Chapter 72: Transcending Tribulation
At the same time, within the mountain range.
Looking at himself still standing in the same spot, Feng Shi blinked, looking completely dumbfounded.
“Qingqing! What is going on!?” After being stunned for a long time, Feng Shi finally raised a hand to scratch his messy hair. During this movement, he unexpectedly caught a whiff of something burnt.
Logically speaking, one teleportation talisman could transport two people. Why was he left behind?
Moreover… being left behind was one thing, but how did it seem like he had also… been f*cking struck by lightning?
Centered around Feng Shi, the surrounding area had turned into a large, scorched black crater.
It wasn’t just him; Yan Ze, who was lying face down next to him, was the same. Sporting a matching afro with Feng Shi, he had already kicked the bucket and passed out.
[Host, special situation! You are about to break through to the Jindan stage, so you attracted today’s heavenly thunder! (σ′▽‵) Therefore, the system suggests that you quickly find a safe, high place to act as a lightning rod~]
Feng Shi puffed out a mouthful of black smoke. Looking up at the massive dark clouds gathering overhead again, he asked: “Where is my Shizun?”
[Rest assured, Host! To guarantee the protagonist’s safety, the system has already safely transported him out~]
Feng Shi looked down at his boots, which had been blown open to expose his toes, and his pants, which were now showing his calves. Having nothing left to say, he silently lifted his legs and started walking up the mountain.
The first bolt of heavenly thunder was just to give Feng Shi a taste, so its power was still acceptable. But the intensity of the subsequent thunderbolts grew stronger and stronger. He had to calm his mind, focus his spirit, use spiritual energy to protect his body, and guide the lightning into his dantian to temper the core into shape.
[Host, the shop is dedicated to serving you, with all kinds of items available! If you can’t hold on, you can summon Qingqing at any time~]
“Okay.”
Transcending tribulation at the Jindan stage was no trivial matter, and Feng Shi wasn’t absolutely certain of success, so he didn’t dare to be the slightest bit negligent.
He rode Wucheng slightly deeper into the mountain range and picked a mountain with seemingly sparse vegetation to avoid accidentally starting a forest fire.
Perhaps sensing that someone was about to transcend tribulation here, the demonic beasts and other creatures on the mountain all swarmed down the mountain en masse.
Feng Shi sat cross-legged on an exposed boulder at the summit, closing his eyes to focus on regulating his breathing. His surroundings were completely serene; besides the pattering rain and the muffled thunder in the clouds, there was nothing else.
A moment later, Feng Shi had a faint premonition. Sure enough, not long after, the massive thunder gathered at the zenith poured down with a crack, like water overflowing from a funnel.
The wrist-thick lightning struck right at his head. It was by no means a comfortable feeling; Feng Shi’s hands and feet went numb. Amidst the pain, he still methodically circulated his spiritual breath, gathering the pure spiritual energy tempered by the heavenly thunder in his dantian.
This spiritual energy continuously rotated, eventually forming a chaotic and hazy core shape.
The second bolt, finished.
Feng Shi took a deep breath, adjusting himself.
Outside the mountain gate, sensing that someone was actually transcending tribulation at this time, the elders of the various sects were all astonished.
“This…”
“By the looks of it, is this the thunder tribulation for the Jindan stage?”
“Indeed. May I ask the elders, has any disciple under your doors shown signs of breaking through recently?”
“Not at all. Could it be…”
The elder who spoke stopped there.
Everyone exchanged glances, seeing the exact same answer in each other’s eyes. For some reason, they had all coincidentally thought of the same thing.
Zi Ping also realized the issue and hastily transmitted a voice message to Qiu Changzhou: “Old Qiu, quickly see if that kid from your sect is transcending tribulation!”
Standing in the viewing tower, Qiu Changzhou received the transmission, his expression grave.
Naturally, he had also seen the heavenly thunder of the tribulation. It was indeed a Jindan stage thunder tribulation without a doubt, but… that kid Feng Shi was only nineteen, and it had barely been over a year since he broke through to Zhuji. How could anyone be so fast…
Wait.
A person suddenly surfaced in Qiu Changzhou’s mind.
Liu Yi.
That was a true, stunning genius. Before he was thirty, he had already become an existence that everyone in the cultivation world could only look up to in despair.
Therefore, if Feng Shi was breaking through right now, it seemed it wasn’t completely impossible.
Qiu Changzhou’s heartbeat quickened, his gaze locked onto the scorched, unidentifiable figure on the screen.
The Jindan stage thunder tribulation consisted of nine bolts. Others couldn’t interfere; one could only rely on themselves to endure it.
Looking at the heavenly thunder condensing in the sky again, Qiu Changzhou felt as if he were experiencing it himself, his palms unconsciously sweating.
Suddenly, a hand patted his shoulder.
Qiu Changzhou let out a loud shout, springing up from his seat. Just as he was about to curse, he saw the face of the person behind him clearly and instantly couldn’t squeeze out a single word.
“Shi, Shidi?”
“Shixiong, it’s Feng Shi.”
Shen Songhe pressed his lips together tightly.
At this moment, he had already restored his original appearance. His long brows were tightly furrowed on his jade-white face, a faint trace of imperceptible hostility wandering between his eyes.
“I shouldn’t have come back.”
Shen Songhe locked his gaze on Feng Shi, then slightly lowered his eyes, his tone seemingly full of self-blame.
Qiu Changzhou’s scalp went numb. As a rough man, how could he know how to comfort people? In his anxiousness, he managed to squeeze out: “Aiya, Feng Shi is transcending tribulation. Even if you were beside him, Shidi, you’d just be anxiously watching, it’s useless!”
Shen Songhe lightly raised his eyes.
Qiu Changzhou gasped inwardly, sweat instantly breaking out on his back, his tongue tying in knots: “Actually… um, actually, I think it’d be somewhat useful haha. You see, if Feng Shi saw you, he’d definitely feel more secure in his heart…”
Hearing this, Shen Songhe finally softened his expression, hooking a faint smile: “Shixiong is right. I think so too.”
Qiu Changzhou shivered, probing: “Then Shidi is going to…?”
“I’ll have to trouble Shixiong to explain for me.”
Another moment later, several elders squeezed together in front of the screen, staring at the black figure on the mountaintop inside, and the white figure standing quietly in the rain with an umbrella at the foot of the mountain. They whispered among themselves: “Is that black coal ball really that kid from before?”
“Can’t tell, he’s too black.”
“Forget about him. Aren’t you all curious about the legendary, peerlessly handsome Yubai Jun?”
“Indeed, indeed. Truly peerless in this world.”
“But speaking of which, this master and disciple are both extremely good-looking…”
From behind, Qiu Changzhou kicked them in their butts, veins popping on his forehead: “Enough! You f*cking bunch of terrible old geezers!”
T/N: Transcending tribulation is basically taking a literal lightning bath to level up. 10/10 would not recommend.
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