Chapter 21: No. 1 in Talent on the Qingyun Ranking
When the last thunderbolt descended, the heart protected by the Ningbi Pill finally suffered a blow.
Lin Du frowned suddenly, and her previously calm face instantly became a wrinkled scalp stained with moisture.
She covered her heart with one hand uncontrollably. The severe pain that was torn into pieces was more unbearable for her than the electric shock. Her brain was like being hit by an axe in an instant, and even her thoughts were shattered.
If she had known that the heavenly tribulation was so painful, why would she cultivate immortality? She would just wait for death.
Lin Du cursed in her heart, but she still gritted her teeth and persisted like a college student who was cursed a hundred times in private but still insisted on completing the task with a good attitude. She
was honest with her body.
She used the last bit of consciousness she had left to find the elixir that Jiang Liang had prepared for her, and stuffed it into her mouth, ignoring the sweet taste that was spilling from her throat.
The medicinal power dissolved, repairing her damaged internal organs and soothing her aching heart.
The thunderbolt gradually dissipated, and raindrops 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 on the ground with his arms and legs spread out. Her clothes were tattered, and her green robe had become a burnt piece of cloth. She looked up blankly, letting Lingyu repair her tortured body. The growing pain made her too lazy to move.
Jiang Liang and Yan Ye walked over. The child's skin showed a kind of jade-like paleness. There was still rain on the bridge of his nose and in his eye sockets. His eyes were black and white, but they were pale and tired.
After a long while, the child chuckled softly, "Before I came here, everyone said that cultivation was a respectable job. There was a system for ascending to immortality, but no one told me that I would have to be struck by lightning."
"What's the difference between this and adults deceiving children that they can enjoy themselves after passing the university entrance examination?"
Yan Ye and Jiang Liang looked at each other, "Did my apprentice's brain get damaged by lightning? Please help me, where is my smart apprentice?"
Jiang Liang really squatted down to check, "No, he is fine, his spirit is solid, his body has been repaired, his heart seems to be protected by some medicine, there is no sign of decline, his lungs are also 90% unblocked, and other deficiencies need to be nurtured over the years."
Slowly, the rain stopped.
An exceptionally gorgeous rainbow gradually appeared on the horizon, with brilliant rays of light, dyeing half of the sky red.
Lin Du didn't move. She was really in pain and numb. Even though she was repaired now, her heart still hurt. When she opened her mouth, she spat out a blood bubble.
Seeing this scene, Yan Ye was so scared that his heart stopped. He picked him up, "Lin Du? Lin Du? Is Lin Du okay? Say something to the master."
Lin Du's throat moved and another blood bubble came out.
...It's not that she didn't want to talk, she just couldn't.
This evil master picked her up, and the blood overflowing from her throat just got stuck in her throat, unable to go up or down.
She patted Yan Ye's arm with difficulty, then rolled over and lay on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of old blood.
Jiang Liang couldn't bear to watch, and turned around silently with his hands behind his back.
It was bad luck for Lin Du to have such a master.
This master would have played her to death long ago.
Lin Du felt relieved after spitting out blood. There was a crane cloak on her shoulder. It was Jiang Liang.
She realized that her senior brother was wearing a fox fur coat, but he was still shivering from the cold.
Luo Ze's formation turned water into ice. It not only had the physical damage of the extreme cold in the north, but also the magical damage of the winter in the south. Even if he was a real person in the Huiyang realm, he would become an ice sculpture in a short time without the protection of spiritual energy.
Lin Du thanked him, stood up and found that his body was full of spiritual energy. He could only barely see the outline of the meridians in his body before, but now he could look inside himself thoroughly, and his consciousness was much wider than before.
She stood up, "I'm hungry. Is it time yet? I want to show off my meal."
Jiang Liang nodded, "Not quite there yet, but I should be doing it
now." "It's just right for me to change my clothes. If I go begging now, even the beggars will think I'm too shabby."
Lin Du was going back to her cave leisurely, not realizing that she had just been through 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."
"Today's homework has not been done yet. Luo Ze is over there. Go in by yourself. It's dirty. A monkey rolling in the mud is cleaner than you."
Lin Du clicked his tongue and dragged out his voice, "I know. Don't look at it."
Yan Ye lowered his eyes, "I'm 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 itches. Am I going 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 knock open the thick ice shell, then jumped in.
The water in Luoze is the spiritual water from the place where the blessings of heaven and earth gather, second only to the rain from heaven. Yan Ye was afraid that the rain from heaven alone would not be enough, and if she added some force while the iron was hot, she might be able to completely open her heart.
Lin Du knew everything and didn't talk back.
Just like before, she could still smile at 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 his disciple interacted. He shook his head and sneezed, "I'm leaving."
"Yes." Yan Ye nodded, "You still want a blind man like me to see you off?"
Jiang Liang sneered, waved his sleeves, and walked a few steps away from this place of ice and snow where no living person should step into.
Just as Lin Du endured the rapids under the ice and went upstream, a stone pillar on the Fuyun Mountain in Zhongzhou that reached from the sky to the ground shone with golden light, and the characters on it surged without human intervention.
The surge of the power of heaven attracted the people stationed at the foot of the mountain to rush down the mountain to watch.
A row of words suddenly appeared on the stone pillar. "Lin Du, 13 years old, in the state
of playing the zither." Small words read, "Established foundation two months after entering the Dao, and is the most gifted person on the Blue Cloud Ranking."
"Lin Du... Lin Du." The Taoist stared at the words above. "Established foundation two months... the most gifted person on the Blue Cloud Ranking."
The Qingyun list under Fuyun Mountain reaches the sky and lands on the ground. It was created by the Heavenly Dao. There is a pillar that reaches the sky named Qingyun. There is also an island on the sea named Yaotai. On Yaotai, there is also a pillar that reaches the sky named Chongxiao.
Qingyun rises straight up, recording the young talents of the cultivation world from generation to generation. It has witnessed the disappearance of many names, either because of the fall of genius or because of being mediocre.
Chongxiao is high and records the strong men who have risen in the cultivation world. 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 folk lists, and the judging standards are always questioned. Only the Qingyun and Chongxiao lists are the only ones that no one dares to question.
The name Lin Du spread throughout the entire Zhongzhou continent in just one day.
It is associated with "the first in talent".