After Suiyi arrived at the restaurant, the people around her chatted in small groups.
Suiyi looked around and saw the Grand Elder's procession, so she headed towards it.
"I wonder how Junior Brother is doing now!" the First Elder said in a deep voice, his tone tinged with worry.
"Elder, what are you doing here?" Sui Yi asked curiously.
"Hey!" With several big question marks on his forehead, he turned his head in confusion to look at the source of the sound. What he saw almost gave him a heart attack. There was a guy who was as black as ink next to him, smiling at him, with his white teeth standing out.
"You...you are..."
"Hey senior brother, you're not so blind yet, are you? You can't even recognize me?" Chao Tian rolled his eyes, and Sui Yi was speechless.
“→_→ Who knew it was you?” he said irritably, then looked at her.
"I told you everyone who survives their tribulation is fair and delicate, but look at you, did you soak in ink? What happened to you?"
Can I not answer this question? That's why I know that anything that seems reasonable to others will be viewed the opposite way when it happens to me. Some common-sense questions simply don't apply to me.
Speaking of the tribulation, although she didn't experience it in the original owner's memories, she felt that it was relatively easy for others to undergo it. However, she was chased and bombarded by lightning when it came to her own tribulation. She guessed that she had borrowed rice from the heavens in her past life and had to repay them.
"Judging from your expression, have you successfully overcome your tribulation?"
"What do you think? Would I be standing here if I hadn't completed my tribulation? By the way, where did my master go?" After answering, Sui Yi glanced at the restaurant. The restaurant was no longer the same as it had been before their tribulation. It was now charred black, as if a fire had swept through it, with ash and several large craters everywhere. Although it didn't look as big as theirs, one could still guess that the power of the lightning was not to be underestimated.
"Did you go to find your master?"
"Really? I didn't meet him. I came here as soon as I finished my tribulation!" Sui Yi looked at him innocently, turning around to look left and right.
"I don't know about that. He told us he was looking for you, but he disappeared in a flash. You wait here for a while, he'll probably be here soon." The elder was exasperated. This master and disciple were supposed to be extraordinary people who had just undergone tribulation, their strength was probably already beyond the reach of most people, yet they were still driving people crazy.
"But let me ask you, what kind of tribulation did you undergo? Judging from its power, it was quite formidable." The Grand Elder had always been puzzled by Sui Yi's strength, so he asked. As soon as he spoke, everyone around him looked at Sui Yi with curious eyes.
They were all very curious to know how someone who hadn't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage could have passed the Ascension Tribulation, as this seemed highly illogical.
"I did indeed undergo the tribulation of ascension. The reason you think I'm only at the Qi Refining stage is simply because I was hiding my true strength. At that time, my real strength had already reached the Golden Core stage."
"But you are only twelve years old. Even if you started cultivating in the womb, no matter how monstrous you are, you could never reach that level."
"But you should know the principle that you can't judge a book by its cover. Although I look only twelve years old, I am already ten thousand years old!" Sui Yi is no longer afraid of anything. The mission is complete, and she can freely let herself go and do whatever she wants.
"What? She's already ten thousand years old? Then why..." The people who heard Sui Yi's words felt their jaws drop, and they looked at Sui Yi with a particularly strange expression.
"We're all ancient monsters who've lived for hundreds of years, can't you even understand such a small thing?"
"→_→", you're the old monster. Compared to you, what are our ages? After learning Suiyi's true age, no one went back to envy her. She lived for ten thousand years before ascending to immortality. There's really nothing to envy about that.
But then again, what is her true identity?
"Actually, I know everyone is very suspicious of my true identity. Now I'm not afraid to tell you that I am a ten-thousand-year-old ginseng. Before I underwent the tribulation, I was not even ten thousand years old, but after the tribulation, I have already become an immortal!"
"I have another question. Usually, the people I've seen who have undergone tribulation are greeted by the light of guidance after they've completed their tribulation. But why haven't I seen any movement from you and the Supreme Elder?" The sect leader was very puzzled.
"Uh... I guess the guys up there want my master and me to rest for a few days before we talk about it!" This was Suiyi's first time undergoing tribulation and her first time encountering this situation. She remembered that in her own system, she would ascend immediately after completing the tribulation, unless she went against the will of heaven and resisted ascension.
"Oh! I see!" The sect leader looked like he knew it all along, which made Sui Yi think to herself, "This sect leader is so easy to fool."
"Disciple!" Sui Yi was about to tidy up the restaurant when she heard Qing Rong call from behind.
Sui Yi turned around and looked at Qing Rong. After surviving her tribulation, Qing Rong looked much younger than before, and she had an air of otherworldly grace about her—this was true immortality. Unlike herself, who looked like she'd been picked up from a garbage dump, utterly wretched.
Master, where have you gone?
“I went to look for you, but I couldn’t find you. I saw that the strange phenomenon in the sky had disappeared, so I came to check on you. How are you? Are you hurt?” Qingrong looked at Suiyi with concern and grabbed her hand to examine her.
"It's alright, it's alright. Apart from being a bit dark, everything else is fine." Qingrong touched his beard, but when he touched it, he realized that the beard he had deliberately grown was gone. His body stiffened, and he felt a little uncomfortable.
"Master, why didn't you ascend to immortality after you survived your tribulation?"
"This...this...maybe the guide is asleep!" Qingrong couldn't explain it either.
...
Asking seemed pointless. "Then let's just stay put and ascend naturally when the time comes."
"Ahem, well, everyone, you may leave now! My disciple and I need to rest for a bit." Qing Rong gave them the order to leave, and the elders departed with faces full of questions.
"How is it, little apprentice? Have you overcome your inner tribulation?" He leaned close to Suiyi's ear and asked in a low voice.
"Of course, Jiang Heng was struck by lightning even more badly than me, but I wonder if she will gain any benefits after being baptized by lightning."
“That’s for sure. If she pulls through, the benefits will be substantial,” Qingrong replied confidently.
"Never mind her, Master. After we've tidied up, let's invite some friends over for a get-together, as a celebration."
"Alright! You want to invite that kid, right? You want to meet him before you leave." Sui Yi's thoughts were clearly seen through.
"Hmm! Master, you said you would ascend to the upper realm first to help me conquer the world, and then I would be protected when I go up there. I never expected that we would go together."
"You wish! Once we reach the Upper Realm, we'll be at the bottom." He glared at Sui Yi and gave her a sharp rap on the head.
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