Li Ze shook his head and then briefly recounted what had happened after he fell unconscious.
Mo Xingjue stared intently at Li Ze, "You did a very good job not to touch that skeleton."
As he spoke, Mo Xingjue pulled Li Ze into his arms, even Ji Chuan and Ji Shuo were entangled with him. If it were his A Ze—
Thinking about this, Mo Xing felt a lingering fear.
Li Ze gently patted Mo Xingjue's back, silently comforting him.
The two hugged for a while, and after their emotions calmed down, Mo Xingjue tried to absorb the dense malevolent energy here. He then discovered that the spiritual energy here was not only dense, but also very pure.
"Aze, I plan to attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage here," Mo Xingjue said solemnly. There were too many dangers around them, and only by becoming stronger could he protect Aze.
Li Ze was not surprised by Mo Xingjue's decision; if he were in Mo Xingjue's shoes, he would have made the same choice.
“I will protect you,” Li Ze said.
Mo Xingjue did not refuse, "I will set up an array first."
He doesn't know how to craft array plates and flags, but he has ready-made array plates and flags. Setting up an array is not difficult, but it will take him a lot of time.
They have plenty of time now.
Li Ze knew absolutely nothing about formations; the only contract formation he knew was one he had copied verbatim. However, after today, he planned to try to learn more about this subject in his spare time.
Mo Xingjue was setting up the formation, and he watched from the side, noting down every step Mo Xingjue took. Seeing his interest, Mo Xingjue simply explained as he set up the formation, pouring out all his limited knowledge of formations like beans being poured out.
“Once we get out of here, I will collect some books about formations, and we can study them together.” Mo Xingjue’s idea coincided with Li Ze’s.
With the formation successfully set up and seeing Li Ze enter the formation, Mo Xingjue finally felt at ease and entered a state of cultivation.
Breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage is no easy feat, and Li Ze guarded this position for three months. During those three months, he absorbed almost all the malevolent energy within a hundred miles.
As a result, Mo Xingjue's tribulation clouds hadn't arrived yet, but Li Ze's tribulation clouds had arrived first. However, in the next moment, Mo Xingjue's tribulation clouds also arrived.
The two were only ten meters apart. Within ten meters, two lightning tribulations were occurring, and the dark clouds were as thick as ink, as if they were about to pour down from mid-air.
Lightning bolts as thick as an adult's arm rolled and roared among the dark clouds, changing the color of the entire world.
When the first bolt of lightning struck, the area within a kilometer radius was instantly charred black.
"What's going on over there? Could some extraordinary treasure have appeared?"
"It doesn't look like a rare treasure to me, it looks like a tribulation of lightning."
"It's not surprising that it's a tribulation lightning, maybe someone got a lucky break and advanced on the spot. But this tribulation lightning is extraordinary, like the tribulation lightning for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, or even the Soul Transformation stage?"
"I'm more concerned about whether these belong to us cultivators or demons."
"Should we go and take a look? If it's a demon, we can take advantage of its weakened state during its tribulation to kill it; if it's a cultivator, we can protect it through its weakened state."
"Okay, let's go take a look. Maybe it's someone we know."
It wasn't just cultivators; the demons also had the same idea.
As a result, the cultivators and demons in the vicinity, each with their own thoughts, all moved closer to the direction of the heavenly lightning.
However, when they arrived at the scene, they were stunned—
How could two Nascent Soul stage cultivators advance to Deity Transformation simultaneously?
Why is one a demon and the other a cultivator?
Very good, their plan has been realized: kill the demons (cultivators) and protect the cultivators (demons).
Li Ze and Mo Xingjue, who were advancing in the process, were completely unaware of the outside world. They were also unaware that the cultivators and demons had split into two camps not far away, eyeing each other menacingly.
The tribulation of the Nascent Soul stage was extraordinary. Forty-nine lightning bolts struck for three days and three nights, turning Li Ze and Mo Xingjue into charred remains, unrecognizable. Beneath the charred remains, their injuries healed rapidly, only to be torn open again by the next lightning bolt.
When the dark clouds dispersed, the rain and dew descended, and the scorched earth instantly regained its vitality. Mo Xingjue was the first to wake up from his cultivation state, and the first thing he did was to put an outer robe on Li Ze, covering Li Ze's body completely.
Then he put on an outer robe for himself.
"It's Mo Xingjue!"
Someone in the monks' group exclaimed in surprise.
"It really is Mo Xingjue from Fengyang Sect, but isn't he only at the Nascent Soul stage?"
"He's only in his early thirties, isn't he?"
hiss--
Everyone gasped in astonishment. What kind of heaven-defying talent was this? A Nascent Soul cultivator at the age of thirty? He must be the first person in history to achieve this.
"The demon boy next to him looks younger."
"Mo Xingjue has really colluded with the demons and even advanced to the Nascent Soul stage together. What should we do about this?"
"Zhuang Mao, this is a disciple of your Fengyang Sect. What do you have to say about this?"
Now, everyone looked at Zhuang Mao.
Zhuang Mao frowned. "That Li Ze saved a disciple of our Fengyang Sect."
The implication was that their Fengyang Sect would not harm Li Ze, and would even protect him.
“Li Ze has also saved our disciples from the Crimson Pill Sect, and more than once.” Xue Qingge, the sect leader of the Crimson Pill Sect, also spoke up. She looked at everyone present and said, “Could you all please refrain from taking action against Li Ze before he does anything that could harm human cultivators, for my sake?”
The fact that the two sect leaders were protecting Li Ze made the cultivators present hesitate.
The demons, upon hearing the cultivators' conversation, also fell silent.
If a demon can save cultivators, would they still want to save him?
The answer is no.
Not only will they not help, they will also clean house.
But not now; they have more important things to do right now.
The demons looked at each other in bewilderment, and then, without prior arrangement, dispersed.
The demons left, and the cultivators followed suit, leaving only the people from Fengyang Sect and Chidan Sect behind.
"You all should leave too. The two of us, Sect Leader Xue and I, are enough for us here," Zhuang Mao said to the elders of Fengyang Sect.
Xue Qingge nodded. "That's right, we're enough."
After everyone else left, Zhuang Mao sighed, "What kind of mess is this?"
Despite having lived for thousands of years, seen countless things, and encountered numerous situations, nothing had ever left him so helpless; he truly didn't know what to do.
Xue Qingge smiled wryly, "Forget it, we'll deal with whatever comes our way. Let nature take its course."
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