Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Zhenwu Mountain, early summer.

A group of tourists began their hike from the visitor center.

Chen Yu was beaming with excitement. He had ranked high in the exam and had begged his parents for a long time to secure this opportunity to travel to Zhenwu Mountain.

Mr. and Mrs. Chen naturally came along as well. Mr. Chen was equally enthusiastic, but Mrs. Chen was still nagging, "You're already in your second year of high school and it's summer vacation. You only have half a month of rest time. Everyone else is making the most of it. It takes us three or four days to come here. How much time will that waste? Can't we come next summer vacation?"

"Alright, alright, we're already here," Mr. Chen advised. "Besides, Xiaoyu did well on the exam this time, so three or four days won't make a difference."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Chen Yu nodded repeatedly. "Sharpening the axe won't delay the work of chopping wood. The right way is to combine work and rest. The top students in our school have all gone to travel to famous mountains in various places, and they have also studied Taoist culture in great depth."

Chen's mother complained, "A top student is a top student, and you are you. Don't confuse the two."

Chen Yu argued quietly, "I'm also a top student in elementary school."

"Chen Yu!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yu heard someone calling him. He quickly turned around and saw Lu Feifei, who was ranked first in the class, standing not far behind him, accompanied by a middle-aged couple.

Chen Yu quickly stopped and waved, "Lu Feifei, you've come to Zhenwu Mountain too!"

"They're all in Hubei Province, and Zhenwu Mountain is the closest." Lu Feifei jogged over and greeted Chen Yu's parents, "Hello, Uncle and Aunt!"

"Great! What a coincidence, to meet you here!" Mr. and Mrs. Chen said with a smile, and then greeted Lu Feifei's parents.

The parents of the two families, both outstanding students in the same class, knew each other and decided to meet up.

Chen Yu and Lu Feifei walked ahead, taking photos of each other and occasionally posing for a photo together.

The parents of both families walked behind. Chen Yu's parents smiled more and more as they looked at Lu Feifei, while Lu Feifei's parents had a hint of wariness in their eyes.

“I heard that Chen Ruoyan from Class 7 came to Zhenwu Mountain for tourism last month and met Master Qingwei. The master even demonstrated a Tai Chi sword technique at Zixiao Palace!” Lu Feifei said.

"Wow! She's really lucky!" Chen Yu exclaimed. "Master Qingwei and Master Qingyuan live in the New Cave Heaven all year round and don't often appear at Zhenwu Mountain."

"And she even went over to discuss the Great Dao of Tai Chi with Master Qingwei," Lu Feifei said enviously.

Chen Yu exclaimed in shock, "She's really bold! She actually dared to discuss the Great Dao of Taiji with Master Qingwei."

“So what? When academicians come to our school to give lectures, we can discuss science and technology with them. Why can’t we discuss the Great Dao of Tai Chi with Master Qingwei?” Lu Feifei retorted.

Chen Yu pursed his lips, "I think using the word 'asking for advice' would be more accurate."

"That's roughly the gist of it. Chen Ruoyan even said that Daoist Qingwei praised her, saying she has talent for cultivation!" Lu Feifei said, a little unconvinced. "It's a pity I wasn't there at the time..."

Chen Yu shrugged. "You'd get the same treatment even if you were here, but it's just empty praise, and you're not going to take me on as a disciple. What's the point?"

"Hmph!" Lu Feifei tossed her ponytail and strode forward.

Chen Yu hurriedly caught up, "The Taiji Dao that Master Qingwei talked about is too profound. It's not something that high school students like us can understand. It's more practical for us to discuss it with each other."

"I wonder if we'll be able to meet Master Qingwei or Master Qingyuan this time," Lu Feifei said as Chen Yu came to her side. "Or maybe Daoist Shihang and Daoist Shimao would be fine too!"

Chen Yu couldn't help but say, "You really don't treat bean buns like food. Master Shi Hang and the others are true immortals, capable of flying through the clouds and summoning wind and rain. How come you describe them as little karaomis?"

Lu Feifei stuck out her tongue, "Isn't this a comparison with Master Qingwei and the others!"

"Not to mention Master Shihang and his group, it's said that many people of the Zi generation from Zhenwu Mountain have already gone to the new grotto-heaven and have cultivated internal energy, allowing them to fly over rooftops and climb mountains as if walking on flat ground," Chen Yu said.

Lu Feifei chuckled, "But I didn't come here to see them."

Chen Yu also laughed and said, "Coincidentally, neither am I."

The two looked at each other and smiled, showing a perfect understanding.

Mr. and Mrs. Chen were overjoyed, while Mr. and Mrs. Lu forced a smile.

The two families continued climbing the mountain and soon arrived outside Zixiao Palace. Although there were people coming and going around, no one was gathered there, which showed that Master Qingwei, Daoist Shihang and others were not there.

But they soon overheard some tourists coming down the mountain discussing the topic.

"General Turtle is sunbathing on the mountain behind Taihe Palace. It looks like a villa, like a small mountain!"

"It's a pity we didn't see General Snake."

"I heard that General Snake often goes to Danjiangkou Reservoir to swim and eat fish, and is not often in the mountains."

Hearing the discussion, Chen Yu and Lu Feifei quickened their pace, and their parents had to hurry to keep up. Fortunately, both sets of parents were in good health, and although they were panting a bit, they managed to keep up with the young couple in front of them.

When they finally arrived at the Taihe Palace, they saw what they wanted to see.

There was a huge tortoise, about seven or eight meters long, but it did not look bulky at all. Instead, it looked majestic and powerful. It was lazily lying on the mountain behind Taihe Palace, basking in the sun with its eyes half-closed.

"Wow--"

Everyone gasped in amazement and pulled out their phones to take pictures.

Chen Yu and Lu Feifei also hurriedly took out their phones to take pictures of the turtles, selfies, or photos with their parents.

Just then, a tall, thin middle-aged man approached and said, "Want to take a picture? One hundred yuan per picture!"

"A hundred dollars a dollar? Are you robbing me?!" Chen Yu was startled.

"It's only because I'm short on cash from tipping female streamers lately, otherwise, how could such a good deal come about?" The middle-aged man curled his lip. "One hundred yuan a piece, and I can take you to take close-up photos with that old turtle, guaranteed to satisfy." "Really?" Lu Feifei expressed her doubt.

"I will treat everyone fairly, young and old!" the middle-aged man affirmed.

Lu Feifei really wanted to take a picture. It wasn't worth it to come all this way, but it wasn't worth it to just see the Turtle General from a distance. If she could actually take a close-up picture with the Turtle General for 100 yuan, it wouldn't be a bad deal.

Lu Feifei was eager to try, but her father stopped her.

Instead, Chen's father directly scanned the QR code the middle-aged man produced, asking, "You rarely come out, are you a staff member of Zhenwu Mountain?"

"Received 100 yuan!" A notification popped up on the middle-aged man's phone.

"That's right, I'm a staff member from Zhenwu Mountain." The middle-aged man nodded seriously, then said to Chen Yu and Lu Feifei, "Are you ready?"

Chen Yu asked blankly, "Is there anything else I need to prepare?"

The middle-aged man smiled slightly. "Of course, I'm mentally prepared."

Lu Feifei asked curiously, "Is there anything I can prepare mentally?"

"Get this ready." The middle-aged man grabbed Chen Yu and Lu Feifei's shoulders with both hands.

"What are you doing!" Mr. Lu shouted, and then he saw the middle-aged man take Chen Yu and his daughter into the air and fly straight towards the Turtle General halfway up the mountain.

"Old Turtle, we've got a job!" the middle-aged man said, as his figure changed in front of the tourists. After a puff of smoke, he transformed into a seven-foot-thick, spotted python.

"Ahhhhhh—" Chen Yu and Lu Feifei screamed.

The next moment, the giant python carried Chen Yu onto the giant tortoise's back, and then carried Lu Feifei to the side of the giant tortoise. A professional camera hovered beside them, snapping photos!
"Wow—" The onlookers frantically pressed their phone shutters.

Father Lu's mouth dropped open. "He's actually General Snake!"

Mr. Chen said quietly, "He actually tipped a female live streamer?"

At this moment, with the clicking of the camera, Chen Yu and Lu Feifei realized that they had actually been fortunate enough to be on the backs of General Turtle and General Snake, and that the other party was taking pictures of them!

The two were immediately excited and struck various poses to match the camera angle.

"Click! Click!" The camera kept taking pictures.

"We'll split the money in half," the Turtle General telepathically told the Snake General.

"It's too dark. At most, it'll be 30%. You'll be lying here sunbathing all day, and you won't be using any money," said General Snake.

“I’ve recently set my sights on a sports car, and it just so happens that I need the money right now,” said General Turtle.

"If you need money, why don't you try to get some?" General Snake asked.

“You’ll find a way,” General Turtle said matter-of-factly. “The Turtle and Snake Generals of Zhenwu Mountain are one entity. You get the money, and I’ll just take a share from you.”

Snake General, "..."

"How come I never noticed you were so shameless and ruthless before!"

"I know what's going on with that hundred-dollar bill of yours, even if I didn't know you're so shady," General Turtle snorted. "Give it to me or not? If you don't, I won't cooperate."

"Forty percent!" General Snake said through gritted teeth.

"Deal!" General Turtle decided to call it a day.

After a full ten minutes, the snake general finally coiled up Chen Yu on the turtle's back, then twisted and turned in mid-air, transforming back into human form and landing lightly beside Chen Yu's parents.

"General Snake!" the onlookers shouted.

The middle-aged man waved his hand and then said to Chen's father, "Find a place where you can choose the photos."

"Okay, okay!" Mr. Chen nodded repeatedly, and then the group squeezed out of the crowd and came to a nearby tea stall, where they found a place to sit down.

General Snake switched the camera to browsing mode and handed it to Chen's father, saying, "You can choose one. You just paid a hundred, so you can pick one."

"Huh? Just one?"

"Yes, one hundred each."

At this point, General Snake finally revealed a triumphant smile, chuckling, "Want more? Then you'll have to pay more! One hundred apiece, no cheating!"

Everyone, "..."

One hundred per photo, thirty photos would be three thousand yuan, which is the price of a mid-range photography package on the market. What do you mean by that cunning look on your face?!
I almost thought you swindled me out of 30,000 yuan!
Not to mention that this kind of experience is something that money can't even measure. Many people are willing to pay far more than three thousand yuan to experience what just happened.

With a wave of his hand, Mr. Chen said to Chen Yu and Lu Feifei, "Choose!"

"Thank you, Dad!" Chen Yu cheered, and then he and Lu Feifei picked out the photos from earlier.

……

The next day, a platform reported the news.

[The Turtle and Snake Generals of Zhenwu Mountain appear, helping the young man realize his dream through interaction!] (End of Chapter)