Chapter 64 Tianxuan's Breakthrough
"Breakthrough? Breakthrough realm?" Li Chang'an was slightly taken aback.
The cultivators on the platform mentioned before that Tianxuan Star Lord was at the seventh level of the Golden Core stage, right? It's unbelievable that he was able to break through to the Nascent Soul stage so quickly.
Tianxuan nodded: "Yes."
He sighed, "Breaking through from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage requires a large amount of spiritual energy. It's best to stay in a place with abundant spiritual energy during this period, so..."
Tianxuan looked at Li Chang'an and clasped her hands in a fist salute: "May I break through the tribulation in the Xuanling Immortal Mountain?"
The Cangxuan Realm is currently lacking in spiritual energy, which cannot support his successful formation of the Nascent Soul stage.
The spiritual energy in Xuanling Immortal Mountain became even more concentrated as Li Chang'an's cultivation level increased, making the chances of forming a Nascent Soul here much higher than outside.
From any perspective, Li Chang'an had no reason to refuse Tianxuan's request to undergo tribulation here.
"Of course you can. Just choose a quiet place so we won't disturb you. The heavenly lightning contains a lot of spiritual energy. After your tribulation, I'll have even more high-quality spiritual soil."
Tianxuan chuckled, nodded, and then chose to undergo her tribulation on the North Floating Island.
The North Floating Island is the second smallest floating island. Passing through a small grove of trees, you'll find a lake that's a little over two acres in size, with many red flowers growing along its shore.
Tianxuan walked through the flower bushes, facing the sea of clouds to the east, and sat down cross-legged to begin meditation.
To break through to the Nascent Soul stage, one needs to overcome inner demons, shatter the core to form the Nascent Soul, and then rebuild from the ashes.
Tianxuan has no obsessions or lingering resentments.
Perhaps when breaking through to the Golden Core stage, one is still young and may still be troubled by the brief bond with one's parents, thus allowing inner demons to take advantage of the situation.
The inner demon told him that his parents had a younger brother and sister after they sent him away. Tianxuan was sad for a moment, but he quickly came to terms with it.
He hadn't spent much time with them, so there was really no need to be too attached to them.
Compared to himself more than twenty years ago, he is now much more easygoing and easygoing. Even though he has met many people and experienced many things in the Cangxuan Realm under the alias Tian Xuan, as long as he doesn't care, his inner demons can't do anything to him.
The process of overcoming inner demons went quite smoothly.
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That evening, Li Chang'an went to the North Floating Island for a look.
At night, the North Floating Island is surrounded by tranquil lakes where the reflections of the stars in the sky can be seen. Upon closer inspection, one can also see faint glimmers of light in the water.
Li Chang'an walked forward curiously and saw the blue glow swimming in the lake—it was the only thirty or so fish.
Li Chang'an glanced at it and then looked away, focusing his gaze on Tianxuan in front of him.
Blue rays of light swirled around Tianxuan in a linear fashion. Whether it was an illusion or not, the stars above the North Floating Island twinkled, as if echoing those blue rays of light.
Li Chang'an watched for a while, and after confirming that Tianxuan was in good condition, he turned around and quietly left.
The next morning, Li Chang'an went to Lingxu Fish to retrieve the water essence.
The next water crystal is already half-formed, and I estimate I'll be able to get it in February.
Li Chang'an nodded in satisfaction, no longer looking at the bewildered spirit fish, and took the water essence to the East Floating Island.
He put the water essence into that acre of paddy field.
This acre of paddy field has been planted with spirit rice for almost four rounds, but not a single rice plant has reached the celestial grade.
Superior spiritual soil only shortens the ripening time of spiritual crops, but it cannot change the quality of the crops.
Li Chang'an guessed that the reason might be that the spiritual energy was not enough.
This is the second water spirit. If it still doesn't work, we'll put in another water spirit.
If all else fails, he can continue his tribulation here when he breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage.
I refuse to believe that by then, the spiritual energy in this superior spiritual soil will still be insufficient.
Upon returning home, Li Chang'an drew a cleansing talisman, making the house clean inside and out.
Then, he took out the red paper he had bought the day before and led the mushroom spirits to write the character "福" (fortune) and cut paper-cuts.
The mandrill held a brush and drew a self-portrait on red paper.
The fungus spirits grew larger, their two tentacles gripping a brush, drawing crooked curves on red paper. Later, they even joined the mandrills in drawing their own self-portraits.
Several mushroom spirits stood beside a large red paper, following the video steps on the tablet to fold the paper, then together they raised their scissors to start cutting. The last one pulled a corner open, and a perfect paper-cut window decoration was created.
None of the "福" (good fortune) characters were written correctly, but the paper-cut window decorations were all very beautiful.
Li Chang'an ignored it and pasted up the "Fu" character and window decorations. The walls inside and outside the house were covered with crooked "Fu" characters, and even the walls and pillars of the warehouse, pigsty, chicken coop, and duck shed were covered with them.
Afterwards, Li Chang'an went to Wolu Mountain to cut some pine and cypress branches, and also went to the terraced fields to cut some tea tree branches. Together with the mandrill, he smoked cured meat on the back side of Wolu Mountain.
The pork belly and ribs were marinated yesterday with cinnamon, Sichuan peppercorns, fennel seeds, and other seasonings. They were then smoked on pine and cypress branches, with tea tree branches added. After a while, a faint aroma began to waft out.
After smoking for ten hours, Li Chang'an hung the cured pork and pork ribs in the yard to dry.
It was already evening, and Li Chang'an started frying crispy pork again.
While they were busy, Xie Kuling and Xie Xuan arrived with a gift package of fruit, milk, and snacks.
The uncle and nephew had only come to deliver a gift and didn't stay long. Before leaving, Xie Kuling invited Li Chang'an and the others to set off fireworks at Qingfeng Sect at midnight the next night.
In Ling'an City, setting off fireworks at midnight on the first day of the Lunar New Year is a custom to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new, opening the gates of heaven to welcome the God of Wealth. Of course, some believers in the God of Boundless Deity also believe that this is a way to commemorate the once-great God of Boundless Deity.
After all, when the God of Boundless Deity fell, it was as if fireworks were going off above Ling'an City, with dazzling golden particles falling down.
Upon hearing Xie Kuling's invitation, the mandrill poked its head out from behind Li Chang'an's legs: "We're not going to set off firecrackers, are we?"
Xie Kuling and Xie Xuan then noticed the tiny mandrill.
Xie Xuan asked in confusion, "What is this?"
This was the first time they had ever seen a mountain demon, despite having visited Xuanling Immortal Mountain so many times.
There was nothing they could do; the mandrills always hid, afraid to meet or speak with them.
Now that the impulse had acted up, the eyes of Xie's uncle and nephew were both on it. The mandrill gripped Li Chang'an's trouser leg tightly, feeling a little regretful, and continued to hide behind Li Chang'an.
“This is a mandrill,” Li Chang’an introduced.
"No wonder." Xie Kuling smiled and said, "Don't worry, the firecrackers will be set off before the New Year's Eve dinner. We'll only set off fireworks at night."
In the past, setting off firecrackers during the Lunar New Year was believed to ward off evil spirits.
At that time, mountain demons were also considered a kind of evil spirit.
The mountain demon in Xuanling Immortal Mountain was driven away by people with firecrackers 6,000 years ago and hid in Wolu Mountain.
Later, Mount Wolu was incorporated into the Xuanling Immortal Mountain range by the Boundless God, facing a great calamity. Because of its low cultivation level, the mountain god of Mount Wolu used his divine power to help it fall into a deep sleep, so as to avoid the fate of being destroyed by the loss of spiritual energy.
Upon hearing that there would be no firecrackers, the mandrill breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."
It still quite enjoys watching fireworks. When the time comes, it will stay far away, use its spiritual power to seal its hearing, and just watch the fireworks fall.
After the Xie family uncle and nephew left, Li Chang'an went back inside to continue frying crispy pork.
The next day was Lunar New Year's Eve.
Early in the morning, Li Chang'an took out the gifts he had bought the day before yesterday.
The mushroom spirits were given toys that children like, such as building blocks and toy cars.
He also bought yarn and knitted tiny hats and scarves for each of the mushroom spirits.
The fungus spirits are usually very small, and they don't spend much time knitting scarves or hats.
For the kites, there were some decorations. Gold and red tassels were hung on the kite trees, and from a distance, the gold and red tassels on the green leaves of the kite trees looked quite beautiful.
Once the New Year celebrations are over and the birds no longer like the decorations, he will take them down and replace them with something else.
For the mandrill, there was a cell phone, a tablet, and a crab plush pillow.
It now has its own little room in Li Chang'an's home, and he happily puts the crab doll on the bed as soon as he gets it.
What was given to the Blade Spirit was a new set of clothes.
It's a style that modern people often wear: a long-sleeved inner layer, trousers, a thin jacket, and a pair of shoes.
Knowing that Blade & Soul always wears black, Li Chang'an also bought a black coat, trousers, and shoes, with only his inner layer being white.
The sword spirit glanced at the outfit, then looked up at Li Chang'an.
Li Chang'an felt inexplicably guilty and said, "Look, we're all wearing these kinds of clothes, but you're wearing ancient costume. You don't fit in."
After receiving her salary, Cha Jing bought several new outfits.
"Besides, you have to wear new clothes for the New Year." He didn't buy any festive red clothes, which was already very good.
The sword spirit remained silent for a moment, then raised his hand. A flash of silver light appeared, and the modern clothes appeared on his body.
Li Chang'an then smiled with satisfaction.
The overall art style is finally harmonious now.
He was also certain that Senior Blade Spirit was indeed adapting to their way of life.
Finally, there's the gift for Black Sword.
Two days ago, Li Chang'an specially bought silver-white silk thread and made a sword tassel according to an online tutorial, which he then hung on the hilt of his black sword.
Black Sword clearly liked the gift too, and flew around Li Chang'an once. The sword tassel turned into a silver-white afterimage at such high speed, just like the sword light unleashed by the sword spirit.
After distributing the New Year's gifts, Li Chang'an began preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.
He caught a black-scaled fish in the Ningjing River, killed it, removed its scales, sliced it, and made a dish of pickled fish.
Next, we made spicy and garlic-flavored crayfish, steamed hairy crabs, dry-pot shrimp, beer-braised duck, spicy chicken, and radish and pork rib soup.
Once the dishes are cooked and placed on the table, they are marked with heat-preserving charms, so there's no need to worry about them getting cold and losing their flavor.
Li Chang'an also prepared some vegetarian dishes.
The New Year's Eve dinner usually consists of lots of meat and fish, but he soaked the radishes last night, so they're ready to eat today.
The tangy and spicy pickled radish is perfect for cutting through the richness of the food.
As the last dish was served, Li Chang'an was about to make some milk tea and fruit tea when he suddenly noticed that tribulation clouds were beginning to gather in the sky.
Tribulation clouds? Does that mean Tianxuan Xingjun has successfully broken through and begun his tribulation?
Li Chang'an dried his hands and sat in the courtyard with the tea essence and mushroom essence, looking at the sky.
To break through to the Nascent Soul stage, one must undergo a total of twenty-seven heavenly lightning strikes.
The sky turned gloomy, and a bolt of lightning crashed down towards the North Floating Island.
Li Chang'an was stunned.
"Is it just my imagination?" he murmured to himself.
That bolt of lightning was a bright white light with a hint of purple.
Li Chang'an remembered that the heavenly lightning he experienced during his tribulation was all golden.
Could the color of lightning tribulation vary from person to person?
Li Chang'an's voice was drowned out by the thunder, and no one noticed.
Only the sword spirit glanced at him briefly before slowly looking away.
The twenty-seven bolts of heavenly lightning were struck down an hour later.
As the clouds of calamity dispersed, brightness and warmth returned to the Xuanling Immortal Mountain.
Li Chang'an arrived at the North Floating Island.
The inferior spiritual soil on the entire island has been transformed into superior spiritual soil. The ordinary trees could not withstand the heavenly lightning and were turned into piles of ashes. There is still the smell of burning wood in the air.
The red flowers by the lake and the fish in the lake are all doing well.
Golden particles float in the basic manual, forming text descriptions next to red flowers and fish in the lake:
【Wanlingrui】: A mid-level spiritual plant with a delicate fragrance that can relieve mental fatigue and heal damage to the mind.
【Night-Sleeping Fish】: It can relieve insomnia and fatigue, and treat damage to the mind and spirit.
Li Chang'an glanced at it briefly before walking to Tianxuan's side.
Tianxuan remained seated in meditation, gazing at the distant sea of clouds, seemingly lost in thought.
He still bore the wounds from his ordeal, and his clothes were stained with blood seeping from his wounds.
"How is the Star Lord?" Li Chang'an asked after a moment's hesitation.
Tianxuan came to her senses, looked up at Li Chang'an, and smiled: "Don't worry, I'm fine."
After he finished speaking, he got up from the ground, waved his hand, and changed his blood-stained clothes into a clean set.
"During the tribulation, I subconsciously used my spiritual power to protect the plants and spiritual creatures on the island. It's just a pity that I was not powerful enough and I couldn't protect those trees."
Those trees were ordinary trees; to protect them from the heavenly lightning would require many times more spiritual power.
He realized the problem during the tenth heavenly lightning strike, and finally had to give up when he was exhausted during the twentieth strike.
Li Chang'an said without any concern, "It's alright, as long as you successfully transcended the tribulation."
He can plant more of these Myriad Spirit Buds in the place where that forest originally grew.
Li Chang'an smiled and said, "Let's go, the New Year's Eve dinner is ready, they're all waiting for you."
Tianxuan seemed to have calmed down a bit, and smiled, saying, "Okay."
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