Chapter 233 The meaning and motivation of survival
He thought that perhaps the spirit stones used in the formation had run out of spiritual power, just like the formation in the study, and became ineffective, so he could get out.
So he cultivated himself in the City Lord's Mansion with peace of mind. For some reason, although his progress in cultivation was very slow, he did not encounter thunder tribulations every time he advanced to a higher realm. He began to feel strange, and thought that since he could not break through it, he did not need to pay attention to it, and there was no harm anyway. Later, he got used to it.
Perhaps something had gone wrong with the Heavenly Dao, and it couldn't take care of him. Or perhaps this world wasn't under the Heavenly Dao's supervision.
He didn't know how many years had passed, and he gradually felt like he was neither human nor ghost. But he didn't want to die either. A good death was worse than a miserable life! He always wanted to wait until the day he could get out.
Today is quite interesting. A cultivator actually managed to enter the City Lord's Mansion. Does this mean that the formation is about to become ineffective?
He was delighted, but also annoyed at these youngsters' lack of etiquette. Although he hadn't experienced the thunder tribulation, he had at least reached the Spirit Severing stage, and he couldn't let these youngsters treat him with such disrespect.
Thinking of this, he became excited. It had been a long time since he had fought with a cultivator. He summoned the spiritual sword and used the Cheng family's eighteen styles. When Gu Yue saw that he had the spiritual sword in his hand, she also shook her right hand, and [Green Light] also appeared in her hand.
The two men exchanged dozens of moves in this dilapidated backyard, during which Li Yuan used talismans to interfere with Cheng Wei from time to time.
Gu Yue gradually fell into a disadvantage. She knew that it was because the opponent was deliberately letting her win that she was able to withstand these dozens of moves.
Cheng Wei was fighting with Gu Yue with the mentality of a cat playing with mouse. He hadn't fought for a long time and he didn't want the other party to be defeated all at once, which would be too boring.
Gu Yue gradually came to her senses, but her body was covered with many wounds of varying sizes. Although they were not serious injuries, they made her feel stinging and uncomfortable all over.
She looked at Yun Xiaosha and found that she was moving from time to time. Knowing that she was setting up a formation, Gu Yue gritted her teeth and felt that she could hold on for a while.
Yun Xiaosha watched Gu Yue's battle situation and hurried to set up the formation.
She set up a combination of a trapping array and a thunder and fire array, which took her about quarter of an hour given her level.
When she finished, she saw that Gu Yue was covered with wounds by Cheng Wei, and her light blue dress was covered with blood.
Yun Xiaosa shouted, "Retreat!"
Gu Yue and Li Yuan retreated several feet in an instant. As soon as Yun Xiaosha saw them retreat, he threw the last formation stone to its rightful place. A faint golden light flashed, and the formation was complete.
Gu Yue took out the healing pill and swallowed it, and also took some spiritual rain water to drink. The pain all over her body immediately subsided a lot.
Cheng Wei suddenly felt something was wrong. He was just fighting happily and underestimated his enemy until he discovered the formation.
He wanted to retreat, but he was unexpectedly bounced back by the formation. Then the lightning in the sky was drawn into the formation and struck Cheng Wei. Although his cultivation was not low, he did not receive the tempering of heavenly thunder when he was promoted, and his body was not strong enough, so he could not withstand the lightning.
The first bolt of lightning made him scream, his whole body was charred and trembling.
By the time he reached the fourth thunderbolt, he could no longer bear it. He felt as if he was about to be struck to pieces by lightning.
He Fu Rao said, "My three fellow Daoists, I haven't done anything to you. Why don't you remove the formation and we can talk it out."
Gu Yue saw that he was in a really miserable state and seemed to be unable to withstand the thunder.
She found it strange. His cultivation level must have reached the level of Out-of-Body or Spiritual Sorrow, so his physical strength should be very strong. Why couldn't he withstand these thunderbolts? And these were thunderbolts attracted by a Jindan stage cultivator. This was unsound!
Didn’t he survive the tribulation? But why?
Could the events in this secret realm be concealed from the heavens? That's why Cheng Lin and Zhu Yan dared to set up a formation here, believing it could steal someone's luck.
That might make sense.
She said, "There are some things I want to ask you. If you promise to tell me the truth, we will stop the Thunder and Fire Formation."
Cheng Wei watched as another burst of crackling lightning sounded above his head, and another bolt of lightning was about to strike. He said, "Okay, stop now. I will tell you the truth."
Gu Yue winked at Yun Xiaosha, and the fifth bolt of lightning came down with a flash of fire. Cheng Wei fell to the ground and couldn't get up. "You...you...you still...don't stop?"
Yun Xiaosha picked up one of the formation stones. Immediately, the "sizzling" sound of thunder and lightning disappeared from the formation.
Gu Yue looked at Cheng Wei, whose body was charred black, and asked, "Have you never experienced a thunder tribulation?"
Cheng Wei nodded weakly. Gu Yue understood.
It's true! No wonder Cheng Wei was able to cultivate to such a high level here. Just based on what he did, the Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation could have dealt with him.
Yun Xiaosha and Li Yuan were stunned. How could this be possible? Wouldn't it be much easier to get promoted? But seeing Cheng Wei's unbearable look, they felt that this was not a good thing.
Gu Yue asked again, "In all these years, besides us, has anyone else come here?"
Cheng Wei thought for a moment and said, "No."
Gu Yue looked at him with a thoughtful look on his face and did not interrupt his thoughts. After a few breaths, she heard his voice.
"For a while, I always felt like a pair of eyes were staring at me, but I couldn't find the owner of those eyes. Nothing happened, and then I didn't have that feeling anymore."
Gu Yue asked again: "About what time?"
"About two hundred years ago." He replied after thinking for a moment.
Gu Yue got the information she wanted to know. She looked at Yun Xiaosa and said, "Once the energy of this trap is used up, it will automatically disappear. You should stay inside. Also, this is a secret realm. If a cultivator leaves this secret realm and advances to a higher realm, he will suffer a thunder tribulation. You should consider whether you want to leave this secret realm or not."
Yun Xiaosa said, "This formation will disappear in two days. Please be patient."
Cheng Wei thought about Gu Yue's words and did not respond.
He wondered if he would be struck to death by thunder if he left the secret realm. Thunder of several realms! He would be chopped to pieces.
If he were trapped in this secret realm for the rest of his life, what was the point of living? In an instant, he lost the meaning and motivation of existence.
Gu Yue and the others left the City Lord's Mansion and walked towards the city gate.
As soon as I walked out of the city gate, I saw Nie Zhou walking towards me anxiously.
"Yue, why are you hurt?"
Gu Yuecai realized that he had not cleaned his robes, so he immediately performed a Cleansing Technique, and the bloodstains on the robes disappeared in an instant.
She replied uncomfortably, "Brother Nie, I'm fine. It's just a superficial wound and it's almost healed."
Nie Zhou looked at her face and found it was still rosy, so he didn't say anything.
Yun Xiaosha noticed that Gu Yue was a little uncomfortable and asked, "Brother Nie, did you meet anyone else?"
Nie Zhou said, "Qiao Mai and Wen Qing are waiting over there for the magic weapon to appear! Let's go over and take a look."
The four of them walked towards Qiao Mai and Wen Qing.
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