One lightning bolt after another struck, leaving the houses in a terrible state. The last lightning bolt lingered in the tribulation clouds for a long time. Just when everyone thought that Qi Zhiheng had failed to transcend the tribulation and that was why the lightning bolt had not fallen, the lightning bolt that had been lingering in the tribulation clouds for so long finally fell.
The thunderous roar was so powerful that everyone nearby covered their ears. Even those who had their hearing blocked could still feel the power and terror of the tribulation by the vibrations beneath their feet.
Under the tempering of each lightning tribulation, Qi Zhiheng's originally intact skin was torn and bleeding. Fortunately, his meridians were not damaged for the time being. Clearly, the lightning tribulation was already too much for Qi Zhiheng to bear. For the last lightning tribulation, Qi Zhiheng could only choose to use some means to withstand it.
His choice was to use the lightning-attracting talisman that Yang Yitian had drawn before. After attracting away part of the lightning tribulation, the remaining lightning tribulation fell directly on him.
Qi Zhiheng's entire body was almost completely unharmed. His bloody and charred body, along with the smell of burning flesh, made the crowd, who hadn't taken the tribulation seriously, somewhat nervous. The sheer power of the tribulation had exceeded their expectations.
Qi Zhiheng does look disheveled now, but he has relied on these eighteen lightning tribulations to advance his third stage of the "Five Elements Body Forging Technique" into the fourth stage!
Compared to the small amount of housing compensation that Qi Zhenhe was worried about, the benefits gained from breaking through to the fourth level of the "Five Elements Body Forging Technique" were clearly much more valuable.
Just then, the layers of lightning tribulation dissipated, and a golden light shone down, repairing Qi Zhiheng's originally ravaged body.
Like parched, cracked earth finally receiving the nourishment of rain, Qi Zhiheng's pained expression gradually subsided. His charred muscles slowly returned to normal thanks to the blessings of Heaven, and the skin burned by the lightning tribulation peeled away. In less than half an hour, Qi Zhiheng's body was completely healed.
Qi Zhiheng could deeply understand that his physical strength was now no less than that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
As the golden light descended, Qi Zhiheng's gray mist-like spiritual energy swirled around him and then detected a wisp of purple mist. He immediately extended his gray mist to capture it, and just as he was about to pull it back to examine it, the purple mist merged into his gray mist.
Qi Zhiheng's mind was filled with a clear understanding. In an instant, he realized what this was: the Primordial Purple Qi that was born alongside the Heavenly Dao!
The Primordial Purple Qi represents a law; obtaining the Primordial Purple Qi means that one will be able to gain a closer grasp of the law in the future.
The first thing Qi Zhiheng did when he opened his eyes was to look at his lower body.
Fortunately, although it was a bit tattered, at least the vital parts weren't exposed, so it managed to save face.
Only then did the Qi family feel relieved.
Qi Zhiheng took out a cloak and put it on before standing up.
Afterwards, Qi Zhiheng and the others had to pay a large sum of spirit stones to the owner of the house, which amounted to 100,000 mid-grade spirit stones. That would have been enough for the whole family to rent a cave dwelling and cultivate for a long time!
This made Qi Zhiheng extremely distressed; he thought it would have been better if they had just rented a cave dwelling from the beginning.
This courtyard is no longer habitable, so Qi Zhiheng will have to rent another courtyard with the rest of the people from Xuanling Continent.
The group packed their belongings and prepared to move into another house.
Yang Yitian patted his stomach, walked next to Qi Zhiheng, and said enviously, "I didn't expect that you could directly enter the Golden Core stage just by chopping vegetables."
"Enlightenment is unpredictable. It's a pity all my vegetables were wasted." Qi Zhiheng thought to himself, this is not just a matter of advancing to the Golden Core stage. Presumably, his cultivation will be much smoother in the future. In the past, his spiritual energy was of poor quality, but now that his spiritual energy has become gray mist, the quality of spiritual energy has improved. With the quality improved, the speed will naturally increase as well.
This advancement put him in a good mood, and even the thought of losing spirit stones didn't bother him as much.
"Aren't you hungry? I'll go get you something to eat." Qi Zhiheng and the others arrived at the newly rented house not far away, and took out some ingredients to prepare a meal.
Yang Yitian glanced at him sideways and said, "If I were waiting for your food, I'd probably be starving to death by now."
This statement is not an exaggeration. Qi Zhiheng was struck by lightning for six days. If he hadn't had his supplies, he would have starved to death.
Qi Zhiheng was also a little embarrassed, but could he be blamed? It happened suddenly, it was understandable, it was understandable!
Qi Zhiheng took out a lot of the ingredients from his space, at least four-fifths of his stock.
This advancement caused some trouble for the people of Xuanling Continent, so he took the opportunity to prepare extra food and send it over as an apology.
He prepared a large pot of stewed meat, which is a relatively main dish. It's simple and convenient, since it's really difficult for him to prepare food for a thousand people by himself. He can only choose to make something simple.
Apart from some disciples of the Yuansheng Academy who had eaten Qi Zhiheng's barbecue before, this was the first time the rest of them had tasted the food he had prepared. A large portion of spirit rice was served with stewed meat and vegetables, and everyone ate until they couldn't lift their heads. It could be considered that they had accepted Qi Zhiheng's apology.
With more than two months left, Qi Zhiheng began preparing for alchemy.
He first prepared a bunch of long-lasting spiritual food and placed it in Yang Yitian's storage container, and then went into seclusion to refine pills.
The golden marrow flowers planted in the space have grown quite a bit. After picking the first blooming golden marrow flower, he left the others behind for the time being. He needed some seeds to expand the planting area.
For this reason, he didn't hesitate to throw in a bunch of spirit stones.
The classification of pills in the cultivation world differs from that in the Xuanling Continent. The third-grade pill that Qi Zhiheng is about to refine is what the Xuanling Continent calls a seventh-grade pill.
Level 3 pills generally require alchemists at the Golden Core stage to successfully refine. Qi Zhiheng first tried refining other level 3 pills, and then refined some simple level 4 pills. When he was able to refine half of the top-grade level 4 pills, he began to refine the Golden Marrow Pill.
Having advanced to the Golden Core stage, Qi Zhiheng's control over both his soul and spiritual power was unprecedented. He transformed the power of the gray mist into fire-attribute spiritual energy, which he found even more familiar. This was the cultivation path he had come to understand: an equivalent exchange with spiritual energy of various attributes.
The gray mist could completely disguise itself as various spiritual forces and was very intimate with all kinds of spiritual energy. He felt as if his intimacy with various spiritual energies had increased, and he seemed to be able to use his gray mist to make transactions with these spiritual energies.
The gentle nature of the spiritual energy made him adept at playing with fire, and the process of refining pills was much smoother, and a batch of pills was quickly produced.
Qi Zhiheng put away the pills; there were ten pills in total, all of them of the highest quality!
Qi Zhiheng was quite satisfied with the fact that the entire batch of pills were of the highest quality; ten pills should be enough to last for ten days.
Qi Zhiheng took the pill to Yang Yitian.
Yang Yitian had been spending all this time eating, and his belly had gotten even bigger. When Qi Zhiheng arrived, he was still eating the spiritual food that Qi Zhiheng had prepared.
"Try one." Qi Zhiheng took out a pill and fed it to Yang Yitian.
The pill turned into a warm current as soon as it entered his mouth. After eating it, Yang Yitian immediately felt that the hunger in his stomach had been greatly reduced, and then he put down the dried meat in his hand.
He burped and said, "I'm full."
"It seems to have worked." Qi Zhiheng put the pill into his pocket. "Take one when you're hungry. It should last for ten days."
Yang Yitian put away the pills and said in a good mood, "This stuff is good." Without the feeling of hunger, his mood was much lighter, and he even had the mood to draw talismans.
Yang Yitian took out a stack of talismans and placed them in Qi Zhiheng's hand: "These are the talismans I drew some time ago. Our family has been spending a lot of spirit stones lately, so these sets of talismans should be able to be exchanged for some spirit stones. You should find an opportunity to sell them."
Qi Zhiheng took the talisman: "I happen to have some pills on hand, so I'll take them and sell them too."
Just as he was about to leave, Yang Yitian grabbed him and said, "Take me with you."
Qi Zhiheng glanced at his stomach and said, "There are too many people outside, and you can't use much of your power right now. I think it's a bit dangerous. It's safer at home."
Yang Yitian held onto his sleeve tightly, looking at him expectantly: "I think the baby needs you to spend time with him too, feel him." As he spoke, he pulled his hand and placed it on his own stomach.
As if sensing her father's presence, the babies in her belly kicked their legs quite obligingly. Qi Zhiheng felt a strange sensation in his heart; it was almost four months along now, and it was indeed time to feel fetal movement.
"These few are quite energetic." For the first time, Qi Zhiheng felt the bond between himself and these children, wondering if it was because they were children conceived by cultivators.
Now that he thinks about it, he realized that he hadn't spent much time with Yang Yitian during her pregnancy. He was either cultivating or refining pills. It was indeed his fault as a father and husband. He softened his tone and said, "I will try to spend more time with you during this period."
Yang Yitian hung a jade pendant around his neck and said, "I'm carrying a protective jade pendant, so there shouldn't be any major problems. Let's go out and take a look together."
"Okay." Qi Zhiheng agreed. If he was careful, Yang Yitian shouldn't get hurt.
Qi Zhiheng went to Qi Dong's courtyard. Qi Dong did have some practice pills, so he handed them to Qi Zhiheng so that he could sell them. It wouldn't do to just keep refining so many and piling them up.
Qi Zhiheng found a trading house that not only bought pills, but also talismans and spiritual artifacts. Then it dawned on him that it was time to buy some materials for his uncle, Gu Qinglin, to practice with. Back in the Xuanling Continent, materials were limited, making it difficult to forge spiritual artifacts. Now that they were on the cultivation continent, they had materials to practice with, which would be beneficial for the upcoming selection.
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