ragginovel Chapter 35 Pill Tribulation
Chapter 35 Pill Tribulation
Li Qingyi stared at Qin Baisheng, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
"I never expected that you would end up becoming the elixir."
Upon hearing Li Qingyi's words, Qin Baisheng struggled to turn his eyes to look at her.
"It's...it's...you?"
His voice was broken and intermittent, having lost its former authority and depth.
Li Qingyi slowly raised her right hand, and a wisp of condensed sword energy quietly emerged from her fingertips, flashing with a cold light.
"Our feud ends here."
At this moment, Qin Baisheng is in the most critical stage of transforming into the Heaven-Mending Pill. His physical body is extremely fragile, and even the powerful protective spiritual light of a Foundation Establishment cultivator has completely dissipated.
Li Qingyi simply made a light, understated stroke.
The once-powerful patriarch of the Qin family trembled violently, the last glimmer of light in his eyes vanished, and his breath came to an abrupt end.
The transformation process accelerated abruptly immediately after Qin Baisheng's death.
His corpse shone with a brilliant crimson light that shot into the sky, completely connecting with the crimson array above his head.
The array was spinning wildly at an unprecedented speed, devouring the last of the core nutrients.
The elixir was completed in an instant.
Chu Tianyang and Qin Ruoxi, who were not far away, witnessed this scene, their eyes filled with intense resentment and anger.
The two exchanged a glance, both seeing a resolute determination in each other's eyes.
He began to recklessly unleash the remaining magical power within his body, preparing to fight Li Qingyi to the death.
At that moment, the voice of Master Ziyun simultaneously echoed in their minds:
"Let's go, we've lost this round..."
The two men froze abruptly, their survival instincts instantly overriding any resentment or humiliation.
They didn't even dare to look at Li Qingyi again. Without hesitation, they turned around, used their escape techniques, and sped down the mountain.
At the same time, the battle for Foundation Establishment in the sky also came to an abrupt end.
Ren Ziyu and the black-robed cultivator seemed to have received some kind of instruction, and they tacitly feinted an attack to end the battle.
……
Qingchi Immortal Sect, Luoyun Peak.
The Xuan Guang Water Mirror still clearly reflects everything on Qingxin Peak.
Master Ziyun's face was ashen.
On the other hand, the six sect leaders could not hide their joy.
Although Jiang Yanxu did not know the origin of the young man in blue who had suddenly appeared, he saw Ziyun suffer a setback.
The pent-up frustration from being suppressed by the Qingchi Immortal Sect for hundreds of years finally eased a bit, and he felt extremely happy.
He pointed at Li Qingyi in the water mirror and laughed loudly:
"Hahaha! Look! This is the demeanor that cultivators like us should have, and we deserve the title of genius."
Brother Ziyun, you should stop boasting about your two outstanding disciples in the future.
Leaving Qin Ruoxi aside for now, Chu Tianyang, despite possessing a spiritual treasure of the same realm, couldn't even withstand a single sword strike from her, ending up in a sorry state like a stray dog.
"You dare call someone like this a once-in-a-century genius? That's utterly ridiculous!"
"Hehe, Sect Leader Jiang is absolutely right."
"Brother Ziyun, could it be that you're getting old, your eyesight is failing, and you can no longer recognize people?"
"In my opinion, Brother Dao, you should not take on any more disciples in the future. It would be a waste of those rare and precious resources. It would be better to give them to us, so that they can be put to good use and that our talents are not wasted."
The other sect leaders laughed and echoed, their words dripping with undisguised sarcasm.
Master Ziyun's face turned pale and then red, knowing that any argument at this moment would only bring him humiliation, so he could only keep his lips tightly shut.
Amidst the commotion, Master Minghao, who had been sitting quietly observing, suddenly trembled violently, his face turning deathly pale.
He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and his previously peaceful aura instantly became chaotic and weak.
"Brother Minghao!"
"What happened?"
Everyone was startled and turned to look, their eyes filled with doubt.
Master Minghao raised his hand, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, waved his hand, and did not explain the reason.
However, deep within his heart, a storm was already raging.
Who exactly is that young man in blue?
The moment Li Qingyi appeared in the water mirror, out of instinct, he secretly used his divination skills to try to find out the boy's origins.
However, the results of several calculations were all empty, as if this child did not exist in the secrets of fate at all.
He refused to believe in superstition and forcibly activated a more profound secret technique to try and uncover the truth.
Unexpectedly, the backlash from the secret technique was so fierce that not only did he gain nothing, but his soul was also injured.
Behind him... could it be a Golden Core True Monarch?
Master Minghao was filled with doubt and suspicion, and dared not make any further attempt to spy.
Just then, Master Ziyun suppressed his displeasure and asked:
"Brother Minghao, what's going on...?"
"It's alright." Master Minghao's voice was slightly hoarse as he forcefully suppressed his surging blood and qi.
"I merely glimpsed some secrets of heaven that I shouldn't have, and suffered some backlash. Please continue, everyone. I will take my leave to recuperate."
Having said that, without waiting for a response from the crowd, he rose up and transformed into a beam of light, disappearing from the summit of Luoyun Peak in an instant.
Previously, at Ziyun's request, I helped to arrange and conceal the secrets of heaven, which was already repaying the favor.
Now that he was suffering the consequences, he was even less willing to get involved in this mess.
The crowd stared at the direction he had disappeared in, exchanging bewildered glances, a multitude of speculations arising in their minds.
Jiang Yanxu looked at Li Qingyi in the water mirror again, becoming more and more satisfied. "Truly excellent."
……
Qingxin Peak.
After receiving Jiang Yanxu's message, the black-robed cultivator's eyes flashed with a hint of confusion, but the sect's orders could not be disobeyed.
He gave Li Qingyi and Ren Ziyu a deep look, then with a flicker of his body, he retreated to the distant peaks and concealed his presence.
On the other side, after a short period of recuperation, Qin Xiyue's injuries had stabilized slightly. Although her magical power had not yet recovered, she was able to move freely.
In the arena, Li Qingyi and Ren Ziyu's eyes met in mid-air. The two of them, almost simultaneously, revealed a similar smile.
"Could it be... that you actually managed to master that technique?" Ren Ziyu couldn't help but ask.
Upon hearing this, Li Qingyi's smile widened, tinged with a hint of mockery:
"Of course. This true understanding of swordsmanship is truly wondrous. If Brother Ziyu is interested, why not give it a try?"
"Hehe..." Ren Ziyu chuckled and shook his head. "Such an opportunity is best enjoyed by Brother Qin himself. I am not fortunate enough to be able to handle it."
He sneered inwardly:
Do you really think I'm a three-year-old child?
That swordsmanship technique is notoriously self-destructive; no one throughout history has ever mastered it. If you can truly master it, from now on I will be called Li Ziyu.
He still vividly remembers the extreme pain he experienced when he was in the Qi Refining stage, defiantly trying to cultivate. The sword energy devoured his body and his meridians felt like they were about to rupture, and the memory still sends shivers down his spine.
Since then, he has made a grand vow to find an opportunity for more people to experience the taste of this "peerless skill".
Li Qingyi appeared calm and composed on the surface, but her inner world was far from as peaceful as it seemed.
Faced with a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was momentarily unable to judge the situation and secretly became wary.
Ren Ziyu sighed inwardly; he had also received a message from Master Ziyun.
In the end, Li Qingyi got the peach, which was something he never expected.
Just as Li Qingyi was on high alert, the crimson array above her head suddenly shrank inward.
The vast array power and the immense blood essence were completely absorbed and instantly entered Qin Baisheng's lifeless body.
A rich, fragrant aroma suddenly burst forth, refreshing and invigorating.
Qin Baisheng's corpse transformed into a round, flawless pill the size of a longan, translucent and shimmering with a hazy, precious light, which floated quietly in front of Li Qingyi.
Mysterious patterns naturally formed on the surface of the elixir.
Li Qingyi could even smell a trace of her own aura within it.
Just as he was about to seize the pill, another unexpected event occurred.
Boom!!!
The crimson sky suddenly cleared, but the next moment, dark clouds gathered wildly from all directions, instantly covering the entire Qingxin Peak.
Within the clouds, silver snakes danced wildly, and thunder roared.
A vast and unparalleled pressure from heaven and earth descended suddenly, firmly locking onto the newly formed Heaven-Mending Pill.
Li Qingyi's heart tightened as she sensed the terrifying divine power, and she immediately withdrew her outstretched hand.
He retreated swiftly, instantly appearing beside Qin Xiyue, and gazed solemnly at the sky: "This is...?"
"The Pill Tribulation," Qin Xiyue explained.
"Those who forcibly seize the elixir refined by nature through such heaven-defying methods will not be tolerated by heaven and earth, and will surely be subjected to a tribulation of lightning."
If one succeeds, the elixir will be formed and its spiritual essence will naturally arise; if one fails, the elixir will be destroyed.
Li Qingyi nodded knowingly, her gaze sweeping over the pill that appeared incredibly tiny under the thunderclouds:
"You did all this for? Aren't you worried that this lightning tribulation will destroy it?"
"Don't worry."
Looking at her confident demeanor, Li Qingyi couldn't help but twitch her lips slightly.
She's still so confident...
boom!!!
The first bolt of purple lightning, as thick as a bucket, struck.
The blinding lightning instantly turned the dim peak into a ghastly white, and the violent power of the lightning washed over the area where the pill was located, scorching the earth and turning the rocks into dust.
Then came the second, the third... each one more ferocious and brutal than the last.
Three-quarters of an hour later, the thunderclouds dissipated as suddenly as they had arrived, and the sky returned to clarity.
The Heaven-Mending Pill at the center of the tribulation lightning was not damaged; instead, it became even more crystal clear.
The patterns on Dan's body became increasingly clear and mysterious, silently floating in the air.
At this moment, the elixir is complete!
Suddenly, a powerful pressure from the Purple Palace descended upon us!