Chapter 21: No. 1 in Talent on the Qingyun Ranking
When the last thunderbolt struck, the heart protected by Ningbi Dan finally suffered a blow.
Lin Du frowned suddenly, and his previously calm expression instantly turned into a wrinkled scalp stained with water vapor.
She uncontrollably covered her heart with one hand. The excruciating pain was more unbearable than the electric shock. Her brain felt like it was hit by an axe and even her thoughts were shattered.
If she had known that the heavenly tribulation would be so painful, she would not have practiced to become an immortal and should have just waited for death.
Lin Du cursed in his heart, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered, just like a college student who had been cursed a hundred times in private but still had a good attitude and insisted on completing the task.
You can be polite with your mouth but be honest with your body.
She used the last bit of consciousness she had left to find the pill that Jiang Liang had prepared for her and stuffed it into her mouth, not caring about the sweet taste that was overflowing from her throat.
The medicinal power took effect, repairing the damaged internal organs and soothing the aching heart.
The thunderbolt gradually dissipated, and rain full of healing and life force fell from the sky. This was one of the spiritual rewards that a cultivator could bring to the land where he lived.
The skin that was previously burned and had lightning scars quickly grew new skin. The cold rain fell on the young man who was lying paralyzed on the ground with his arms and legs spread. Her clothes were tattered, and her green robe had become charred rags. She looked up in a daze, letting Lingyu repair her tortured body. The growing itching made her too lazy to move.
Jiang Liang and Yan Ye walked over. The child's skin was as white as jade, with rainwater still accumulating on his nose and eye sockets. His eyes were clearly black and white, but they looked dull and tired.
After a long while, the child chuckled softly, "Before I came here, everyone said that cultivation was a respectable job, and that there were rules for ascending to immortality, but no one told me that I would be struck by lightning."
"What's the difference between this and adults deceiving children that they can enjoy themselves just by getting into college?"
Yan Ye and Jiang Liang looked at each other and asked, "Did my disciple get hit by lightning and his brain got damaged? Please help me, where is my smart disciple?"
Jiang Liang actually squatted down to check, "Nothing bad, very good, the mind and soul are solid, the body has been repaired almost completely, the heart veins seem to be protected by some medicine, there are no signs of weakening, the lungs are also 90% unblocked, the other deficiencies will need years of care to heal."
Slowly, the rain stopped.
An exceptionally gorgeous rainbow gradually appeared on the horizon, with brilliant rays of light dyeing half the sky red.
Lin Du didn't move. She was really in pain and numb. Even though her heart had been repaired, she still felt a dull pain. As soon as she opened her mouth, she spat out a blood bubble.
Yan Ye was so frightened when he saw this scene that his heart stopped. He picked the man up and said, "Lin Du? Lin Du? Is Lin Du okay? Say something to Master."
Lin Du's throat moved and another blood bubble came out.
...It’s not that she doesn’t want to speak, she just can’t.
This evil master picked her up, and the blood that flowed out of her throat got stuck in her throat, unable to go up or down.
She patted Yan Ye's arm with great effort, then rolled over and fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Jiang Liang couldn't bear to watch it, so he turned around with his hands behind his back.
It is bad luck for Lin Du to have such a master.
This master would have played her to death long ago.
Lin Du felt better after spitting out blood. He saw a crane cloak on his shoulders. It was Jiang Liang.
Only then did she realize that this fellow was wearing a fox fur coat, yet he was still shivering from the cold.
Luo Ze's formation can turn water into ice. It not only has the physical damage of the extreme cold in the north, but also the magical damage of the southern winter. Even a real person who has reached the Huiyang realm will become an ice sculpture in a short while without the protection of spiritual energy.
Lin Du thanked him, stood up and found that his body was full of spiritual energy. Originally he could only barely see the outline of the meridians in his body, but now he could look inside himself thoroughly, and his consciousness was much wider than before.
She stood up and said, "I'm hungry. Is it time yet? I want to show off my meal."
Jiang Liang nodded, "Not quite there yet, but we should be doing it now."
"It's just right for me to change my clothes. If I go begging now, even the beggars will complain that I'm wearing too shabby clothes."
Lin Du was leisurely going back to her cave, without any awareness that she had just survived a life-and-death situation.
"Lin Du." Yan Ye suddenly called her.
Lin Du turned around and raised an eyebrow at his master, "What's the matter? What did I say? Don't look down on me."
"You haven't done your homework for today yet. Luo Ze is over there. Go in by yourself. It's dirty. A monkey rolling in the mud would be cleaner than you."
Lin Du sighed and said, "I know. Don't look at it."
Yan Ye lowered his eyes, "I am a blind man."
Lin Du ignored him and walked to the hanging ice waterfall by himself. He raised his hand to put the crane cloak on his body into the storage ring, and scratched his head, "My head is itchy, do I need to grow a brain?"
A foundation-building thunder tribulation almost replaced her entire body. Lin Du estimated that her body was covered with scabs and new flesh, so it was inevitable that she would feel itchy.
She stretched out her hand and used her spiritual power to break open the thick ice shell, then jumped in.
The water in Luoze is the spiritual water from the place where the blessings and longevity of heaven and earth gather, second only to the rain from heaven. Yan Ye was afraid that relying solely on the rain from heaven would not be enough, so if she added some more measures, maybe she could completely open up her heart.
Lin Du knew everything and didn't say anything back.
Just like how she had smiled and played along with Yan Ye before the thunder tribulation in order to reassure him.
The master and the disciple knew everything in their hearts, but they didn't want to express their clichéd worries in corny words.
Jiang Liang couldn't understand the way the master and the apprentice interacted with each other. He shook his head and sneezed, "I'm leaving."
"Yes." Yan Ye nodded, "You still want a blind man like me to take you there?"
Jiang Liang sneered, waved his sleeves, took a few steps, and left this icy and snowy place where no living person should set foot.
Just as Lin Du was enduring the rapids beneath the ice and swimming upstream, a stone pillar that reached from the sky to the ground on the Floating Cloud Mountain in Zhongzhou suddenly shone with golden light, and the characters on it began to move on their own without any human intervention.
The power of heaven surged, causing those guarding the mountain to rush down to watch.
A line of words suddenly appeared on the stone pillar: "Lin Du's 13-year-old state of mind in playing the zither"
There is a note in small characters saying, "After two months of practicing Taoism, he has established his foundation and is the most gifted person on the Qingyun Ranking."
“Lin Du…Lin Du.” The Taoist stared at the words above. “Building the foundation in two months…The most gifted person on the Qingyun Ranking.”
The Qingyun List at the foot of the Fuyun Mountain reaches the sky and lands on the ground. It was born from the way of heaven. There is a pillar reaching the sky named Qingyun. There is also an island on the sea named Yaotai. On top of Yaotai there is also a pillar reaching the sky named Chongxiao.
It records the young talents who have emerged from generation to generation in the world of cultivation. It has witnessed the disappearance of many names, either because of the decline of genius or because of being mediocre.
Chongxiao Gaoji records the powerful people who have risen one after another in the world of cultivation. This is because cultivation is supervised by the Heavenly Dao. If there is any advancement, the Heavenly Dao will be the first to know unless the secret is concealed.
There are countless private rankings, and the judging criteria are always questioned. Only the Qingyun and Chongxiao lists are the ones that no one dares to question.
The name Lin Du spread throughout the entire Zhongzhou continent in just one day.
Tied to it is "first in talent".