Chapter 2: The Great Joke of Heaven

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  Originally motionless and floating in the river, Lei Yu's body suddenly shook violently. The lightning bolt struck his arm, as if a powerful force was constantly invading his body. After more than ten minutes, Lei Yu's body stopped shaking, and the lightning bolt had completely entered his body, leaving behind a special mark - the Lightning Seal.

  A nameless paradise on earth, everywhere blooming with colorful flowers, birds chirping in the sky, beasts roaring in the forest, full of vitality. On the edge of this paradise, by the riverbank, a young man lay with tattered clothes and a slightly charred body. Suddenly, the young man's body moved, and a deer drinking water nearby hastily turned its head and fled.

  This young man was none other than Lei Yu, who had jumped off the cliff.

  With some trembling, Lei Yu opened his eyes and looked around. Although he didn't have the strength to get up from the river water, he smiled. His smile was unstoppable, filled with all sorts of triumph. Suddenly, Lei Yu used all his might and shouted loudly: "I'm not dead! The Lei family! Lei Yun! Wait for me! Wait for me!"

  Just then, Lei Yu felt a burning pain on his shoulder, and with great effort, he twisted his neck to look at his arm. His eyes were filled with shock and incredulity, "This... this... is a branding mark!"

  Suddenly, Lei Yu found the strength to sit up with a loud thud, and he carefully felt the burning sensation spreading through his arms as he approached the shore. At the same time, a strange and mysterious technique appeared in his mind.

  The explanation of this technique is extremely detailed, how to condense the air, how to cultivate it, all of which are things that Leiyu has never touched before. This technique is like a knife carved into his mind, crystal clear.

  This is a set of Thunderbolt Techniques, and it has a relative ranking system, with a total of six stages. The first stage is based on "Summoning Lightning", drawing out the power of lightning from within the body, stepping into the threshold of cultivation. The second stage is "Tempering the Body", using the power of lightning to temper the body, achieving a stronger and more resilient physique. The third stage is "Fusion", allowing the attack to merge with the characteristics of lightning, producing a paralyzing effect. The fourth stage is "Concealing Breath", using the unique attractive force of lightning, taking oneself as the center, drawing in the breath released from outside the body, achieving hidden breathing. The fifth stage is "Transcending the Body", releasing the properties of lightning outward, achieving attacks with a weak electric current. The sixth stage is "Detaching from the Body", completely releasing the power of lightning within the body, detaching from the physical form to achieve extended attack purposes.

  Lei Yu's heart was racing with excitement, he couldn't find the words to describe the thrill in his heart. The saying "great calamity brings great fortune" wasn't false at all, not only did he obtain the most noble Thunderbolt Imprint in his family, but also acquired a set of extraordinary skills.

  Lei Yue had once browsed through the ancient scrolls in his family, which recorded the history of the Lei clan. The symbol of the purest bloodline of the Lei family was the lightning mark, and second to that was the flame mark. However, since the third generation master's passing, the lightning mark had never appeared again in the Lei family, replaced by the flame mark. Yet, this lightning mark had actually appeared on his own body - how could this not make Lei Yue feel excited?

  Closing his eyes tightly, he carefully sensed the internal skills recorded in his mind. Lei Yu surprisingly discovered that he could easily see the situation inside his body.

  A faint purple true energy was slowly flowing inside his body, and at the Qi Sea, a strand of true energy condensed there. Lei Yu, who had read countless books, naturally knew what this represented. This represented that he had departed from the identity of an ordinary martial artist, and could now begin to cultivate the inner strength technique that countless people dreamed of. And this inner strength technique happened to appear in his mind at this moment.

  Following the steps of the technique, Lei Yu began to extract a strand of true energy from his body's Qi Hai Dan Tian, wanting to control it. However, this was not an easy task. Every time he was about to bring out the true energy from the Qi Hai, it would quickly disperse due to his unsteady mind. After several attempts, Lei Yu finally managed to barely control a weak strand of true energy that was only as thick as a thread. According to the remembered technique's training method, he slowly pushed it forward through the meridians in his body.

  Lei Yu was astonished to discover that the meridians where the true energy had passed through seemed to be basking in sunlight, with waves of warmth and comfort almost making him hum with pleasure.

  It was at this moment that the true energy passed through some finer meridians, but it was unable to pass through, as if it had been blocked here. Lei Yu concentrated his strength and pushed forward with force again, "pa" a sound, the meridian suddenly broke open, and Lei Yu's head began to sweat.

  "It's broken! What to do?" The rupture of the meridian means that the true energy can no longer flow, but this is secondary. The main thing is that the damage caused by the rupture of the meridian to the body is much more severe than imagined. A painful feeling spreads along the route of the true energy circulation as the fragile meridian ruptures, and the previous comfortable feeling disappears instantly, replaced by unbearable suffering.

  "Heavens! Are you kidding me?!" Lei Yu felt like crying, originally thinking that after narrowly escaping death he had obtained an extraordinary cultivation method, but unexpectedly the first time practicing it caused his meridians to rupture, wasn't this Heaven playing a huge joke on him?!

  His body was shaking constantly, and Lei Yu felt that he could no longer bear such suffering, and the pain was getting more and more intense.

  Just as Lei Yu was about to give up, he suddenly felt a surge of energy inside him. A mysterious power rushed forth from his heart, and Lei Yu carefully sensed this powerful energy, discovering that it was a green true energy that didn't belong to him. Lei Yu found it strange, "What's going on?"

  As the cyan true energy arrived, the originally broken meridians gradually began to recover after being nourished by the cyan true energy. The purple true energy that he controlled seemed to be waiting for a bus, stopping in place and waiting for the repair to end.

  An hour passed, and the broken meridian was miraculously repaired, becoming even thicker than before. The four walls of the meridian also became more resilient. Lei Yu tried to control his true energy again, and this time it passed through smoothly.

  "What kind of power is this? Why can it still repair the meridians? And yet, this power doesn't even belong to me." After thinking about it for a while and not being able to figure out the reason, Lei Yu also threw it to the back of his mind and continued to follow the steps of the inner strength technique, driving the flow of true energy. That mysterious power didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave either, as if it were an escort ship, following Lei Yu's true energy all the way forward. Every time they encountered a finer meridian that was about to break through and appeared to be on the verge of rupture, this power would stand out first and repair it."

  For a whole day, Lei Yu felt that there had been an earth-shattering change within his body. Some fragile meridians became even more tenacious after being repaired, and wherever the controlled true energy passed through, they would gradually become stronger. Lei Yu knew that this was the spiritual power contained in the air being constantly absorbed by him.

  Slowly opening his eyes, Lei Yu's inner excitement was beyond words. Even with all the excitement, his stomach had reached the time for a meal. For three days of unconsciousness plus one day of cultivation, Lei Yu hadn't eaten even half a bite of food in four whole days.

  Standing up, Lei Yu suddenly felt a bit melancholic, "Where is this?"

  "Can't bother with so much anymore, let's just go in and take a look first."

  Along a small grove, Lei Yu cautiously walked in, at this time it was already dusk, the small grove was somewhat dim, but Lei Yu could still clearly see everything around him.

  In the distance, a tree was laden with deep purple fruit. Strangely, there was only this one fruit tree. Lei Yu plucked a fruit and sniffed it, then took a small bite. A sweet flavor burst forth, and he couldn't bear the hunger pangs in his stomach any longer. Lei Yu directly put the fruit into his mouth and chewed vigorously. The juicy fruit burst open as soon as his teeth bit down, instantly filling his mouth with its sweetness. Savoring the delicious fruit, he ate over a dozen before finally stopping.

  Gently rubbing his stomach, Lei Yu sat back down to the riverbank's position. In an unfamiliar place, it's best not to wander around randomly, especially at night; this was something Lei Yu still knew.

  Right after, he closed his eyes again, concentrated his energy and entered a meditative state, starting to cultivate according to the inner work method. What made Lei Yu feel strange was that the fruit in his abdomen, which had not been fully digested yet, seemed to provide enough energy for himself, and these fruits contained many elements necessary for cultivation. Lei Yu was overjoyed, feeling the gradual changes in his body, with true energy flowing through every part of it. The green power continued to protect him, constantly tempering his body. Only now did Lei Yu understand what a heaven-shaking change meant.

  Every day, Lei Yu would fill his stomach with the fruit, and to his surprise, it seemed that there wasn't much less of them. After each harvest, new fruits would grow again overnight, which made Lei Yu overjoyed. In this situation, he wouldn't have to worry about running out of food. However, Lei Yu didn't think too much about this miraculous phenomenon.