Chapter 496 Ling Xiao's Tribulation
Chapter 496 Ling Xiao's Tribulation
At this moment, Gongsun Lian took advantage of the turbulent period when the people of the demon sect were in turmoil and a group of Yuanying elders were attacking the Hegui, and pulled 80% of the small and medium-sized families under the jurisdiction of the Demon Palace into the Yuling Sect. After a lot of coercion and inducement, she collected the souls of those who needed to be collected and killed those who needed to be killed, and was busy with the soul-binding.
Bai Lan was not idle either. She was learning how to make elixirs from Xuanshazi in the Void Stone, preparing the next gift for Jinheng Zhenjun.
In the alchemy room, Xuan Shazi was making seals with one hand to control the temperature of the alchemy furnace, while his other hand was free to sort the spiritual herbs. But upon closer inspection, one could detect a hint of sadness in Xuan Shazi's expression.
Bai Lan, who was sitting opposite him, also had a furnace in front of her. At this moment, she was learning Xuan Shazi's seal-making techniques and fire-controlling methods. In the furnace in front of her was the anti-aging pill that she was going to give to Jin Heng.
After the first batch of pills was ready, Bai Lan slowly put away his seals and put five pills into the medicine bottle. He looked at Xuan Shazi opposite him and asked, "Senior, do you really not want to see Gongsun Lian?"
"Forget it, forget it..." Xuan Shazi sighed: "This is the critical period for her to control the Demon Palace. If I show up, whether she is happy or sad, it will disturb her mind. As long as I know that the child is living well now and has no worries about nourishing soul pills, I will feel relieved..."
Before he met Gongsun Lian, Xuan Shazi kept clamoring to see Gongsun Lian every day. But when Bai Lan really planned to take him to see Gongsun Lian, Xuan Shazi became timid instead.
He was only willing to stay in Bai Lan's ring, watching Gongsun Lian from afar, and was unwilling to show up no matter what.
Of course, he saw his daughter through the ring, and Xuan Shazi also knew everything his daughter did in the magic world.
Dozens of demonic families, gangs, and sects' monks were persuaded by Gongsun Lian and voluntarily offered a strand of their own original spirit to become monks of the Yuling Sect.
When the battle reports were delivered to Bai Lan, Xuan Shazi, who was listening at the side, naturally heard them all. All of this... was done by his innocent daughter.
"Alas, let's not talk about Lian'er for now. Master, I am very curious about what your purpose is." Xuan Shazi suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Bai Lan with a puzzled expression: "Are you going to become the master of the Demon Palace? I don't understand, as a righteous cultivator, why are you so interested in the Demon Palace?"
"You have a narrow vision, Senior Xuanshazi. The Lord of the Demon Palace is nothing. If you can unify the world and replace Heaven to become the Lord of the World, and live as long as Heaven and Earth, wouldn't that be more powerful than being the Lord of the Demon Palace?" Bai Lan said in an excited tone, and finally smiled, as if he was joking.
Xuan Shazi's hands trembled when he heard this. As the flames trembled, the alchemy furnace in front of Xuan Shazi also shook violently: "What did you say!!!"
"Hold steady! Don't let the furnace explode!" Bai Lan stood up distressed and walked around Xuan Shazi's furnace. Seeing that the furnace didn't explode, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief: "I was just teasing you, how could you really believe it?"
"......Whether it is true or false, I don't want to think about it anymore. Master, please go out first and let me be alone for some peace and quiet." Xuan Shazi spoke tiredly. He had been stared at by Bai Lan while he was refining the elixir for several days, and his heart was stirred by Bai Lan's words just now. Xuan Shazi really couldn't bear it anymore.
He was also a person who had experienced many ups and downs, and had seen many great masters of the Spiritual Transformation Realm, but he had never seen a great master of the Spiritual Transformation Realm more terrifying than the young master of the Core Formation Realm in front of him! Bai Lan could learn his seal-making skills, fire-controlling secrets, and pill-forming secrets at a glance, and could even apply them to the process of alchemy in front of him. When he thought of these, Xuan Shazi's heart was bleeding.
Bai Lan shook her head helplessly, put the soul-replenishing pills that Xuan Shazi had made for her these days into her storage bag, and then flashed out of the Void Stone. After wandering outside for so many days, she planned to go back to Qing Yuan Sect to take a look and listen to the praise for her. So many days have passed, and she believed that the deeds she had done must have spread widely.
Most of the things in Wuyunzhou have been done, and the rest can be entrusted to her subordinates. She plans to return to the sect to retreat for a year, make a breakthrough in her Jindan cultivation, and try to reach the late Jindan stage. One year later, when the Red Moon Patriarch comes out of retreat to overcome the tribulation, it will be the time for her to come out and unify the magic path.
"Master Bai, is that Master Bai from Yuqing Peak?" The cultivator from Qingyuan Sect asked in surprise as he looked at Bai Lan riding a dragon slowly in the sky.
"I heard that this person is the great hero in this battle between good and evil. If she hadn't turned the tide, the righteous path would have suffered heavy losses. This is what the ancestor said himself."
Some people started to dig up Bai Lan’s dark history: “I heard that this True Lord only has five spiritual roots, and he fought against the inner disciples with his body as a servant, and beat the inner disciple named Long Aotian so hard that he had no chance to fight back!”
"At first I thought Long Aotian was too weak, but now it seems that his opponent is too strong!"
“A useless person with five spiritual roots counterattacked and became the first person in the sect to form a Jindan. She fought against demonic beasts, slew demon cultivators, and killed gods and Buddhas. She went in and out of the heavily guarded Demon Palace seven times and killed several Jindan demon cultivators by herself. She escaped from the pursuit of Yuanying masters several times, which made the old demon Hegui very angry. Even the powerful cultivators in the late Yuanying period were helpless against her!” In the crowd, a young man in red clothes stood on a stone platform with a basket of books on his back and said loudly: “Do you want to know the story of Master Bai’s counterattack? You can buy the first volume of Master Bai’s cultivation history for only ten spiritual stones! A photo of Master Bai’s cultivation is also included!”
Bai Lan looked at the system that was selling the script below with an expressionless face. He had no idea when the photo was taken. It was really outrageous.
The system is indeed better than her in the ability to discover business opportunities and make money.
She has been snatching and robbing all the time, while the system is making money based on its own strength. It is really embarrassing to think about it.
So...what percentage of the profit should he be charged for his portrait and copyright fees?
“I wonder if Yuqing Peak is still accepting people? Although the name Yuqing Peak sounds unlucky... but if we can become Master Bai’s disciple, it would be a great fortune!” A servitude disciple’s eyes sparkled.
"He is so young, but he has already reached the Jindan stage. It seems that my Qingyuan Sect will have another Yuanying Zhenjun in the near future..."
The noisy sound in the crowd had not stopped yet, and a powerful spiritual power fluctuation suddenly erupted from the Tongming Peak not far away. Thunderclouds suddenly gathered, and among the dark clouds, lightning flashed along with rolling black clouds. The pressure of the Heavenly Dao appeared above the Qingyuan Sect. It was a thunder tribulation.
"Wait, in that direction, could it be that Master Ling Xiao is about to break through!?"
"Master Ling Xiao has been at the great perfection of the Jindan stage for several years. He must be breaking through!"
Amidst the lightning and thunder, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck, causing the noisy crowd to become silent in an instant.
In such a tense atmosphere, everyone held their breath, staring closely at Tongming Peak in the distance, waiting for the result of Ling Xiao's tribulation.
Bai Lan saved the game on the spot, stepped on the green dragon, and slowly approached the direction of Tongming Peak.
The person who was undergoing the tribulation was most likely Ling Xiao Zhenren. He had suffered a blow from the successive breakthroughs of his juniors, himself and Ji Feng, to the Jindan stage. Bai Lan's words "Senior Brother Ling Xiao" made the old man lose his confidence. After handing Tongming Peak to Ji Feng, he turned around and went into seclusion to break through.
Several more lightning strikes came down amid the rolling thunderclouds. The five-layer defense formation that Ling Xiao Zhenren had set up outside Tongming Peak was already destroyed. Ling Xiao Zhenren's situation did not look good.
"...Junior Sister Bai, when did you come?" Ji Feng turned his head and looked at Bai Lan.
Only Ling Xiao Zhenren's eldest disciple Ji Feng was standing outside Tongming Peak. Perhaps sensing Ling Xiao Zhenren's increasingly weak aura within the formation, Ji Feng's face turned paler and he looked worried.
"Don't worry, Uncle Lingxiao will be fine." Bai Lan saved the game on the spot and looked up at the sky where lightning was surging. There was no awe in his expression and his face remained calm.
"Lend your auspicious words."
Thinking that Bai Lan was comforting him, Ji Feng gave a bitter smile, his tone even weaker: "Surviving the tribulation is a matter of life and death, I am not worried..."
Bai Lan sneered. Not worried? He almost crumpled Ling Xiao Zhenren's storage bag in his hand, and he still said he was not worried?
As soon as Ji Feng finished speaking, the last thunder tribulation came down with a loud bang. The pressure of the Heavenly Dao was like a huge palm that slapped down fiercely, and the aura of Master Ling Xiao gradually dissipated.
The thunderclouds dispersed, but there was no strange phenomenon as when the cultivator was forming an infant. Ji Feng suddenly raised his eyes, staggered a few steps towards the mountain, and even forgot to fly.
Did he fail to pass the tribulation after all... Bai Lan shook his head helplessly, replayed the game and went back to the previous moment. Under Ji Feng's puzzled gaze, he took out a jade ruyi from his storage bag.
This is the jade ruyi that previously sealed a wisp of the soul of True Man Qingxuan. Bai Lan named it Qingxuan Jade Ruyi.
Thanks to Bai Ling, as the man most loved by the girl of destiny, Zhenren Qingxuan has always had good luck, and even has a special lucky physique that allows him to come back to life after death.
Then presumably his existence would make the rules of heaven a little more fearful and they would not dare to strike people with lightning.
Before the last thunderbolt struck, Bai Lan raised his hand and threw the Jade Ruyi that contained the soul of True Man Qingxuan into the air, blocking the sky above Tongming Peak.
Qingxuan and Lingxiao Zhenren are brothers from the same sect. Now that his elder brother is in trouble, it is reasonable for Qingxuan Zhenren, as his younger brother, to come and help. Zhenren Qingxuan has no objection to this.
Sure enough, at the moment when Yu Ruyi was blocking the sky above Tongming Peak, the mighty power of Heaven that was originally like a huge palm suddenly withdrew, as if the huge palm had been changed into fingers, and a light bolt of lightning struck Yu Ruyi with such light force that there was not even a crack on Yu Ruyi.
The last thunderbolt descended, and a purple-red phenomenon gradually appeared in the sky above Tongming Peak. The spiritual energy on Tongming Peak suddenly became strong, and the breath of a Nascent Soul cultivator emanated from Tongming Peak. In an instant, the thunderclouds dissipated, and the sky became clear and cloudless.
"Junior sister, what did you do just now..." Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Master Ling Xiao would most likely not be able to withstand the last thunder tribulation. With the formation completely destroyed and all the magic weapons damaged, Master Ling Xiao could only rely on his physical body to withstand the last thunder tribulation. If the strange jade ruyi had not flown out at the last moment, the master would have certainly been in great danger: "Just now... Thank you for your help, Junior sister!"
But Bai Lan just smiled and waved her hand. Just when Ji Feng thought she would say something like "No need to thank me, it's just a piece of cake"...
"It's just a small matter, Senior Brother, you don't need to thank me. This Jade Ruyi is indeed a rare treasure. Although it costs me hundreds of thousands of spirit stones to use it once, it's all worth it to save Senior Uncle Ling Xiao!" Bai Lan said as he turned the Jade Ruyi in his hand and put it into the storage bag. Then he smiled and said, "I helped Senior Uncle Ling Xiao to block this disaster today. I don't want more. Two hundred thousand spirit stones will be enough."
Bai Lan finished speaking and bowed in front of Ji Feng's astonished gaze, saying with a smile: "I guess Senior Uncle Ling Xiao needs time to consolidate his cultivation after his breakthrough. I can't stand the polite greetings of thanks, so I won't bother you any more. Congratulations!"
Ji Feng had a complicated expression and bowed: "...In any case, I still want to thank Junior Sister for her help today. Spiritual stones are a small matter, I will give them to you."
This stingy senior brother seldom thanked people formally, so Bai Lan was a little uncomfortable with him offering spirit stones so generously.
It was indeed a simple matter for her, and she didn't spend a cent on the spirit stones. It was all thanks to Qingxuan's luck... But Qingxuan's life is also his life! She couldn't help for nothing, and she still had to collect the spirit stones.
If it were in the past, she wouldn't mind sitting on Tongming Peak and having a cup of tea before leaving.
But just now, Bai Lan received a long-awaited sound transmission note from Cheng Tianfeng from the far west. The situation was urgent and she had to leave. After all, Cheng Tianfeng had always been passive and slack, rarely contacted her, and would not take the initiative to report on the progress of the mission. Today he suddenly took the initiative to send a message. Could something big have happened?
After finding a secluded place, Bai Lan set up a soundproof barrier and said in a deep voice, "Cheng Tianfeng, is there something wrong with the Ten Thousand Poison Sect?"
"Master! My good master, when will you come to the far west to destroy the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect!!!" Cheng Tianfeng's tone was filled with tears.
"...Why, that Leng Qinghan fell in love with you?"
"This person is too scary. I just held hands with a fellow disciple, but his face was so cold that it could freeze me to death!" Cheng Tianfeng said sadly: "If this continues, I'm afraid I won't even be able to find a female cultivator to hold hands with!"
"Oh? I remember you liked Qiao'er from the Li family in Hongyan City."
Cheng Tianfeng became even more distressed when he heard Qiao'er's name: "But Qiao'er only has Long Aotian in her heart. I even gave her the Foundation Establishment Pill but she still didn't want to marry me. What can I do!"
"..."
"Besides, if you were that man staring at you with strange eyes every day, you would also feel scared!" Cheng Tianfeng got goose bumps all over his body when he thought of Leng Qinghan, and he rubbed his arms as he spoke.
"Be patient and hold on. When I reach the far west, I will appoint you as the Grand Elder of Ten Thousand Poisons Peak!" Bai Lan said soothingly.
Cheng Tianfeng's voice was still choked with sobs: "Is this true? Master, you didn't lie to me, did you?"
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