Cultivation Starting from Full Talent-Chapter 450 - 448: Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique, Return to Nature!
Chapter 450: Chapter 448: Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique, Return to Nature!
"You dare..."
Amid countless ice shards, a lingering afterimage briefly paused in the wind, flickering with lightning—it was none other than Master Jiulei’s soul. However, it vanished with the wind in the blink of an eye; even for a Golden Core Cultivator, their soul couldn’t stay intact for long after death.
"Hmph!"
Ning Daoran swiftly passed by, seizing the chance to perform a Soul Search directly!
Indeed, the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique had no secret manual; it was merely an opportunity that Master Jiulei once came across.
At that time, Master Jiulei was still a Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, exceptionally talented, and had begun to make a name for himself in the Eastern Wasteland Cultivation World. Later, during an adventure in a Secret Realm, he caught the eye of a Divinity Transformation Stage Expert.
This Divinity Transformation Stage Expert, due to the destruction of the Ascension Platform, had stayed in the Human World for thousands of years, eventually exhausting his life span. As his eminent life was about to end, he couldn’t let go and thus transmitted the unfathomable secret of the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique to Master Jiulei through Empowerment.
Regrettably, Master Jiulei was a disappointment. Possessing such an Absolute Skill, he eventually became a notorious Thief King.
Before the spirit of this Divinity Transformation Stage Expert, Master Jiulei made a supreme Path Oath that he would not transmit this technique to others until he found the only successor, or else he would die by the bombardment of Five Thunders.
However, it was frustrating that although Master Jiulei found countless women over the years, he never found a worthy successor. Thus, the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique, a phenomenal technique, continued in a single line.
Now, it was passed to Ning Daoran.
He quickly took out a Blank Jade Slip, performing the Soul Search and simultaneously imprinting every mantra and mental method of the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique into it. Fortunately, since Master Jiulei had only just perished, his three souls and seven spirits were in prime condition, and his memory was quite intact. Soon after, the complete incantations of the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique became Ning Daoran’s possession.
"Ding-dong~~~"
A light sound chimed, and the cultivation technique was recorded into the Refining Time system.
[Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique. Heavenly-order Mid-grade (Uninitialized)]
Ning Daoran was ecstatic!
He silently bowed towards the sky, thinking to himself: "May this Divinity Transformation predecessor witness that Master Jiulei was corrupt at heart and it was truly a pity to pass such an Absolute Skill to such a person. Rest assured, predecessor, the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique in my hands, Ning Daoran, will surely be greatly developed and not tarnish your prestigious name."
Saying this, he burned Master Jiulei’s corpse to ashes.
He then took the Storage Bags of Master Jiulei and Chen Sanpao, adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, especially Master Jiulei’s Storage Bag, which contained all stolen items—those must be put to good use.
However, Ning Daoran was disappointed to find that Master Jiulei did not carry many Secret Treasures on him. Through the Soul Search, he learned that most of the treasures he stole were kept at the "Demon Path" Main Altar of Sangyu Country.
The Demon Path of Sangyu Country had various factions including: Evil, Demon, Thief, Robber, and so forth, and even among thieves, it was subdivided into: Flying Thief, Ground Thief, Tomb Robber, Lustful Thief, each having their own Squad Leader and tangkou.
Master Jiulei happened to be the Hall Master of the Flying Thieves; his treasures were all stored at the Main Altar.
This... Ning Daoran truly couldn’t afford to provoke.
According to Master Jiulei’s memory, the Demon Path Main Altar was presided over by a Divinity Transformation Stage expert known as "Chief Squad Leader Chen."
Forget it, it’s just a mere treasure...
Although he thought this way, he couldn’t help but feel secretly regretful.
Afterward, he conducted a Soul Search on Chen Sanpao’s soul.
Everything became clear; Chen Sanpao was a very notorious Robbery Cultivator within Qinzhou, and the reason he targeted the Golden Silk Bamboo of Luoxia Peak was due to someone else’s commission.
As for that person, he was none other than True Monarch Tu Yang of Qianyuan Sect!
Ning Daoran frowned, not expecting that True Monarch Tu Yang would also covet those two Golden Silk Bamboos; he, a Nascent Soul Early Stage Cultivator and Deputy Sect Master of Qianyuan Sect, seemed too petty, colluding with outside Robbery Cultivators to rob Outer Mountain Cultivators of treasures.
"Hmph..."
Ning Daoran calmly smiled.
It didn’t matter; from now on, he was no longer afraid of Nascent Soul Cultivators, for with the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique in hand, if he couldn’t beat them, he could always run!
Thus, he channeled the Evergreen Technique, erasing every trace and aura of Master Jiulei and Chen Sanpao, and then dispersed both the Mirror Flower Water Moon Formation and the Nine Revolutions Ruyi Formation. Everything returned to normal, just as he expected; no one from the outside world noticed what had happened at Luoxia Peak.
The concealments of Master Jiulei and Chen Sanpao were immaculate, their Concealing Breath Techniques were extremely refined, and combined with the two major formations isolating them, no one else knew about the fierce battle that occurred here.
That was exactly the result that Ning Daoran sought.
Returning to his Cave Mansion, he commenced the cultivation of the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique!
...
Within the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven.
Ning Daoran sat in front of a small house, without any cover, as everyone around in the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven was his own.
He glanced at the Refining Time system. Although he had continuously cultivated the Dragon Demon Heart Scripture using Refining Time over the years, his progress had been slow, so there was a lot of Refining Time left, amounting to a whopping nine hundred thousand years!
Outrageous!
First, cultivate the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique; afterwards, use the remaining Refining Time in one go to rush the Evergreen Technique!
Thus, he infused Refining Time into the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique, and immediately, deep blue lightning glows emanated around Ning Daoran, drawing the attention of Little Bai and Big Stupid Deer nearby.
Before long, Ning Daoran opened his eyes again.
"Snap-crackle~~ Snap-crackle~~~"
Lightning crackled around him.
"Holy moly."
His face was filled with a smile; with less than fifty thousand years of Refining Time spent, he had cultivated the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique to the Return to Nature Level, now feeling an overwhelming surge of power throughout his body.
The Thunder Attribute Mana produced by the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique was entirely different from the Five Thunder Divine Spell, tending more towards spatial properties!
Especially after cultivating to the Return to Nature Level, when Ning Daoran operated the mental method, the world he saw appeared different—he could actually see layer upon layer of grid-like structures.
These... were presumably what were commonly known as spatial structures!
"Damn..."
His heart was shaken, so he decided to try it inside the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven.
"Snap~~"
As mana surged, strands of Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique’s lightning rhythmically surrounded him, and in the next moment, with a thought from Ning Daoran, he crossed three continuous spatial structures in one step.
"Peng!"
A strand of lightning burst forth, and he disappeared on the spot!
This wasn’t merely about great speed, but directly passing through three layers of space!
This divine ability... in the Eastern Wilderness Cultivation World is typically known as... Instant Teleportation! It is a divine ability possessed only by Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators!
Under a massive sound, the boundary walls of the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven suddenly buzzed, the whole space roared and shone, and then like throwing out trash, an object was tossed out from a crack!
That object, was the bruised and swollen-faced Ning Someone!
"Judgment error..."
With an embarrassed face, he explained to Little Bai and Big Stupid Deer, the spatial structure in front of them was different in distance from the real world, seemingly only three layers, but in fact, each layer was about a mile, he had just crossed three layers, which was three miles!
Although the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven was spacious, it was not yet big enough to traverse three miles, he had hit the boundary walls of the Cave Heaven, and thus was thrown back by the spatial force.
’My god...’
Ning Daoran was shaken, fortunately, he was just thrown back and not fallen into some spatial crack. Next time, he must be more cautious.
"Young Master."
Little Bai smiled, "This Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique actually possesses such divine ability?"
"Yes, far beyond imagination."
Ning Daoran felt delightful inside, henceforth, mingling in the Cultivation World would be safer, with the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique, even Nascent Soul Cultivators can’t do much against him, unless facing Divinity Transformation, where attacks by Divine Thought could annihilate him instantly, otherwise he could keep using unlimited Instant Teleportation to escape.
The Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique, when cultivated to Return to Nature, though consuming mana rapidly, Ning Daoran’s profound foundation could sustain it, and the power of "crossing space" Instant Teleportation depended on the depth of mana. With Ning Daoran’s profound mana, he could use it many times continuously.
In contrast, Nascent Souls couldn’t manage that, as Nascent Soul Cultivators need to rest their Nascent Souls for a while after each use of Instant Teleportation, feeling like a skill cooldown.
In other words, the cooldown period of Return to Nature level Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique’s Instant Teleportation ability is very short, almost usable once every second. Using this cultivation technique for traveling, besides rapid mana consumption, it almost has no side effects.
At this moment, unless something unexpected occurs, he, Ning Daoran, is now the fastest man in the entire Cultivation World!
Pouring all the remaining Refining Time into the Evergreen Technique, shortly after, the Eternal Green Technique was cultivated to the twenty-seventh layer, his mana became even more profound, extending his life span dramatically!
However, this joy still couldn’t outweigh the impact brought by the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique!
"Old Lu."
He gave Big Stupid Deer a look, smiling, "How about I take you out for a spin?"
"Ao ao~~~"
Big Stupid Deer knew what he was about to do, immediately its tail wagged into a blur, extremely excited.
"Let’s go!"
Ning Daoran hung the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven at his waist and turned into a shadow rushing out of Luoxia Peak.
...
Shortly after, above the Demon Dragon Mountain Range.
Ning Daoran quickly disguised himself as Independent Practitioner Jianjia, slapping the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven: "Come out!"
Big Stupid Deer leaped out.
Ning Daoran’s body dipped, and he grabbed the four hooves of Big Stupid Deer and carried it on his shoulder, then activated the Nine Heavens Escape Thunder Technique, his surroundings surged with thunder and lightning, a sight of clouds and mists.
"Ao ao ao~~~"
Big Stupid Deer glanced out with wide deer eyes, ecstatic.
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Ning Daoran initiated his tunneling speed, "Peng" turned into a streak of lightning and dashed out, the speed was more than double the previous tunneling speed, at least several times faster, instantly roaring out several miles.
Following that, his body leaped longitudinally, directly crossing ten spatial grids, instantly "Peng" a body immersed in lightning Instant Teleported ten miles!
"Ao ao ao~~~"
Big Stupid Deer was so excited its fur was almost standing on end.
"Damn!!"
Ning Daoran, tearfully overjoyed, continued to stride forward like a hurdler, in an instant, his figure "Peng Peng Peng" continuously Instant Teleported in the air, each teleportation was accompanied by a major lightning display!
Inside the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven.
Little Bai, Little Blackie, Ning Xiaogui were all dumbstruck, too fast, indeed too fast, the scenery outside was flitting by so fast beyond keeping up, who knew Cultivators of the Human World could be this fast!
Deep within Demon Dragon Mountain Range.
"What?"
Inside a deep underground Cave Mansion, Fire Dragon True Monarch suddenly looked up, sensing a very strong and familiar aura, instantly flew into a rage: "Good you bastard, you even dare to show up, watch as this king tears you to pieces!"
It leaped out, directly using Instant Teleportation Divine Ability to chase after!
...
One two-hour period later.
Fire Dragon True Monarch, transformed back to its original form, a serpentine giant dragon coiled in the clouds, covered in sweat, tiredly sticking out its tongue breathing heavily.
Its appearance was disheveled in the wind, it didn’t catch up, it actually lost him...
