Chapter 32: The object of heavenly punishment for forming a pill!
"Is Xiao Sheng still in there?" Ye Ziqing bent down and wiped the tears from Fang Yuan's face.
Looking at the little fox cub who had completely relaxed and fallen asleep due to exhaustion, his eyes softened slightly for a moment.
Then, after seeing a group of Jindan-stage leaders with weak auras around them, Ye Ziqing's expression immediately became fierce.
Let a young female cultivator in the foundation-building stage take the lead at this time?
Could it be that the golden elixir in your useless body was simply earned by eating dry rice three times a day?!
The eldest brother of the Hehuan Sect felt the anger, but he arrived late and ultimately said nothing.
Ye Ziqing, who is always sharp-tongued, remained silent for a rare moment.
He just looked deeply at all the team leaders present, and finally, stepped into the formation without hesitation.
"The last time we met, he was clearly still in the early stages of the Golden Core stage... but in such a short period of time, Ye Ziqing's cultivation has actually improved."
Qinghe held his injured arm and looked at Ye Ziqing's back with a complicated expression.
Yuan Qi, Qi An.
The names of these two people are well-known among the major sects, not because they are the new generation leaders of their respective sects, but because they have reached the Golden Core stage in their cultivation, yet they are still very young.
Qinghe, who is in the middle stage of Jindan, is 181 years old this year, Hua Meng, who is in the early stage of Jindan, is 127 years old, and Yan Hu is 163 years old.
In the past, these monks were not considered very old, which was enough for them to be called geniuses.
A cultivator in the Golden Core stage has a lifespan of five hundred years. Without the pressure of a near-ending lifespan, they clearly still have plenty of time to delve into the Dao, catch up with others in their cultivation progress, and become a legend in the eyes of countless people...
But this is an era that is not short of geniuses, and above all geniuses, there are even stronger geniuses.
Yuan Qi, who holds some of the real power in Zhongnan Taoist Sect, has broken through to the middle stage of Golden Elixir after eighty years of Taoism and is the youngest sect leader in the history of Zhongnan Taoist Sect.
Qi An, the Luoshui Sword Master of the Sword Palace, recently turned a hundred years old. With his cultivation in the late Jindan stage, he firmly sits on the position of the first disciple.
And Ye Ziqing...
Most of the Hehuan Sect's disciples are mysterious and live in seclusion. Because their cultivation methods are different from those of other sects, they are not often mentioned in the same breath with them.
No one knows the details of Ye Ziqing. Others only know that he has been active in the world of cultivation under the name of Hehuan Sect since the late stage of foundation building.
A rough calculation shows that it has been less than twenty years since he first appeared!
In less than twenty years, Ye Ziqing advanced from the late stage of foundation building to the middle stage of golden elixir... What an inhuman speed is this?
This group of top-notch geniuses, whether it is the background, their own talents, or their mysterious luck, how can they be achieved by ordinary people like them?
He looked down at Yan Hu, who had been knocked unconscious by a shot from a medical practitioner, and sighed softly to Hua Meng.
“But there’s nothing we can do…
We are all just ordinary cultivators. It is impossible for us to be like these geniuses favored by the heavens, who fearlessly rush to the front when encountering difficulties..."
A genius favored by heaven?
If Yuan Qi is, Qi An is, and Ye Ziqing is, could it be that Chu Sheng, who was previously trapped on the path and unable to make any progress, is also one of them?
As the next generation leader of the sect, he received the sect's full support of resources and training.
But just because we see the achievements of others, we become afraid and lose our ambition. We just want to avoid their edge and are unwilling to compete with them...
Once he feels fear, it means that Qinghe's Tao heart has been disturbed.
Hua Meng realized this and sighed imperceptibly.
She ignored Qinghe's self-pitying words and just prayed silently in her heart.
“…I hope Junior Sister Chu Sheng can successfully advance.”
"Junior Sister Chu Sheng will definitely be able to successfully advance!"
Chu Sheng, who was worried about Hua Meng, was holding up the Tianyan Demon-Suppressing Umbrella very skillfully before Ye Ziqing arrived at Zhongnan Taoist Sect. He rolled on the black dragon in an extremely provocative manner, and then quickly dodged by grabbing the whisk thrown by Yuan Qi in a very dangerous manner.
Looking at the thunder that was just a hair's breadth away from hitting him, Chu Sheng was grateful from the bottom of his heart for Gui Xuan's hard work in cultivating his physical fitness with medicinal soup day after day.
Although according to common sense, a breakthrough in the Way of Mercilessness does not actually require experiencing a thunder tribulation, the cultivator's perception of the Way of Heaven during a breakthrough will never be false.
Chu Sheng, who could only practice the ruthless way but joined the Hehuan Sect, was a cultivator who could not be described in a reasonable way.
Fortunately, she had experienced being struck by lightning unexpectedly before in Liangyi Valley, so when faced with the sudden Jindan stage thunder tribulation, she actually managed to dodge it with some ease.
After experiencing Yuan Qi's long-range attack, Qi An's aggro, and Gui Xuan's heal-the-enemy routine, Chu Sheng gradually mastered the precise positioning of the Heavenly Thunder, transforming directly into the Pipi Le Point Reading Pen to ensure all-around precision in dealing with the Black Dragon...
In short, wherever you are not satisfied, you will be punished.
Thanks to the touching and outstanding contribution of the thick-skinned black dragon, although the circulation of his spiritual power was affected by the external ban, Chu Sheng still broke through the Jindan stage without any danger and officially reached the early Jindan stage.
At the same time, her comprehension of the Hehuan Tongxin Jue also successfully reached the third level!
The dragon that was half a step away from becoming a god had been struck by the thunder, leaving it burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. It had changed from its previous violent and bloodthirsty appearance to a somewhat dusty and listless posture.
But compared with this pure-blooded monster, there is a huge gap in realm between Chu Sheng and the other two. The thunder tribulation of the Jindan stage alone is not enough to make it lose its ability to move.
Seeing that the black dragon was about to make trouble again after catching its breath, and the thunderclouds in the sky showed signs of wanting to disperse after being promoted to the golden elixir, Chu Sheng's hand subconsciously rubbed the bottle of Hui Lingdan in his arms for a moment.
——Do you want to use it?
The impact and transformation brought about by a breakthrough in cultivation would make one's spirit involuntarily feel elated, and Chu Sheng had an intuition at this moment.
If she took the Soul-Restoring Pill at this moment, with the violent black dragon that was half a step away from becoming a god as her meat shield, she might be able to safely survive even the thunder tribulation that would cause her to ascend directly from the Golden Core Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage.
But she controlled her desire.
Having just broken through the Golden Core Stage, I have not made the best preparations either in terms of comprehension of the Dao or in terms of my physical foundation.
Yun Mengzi often warned her that if the foundation is not solid, the whole building will be shaken. Chu Sheng obviously took this to heart and recalled it at this critical moment.
Chu Sheng put away the pill and began to think about how to prolong this thunder tribulation.
It wasn't difficult for her to find a solution. After all, she still vividly remembered how she had been struck by lightning in Liangyi Valley not long ago.
That is the stone in Yunshui Xuantian with the word "Chongming" engraved on it!
Chu Sheng once again stepped into the mysterious world of clouds and water.
Perhaps it was because the spiritual power in her body had now been completely transformed from the huge spiritual liquid of the foundation-building period into a substantial golden elixir.
When Chu Sheng entered Yunshui Xuantian, he had a vague premonition:
——The entire state of Yunshui Xuantian seemed to have undergone some subtle changes with her progress.
Chu Sheng once again came to the open space beside the martial arts field. She subconsciously looked for traces of the stone carvings. The huge stone that seemed to have nothing to do with the ladder next to it before, this time suddenly appeared on the nearly 100 steps of the ladder.
It's a really strange change...
Chu Sheng stared at the dome, which still seemed to have no end, and then followed his heart and stepped onto the first step.
Nothing happened.
She paused for a moment, then climbed the stairs and continued walking.
In a place that Chu Sheng could not see, outside the sky of clouds and water, a dark mass of calamity clouds that originally seemed to be dispersing suddenly stagnated.
"Junior Sister Chu Sheng, what is this doing?" Qi An wiped the blood off his face. Although his mind was a little confused, he was still very concerned about the girl's every move.
Seeing that the clouds were getting deeper and more oppressive than before, but did not attack immediately and seemed to be waiting for something, Yuan Qi stared for a moment, suddenly realized something, and asked Gui Xuan.
"Does Junior Sister Chu Sheng have...an ancient divine punishment item?"
Ancient objects of divine punishment, like ancient magical instruments, are products with various long-standing legends and have been passed down from ancient relics.
Unlike magical instruments that can bring benefits to their masters, objects of heavenly punishment come from diverse sources and have a wide variety of effects.
Although they can also produce effects far exceeding those of ordinary magical weapons, the use of objects of heavenly punishment by monks is often accompanied by a certain price.
Some lose their lifespan, some sacrifice their flesh and blood, some are imprisoned, and some, like now, will attract the intention of heavenly thunder to visit.
After Yuan Qi raised this possibility, Gui Xuan held down her throbbing Taiyang Xue and recalled the painful memory of the previous thunder tribulation when the enraged Guizhi Fuling had actually attacked her for the first time in many years:
"I don't know! Venerable Yunmeng is willing to give her anything. Even if you say she has a meteorite from outer space, I will believe it!"
That was probably it. Yuan Qi understood.
It was a pleasant surprise that the black dragon could be restrained to this point by the thunder tribulation. If Junior Sister Chu Sheng had an object of heavenly punishment in her hand, it would be understandable that she would take this opportunity to use it.
But acting this way is a bit reckless after all...
The girl has only recently broken through to the Golden Core stage, her aura has not yet stabilized, and her realm may not be secure either. She must not be allowed to take risks alone.
Junior Sister Chu Sheng's ability to achieve this was completely beyond Yuan Qi's initial expectations. At this moment, no matter what, her personal safety must be guaranteed as much as possible!
Yuan Qi looked at Qi An and Gui Xuan.
The timing of Ye Ziqing's entry was very delicate.
It was so subtle that as soon as he stepped into the formation, he saw Yuan Qi turn around sharply.
After seeing that it was him, Yuan Qi looked at her with a very disapproving look, which made Ye Ziqing completely confused.
And Qi An...
At this moment, Qi An was holding the Luoshui Sword in one hand and holding his junior sister Xiaosheng, who had made Ye Ziqing nervous all the way, in the other hand, and was jumping up and down in the formation in a very unruly manner.
Gui Xuan could only squat in the back row to ensure logistics. Yuan Qi had already offered up his own magical weapon and even held a whisk ready to save people at any time.
The Sword Palace's chief disciple, who had chosen to personally take the field, was now attempting to maneuver between the restless heavenly thunder and the raging black dragon...
To snatch Chu Sheng, who had clearly successfully broken through to the Golden Core stage, and whose aura was clear and steady, but who had suddenly stopped moving because he was trying to use the object of heavenly punishment!
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