146 Chapter 146
Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the island, everyone, having used up their last bit of magic power, collapsed to the ground in exhaustion. Xuan Mo, whose natal spirit sword had been severely damaged, was even more seriously injured. Zi Xiao struggled to sit up against the stone wall, looking at the thunderclouds in the distance that still lingered. Despair could not help but show in his eyes:
"This is far more than twenty-seven... What on earth is going on with this thunder tribulation..."
The eyes of the other elders could not help but turn red. The sect leader clenched his fists unwillingly, lowered his head and his body trembled continuously. Just when everyone was in despair, suddenly a very dazzling golden light burst out from the direction of the thunderclouds. The golden light was as hot and dazzling as the sun. The golden light went straight into the sky and directly poked a hole in the thick thunderclouds.
This golden light enveloped the cave like a barrier, fiercely clashing with the increasingly fierce thunder. The flashes of lightning and thunder, the bursts of golden light blinding anyone. Zi Xiao couldn't help but raise his hands to cover his stinging eyes. "What the hell is going on?"
The clan leader didn't know the reason, but she sensed a change in the sacred tree: "I don't know, but it seems that all the bipedal sycamore trees are growing rapidly."
As expected, as soon as she finished speaking, many golden rays of light shot towards Ning Shu from all directions, and it looked like they were in the direction of the sacred trees.
Then the golden light gathered under the thundercloud became brighter and brighter. Under the continuous refining of thunder and lightning, the golden light began to become concentrated and solid, as if it had substance. Its shape slowly changed as if it had been carved, and finally gradually took on a familiar appearance.
"This is..." Zi Xiao looked at the lifelike wings and tail feathers in the air and couldn't help but gasp: "Could this be... a phoenix...?"
As if to confirm her guess, a long and loud phoenix cry suddenly resounded through the sky. The phoenix had gorgeous colorful feathers like a peacock behind it, and a layer of golden flames was burning on its outstretched wings. Its whole body was as dazzling and warm as the sun, circling in the sky and dispelling the thick dark clouds.
“Chi-chi!”
"Cuckoo!"
Peacocks, cranes, rocs, falcons... countless birds of various kinds flew in from all directions, chirping along with the phoenix's cry while circling around it in the sky. In the distance, more birds continued to fly towards this side. Coupled with the golden light that dyed half the sky, it was like a living picture of hundreds of birds paying homage to the phoenix.
Zixiao and others on the island were stunned by what they saw.
"What on earth happened?" Hongxiu felt that her brain was no longer able to think.
Zixiao rubbed his eyes in disbelief, then looked at the equally dumbfounded Sect Master: "Sect Master, you... gave birth to a phoenix?"
"Impossible! Shu'er was undoubtedly a human when she was born!" The clan leader refuted her firmly at first, then he came to his senses, slapped his head, and struggled to stand up and ran towards the cave: "Shu'er! How is Shu'er?"
The others then realized that the young sect leader was still inside. They hurriedly stood up with their bodies exhausted and tried to go inside. At this time, the phoenix seemed to know what they were worried about. It chirped again and changed direction to fly towards them. Everyone then discovered that Ning Shu was lying neatly on the phoenix, and the golden flames under her made her look as docile and harmless as a baby bird.
Although Ning Shu's hair looked messy, her clothes were torn and had traces of burnt marks, fortunately she looked unharmed. She had just lost consciousness and was sleeping soundly, still holding the Xuanshuang sword tightly in her hand.
The phoenix that seemed to block out the sun in the air just now had shrunk a lot when it landed on the ground. It turned its back and gently lay down to put Ning Shu on the ground. Then it stretched out its wings, turned into a golden light, attached to Ning Shu's body, and disappeared.
The clan leader quickly checked on him, then breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay now! How's that kid Xuan Mo? Is he seriously injured?"
Zixiao then walked over to Xuan Mo, who had just lost consciousness due to a serious injury, and checked him. He then shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like he's seriously injured. It might be because his natal spirit sword is protecting him."
Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Zi Xiao held his forehead and smiled bitterly, "This really is..."
Before she could even sigh, a disciple suddenly came running over to report, "Master! Elders! The vision just now has spread all over the internet! Rumors are spreading all over the internet, and people are panicking. Many sects have also sent us messages demanding an explanation!"
Everyone: ...
These days are really not a leisurely one at all.
Of course, all the troubles outside had nothing to do with Ning Shu. When she saw the thunder strike, she only felt an extremely unwilling and angry emotion in her heart rushing out of her body with something. The following memory began to become vague. She only vaguely remembered that she seemed to hear birds singing, and she seemed to be flying freely in the sky for a long time. Her body was very comfortable and relaxed, and then she completely lost consciousness.
When she regained consciousness, Ning Shu felt refreshed, as comfortable as lying in bed on a winter morning. She stretched lazily, rubbed her face on the soft pillow, and was about to continue sleeping, but suddenly remembered something was wrong and opened her eyes abruptly.
She was lying in her room, without a single scar on her body, her meridians filled with spiritual energy. She closed her eyes and felt it carefully. The spiritual power in her dantian had condensed into a firm and round golden elixir that was constantly circulating.
Did I successfully overcome the tribulation? Why? Wasn't I nearly struck to death by lightning?
After thinking for a long time without any clue, Ning Shu scratched her hair and slowly sat up. A blue sword emitting a faint golden light fell from her arms. Ning Shu shu jumped and opened the curtain to go out: "Xuan Mo! How is Xuan Mo?"
Don’t tell me it’s some clichéd plot like “he sacrificed himself to save me”, I will never accept such a thing!
Just at this moment, Zixiao pushed the door open and came in. Seeing that she was about to stand up, he quickly ran over and pushed her down to lie down: "Oh my little ancestor, please stop making such trouble! Let us save some trouble!"
Everyone in the Hehuan Sect has been working overtime these days on this matter, and they have finally managed to calm the situation down. If she does something else, then we will be really helpless!
Ning Shu was forced to lie down but she was not obedient. She kept struggling to get up: "Where's Xuan Mo? I want to see him! Now!"
"That kid is fine! He hasn't woken up yet!" Zixiao said as he picked up the Xuanshuang Sword and put it in her hand: "If you don't believe me, look, his natal spirit sword is fine, how could he be in trouble?"
Ning Shu then remembered that a sword cultivator and his natal spirit sword have a life-and-death relationship, and he quickly drew out the sword to check. The sword body that had been charred and broken was now as sharp as if it had been forged in a fierce fire. He could feel the cold spiritual energy of Xuan Mo when he touched it, and the edge was so sharp that it could cut through hair instantly, and it was flashing a faint golden light in the sunlight.
His natal spirit sword was in brand new condition, and Xuan Mo's condition couldn't be any worse.
Ning Shu, relieved, finally lay down peacefully. Suddenly, she remembered the fierce thunder tribulation from before: "Sister Zixiao, didn't you say that the Jindan thunder tribulation is easy to overcome? Then why was mine so difficult? I almost died there!"
"Alas, your thunder tribulation is not an ordinary Jindan thunder tribulation." Zi Xiao sighed and covered his forehead with his hands. "We don't know the specific reason, but it should be related to the sacred tree of the Hehuan Sect."
The full name of the sacred tree of the Hehuan Sect is "Double-habiting Wutong Tree". Legend has it that it took root in this land in ancient times. As for its function and usage, we can only know a little bit through word of mouth among the leaders of the Hehuan Sect and some historical ancient books that have been destroyed many times. Its true usage is no longer traceable.
"After this incident, the sect leader guessed that perhaps this double-dwelling phoenix tree should be some kind of artifact that can give birth to or hatch a phoenix..." Zixiao told Ning Shu what happened after Ning Shu fell into a coma that day, as well as the sect leader's guess.
In ancient legends, the phoenix is a divine bird that only lives on the paulownia tree. Perhaps the paulownia tree that "only lives on the paulownia tree" refers to the double-inhabiting paulownia tree of the Hehuan Sect.
And this double-dwelling phoenix tree grew and developed rapidly in the two years that Ning Shu took over. It even produced seeds and took root in different places. Perhaps it inadvertently met some conditions for hatching a phoenix or recognizing its master. In short, the account of the phoenix's appearance in the world was undoubtedly attributed to Ning Shu by the heavens.
"The thunder tribulation you experienced was not only your own Jindan thunder tribulation, but also happened to be the thunder tribulation of the ancient phoenix. The phoenix is the king of all birds and has the ability to be reborn from the nirvana. The return of such a long-extinct divine bird will certainly trigger an extraordinary thunder tribulation..." Having said this, Zi Xiao looked at Ning Shu with a complicated expression:
"Although you were implicated without knowing it and are indeed innocent, the Phoenix seems to have recognized you as its master after the thunder tribulation. I don't know whether it's bad luck or good fortune... Never mind, let's not talk about this. Do you feel anything strange now? Can you sense the Phoenix's presence?"
Upon hearing this, Ning Shu quickly closed her eyes and carefully examined her body. Sure enough, she saw a golden bird circling around her golden elixir in her dantian. She circulated her spiritual energy and moved her mind. When she opened her eyes again, a golden bird appeared in front of her.
The mythical bird that was said to be a phoenix was more than one meter tall just standing there, with a faint golden flame burning on its wings. Its long colorful tail feathers hung gracefully from the edge of the bed like a skirt, and there were several golden feather crowns on its head.
Ning Shu touched the bird's crest and wings in amazement. They were so soft and smooth that she couldn't help but exclaim, "It looks like a golden peacock..."
Zixiao rolled his eyes speechlessly: "I think you really are the one who turned against Tiangang..."
Saying that the phoenix looks like a peacock, what’s the difference between that and saying that the father looks like the son?
Ning Shu ignored Zi Xiao's complaints. She was still immersed in this new experience. "Oh, by the way, besides this phoenix, I seem to be able to feel the state of the sacred tree more clearly. But I don't know if it's my illusion, but I always feel that... I can't tell the difference between the main body and those saplings..."
"Of course I can't tell them apart. That's because all the sacred trees have grown at an extremely fast speed since the Phoenix's arrival." Zixiao shrugged helplessly.
"Every one of the nine sacred trees outside is now in adult form. The era of universal internet access that you dreamed of has arrived one step ahead of schedule. Congratulations! This is double happiness."
Ning Shu:!!!
After hearing this, she could no longer lie down and immediately ejected into the air.
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