Chapter 64: Offering advice is just pretentious when spoken by others.
"But this method isn't foolproof. If it doesn't work, please don't blame me, Xu Xianjun."
Qi Rongli paused and added, "Don't do such self-destructive things again."
Xu Xingxing was startled, then sat back on the stone platform. He said seriously, "I'm very grateful that you can help me. Whether this thing succeeds or not has nothing to do with you, so how could I blame you? If everything else is exhausted, I'll give up."
Hearing Xu Xingxing's words, Qi Rongli felt relieved and began to explain slowly, "This Sicheng Cliff has one main gate and countless smaller gates, each guarded by numerous cultivators. Now that you're here, there must be even more guarding them, so exiting through this gate won't work."
"Legend has it that this cliff was formed from a divine artifact. The stone walls have the ability to suppress the circulation of spiritual energy. Later, our Kunlun ancestors built this prison, inlaid with 2888 magical treasures, and drew water from the underground blue spring. This arrangement means that even a Mahayana cultivator trapped here cannot escape."
Xu Xingxing wanted to listen carefully, but he always felt like he was listening to a geography teacher explaining the components of the earth's crust. So, the sleepiness that had not risen for a long time in the past few days suddenly came out.
Qi Rongli noticed she was sleepy, and his eyebrows twitched unconsciously. He stopped his boring explanation and quickly got to the point: "But even such an airtight prison has escaped before."
"Who?" Xu Xingxing immediately became alert.
Qi Rongli continued, "Over a hundred years ago, the Tianjian Sect captured an evil cultivator. Unexpectedly, the very night they imprisoned him in Sicheng Cliff, he transcended his tribulation and ascended to a higher level. That night, thunderbolts from the heavens struck Sicheng Cliff, seeping into the mountain's core. This was the first time such a rare event had occurred since Sicheng Cliff was built."
Xu Xingxing asked, "Is Sicheng Cliff...broken?"
"No, Sicheng Cliff was formed from a divine artifact ten thousand years ago. It won't be destroyed so easily."
Xu Xingxing asked again: "Did that evil cultivator escape?"
"He's dead." Qi Rongli raised his eyes. "In just a few years, he ascended from the Spiritual Transformation stage to the Integrated Stage. If he had endured this heavenly tribulation alone, he would definitely not have been able to survive it."
Xu Xingxing: “…”
Why does it seem like he is mocking her?
Qi Rongli smiled faintly and said, "The energy of the heavenly thunder gradually increased. When the last thunder fell, the jade in the cave was instantly extinguished and lost its effectiveness. Although it was only for a moment, there was a prisoner living next to the evil cultivator. This prisoner had cultivated to the upper level of the fusion realm and was bound here for killing. He seized this moment and used all his strength to blast a hole in the weakest part of the prison."
Xu Xingxing immediately stood up when he heard this:
“Where is that hole??”
"It's already been repaired. How could Kunlun just leave such a glaring hole alone?"
Qi Rongli said, "The criminal took advantage of the slight gap between the pool and the underground blue spring. When the lightning refracted and diffused through the water wall, he followed the force of the lightning, blasted open a hole, and escaped through the groundwater. He was really clever."
"So he ran away?"
Qi Rongli shook his head. "No, the water from the Blue Spring has the ability to block meridians. Besides, the cultivators guarding Sicheng Cliff at the time were all elite. He only managed to escape for half an hour before being recaptured."
Xu Xingxing: “…”
Why do I feel a little sad?
"After repairing the cave, all the major sects in Kunlun urgently discussed rebuilding Sicheng Cliff to prevent this from happening again. However, before any repairs could be completed, the demon god Houyuan descended upon the world."
"So... this matter has been put on hold?"
Qi Rongli nodded: "Yes."
Xu Xingxing asked again, "So... you mean, if I encounter thunder again, I still have a chance to blast another hole?"
"Exactly."
"My father doesn't know about this? He won't take precautions in advance?"
Qi Rongli lowered his eyes: "He doesn't know. I am the only one still alive who knows about this."
Seeing Xu Xingxing's surprise, he explained, "Although Crossing Peak didn't have any current responsibilities at the time, it was an important place for all the major sects to discuss matters. To be qualified to ascend Crossing Peak, one had to be either a sect elder or a close confidant of the sect leader. Xu Yi didn't have these qualifications at the time."
Xu Xingxing: “…”
If someone else says this, it's just pretentious.
But when Qi Rongli said this, he was just stating the objective facts.
She had also heard a few things about the previous events, such as that Qi Rongli was a gifted child that only appears once in a thousand years, and that he was the cultivator with the greatest potential to become an immortal in the Beast Taming Sect.
After all, ever since Qi Rongli entered Kunlun, the Beast Taming Sect has won the first place in the annual competitions.
There is no doubt who the leader is.
Qi Rongli and his natal spirit beast Ningning, their spiritual power realm is at the same level as the cultivators of the same generation, no, it is the peak that is insurmountable in the eyes of several generations of cultivators. It is said that they beat Luo Chuan, the current master of Yuqiu, so hard that he had to lie in bed for a month.
Not to mention Gu Nuo and Xu Yi.
At that time, her father and uncle were probably not even qualified to fight Qi Rongli.
"Why didn't you tell my father after the Demon-Exorcist War ended?"
"I forgot."
Xu Xingxing choked again.
It's understandable, after all, Ningning's life or death was still uncertain at that time.
"Furthermore, the Demon-Exorcising War broke out suddenly, and the prisoners in the Sicheng Cliff were either taken to the battlefield to fight the enemy or were beheaded beforehand. The prison was soon empty and useless. This lasted for nearly a hundred years..."
At this point, he coughed lightly and said slowly: "Until I came here."
Xu Xingxing: ...
You are quite humorous.
At this point, Xu Xingxing had received all the information, but the question was:
"Where can I find the thunder?"
"First, find a reliable person to inquire about who in Kunlun will be able to transcend the tribulation and advance in the near future. I will take care of the rest."
At this point, Qi Rongli's expression suddenly became serious. "Xu Xianjun, if you can successfully escape, please promise me one thing."
"What?"
"If you rescue Xiao Hei, please keep him under control and prevent him from endangering the world again. I know I'm in no position to teach you this, but your escape from here was initiated by me. Every wrong step you take from now on is my responsibility."
At this point, he paused, his expression turning helpless: "Just don't let me stay in this prison until I die."
Xu Xingxing understood what he meant. She knelt on the stone platform, bowed solemnly, and said, "Don't worry, Senior Qi. I will definitely discipline Xiao Hei. And this matter is not your turn to bear the responsibility. I threatened you with saving my life, and you agreed reluctantly. Even if I was wrong, it is only my fault, and it has nothing to do with you."
*
Sicheng Cliff had been quite deserted these past few days. Only on New Year's Eve did Xu Yi and Yue Baiyin come here to deliver some food. None of the other familiar faces showed up.
This made Xu Xingxing doubt his popularity for a while.
It was not until the fifth day of the New Year that someone came to see her again.
It turned out that ordinary cultivators who wanted to visit the prison had to obtain approval from various levels. It was the New Year these days, and the upper echelons of Kunlun were busy with affairs and had no time to take care of it. It was only recently that they were allowed to visit.
First, it was Gu Nuo who came here specifically to insult her.
Next came Fang Zhiming, who spoke earnestly and sighed.
Then there was Lin Yue, who looked worried and hesitated to speak.
There is also Qin Feng, who is hiding in the dark and silent.
Xiao Ran also came, and with him came a Nine Netherworld Snake named Si Li.
It was said that she was brought back from an extremely cold place. As soon as she arrived in the prison, she turned into a giant red python, roaring that she wanted to swallow Xu Xingxing into her stomach to avenge her brother Ran's tongue.
Therefore, before Xiao Ran had the chance to have a serious conversation with Xu Xingxing, he was thrown out by the guards of Sicheng Cliff.
But in this chaos, he found the right opportunity and secretly slipped a letter to Xu Xingxing.
The letter described in detail what happened before Xiao Hei injured him that day.
Some she knew, some she didn't.
For example, Xiao Hei is a demon and absorbs demons. For example, Xiao Hei, like her, has a foreign soul entering his body. For another example, a demon said that Xiao Hei is the key to the devil's advent.
At the end of the letter, Xiaoran said that he would keep the matter confidential, but Xiaohei's crime was unforgivable and he deserved to die, so she shouldn't be sad.
After reading the letter, Xu Xingxing didn't know what to be shocked about, but time flew by and ten days had passed in the blink of an eye, leaving her no time to think about it.
Anyway, she had to make this trip anyway, so even if she had any questions, she should ask in person.
Afterwards, she stopped worrying about it and began to calm down and think about who she could trust completely and who would give up everything to help her.
She rejected everyone before her one by one. When she felt hopeless, Qi Danxuan suddenly appeared before her.
As soon as she saw Xu Xingxing, she couldn't stop talking: "Senior Sister, why are you so thin? I came too late. My master was too strict with me and wouldn't let me come to see you. Today, she was busy and had no time to take care of me, so I finally found a chance to see you. I thought I wouldn't be able to come today, so I mustered up the courage to ask Master Xu for help. Maybe it's because it's the New Year recently, and Master Xu feels sorry for you, so he tacitly allowed me to come..."
But Xu Xingxing's eyes lit up again and again as he listened to her chatter.
As expected, she had just finished expressing her thoughts and hadn't even begun to persuade her when Qi Danxuan nodded directly: "As long as I can help Senior Sister, I will go through fire and water!"
Xu Xingxing was so excited that she almost knelt down in front of her.
Then, Qi Rongli gave Qi Danxuan a talisman he had drawn and asked her to stick it on the person who had recently passed the tribulation.
The other one was held by Xu Xingxing.
This talisman is called the Injury-Inducing Talisman, and it can transfer the pain in one's body to others, and vice versa. It is not the right way and is therefore prohibited.
But every time Qi Rongli was promoted, he saw Ningning suffering too much, so he secretly learned this method. Later, he slightly modified it and it became the current lightning-attracting talisman. It can even be set to attract several lightnings at will. It is so meticulous that he deserves to be the number one in Kunlun.
My excellent and intelligent cellmate.
Everything is ready, just waiting for that person to be promoted.
After waiting anxiously for three days, the lightning-inducing talisman that Xu Xingxing had been holding in his palm finally lit up.
I don’t know what realm this person is in, nor do I know how many heavenly thunders he has.
But Qi Rongli said that this was someone else's thunder tribulation. If she forced herself to bear it all and interfered with other people's karma, the backlash would be too severe and her life would be in danger. Even if she didn't die, she wouldn't be able to run too far if she jumped into the Blue Spring with her seriously injured body.
Therefore, he only set five heavenly thunders for her.
The last five are quite powerful.
Xu Xingxing agreed.
So, when the first heavenly thunder exploded at Sicheng Cliff, Xu Xingxing flew to the top of the stone wall despite the severe pain all over his body, and sent the thunder force that struck him into the stone wall.
It was different from the thunder tribulation she had suffered before, and it was more painful, but she had merged after all, and she had learned to reconcile with it.
In this way, he endured four heavenly thunders.
Before the last one descended, she glanced at Qi Rongli and saw him nodding slightly at her. She smiled in gratitude and jumped into the blue spring.
Thunder from the sky came down, and the strong light illuminated every corner of the prison as if it were daytime, making it impossible to open one's eyes. A loud noise followed and echoed in the cave. The lightning penetrated the stone wall, shot into the blue spring, and struck her body. Blood flowers bloomed in the blue spring. She endured the pain and saw that the jade on the wall darkened.
At this moment, she suddenly felt the spiritual power in her body flowing smoothly. She quickly exerted her strength and mobilized all her strength to bring down a palm towards the area she had already explored.
The sound of the ground cracking was deafening, and the stone wall exploded in front of her. She was forced to spit out blood because of circulating her spiritual power in the blue spring.
Blue spring water gushed in from the underground, and the rubble dispersed, revealing the cave entrance in front of them.
At the same time, Xu Yi's roar came from above the Blue Spring:
"Evil creature! How dare you leave?!"
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