Chapter 63
The area around Lanyang Palace was shrouded in darkness for a hundred miles. Xue Mengtao looked up in surprise at the thunderclouds atop Qihuang Peak and said, "The Palace Master has achieved a breakthrough, but she's only at the early Jindan stage, breaking through to the middle stage. How could there be thunderclouds?"
"Don't worry." Siyi pushed the window open, looked at the dark sky, smiled slightly, and said to Xue Mengtao, "As cultivators, you and I go against the will of heaven and compete with it. The thunderclouds during previous breakthroughs were calamities ordained by the heavens. The Palace Master has achieved great perfection, one in a million, so he is naturally feared by the heavens. Even small breakthroughs will experience thunder tribulations, but the number and power of thunder tribulations are not as great as those of the great ones."
Xue Mengtao nodded, looked at the dark clouds, and thought to herself: Even if one has outstanding talent, the path of cultivation is no easier than that of others. Everyone has their own tests to deal with. There are so many talented people in the world. Instead of envying others, it is better to cultivate oneself.
While she admired Feng Jue, she became more determined in her original intention.
Feng Jue landed on a barren mountaintop. As soon as she landed, a ball flew out from her chest and landed on her head.
03Looking around, holding Feng Jue's hair crown, he recited in a rhythmic manner: "The wind rises and the clouds fly, the black clouds turn into ink and cover the mountains!①"
"..." Feng Jue was upset and took out his natal magic weapon.
The scorching flames surged, breaking through the light in the darkness.
Feng Jue's spiritual energy circulated throughout his body. Listening to the thunder in the sky, he smiled softly and said proudly: "03, just watch me overcome the tribulation."
03Take out the cheering stick.
“Boom!”
Thunder roared, as if a giant beast, obscuring the sky, roared in the air, its voice like thunder, shaking the earth. The weeds on the barren hills crouched to the ground, bowing to the heavens. Amidst the flying sand and rocks, thunderclouds brewed for an eternity, and a bolt of lightning, deep, black, and thick as a dragon, suddenly descended.
"Clang."
The fire phoenix cried, and the long whip flashed and met the lightning. As the lightning and fire collided, the colorful and almost indistinguishable flashes of color fluttered left and right, paused for a moment, and then swung more vigorously.
Feng Jue exhaled, flicked his whip, and said slowly amidst the dispersing lightning: "One strike."
Her low voice seemed to fall into the ears of the Heavenly Dao across the sky. The thunder tribulation quickly gathered and became more and more violent. It did not give people any time to react and fell down angrily.
"Second strike!"
"boom!"
Thunder roared, darkness fell, and it was pitch dark. Only when the lightning flashed in the sky could one occasionally catch a glimpse of the vast thunderclouds. It was as if another land was pressing heavily on people's heads, majestic and terrifying, like a barrier blocking the monk's way to heaven.
03 Staring at the clouds, holding a fluorescent stick in hand, playing
A sword flower.
The virtual data stick flew around in its hand and would never fall to the ground. 03 held the cheering stick and pointed it toward the sky.
"boom!"
The third thunderbolt descended, and the world fell silent, all engulfed in darkness. The thunderbolt was like a galaxy of water falling from the shattered sky, its force pressing down on the earth, pinning the people to the ground, forcing them to not even glance up at the sky.
In the darkness, someone let out a disdainful sigh, his breath as fragrant as orchid, and swung a long whip. Hundreds of fireballs emerged and instantly turned into pillars of fire rising from the ground, forming a prison on the ground, trapping the self-righteous Thunder Tribulation in the small space it despised.
03: "Wow!"
The fluorescent stick in its hand pointed at the trapped thundercloud, and the color of the fluorescent stick instantly changed to the color of fire. At this moment, a phoenix flew out of the cage and crashed into the thundercloud.
Red and black fought, the fire phoenix spread its wings, and pushed the thunderclouds back towards its hometown bit by bit.
Feng Jue tapped her toes lightly and leaped high into the sky. She chased the phoenix, 03 spinning and dancing around Feng Jue. Watching her waving her whip, releasing a sky-high fire that burned the thunderclouds.
"Three strikes." Feng Jue exhaled, hovered high in the air, and looked up at the sky.
The thunderclouds that were originally showing off their might curled up as if being beaten back, the darkness gradually dissipated, a ray of sunlight passed through the thunderclouds, and sprinkled spiritual dew that turned into rain. The barren mountains nourished by the spiritual rain began to sprout grass and trees, as if spring had returned to the earth.
Feng Jue chuckled, landed on the ground, and crossed his legs to regulate his breathing.
The spiritual rain enveloped her and was completely swallowed by her.
Her sea of consciousness expanded wildly, a golden sphere swirling within it until the dust settled, the expansion ended, and the chaotic spiritual energy calmed. 03 flew around Feng Jue, sensing the vibrations emanating from her, waved the fluorescent stick again, and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Feng Jue, a small thunder tribulation is no match for you." It patted Feng Jue's cheek and praised, "You are truly amazing."
Feng Jue's eyelashes trembled slightly as she opened her eyes. From then on, she had perfectly broken through to the middle stage, at an astonishing speed. But before pride could even reach her eyes, Feng Jue thought of... 03 in the quiet room and couldn't help but sigh.
"Shut up. I don't feel comfortable listening to you praising me now." Feng Jue snorted coldly.
03 was surprised. He looked around, flew to the grass, and picked a flower. A few drops of spiritual dew still hung on the butterfly-like petals, rolling back and forth tremblingly. One drop fell along the pink petals and landed on the top of 03's ball with a "plop".
03 He uttered a low “ouch” and held the flower in front of Feng Jue, laughing “hahahaha” and saying: “Please
Don’t be too self-deprecating, you’ve done a great job!”
“Don’t compete with the system, we need to be ourselves.”
A golden thumbs-up appears in the bubble of 03.
Phoenix Technique: "..."
If she were to feel inferior, who in the world would dare to live?
Feng Jue snatched the flower branch with a sneer, pinched the flower branch and knocked it twice on the 03 ball. Seeing that the 03 ball was emitting golden stars, he chuckled and secretly thought that although she had such an amazing system as 03 to accompany her, it was not easy for her, and... there were thousands of cultivators in the world, but she just happened to be interested in such a solid ball.
Solid, without any holes.
There is indeed a long way to go.
She raised her hand to insert the flower branch into her hair, raised her hand to poke the ball of 03, and at this moment, a long roar suddenly sounded from the distant mountain peak. Feng Jue's expression changed, and he smiled: "I have broken through the middle stage of Jindan, and Lingshi is also about to transform."
03: “Huh!”
The two hurried back to Qihuang Peak.
In the quiet room, a dragon was dancing wildly, disturbing the spiritual energy and throwing the accumulated spiritual liquid everywhere. In the corner, a diamond-shaped stone was squeezing itself into the gap, with liquid dripping from its head and shivering.
Lingshi was in both pain and excitement, her dragon bones crackling. She carefully crawled out of the quiet room along the wall, and the moment she got out, she started dancing to her heart's content.
Feng Jue, who had just landed on the ground: "..."
What is it doing?
Qiuqiu 3 rushed into the quiet room and looked at the messy space with a bunch of black lines on his head. Although Lingshiwu was dancing, he still had a good relationship with his good friend who remembered him and played chess happily with him at night. Except for his hair being a little messy, 03 was sitting well. The surrounding spiritual energy continued to flow into her spiritual veins. He was unaware of anything in the outside world and was just an emotionless cultivation machine.
03 landed on his shoulder, lifted the matchstick to tidy up his hair, patted his cheek encouragingly, and it put away the eye circles and matchstick.
The next moment, Human 03 opened his eyes, caught the bead that had rolled off his shoulder, and placed it on the mat. The surrounding spiritual energy shifted direction and surged towards Ball 3.
Your ball system is now working.
03, who had just finished work, happily dug Lingxin out of the crack and placed her on the futon before going out to look for Feng Jue. The quiet room was truly quiet, and Lingxin relaxed with a "pop" and breathed a sigh of relief.
Stone likes darkness.
Stone, enjoy solitude!
Feng Jue stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at Ling Shi flying in the sky. He was undergoing a transformation before transforming, and he seemed extremely excited.
, I couldn't help but say: "Lingshi is also going to be a human being, and being a human being is very hard."
Are you tired?
Feng Jue glanced at the quiet room and the corner of his mouth twitched.
03 is the test given to her by the Heaven. Ever since Feng Jue met and got to know 03, her Dao heart has become tenacious and extremely stable!
The spiritual poem in the sky was no longer stable. Its huge body began to change, and its scales shone brightly. It bit its tail with its head and spun around madly, turning itself into a ring!
03: "Wow!"
Feng Jue: "Stupid!"
In the air, a light suddenly shone, so bright that people could not help but close their eyes. Ling Shi's body suddenly shrank and fell from the sky.
Feng Jue was turning his head to avoid the light when he heard a "bang" sound not far away. The ground shook and someone screamed.
03 clapped his hands and encouraged: "Lingshi is very strong!"
High defense value is great, no need to be afraid of being hit!
Feng Jue chuckled, lowered his arms, and said to the forest, "Why aren't you coming out yet?"
The forest roared again, a clear, crisp voice, that of a girl. After a while, a rustling sound came from the woods. 03 was ready to scan when he saw a red mass emerge from the trees and approach unsteadily.
Her skin was snow-white, her eyes were large and round, and her pupils were cyan. Her long black hair had strands of red hair scattered down her face. However... Feng Jue frowned and asked, "Why are you wearing so many flowers on your head?"
Red, orange, and yellow powders were piled up at one end, falling all the way as he walked.
Ling Shi covered her face shyly and said, "Meimei."
The moment she transformed into a human, she plucked many flowers from the ground and put them in her hair. She liked red the most, so she chose the largest and reddest one and put it on her ear. How can I put it?
Feng Jue's comment: "Stupid."
Ling Shi: “Woo woo woo!”
03 walked over, circled around Lingshi, raised his hand to compare the heights of the two people, and found that Lingshi was very tall. It might be that she was used to being big when she was a dragon, so she would be taller after becoming a human.
but!
"Why do you have clothes?" 03 asked doubtfully, taking out the red disciple uniform from the storage ring. This was the clothes Lingshi had ordered. It seemed she couldn't fit into it.
Lingshi groaned, picked up the disciple uniform and compared it to herself, then let out a sad roar.
"Just ask someone to make it for you." Feng Jue shook his head, a smile in his eyes, and said, "Today is a good day. Let's go, I'll ask someone to prepare a banquet. Today we won't--"
She swallowed the words "Don't come back until you're drunk" and chuckled, "Don't eat
The feast never ends until you are full."
03 Her eyes lit up all of a sudden, and flowers appeared on her head. She walked over and took Feng Jue's hand, her eyes curled up. Ling Shi also wanted to make flowers appear, but she couldn't. She bent down to pick up the flowers that had fallen on the ground, but unexpectedly, the ones she was wearing on her head fell all over the floor.
Lingshi picked up the flowers while whimpering.
Feng Jue sighed, feeling the burden on his shoulders become heavier.
Only 03 was very happy, thinking that since Lingshi had become a human, she no longer had to use her tail to play chess with her. There would be no such thing as her tail sweeping the chessboard away or splashing flowers and plants all over her!
That’s great. There are always two sides to every coin. She decided to play chess with Lingshi more often in the future.
Ling Shi, who was walking behind with a flower in her arms, shuddered and couldn't help but look at the big sun in the sky.
She is a fire dragon!
Feng Jue's breakthrough to the middle stage prompted numerous high-ranking officials from Lanyang City's sects to offer congratulatory gifts, hoping to capitalize on the opportunity to forge a friendly relationship with the Lanyang Palace. Feng Jue's strength was evident to all; if she could pass the second round of the competition and enter the Wendao Academy, her future would be a bright one! Compared to the Chilei Sword Sect, whose scheming and cunning tactics consistently led to defeat, the Lanyang Palace seemed more worthy of friendship.
Feng Jue only came out to receive a few people, but later he felt annoyed and asked Siyi, who had also passed the first round of the competition, to receive them, under the pretext of retreating. Siyi smiled brightly and helped with palace affairs after the reception. When returning to the peak, she would always see the two people who had been in retreat returning from the city hand in hand, holding candied haws or sugar figurines in their hands.
One of them would always politely wave and say, "Hello, Siyi."
Siyi thought: I am so nice.
Every time Ling Shi, who had transformed into a human, wanted to go down the mountain, she was sent by Feng Jue to find Xue Mengtao. In the end, she became familiar with Xue Mengtao, Murong and others, and her life became happier and happier, especially when she found that no one else could play Go better than her!
Jiao was extremely excited. He watched the disciples of Lanyang Palace fighting during the day, and went to play chess with Xue Mengtao and Murong at night.
It’s late at night, you probably haven’t slept yet, right?
Two months passed in a flash.
The Dongzhou Competition has officially ended, and a total of 500 people have been selected, including those who have established their foundation, formed their dan, and formed their nascent soul.
Some are happy and some are sad.
On the competition stage, Lan Zhi put away the scroll with the names of the five hundred contestants and launched a large boat. Made of pine wood, it was simple and elegant, like a merchant ship sailing on the great rivers of the human world.
Lan Zhi held the scroll and smiled at the five hundred high-spirited monks behind her, saying, "Please follow me aboard and head to Zhongzhou to participate in the second round of the competition."
Everyone bowed: "Thank you, Fairy."
Feng Jue glanced at the gray ship with disdain, yawned, leaned on 03's shoulder, and said lazily: "When we get to Zhongzhou, we can finally relax.
Relax your muscles, I've been feeling a bit tired from lying down for a while."
The Palace Master remained motionless, so the disciples naturally remained where they were. However, the Lanyang Palace disciples who heard her voice silently stepped back and wiped away a few tears of sorrow. Foundation Establishment cultivators were countless, and they battled daily to accumulate points. The outcome of a single competition depended on the final result, and no one was willing to give up, ultimately standing here.
Hearing the Palace Master's words, my heart was about to break...
Siyi smiled and turned around. She was the only elder from Lanyang Palace to have participated in the competition and been selected. Standing behind Feng Jue, she saw only Xue Mengtao and Wen Chunsheng standing side by side. The other disciples all looked haggard. Mu Rong was still leaning on Xue Mengtao's shoulder, sighing, "The competition is not easy. Why can't everyone soar to the sky?"
"Zhongzhou is a vast area. The purpose of this trip is Yunliang Road in the west of Zhongzhou. Lanyang Palace is in the east, so it is a long way to go. Even if we travel a thousand miles a day and work day and night, it will take half a month to arrive. Everyone should rest well on the boat and don't cause trouble. We should recuperate for the second round of competition." Siyi explained in a gentle voice.
The disciples stopped playing tricks and quickly agreed.
Siyi's smiling eyes fell calmly on Wen Chunsheng. Seeing that he was wearing a disciple's uniform and his gestures of saluting were much more respectful than others, when he stood up and their eyes met, Wen Chunsheng was a little surprised and saluted Siyi again: "Elder Si?"
"You only lost two matches in the competition?" Siyi praised. "I heard from your master that you practice extremely hard, beyond the reach of others. You are truly a role model for all the disciples in Lanyang Palace."
Wen Chunsheng bowed and said, "I am dull and have average talent. I can only work harder to keep up with others."
Siyi nodded and turned away.
Xue Mengtao, who was standing by, lowered her eyes, glanced at Wen Chunsheng out of the corner of her eye, then turned around and spoke to Mu Rong.
Lan Zhi was checking the roster on the boat. Seeing that the Lanyang Palace disciples had not yet boarded, she walked over with a puzzled look. Feng Jue said lazily, "Sister, please wait a moment."
As she finished speaking, a huge shadow appeared on the ground.
A jeweled Phoenix ship slowly approached from Lanyang Palace, hovering above the crowd. Twice as large as Lanzhi's ship, it obscured the sky and blocked out the sun. Numerous palace servants, dressed in finery, stood silently on the deck, awaiting the Palace Master's arrival.
A woman in a red long dress was leaning on the railing, looking down, her blue eyes curved as she waved happily at the people below.
03 and the other Lanyang Palace disciples raised their hands and waved.
"Senior Sister, will it be a problem if I take my own boat?" Feng Jue asked with a calm expression as if he was going to take his own boat.
Lan Zhi said softly: "Let everyone sit together
The boat is for convenience. If you find it so convenient, then so be it. However, the journey is long and winding, so please don't let your boat stray too far from us. If we encounter any bad guys along the way, I can help protect them."
Feng Jue nodded, bowed to Lan Zhi, and said, "Thank you, Senior Sister."
Before she put her hand down, she heard the clear voice beside her say in an equally gentle voice: "I will protect her."
Feng Jue narrowed his eyes, feeling that no matter how many times he heard this, it wouldn't be too much. Lan Zhi, on the other hand, was stunned for a moment before smiling and saying to 03, "Okay, then I'll protect you."
Feng Jue's smile faded, she raised her eyebrows, and slightly opened her red lips, but it was the person next to her who spoke first.
03 said: "Thank you for your concern, but according to my upgrade plan, after a while, uh uh." 03's mouth was covered, his long eyelashes fluttered up and down, his clear eyes fell, and he looked at Feng Jue.
Feng Jue bit the tip of his tongue and raised an eyebrow at 03.
Shut up.
03 nodded and said in his heart: In one year, I will have the ability to kill you.
However, considering Lan Zhi's talents and abilities, if Feng Jue was willing to give her Fan Zhi and Feng Ye, and give her a hundred protective magic weapons with similar functions to Fan Zhi, she could probably be killed now.
The one who can be killed now cannot protect her.
Of course, in addition to magic weapons, you also need to bring elixirs to replenish your spiritual power.
Ah! And there are medicines to heal wounds!
03 Counting down the table in my mind, the title is - Supplies needed to kill a cultivator in the early stage of the Spiritual Transformation Realm (full version).
Lan Zhi didn't understand what was going on and looked at the two people in confusion.
Feng Jue curved his lips and said, "Senior Sister, please."
Lan Zhi nodded and smiled, saying, "Okay."
After she left, Feng Jue put down his hand, waved to the people behind him, and said, "Get on board."
"yes!"
03 followed Feng Jue with his hands behind his back to the large ship of Lanyang Palace. Feng Jue had the top floor to himself, and 03 followed her back to the room. Feng Jue glanced back, snorted softly, and pushed open the door of the quiet room.
The quiet room was decorated with several layers of barriers. Within a spirit-gathering formation, a round bead diligently cultivated. A hazy spiritual energy surrounded them, and spiritual fluid hung on the walls. The ship's quiet room was much narrower than the one on Qihuang Peak. When 03 entered, the cool scent of ice and snow was amplified, spreading throughout the space along with the spiritual energy. Feng Jue took a step forward uncomfortably, widening the distance between them.
"Where did it go again?" Feng Jue looked around and didn't see Ling Xin, so he frowned.
03 He curved his eyes and said, "Please wait a moment."
She squatted down, lifted the mat, and saw a diamond-shaped stone lying underneath.
A little spiritual liquid emerged from the top of his head.
Feng Jue lowered his head, but his gaze fell on 03.
At this distance and in this posture, she could just reach out and touch 03's head, and she did so. 03 tilted his head back, looked at Feng Jue with some confusion, and smiled.
Although I don’t know why I was rubbed on the head, it’s always right to smile.
Feng Jue said, "The flower ornament on your forehead is gone. I'll draw it again for you later. What pattern do you like?"
03 tilted his head and thought for a moment, and several panels immediately appeared around him.
The setting sun over the long river, the ancient sandy road, the towering mountains, the magnificent sunset glow… Feng Jue took a breath, tapped 03’s head viciously with his finger, then frowned and rubbed her head, saying unhappily, “How big do you think your head is? Why don’t you just take off your clothes and let me paint on you!”
"Hmm?" 03 tilted his head and asked, "Do you want to do this?"
If Feng Jue wants, of course it’s possible.
Phoenix Technique: "..."
She realized belatedly what she had said, her heart began to beat fast, and she subconsciously raised her hand to touch her lips. The heat on her face was like the sunset floating in front of her, and the sky was filled with red clouds.
"Be serious!" she scolded, her tone a little dry.
03 I understand. “Painting on your body is not proper.”
“…”
Feng Jue reached out and pressed down 03's head suddenly.
03 knocked on the air, lowered his head and curled his lips at Ling Xin, who had already buried half of her head in the mat. Feng Jue didn't see this smile, and lowered his head with a blushing face, watching her slender fingers pick up Ling Xin and hold her in the palm of her hand.
"Feng Jue, this spirit heart has some social anxiety." 03 held up the spirit heart and showed it to Feng Jue. "Social anxiety can be simply described as a fear of interacting with humans. Of course, I'm not saying it actually suffers from social anxiety, it's just a description."
Feng Jue's face was still flushed, and her face was as beautiful as red. She snorted coldly, "Perhaps it's not a social phobia, it just fell in love with this cushion and wants to be entangled with it for life and death!"
03 was surprised, looked at Feng Jue, and said: "Feng Jue, I have read a lot of story books to you recently, and I think it is understandable that you have such thoughts." The story books she read were all romance novels with very lingering sentences.
However, as a meticulous system, even the smallest possibility cannot be ignored, so she said to Lingxin seriously: "If that's the case, I will support you."
A drop of spiritual liquid fell from the spiritual heart.
03 chuckled and said, "Do you prefer the futon here or the one on Qihuang Peak? Do you want to start a harem?"
Two drops of spiritual liquid fell from Lingxin.
03 continued in her clear voice, "I'm a little skeptical of your aesthetic taste. If someone sits on a futon, I don't think you'll ever become wise in this lifetime. You're a beautiful little soul, do you really want to like it?"
Lingxin slapped her with a palm of spiritual liquid, and suddenly flew up, hit the wall with a bang, and fell into the corner, motionless, already autistic.
Feng Jue bit her lip and tilted her head to laugh. The more she thought about it, the funnier it became. She whispered, "Idiot," and glanced at 03 with a sullen expression. Her watery gaze met her clear, gentle gaze. 03 had sat down on the ground, her hands clasped around her face, watching her. When she wasn't smiling, her face was cold and detached, making anyone dare not offend. But when she smiled, it was like a melting glacier, a reflection of a rainbow in spring water.
At this moment, 03 curled her lips into a faint smile, looking up at Feng Jue. She tilted her head and said with a smile, "Feng Jue, you look so beautiful when you smile."
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Black clouds have covered the mountains!
Drunken Writing at Wanghu Tower on June 27th
The black clouds are like ink but have not covered the mountains, and the white raindrops are like pearls jumping into the boat.
Suddenly a huge wind came and blew away the clouds, and the water under the Wanghu Tower was like the sky.
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