Disaster II
Within the group of Pillars, there were 4 late Core Formation realm cultivators. And among these 4, there was indeed an old man with far purer and denser Lingqi than the other 3 Pillars. He had a head full of white hair and a long white beard. For an old man, his back was ramrod straight, his face was devoid of wrinkles, and his eyes...they were burning with vigor?! Damn, this old man must have broken through a minor realm recently, else, how could he have appeared this way??
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"Who is he?" I asked old man Gong.
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"His name is Long Yukai. He is the Founder of Winqu Town Order and was formerly known as Dragon Ancestor. Oh, he's also my sworn brother whom I have not seen for over 200 years already. I was quite surprise of his sudden appearance since he went into close door cultivation to practice and improve his already powerful secret technique, Soaring Dragon....oh wait, sorry. I can't disclose his secret to an outsider, forgive me young master."
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"It's okay, I understand. Then, did he always looked this young?? He's brimming with vitality and vigor which does not match his age at all. Why is that?"
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"Ah this, must have been the after effects of his secret art. He's a Life Energy cultivator. His secret art allows him to absorb and purify World Energy into Life Energy to enhance his vitality as well as improve his cultivation. So the answer to your question is yes, he has always looked this young. Heck, even I was confused when I first met him."
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"Back to the topic at hand, do you think these 8 can figure out and solve the current situation?"
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Furrowing his brows, Old man Gong cupped his chin and responded, "This...will be difficult even for them."
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Focusing my gaze on the 8 pillars, I replied solemnly, "Understood."
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BOOM!
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"Brother Yang, have you found the bastard who's attempting a break through within the town walls??" A middle aged blondie asked the pretty boy next to him.
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Clearly frustrated by his inability to procure results, the pretty boy surnamed Yang shook his head in dismay. "No, this bastard was clearly a master of stealth. Even my Demon God Eye can't find any traces of them."
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Furrowing her brows, a middle age woman spoke up solemnly, "If even Brother Yang's Demon God Eye can't procure any results, we might have to join hands in flipping the town on its head to search for this person..."
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"Oi, are all of you idiots?" A maiden as beautiful as a flower suddenly interjected. Taken aback by her sudden shout, the other 7 Pillars turned to look at her in confusion. "Stop relying on Brother Yang's secret technique and use your Spiritual Sense! Can you guys sense it? There isn't even a small clump of concentrated World Energy anywhere in the town, why would you guys already decide that someone was breaking through?! Ah, my brain is already hurting..."
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Releasing their own Spiritual Senses, the pretty boy surnamed Yang, the middle aged man and woman as well as the other 4 Pillars soon showed looks of understanding. Indeed, no matter how skillful the person was in stealth, they wouldn't be able to hide the aura of a massive clump of World Energy by themselves. And even if they managed to do it, the Spiritual Sense of a single Pillar should've been enough to penetrate their camouflage and uncover their location.
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BOOM!
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Cupping his chin as he contemplated, the young man named Long Yukai soon spoke up. "If nobody is attempting a breakthrough to the next great realm, then how do you explain the sudden appearance of this Heavenly Tribulation then? Not only has a Heavenly Tribulation appeared right above Winqu, it was even accompanied by the legendary rainbow coloured lightning, Nine Heavens Lightning and another mysterious purple lightning..."
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BOOM!
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Speaking up to here, when Long Yukai rose his head, he managed to catch a glimpse of the Saint Lightning before he suddenly clutched his head and let out blood curling cries. "The purple lightning...don't look at it! My head...it feels like its splitting apart!"
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Frightened by Long Yukai's cries of agony, the other 7 Pillars immediately covered their eyes they decided to talk with their Spiritual Senses instead. Half of Winqu was destroyed yet one Pillar had suffered mental damage while the other 7 Pillars were still in the dark about the reason a Heavenly Tribulation of such a large scale had appeared above their town.
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Retrieving back my Spiritual Sense, I decided to report the current situation of the 8 Pillars to the old man. When Old man Gong heard the news, his face paled significantly before he staggered backwards in disbelief. Covering his face with his hands, Old man Gong muttered dejectedly, "We're fucked...We're fucked...We're fucked...We're fucked...We're fucked..."
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He repeated "We're fucked..." for a good hour before he passed out. Maybe I shouldn't have told him that his sworn brother has suffered mental damage...too late!
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After dragging the old man onto the bed before tucking him in, I suppressed my feeble aura as left the inn. I knew it was impossible to escape Nine Heavens Saint Lightning but since it was still just...lightning, it couldn't lock onto me if it couldn't detect my presence in the first place...or so I thought.
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BOOM!
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Fucking hell, a bolt of Nine Heavens Lightning nearly struck me!
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BOOM!
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And another one?!
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BOOM!
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Fuck, the Heavenly Tribulation was alive! It can see and track me! Oh right, the Heavenly Tribulation was a manifestation of Heaven itself...fuck myself for forgetting such an important fact.