Becoming a fox fairy from Liaozhai

Chapter 776: Thunder Spirit Transformed into Sheep
The gloomy sky was filled with rumbling sounds like mountains collapsing and the earth splitting, which made people tremble with fear and their hair stand on end.

Thunder rolled in the dark clouds, like a dragon, a snake, or a python. When the lightning pierced through the clouds, it emitted a blue or purple light, followed closely by a terrifying thunder that made people's minds tremble and panic.

People were full of fear of thunder. The lightning that stretched across the sky spread out like a winding chain or a piercing sword. The deafening thunder was like the huge noise of a knife or axe slashing and the universe striking.

Not only humans are afraid of it, but also goblins and ghosts are afraid of it.

Thunder is the pivot of heaven and earth, born from the friction of yin and yang.

The friction between Yin and Yang affects the heaven and earth, and all energies tremble, becoming the greatest and strongest.

If you practice at this time, firstly, your spirit will be easily defeated by the might of heaven, and even your mind will be lost, breaking your Taoist magic. Secondly, goblins and ghosts are all yin, and are naturally restrained by heavenly thunder.

The friction between Yin and Yang produces the strongest and most powerful heavenly thunder. If you don't use any method, that's fine. But if you use some method, it will easily cause the changes of Yin and Yang, and let the thunder hit you along with the changes of Yin and Yang, which will instantly make you feel dead and bone-melting.

For mountain spirits and monsters, once their mind is lost, it is easy for them to leak their qi, and leaking their qi can easily affect yin and yang.

To avoid thunder, for most goblins and ghosts, it means to stay in their nests, bury their heads and play dead. They don't see or hear anything, and keep their minds focused.

If the weaker wandering spirits have no attachment, they will be scattered and killed before they can even wait for the thunder or the strong wind to blow them away.

Of course, the monsters wandering around in the human world have other means.

For example, hiding in a popular place, using the popularity to cover up your own energy so as to avoid being sensed by the thunder.

At some special moments, such as when your practice reaches a critical point and your Qi is completely out of control, you need to find some people with better Qi to cover for you.

Although there are all kinds of creatures under the sky, the benefits of human beings are far superior to others. We are intelligent, flexible, and strong-minded. Except for those born with different species, few other species can compare with humans.

For goblins and ghosts like these, who are born in the morning and die in the evening, and whose yin and yang change, their minds are awakened when yin energy gathers, and their forms are dispersed when yang energy sweeps away. It is a rare opportunity to be able to practice successfully.

Several big flashes appeared and disappeared outside the window, causing the foxes to scream in surprise. Then they covered their ears and hid under the table.

Ning Caichen was teaching them to read and understand things when he was startled by the lightning. Not a single student could be seen. Only his big tail, which could not be hidden, was exposed and trembling slightly.

Then there was the sudden rumbling of thunder, which sounded like the sound of mountains breaking and rocks falling.

Ning Caichen was startled by the roar of thunder. After the thunder faded away and the boulder rolled away, he said gently, "There is a violent storm and thunder. Let's stop this class and just calm down."

If one could predict the weather in advance and know there would be thunder, one would usually suspend teaching to let the foxes hide for a while and catch their breath. There was no need to practice any exercises and disturb their minds.

This time the storm came suddenly and there was no time to avoid it.

Gong Mengbi and the five ghosts were returning with the wind when they encountered a heavy thunderstorm. The thunder blocked their way, so they fell from the sky and sailed along the river in a small boat.

The heavy rain was like a spreading pearl curtain, covering the rivers near and far, stirring up the water vapor in the river, making the whole place hazy.

The rain fell on the boat, just like falling on an umbrella, making crisp crackling sounds, and then slid down both sides of the boat into the river.

Five ghosts steer the boat, and everything goes smoothly.

"My lord, the wind and rain are gone, the thunder is subdued, can't you pass through the clouds and return in thunder?"

"There are spirits in the clouds. I can't bear to collide with them, so I avoid them."

The five ghosts looked up in confusion, only to see lightning and thunder spreading across the sky like forked branches.

Gong Mengbi instructed them to sense the yin and yang energy in the clouds and rain, saying: "How can you only look at the surface and not the inside? Your bodies are in harmony with the five elements, and you have spirits, ghosts, spirits, and gods. You have clear ears and eyes. You should observe more."

The five ghosts tried to sense the yin and yang energies and distinguish the shapes of yin and yang. In a trance, they saw a shadow with lightning constantly changing in the clouds and rain where yin and yang converged.

"How strange. Are there spirits in the thunder? How could such a huge thunder not scatter its spirit?"

Gong Mengbi smiled and said, "Have you ever seen a rain worker?"

The Five Ghosts had never seen the Rain Worker before. Before this, Gong Mengbi had always kept them in the Fox Courtyard to take care of worldly affairs. He did not take them with him when he went to Qiantang. Later, he went into seclusion to practice, and the Immortal Jinting had nothing to do with them, and he never took them to Taihu Lake, so they had never seen him.

"Never."

"Then we can see it today."

The essence of thunder gathered, yin and yang rubbed and intertwined, yet maintained a balance, creating the conditions for the birth of the rain worker.

The lightning became more frequent and the thunder continued.

Gong Mengbi listened to the sound of thunder and rain, and felt it was like the gods beating drums and shaking the pearl curtains. The lightning spread like a dragon dancing and shining with its horns.

The elves in the rain clouds leaped with the lightning, vibrated with the thunder, shook their heads, and gradually took shape.

Rain clouds condense into its body, and lightning condenses into its long horns. It is like a dragon but not a dragon, like a tiger but not a tiger. When it moves, it stirs up wind and rain, and drives lightning and thunder to run rampant.

When its form and spirit were complete, the five ghosts couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

The Rain Worker is almost like living thunder, or rather a living rain cloud.

It roared, accompanied by heavy wind and rain, making people tremble with fear. The rain worker was wandering in the clouds, and suddenly seemed to sense something, looked to the southeast, and then roared towards the southeast, and several thunderbolts suddenly fell towards a valley.

Gong Mengbi frowned and said, "I'll go stop it."

Without waiting for the five ghosts to reply, he soared into the sky, turned into a red cloud, and landed in the rain clouds.

The red clouds attracted the attention of the rain worker. It immediately turned its head and saw Gong Mengbi stepping on the rain cloud. It immediately roared and thundered, and charged towards Gong Mengbi.

First, thunder came and struck Gong Mengbi's body directly. Then, rain workers came, with sharp horns on their heads condensing with dazzling light, like two magic swords, stabbing at Gong Mengbi.

But Gong Mengbi just stretched out his hand and caught the lightning in his hand. He shook it violently and it turned into a lightning rope, wrapping around the rain worker in front of him.

Gong Mengbi flew up and avoided Yu Gong's attack. The lightning rope was entangled on Yu Gong's sharp corner and was pulled by Gong Mengbi, who dragged Yu Gong upside down.

Gong Mengbi flew straight down, landed on Yu Gong's back, and tightened the lightning rope.

Yu Gong jumped up in shock and kept shaking his body, trying to shake Gong Mengbi off, but Gong Mengbi seemed to be stuck to him and he couldn't shake him off.

He also urged the thunder in the rain clouds to strike Gong Mengbi, but when the thunder fell near Gong Mengbi, it shrank into lightning beads and floated motionlessly.

"Be quiet."

Gong Mengbi pulled the lightning rope with one hand like a rein, and put the other hand on Yu Gong's head. Yu Gong's body kept shrinking, but gradually stabilized his form and spirit, until he turned from a thunder beast into a goat, and then he stepped on his hooves and stopped struggling.

At this time, a divine light descended from the sky, and a panting priest landed in the rain cloud. When he saw Gong Mengbi and the rainmaker, he breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to Gong Mengbi, saying, "Thank you for your help, fellow Taoist. You didn't let this evil animal cause any trouble and saved its life."