Chapter 156: The Baby
The moment he survived the thunder tribulation, Su Qingwu fell directly into an illusion.
The inner demon calamity targets the most vulnerable part of a person’s heart.
She had gone through three tests at the Wuji Academy in Yuehua Realm, and her determination to pursue the truth was firm, with no obvious weaknesses.
However, the inner demon is also not simple. It has created an illusion that is most tempting to all cultivators, the path to immortality.
Being in a fantasy world, the original memory is completely blurred.
A ladder appeared in front of Su Qingwu.
There was a voice inside my heart that kept telling me that as long as I climbed the ladder to heaven, I would become an immortal, live forever and enjoy equal status with the world.
She stared at the ladder for a long time and took a step forward.
The right foot landed on solid ground, and the ladder to heaven seemed real.
Su Qingwu felt confused for a moment.
Is the path to becoming an immortal so easy?
Looking up, you can see the end of the ladder at a glance, where there is a gate emitting dazzling golden light.
The voice in her heart kept urging her to climb the ladder as soon as possible.
When the time comes, as long as you push open that gate to heaven, you can be reborn and transform yourself from a mortal into an immortal.
Su Qingwu stared at Tianmen without blinking for a long time. Then he closed his eyes, looked away, and asked the voice in his heart.
"Who are you?"
"I am you and you are me."
"Impossible! Although your voice is the same as mine, I am sure that you are another independent individual."
"Why do you think so? If I were not you, how could you hear my voice? I will not harm you. Climb the ladder to heaven, push open the gate of heaven, and you will become an immortal right away!"
After hearing this, Su Qingwu not only did not continue to move forward, but instead withdrew his right foot that had stepped onto the ladder.
"Although I don't know why my memory is so fuzzy and I can't remember anything from the past, my intuition tells me that the path to becoming an immortal can't be that simple!"
"Intuition is not always correct. This ladder only exists for a limited time. If you hesitate any longer, it will disappear!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the first level of the ladder, which originally appeared white jade, became transparent to the naked eye, and then gradually disappeared into ashes.
At the same time, the voice in my heart rang again.
"Did you see that? If you hesitate any longer, the ladder will disappear layer by layer. If you miss this chance to become an immortal, you will definitely regret it!"
Su Qingwusi remained unmoved.
"As long as it's my decision, no matter what the result is, I will never regret it!"
As these words came out, the second level of the ladder slowly disappeared.
Su Qingwu looked at this scene and felt calmer.
At this moment, the voice was still speaking misleading words.
"You will definitely regret it!"
"The path to becoming an immortal is what countless cultivators dream of. You can reach immortality in one step, so why give up?"
"Don't you want to live forever?"
"As long as you haven't become an immortal, no matter how powerful you are, your life span is limited, and you will eventually turn into a pile of dry bones!"
As if to verify these words, a water mirror appeared out of thin air in front of Su Qingwu.
The mirror reflected the figure of a girl in black with bright eyes and white teeth, exactly like herself.
However, soon, the appearance of the person in the mirror changed.
She used to have fair skin, but gradually she aged. Wrinkles covered her cheeks, her black hair turned snowy, and her body became hunched...
This process continued for a long time, until finally, it turned into a pile of bones.
The tempting voice in my ear rang again.
"Look, if you can't become an immortal, this is your ultimate fate!"
"What are you still hesitating about? The ladder is disappearing. Climb up now and push open the door to avoid this ending!"
After hearing these words, Su Qingwu smiled slightly.
"If it's so good, why don't you go?"
"I am you, if you go, I will naturally benefit too!"
"I don't believe that. From the beginning to the end, your goal is to make me push open the Heavenly Gate. So can I speculate that behind the Heavenly Gate is not the fairyland, but the abyss of eternal damnation?"
"Why would you think that? I won't hurt you!"
"Although my memory is fuzzy and I can't remember what happened in the past, I'm not stupid. You were so anxious when you saw the ladder disappear. Will you disappear too?"
"What are you talking about? I'm just worried about you. What does this have to do with me?"
This time, Guhuo's voice carried a hint of unnoticeable panic.
If one can overcome the calamity of the inner demon, then the corresponding inner demon will naturally no longer exist.
Su Qingwu's words hit the sore spot of the inner demon.
In fact, in this illusion, the trap was indeed on the heavenly gate.
As long as you step onto the ladder to heaven and push open the gate to heaven, it means that you have failed to overcome the inner demon calamity.
At that time, the inner demon will be able to devour Su Qingwu's body and soul in reality and have a full meal.
Now that she had revealed the key, the speed at which the ladder disappeared increased dramatically.
The inner demon knew that this action had failed, so he stopped trying to hide it and said viciously:
"So what? Being trapped here is also a kind of eternal life in another sense. What's wrong with that? You won this time, but can you guarantee that you will win every time? There will be greater disasters waiting for you in the future!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the ladder and the gate disappeared without a trace with a bang.
The illusion was shattered at this moment, Su Qingwu returned to reality, and his originally vague memories were completely restored.
The inner demon calamity was successfully overcome.
From this moment on, she became a true Yuanying monk!
Above the cave, the originally gray calamity clouds gradually turned golden.
After a moment, a layer of golden light enveloped the area.
This light can repair the damage caused by lightning.
Su Qingwu had not been injured before, so after this golden light descended, it actually enhanced his defense.
The shroud of light lasted for about a hundred breaths, and her defense was directly upgraded to the level of a top-grade magic weapon.
Afterwards, the disaster clouds dissipated.
The monks who were watching the tribulation from afar saw this and gradually dispersed and returned to their caves.
A few of them flew towards where Su Qingwu was and congratulated him respectfully.
Among those who rent caves nearby, most are at the Jindan stage, and there are also some at the Zhuji and Yuanying stages.
As for cultivators at the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation stages and above, they are basically not seen.
The former is unable to rent such a cave due to limited financial resources.
Except for those with better family backgrounds, most Qi-refining cultivators cannot afford one hundred middle-grade spirit stones. If one has a good family background, he or she will naturally have a better place to live.
As for those who have reached the Spirit Transformation stage and above, at least each person has a mountain, and they will not choose to rent a cave or courtyard in the city.
Su Qingwu was always gentle and polite to those who came to congratulate him, and did not discriminate based on the level of their cultivation.
As a result, all the practitioners had a good impression of her.
Tianhe City was extremely large, with countless cultivators in the city. The news that she had given birth to a baby and caused the red lightning to strike spread quickly.
Wangxianlou, which rents out the cave, naturally also learned about this.
As everyone knows, the stronger one's strength, the more powerful the thunder will be.
Therefore, the manager of Wangxian Tower who was in charge of leasing matters, out of the desire to maintain good relations, waived the compensation for the cave that was damaged by the lightning.
Half a day later, the brand new cave was completed.
Su Qingwu continued to stay here to deal with the visitors from other colleagues.
In the process of talking with these people, she got a better understanding of the details of the power division in this world.