"Boom——"
Before Lin Beichen's words finished, a dull thunderous sound rumbled from the sky.
Lin Beichen looked up, the fierce wind and heavy rain making it hard for him to keep his eyes open, and through the blur, he saw purple and white flashes of lightning continuously flickering within the dark, heavy clouds.
"The timing is just right."
Not wasting any more time, Lin Beichen quickly walked toward the large stone.
Looking at his back.
The people in the pavilion were all puzzled, their faces full of question marks.
"Why, instead of finding shelter from the rain, he goes to such a dangerous place to get drenched, what's the meaning of this?"
"Are we that scary? Did we frighten the kid?"
"Teens in their rebellious phase maybe?"
"This young man seems quite unique, does he enjoy getting wet?"
"..."
While they were exchanging thoughts.
Lin Beichen sat down on the large stone, crossed-legged, and looked up at the seemingly close clouds above, his expression focused, not wanting to miss the slightest insight from the thunder.
The people in the pavilion looked at each other in confusion, not understanding what was up with this young man.
At this moment, someone seemed to have a thought and whispered, "Today is the day high school exam results come out, and this kid looks about high school age. Maybe he didn't do well and came here to vent his emotions?"
Upon hearing this, the people in the pavilion immediately showed expressions of realization, many of them looking at Lin Beichen with sympathy and pity in their eyes.
"Little brother, I have an umbrella, do you need it?"
"Child, there's no obstacle you can't overcome. Keep a good and positive mindset, understand?"
"Stop getting drenched, come inside quickly!"
"..."
Everyone took turns offering words of comfort and concern.
Lin Beichen had just about entered a state of enlightenment when he was interrupted. However, he couldn't respond with harsh words given their good intentions, nor could he completely ignore them.
"Thank you, thank you so much, everyone."
Lin Beichen nodded again toward the pavilion and explained with a smile, "But I came to the mountain top specifically to experience this thunderstorm firsthand. You don't need to mind me, and don't worry about me. Thanks again!"
Everyone: ???
Experience a thunderstorm firsthand?
He actually came to the mountain top just to experience it?
Nevertheless, seeing Lin Beichen's demeanor, they didn't think he was lying.
Just then.
A bolt of purple-white lightning slashed through the dark clouds.
"Crack——!!"
A crisp thunderclap, and the thunder began pouring out from the clouds!
Suddenly, fierce wind and heavy rain, electric flash and deafening thunder!
It was as if the end of the world had arrived!
This was what Lin Beichen had been waiting for. He let himself become fully immersed, continuously experiencing enlightenment.
"Crack——!!"
"Crack——!!"
"..."
The thunder was incessant!
Maybe it was the atmosphere, or perhaps it was previous basic insights into lightning.
This time, Lin Beichen quickly entered the state, but the insights he gained were all the same as before.
In other words...
He was indeed in the state, but it had no effect!
"Could it be that this time I'll gain nothing and go back empty-handed?"
Unwilling to accept this, Lin Beichen tried to clear his mind of all other thoughts, focusing solely on the comprehension of the thunder above.
A second...
Two seconds...
Three seconds...
...
Time ticked by second by second.
Lin Beichen remained still like an old monk meditating, maintaining the same posture, looking up at the sky, letting the wind and rain whip his face.
The people in the pavilion couldn't help but notice him!
"Doesn't this kid seem rather peculiar?"
"Is he really okay?"
"In such heavy rain, he seems to be enjoying it?"
"..."
Many whispered, and several took out their phones, wanting to record the strange person they encountered on the mountain top today.
Their focus, Lin Beichen, gradually found the sensation!
At this moment, the bright bolts of lightning in his eyes gradually linked together, forming a light screen, emitting a somewhat familiar light.
His consciousness uncontrollably drifted into the light screen.
In an instant!
Time paused, space inverted!
The next moment.
He felt himself entering a realm of chaos, resembling the environment when he was first reborn.
Just that...
This time.
He could still feel the rock beneath his feet on the mountain top, the pavilion not far away, and the wind's howling, the rain's beating.
But...
There was no thunder!
"Why?"
"Where is the thunder??"
Lin Beichen furrowed his brow; he sensed that he was on the verge of enlightenment, yet something was just slightly out of reach!
"What's missing?"
"What's the connection with the sudden disappearance of the thunder?"
"..."
Lin Beichen was lost in deep thought, and when he snapped back to reality, he realized he could no longer feel the rock beneath him, nor the pavilion, nor anything!
Except...
The wind was still the same wind, and the rain was still the same rain.
"This..."
Lin Beichen's body trembled, and his eyes lit up instantly; he felt his previously blocked train of thought suddenly clear!
"I was always comprehending the thunder, but comprehending the thunder is about creating a cultivation method to control it, right?"
"Thunder exists in the world but also doesn't exist. Or to be precise, it doesn't always exist; it needs to be created!"
"And how is thunder created? Did I observe and comprehend it correctly on that rainy day? Is the world I see truly the world? Is the wind really wind? Is the rain really rain?"
"What if... this world is seen as an inner world of a person, then can it be imagined that everything I see is merely cycles within the body?"
"The wind is not wind; it's energy force!"
"The rain is not rain; it's vitality!"
"Thunder shouldn't exist inherently; it's born from the energy force and vitality!"
"If this cycle is applied to humans..."
Just as Lin Beichen was about to think further, he suddenly felt the wind and rain around him become agitated.
The wind carried the rain, and the rain permeated the wind, separating yet blending, filling this chaotic space!
"This feeling..."
Lin Beichen felt he had touched the edge of enlightenment!
In the next instant!
The wind abruptly stopped, and the rain ceased!
Right after.
A massive purple lightning bolt split the chaos!
It also pierced through the fog in his consciousness!
Breaking through clouds for a clear sky!
He attained enlightenment!
This lightning not only existed in consciousness but also manifested in the real world.
Lightning burst through the thick clouds, illuminating the sky at that moment!
Light and darkness alternated.
The sky and earth vast, dark clouds continuous, wind and rain howling, dust and stones flying in the air!
Lin Beichen sat on the ground, yet it felt like he stood between heaven and earth, the wind and rain near but not touching him, as if he had transcended and ascended!