Xiang Wan hadn't expected that the moment the baby in her dantian was fully formed, golden light suddenly flooded into her eyes.

Its eyes were tightly closed, and it sat in a meditative posture, continuing to absorb spiritual energy, cold energy, and unknown substances from the top of its head. Every now and then, its small mouth would open, and it would spit out a bead about the thickness of a baby's little finger, which would then circle around its body.

As more and more beads were expelled, the infant's form became increasingly solid, showing faint signs of opening its eyes. The spiritual energy around its body was also gradually repairing the meridians that had been torn apart.

Xiang Wan exhaled a breath of stale air, feeling a wave of comfort wash over her.

She made the right bet; Ziyi didn't abandon her!

Before it could think about the reason, the little cloud dream beast suddenly started to struggle.

"Master, Master, I've absorbed too much spiritual energy, and I might have attracted a tribulation of lightning. Waaaaah, I've only ever heard of adult Cloud Dream Beasts having to undergo tribulations to advance to the next rank, how come I, an underage beast, can also attract thunderclouds? My mother always says I have extraordinary talent, but I don't want to at all! Waaaaah, Master, what should I do?"

The little cloud dream beast looked mournful, and its fur stood on end.

Xiang Wan didn't open her eyes, but when she released her divine sense, she was instantly stunned.

There were no tribulation clouds when she cultivated her golden core, so why is she about to be struck by lightning when she creates a child?

This is so unfair! They won't even let people raise children! No wonder cultivators are all lonely!

"Xiao Meng, are you really sure you can advance?"

"It's absolutely true! My mother said that when you advance in rank, you're so full you can't stand it anymore, and then you feel a barrier inexplicably appear inside your body. If you try to break through it, you'll get struck by lightning. Waaaaah, I'm still a baby, Master, you have to protect me!" The little Cloud Dream Beast stopped struggling, looking utterly hopeless.

Xiang Wan didn't want to be struck by lightning either, but she also felt a barrier, which was the eyes of the little baby in her dantian. It was a little difficult to open, as if she needed to rely on external force.

what to do?

She hasn't experienced any of these things. Does cultivating immortality require being struck by lightning to continue?

Can't you just move away?

As soon as this idea came to mind, Xiang Wan instinctively felt it was inappropriate.

I always felt that if I avoided it, the baby would remain blind forever.

Oh well, let her get hit. She's not easily scared.

Even when her blood vessels ruptured all over her body, she didn't even flinch. What was there to be afraid of?

Xiang Wan glanced at the baby again, finished her cultivation, stood up, raised a finger, and pointed at the bolt of lightning in the sky, saying, "Come on, stop dawdling!"

The little cloud dream beast was dumbfounded. It really didn't expect that Xiang Wan would dare to provoke Jie Yun!

"Um," it said weakly, "could you put me down first?" You're so tough, you go first. I'd better hide first; my little body isn't strong enough to be struck by lightning even half a time.

Xiang Wan thought for a moment and then untied the strip of cloth.

If it gets struck by lightning, its clothes will definitely burn, and the little cloud dream beast will fall down sooner or later. It's better to take a couple of hits for it first. It's my beast, so I should pamper it!

Unexpectedly, just as Xiang Wan had this thought, the little cloud dream beast landed and disappeared without a trace, before she could finish expressing her feelings.

The clouds surged, and dark clouds that blotted out the sun quickly gathered above her head. With a loud "boom," a bolt of lightning as thick as a waist illuminated the entire sky.

"Huh, how come I can see the top of my head clearly now?" Just as Xiang Wan thought of this, the lightning was already in mid-air. With a "crack", a transparent barrier flashed in mid-air and disappeared, and the lightning tribulation was gone too.

Immediately afterwards, the entire area trembled, causing the gravel path beneath her feet to shake.

Before she could even regain her footing, another bolt of lightning, even thicker than the first, struck down from above.

Xiang Wan looked up, quickly pulled a flying sword from her storage bag, infused it with spiritual power, and pointed it at the sky, saying, "Come in if you dare!"

Zi Yi returned to the main hall, opened the water mirror, and happened to hear this sentence. Her eyes froze for a moment.

He made hand seals, directing the cloud formations in mid-air to divert most of the wandering golden light elsewhere.

The lightning, with all its might, broke through the previously blocked area and rushed straight into the evening.

"I miscalculated! That barrier didn't even react!" Xiang Wan didn't move. She raised her flying sword high above her head, and an ice spike thicker than her wrist condensed from the hilt, connecting directly to the path beneath her feet.

The lightning struck the flying sword and quickly descended.

Xiang Wan let go of the lightning right next to her, and before she could react, her whole body was numbed by the electric shock.

"Damn it, I completely forgot that shoes aren't insulated!"

When Xiang Wan saw the lightning, the thought of a lightning rod immediately came to mind. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time, and she hadn't had a chance to set it up yet.

Water can conduct electricity, so ice must be able to too, right?

This is why Xiang Wan spared no effort in provoking Jie Yun.

Unfortunately, they calculated the beginning but not the end.

Such a thick bolt of lightning has a voltage of at least hundreds of thousands of volts. Standing next to it would attract ions, let alone the fact that she was standing on a gravel road that attracted lightning!

Feeling numb all over and unable to move, Xiang Wan was filled with regret.

I should have refrained from provoking them and made thorough preparations!

At this moment, her body was charred black, and the cold energy within her body, carrying lightning, was gathering from all parts of her body towards her dantian.

The lightning, weakened several times over, instantly scorched the baby upon contact, turning it as black as Xiang Wan, who was standing still.

However, the baby didn't seem to feel any pain. It grabbed a small bead that was floating around and put it in its mouth to chew. After a while, its whole body turned white.

"Boom!"

Another bolt of lightning struck. Xiang Wan had just regained some consciousness when she quickly threw everything in her storage bag that could attract lightning above her head. At the same time, she condensed another block of ice, locking a large sword in place beside her.

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