Digging up spiritual roots and seizing blood? You scumbags, wait and tremble.

"The City Lord's Mansion is the largest power in Thunder City. There is a Mahayana Realm expert in charge of the mansion, and no one can shake its position."

"However, it's just that no one wants to compete with them. Whether it's our major guilds or the Azure Dragon Merchant Guild, it wouldn't be difficult for us to get one or two Mahayana experts."

"Among the young people of the City Lord's Mansion, there are two geniuses who are already at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage in their thirties."

"Of course, they are definitely not as good as you, but in Thunder City, such talent is already quite good."

"The City Lord's Mansion has recruited many powerful individuals; those who died before were all recruited by them."

"Because this place is close to Thunder Mountain and the mountain range, all major forces will set up their own teams to go into the mountains for training and exploration."

"The team you encountered earlier was a training team from the City Lord's Mansion."

“They usually act arrogantly and domineeringly, relying on the power of the city lord’s mansion. They especially bully the rogue cultivators from outside.”

However, they never dreamed that they would actually trip up their own boat this time.

There are experts at the Mahayana stage! No wonder those three youths are accompanied by protectors at the Integration stage.

It seems that in this area, those at the Integration Realm are already extremely powerful, and ordinary people wouldn't dare to provoke them easily.

If they hadn't run into Zhong Ran and her group, they could have continued to run rampant.

Gu Junyu glanced at the girl's exquisite, fairy-like face, his ears turning slightly red. He quickly looked away and pointed forward.

"Junior Sister, please look. That tall mountain over there is Thunder Mountain."

“Thunder Mountain is very special. You can’t see the thunder from here. You can only see it when you get closer.”

"Furthermore, fighting is not allowed near Thunder Mountain, otherwise it will attract a frenzied bombardment of thunder, which is very frightening."

"Some seniors have said that there may be a lightning-attracting pearl or a lightning medium buried under Thunder Mountain."

"Some elders also said that a lightning-attracting array was set up on Thunder Mountain, which caused the thunder to roll."

"Some people say there are many treasures on the mountain, but so far, no one has been able to climb to the halfway point of Thunder Mountain."

"As for how high the mountain is, no one knows yet, and no one has ever been able to climb to the top."

Lan Yuan asked curiously, "There are quite a few cultivators with lightning spiritual roots, does that mean that no one has been able to climb up yet?"

Gu Junyu explained, "Thunder Mountain rises from low to high, and the power of thunder becomes more and more terrifying the higher you go."

"Moreover, the higher you go, the greater the pressure becomes—a terrifying pressure that could destroy the world."

“There was once a cultivator who did not believe in fate and insisted on forcing his way up, but he was crushed and blasted into blood mist, his soul scattered.”

Zhong Ran and the others nodded knowingly: "It seems that Thunder Mountain is truly extraordinary."

"Yes, many people go to explore, but no one can even get halfway up the mountain."

Lan Yuan and the others were eager to try: "Are there any people who don't have the lightning spirit root going up?"

Gu Junyu nodded: "Yes, especially some seniors, they all want to adapt to the power of thunder as soon as possible, or want to try to comprehend some of the mysteries of thunder, which will be beneficial for their future tribulations."

"Many young people like us also enter the Thunder Mountain area and gradually explore and adapt to the power of thunder."

"However, you must not be hasty, or you will not even know how you died."

"Some seniors say that the power of thunder there is not much weaker than that during the tribulation."

The power of thunder also varies in strength. The thunder power during tribulation is second only to the thunder of destruction, and it is extremely terrifying.

The usual thunderbolts are just ordinary thunderbolts, not very powerful.

Hearing that a genius had tried it, everyone's faces lit up with excited smiles.

They also wanted to give it a try.

The group talked as they traveled, and finally arrived near Thunder Mountain.

The entire mountain was surrounded by lightning, but there was no lightning in the rest of the area outside the mountain, which was indeed strange.

Thunder Mountain is very tall, seemingly piercing the clouds; in fact, when they looked up, they couldn't see the top.

Divine consciousness? Unable to get close.

The power of thunder is also an extremely powerful attack on the divine sense and spiritual sense; one wrong move and you could become an idiot.

From time to time, cultivators could be seen passing by, all searching for the best place to enter, or rather, testing the limits of their tolerance for the power of thunder.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Gu." Mu Jinning thanked him. "You go back to the city first. We'll visit you after we enter the city and thank you properly then."

Gu Junyu knew that he was Zhong Ran's fiancé, Mu Jinning, who ranked ninth on the popularity list.

He clasped his hands in a fist and bow, his attitude sincere: "Senior Brother Mu, you're too kind."

"In that case, I will wait for your return in the city."

Mu Jinning calls him senior brother, and he calls Mu Jinning senior brother, so neither of them is wrong.

Although Mu Jinning is younger than him, her strength and talent are superior to his.

In the cultivation world, strength is paramount, and everyone addresses each other as senior brother or senior sister.

Like Zhong Ran and her brother, even though they are the youngest, they are almost always called "little senior sister" or "little senior brother" by the younger generation.

He was older than Mu Jinning, so it wasn't wrong for Mu Jinning to call him "senior brother"; they were simply addressing each other differently.

After Gu Junyu took his leave, Zhong Ran looked at everyone.

"Father, Mother, and elders, I want to go up the mountain and explore. You down here must be careful and not rush into anything."

"Lou Ying, their safety is in your hands after I leave."

Lou Ying solemnly replied, "Don't worry, Miss, this old servant understands."

Zhong Ran looked at Zhong Yan and Mu Jinning. They would definitely go up the mountain to explore, but Asheng might not be willing to go.

"Ah Sheng, don't wander off. Stay with them, understand?"

"No, I want to go with my sister."

He went wherever his sister went.

Looking at him like this, Zhong Ran didn't know what to say.

"Alright, if you're not feeling well, hurry down the mountain. Don't push yourself."

Ah Sheng nodded obediently, but he was so big and burly that he didn't look obedient at all.

Zhong Ran then turned to Cui Miaozi and the others, and instructed them, "Father and Mother, please be careful in everything you do."

Cui Miaozi held her hand, her voice filled with unconcealed worry.

"You don't need to worry about us. Instead, you should be careful in everything you do and never push yourself too hard."

She was afraid that this girl was fearless and would insist on going ahead, and what if something happened?

"Yes, Mother, don't worry, I know."

Without saying anything more, she turned to go inside.

"Xiao Ran, wait a minute. I have some spirit stones here. Take them with you, just in case you need them."

Old Fang took out a spatial ring and handed it to him; that was all his possessions.

Old Man Cheng and the others also took out all their top-grade spirit stones and gave them to her. They all guessed that her physique was extraordinary and that she needed a huge amount of spiritual energy to advance.

If the spiritual energy is insufficient, it will affect the advancement and cause trouble in the future.