To be fair, She Jinxing is a very meticulous, even meticulous, man. Every day after finishing his late-night snack, he would wash the dishes and chopsticks, put them away, and make sure Shang Lin had nothing else to do before returning to the Dragon Spirit Tower. Even if he didn't eat tonight, he would still follow the same routine as every night!
That's why Shang Lin asked that question, while She Jinxing smiled helplessly, "Isn't this about coaxing a cub? I think the Divine Lord is already losing patience with coaxing him."
Yeah, Xiaobai.
However, Shang Lin laughed rather unkindly, "It must have been difficult for you, Divine Lord. How has Xiao Bai been lately?"
"Much better, but it's a cub, who knows what will happen next? If Little White is really a female cub, then we'll have to be even more careful in coaxing her."
Shang Lin nodded, "Indeed, but you are more patient than I imagined. You took care of me and Xiaobai. I don't think Hu Tangdi and Huang Ying are as patient as you."
She Jinxing immediately laughed and said, "My patience was honed by surviving for a thousand years in the human world, while Hu Tangdi has been sealed for nearly a thousand years. What patience could he possibly have? It's a miracle he hasn't gone mad. As for Huang Ying, he's just a young kid. What patience can he talk about?"
Shang Lin nodded again, "However, your patience will greatly help your cultivation."
"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have transformed from a tiny black snake, only as long as a chopstick, into the black dragon I am today. I just don't know how long it will take before I can transform into a dragon!"
Moreover, transforming into a dragon is merely a further advancement in cultivation. One must then evolve into a horned dragon, an eagle dragon, a golden dragon, and ultimately, a dragon king. Only by becoming a dragon king can one travel to different worlds, freely tear through space and time, and roam the universe.
However, She Jinxing dared not think about any of these things. As an ancient dragon, the Divine Lord had lived for tens of thousands of years but had not evolved into a Dragon King. When he died, he was still a white dragon.
Of course, this could also be because the master's personality was too eccentric and capricious. Oh, and he was a dragon since birth, so he probably didn't have any intention of evolving further.
If you put yourself in someone else's shoes and imagine yourself as a dragon, capable of doing many incredible things, then you really wouldn't have any desire to evolve.
In fact, She Jinxing, who cultivated in the human realm, was already very powerful. In today's terms, "you have already defeated 99 percent of your competitors."
Shang Lin thought the same thing, so he said, "This, besides your own cultivation level, also requires an opportunity, at least an opportunity to withstand the heavenly lightning."
"Yes. In the past years, I have also seen dragons trying to cross the heavenly tribulation. In order to successfully overcome the tribulation, they really used all sorts of methods. Some even chose places where humans gathered or sought out humans with great merit to help them offset part of the heavenly lightning. Unfortunately... the results were not very good."
"In fact, although heavenly lightning may cause cultivators to die, in a sense, it also tempers their bodies. As long as we find a way to mitigate the power of the lightning during the tribulation, and keep the heavenly lightning that hits us within the range that our bodies can withstand, we can successfully pass the tribulation and temper our bodies at the same time. Isn't that the best of both worlds?"
She Jinxing, “…”
How is their sect leader's brain structured? How come his way of thinking is completely different from theirs? And is heavenly lightning just ordinary lightning? How can they mitigate the power of lightning during tribulation?
Seeing She Jinxing speechless with shock at his words, Shang Lin immediately laughed and said, "I'm not talking nonsense. I did undergo tribulations like this when I was in the cultivation world. However, I failed my last tribulation because I consumed too much energy refining the Dragon Spirit Tower. So even if I alleviated the power of lightning, it was still a dead end for me at that time. So, you see, people shouldn't be too arrogant. What's the point of being a genius? In the face of absolute power, you still turn to ashes."
She Jinxing hurriedly comforted him, "Everything has its own destiny, so the sect leader doesn't need to worry too much. Besides, it's a blessing for us aliens that the sect leader has come to the human realm."
Shang Lin, "..."
You're so good at talking; if you're so good at talking, say a few more words.
However, he said, "I've been in the human realm for so many years, I don't care anymore. It's just that we people are still far from needing to undergo tribulation to advance, so I haven't thought about how to mitigate the power of lightning. But the human realm has lightning rods, which is worth a try. However, I read online that lightning rods are actually 'lightning attractors,' which draw lightning towards themselves and then channel the lightning energy into the earth to protect nearby buildings and other objects from damage by lightning strikes."
"If we do that, what if the lightning doesn't hit us? Will we still be able to advance? And if it doesn't hit us, we'll lose an opportunity to temper our bodies. Even if we successfully advance, we'll become weak, which will hinder our further cultivation. Besides, lightning rods aren't something we can use on our own. These are all problems!"
She Jinxing was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "So we really are different species, so our brains are different too?"
Shang Lin was also taken aback, but then laughed and said, "It's not that we have different minds, but that we think about different things."
While they were talking, Shang Lin had already finished his dinner. She Jinxing wanted to return to the Dragon Spirit Tower as soon as possible, so as every night, he washed the dishes and made sure that Shang Lin had nothing else to do before going back.
If calculated by time, it's a little later than usual. But what Shang Lin said tonight really shocked She Jinxing. If what the sect leader said is true, then their future advancement will become something to look forward to.
She Jinxing played with Xiaobai absentmindedly for a while, but only managed to coax it to sleep by showing its tail. Shang Lin's words were too shocking, and he needed time to calm himself down.
However, Shang Lin acted as if nothing had happened and started doing his homework. He was a little sleepy today and wanted to finish early so he could go to bed early. Unfortunately, things don't always go as planned. Just as he finished his homework, he received a message from Lan Xuan.
Lan Xuan: Sect Master Shang, what happened to all those things in the sewers of the new city area? Do you know what happened?
Tonight, their director went to clean it again, but there was nothing left inside. It was so clean that it was as if those things had never existed.
So Mo Rong went back to the office and immediately asked Lan Xuan to ask Shang Lin, because he had a feeling that this matter was related to the other party.
Shang Lin felt a headache coming on as soon as he saw Lan Xuan's message, because he didn't know how to respond. Saying yes or no was not quite appropriate, so he simply ignored it. As a student, he should be asleep by now.
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