Chapter 367 Without you, what meaning would a lifespan of ten thousand years have? (3000 words)
A basin outside the capital of the Qin state.
This place is remote and low-lying, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and it is also a natural magic array that gathers spiritual energy.
For Xiao Mo, this was an excellent place to transcend tribulation and enter the Nascent Soul stage.
Among cultivators, there is a saying: "Only those who achieve the Golden Core stage are of our generation."
In addition, there is a saying among cultivators: "Only when I break through to the Nascent Soul stage can I become an immortal."
In the minds of most cultivators, the Nascent Soul stage is the end of their cultivation journey.
Therefore, achieving the Nascent Soul stage signifies becoming a true immortal.
After all, those in the Nascent Soul Realm are already capable of establishing their own sects and being called "Ancestors," while Golden Core Realm cultivators are mostly at the level of Elders in most sects.
Although the Qin state fought against other states, the battlefields not only had cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage, but also cultivators at the Upper Three Realms.
However, these cultivators were all trained by the entire nation, and there were only a few in an entire country.
In the seven great states like Qin, there are no more than thirty cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage.
Especially those cultivators in the upper three realms are even rarer.
Among the seven great nations, each nation possesses no more than ten cultivators at the Jade Purity Realm, and even fewer at the Immortal Realm and Ascension Realm.
Most cultivators in the upper three realms are only asked to take action by the ruler of the country when the entire nation is engaged in a major war.
Moreover, most of the time it involves one-on-one battles with enemy cultivators at the upper three realms. If possible, one should avoid going deep into the battlefield.
After all, the battlefield is a place with heavy karma, and not many cultivators want to get too involved there.
If, during your tribulation later, the Heavenly Dao sees that your karma is heavy and gives you two more lightning tribulations, that would be a bad deal.
Of course, for a high-ranking official like Xiao Shi, who is at the Jade Purity Realm, they don't care about so-called cause and effect at all.
For this kind of person, karma comes and goes, so what? It's just a matter of dealing with it with a sword, a spear, or a knife.
However, Xiao Mo doesn't have many thoughts about entering the upper three realms at the moment.
Let's get through the Nascent Soul stage first.
After setting up the formation in the basin, Xiao Mo checked whether he had all the pills he had brought.
Especially pills that replenish blood and qi.
For martial arts practitioners, pills that replenish blood and energy are of utmost importance.
After confirming that everything was in perfect order, Xiao Mo began his tribulation.
With a deafening roar, dark clouds instantly filled the sky, and lightning flashed and thunder roared across the heavens.
Standing outside the valley, Qin Siyao watched everything happening in the distant sky, her thin lips tightly pursed, her small hands clenched into fists, looking extremely nervous, as if the young girl herself was undergoing a tribulation.
At the same time, strong winds blew towards the imperial city.
Many people in the Qin capital raised their heads and looked towards the direction outside the city.
Inside the palace, the King of Qin raised his head and looked out towards the capital.
"Your Majesty, this is..." Empress Shi walked to the side of the King of Qin.
"I wonder which cultivator is undergoing tribulation outside the city," the King of Qin said, stroking his beard and smiling slightly.
"Boom!"
A bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, heading straight for Xiao Mo.
Xiao Mo held a long spear and thrust it out.
"Roar!"
The gun's energy transformed into a dragon.
A giant silver dragon lunged at the lightning tribulation.
The silver dragon completely engulfed the lightning tribulation.
As if it were being provoked, the Heavenly Dao unleashed even more thunder in the sky than before.
"Boom!" Another thunderbolt struck, this one containing the might of heaven, as if it would shatter Xiao Mo into pieces.
Xiao Mo was not afraid at all and continued to withstand the lightning tribulation.
One.
Two paths.
Three paths.
Each lightning tribulation was more powerful than the last.
After being struck by nine bolts of lightning, the heavy clouds in the sky gradually dissipated, and Qin Siyao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In recent days, Qin Siyao has also read a lot of books about the Nascent Soul Realm tribulation and knows that the Nascent Soul Realm is divided into two parts.
Part of it is a mental ordeal.
Part of it is a tribulation of lightning.
Although martial arts cultivators do not need to undergo mental tribulations, how could lightning tribulations be easy?
The Nascent Soul Tribulation consists of five to nine stages.
Depending on each person's talent and level of strength, the Heavenly Dao will conduct trials of varying degrees.
Xiao Mo has now survived nine lightning tribulations, so it should be over.
Just as Qin Siyao was about to congratulate Xiao Mo, Peanut grabbed Qin Siyao's wrist: "Your Highness, please wait a moment."
"Sister Peanut, what's wrong?" Qin Siyao asked curiously.
"Please take a look, Your Highness."
Peanut frowned and pointed upwards.
Qin Siyao looked up and saw that the thunderclouds that were about to dissipate had gathered again, and were even thicker.
"What exactly is this?" Qin Siyao's eyes trembled.
The terrifying pressure made it difficult for Qin Siyao to breathe.
"This is the legendary Ten-String Calamity." Peanut's gaze sharpened as he felt the oppressive force that seemed to devour the heavens and earth.
"Ten-string Tribulation?" Qin Siyao had never heard of it before.
"I only heard about the Ten-String Tribulation from the clan elder when I was a child. Legend has it that this tribulation only existed during the time of gods, when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was at its most abundant."
Whenever a chosen one of the human or demon races transforms into a Nascent Soul, the Heavenly Dao will bestow upon them the most severe test, which is the Ten-String Tribulation.
Young Master Xiao is probably
"No way!"
Qin Siyao clenched her fists, interrupting Peanut's words.
"Xiao Mo will be fine, he will definitely succeed, he promised me!"
Above the heavens, the tribulation lightning continued to gather momentum, held back but not unleashed.
At that moment, some Nascent Soul Realm and Upper Three Realm retainers from the capital arrived outside the basin.
They sensed the Daoist energy emanating from the Ten-String Tribulation, hoping to gain some insight from it.
At the same time, they were also extremely curious about whether the other party could successfully overcome the tribulation.
Unfortunately, due to the magic array and the obscuring effect of the lightning tribulation, they could not see the man's appearance and could not witness the true face of this chosen one of heaven.
Just as the thunder grew louder and louder, as if it were about to shatter the mountains and rivers.
In an instant, the thunder in the sky suddenly disappeared.
The entire world suddenly fell silent, as if everything, including time, had been frozen.
"boom!!!"
Three breaths later, the thunderous roar resounded once more.
The clouds parted, revealing a woman kneeling on a cloud, a zither resting on her legs, looking down at Xiao Mo.
It was as if a god was looking down on ants.
But Xiao Mo knew that this was not a god.
The gods have been gone for who knows how many years.
This woman is merely a manifestation of the Great Dao!
"Clang!"
The sound of a piano began.
The music transformed into a vast army, charging towards Xiao Mo.
Undeterred, Xiao Mo charged alone into the sky, fighting amidst thousands of troops.
The music changed again in the next moment, this time as tens of thousands of powerful demons joined the battle.
Ten breaths later, the music changed again, and ten dragons formed from lightning lunged at the oblivious man.
The music changed for the fourth time, and the lightning tribulation transformed into golden light, covering the humans, demons, and dragons formed from the lightning. Their blood energy became even more violent, as if they truly existed in the world.
But Xiao Mo continued to charge towards the "goddess".
The goddess's zither music grew more urgent, and the attack of the thousands of troops became more and more fierce!
The music changed ten times in total.
In the final instance, the ten gods stood high above, overlooking all living beings, their divine might pressing down on Xiao Mo's shoulders and reverberating for thousands of miles.
"Thump!"
In the Qin capital, the city's protective array activated on its own, neutralizing the divine power derived from the Great Dao.
Outside the capital, apart from Qin Siyao and the cultivators of the upper three realms, everyone else couldn't help but kneel down and kowtow.
The divine power derived from the Great Dao was like a mountain, making it hard for Xiao Mo to breathe.
But Xiao Mo still raised his head, straightened his back, and rushed towards the woman playing the zither.
Ten "gods" have made their move.
Their figures vanished, transforming into a golden spear that pierced Xiao Mo's heart.
Xiao Mo knew he couldn't avoid it, but he never even considered doing so.
Xiao Mo used all his spiritual power to throw the spear in his hand!
The spear transformed into a silvery-white streak, shooting upwards through the sky and colliding with the golden spear.
The violent ripples of spiritual energy suddenly dissipated.
Thunderbolts struck everywhere, shattering mountain peaks one after another, sending rocks tumbling and the earth trembling.
Twenty breaths passed before the thunder disappeared, the dark clouds slowly dissipated, and everything returned to calm.
Only the man, whose body was hundreds of feet tall, slowly rose from the mountains and looked down upon the capital.
"This is... the Frost King!"
"The Frost King is undergoing tribulation!"
"Has the Frost King reached the Nascent Soul stage?"
"Frost King is not even thirty years old, I've never heard of such a young Nascent Soul Realm cultivator before."
"As expected of the Frost King!"
"Although I can't be the principal wife, I wish the Frost King would take me as his concubine."
In the Qin capital, everyone who saw this magnificent sight knew that the Frost King had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage.
"This kid always manages to surprise people."
Inside the palace, the King of Qin smiled with satisfaction, withdrew his gaze, and walked back to his study.
Congratulations, Frost King!
Outside the basin, the cultivators bowed in greeting.
They never expected that it was actually the Frost King undergoing his tribulation here.
"You're too kind, everyone." Xiao Mo returned the greeting with a bow, embodying the principle of "Heaven and Earth."
The next moment, Xiao Mo's Dharma Heaven and Earth transformed into points of light and dissipated.
With one step, he left the basin and stood before the woman who had always longed for him.
"You've broken through?" Qin Siyao's eyes crinkled into a smile.
"Yes, you've broken through." Xiao Mo nodded. "I'm sorry to have worried you just now."
"I wasn't worried at all. I knew you would be able to break through." Qin Siyao smiled gently. "But I also need to cultivate diligently. You've already formed your Nascent Soul, so I should at least form my Core. Otherwise, I won't have enough lifespan to stay by your side, and other women will take advantage of my weakness."
"Leaving aside whether other women will take advantage of your vulnerability, with your talent, Siyao, reaching the Nascent Soul stage shouldn't be difficult. It's just that you're usually too lazy." Xiao Mo smiled and flicked Qin Siyao's brow.
"I'm not lazy, I just don't like cultivating," Qin Siyao said, touching her brow.
“What do you mean you don’t like cultivation?” Xiao Mo shook his head helplessly. “Have you never thought about ascending to immortality? Putting aside everything else, the lifespan of an Ascended cultivator is tens of thousands of years.”
"If you ascend to immortality, I will also strive to ascend to immortality." Qin Siyao hugged Xiao Mo's arm.
"What if I don't ascend?" Xiao Mo asked with a smile.
"If you don't ascend, then naturally I won't either."
Qin Siyao looked into the eyes of her beloved and smiled sweetly.
"What if one ascends to immortality and lives for tens of thousands of years?"
If it weren't for you.
Even if I had a lifespan of ten thousand years, what meaning would it have for me?
(End of this chapter)
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