Chapter 28 [028] Overcoming the Tribulation

The wind was blowing violently and the earth was shaking.

Inside the cave, the young man sat silently, with a dagger, a plate, and a pair of eyes.

Those ink-black pupils were fixed on the lines he was carving, and a trickle of blood flowed from his fingertips into the grooves that he had carved early in the morning.

Stones fell from the sky, and the golden shield was supported by spiritual power. It also required spiritual power to cut the array plate, and blood flowed everywhere. But even so, there was no sign of stopping the movements of his hands.

[Youngster! Your spiritual power won't last long. If you really can't, use your last yellow talisman to teleport away!]

But the old man's words did not seem to reach Zhongli Jin's ears.

The young man did not respond. His expression was solemn and serious. His black pupils were dark and the golden light reflected on his face like a dancing candle flame.

Cracks began to appear in the golden light shield, and blood flowed from the corners of Zhongli Jin's lips. As the cracks became more and more, the overflowing blood turned from blood threads into blood waterfalls, soaking his collar.

——The spiritual power can’t last much longer.

When a huge rock suddenly fell down on the boy's head, the old man couldn't help but shout: [Don't carve the young man! ! Life is at stake! ! Get out of the way! ! ]

"boom!"

However, the boulder was suddenly overturned by a piece of white bandage, which just happened to break the monster's long tongue!
The old man was startled, and saw the familiar white bandage wrapped around the golden light shield like a snow-white snake, blocking the tongue attacks and the rolling boulders for the young man.

[Spiritual beings...living and working together...] He has existed in this world for tens of millions of years, so he is naturally knowledgeable and experienced.

Use your body to nourish the tools and use your life to connect with things.

The five senses are connected and the wills are intertwined.

When things hurt people, things are broken and people die.

The snow-white bandages tightly protected the boy.

Under this high-intensity attack, it soon became sluggish and could no longer block all the falling rocks.

The stones hit the golden shield, further deepening the cracks and even breaking it - Zhongli Jin also spat out a large mouthful of blood!

The boy's eyes darkened as he stared at the formation plate and continued his movements.

It’s almost there… It’s almost there…

A long tongue took advantage of the chaos and stabbed the boy's neck fiercely!

The bandage blocked the boulder, but it could no longer protect Zhongli Jin.

At the critical moment, a white sword suddenly appeared and slashed down!
Then the remaining three bandages and the figure of the girl behind them fell into the old man's eyes.

【Girl!!】

Shi Qing arrived.

But he was covered in wounds.

Just like the bandage was torn just now, there were wounds of all sizes and blood soaking her clothes.

Of course, these injuries seemed to be commonplace to her.

Shi Qing lowered his eyes and glanced at Zhongli Jin.

The young man concentrated on engraving the formation plate.

With just one glance, she knew what he was doing.

No extra words, no eye contact.

Shi Qing stepped on the ground, and his spiritual power spread out, repairing the cracks in the golden light shield.

She rushed towards the stone gate, her fingertips stained with blood, and she set up a sword formation near the monster's bloody mouth to buy time for the young man.

The transparent white swords formed a rain of tens of millions of swords in the blink of an eye, rushing towards the monster's big mouth!
[Ahhhhh——!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !]
The monster screamed and became more and more angry. The opening in the stone door became a little bigger. The monster was trying hard to break through the thing that had imprisoned it for many years.

It has been fighting for tens of millions of years, trying to break this thing every day, but there are fearless ants that stop it!
[Ah——! Ah——!]
The sound was deafening like thunder, and the sound waves knocked down all the surrounding rocks and smashed them towards the two of them.

The remaining three bandages moved flexibly between the cracks in the rocks, as if they were interwoven into a large snow-white net, protecting Zhongli Jin inside.

[Ahhhh——!!!]
With the monster's last roar, the stone gate was completely shattered!
At the same time, the young man in white who had been sitting quietly suddenly threw the formation plate in his hand out!
At the moment the stone door was broken, the thrown array plate formed a new stone door, and the fiery red light of the array appeared in front of the door!

The monster pounded on the door, roaring louder and louder, as if it was going crazy.

Zhongli Jin injected spiritual power and blood into the formation plate, but the boy now had far from enough strength.

His hands kept shaking, as if he would not be able to withstand the monster's attack in the next second.

Suddenly—a hand attached to Zhongli Jin's hand.

The boy's pupils trembled.

Without turning his head, he already knew the identity of the person next to him.

The familiar faint fragrance, even if it is mostly covered by the smell of blood, can still bring a sense of peace.

Spiritual power suddenly became abundant.

Zhongli Jin's heart was beating violently, and the boy's cold hand was warmed by the warmth of his blood.

I heard a faint question: "Is this so?"

——Is it like this?

"Yes..." A hoarse voice came out from the boy's red lips.

The light of the magic circle became stronger and stronger, and the power of red blood filled the array plate, but it required an extremely high amount of blood.

Zhongli Jin noticed this and wanted Shi Qing to let go and take the responsibility himself. However, before he could open his mouth, a strong smell of blood completely covered the faint fragrance.

——"Shi Qing!!!!"

He roared with red eyes, almost a scream, his pupils trembled violently, bloodshot, and seemed to shrink into a small circle.

The girl actually used the side edge of the bandage to cut her wrist!
With the blood, the light of the magic circle became stronger. It drank the blood eagerly, further blocking the monster behind the stone gate.

"Is that enough?" Shi Qing's face was pale, his expression was calm, and his voice was still indifferent and cold.

"Enough... Enough..." Zhong Lijin said in a trembling voice: "You can let go now..."

——"Feed the formation with blood, seal it with red blood."

The boy trembled as he chanted the last spell.

The red light covered the entire cave.

At this moment, the formation is completed.

[Ahhhhhhh——!!!]
The monster screamed in pain.

It persisted for tens of millions of years just to use up all the red blood power and get out of here.

As a result, today, the two juniors joined forces to consolidate the seal again! They also injected blood to replenish the blood power in the formation.

——But! It will not give up! ! Never! ! It wants to break through all of this, it wants to get out! It wants to destroy the entire cultivation world! !

There was a sudden loud noise in the sky.

Layers of clouds and fog quickly gathered here.

There were bursts of thunder and muffled lightning.

The monks outside the cave were shocked when they saw this scene - "Someone is going to survive a catastrophe?!"

"Quick! This is an opportunity! Lead the remaining soul of the Demonic Flamebird into the thunder zone and use the falling lightning to severely injure it! Make its soul fly away!"

*
The Red Blood Sealing Array is complete.

Zhongli Jin propped himself up and fed the resurrection pill and blood recovery pill to Shi Qing, and he also quickly ate two pills himself.

No matter how much hatred and prejudice there was in the past, it all seemed to vanish into thin air at this moment.

The bandage was wrapped back around Shi Qing's arm, sealing the wound that was gushing out like a spring tightly.

Zhongli Jin took out the last yellow talisman and was about to draw a picture to teleport the two away, but suddenly he heard a thunder in his ears!
Shi Qing was slightly startled, then said, "You go."

"I, transcend the tribulation."

——I didn't expect the thunder tribulation to come at this time. "But how can you survive the tribulation like this?!" Zhongli Jin's eyes were red, "I will stay and protect you."

"No," Shi Qing said softly, his tone cold and indifferent: "You are too weak."

"Shi Qing, I don't want to owe you a favor." Zhong Lijin stared into her eyes, his voice low and deep, saying word by word: "You saved me, and I will protect you. Even if I die in this thunder tribulation today, I don't want to owe you anything."

Disgust and prejudice disappeared, and he no longer resented Shi Qing.

At least just now, she almost tried her best to save herself.

Blame it on the inappropriateness of two years ago. He has been holding a grudge for so long, he should let it go and let himself go.

But the next second, Shi Qing stretched out his hand and said, "Give it to me."

Zhongli Jin: “…what?”

"Baijie Pills."

"..."

"Give it to me," Shi Qing said, his eyes somewhat eager, "a favor."

Give her the Baijie Pills as a favor.

Shi Qing has wanted that thing for a long time, but she failed to get it the previous two times due to some strange reasons. This time she saved Zhongli Jin and also clearly stated that she wanted the Baijie Pills, so the boy would eventually give it to her.

Zhongli Jin: “…”

Recalling the previous two times, the girl's tendency to hesitate and her inexplicably longing eyes.

The boy suddenly realized that Shi Qing actually wanted the Baijie Pills.

At this moment, a feeling of inexplicable helplessness, wanting to be angry but not being able to, wanting to laugh but not being able to, kept interweaving in Zhongli Jin's heart. His slightly pale but unusually handsome face had a feeling of being both amused and helpless.

"You..." He didn't know what to say. In the end, he took out the small porcelain bottle containing Baijie Pills, waved it in front of Shi Qing, and said, "I will stay here to protect you. After you successfully overcome the tribulation, I will give it to you."

"Forget it then." Shi Qing said, "You are too weak."

Zhongli Jin: “…”

"Miss Shi Qing, it's too early to say that." Zhong Lijin had already gotten used to her tone of "you are weak, I am strong". He took out the last yellow talisman, stained it with blood from his body and began to paint. He chuckled and said, "I will climb the mountain again one day. I just hope you won't regret it then."

The blood-restoring pill and the resurrection pill begin to take effect. Taking them at the same time can heal both internal and external injuries.

The young man's spiritual power recovered a little. He drew another amulet and injected spiritual power into it to support a golden light shield in this small space.

"Now that the last yellow talisman has been used, I can't leave." Zhong Lijin raised his eyes, his dark eyes like a deep abyss, and a smile on the corner of his mouth. He looked at Shi Qing and said in a rather rogue manner: "You can't drive me away."

Shi Qing: “…”

now.

Thunder falls.

The sound was deafening.

The earth trembled, and rocks from the sky began to fall again.

Every thunder tribulation contains enormous spiritual power.

There was once a saying that "when one person ascends to heaven, all things revive."

It means that the spiritual power of the thunder tribulation brought by that person's ascension is too strong, and the spiritual energy left behind after the ascension can revive all things.

Although the Red Blood Sealing Array has been consolidated, the power of the red blood is still being rapidly consumed.

Zhongli Jin suddenly thought, if he used the spiritual power of this thunder tribulation and integrated it into his blood, could he extend the duration of the power of red blood again?
*
The heaven and earth are shaking.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and the wind was howling, accompanied by lightning and thunder, as if to tear the whole world apart.

Lightning streaked across the sky, like a giant purple dragon hovering in the air, lurking in the clouds.

Then, thunder rumbled, shattering the stars and almost shattering people's souls.

The sky and the earth were dark, and the light was dim.

The remaining soul of the Flamebird roared and flew towards the collapsed rocks.

Many monks outside began to set up a protective formation, trapping the remaining soul of the Demon Bird with swords and imprisoning it within the circle of thunder and lightning.

The purple lightning struck down with a force that could break a thousand pounds, hitting the monster!
“Ouch——!!!”

The remaining soul of the Flamebird let out an extremely angry scream, spread its wings, and stirred up a strong wind, causing sand and rocks to fly and cover the sky and the sun.

Under the ruins.

The golden light envelopes the sky.

Zhongli Jin cut his palm and put it on the stone door. The old man sighed repeatedly in his mind: [Young man, there is no need to go to such lengths. Your actions today have no witnesses or comments, no way to publicize your achievements, and no way to escape unscathed. It is easy for you to die here. ]

[I know, senior.] Zhongli Jin said: [A cultivator may wish to ascend to heaven and become an immortal, pursue the infinite avenue, or wish to roam the world and live a peaceful and carefree life, or wish to suddenly realize eternity and live forever. I also aim to ascend to the upper realm, but if I only care about myself and ignore the common people, letting monsters wreak havoc and causing suffering to the people, then I will definitely not be able to truly comprehend the avenue.]

——【Those who are selfish will never be able to survive the nine-fold thunder tribulation.】

[But attracting lightning with your own body will cause harm to your body. I cannot explain the consequences.]

[It's okay, senior.] Zhongli Jin smiled, [I have no regrets.]

[Okay! How can I lose to a young man like you? ]

A strange spiritual power mixed with the fragrance of medicinal herbs suddenly permeated around the young man.

The ring on his index finger emitted a faint green light.

The thunder from the sky struck down, and part of it hit Zhongli Jin, dispersing the attack of the thunder tribulation for Shi Qing. He also took the opportunity to absorb the spiritual power in it, mixed it with his own blood, and injected it into the magic circle.

Outside the cave.

All the monks worked together to use this thunder disaster to eliminate the last remaining soul of the Demonic Flamebird.

Inside the cave.

A small world.

The young man used his body to attract lightning, consolidate the Red Blood Sealing Array, fill it up with the power of red blood, and suppress the monster within.

*
A sweet and fishy taste filled Shi Qing's throat, and his internal organs felt hot and painful.

She sat cross-legged, suppressed the urge to vomit blood, and began to close her eyes and regulate her breathing.

The thunder penetrated the boulder and reached the bottom, striking the golden light shield hard!

During the previous month of seclusion, Shi Qing always fell short of that one step.

At this moment she seemed to finally understand what was missing.

The way of the world is unpredictable and the heaven and earth are fleeting.

Only a firm mind and the way to eternal life, without distractions, without desires, without demands.

In this life, I practice Taoism with the mission of eliminating demons and the responsibility of protecting life.

She does not seek to ascend to heaven or to overlook the world.

I am only determined to cut off all the clutter, kill all the demons and monsters, and protect all people in the world.

The Wind and Thunder Tower did not attract a real thunder disaster for a month.

Just because you don't protect thousands of people, your heart is not in harmony with the Tao, and the thunder calamity will not come.

Now, he has risked his life to protect one person, and the heaven and earth have witnessed it. He is considered to have met the qualifications and is ready to take the test.

Wait for the last bolt of lightning to fall from the sky.

The remaining soul of the Moltres dissipated in a scream.

The Red Blood Sealing Formation also completed the last piece of the puzzle.

Shi Qing's body was filled with spiritual energy. She suddenly opened her eyes, and the collapsing rocks around her were all shaken up by the huge gust of wind!
this moment.

——The elixir is ready!
——The robbery is broken!
　Zhongli Jin will not reconcile easily, hahaha, because being struck by lightning will damage his brain.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)