Cauldron's Plateau (2)

"Yu-Ding?"

"You mean your name is a Jade Cauldron? Funny." Yang Guang smirks as he heard Yu-Ding introduces herself.

"Alright. Stop joking. Do you know how long have I waited to appear in front of you? How can you leave me back inside that cold and lonely room while you're outside harvesting the plants?"

"You're the biggest disappointment I had so far from the day your ancestors created me! Luckily, your talent is not as bad as your mindset, or else..." Yu-Ding lectured Yang Guang.

In fact, Yu-Ding hinted Yang Guang a few times when the latter found her along with other scraps.

She processed the blood drain from dead Cultivation Beast. She converted the Azure Jade Grass into Azure Soul Pills. She even spent almost all the Soul Qi gathered inside the Jade Container to bring out the book "Mysterious Medicine Below the Jade Heaven" for Yang Guang when he's practicing.

And the energy the Jade Container gathered from the explosion while refining the Profound Yun Pill also used to activates the Lightning Flame Art and creating her ethereal form. Now, all she could is to initiates a conversation with Yang Guang and repairing his dense mind at the same time.

"My ancestors... You mean... I belonged to the Hongyu Great Province's Yang Clan?" Yang Guang's pair of eyes open wide while waiting for Yu-Ding to answer his question.

"Of course!" Yu-Ding answered. It was so satisfying that the answer brings up a faint layer of confidence in Yang Guang's mind.

It was like an illegitimate child suddenly appointed as the crown prince, a village chief into the Lord of a city, or a book servant into a core disciple of a sect.

"Well, I don't know his reason for leaving you alone while your father and mother left, but I'm sure that they left everything to you before leaving," Yu-Ding added.

Following at the end of her sentence, Yu-Ding flicked her finger and controlled the short sword to come out from Yang Guang's Spatial Jade Bracelet. The sword hovered between them for a short while before Yu-Ding continued.

"You want to learn the Lightning Flame Art?"

"Here. Put a drop of your Yang Clan's blood on the blade and see if you're qualified. And to let you know, this damn piece of Brown Jade Steel is not a weapon, but a lightning rod." Yu-Ding flicked the sword until it falls in front of Yang Guang.

"Blood?"

"I can learn the Lightning Flame Art if I drip a drop of my blood on it and qualified?" Yang Guang asked.

"EN!" Yu-Ding nodded.

"What are you worried about? The treasure of the Yang Clan will not harm its owners. Like me, all of them had a very faint soul attached to it as a protection charm." Yu-Ding added before she left Yang Guang alone.

After thinking for a while without moving to somewhere else, Yang Guang decided to follow Yu-Ding's instruction at last. He made a cut on his index finger and put pressure on it for the blood to drop.

"Ding!!!" the surface layer of the blade soon glittered and peels to reveal a layer of jade green appearance. The other part of the sword soon peeled off and turned the sword into a plaque of notes similar to what the officials often brought with them in their morning meeting with the City Lord.

Soon, a streak of lightning went inside Yang Guang's mind and transferred the Lightning Flame Art.

To start cultivating the Lightning Flame Art, Yang Guang required external help.

Lightning.

As the ancestors have already anticipated all of these restrictions to cultivate the Lightning Flame Art, the Yang Clan's Cauldron's Plateau is created.

The lightning clouds continuously strike on the East, South, West, and North. Each side of the plateau is designated to allow the practitioner to advance stage by stage, beginning from the east till north.

"How does it feels?" Yu-Ding appeared after a while.

"No wonder only the Yang Clan is capable of inheriting this Lightning Flame Art. Only the family with a background like Yang Clan has the resources and ability to create a Cultivation Land that separates with four different degrees of lightning.

Even if the outsiders are lucky enough to obtain a copy of this Lightning Flame Art, the possibility of 99 death out of 100 is not rare at all. After all, the lightning that came from nature is ruthless to all beings.

"Yu-Ding, can I ask you a question?" Yang Guang came to his feet after he's done remembering the points required to cultivate the Lightning Flame Art.

"About why the Yang Clan is no more?" Yu-Ding guessed what Yang Guang is trying to ask but did not agree to answer him.

"Yes," Yang Guang nods.

"Your strength is too weak right now. I'll tell you when you're finally a Jade Assembling Realm cultivator." Yu-Ding put the question aside unanswered.

"And here, take this recipe and start making them. It is for the sake of maintaining this world and keep it going. Based on your ability, for now, it should be fine for you to keep the East Zone running." Yu-Ding handed a scroll to Yang Guang as she speaks.

"There are many features available in Cauldron's Plateau. But to have it start running, you'll have to do your best. Since there's only you in Yang Clan, you'll have to complete the work of 1,000 clan members." Yu-Ding added.

"This..." Yang Guang opened the scroll in his hand after hearing what Yu-Ding told him.

[Zhen Diagram Bead]

"What is this recipe?" Yang Guang asked.

"They're the fuel to keep the Cauldron's Plateau. Your Soul Qi works too, but you might need to refine the Profound Yun Pill daily for a year to successfully keep the East Zone operating."

"Shall we move to the East Zone? The ingredient to refine the Zhen Diagram Bead is over there." Yu-Ding answered and took Yang Guang along as they made their way to the Eastern Zone, which is also the starting point for every newcomer.

"Look there. That's the Thunderbolt Grass. They're what we need because you can only use Jade Flame to concoct the Zhen Diagram Bead."

"To harvest the plant, you'll have to... Wait!" Yu-Ding keeps talking as she brings Yang Guang across the field of Thunderbolt Grass. But as she continued talking, the impatient Yang Guang already extends his hand over to try and pluck a stalk.

"Aargh!"

"Gah!"

"Yeow!!!"

"The grass electrocutes people!"