People rarely use Thunderproof Wood to build houses. For one, it has a long growth cycle and is expensive. For another, it's simply unnecessary.
You rarely hear of anyone being struck dead by lightning. You'd be better off worrying about choking on your food, which is obviously far more likely.
In truth, there was another reason: Thunderproof Wood caught fire more easily than ordinary wood. A single spark could ignite a roaring inferno.
In the short time it had taken her to get here from Tian Fu's courtyard, the ancestral hall had already burned to an unrecognizable state.
A man who looked like a butler was directing the servants to fight the fire. "Quick! Put out the fire over here! My god, this blaze is huge!"
"You few over there! Yes, you! Soak your clothes and go get the ancestral tablets!"
The servants who were singled out all dodged away, grabbing their buckets and scurrying off to find water.
'Are you kidding me? The fire's this huge—going in would be certain death!'
