System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

A few breaths ago, Chen Xuan finished off three Daoist disciples with a single move, took three magical artifacts, and disappeared without looking back.

The area where the three had been standing was now almost completely silent, except for the sound of a Jeep burning in the ditch not far away.

As the smoke and dust completely dissipated, the three figures, covered in soot, struggled to their feet from the uneven ground.

Before coming here, they all possessed an extraordinary temperament and a reserved gaze, exuding an air of not caring about worldly matters. But now, all of that has vanished.

Now, the three of them were filled with shock and lingering fear.

"Zhou, Zhou Zheng, just now, what just happened?" Wang Lu from Wudang Mountain asked Zhou Zheng, the squad leader next to him, who was also in a daze, his voice trembling.

Zhou Zheng glanced at Wang Lu, took a deep breath, and said, "You want to ask me about this matter from the Quanzhen Longmen? Don't you think it would be more appropriate to ask Sister Wen Yue from the Tianshi Dao?"

Upon hearing this, both men looked at Wen Yue, the Taoist master, whose expression was even more shocked.

Wen Yue had no time to pay attention to the questioning looks of her two companions. Instead, she stared intently at the direction where the man had disappeared. "I am a disciple personally taught by the old Celestial Master, and I have already received my first ordination. According to the seniority of the Celestial Masters, I will only be qualified to become one of the Celestial Masters' successors when I receive my third ordination at the age of 42."

Zhou Zheng and Wang Lu were also shocked to hear this, as it was clearly a secret of the Celestial Masters sect of Longhu Mountain.

"In other words," Wen Yue continued, "no matter how good my aptitude or how high my strength is, if I want to cultivate half-step lightning techniques, I need to have a smooth path ahead and complete my third blessing before the age of 42 to even have a sliver of hope, let alone half a step?"

"But...why?"

Wen Yue wasn't sure if the person had used lightning magic, so she didn't dare to speculate. However, the terrifying power of the lightning that had made her tremble could only be a closely guarded secret of the Celestial Masters sect.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zheng and Wang Lu both gasped in astonishment, finally understanding why those in the Celestial Masters sect who understood thunder magic were mostly old men.

"You mean he just used... lightning magic?"

"Impossible. Didn't you hear what Wen Yue said? Only by completing the ceremony at a certain age and becoming one of the successors of the next Celestial Master can one possibly learn half of the Thunder Technique. In other words, the complete Thunder Technique is currently only fully mastered by the Old Celestial Master."

“That’s right, this is a rule set by our Celestial Masters Sect’s ancestor, and no one dares to disobey it,” Wen Yue said firmly.

"Then...didn't he just use lightning magic?"

"Phew—" Wang Lu was still shaken. "Regardless of whether it was lightning magic or not, he had the strength to kill us in a flash. Fortunately, he held back because of our sect's elders, and we only suffered minor injuries."

Seeing that Wang Lu seemed quite open-minded, Zhou Zheng punched him lightly and said, "You lost the Lu Zu Sword that Master Chen personally copied. Think about how you're going to explain this when you get back."

Wang Lu's face immediately fell; he couldn't imagine the consequences if his master found out about this.

However, Zhou Zheng was not happy to hear this and retorted, "Hmph, I don't believe that your master, Master Wang, can be happy after the loss of the Dragon-Subduing Cauldron!"

Wen Yue was speechless to see that the two of them still had the leisure to bicker. Although the Dragon Tiger Fan that her master had given her had also been taken away, compared with the leakage of the Thunder Technique, this matter was nothing.

"What do we do now?" Zhou Zheng asked Wang Lu and the other man.

Wang Lu turned his head and glanced at the Jeep burning fiercely in the ditch, then smiled bitterly, "What else can we do? Just take the bus to Xihuang Village, right?"

"It can only be the."

"How strange! How could such a powerful demon with profound cultivation lurk in a small river in the Great Western Wilderness?"

"We can only continue to investigate this matter. If there are still monsters in the river, we'll have to call in the experts from the police station."

Wen Yue listened to their conversation with a heavy heart. "I think we should report this matter to our master first and let him make a decision as soon as possible. After all, the Thunder Technique must not be leaked."