Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 482 - 250. Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven’s Top-Grade Divination (Two-in-One Chapter)_3
If there were actually two Locking Scholar Shackles, then Lin Che and Lin Chou should have been immobilized on the spot.
After all, the turmoil in the Lin Clan Ancestral Land at the time kept affecting Lin Che, letting him break out would gradually free him from its influence, allowing him to recover part of his strength.
"There was someone else aiding the Celestial Master Mansion, or perhaps the Celestial Master Mansion still had certain hidden means,"
Ye Moquan said softly, "Some time ago, I started to suspect, during Li Wai’s battle on Dragon Tiger Mountain, the Celestial Master’s Sword was drawn back near Dragon Tiger Mountain and finally ended up in Tang Xiaotang’s hands. But, that Celestial Master Seal, equally lost yet possessing its own spiritual nature—why didn’t it appear in that fight?"
Lin Huan frowned, "Shi, are you saying the Celestial Master Seal has already returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain?"
Ye Moquan said, "If the Celestial Master Seal really returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain at that time and was back in the hands of someone from the Celestial Master Mansion, then surely they wouldn’t have just stood by and watched the Celestial Master Robe get lost yet again.
So, back then, I suspected more that the Celestial Master Seal had found a new master, but not someone from Dragon Tiger Mountain. It’s just, with this latest Jiangzhou battle, if Tang Xiaotang actually possessed both the Celestial Master Seal and the Celestial Master’s Sword, then Lin Chengming’s defeat was justified, and that made me rethink the matter."
"It’s possible, but if I had to choose, I’d rather Tang Xiaotang regained the Celestial Master Seal," Lin Huan said, "Compared to that, what worries me more are those people helping the Celestial Master Mansion in secret—who are they really?"
After all, no one witnessed the Celestial Master Seal reappear.
But those bizarre long-range attacks, which kept killing Jiangzhou Lin Clan Upper Three Heavens elders, were seen by quite a few people.
Too bad, the people of Jiangzhou got spooked and lost their minds, only caring about escaping and never learning who those attackers truly were.
Ye Moquan said, "Exactly, I don’t want that outcome either."
Lin Huan said, "What we’ve heard from the Capital, plus a few other sources, when checked together, right now, it doesn’t look like the Confucian Divine Archery Lineage.
Seeing all this, it seems more like Flying Sword or some other magical treasure from the Taoist External Alchemy School. But... whether it’s intelligence from Jingxiang or within Bashu, none of it suggests someone from the Mount Shu Sect."
Ye Moquan glanced toward the southwest, toward Bashu.
He stayed silent for a long while before finally speaking slowly, "Bashu, not necessarily..."
Lin Huan felt a bit surprised, but she remained calm, not rushing or showing any anxiety as she watched Ye Moquan.
Ye Moquan paused again before continuing, "Most likely, it’s someone from the Taoist External Alchemy School..."
Lin Huan caught the hint, "Shi, are you saying there’s a top cultivator from the Taoist External Alchemy School outside the Mount Shu Sect?"
"A Third Heaven cultivator of the Taoist External Alchemy Lineage, whether from inside or outside Mount Shu, let’s hold off on a conclusion," the old man said slowly.
Lin Huan suddenly thought of something, "...That internal upheaval in Mount Shu all those years ago?!"
Ye Moquan nodded slowly, "Over the years, I’ve only caught a few whispers, hard to tell what’s true. That internal struggle in Mount Shu may have been far more complicated than it looked, and from what I can see now, there really might have been something fishy."
During that civil strife in Mount Shu, someone faked their death and escaped, hiding in the shadows!
"Of course, there were plenty who truly died then, but who knows how deep the water really goes, only those involved could know for sure," Ye Moquan said, "It’s just, looking at the situation in this Jiangzhou battle, I’m afraid it went way beyond anyone’s expectations..."
Lin Huan regained her composure, her mind already racing through the public list of casualties from that Mount Shu internal strife years ago.
*Who was behind the scenes? What was it all for back then? And why help the Celestial Master Mansion this time?* Lin Huan slowly nodded, "We need to contact Jingxiang as soon as possible and check this out."
Ye Moquan said, "Right, I’ve already sent word to Jingxiang, hoping for a reply soon."
He kept his eyes on the southwest, toward Mount Shu.
The old man’s heart was actually filled with far more doubts.
*But he had no time to investigate personally—he needed to focus and prepare for a fight with Xu Yuanzhen.*
"What a shame..." Ye Moquan sighed softly.
......
On Dragon Tiger Mountain, inside his own residence, Lei Jun sat cross-legged.
A dozen Mysterious Gold Sword Pills spun and flew around him.
Atop Lei Jun’s head hovered a Dual Polarity Heavenly Primordial Talisman, which spawned a torrent of Primordial Magnet Force, sweeping outward to warm and nurture those twelve Mysterious Gold Sword Pills.
"Command!"
Lei Jun uttered a low order and flicked his finger lightly.
Instantly, black lightning surged forth and condensed into another talisman.
Lei Jun’s Xuánxiāo Five Thunder Talisman.
The Primordial Magnet Force thickened, and now it was like strands of white electric serpents weaving through the still chamber, mingling with the black lightning snakes swirling around the Xuánxiāo Five Thunder Talisman.
The twelve Mysterious Gold Sword Pills underwent even further refinement.
As time went by, new colors began to show on the surface of Lei Jun’s Xuánxiāo Five Thunder Talisman.
Besides black, there were hints of blue, white, red, and yellow lightning, occasionally flashing through it.
And by the end, purple even started to appear.
Within Yin Thunder, a trace of Yang was born.
Mana of yin and yang became swirling black and white streams around Lei Jun, enveloping the Xuánxiāo Five Thunder Talisman, evolving with exquisite transitions between guiding yin and shifting toward yang.
Throughout this, Lei Jun’s Xuánxiāo Five Thunder Talisman underwent yet another step of improvement and refinement.
Time slipped away quickly.
In what felt like an instant, it was already May.
Lei Jun, during this period, went in and out of the Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven.
Outside, he assisted Yuan Mobai in managing sect matters, and instructed his senior disciple Zhuo Baojie.
The Mysterious Gold Sword Pills were essentially finished—the rest Lei Jun could do while focusing on his own cultivation, just nurturing them as a side task.
Whenever he returned to the Supreme Pure Thunder Mansion Cave Heaven, it was to continue refining the Supreme Pure Jade Heavenly Immortal Bamboo.
Though the work was sporadic, it didn’t affect the magical treasure’s quality.
