When I woke up, I wanted to go home.

Chapter 144 The Secret at the Bottom of Thunder Pool

As Zhu Chongjiu watched the little ones playing and frolicking, he didn't see Xiao Hei anywhere, so he asked everyone, "Has Xiao Hei not come out of seclusion yet?"

Xiong Da, who had been standing quietly beside Zhu Chongjiu, quickly answered when he heard Zhu Chongjiu's question: "No, Ninth Brother. Brother Hei is still in seclusion in his storage ring."

Upon hearing Xiong Da's words, Zhu Chongjiu retrieved his storage ring and probed it with his divine sense and inner force. He discovered that Xiao Hei's aura was significantly stronger than before, but the cosmic clouds surrounding his body had not diminished.

This made it impossible for Zhu Chongjiu to determine how much longer it would take for Xiao Hei to successfully advance.

However, Zhu Chongjiu knew that the longer the advancement period lasted, the greater the benefits for Xiao Hei.

After everyone calmed down, Zhu Chongjiu glanced at the lightning planet. In fact, after fifty years of secluded cultivation, Zhu Chongjiu had already initially integrated the lightning element law into his dantian world. For the remaining two hundred years, Zhu Chongjiu had been studying and comprehending the lightning element law.

When Zhu Chongjiu looks at the planet then, he only needs to activate the lightning element to easily explore the original appearance of the entire planet through the constant power of lightning.

After all, for him now, lightning is also his eyes.

Just as Zhu Chongjiu was about to lead everyone on a new journey to continue exploring the universe, Xiao Lei hurriedly said to Zhu Chongjiu with a grin, "Brother Jiu, I want to have a good meal before we leave!"

Hmm, what does that mean?

Oh, Ninth Brother, Little Lei wants to devour this entire Thunder Pool.

Oh no!

Yes, it has been received.

Ever since Xiao Lei recovered more than a hundred years ago, he has been drooling over this Thunder Pool, and he would drool over it every day.

If it weren't for the fact that you were cultivating in the Thunder Pool, Little Thunder would have been drunk like a sweet drink long ago.

After hearing the various explanations from the children, Zhu Chongjiu suddenly understood.

Yes, isn't this the perfect feast for elemental spirits to enhance their strength?

Xiao Lei, eat quickly, don't waste a single drop, and if you can't finish it, you can take it home.

After Zhu Chongjiu agreed, Xiao Lei swallowed the drool that was almost dripping down to his feet and then appeared directly above the Thunder Pool.

After Xiao Lei stabilized his body, his body rapidly expanded from the size of a two- or three-year-old child at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A moment later, Xiao Lei transformed into a child a thousand feet tall above the Thunder Pool. Looking at Xiao Lei's current appearance, Zhu Chongjiu felt something was strange, even a little eerie and terrifying.

Zhu Chongjiu thought to himself, "So cuteness has little to do with looks, it's all about body shape!"

After Xiao Lei completed its transformation, it didn't make any extra movements. It simply opened its huge mouth, and a tremendous suction force acted on the Thunder Pool.

The thunderous liquid, like rolling magma, poured into Xiao Lei's mouth like a waterspout.

Half an hour later, Zhu Chongjiu, who had been observing Xiao Lei and Lei Chi, noticed something amiss.

As the liquid thunder continuously flowed into Xiao Lei's mouth, the edge of the thunder pool gradually began to appear.

Zhu Chongjiu discovered that the exposed bottom of the Thunder Pool was made of stone slabs of uniform golden color, and there were obviously unusual array patterns engraved on them.

Holy crap, this is clearly deliberate; something bad is going to happen.

After thinking to himself, Zhu Chongjiu looked up at Xiao Lei's current condition and hardened his heart. "You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. Fortune favors the bold. Who knows when I'll find such a perfect treasure for advancement?"

After making up his mind, Zhu Chongjiu shouted loudly at Xiao Lei in the air, "Power up the engine and eat quickly. This place is not as safe as we think."

The little lightning that was devouring the lightning liquid in the void also clearly sensed the abnormality below. Its body grew several hundred feet larger once again, and the suction force suddenly increased dramatically.

At the same time, as the liquid in the Thunder Pool decreased, the lightning that had appeared on the planet at all times also gradually decreased. Zhu Chongjiu knew that once the liquid in the Thunder Pool was completely swallowed up by Xiao Lei, this lightning planet would cease to exist.

Another half hour passed, and by then the liquid formed from the lightning in the Thunder Pool had been almost completely devoured by Xiao Lei, including the purple lightning liquid in the center.

Seeing that only the bottom of the pool remained, Xiao Lei stopped devouring, patted its belly which looked like it was eight months pregnant, let out two burps, and prepared to return to Zhu Chongjiu's side from the void.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Chongjiu quickly stepped in to stop him, saying, "What is Xiao Lei doing?"

Didn't I tell you? Don't waste it, there's only a little bit left to rinse your mouth, hurry up and eat it all.

Upon hearing Zhu Chongjiu's words, Xiao Lei looked at his stomach with a pained expression and then said to Zhu Chongjiu, "Brother Jiu, I'm so full, I can't eat anymore."

If you can't eat anymore, you'd rather stuff yourself than leave food uneaten. There's an old saying in my hometown: "A person who leaves food uneaten will be called a pockmarked wife." Hurry up!

Seeing Zhu Chongjiu's resolute attitude, Xiao Lei helplessly pressed down on his stomach, swallowing the last bit of thunder liquid.

Seeing this, Zhu Chongjiu nodded in satisfaction and muttered to himself, "See? I told you it was still edible. Children should be taught from a young age not to waste hard-earned food."

At this moment, Xiao Lei flew towards Zhu Chongjiu in a wobbly manner, gradually shrinking its body as it flew.

When it flew to the group of people, Xiao Lei returned to its original size.

However, she looked as if she were drunk; her originally fair and translucent face, which had been sparkling with light, was now flushed. Her eyelids seemed to be carrying a thousand-pound weight, as she struggled to keep them open.

Zhu Chongjiu quickly took Xiao Lei into his arms to check on him and found that he was just overnourished, similar to Xiao Hei's current situation, and needed to sleep to digest.

Upon witnessing this scene, all the children came to Zhu Chongjiu's side, looking at him with curiosity.

Xiao Lei is fine, he just needs to take a long nap. I'll go and take him to keep Xiao Hei company.

After saying that, he put Xiao Lei into his storage ring.

Now, looking closely inside the Thunder Pool, everything became clear and obvious. At the bottom of the pool, neatly arranged golden stone slabs, their texture mysterious and unknown, were laid out. The surfaces of these slabs were smooth as mirrors, as if meticulously polished. Even more striking were the massive and intricate array patterns carved on each slab, the lines intertwined and crisscrossing like a spiderweb.

Although not a single drop of thunderous magma remains in the Thunder Pool at this moment, simply gazing at the wisps of thunderous power emanating from the array patterns is enough to deduce that the origin of this Thunder Pool, which was originally filled with liquid thunder, and even the entire planet filled with lightning energy, is probably inextricably linked to this incredibly powerful array.

Zhu Chongjiu tilted his head slightly, casting his gaze towards the void where dense lightning no longer fell. At this moment, the amount of lightning descending in the void was extremely scarce, so scarce that one could directly see the vast and boundless cosmic void beyond the planet with the naked eye.

Meanwhile, the grand array within the Thunder Pool continued its relentless operation without ceasing. In some more secluded corners and edges, new sources of primordial thunder liquid were faintly beginning to take shape. However, it was unclear how long it would take for a thunder world of this scale to coalesce once more.

Seeing this, Zhu Chongjiu had a bold idea. He turned to the little ones and Xiong Da and said, "Take all these stone slabs away, leave none behind."