webnovelfull Chapter 317 Thundercloud Beast
Chapter 317 Thundercloud Beast
Yun Qingrou looked around until a woman in blue appeared in the mural.
For no apparent reason, her heart skipped a beat, and a strong sense of familiarity washed over her.
"Sister?" she murmured uncertainly, her voice so soft it was almost inaudible.
is her.
After a moment of stunned silence, she quickly confirmed that the woman in blue was Yun Qingyi.
She could mistake anyone else, but she would never mistake Yun Qingyi. Even though the mural was blurry, she was certain that it was Yun Qingyi.
only……
Why is the elder sister in the mural? She frowned slightly.
Yun Qingrou continued to follow Duan Lei and his group forward, subtly observing the content of the murals along the way.
Although it wasn't very clear, we could roughly understand what happened: with the help of the woman in blue, the old woman's obsession dissipated.
But the story doesn't end there; the woman in blue enters another place.
There seems to be some kind of festival taking place there, and finally... um?
Yun Qingrou read half of it and found that the later content seemed to repeat the old woman's story from the beginning, only this time it was more detailed.
It seems to be for... a trial?
As she was guessing what was going on and preparing to move on to see the next mural, the line suddenly stopped.
This underground palace is ancient and mysterious. Although the road is not particularly winding, there are quite a few small monsters living on it, but they were all quickly dealt with by the people in front, so it was not their turn to take action.
The fact that they've stopped now means they've encountered a rather troublesome opponent, Yun Qingrou pondered, observing from within the crowd.
At this moment, Duan Leizhi's voice rang out from the front: "Everyone, be careful! There are two seventh-tier Thundercloud Beasts! Those in the back, come forward! Let's defeat them together!"
The sect disciples following behind exchanged bewildered glances. The seventh-tier thundercloud beast was not difficult for those in front to deal with; the reason they were sent forward was probably because the sect did not want to waste their spiritual energy.
Duan Lei urged them on from the front, and the people behind didn't have time to think too much and rushed forward. Yun Qingrou thought for a moment and followed.
Since everyone was in a team, they naturally had to work together, so they put a lot of effort into dealing with the Thundercloud Beast.
However, the Thundercloud Beasts are berserk type monsters. Although they are only seventh-tier, their true strength can reach the eighth tier when they activate berserk mode.
The Thundercloud Beast roamed around wildly and was extremely dangerous, making it very difficult for the group to attack. A giant bolt of lightning struck down, and a few people were unable to dodge in time and were instantly hit, leaving only a charred corpse in an instant.
this……!!
Everyone was terrified. They thought it was just an ordinary thundercloud beast, but they never expected it to be so powerful, capable of taking a person's life in an instant.
In order to protect themselves, they became more cautious in their attacks and were extremely vigilant.
Yun Qingrou pretended to be attacking while struggling to dodge the Thundercloud Beast's attacks, all the while observing her surroundings.
The high-level sect disciples led by Duan Leizhi didn't seem to make much of a move; they were just putting on a show. Seeing this, Yun Qingrou sneered inwardly.
Duan Leizhi had definitely already spoken to those people. Yun Qingrou wasn't surprised. In the cultivation world, the strong prey on the weak. These disciples who came in with Duan Leizhi were treated as cannon fodder from the very beginning.
However, those people were already too busy to notice anything amiss. Some had vaguely sensed something was wrong, but given the current situation, they didn't have time to think about it and had to suppress their unease.
The Thundercloud Beast continued its rampage, unleashing countless bolts of lightning that forced everyone to dodge. The area struck by the intense electric current was entirely covered in black reefs, billowing with hot smoke.
Fortunately, there were many people here. Although the Thundercloud Beast was powerful, it had a fatal flaw: its power was not sustainable. This was a common problem for berserk type monsters. After releasing its lightning energy at will, it was obvious that the released lightning power was decreasing.
Seeing that everyone had almost exhausted the Thundercloud Beast, Duan Lei began to exert his strength, wanting to take it down in one fell swoop.
Upon seeing this, the Thundercloud Beast keenly sensed the intentions of Duan Lei and his companions. It flapped its imposing wings and flew away into the distance, the crackling sound of electricity from its lightning wings clearly audible throughout the underground palace.
Seeing that the Thundercloud Beast was trying to escape, Duan Leizhi shouted, "Chase it!" and led the others in pursuit.
Yun Qingrou's eyes flickered slightly, and she did not follow like the others.
She's thinking about something right now.
Just now, the Thundercloud Beast had been flying around aimlessly in one place, seemingly not wanting to be discovered. Moreover, its behavior was very strange. Normally, once a Thundercloud Beast realizes that it cannot defeat an enemy, it will simply run away. This kind of beast does not linger in battle, but just now it was clearly outmatched and even about to exhaust its strength, yet it still stayed in this area. This seems a bit abnormal no matter how you look at it.
and……
Looking at the place where the Thundercloud Beast had fled, Yun Qingrou pondered for a moment and then walked in the opposite direction.
After walking for a while, we came across a hidden cave.
The cave was small, and besides some spiritual herbs and rare treasures, the most conspicuous thing inside was a small beast that was fast asleep.
Ok?
Yun Qingrou walked over slowly and gently, squatted down and looked at the little beast in the nest. The little beast seemed to have only hatched a few days ago, the eggshell was still intact, and there was a pair of beautiful transparent little wings on both sides of its body that flickered with faint lightning.
"A Thundercloud Beast cub?" Yun Qingrou raised an eyebrow, recalling the behavior of the two adult Thundercloud Beasts. "No wonder."
Yun Qingrou gently stroked the little thundercloud beast's head. The little thundercloud beast had not yet fully opened its eyes. Sensing the movement, it only let out a soft whimper, and its little head trembled slightly.
The little guy is too fragile; he doesn't even have the ability to sense danger when a stranger comes.
"I wonder if my elder sister will like it." Yun Qingrou carefully held the little thundercloud beast in her arms. The little thundercloud beast noticed the movement and let out a few weak whimpers.
Seeing this, Yun Qingrou chuckled twice, "It seems that it is indeed still at the age of drinking milk, but I have no milk, what should I do? Little one." She gently stroked the little thundercloud beast's wings with her fingers, teasing it.
"Alright." After teasing it a few times, Yun Qingrou placed the little thundercloud beast, shell and all, into her personal space. She then found some nutritious spiritual fruits, juiced them with her spiritual power, and simply and directly fed them to the little thundercloud beast.
Yun Qingrou patted its little belly with satisfaction when its belly was full. "Stay here and be good, little guy. I hope you'll have digested the spiritual juice in your belly by the time I come back." After saying that, she turned and left the space to meet up with Duan and Lei Zhi's group.
Following the previous direction, Yun Qingrou concealed herself and quickly blended into the crowd. At this moment, everyone was immersed in the joy of killing the two Thundercloud Beasts and did not notice anything unusual.
Yun Qingrou peeked out slightly and easily saw the corpses of the two Thundercloud Beasts. Her eyes flickered slightly. Were they dead?
However, this was not unexpected. Duan Leizhi was not weak, and he had several strong teammates around him. In addition, everyone had already exhausted the power of the Thundercloud Beast. Now, Duan Leizhi and his group were just finishing up.
However, after this battle, some people's previously suppressed feelings about dealing with the Thundercloud Beast resurfaced, and their gazes toward Duan Leizhi changed slightly.
The situation was critical just now, and everyone was only focused on dealing with the Thundercloud Beast. Now that I think about it, Duan Lei, as the leader, didn't care about the lives of those of us with lower strength at all. It seems that he only wanted us to bear the brunt of the Thundercloud Beast's berserk state.
However, Duan Lei was powerful at this time and could not act rashly. They belatedly realized that they had fallen into a tiger's den. Although they had prepared in advance, they could not guard against it. Those sect disciples who sensed that something was wrong sighed in their hearts, realizing that they had underestimated this person's ambition.
I thought that no matter what, they would at least consider their lives, since there's still a long road ahead. I never expected them to start using them so recklessly and without any regard for their safety.
They gradually became more vigilant. Leaving the team at this time was impossible, as it would damage Duan Leizhi's reputation, and they might even be assassinated for standing up for him. They thought they could only find a suitable opportunity to leave the team.
Duan Leizhi still smiled as he looked at the two thundercloud beasts on the ground. He turned to the crowd and said, "Everyone has worked hard. These two thundercloud beasts are of extraordinary quality, and their entire bodies are treasures. I, Duan, am not a greedy and ungrateful person. Since we all killed these two thundercloud beasts together, then everyone who finds them should have a share. Let's all share them together."
Hearing this, everyone was overjoyed. Those who were less suspicious immediately lost their sense of unease and happily began to divide the two thundercloud beasts.
Yun Qingrou stepped forward, looking at the bloodied and mangled Thundercloud Beasts, her eyes filled with an unfathomable darkness. She carefully took a feather from each of the two Thundercloud Beasts' heads and put it away.
Duan Leizhi watched the crowd scrambling for the Thundercloud Beast's flesh and blood, a cold smile playing on his lips. He took advantage of the moment to step aside, quietly leaving in the opposite direction.
These two Thundercloud Beasts, known for their ferocity, surprisingly did not self-destruct their demon cores even in death. Instead, they darted around aimlessly, seemingly trying to lure them to another side...
Duan Lei's eyes flickered slightly, filled with excitement. There must be something fishy going on here; those two thundercloud beasts must be hiding or protecting something.
Duan Lei's mind raced, and suddenly something occurred to him, his eyes gleaming with even greater excitement. "Could it be... a Thundercloud Beast cub?"
Thinking this, he quickened his pace. When he saw the hidden cave, his eyes were filled with excitement and his hands trembled uncontrollably: "Sure enough! I found it! Hahaha! I knew those two thundercloud beasts were up to something."
He excitedly entered the cave, but in an instant, the smile on his face froze, and the empty cave made his mood plummet.
He stubbornly searched the place, but there was nothing there except some grass used for nesting.
"What on earth happened?!" Duan Leizhi's expression was gloomy. He slammed his fist against the wall next to him. Although he was extremely angry, his mind did not stop thinking. "Someone must have been here."
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. "Yes! It must be true."
"Heh." He chuckled coldly. He had schemed so much, but he never expected to be outmaneuvered this time. Who was it that was behind all this?
Duan Lei's expression was sinister. He was absolutely certain that there was a Thundercloud Beast cub in this cave. The only possibility was that someone had come to take it beforehand.
He walked back slowly, carefully considering whether any of those people seemed unusual.
"Let's go back and test the waters." With that thought, he quickened his pace.
Back at the spot, everyone had already divided up the two Thundercloud Beasts. Seeing this, Duan Leizhi felt a surge of resentment.
I originally thought that since there were things hidden by those two thundercloud beasts, I didn't want to compete with them. After all, some people had already become suspicious, and I needed to calm them down as soon as possible.
He never expected that, after all that, he would end up with nothing.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, Duan Leizhi quickly composed himself, but his tightly furrowed brows remained. He beckoned to Xiao Liu and whispered, "When we were dividing the Thundercloud Beast's corpse just now, did you notice anything amiss?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Liu scratched his head and said, "No, Young Sect Master, everything is normal."
But then he seemed to remember something and slapped his forehead, saying, "Oh! Right, Young Sect Master, I did see one, but it wasn't anything too unusual. It's just that when the Thundercloud Beasts were being distributed, she only took two feathers."
"You only took two feathers?" Duan Lei's eyes flashed.
“Yes, Young Sect Master,” Xiao Liu affirmed.
She then added, "It's strange, most people would want more, but she only took two feathers, which is a bit odd."
After saying that, Xiao Liu looked at Duan Leizhi: "What's wrong? Young Sect Master, has something happened?"
Duan Leizhi remained silent with a gloomy face, only saying, "Do you still remember what she looked like?"
Hearing this, Xiao Liu said somewhat embarrassedly, "I don't think I remember. Her face is hard to recall."
"You don't even remember?"
Xiao Liu nodded, "It seems they used a disguise technique, but it won't be difficult for the young sect leader to find them. Just have them take out the Thundercloud Beast corpses they were assigned to and see who has two feathers. Although people can't be recognized, feathers can be recognized. After all, feathers are relatively easy to identify."
Duan Leizhi remained silent for a while before slowly saying, "That's enough, let's not alert them."
He just abandoned the Thundercloud Beast's corpse to dispel these people's suspicions; he shouldn't let this incident arouse their suspicions again.
It's not worth it to lose money for a Thundercloud Beast cub.
Seeing this, Xiao Liu didn't ask any further questions, but whispered, "Young Sect Master, I just got a set of demon cores. The demon cores of seventh-tier demon beasts are especially beautiful, and they're from Thundercloud Beasts, with thunder patterns on them too." He chuckled.
He then said, "However, I saw that the young sect leader didn't want anything just now. The young sect leader has led us through so much hardship, so I would like to offer this demon core to the young sect leader. I hope the young sect leader will accept it." After saying this, he had a sincere pleading expression, as if he would be heartbroken and cry alone for three days and three nights if he didn't accept it.
Upon hearing this, Duan Leizhi raised an eyebrow and smiled with satisfaction. "Hmm, that's thoughtful of you. Keep it for me for now, and give it to me when we get back to the sect."
Xiao Liu immediately beamed with joy: "Alright, Young Sect Master."
With Xiao Liu's demon core, Duan Leizhi felt a little better. Although he was still unwilling, he was no longer filled with hatred and resentment. He called to everyone again and continued to walk deeper into the underground palace.