Lingyun, Qiongqi, Dasheng, and the Golden Lion returned to Huodian City and found Abao and the others at an inn.
Abao and the others had been waiting for Lingyun and his companions at the inn all this time.
Ling Yun asked with a smile:
"Have you tried the Lightning Meatballs?"
Abao shook his head:
"No, we wanted to wait for you to come back so we could eat together."
By the way, Lingxi and I asked around, and here's what the Lightning Meatballs are all about.
Tens of thousands of years ago, tiny arcs of lightning mysteriously appeared in the power plant city, but they did not harm anyone.
One day, a bolt of lightning shot into a fried meatball. After someone ate it, the meatball became famous because it tasted so good.
The monks of Fire City tried to incorporate lightning arcs into other dishes, but only the lightning meatballs tasted the best.
Arcs of lightning now appear intermittently in the city, and whenever they do, they are captured and used to make lightning meatballs.
Upon hearing this, Lingyun and the other three exchanged glances, realizing that the lightning arc was definitely not simple.
"Let's go try the legendary lightning meatballs!"
"Okay!"
On the way, as if thinking of something, Abao said:
"Oh right, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is also in the city, but no one hits him here because the city lord is also a Buddhist."
Knowing that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was a true Buddhist, he asked him to propagate the true Dharma.
The incident alarmed Dean Nangong Chen, who came to the Fire and Power City for a look. Instead of stopping it, he strictly ordered all major cities in the Tang Region not to humiliate or beat Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, but to let him properly spread Buddhism.
Dean Nangong said that Tangyu never rejects true Buddhism; as long as a lineage can persuade people to do good, Tangyu will support it. He hopes that Tangyu will be a world where all cultures flourish, rather than a narrow, closed-off world.
Ling Yun nodded slightly, feeling a sense of admiration for Nangong Chen. This is how the world should be: a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending.
Only such a civilization can endure, and only such a civilization can coexist.
In the city center square, an old monk dressed as Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva sat upright, earnestly preaching the Dharma.
Most of the people listened attentively.
Ling Yun and the others did not disturb them. After watching for a while, they quietly left and went to the Lightning Meatball Shop.
Inside the private room, Ling Yun took out a lightning meatball and removed the lightning bolt from it.
The next moment!
Lei Zechi suddenly rushed out, and the artifact spirit exclaimed excitedly:
"This...this is the electric arc that scattered after the lightning crystal arc dispersed. It smells like lightning tribulation liquid, but it is not lightning tribulation liquid. Instead, it is a lightning energy crystal that is one level lower than lightning tribulation liquid."
It's incredibly nutritious for me!
There must be a hidden place in the thermal power city where the Thunder Crystal Arc was born.
"Take me to that place quickly, I need the Thunder Crystal Arc!"
Lei Zechi was very agitated.
Everyone was immediately shocked. It was a lightning crystal arc. Generally, where a lightning crystal arc appears, a world-destroying calamity must have occurred.
The World-Destroying Heavenly Tribulation is countless times more powerful than the World-Destroying Thunder Tribulation technique unleashed by Ao Lie Heavenly Venerable.
Only the spirit of the universe can unleash a cataclysmic calamity. It must be due to some evil deed that has angered both heaven and humanity in a certain lifetime, which would provoke the spirit of the universe to unleash this cataclysmic calamity.
After a brief moment of surprise, Ling Yun patted Lei Zechi and laughed:
"Don't rush, let's eat first!"
"Then hurry up!" Lei Zechi was clearly still upset.
Ling Yun also wanted Lei Zechi to recover as soon as possible, as he had lost much of his thunder magic essence due to his severe injuries.
Only by recovering from injuries can one obtain the most complete source of thunder magic.
Immediately, everyone began to taste the lightning meatballs, and they all gave a thumbs up, saying they were indeed delicious, very bouncy, and with a rich, meaty aroma and a fragrant flavor.
Urged on by Lei Zechi, everyone quickly finished the Lightning Meatballs.
"Go find Lei Jinghu immediately!!!"
Lei Zechi said impatiently, his voice rising several octaves.
Ling Yun and his group walked out of the restaurant and used all their divine senses to sense that the lightning arcs all came from a dilapidated valley outside the Fire Power City.
The group arrived at the valley in an instant, where there was no trace of the heavenly tribulation.
"It must be hidden."
Ling Yun spoke in a deep voice, maximizing his divine sense, but he couldn't detect any trace of hidden spaces or secret realms.
"Um?"
Ling Yun frowned slightly. After the Spirit of the Universe unleashed its world-destroying calamity, it hid this place.
With the abilities of a being of the cosmic spirit level, even an immortal emperor might not be able to find the existence of this secret realm.
"Hurry up and sense it! Aren't you guys usually really good at fighting?!"
Lei Zechi hurriedly circled around Lingyun, Qiongqi, Dasheng, and the Golden Lion.
The Great Sage said helplessly:
"Even with my discerning eyes, I can't see it. Brother Chi, can you please be more careful?"
Lei Zechi snorted and stopped urging him.
As if remembering something, the Great Sage looked at Ling Yun:
"Is it something like the Nine Netherworld?"
Ling Yun also considered this possibility. He took out the ancient immortal bottle and said softly:
"It's up to you now!"
The ancient immortal bottle moved slightly, emitting a substance similar to fluorescent powder, which spread throughout the entire valley.
Sure enough, a place called the Nine Netherworld appeared.
"It really is the Land of the Nine Netherworlds!"
Immediately, everyone rushed inside.
Upon seeing the scene before them, everyone stopped in their tracks, their eyes filled with shock.
This Netherworld is infinitely vast, as if it encompasses an entire universe.
What came into view was a charred world, with the sky covered by dark clouds, and swirling black clouds everywhere, with lightning appearing and disappearing in the swirling clouds.
Despite the passage of countless ages, the sight of the dense, swirling black clouds still deeply shocked everyone.
One can imagine the power of the cataclysmic calamity that descended upon the world back then; even immortal cultivators would be terrified beyond measure.
Ling Yun's gaze stretched to the farthest distance, his divine sense covering the entire Nine Netherworld, where not a single patch of sky was free of dark clouds.
"What unforgivable crime has this civilization committed that has angered the spirit of the universe to the point of sacrificing its own cultivation to unleash a cataclysmic calamity?"
This is the question on everyone's mind.
Even though he knew the heavenly tribulation would not descend again, Qiongqi still felt inexplicably terrified upon seeing the swirling black clouds.
However, the group still had to move forward to find traces of the Thunder Crystal Arc.
Just then, Lei Zechi suddenly rushed towards a certain place with lightning speed, leaving Ye Yun and his group far behind.
Everyone immediately followed, but just as they were about to start, a scream rang out.
It was emitted by Lei Zechi.
Suddenly, Lei Zechi flew back from a distance, seemingly blasted away by some living creature.
It's all cracked from being blasted open.
Ling Yun and the others' pupils immediately shrank to a tiny size.
"Are there still living creatures here?"
Everyone felt a chill run down their spines; to survive a cataclysmic calamity, one had to be incredibly strong.
It's unbelievably strong.
With a loud bang!
Lei Zechi slammed heavily to the ground, sending up thick plumes of smoke.
"I'm so angry! I'm so angry!"
Lei Zechi said angrily.
Everyone gathered around, and Ling Yun said solemnly:
"What kind of creature could send you flying like that?!"
Lei Zechi angrily said:
"He's a yellow-green man, and he's fused with the Thunder Crystal Arc!"
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