Chapter 52 Thanks to the heavenly tribulation for taking the time out of his busy schedule to come and chop!
Chapter 52 Thanks to the heavenly tribulation for taking the time out of his busy schedule to come and chop!
The prehistoric world is really terrifying...
Amidst the tinkling sounds, Ao Yi sat at the edge of his luxurious bed, hands trembling incessantly, spilling the warm tea in his hands outwardly, and only a little reached his mouth.
He trembled, shaking all over; the reason for Ao Yi's trembling was not because there were Dragon Mother, Master Roshi, and several uncles of the Dragon Clan in front of him, nor was it because he was afraid or scared of them, nor was he worried about any punishment.
Although he had just hatched and was only eleven or twelve years old, he considered himself somewhat resilient; before being sent to the South Sea Golden Ao Island to find the Master of Jie Teaching to worship as an immortal, he endured three months of torture by ice pillars and iron thorns and still didn't soften a bit.
The trembling now was happening naturally, beyond Ao Yi's control.
He felt like he couldn't muster any strength in his body, as if there was a shadow in his heart, and this shadow...
...was the root of the trembling!
Just as Ao Yi lifted a corner of the shadow, he saw the cold face of the human Taoist, cold and detached.
How could humans be so deceitful?
Just thinking about that brief battle, Ao Yi trembled even more.
Dragon Mother beside him hurriedly urged several old dragons to check on the condition of the second son, but the repeated conclusions drawn by the old dragons could only be—
Excessive drinking.
As Ao Yi's slightly protruding Adam's apple trembled lightly up and down, he suddenly took a sip of the warm tea brewed from dozens of precious spirit herbs in his hand and then sprayed out a mouthful of spiritual tea, retching violently.
Several maidservants hurried forward, but Ao Yi suddenly howled in misery, his eyes full of fear.
"Don't come over! What are you trying to do!"
These delicate and beautiful maidservants quickly bowed their heads in apology and stepped back.
Breathing heavily, Ao Yi covered his forehead, his trembling voice gradually slowing down, "Let me be alone for a while, don't come near me..."
"My son," the dignified and graceful Dragon Mother called out anxiously, "What's wrong with you!"
Ao Yi slowly placed the empty white jade crystal glass on the side, but his hand trembled, accidentally dropping the valuable teacup on the jade-stone floor.
He covered his forehead with both hands, trying to slowly uncover the shadow in his heart.
The way to overcome fear is to face it!
The drugs, strong drugs...
The four-sided seal smashed down on himself, knocking him dizzy, and he fell into a deep coma...
But his body, his bloodline, retained many memories, many feelings.
In his coma, he felt like a salted fish with its internal organs removed, being repeatedly washed by seawater, inside and out, leaving no detail untouched...
Coated with some kind of soap powder, and continued washing...
During the washing process, seven or eight palms kept patting, and one spell after another fell on him, much like the Dragon Palace chef beating the top-quality snowflake unicorn beef, making the meat more perfect...
In his coma, he once felt like he was going to be eaten by that human Taoist like a demon!
Or rather, not sparing any part of his dragon meat, frying, slicing, deep-frying, stewing, using all kinds of methods to process his meat, bringing out the taste of this dragon meat feast to the fullest!
This process of being treated as an ingredient was repeated at least dozens of times!
Dozens of times!
That old Taoist was not human, he was the most terrifying dragon-eating beast!
No, that was the true face of humans!
In his half-month of coma, Ao Yi kept repeating and reminiscing, and when he woke up and saw his mother, he thought he was still in a dream, that what he had experienced before laying the dragon egg was just a nightmare...
But it wasn't a nightmare.
During a direct confrontation, do humans always fight with the Dragon Clan like this?
Is this the reason why his Dragon Clan dares not to wage war against humans?
No chance of winning, definitely no chance of winning.
The breath of that old Taoist wasn't actually strong, he should have been much weaker than himself, yet he was able to...he was able to...
Just then, two uncles beside him whispered:
"The protection of the dragon scales has flashed, and that thief didn't make a move, he just gave Ao Yi's nephew a lot of alcohol. Why didn't he come to the Dragon Palace to accept the reward?"
"I'm afraid he thought we would go back on our word and break our promise. But according to the rules, we must thank him."
What? Do I, from the Dragon Palace, still have to thank that dragon-eating person?
Ao Yi stood up tremblingly, about to speak, but when the words reached his lips, he seemed to see...those cold-faced old Taoists pressing his little dragon underwater and washing him with endless seawater...
And then the Dragon Clan, his own family, still had to be grateful to this demon and give him a reward?
Are all these calculated by that human Taoist?
Any random human Qi Refiner could come out and easily deal with him, the Dragon King's bloodline son?
Ao Yi's legs went weak, and he sat back on the edge of the bed, taking a deep breath.
The prehistoric world is really...
...too terrifying.
Meanwhile, in the South China Sea, on a coral island near the southern continent.
Li Changshou, transformed into a cold-faced Taoist, was sitting cross-legged in a hollowed-out rock, his body's aura trembling slightly, strands of spiritual energy converging from the sea surface.
Breathing in and out, feeling free and easy;
The sky and earth were clear, and he was absorbed in himself.
After a while, there was a flash of green light on Li Changshou's forehead, and several nine-petaled lotus flowers floated around him, slowly rotating around his figure.
The green light blossomed and faded;
Sounds of mountain roars and sea surges emanated from Li Changshou's body, gradually blending with the sound of the sea washing over the small island.
Suddenly, a thunderous roar, Li Changshou's body emitted strands of green light, and petals of nine-petaled lotus flowers scattered, emitting a faint fragrance.
Fish and shrimps in the sea within ten miles smelled the fragrance and came, while the lotus flowers headed towards some spiritual beings with intelligence.
But suddenly, Li Changshou opened his eyes, his eyes full of green light, and the lotus flowers gently shattered, and the creatures in the sea felt a strong danger and immediately turned away...
Guiding sentient beings in the prehistoric world is actually a good deed, which can receive a small amount of merit from the Heavenly Dao;
But once the sentient beings inadvertently guided by oneself turn into demons to harm humans, one also has to bear some karma. Even the little merit might not be enough to offset it...
Broke through.
Li Changshou sighed, inwardly examining himself, repeatedly checking for a while.
Is it time for his own Immortal Tribulation?
Li Changshou looked up at the sky, which was cloudless for thousands of miles, and felt that he was still a bit lacking compared to what he had imagined. It was slightly different from facing the Immortal Tribulation when he reached the Ninth Stage of Returning to the Origin, as he had expected.
After all, he had always made the worst assumptions before.
Closing his eyes and concentrating, Li Changshou continued to meditate and cultivate, while beneath him, the spiritual energy emitted by the Ling Stone array he had laid out continuously dispersed, all absorbed by him without any leakage.
In various directions within a radius of ten miles, several paper figures were hidden underwater, monitoring various places, while also attracting possible attackers.
There were not many arrangements around this rock, and if the Immortal Tribulation descended, this place would certainly be destroyed.
He placed all his arrangements in a slightly distant area, and it was not a protective array, but a pure escape array.
It would be convenient for him to move quickly after surviving the tribulation.
This place was already an ideal place he had found for crossing the tribulation, and there were no activities of Qi Refiners within a radius of thousands of miles; occasionally, there were Qi Refiners passing by in the air, mostly hundreds of miles away.
—This is related to the distribution of major cities of ordinary people on land.
After half a month of cultivation, Li Changshou suddenly felt restless and uneasy, and there was a vague and inexplicable sense of Dao rhyme around him.
The Immortal Tribulation is imminent.
After the Clear Heart Mantra expired and he couldn't calm his mind to contemplate anything further, there was a subtle pressure within three miles, causing other creatures to subconsciously stay away from this place.
His master's Immortal Tribulation was like this, shy and timid, dragging on and on...
But he didn't know whether his Immortal Tribulation would be gentle or wild and tumultuous...
His own Immortal Tribulation.
It should be, seven or eight Heavenly Thunderbolts.
Li Changshou thought to himself, feeling somewhat relieved. He didn't force himself to calm down but experienced the uneasiness and anxiety in his heart.
This was the reaction that all sentient beings would have when facing Heavenly Might, regardless of their level of Dao Realm.
The Immortal Tribulation, also known as the Crossing Dao Tribulation, Li Changshou had been contemplating for a long time, what exactly was the meaning of 'Crossing Dao'.
Today, he already had an answer.
Cultivating Qi, Transcending Deity, Returning to Void, Returning to Dao, was actually about Qi Refiners learning from nature, imitating nature, and summarizing their own Dao in nature, this 'Dao' was the support for their immortal cultivation.
The Immortal Tribulation was a 'test' of the Heavenly Dao for the Dao of Qi Refiners, to see if the Dao condensed by the Qi Refiner was qualified for immortality.
At the same time, this Tribulation was also a test to help the Qi Refiner transcend the mortal and become immortal, allowing the Qi Refiner to sublimate through their own Dao.
Born as a spirit, transformed into an immortal.
The Dao and Dao Realm couldn't be generalized, just like human nature, steady, chaotic, bold, shy, anxious, and indifferent.
So was the Dao.
"I, am the same."
Li Changshou closed his eyes with a slight smile, and a faint breeze rose around him, turning into a whirlwind and heading towards the sky.
A thunderous roar sounded, the weather changed above the sea surface, and hundreds of feet high in the sky, gray-black thunderclouds swiftly gathered, shrouding the sea area within ten miles.
There seemed to be mountains on the clouds, pagodas, and heavenly soldiers lined up, and giant gods beating drums.
Various phenomena appeared in the Tribulation Clouds, and the lower part of the Tribulation Clouds began to slowly rotate, looking from afar like a sea tornado forming.
But this sea tornado only condensed halfway, and within it, lightning flashed and thundered!
Li Changshou slowly stood up on the reef, shook his robe, and casually activated twelve bird cages, which had already spread out around him on the sea surface, ready for use.
He flew up to a height of nine meters, and three silver-white thunderlights flashed simultaneously, bursting into strands of electric silver snakes!
These thunders gathered into a disk-like thunderlight, striking down towards Li Changshou's head. Li Changshou's spiritual sense did not feel any danger, but he still mobilized his entire body's spiritual power and condensed it all over his body.
A faint light emanated from his Dao Body, which was then engulfed by the thunderlight!
The power of the first thunderbolt was roughly on par with the third thunderbolt during his master's Tribulation?
His own Tribulation was indeed not to be taken lightly.
All the thunder was blocked by Li Changshou, who then looked up at the sky and calmly waited.
The feeling after the strike of the thunder just now...
Itchy, tingling, strands of immortal aura were already brewing in his body, and his primordial spirit was also immersed in the thunderlight.
Unexpectedly...
It felt quite comfortable.