"Boom!"
With a loud explosion, the Immortal Ascension ship shook violently twice.
"What happened?"
Bai Shengyi stopped checking her meridians, got up, and left her room. She saw Chu Tianle, completely drunk, lying on a blanket-covered chair in the living room.
She was stunned for a moment, not expecting the boisterous and unrestrained Chu Tianle to be a drunkard. She presumed that the previously unseen lounge chairs and blankets were taken out by him from his storage bag.
Seeing that Chu Tianle was not awake, Bai Shengyi decided to go out and take a look by herself.
As soon as she stepped out, she heard Sun Wuyi shivering and saying, "Grand-Aunt Bai, please move Sun the Blind somewhere else. I'm afraid of thunder... Ah!"
"Boom!"
A burst of blue light erupted in the distance, followed by another explosive boom, mixed with Sun Wuyi's terrified cries.
Bai Shengyi looked up. In the narrow field of vision beyond the ship's corridor, the sky was dim, flickering with irregular "crackling" sparks, as if containing world-ending power.
Light of various shades—pale blue, deep blue, and ethereal purple—alternated. The ship sailed through it, occasionally colliding with a beam of light, resulting in a violent explosion.
"This is... the Sea of Lightning?"
Bai Shengyi moved Sun Wuyi and his attendant to a different spot, ignoring the Mingyu County Princess, Qin Zhao, and others who were staring at her with wide, terrified eyes.
"It should be the Sea of Lightning in the Thunder Sea mountain range. It must be quite lively on the deck right now. Fellow Daoist Bai, do you want to go take a look?" Feng Wuya walked over from not far away, swinging a small handkerchief and greeting her with a smile.
The view inside the cabin was limited. Bai Shengyi had only caught a glimpse of the Sea of Lightning and had been itching to go out and see it. Besides, a day and a night had passed, and no one could take their room anymore, so when someone invited her, she naturally accepted.
She nodded and asked, "Are you in room number 5?"
"Yes." Feng Wuya flicked his small handkerchief and snorted, "We originally chose room 4, but since we couldn't defeat Jiang Pengyu, we had to go to room 5."
As Feng Wuya spoke, he stealthily leaned closer to Bai Shengyi's ear and whispered, "Fellow Daoist Bai, do you want to know who is in rooms 1 and 2?"
Bai Shengyi instinctively became guarded and shook her head, "Not really."
Actually, she and Chu Tianle had guessed that it might be Ximen Hongchun and Li Shiqing from the hidden families, but they had kept their doors shut, and there was no opportunity to confirm.
"That means you do want to know." Feng Wuya acted as if he hadn't seen Bai Shengyi's wariness, wiped his face with his handkerchief, and grinned, "I actually know. If you tell me how you conjured the nets you used to deal with those people, I'll tell you, how about that?"
He patted his chest, "I guarantee my answer will be absolutely worth it."
A shadow flickered in Bai Shengyi's eyes. She hadn't expected him to be after the function of the Reincarnation Brush, Yin Zhen. She could only say that this was indeed a hidden family, so sharp.
"Then can you tell me first if you really couldn't defeat Jiang Pengyu?" Bai Shengyi gazed at Feng Wuya with a half-smile.
Feng Wuya choked and exclaimed, "Fellow Daoist Bai, that's a secret."
"This is also a secret of mine," Bai Shengyi smiled, stopped walking, and said to Feng Wuya, "Fellow Daoist Feng, we're here."
After saying that, she no longer paid attention to Feng Wuya, but remained vigilant, carefully observing and appreciating the magnificent and perilous natural scenery before her.
A biting wind howled, accompanied by continuous "sizzling" tearing sounds, as if the air itself carried the charge of lightning.
Looking ahead, the vast deck was shrouded in dark, oppressive clouds. As the ship sailed, it was like a dark, mysterious monster opening its maw, swallowing cultivators one by one.
In the end, only a few cultivators nearby could be vaguely seen, desperately resisting the lightning bolts that struck down intermittently.
Explosions and screams occasionally came from the deck.
Various lightning bolts struck the ship. Lightning flashed, and immense power surged through the protective shield, stirring up colorful spiritual energy patterns.
"You can also participate in the trial in the Sea of Lightning."
Bai Shengyi saw the middle-aged man she had met on the first day again. He said sternly, "The Immortal Ascension ship will remain in the Thunder Sea for three hours."
Actually, the vice-dean wanted to stop for five hours, but it was strongly opposed by several accompanying responsible persons. After some back-and-forth, it was set at three hours.
After he finished speaking, he left again.
Bai Shengyi couldn't help but look around. Many people, like her and Feng Wuya, had come out to watch. However, after the middle-aged man spoke, only two people immediately rushed into the Sea of Lightning.
One was dressed in fiery red, Li Shiqing, whom Bai Shengyi recognized.
The other was an unfamiliar male cultivator holding a hammer, his expression excited, his eyes shining as if he had found a treasure.
Bai Shengyi's heart stirred slightly, and then she saw four more people charge down, including Jiang Pengyu.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, are you going?" Feng Wuya waved his small handkerchief, his eyes already fixed on the depths of the flickering Sea of Lightning.
The Divine启 Academy is truly generous, spending so much spirit stones to let everyone train.
After all, the lightning in the Sea of Lightning would damage the Immortal Ascension ship to varying degrees, and keeping the ship suspended in mid-air consumed more energy than sailing. These were all spirit stones!
The key was that none of them were students of the Divine启 Academy yet.
Feng Wuya had a premonition that coming for this assessment was definitely worth it!
Bai Shengyi had already drawn her whip, eager to try, "Of course!"
As soon as she spoke, she had already walked out of the protective shield surrounding the ship and entered the Sea of Lightning, which was densely packed with lightning nebulae.
"Boom!"
Even though Bai Shengyi had been mentally prepared, she still didn't expect to be struck on the forehead the moment she stepped onto the deck.
"I..." Bai Shengyi swallowed the curse she was about to utter at the heavens and quickly dodged the next lightning bolt that lunged at her.
Feng Wuya laughed loudly, looking at Bai Shengyi's scorched, smoking hair, "Haha, Fellow Daoist Bai, be careful! I still want to spar with you when you have time."
He laughed and moved a bit further away from Bai Shengyi.
This was because he noticed that the lightning around Bai Shengyi was at least twice as dense as around others! How strange!
Bai Shengyi also noticed and couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Was it really necessary? It was just a few curses, was this also retribution? Is the heavens so petty!
"Oh, playing in the Sea of Lightning?" The Reincarnation Brush, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke, "There should be Thunder Crystals in this Sea of Lightning, right?"
"What is that?"
Bai Shengyi had already gained experience from being struck. She discovered that this lightning could be resisted with spiritual power, and if it landed on her, it could also temper her physique. She had discovered this from Feng Wuya and Li Shiqing.
This was because after entering the Sea of Lightning, they didn't resist the lightning much; instead, they exposed their entire bodies to the lightning. Only when encountering vast and thick lightning did they dodge or resist.
"It's a raw material for refining artifacts, hidden within the heart of the marrow of lightning. The marrow of lightning is that purplish-red lightning. It takes a hundred thousand lightning bolts to evolve one."
The Reincarnation Brush said, "So Thunder Crystals are very valuable. I remember that one Thunder Crystal is equivalent to ten high-grade spirit stones."
Bai Shengyi's eyes suddenly lit up!
What does a poor and weak cultivator want the most? Of course, it's money... no, spirit stones!
Bai Shengyi sat cross-legged on the ground, allowing the small lightning bolts to fall on her body. Her voice was gentler than ever as she coaxed the Reincarnation Brush.
"Little Reincarnation, do you still remember how to extract Thunder Crystals?"