributor. Afterward, with a backer, he will be able to enjoy a lot of resources in the Qing Lei Sect. Maybe there will be a chance to condense a Nascent Soul.
If this person fails to break through, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the Ding family is already in his pocket.
While Liu Yuan's thoughts were complicated, the people next to him were also mostly discussing this matter.
Some had envious expressions, and some were despondent. But everyone's face more or less showed some jealousy. This kind of expression is not common on the faces of high-level cultivators.
Being able to cultivate to the Golden Core realm, they are naturally not ordinary cultivators. They all have some opportunities, but when cultivation reaches this point, wanting to advance further is more difficult than ascending to heaven.
The sect's help to these Golden Core cultivators is actually not much. If they want to go further, they still have to rely on their own opportunities and good fortune.
Soon after, thirty-six Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivators gathered on the mountain where Zhang Ling was located. The thirty-six people stood up and looked at a blue-robed old man floating in mid-air.
"You are all elite disciples of my Qing Lei Sect. Today is an important event for our sect. Your task is to set up the Violet Lightning Thunder Light Array. As long as the formation is successful, this old man promises that each of you will receive a Thunder Accumulation Pill," the old man said in a deep voice to the crowd.
Upon hearing the name of the Thunder Accumulation Pill, the faces of many disciples revealed joy.
This is a secret pill of the Qing Lei Sect that can increase the chance of forming a core by about half a percent. Don't underestimate this mere half a percent, but it immediately mobilized everyone's minds.
The old man's surname is Zhao, and his name is Yunshan. He is the number one person in the Qing Lei Sect besides the two Nascent Soul-level Supreme Elders. According to Ding Ruozhao, this old man is already over five hundred years old, but his cultivation is also in the Pseudo-Nascent Soul realm.
If this old man's lifespan wasn't running out, he would probably also try to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.
Although cultivators are different from mortals and have powerful strength, able to live for hundreds or thousands of years, each realm also has a certain limit.
The lifespan of human Golden Core cultivators is around five hundred years old. Although lifespan fluctuates due to individual differences, in general, very few Golden Core cultivators can live past six hundred years old.
Once Golden Core cultivators exceed five hundred years old, they basically lose the possibility of forming a Nascent Soul.
Because most Golden Core cultivators at five hundred years old will gradually lose vitality in their bodies, making it difficult to maintain a peak state. If some cultivators have suffered serious injuries, their strength may regress.
This is similar to the birth, aging, sickness, and death of mortals. The only difference is that this process is very slow for cultivators.
This is fate.
The old man then instructed everyone a few more times and turned into a streak of green light and left. At the same time, two Golden Core early-stage elders, a man and a woman, began to direct everyone.
These two people first checked whether the thunder beads in their hands had been refined.
Then they gave each person a cyan-black small flag, which was also a matching array flag. They also explained the steps for using the thunder beads and array flags in detail. Then everyone was divided into six teams, with six people in each team.
Zhang Ling, disguised as Ding Kun, Ding Ruozhao, disguised as Ding Yingying, and the other two people from the Ding family, plus a Zhou-surname youth from the Qing Lei Sect, and an old man surnamed Sun. The six people formed a team.
Among them, the old man surnamed Sun was quite special and was the temporary captain of the team. Because this person also had a cyan-black array disk in his hand.
Old Man Sun directly had everyone practice the formation several times. Naturally, everyone had no objections. Soon after, the array disk in his hand lit up with a cyan light. It turned into a golden beam of light as thick as an arm and soared into the sky.
This represented that the formation was intact. The other teams also took the same actions.
And Zhao Yunshan, who had just appeared, had already joined Liu Yuan and other Golden Core elders. They also each held a different treasure in their hands, seemingly also discussing the matter of setting up the formation.
This lasted for more than an hour. Whether it was the Foundation Establishment disciples or the elders, they had all practiced the formation without any mistakes.
They were all waiting to enter Thunderclap Mountain.
Suddenly, the bald-headed man among the elders frowned and asked, "Senior Brother Zhao, why hasn't Uncle Gu arrived yet? Could something have happened?"
Zhao Yunshan stood on the edge of the mountain, looking in the direction of the sect, also frowning, but he didn't reply.
The people behind him exchanged glances, looking at each other for a while, and also felt that something was wrong.
According to the agreed time, they should have already entered Thunderclap Mountain and started setting up the formation. There is a restriction outside Thunderclap Mountain, which was jointly established by their Qing Lei Sect and the Whirlwind Gate.
The two sects each hold a special restriction token. Each time the disciples train, they can open this place by combining the two tokens.
Of course, this is the usual method. Now, someone in their sect is forming a Nascent Soul, and this matter is being carried out secretly. Naturally, they cannot let the people of the Whirlwind Gate know.
Therefore, to open the restriction here, they still have to rely on the means of the Nascent Soul ancestor in the sect, Uncle Gu, to open a gap.
