Chapter 385: The Truth

Several young men from the Thunder Spirit Race retorted.

"Haha, Yan Mu! Back with my Star Moon Race, we treated Li Yang with special consideration because he had a treasure we needed. You all dismissed that as a mere excuse, so why are you using the exact same justification now?"

In contrast to the sullen youths of the Thunder Spirit Race, Xing Wu of the Star Moon Race felt utterly delighted.

Watching the expressions shift on the faces of the Thunder Spirit Race youths beside him, Xing Wu felt all his previous frustration vanish completely.

He had been constantly mocked by these Thunder Spirit Race members, who claimed his Star Moon Race was sucking up to Li Yang too much.

He had wanted to argue back, but with no solid rebuttal, he could only endure their taunts in silence.

In his view, any action taken by his race was correct, so he would never badmouth the Star Moon Race.

Therefore, he had been eagerly awaiting the day the Thunder Spirit Race would also have to curry favor with Li Yang. If that happened, they would lose all right to criticize him.

In truth, he knew such a scenario was highly unlikely. He had only spoken with such bravado earlier because he was unwilling to admit his race was fawning over a human like Li Yang.

But in less than a minute, the tables had completely turned!

The outcome was just as he'd hoped. The moment the human Li Yang entered the Thunder Spirit Race's territory, seven of their Emperors and over forty elders descended, apparently to welcome him personally.

This pageantry and display were on a much grander scale than what the Star Moon Race had shown.

After all, only a single Emperor from the Star Moon Race had appeared before.

While Xing Wu of the Star Moon Race and the youths of the Thunder Spirit Race were arguing, Li Yang followed Elder Yuan Ye of the Thunder Spirit Race and soon arrived at a palace.

"Mr. Li Yang, please get some rest here," Elder Yuan Ye said with a very courteous smile.

'Was he kidding? Even the Emperors of his race needed something from this human, Li Yang. How could he dare to be anything but courteous?'

"Alright."

Li Yang smiled and nodded, then turned to Hei Xu. "Mr. Hei Xu, I'm going to enter the Virtual World for a bit."

"Mm." Hei Xu nodded, looking at Li Yang with clear surprise in his eyes.

'He never expected Li Yang to possess something the Thunder Spirit Race wanted, and something so precious at that. Otherwise, it wouldn't have alarmed seven of their Emperors at once!'

Previously, with the Star Moon Race, Li Yang had similarly drawn the personal attention of their Emperor.

At this point, Hei Xu couldn't help but feel that Li Yang was blessed by some kind of great fortune.

...

Wasting no time, Li Yang entered the Virtual World and contacted his teacher, the Blade Slaughter Sect Master.

He had been clueless about the Token before and couldn't find any information on it, so he hadn't wanted to bother the Blade Slaughter Sect Master. But now, the attitude of the seven Thunder Spirit Race Emperors made it clear that this Token was extraordinary.

After a few seconds, the Blade Slaughter Sect Master appeared in the Virtual World.

"Li Yang, what did you need to see me about?"

Looking at his disciple, the Blade Slaughter Sect Master smiled and said, "You should be with the Thunder Spirit Race by now, correct?"

The Blade Slaughter Sect Master clearly valued this disciple highly and kept close track of his whereabouts.

He had previously tested Li Yang's comprehension of the laws and was privately astonished at the speed of his progress!

And because of this, he valued Li Yang all the more.

"Yes, Master."

Li Yang nodded and said, "Master, I once obtained a Token by chance. When I arrived at the Thunder Spirit Race's territory, it suddenly started to fluctuate, and then seven of their Emperors descended..."

Li Yang quickly recounted what had happened.

He didn't mention the matter of the black pearl.

If word got out about the corpses of those Emperor Level experts, it would undoubtedly cause a massive uproar.

There would be only one consequence to speaking up: he would be forced to hand over the black pearl, and he might get entangled in other troubles as well. Naturally, Li Yang wasn't about to do that.

"Oh? A Token in your possession caused seven Emperors of the Thunder Spirit Race to appear?"

Hearing Li Yang's account, a look of astonishment crossed the Blade Slaughter Sect Master's face.

'What kind of luck does this disciple of mine have? He goes to the Star Moon Race and pulls out a fragment of the Sacred Artifact, the Sword Net Array. This makes their Emperor appear, desperate to obtain it, and Li Yang walks away with a host of benefits: three years of legacy inheritance time, a high-grade Divine Artifact, and one hundred Star Moon Fruits.'

'Now he arrives at the Thunder Spirit Race, and another treasure that their Emperor Level experts desperately covet just happens to appear.'

'If they could figure out this Token, Li Yang could reap another huge haul of benefits from the Thunder Spirit Race!'

"Master, please look. This is the Token." With a wave of his right hand, Li Yang conjured a phantom image of the Token.

The Token was entirely red, covered with strange, esoteric patterns.

The Blade Slaughter Sect Master looked at it, his gaze narrowing slightly. "This is... the Thunder Spirit Race's Spirit Pool Token?"

"Spirit Pool Token?" Li Yang looked at the Blade Slaughter Sect Master, his mind racing.

"Master, you recognize this Token? Is it very valuable?"

"Extremely valuable!"

The Blade Slaughter Sect Master nodded in response to Li Yang's question.

He wasted no time and began his explanation. "Li Yang, you know about the Thunder Spirit Race's Thunder Pool, which you are about to enter to temper your physical body."

"Yes, Master," Li Yang nodded.

'The Thunder Pool tempers the body and helps one condense a Baleful Aura Domain!'

After the tempering in the Thunder Pool, not only would one's physical body become significantly stronger, but the condensed Baleful Aura Domain could also help in comprehending the Profound Mystery of Domains, one of the four great profound mysteries of the laws. This was an absolutely massive opportunity.

The Blade Slaughter Sect Master continued, "Li Yang, in addition to the Thunder Pool, the Thunder Spirit Race actually has another place for tempering the physical body: the Spirit Pool."

"The Spirit Pool? For tempering the physical body?" Li Yang was a little surprised to hear this.

He hadn't found any mention of it when he'd researched the Thunder Spirit Race before.

"The Thunder Spirit Race excels in physical cultivation. The Thunder Pool and the Spirit Pool are the places where they temper their bodies."

The Blade Slaughter Sect Master said, "However, the Thunder Pool and the Spirit Pool are quite unique. Both require a corresponding Token to enter. They are normally sealed, quietly accumulating energy."

"Legend has it that the Token, the key to the Spirit Pool, was always in the keeping of the Thunder Spirit Race's Thunder Obedience Emperor. However, five quadrillion years ago, the Thunder Obedience Emperor vanished. He was rumored to have perished, and with his demise, the Token for the Spirit Pool was also lost. Of the two body-tempering pools, the Thunder Pool and the Spirit Pool, only the Thunder Pool could still be opened. As for the Spirit Pool, it has remained sealed and inaccessible ever since."

"The Thunder Obedience Emperor?"

Li Yang thought of the massive corpse of the Thunder Spirit Beast Emperor inside the black pearl. 'If I'm not mistaken,' he thought, 'that must be the missing Thunder Obedience Emperor.'

Hearing this, Li Yang's heart pounded with excitement.

The Thunder Spirit Race's Thunder Pool was a massive opportunity! Countless people knew of it and yearned for a chance to enter.

The Spirit Pool, on par with the Thunder Pool, had to be an equally incredible opportunity!

And now, the key to opening the Spirit Pool was in his hands. Li Yang could only begin to imagine how precious that made it.

'Its value,' he mused, 'is probably comparable to a Sacred Artifact, right?'