Urban Most Awesome Dad

Chapter 455: Chapter 455: Strange Encounter_1

Mount Longshou, atop the Descending Dragon Tower.

Cui Dong, who had been struck by lightning twice in a row, lay on the ground like a dead dog, unconscious, his body convulsing faintly, his mouth frothing, his clothes torn to shreds, looking charred all over.

Tiny arcs of electricity still lingered on his body, making a faint “sizzling” sound.

Suddenly, Cui Dong sat up as if playing dead, opened his mouth with an “Ah,” and a puff of black smoke emerged, carrying a faint burnt stench.

The next instant, his body collapsed back down, the activity subsiding.

Despite his body no longer moving, there were still some bolts of lightning that hadn’t dissipated and were conducting within him.

If a student who loved physics experiments saw this, they would definitely attach a wire to the positive and negative poles on Cui Dong’s body, then watch a light bulb glow with surprise.

But the light bulb couldn’t bear it, not even a several-hundred-watt bulb; it would likely burn out.

After all, this was natural lightning, incomparable to the current in a laboratory.

An average person struck by lightning would be instantly killed, not to mention the accompanying high temperature might cook them medium-rare, but Cui Dong had the Tai Xuan Jiuxiao Body and had taken thunder-reducing pills to lessen the damage from the lightning, along with two protective Talismans, only then barely withstanding the damage from the lightning, still managing to breathe.

The thunder rolled continuously in the sky, lightning streaked across, and the pouring rain clattered loudly.

Xu Fan placed his hand on Cui Dong’s wrist, sending in Spiritual Energy to sense…

The baptism of lightning twice in a row had finally caused Cui Dong’s Tai Xuan Jiuxiao Body to awaken by fifty percent.

A weight fell from Xu Fan’s heart, and he smiled, his goal being the minimum fifty percent awakening.

Otherwise, such a good physique would be wasted in his care, utterly squandered, and all his efforts would have been in vain.

Xu Fan was very self-aware and didn’t dare to compare himself with Lord of the Nine Heavens Thunder Technique’s sixty percent awakening, but anything lower wouldn’t do either. Awakening by fifty percent was just right; even though his future achievements might not compare to the Lord of the Nine Heavens Thunder Technique, they would certainly not be low.

Now, Cui Dong, in terms of talent, let alone the Ancient Martial World, was considered monstrous even in the Cultivation World.

The only imperfection was that while the timing and people were favorable, the place was not. Cui Dong was on Sea Blue Star, where Spiritual Energy was scarce, greatly affecting the progress of his cultivation.

If Spiritual Energy could be abundantly supplied, Cui Dong would certainly become a strong figure at an incredibly rapid pace.

Rise in the world, dominate a region, even suppress an era.

Oh well, it has to be Sea Blue Star then. It would just take some more time, but a few years would be enough to make him an important figure. Although he wouldn’t be able to beat peers from the Cultivation World, when facing those so-called prodigies from the Ancient Martial World, he could still sweep them away with ease.

Xu Fan quietly pondered for a short while. He had gotten what he wanted tonight, which was pretty good; it was time to head back.

He used Spiritual Energy to lift Cui Dong’s body, preparing to fly down from the Descending Dragon Tower and take Cui Dong back to the Cui Family.

If nothing unexpected occurred, the awakening process should last about three days, and he had also added a sedative to the thunder-reducing pill, allowing Cui Dong to sleep for three days straight.

It couldn’t be helped, although his physique had awakened, it took that long for it to fully integrate into his body.

Complete integration meant that the power of the lightning would invade and “modify” every part of Cui Dong’s body.

This process was extremely torturous and unbearably painful; an average person couldn’t endure such agony without having their psyche collapse and suicidal thoughts emerge.

But when asleep, the pain would be greatly reduced, even unnoticeable.

So Xu Fan just had to wait for three days to see how much Cui Dong’s strength would improve upon awakening.

Logically, he should at least reach the Body Tempering stage.

“Eh?”

Suddenly, Xu Fan’s eyebrows lifted as he looked towards the tip of the Descending Dragon Tower, surprise flickering in his eyes.

What a surprise. There was something hidden there; without close inspection, it truly would have remained unnoticed.

Xu Fan released his Divine Sense to probe.

The result almost made his jaw drop!

There was actually a barrier in this world, right at the tip of the tower, blocking Xu Fan’s Divine Sense from entering.

This was the first time his divine sense encountered resistance at Sea Blue Star.

Curiosity rose in his heart, and his gaze grew more eager.

Could it be that a natural treasure was hidden there, or was it an artifact left by an ancient martial powerhouse from times long past?

In any case, setting up a barrier that could even stop Xu Fan’s divine sense indicated that it was something far from simple.

He remembered that during his last visit, he had only made a round at the base of the tower, so naturally, he didn’t discover it.

It was only by chance this time, when he reached the top of the tower amidst the thunderous lightning, that the invisible barrier’s defensive capabilities were triggered; otherwise, even Xu Fan might have failed to notice it.

The thought that it could be a treasure set Xu Fan’s heart on fire.

In his previous life, he had made waves in the Cultivation World, collecting countless treasures throughout his life. Casually discarding a few in the Cultivation World could provoke a bloody battle among cultivators.

Looking at his current state, he truly was destitute, possessing nothing.

When he faced the Celestial Tribulation, those treasures were either consumed or destroyed in the chaotic flow of space and time. Only three items had fortuitously followed him, but they too were now used up.

Now that he had stumbled upon this stroke of luck, he naturally wouldn’t let it pass, and he was determined to obtain it by any means necessary.

Thinking of this, Xu Fan decided to first ensure Cui Dong’s safety.

He descended to the base of the tower with Cui Dong, placing him under the eaves to shelter him from the pouring rain.

After that, he condensed Qi into wings. With spiritual energy gathering behind him to form a pair of energy wings, he rapidly started flapping them.

Xu Fan quickly flew to the top of the tower and stood suspended in midair, looking curiously at the spot, trying to figure out its secrets.

However, after staring intently several times and circling a few rounds, he got nothing. His divine sense could not penetrate the barrier; he couldn’t even shake it.

The solidity of the barrier truly exceeded expectations!

Xu Fan frowned.

Having no other options, he chose to take action, to use force to break the spell!

“Open!”

With a thunderous shout, Xu Fan circulated the robust spiritual energy within him, gathering it into a sharp drill that rushed towards the tip of the tower at high speed.

When the spiritual energy drill collided with the invisible barrier, it caused a massive explosion. The bright light illuminated the sky, making all of Mount Longshou almost as bright as day.

The barrier shattered instantly under the impact of the spiritual power, disappearing without a trace.

Xu Fan flapped his Qi wings and gently landed on the tip of the tower, using his spiritual energy to activate a certain mark there.

“Tsk tsk tsk, it’s actually a small world!”

Xu Fan stood on one foot at the tip of the tower, closed his eyes, and carefully sensed the surroundings.

This Descending Dragon Tower was quite interesting; not only was it protected by a barrier, but there was also a mark within the barrier. Once activated, one could enter the small world hidden inside.

A small world, as the name implies, is an isolated place that is separate from the outside world with a very small space; it could barely be considered a cave heaven.

But small worlds are mostly formed by cultivators, and there are certain requirements for the cultivator’s cultivation level—at a minimum, the Golden Core Stage. Once successfully created, cultivators could cultivate and store items within it.

Not all cultivators at the Golden Core Stage have the ability to create a small world, after all, it requires some understanding of the laws of space.

And time and space, which are above the elemental laws of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water, are profound and esoteric. Even a cursory understanding is quite extraordinary.

From the outside, the tip of the tower looked just like any other tower tip, and even the mark was not visible to the naked eye, as if it were the most normal thing.

But with a thought from Xu Fan, the mark flashed with golden light. Then, Xu Fan’s figure vanished, entering the small world inside.

As the world around him shifted, Xu Fan surveyed his surroundings to find a space of about ten square meters, sparsely furnished, without any adornments. There was only a simple set of stone tables and chairs, a pottery tea set, and a few yellowed ancient books lying quietly on the table. @@novelbin@@

Xu Fan had no interest in these items. He glanced at them and moved on, his gaze continuing to search.