Chapter Seventeen: Thunderclap Hammer

  Under the leadership of the young man in white, they headed towards the true location of Xiaoguzong! After passing through the city wall on the square, there was a wide and spacious avenue. On both sides of the avenue were ancient trees that reached the sky, and the low roars of fierce beasts came from the ancient forest, many disciples of Xiaoguzong walked in twos and threes, all casting curious glances at Mantian and others.

  After walking for nearly an incense stick of time, the group could clearly see the towering mountains in front of them that pierced through the clouds. At the end of the road stood a gigantic stone mallet, its length alone reaching ten zhang. The massive hammerhead was like an ancient mountain blocking their path. Upon closer inspection, one would discover that the surface of this enormous stone mallet was covered with dense and mysterious patterns.

  Under the stone mallet, a table was placed, on which there was a basin of bright red blood and dozens of animal hides.

  "Crossing the Thunder Hammer is the true site of the Xiao Gu Zong! Whether you have the qualifications to enter depends on your fate. Now, draw out the patterns that you see on this stone hammer!" The white-clothed man's eyes gleamed with intensity as he looked at the stone hammer before turning his head to look at Ban Tian and the others, saying in a low voice.

  The crowd looked at each other in confusion, seemingly not understanding the young man's meaning. But the white-clothed youth did not explain, instead turning his body to look at the stone hammer, as if wanting to see some kind of powerful bloodline from it. The disciples who came to take the test all showed a thoughtful expression, and then they carefully examined the stone hammer.

  "Thunderbolt Hammer? Able to be placed here, becoming a symbol of the Small Ancient Sect, I'm afraid this Thunderbolt Hammer is not simple! Could it be that there's some kind of blood vein on top? And the test of the Small Ancient Sect's Furnace Peak is to examine the insight of the craftsman?" Wu Tian pondered in his heart, and immediately, he gathered his spirit and carefully observed the patterns on the Thunderbolt Hammer.

  Insight, for a craftsman, is even more important than strength! Whether it's a force refiner or a blood vein refiner, it's the same! A force refiner spends his whole life refining a single piece of equipment. If he lacks insight, it's hard to refine the equipment to its ultimate state. Blood vein refinement places even greater emphasis on this. After all, when you reach a certain level in blood vein refinement, you have to create your own blood veins! Without sufficient insight, creating blood veins is simply an empty fantasy.

  So, Xiao Gu's second heavy test is for enlightenment! Of course, it can also be said that there are some bloodlines on this Thunderbolt Hammer, or even several!

  Man Tian learned thirty blood patterns from Man Gong and had his own understanding while recording these blood patterns.

  At this time, the pattern on the Thunder Hammer seemed chaotic, but after careful observation, Mo Tian gradually grasped a certain regular pattern and sank into it.

  Half a time later, the young man in white withdrew his gaze, his expression calm and a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes. This was already unknown how many times he had watched the Thunder Hammer, but the result had never changed! The Thunder Hammer had been here for years, almost every disciple who passed by the Thunder Hammer would look at it, all wanting to learn from this Thunder Hammer strong bloodlines! Over the years, those who could really understand the bloodline from the Thunder Hammer were not many, even if there were, they were the lowest level of bloodline.

  Rumor has it that the Thunderbolt Hammer in front of us was painted by Xiaoguzong's founding master, imitating one of the Barbarian Divine Soldiers' Thunderbolt Hammers! Although this stone hammer has no power at all, the patterns on it are passed down from the divine soldier Thunderbolt Hammer. If you can understand a little bit, you will benefit for life!

  All these years, no one has ever heard of anyone gaining powerful bloodlines from the Thunder Hammer! These intricate patterns seem to be just ordinary bloodlines composed of countless individuals.

  The forty-seven disciples who participated in the assessment had already seen some kind of blood pattern on the stone mortar, and with great excitement, they picked up the beast skin stained with the blood of a fierce beast and began to draw it out. The white-clothed young man's eyes scanned over the patterns they drew, and he fell into deep thought!

  More people are still staring at the Thunder Hammer, their eyebrows slightly furrowed, apparently they didn't see any blood pattern.

  His eyes scanned the texture, and Mo Tian's heart was filled with doubts. He seemed to have seen a blood pattern recorded on the barbarian beast skin book, but upon closer inspection, it was different. This made Mo Tian ponder whether the texture on this stone hammer was created by the person who forged the Thunder Hammer after combining countless blood patterns.

  A mysterious pattern appeared in Mo Tian's mind, the last one that Mo Gong had taught him. He couldn't help but compare it with the pattern on the Thunder Hammer, trying to find any similarities. Slowly getting up, Mo Tian followed the pattern and circled around one side of the stone hammer, then sat down again. Not long after, he got up once more and sat down at the back.

  It took two hours, including the five barbarians who were still immersed in watching the Thunder Hammer, nearly ten people had drawn some kind of blood pattern, and the rest were standing on one side, they didn't see any blood pattern from this Thunder Hammer!

  The young man in white did not show any impatience, but quietly waited for the five barbarians. There was a hint of expectation in his expression, as if these five people could understand some kind of bloodline...

  The third watch had passed, and only three people were still watching. The barbarian Tian bypassed the Thunder Hammer in a circle and finally sat under the giant stone hammer to examine the texture at the bottom of the stone hammer. After looking at all the textures on the entire Thunder Hammer, the barbarian Tian sat cross-legged with his eyes closed!

  Looking at the pattern on the Thunder Hammer, Man Tian suddenly found that there was a small part of the pattern at the bottom of the stone hammer that was similar to one of the patterns in the mysterious pattern!! That is to say, the mysterious pattern and the pattern contained at the bottom of the Thunder Hammer both merged with the same blood pattern!! And this blood pattern must be extraordinary!!

  Baran took the blood pattern that was identical to the bottom of the Thunder Hammer's mysterious route and memorized it. Baran did not stop his epiphany, but instead opened his eyes again, staring at the bottom of the stone hammer. He used the common starting point of the mysterious route and the bottom route, spreading out in all directions, and memorizing the entire route in his mind.

  Four hours later! The people sitting on the ground were left with only two, Mo Tian and another young man wearing a hemp garment! This young man had an ordinary appearance, the only outstanding feature was a pair of spirited eyes, at this moment, his eyes stared tightly at the handle of the Thunderbolt Hammer, as if he saw some kind of blood pattern from the handle!

  Many young disciples of the ancient sects have gathered around the Thunder Hammer, with the majority being disciples of the Forging Peak! The five-hour meditation has already caused a stir among the Forging Peak disciples, and many of them have come to observe, hoping to learn powerful blood patterns from the barbaric Tian and the linen-clothed youth on the Thunder Hammer.

  There was a dead silence everywhere, with only the sound of rapid breathing. No one dared to say another word, fearing that they would disturb the thoughts of the young man in blue and the barbarian heavenly king.

  When the five periods had passed, the hemp-clothed youth also opened his eyes. He looked at the barbarian Tian who was still sitting cross-legged below him with a look of astonishment. After a moment of silence, he walked forward and picked up the animal skin, dipped it in fresh blood and drew out a complex blood pattern.

  At this time, Man Tian stood up again. His gaze fell on the hammer handle and then circled around the entire stone hammer. A look of confusion faintly appeared on his face. Finally, under everyone's watchful eyes, he also picked up the beast skin, stained with fresh blood, and drew a blood pattern. This blood pattern was one of the twenty-nine blood patterns on Man Gong's beast skin.

  After the drawing, Man Tiancai let out a sigh of relief. His gaze slightly shifted to the blood pattern drawn by the hemp-clothed youth! However, he found that the hemp-clothed youth's dark and spirited eyes were staring at him, as if trying to see through what kind of blood pattern he had grasped from the Thunderbolt Hammer.

  "It's the blood pattern of the Wu Mong tribe!!" Someone quickly recognized the pattern drawn by Man Tian and exclaimed loudly, but there was a hint of disappointment in his voice.

  This Wu Meng's bloodline is indeed extraordinary, however, it has already been figured out by someone many years ago!

  "This is the bloodline of the Serpent Clan!!" Someone else also recognized the bloodline drawn by Mao Yi's youth, and exclaimed loudly, still extremely disappointed as before.

  "Eh, the blood patterns of the Wumeng and Zhenhua tribes have already been deciphered. It seems that there are no other blood patterns on the Thunderbolt Hammer." Some people simply left, these two blood patterns were extraordinary, but they had already been deciphered, which also made the disciples who had been holding onto hope disappointed and leave, even thinking that there were no other powerful blood patterns on the Thunderbolt Hammer, and even if there were, no one would be able to decipher them!

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