Chapter 235: The Golden Core Tribulation

Seeing this, Jiang Youfu wanted to rush inside immediately.

Wouldn't all these lightning strikes reduce his brother Xiao to ashes?

However, no matter how hard he pounded on the small white stone, it was in vain. The natural platform, which had previously been easy to enter, now seemed completely sealed off.

When Lin Dayou and the rest of the Lin family arrived, they saw Jiang Youfu outside, repeatedly hitting the stone wall and calling out for Lin Xiao.

They hurriedly asked what was happening, and Jiang Youfu explained what he had witnessed, causing everyone to grow increasingly anxious. They joined him in pounding on the stone wall, desperately calling out Lin Xiao's name.

Unbeknownst to them, the lightning strikes were being channeled by the natural platform, repeatedly striking Lin Xiao.

Soon, more thunderous sounds echoed above them. Seeing another lightning strike about to hit the small white stone, Jiang Youfu, despite his anxiety, quickly pulled the Lin family members aside to avoid the strike.

While thunder roared in Lin Xiao's secluded chamber, Wei Hai's situation wasn't much quieter.

Wei Hai had barely attacked the defensive array over Shuxi Village twice before another bolt of lightning struck him.

This time, he was on guard.

He had thought he could avoid it, but he soon realized that no matter how agile his movements were, no matter how he tried to dodge, the lightning seemed to have a mind of its own, striking him squarely on the head.

And this time, the lightning was even stronger than the last—about two-thirds as strong as the tribulation lightning he had faced during his Nascent Soul breakthrough!

After a brief moment of shock, he snapped out of it, only to feel a soul-piercing pain spread throughout his body.

Fortunately, the pain was still within tolerable limits.

It was then that he realized this lightning was anything but ordinary.

He looked up and noticed that only the area above this village was shrouded in darkness, and only his position and the new sect's location were being bombarded by lightning.

Every time he was struck, a similar bolt of lightning fell on the new sect as well.

It suddenly dawned on Wei Hai.

Could this be a tribulation?

Could someone in this new sect be undergoing a tribulation?!

Seeing the storm clouds that showed no signs of dissipating, Wei Hai thought, This can't be a Golden Core tribulation—Golden Core tribulations consist of only three strikes and are much weaker.

Could it be a Nascent Soul tribulation?

But that seemed impossible too. This tribulation was far too weak, not even half as powerful as his own Nascent Soul tribulation.

Even if this new sect was producing a Nascent Soul ancestor, they wouldn't be a threat.

With this in mind, he continued his reckless assault on the defensive array below.

However, in the village below, Liao Pantou, who had noticed the tribulation, was actually quite pleased.

It seemed that the kid was breaking through!

And he had attracted such a powerful tribulation!

Knowing the potency of Lin Xiao's cultivation technique, Liao Pantou had already anticipated that his Golden Core tribulation would be stronger than usual.

What he hadn't expected was how quickly Lin Xiao had advanced. The year wasn't even over, and he was already breaking through to the Golden Core stage!

Thinking of Jiang Youfu, who had established his foundation in a single day, and his own disciple Sun Yigao, Liao Pantou couldn't help but feel a surge of pride.

He quickly pulled out a high-grade water dragon talisman from his robe and hurled it at Wei Hai.

A massive water dragon shot out from the talisman and soared toward Wei Hai!

Caught off guard by the enormous water dragon that emerged from an unremarkable corner below, Wei Hai was swallowed whole.

As a fire-element cultivator, he loathed water. Being swallowed by the water dragon made his spiritual energy rebel.

Then, another flash of light from below revealed a second talisman. A beam of white light shot into the water dragon, instantly transforming it into a crystalline ice dragon.

Wei Hai was immediately trapped inside.

Due to the water-fire opposition and the repeated lightning strikes, he felt as though all his spiritual energy had been sealed!

The icy chill from the dragon began to invade his body, as if it was trying to infiltrate his dantian and attack his Nascent Soul!

Hidden within his soul pendant, Liao Pantou watched as the two talismans temporarily restrained Wei Hai. He shot past Sun Yigao, racing forward.

As a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, Sun Yigao couldn't match Liao Pantou's speed, and was quickly left behind.

Liao Pantou knew he couldn't completely subdue a Nascent Soul cultivator with just two talismans, so his goal had always been to buy time.

Initially, he had planned to hold out with everyone inside the sect, hoping they could survive this ordeal.

But Mo Yuanjiao's unexpected return disrupted that plan.

He hadn't expected the boy to return at such a time and accidentally run into the Nascent Soul cultivator.

Since Mo Yuanjiao was here, Liao Pantou felt he had to try his best to save him. Otherwise, if Lin Xiao came out of seclusion and found one of their sect members missing, although Lin Xiao probably wouldn't blame him, Liao Pantou knew he wouldn't be able to live with himself.

Reflecting on this, Liao Pantou chuckled to himself.

A year ago, he would never have felt this way.

Who would have thought that in less than a year, he would be so deeply influenced by this group of kids?

He glanced up at the sky again.

Hopefully, that kid Lin Xiao breaks through soon and gets out of seclusion.

Even though the situation had changed, Liao Pantou's main goal remained the same—buying time.

Before, he had just been trying to protect everyone within the sect.

Now, he held a faint hope that there might be another unexpected twist in their favor.

At that moment, an elderly figure slowly approached from the road outside the village.

It was none other than the ancestor of the Li family.

He had noticed the situation at Shuxi Village from afar.

However, rather than rushing in, he maintained the guise of an ordinary old man, concealing his aura and moving at a leisurely pace.

Though the Li family didn't possess many advanced techniques, their cultivation method was the most subtle.

Concealing himself was an easy task.

As a result, no one, not even Wei Hai, noticed the elderly figure gradually approaching the village.

But when the Li family ancestor saw Wei Hai suddenly swallowed by a water dragon and then frozen into an ice sculpture along with the dragon, he was utterly bewildered.