Chapter 78 078 "I'll teach you to be emotionless! I'll teach you to be devoid of..."
Next comes the tribulation of lightning.
Song Chi and his group, being nobodies, had no way of getting within ten miles of the lightning tribulation's raging.
That can't even be described as almost collapsing the sky; it completely shook the entire heavens.
The entire Qingjian Sect was shrouded in calamity clouds, and soon, bolts of lightning spread like silk to the outskirts of Baijiang City.
The sect disciples and the people of Baijiang City were all relocated to the outskirts of Baijiang City. Song Chi could only stay on the edge of the sect, following Mo Shubai with You Qin. They were protected by his spiritual power so that they would not be injured by the lightning tribulation that was being shot at them.
At that time, both she and You Qin were as pale as paper. After all, in the cultivation world, there are only two Immortal Lords who have reached the Flying Immortal Realm in 100,000 years. Other Nascent Soul cultivators have also succeeded in comprehending the Dao, but they are still no match for that terrifying tribulation lightning.
Song Chi harbored another worry. After all, this was different from what was written in the book, making her even more uneasy. She feared that if she picked the Immortal Herb, it would embolden her master to take a step towards the righteous path, and consequently…
She would truly regret it to death.
"Don't worry too much. Master has been preparing for the righteous path to the Immortal Realm for hundreds of years, and there are also four Venerables to help you." Mo Shubai seemed to sense her anxiety and comforted her with these words.
Song Chi remained silent, unable to comfort her. You Qin, standing to the side, probably found it hard to believe that such a tribulation could be resisted by human power, and she secretly wiped away tears several times.
Soon, the two terrifying lightning tribulations passed. In fact, Song Chi could only sense that the two tribulations had ended. As far as she could see, lightning continued to cascade down, frantically engulfing the entire Qingjian Sect. Especially to the north, the sea of clouds and pine mountains were filled with a raging, blazing white light, which her divine sense could not penetrate at all.
When the final tribulation lightning struck, the tribulation clouds suddenly sank two or three zhang (approximately 6.6 meters). The terrifying pressure seemed capable of destroying the heavens and the earth. At that moment, they only felt a wisp of their master's divine consciousness fly to the edge of their three disciples, presumably entrusting them with the task of raising their children, especially Mo Shubai.
Mo Shubai, usually so aloof, trembled with fear, his eyes bloodshot, and merely shook his head slightly. He was probably trying to persuade his master, through his divine sense, to fight against fate no matter what, hoping there would still be a chance.
Yuqin was sobbing and crying her eyes out.
At this moment, Song Chi only wanted to rush back in time and cut off the hand that had picked the carefree herb.
Fortunately, Junior Uncle displayed his divine power at this moment. Suddenly, a scarlet silk ribbon flew into the sky, and immediately the light was so bright that it almost covered half of the sky.
This was a precious treasure that her junior uncle had shown her before, saying it was obtained from a celestial tomb. Her junior uncle was very fond of this treasure.
Even now, using it to block the lightning tribulation, the junior uncle was still cursing. "Senior brother, stop your endless 'entrusting the child' to me. Give me the chance to succeed on the righteous path!"
With the help of this precious treasure, the master immediately sent his divine sense back, presumably realizing there was still hope. Soon, a vast ocean of spiritual energy surged into the sky, resisting the heavenly lightning.
Ultimately, he must have survived the tribulation. Seeing Mo Shubai holding the precious treasure and peering at it, Song Chi couldn't help but smile, even though blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
"Master has already survived the tribulation, so you can rest assured," he said.
Song Chi finally breathed a sigh of relief. You Qin, once moved by emotion, cried uncontrollably. Although she was happy, tears still streamed down her face, and she cried for quite a while. She only stopped slightly when the tribulation clouds gradually dissipated and the sect disciples were returning.
This tribulation of lightning shattered the buildings on Yunhai Songshan Mountain. Many buildings throughout the sect were also destroyed, resulting in significant losses. However, everyone in the sect was overjoyed.
Because the Azure Sword Sect now has a new expert at the Flying Immortal Realm, it may not be able to look down on all the other immortal sects, but at least it can now truly look at the other four great immortal sects on equal footing. This is a source of pride for the entire sect.
Song Chi rushed back to Yunhai Songtang, where his master sat solemnly amidst the spiritual mist, completing his practice.
Junior Uncle sat lazily on the few remaining steps, as Mo Shubai and You Qin approached the spiritual mist to protect their master.
Song Chi also squatted down next to his junior uncle.
Very good, Master has succeeded on the righteous path. Now she should worry about her own affairs!
She had originally planned to secretly follow the righteous path and force the issue. Now… surely her master wouldn't forbid her from taking the crooked path?
But she absolutely had to catch up with the progress to the righteous Nascent Soul stage in order to go to that secret realm!
This is really… terrible.
The junior uncle, ever the one to bring up the most awkward topics, was speaking to me with a knowing smile.
"You little brat, you're about to get a beating."
"If a Celestial Realm expert attacks, they will definitely tear your skin and flesh apart."
Song Chi: "..." She was really having a tough time. But her master was probably going to be furious this time, and even if she got beaten to a pulp, she would stick to the righteous path.
Because this is the only way she can get through.
A few days later, Venerable Xueqiao's righteous path succeeded. Since their original houses were almost completely reduced to dust, the four of them moved to four houses on Xianlan Mountain in the northeast to settle down temporarily.
Song Chi had a guilty conscience at the time, so he chose to live in Yunxi Xiaozhu, a small house at the foot of the mountain, which was the farthest from his master's residence.
Two months later, Venerable Xueqiao had also finished nurturing his spiritual energy and was about to emerge from seclusion. At this time, all the major and minor sects in the world came to congratulate him. After all, this was only the second Immortal Lord of the Righteous Path to the Flying Immortal Realm in 50,000 years. Even the seven top forces each sent two or three Venerables to offer their congratulations.
Of course, it was also because they had heard that the alchemy geniuses of the Azure Sword Sect had lived up to expectations and refined the Immortal-grade White Jade Pill. Various sects sent their talented Golden Core disciples to request the pills.
Almost all the sects arrived at the Azure Sword Sect one after the other, but they had not yet been settled in by the Azure Sword Sect.
A loud shout came from the northeast.
"You brat, stop right there!"
Immediately, a slender figure in white suddenly darted over, reached the eastern mountain, and, seemingly realizing the direction was wrong, immediately turned back and ran wildly westward.
But how could they possibly withstand the onslaught of the figure in green?
"This is how you attained enlightenment while I was in seclusion!"
"You brat, I'll teach you a lesson for not going to school!"
"I'll teach you to take the crooked path!"
"Ouch, Master, please be gentle! It hurts! Ouch, it really hurts!"
"You still feel pain, huh! You brat."
"There are countless paths to immortality, but you're going to choose a crooked and evil one!"
“I’ve tried all the other paths, really, Master, believe me, none of them work.”
"If others can get through it, why can't you?"
"Those paths require emotion, Master, but I have no emotions!"
Upon hearing these words, the white-robed figure felt as if Venerable Xueqiao nearly fainted.
He then raised his palm and slapped even harder.
"I'll teach you to be heartless! I'll teach you to be devoid of emotion!"
"I'll call you heartless!"
"You brat! How could I have taken a little rascal like you as my apprentice!"
"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Master, please calm down. Besides, many people saw this, Master, your reputation is important!"
"Face?! What face do you have left!" Although Venerable Xueqiao was furious, seeing the crowds of onlookers from various sects, he probably hadn't noticed before in his anger, but now he couldn't help but twitch his skin.
He then nodded to all sides. Then, grabbing the white-robed disciple and carrying him away like a chick, he vanished in a flash.
At that moment, all the venerable ones and their disciples couldn't help but smile.
The Venerables were all secretly wondering what kind of path this master of music had taken that had provoked Venerable Xueqiao to such great anger.
Judging from the way Venerable Xueqiao's hair was sticking up, it's likely that his righteous path did indeed have some crooked and evil aspects.
However, they were all familiar with Venerable Xueqiao's character, being fellow Venerables and having a mutual relationship. They believed that Venerable Xueqiao was too upright, and that the young girl Song Chi's righteous path was probably not as sinister as it seemed.
Those young disciples who knew Song Chi couldn't help but feel a sharp twitch in their faces.
Ye Qingyu and the others, in particular, just from hearing the phrase "I have no feelings," roughly knew that Song Chi was on the right path.
Immediately, some people twisted their teeth, while others turned pale.
Song Chi was taken back to Yunsong Hall on Xianlan Mountain and ordered to kneel on the steps. His master went into the room with a dark face.
Before long, Junior Uncle and Mo Shubai arrived one after the other.
Before entering, the junior uncle not only ignored Song Chi's pleas for help, but also couldn't help but chuckle softly. He cursed her inwardly, "Serves her right!"
This is basically unreliable.
Song Chi looked pitifully at her senior brother again. Mo Shubai merely moved his lips slightly, sighed softly with a speechless expression, and then nodded to her.
As expected, her senior brother treated her well.
You Qin arrived quickly as well. She still didn't know what righteous path her sister was on, but she smiled and reassured her, "Don't worry, once Master's anger subsides, I'll try to persuade him for you."
Second Senior Sister is a good person too!
But I'm afraid I can't persuade her otherwise. As soon as her master came out of seclusion, he called her over and asked her about her progress in enlightenment. She stammered and said that she had made progress, but it wasn't quite right.
At that time, Master's face darkened, and he asked what was wrong.
Song Chi thought that nothing was quite right. Then, under her master's orders, she finally demonstrated her method of enlightenment.
Seeing that a hundred pairs of insects were soon shamelessly rolling together, the master blushed and instantly became furious.
Before the old man could even raise his hand to strike, Song Chi had already run away like a coward. Standing there waiting for his parents to beat him would only make the beating worse. Besides, the elders' anger was harder to quell; running away would help him calm down a bit faster.
This method has always worked, and Song Chi is experienced in this area.
As expected, although the master's beating hurt a bit, he didn't kill him. It wasn't even a serious injury.
But it'll probably be a while before the anger subsides. He'll have to kneel all night!
Sure enough, the three junior uncles went into the room and tried to persuade them. It was no use; Master angrily flung his sleeves and told them all to get out.
Song Chi knelt from afternoon until nightfall, and then knelt until late at night.
The master ignored her completely and even slowly started playing the zither in the middle of the night. Judging from the music, he seemed to have calmed down a bit.
At this moment, Venerable Xueqiao was still angry; what else could he do?
Although he had been in seclusion to cultivate his Dao, he was not entirely ignorant of the outside world. Yunhai Tower, which was separated from Yunhai Pine Hall by only one mountain, could not escape his discerning eyes, and thus he had a sense of Song Chi's progress in cultivation.
At the time, I couldn't help but chuckle to myself when I noticed Song Chi's repeated hesitations and reluctance to take the right path. This kid is a coward.
The Nascent Soul stage is not as advanced as it is now; moving forward would only mean failure, not danger.
Later, Song Chi finally succeeded in attaining enlightenment, and he breathed a sigh of relief, then focused on his righteous path.
Returning to the topic of this righteous path to immortality, he experienced two life-or-death trials. He originally thought he had strayed from the right path in his enlightenment and would need the carefree immortal herb to save him, but that didn't happen.
Moreover, at the final moment of enlightenment, when the fog ahead was thick, a ray of auspicious light from the Dao of Alchemy guided him, and he instantly understood the key to it, thus stepping into the Ascension Realm. He was grateful to that alchemy genius, so the first thing Venerable Xueqiao did after emerging from seclusion was to send a generous gift to that child.
As for the two life-or-death tribulations, one was that the first lightning bolt actually struck the divine sense. If he hadn't quickly taken the Nine-Leaf Carefree Grass to save his life, he would have been annihilated instantly. The second was the third lightning bolt, at which point he knew he was powerless to resist it and had already decided to entrust his remaining children to others.
His main concern was that Shu Bai take care of the two sisters, especially the mischievous Song Chi, whom he was quite worried about. At that time, he had already instructed Shu Bai that if she liked him, it wouldn't be a problem for her to be with his third junior sister. She shouldn't be too concerned about the identity of the protector. After all, there was also Ye Qingyu; perhaps that boy was the true love of the Cui family's young lady.
Shu Bai naturally urged him to resist the heavenly lightning with all his might, as there might be a chance for a turn of events.
At that moment, Venerable Xueqiao smiled bitterly to himself. If there had been even a glimmer of hope, why wouldn't he have fought for it? But who knew that Yun Huai, at the crucial moment, would summon that immortal magic treasure to withstand half of the heavenly lightning for him? It did indeed give him a glimmer of hope, thus saving his life.
That boy was willing to give him such a precious treasure; it was no wonder he had spoiled him all these years. Venerable Xueqiao was deeply moved.
Of course, the fact that Song Chi picked the Carefree Grass for him was also crucial. Over the past 100,000 years, countless Nascent Soul cultivators, even those who found the secrets to enlightenment, have perished under heavenly lightning. The cultivation world has even spread the absurd rumor that the righteous path is not favored by Heaven and is thus destroyed by heavenly lightning.
In reality, the problem is probably just the lack of a crucial plant called "Xiaoyao Grass".
Both of them are good. But they are both rebellious sons, and look at the righteous path they have taken.
He tolerated Yun Huai, even though he followed the righteous path of the Wood Spirit Root. At least he was on the right track; pursuing the purest love in the world—wasn't that the right path?
Thinking of the hundred pairs of evil insects rolling and embracing each other that Song Chi had shown him, Venerable Xueqiao felt his blood rush to his head and almost mispronounced a word.
That brat!
He now understood why she had hesitated several times before in her pursuit of enlightenment; she probably knew that this was not the right path. Later, likely because other talented disciples had all succeeded in their enlightenment, she finally gritted her teeth and continued on.
She's really strong-willed.
As for enlightenment, she is so young and already possesses such extraordinary talent. Even if she takes another thirty or fifty years to slowly follow the right path, it wouldn't be a problem.
However, thinking of Song Chi's pitiful expression of suffering, Venerable Xueqiao couldn't help but feel speechless.
Could it be that she really... still lacks common sense? If so, the only path she can take is through the crooked and evil desires of the seven emotions and six desires. And in this very area, this brat can't even resist temptation.
Venerable Xueqiao had a bad idea. A zither flew down and landed in front of Song Chi outside the door, ordering her to play a deeply emotional piece.
She did play a piece earnestly. And coincidentally, it was in the peach blossom garden, playing that amorous song for Cui Luoying.
The tone was beautiful and melodious, and the technique was exquisite. Emotionally... just like back then, not a single ripple was stirred.
This is... truly heartless.
"That brat—!" Venerable Xueqiao recalled entrusting Song Chi to Shubai when he entrusted her with his care. "If you like each other, then marry your third junior sister, and I will be at ease." Now, looking at this brat, how can they possibly marry?
She has no heart at all.
Venerable Xueqiao: "..." He went out and glanced sideways at the hazy, clean little face under the misty moon.
At this moment, the brat was kneeling obediently with her face down, looking rather pitiful, but Venerable Xueqiao couldn't feel any pity for her at all.
I even felt a little itchy to touch them. Those clear eyes were exactly the same as before, unchanged in the slightest.
That little rascal!
"Then you must take the righteous path?" Venerable Xueqiao asked again.
"Master, I really have no other way to go." Song Chi sniffed pitifully this time before looking up and saying this.
You can tell she's truly helpless.
Venerable Xueqiao looked up at the moon for a while, then finally flicked his sleeves and sent the brat back to her Cloud Creek Residence at the foot of the mountain. But he put her in solitary confinement.
Once the talented disciples from other sects have completed their righteous path, he will then seal off the Daoist temple to help this girl achieve her righteous path.
When the righteous path is followed, it's feared that nearby insects and birds might be easily tainted by this evil path... causing quite a commotion.
She's a girl after all; she still needs to save face.
Song Chi was put in solitary confinement, and she thought to herself, "This is bad." Now she wouldn't have a chance to curry favor with Wen Xiujin. But this time she had really displeased her master, so she didn't dare to provoke him further.
That's it. We'll wait until the secret realm erupts and we go to the Ice Lake. The book indicates there are still one or two months to wait for the secret realm to truly appear.
She refused to believe that she wouldn't find an opportunity to visit the Wen family within a month or two. Even if she had to swallow her pride, she would send an invitation to Wen Xiujin to come and meet him.
Next, she honestly began to calmly comprehend the Dao. She carefully examined and understood the intricacies of the spiritual energy circulation she had previously comprehended.
A month later, they began to sense the thunderous tribulations emanating from the training ground. It was estimated that those talented disciples had begun to follow the righteous path.
Another month passed, and this time the lightning tribulation was so great that even her seal vibrated.
Song Chi guessed that Cui Xue Ruo had probably started down the righteous path. Only her tribulations always seemed to strike down from a higher level, terrifyingly so.
In the book, Cui Xue Ruo was the last to follow the righteous path. Three days after she completed her righteous path, the Qingjian Sect held a banquet. After the banquet, the talented disciples left the Qingjian Sect, and in less than half a month, the secret realm in the North shook the entire continent.
She couldn't fall behind. Song Chi guessed that her master would wait until all the other sect disciples had left before instructing her on the righteous path.
That's what she was thinking too. When a Nascent Soul cultivator reaches the true path, the spiritual mist disperses and connects with heaven and earth. If her spiritual power were to spread out, the nearby flowers and plants would likely become tangled together, not to mention small animals. That wouldn't look very good on her.
Therefore, Song Chi expressed his full approval of his master's approach.
Now I think that in just two or three days we will be on the right path. Next, I must truly calm my mind and focus, and make sure that I do not make the slightest mistake when I am on the right path.
Song Chi immediately went to burn incense, bathe, and change his clothes, and then seriously calmed his mind and sat down to meditate.
Venerable Xueqiao watched as she calmly meditated, her expression quickly becoming solemn. He saw that she would be on the right path in three to five days, by which time the other sects would have all left. Therefore, he did not stop her.
These days, he uses the excuse of supervising his disciples' enlightenment to at most attend a small banquet hosted by the Venerables, and he doesn't plan to participate in any other invitations. They are just congratulations on his ascension to the Immortal Realm; he doesn't value such fame and fortune, and they don't bother him much.
At this time, for the sake of the Cui family's destined person, Venerable Xueqiao still went to the temple to help look after him.
The Cui family was well-prepared this time, with Venerable Baiyun personally overseeing the operation, and the prepared Heavenly Treasures were sufficient to cope with the three tribulations of lightning.
Venerable Xueqiao didn't make any further moves. In fact, he had a worry in his heart at this moment. The terror of his third tribulation during his righteous path was enough to instantly annihilate even a Flying Immortal. If it weren't for the precious treasure that Yun Huai obtained from the immortal tomb to save him, he definitely wouldn't have survived that terrible tribulation.
To break the seal on the Ascension Platform, both the destined one and the protector must reach the Ascension Realm. What will these children use to shield themselves from the tribulation lightning?
Perhaps with the resources of the Cui family of the Yunji Holy Land, they could produce one or two items. But most of them would probably be unpresentable.
I'm afraid that even the eight great families like Shu Bai wouldn't be able to contribute a single item.
Venerable Xueqiao had a hunch that in order to break the seal on the Flying Immortal Platform, one must reach the pinnacle of this realm in terms of magical cultivation, weapon crafting, and array formations.
As for magical techniques, cultivators only need to work hard to understand the Great Dao. As for array formations, there is the reclusive Xi family. That young man from the Xi family is probably the inheritor of the pinnacle of array formation mastery.
But where can one find such talent in weapon crafting? The art of weapon crafting truly lost its lineage a hundred thousand years ago. Although the Cloud Pavilion Holy Land has inherited many immortal techniques from a hundred thousand years ago, the Cui family is renowned for exorcising evil with water and wood spiritual power. Even if they have preserved some rare scrolls related to weapon crafting, they probably don't have many.
Looking across the cultivation world, Venerable Xueqiao only felt that perhaps the Ziyan Divine Palace had inherited a bit of the immortal lineage of weapon crafting. But in reality, the inheritance was not much; at least for now, they couldn't even craft a mere teleportation scroll, let alone weapon crafting items that required a weapon spirit. There was no one known who could craft such items.
It is unknown whether there are any immortal techniques for refining weapons among those emerging secret realms.
Otherwise, it will be difficult to break the seal on the Flying Immortal Platform!
The tribulation passed quickly. Venerable Xueqiao didn't linger, disappearing in a flash.
Seeing that Shu Bai and Xue Rongzhan were walking together, Cui Luoying, having finished protecting her little niece, flew over to greet them.
All three were exceptionally handsome and charming, so their presence together naturally attracted everyone's attention.
Even many venerable ones couldn't help but glance over with smiles.
Venerable Xueqiao, however, felt that Cui Luoying's act of protecting his niece was a pretense; he probably came to the Azure Sword Sect to see someone else. After all, Cui Luoying, a mere Nascent Soul cultivator, couldn't possibly protect against that terrifying lightning tribulation.
As for Xue Rongzhan, this young man has recently been actively involved in the affairs of the Ziyan Divine Palace sect, and he especially enjoys getting involved in external affairs. His visit to the Qingjian Sect this time is to manage all matters, large and small. Venerable Xueqiao believes that his real purpose in coming here is probably to meet someone.
But these kids don't even need to think about it.
He wouldn't let them see that brat even once. He was determined to break them up this time.
However, Venerable Xueqiao suddenly looked towards the northeast. Immediately, his expression changed slightly, and he cursed inwardly.
How could that brat have entered a meditative state of oneness with heaven and earth so quickly? She's on the right path!
It has been less than half an hour since she began her meditation... Her level of concentration is indeed worthy of her carefree nature.
But this is a bit too fast.
"Master!" At this moment, Shu Bai also noticed and was about to fly over.
Without waiting for him, Venerable Xueqiao instantly teleported to Xianlan Mountain. Just as the spiritual energy emanating from Yunxi Residence reached the snow pine tree beneath his feet, he saw a pair of little squirrels shamelessly embracing each other. Venerable Xueqiao's face twitched, and with a flick of his sleeve, he sealed off dozens of miles of the Xianlan Mountains.
Thinking it wasn't enough, they sealed off several dozen more miles. They wouldn't stop until they connected to the Lotus Hidden Holy Land of Venerable Qinglian!
They kept Xue Rongzhan and Cui Luoying, who had come to watch the spectacle, out, and only let Shu Bai in.
When the master and apprentice arrived at Yunxi Residence, they saw Song Chi sitting in the courtyard with his eyes closed and his face solemn and clean.
Venerable Xueqiao felt that only at this moment could this brat stop causing trouble.
Unexpectedly, at a time when she desperately needed to achieve perfect harmony with her spirit, she still sent a message through her divine sense: "Master, should we move to the Daoist temple?"
If you move now, and that energy dissipates, you'll likely suffer the destruction of your soul and body. Venerable Xueqiao glared angrily, "Focus on the righteous path, don't worry about anything else. Your senior brother and I will protect you."
Song Chi, however, was still not focused and was anxiously giving instructions.
"Junior Uncle, protect my evil insect!"
Just then, Nie Yunhuai arrived and, seeing her say this, collected the hundred pairs of evil insects that were already rolling together and hiding in the flower bushes in front of her.
It's not entirely uncommon to find it funny. This child, even when she's on the righteous path, is still worried that her master might see the evil insects rolling around together and, in a fit of rage, destroy them.
But since her senior brother allowed her to use this method to righteously follow the path, he naturally wouldn't harm the evil insects that were assisting her in doing so.
Even so, seeing him put away those huddled evil insects, the faces of the master and disciple couldn't help but twitch. Shu Bai's expression was slightly less affected, probably because he had already accepted the fact.
The senior brother's beard twitched with anger, but he didn't dare disturb Song Chi's concentration at this moment. The three of them quickly finished setting up the altar, and Venerable Xueqiao solemnly said, "Focus on the righteous path!"
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Author's Note: [doge][doge] First update~
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