Eighty-one bolts of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Universe Purple Lightning fell one by one, and after a long time, the wind and waves subsided, and the small mountain was blasted into a deep pit by the lightning. Inside the pit, an object that was completely black and emitted a pungent burnt smell sat motionless.
"Elder Hentian failed his tribulation?" The disciples of Litian Dao Palace were dejected and couldn't help but think the worst.
"No, no," someone shouted.
The blackened, foul-smelling humanoid object's outer layer peeled away bit by bit, revealing a translucent white body. Flickering electric light emanated from its surface, and its blood vessels pulsated, seemingly due to a rapidly beating heart and an abundant, even excessive, blood supply.
Hentian stood up, and the surrounding clouds and mist swirled, blocking everyone's view.
"Tsk tsk tsk, just so-so!" Ji Xiaoxiao sneered. "Looking at his tall and imposing figure and extraordinary demeanor, this man is just average."
Ji Xiaohua didn't hide anything from anyone; even people in the corners of the stands could hear her gossip clearly.
Is it just so-so?
What do you mean by "just so-so"?
Everyone understood the meaning behind Ji Xiaoxiao's words. Under the immense thunder tribulation, even the divine sword Linden Wood was reduced to dust. How could a superior-grade magic robe withstand such a dangerous thunder tribulation? Naturally, it returned to dust. At this moment, Hentian was completely naked.
For a woman to say that a man is just so-so is a fundamental insult to him.
The disciples of the Heavenly Dao Palace were furious, but dared not argue with Ji Xiaoxiao. They could only glare at this shameless woman with barely concealed anger. How could a woman look at a strange man? She looked, and then shamelessly commented on him—truly shameless!
Ji Xiaoxiao turned her head and glanced at them. The rats who were staring at her covered their eyes and lowered their heads.
"It hurts, my eyes hurt so much."
With just a casual glance, all those with ill intentions were punished. Ji Xiaoxiao had shown off her skills, easily suppressing everyone present.
Hentian changed his clothes, came over with his hands behind his back, his expression serious. He took a step forward and stood below the stands, where the audience was completely silent.
"What's going on?" Hentian's brows furrowed deeper.
Snap, snap, snap.
Ji Xiaoxiao clapped her hands. "Hentian has successfully completed his tribulation and is now a true Venerable. So, it's time for me to explain something."
"Over the past century, Hentian's cultivation has progressed at an astonishing speed. Does anyone know why?"
This sentence was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples to spread outwards, while beneath the surface, turbulent undercurrents were stirred up.
They certainly didn't know the methods for breaking through realms and advancing in rank.
The cultivator's breathing became rapid, and his eyes shone brightly as he looked at Ji Xiaoxiao.
Ji Xiaoxiao smiled slightly, "It's simple, kill someone."
The word "murder" was like a flying knife, piercing into everyone's ears.
"More than two hundred years ago, Hentian left the Litian Dao Palace and returned to his mortal home, where he stayed for ten years. Ten years later, Hentian returned to the Litian Dao Palace. At that time, Hentian had rapidly grown from an ordinary elder and a mediocre talent of the middle-grade sixth-level Earth Origin Realm into a peerless genius who had accumulated knowledge and skills and was promoted to the Supreme Elder of the Litian Dao Palace in one fell swoop."
The older generation of the Heavenly Dao Palace knew everything about Ji Xiao.
“Venerable One,” said the Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Dao Palace.
Ji Xiaoxiao waved her hand, interrupting, "Grandpa, don't rush, the important part is yet to come."
Slightly raising her head, Ji Xiaoxiao stared at Hentian. Hentian noticed Ji Xiaoxiao's meaningful gaze, and his scalp tingled, his hands and feet turned cold, and his eyelids twitched incessantly. He was high in the sky, a person looking down from above, yet he had the strange feeling that he was being trampled underfoot.
"Could she know?" Hentian clenched his fist. "Impossible. I've never met her before, and I always act discreetly. No one should have discovered this."
Hentian took a deep breath, comforting himself that he was just worrying unnecessarily.
Ji Xiaoxiao winked playfully at Hentian, "I've sent people to investigate. The Nie family relocates every fifty years, and after Hentian settles in the Nie family, he returns home for a few years before returning to the Li Tian Dao Palace, where his talent surpasses even his former self. I find this very strange. Could it be that the Nie family possesses some rare and extraordinary treasure that can open the seven orifices, connect the soul, alter one's talent, and enhance one's physical constitution?"
Their eyes gleamed with a terrifying light, like wild beasts hunting for prey.
"Your Excellency, is it really true?" someone asked impatiently.
Ji Xiaoxiao pointed at Hentian, "Why don't we let Hentian say it himself?"
No one objected to Ji Xiaoxiao's suggestion. The path of cultivation is extremely arduous, and if there are treasures that can change one's innate talent, they naturally want to see them for themselves.
"We humbly request Venerable Hentian to bring out his treasures so that we may broaden our horizons."
"That's right, that's right."
The crowd in the stands was making a ruckus, and Hentian grew increasingly impatient and angry.
“I do not possess such a thing,” Hentian declared loudly.
"Venerable Hentian, you have already transcended the tribulation and become a Venerable. That treasure is no longer of use to you. Why don't you take it out to benefit the world? Wouldn't that be a great act of merit?" They spoke with great righteousness, driven only by their own selfish desires. They were quite eloquent.
Hentian argued with them for a while, but no matter how much he tried to persuade them, they still didn't believe him. Some things are true if you believe them, and if you don't, then you deserve to be nothing but a handful of dust after you die.
He was getting impatient and itching to fight, but he tried his best to restrain himself. These people came from prestigious sects and were of high status, so he couldn't just make a move.
"Your Excellency, why are you framing me?" The one who tied the knot must untie it; to fundamentally solve the problem, we need to address the root cause.
Ji Xiaoxiao shrugged and said shamelessly, "Where did I frame you? Hentian, if you don't give me a reason, I'll be sad, and Venerable Rongtian will be angry."
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