Chapter 1001: Chapter 135 Wrong Answer

The last three thunders within the Thunder Method are Purple Mansion Thunder, Yu Chen Thunder, and Tai Xiao Thunder.

Among them, Tai Xiao Thunder can transform into a Thunder Dragon shape, possessing immense destructive power, thus making it most suitable for devastating major environments like cave heavens.

Qiu Changtian has already mastered Tai Xiao Thunder and possesses a solid foundation and learning experience in Thunder Method, so although the remaining two Thunder Methods are deep, he hasn’t encountered any bottlenecks.

He first learned Yu Chen Thunder, which when held is a ball of light, and when unleashed takes the form of a laser beam, also with immense power.

According to the Thunder Method, Yu Chen Thunder has the ability to “break wonders and destroy essence,” and if struck on a Flying Sword Treasure, it can instantly destroy its essence completely, thus being the nemesis of all Magic Artifacts in the world.

Purple Mansion Thunder, due to only having remnants of the scroll with the latter part missing, is somewhat inadequately understood by Qiu Changtian.

Currently, all he knows is that this Thunder Method is exceedingly vicious; when unleashed, it only emits a faint purple light, inconspicuous, but if it hits the human body, the thunder light will travel along the meridians, damaging everything it touches.

If the thunder light reaches the Dantian, the Nascent Soul withers, the Golden Core shatters, and the Daoist Foundation dissipates completely, leaving no chance of reversal!

After roughly practicing Purple Mansion Thunder, Qiu Changtian then attempted to fuse the Nine Thunders to comprehend the supreme Taiji Thunder.

However, whenever he contemplated and researched deeply, there was still a bottleneck he could not overcome, as if a segment of the wooden barrel was missing, preventing Great Perfection.

It seems the mastery of Purple Mansion Thunder is still insufficient, and a method must be found to acquire the missing latter part.

Of course, mastering it is very much a matter of luck.

Taking a step back, whether the latter half of Purple Mansion Thunder still exists in the world is an unknown matter, and Qiu Changtian naturally won’t place all his hope on it.

It seems that the matter of condensing Taiji Thunder still needs to wait until after mending the heavens.

Recently, he has repeatedly switched between several accounts.

On one hand, he plans to wait for the opportunity when the immortals collectively depart the Li Sect to seek the Great Bright Hall Secret Realm; on the other hand, he also wants to see if he can find the whereabouts of Purple Mansion Thunder’s remnants.

Currently, he holds the position of Nascent Soul Elder in three accounts within the Orthodox Sect, so most of the Sect’s scripture repositories are completely open to him.

After tirelessly studying for more than ten days, he still hasn’t found any clues.

Switching back to Wei Dongliu, he finally received new information from Jiang Lian.

“Husband, you will never guess what I discovered,” Madam Jiang spoke to Wei Dongliu one day, smiling mysteriously.

Wei Dongliu was first stunned, then suddenly shocked:

As expected! That Blood Sea Ancestor is actually just the avatar of Hell Path’s Daoist Lord Luo, isn’t it?

“The Ancestor actually has a dual identity?” He quickly transmitted his voice in secret.

“What dual identity?” Jiang Lian asked, confused.

“It’s just…” Wei Dongliu hesitated, carefully choosing his words, “Didn’t you discover that his current appearance is just a disguise?”

“No, I didn’t,” Jiang Lian replied.

“Then… if the current appearance is his true face, does that mean he can change into other appearances?”

“No, that’s not it either.”

“Then what is it?” Wei Dongliu was finally confused.

Seeing her husband bewildered, Jiang Lian felt a surge of satisfaction.

You’ve always kept secrets and played tricks on me, now it’s my turn to tease you!

She savored the satisfaction that welled up in her heart before slowly revealing the mystery:

“The Blood Sea Ancestor actually already died long ago!”

“Dead?” Wei Dongliu asked, dumbfounded.

“Yes, dead,” Jiang Lian added with a smile, “Wasn’t he practicing the Withered Wood Meditation?”

“What Withered Wood Meditation, it’s just a cover to fool people. The reason why the Blood Sea Ancestor ended up looking like skin and bones, neither human nor ghost, is because he had already died long ago!”

“Dead?” Kunlun Mirror asked, incredulous, “But during my last scan, there was clearly still vitality within him!”

“No way,” Wei Dongliu repeated, like a parrot, “But according to my observations, there should have been vitality within the Ancestor’s body.”

“What vitality…” Jiang Lian waved her hand, “It’s all fake, only the flesh isn’t dead, but his soul and essence have long disappeared.”

Wei Dongliu: ………

After pondering for a long while, he slowly asked:

“So, it’s a corpse speaking?”

“Yes,” Jiang Lian replied coldly, “Someone is using an exceptionally skillful Corpse Control Technique, manipulating this corpse to act, speak, and cultivate, disguised as an immortal who ruined their body and mind due to cultivating a secret technique.”

“What Withered Wood Meditation, what reclusive life, what disregard for the Sect… it’s all smoke and mirrors, to cover up the fact that the Blood Sea Ancestor is just a corpse.”

“From a flesh standpoint, the Blood Sea Ancestor could even be said to still be alive; if it weren’t for my insight into this… oh well, I’ve already investigated clearly, you just need to know the result.”

This news was so astonishing that Wei Dongliu didn’t know what expression to show.

If what Madam Jiang says is true, that the Blood Sea Ancestor is just a corpse, then the person behind the manipulation is highly likely Hell Path’s Daoist Lord Luo!

However, even with this knowledge, it seems of no use–only confirming that his movements here on Mount Wutai are constantly observed through the Blood Sea Ancestor’s eyes by Daoist Lord Luo.

Wei Dongliu pondered deeply, thinking how Daoist Lord Luo is truly cunning, managing to discreetly control even the Sect Guardian Immortal from the Mortal Life Path.

How terrifying!

“Madam,” Wei Dongliu hatched a new plan and asked, “Since you’ve confirmed the Blood Sea Ancestor is actually just a corpse, can you use certain methods to seize control from the person behind it?”

“What’s so difficult about that?” Jiang Lian responded without hesitation, “It’s a minor issue.”

Just have her sister directly occupy that body; no matter how the other party uses a secret technique for remote control, can they possibly defy the occupying Heavenly Demon?

“That would be wonderful,” Wei Dongliu pondered for a moment before saying, “For now, let’s not make any moves, and wait until I have a need to seek Madam’s assistance.”

“Okay,” Jiang Lian nodded in agreement but then felt something was off.

This coming whenever summoned and leaving when dismissed, isn’t that treating me like a tool?

Ordering me to do things, and once done, not even a word of appreciation, do you really think you’re the head of the household?

Exploitation! Must ruthlessly exploit!

The Witch chuckled coldly in her heart, then turned back to Wei Dongliu and asked:

“Have you forgotten anything?”

“Forgotten what?” Wei Dongliu asked, puzzled.

I think I only asked you to investigate the Blood Sea Ancestor, didn’t tell you to do anything else?

Seeing her husband’s wrong answer, Jiang Lian didn’t bother giving him more chances, she just embraced him across the waist and, before Wei Dongliu could react, tossed him onto the bed.