Chapter 462
The wind was urgent and the clouds were slanted, and the disordered, disheveled silver hair fluttered behind her head like a waterfall.
Feng Yu Die closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She stuck the spirit sword in her hand into the muddy ground of the flower field in front of her, took out a hair tie from her storage bag, and tied up her loose hair into a ponytail. At the same time, she said to Ancestral Lingzhi behind her:
“Go to Tian Ge and protect Young Master Ye.”
“Ah… Fairy Feng, I’ll help…”
Before Zu Lingzhi could finish, Feng Yu Die frowned and said sternly:
“Go to Tian Ge!!”
Zu Lingzhi shivered in fright, quickly lowered her head, and nodded with a blush on her cheeks:
“Fairy Feng, then you be careful. That person’s sword art is very powerful, and he also has a big black python…”
“I know.”
“…”
Zu Lingzhi was silent for a moment, then glanced at Gu Mingxin, who was standing ten feet away with a sword in hand, and then stepped onto her flying sword and headed toward Baiyujing.
After Zu Lingzhi flew away, Feng Yu Die also raised her spirit sword and pointed directly at Gu Mingxin’s face:
“I will not allow you to disturb Young Master Ye’s tribulation!”
“Hoo…” Gu Mingxin looked at the hostility in Feng Yu Die’s eyes and pouted slightly, “Why would I disturb my Ye Anping’s Nascent Soul formation? I can’t love him enough, how could I disturb him?”
Gu Mingxin raised her index finger slightly.
Immediately, the spiritual flower field shook for a moment, and the black python, just like before, poked its huge head out from underground. Then, as if spitting phlegm, it spat out a round object from its mouth.
The wormhead, digested until only its head was left, rolled to Gu Mingxin’s feet with a gurgle. She kicked it like playing shuttlecock and held it in her left hand.
“Here, I killed him. He wanted to disturb Ye Anping’s tribulation.”
Feng Yu Die slightly twisted her eyebrows:
“…”
At this moment, Xue E also floated down from the sky and landed in front of Feng Yu Die, waving her hands and persuading:
“Foolish white! Mingxin is really not related to those Gu Poison Sect cultivators. she just wants to see Ye Anping. You don’t need to stop us.”
Feng Yu Die slightly twisted her eyebrows, looking at the demonic cultivator’s head in Gu Mingxin’s hand, she did not dare to let down her guard at all. After thinking for a moment, she said:
“Then tie yourself up. I’ll stay here with you until Young Master Ye finishes his tribulation and comes over.”
Gu Mingxin tilted her head slightly and threw the wormhead’s head in her hand aside:
“Foolish white, did you misunderstand something?”
Feng Yu Die immediately became wary and gripped her spirit sword tightly.
Gu Mingxin squinted and said:
“I’m explaining this to you simply because I’m not interested in fighting you, a loser. Besides, if you killed him, Ye Anping would be angry, and I don’t want to anger him. Do you remember? You owe me a life.”
“…”
“Ye Anping is really gentle. Even though you are so useless, he still hasn’t abandoned you and has gone through great lengths to save you many times. Do you know how envious I am? He should have belonged to me.”
Xue E, who was between them, sensed that its Mingxin was in a bad mood and quickly interrupted:
“Hey!! Mingxin, stop talking!! I’ll explain to her…”
Then, Xue E looked at Feng Yu Die with a sincere expression, spread its hands, and explained:
“Feng Yu Die, Mingxin and I really didn’t intend to harm Ye Anping this time, we were just passing by…”
“Xue E, can a fool understand music played to a fool?”
“Mingxin!” Xue E glared at Gu Mingxin, “Don’t talk!”
Gu Mingxin shrugged slightly and ignored her, continuing:
“You are by Ye Anping’s side, but when he is undergoing tribulation, you let this Grand Tutor of the Gu Poison Sect come here. Can you protect him? I killed this wormhead. His Gu array is not ordinary. If you hadn’t discovered it, Ye Anping would be in danger…”
Seeing Feng Yu Die’s sword grip tighten, Xue E’s forehead broke out in a cold sweat. It hurriedly rushed back and kicked Gu Mingxin in the forehead:
“Mingxin!! No talking!!”
Gu Mingxin pouted slightly, pushed it away, and said:
“If I want to say it, I just want this Feng to know that she is not worthy of standing by Ye Anping’s side. By the way, where is Liang Xiao Xue? I’d rather fight her again than you. Last time, some loser held me back…”
Before she could finish speaking.
Clang—
In the spiritual flower field, a white line cut across several feet, bringing up white flower petals that scattered everywhere.
Gu Mingxin reacted with incredible speed. Her previously relaxed posture vanished instantly. Her left hand immediately grasped the blood-colored spirit sword, and she drew a sword light diagonally in front of her.
Clang—!
Brilliant sparks exploded in her crimson eyes, and then the corners of her lips curved upwards. A hint of madness appeared in her eyes, and she let out a wild laugh:
“Hahahaha— Overestimating yourself!!”
“Gu Mingxin, I…” Feng Yu Die gritted her teeth, pressed her sword against her spirit sword, took a deep breath, and cursed angrily, “Go to hell!!!”
?
“…Who did you learn that from?”
Clang clang clang—
Two figures, one white and one black, projected sword light, which scattered like a turbulent flow.
The snow-white spiritual flowers were torn into countless fragments by the sword wind, dancing like snow around the two figures.
Xue E floated in place, suddenly feeling exhausted, but there was nothing it could do now:
— Why are they fighting!! Why are they fighting!! It’s just one Ye Anping? This can be discussed properly! Why are they fighting and killing each other…
Following the trajectory of the two afterimages in the flower field, Xue E was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered something:
— Why don’t I see Golden Fool?
?
It paused slightly, but as if sensing something, it quickly lowered its head and looked at the muddy ground directly below.
And at that very moment, a small golden figure burst out of the mud, and with a rising dragon fist, it directly hit Xue E’s jaw.
“Ah—!”
“Hoo—! Sneak attack!”
Xue E was sent flying upwards in a spin. Xiao Tian took a deep breath, then stood in a horse stance in mid-air, then held its breath, stomped its feet, and turned into a vertical golden light. With a knee strike, it hit Xue E’s belly, kicking it in half and continuing to fly upwards.
“Oof—”
Xue E’s eyes almost bulged out, but it quickly recovered, with several blue veins popping on its forehead:
“…Golden Fool!!!”
It raised its left hand and punched Xiao Tian in the chest to create distance, then drew the wooden sword from its back and rushed up, slashing directly above Xiao Tian’s head.
“Ah!! Ouch!!”
Xiao Tian was caught off guard and was forced to bow in place by the sword. However, as soon as it raised its head, the second sword fell on its forehead, and it was smashed directly towards the ground.
“Hoo… Hoo…”
Xue E breathed heavily and glanced at Xiao Tian, then at Feng Yu Die and Gu Mingxin, who were darting around the flower field.
Suddenly, a thunderous boom—
After a clap of thunder, a white light appeared in the inky black tribulation clouds above Tian Ge.
It looked up and understood that Ye Anping’s first Nascent Soul tribulation lightning was about to strike. After hesitating for a moment, it immediately turned and flew towards Tian Ge.
Now only Ye Anping could persuade the two fighting in the flower field to stop.
Xiao Tian, who had been beaten to the ground in the flower field, rubbed its head and watched Xue E fly directly towards Tian Ge. It widened its eyes and immediately rose from the ground:
“Darkie!!! Stop!!!”
…
—
Boom—
Within the tribulation clouds, lightning flashed and thunder roared.
In front of the pavilion in the Tian Ge cave dwelling, a spirit gathering formation had already been set up around, and the Tian Yuan Pudu that Liang Zhu had obtained from the Nangong City secret vault during his time in the Imperial Sect was placed there.
After taking twenty-two immortal-grade pills, Ye Anping sat cross-legged here, planted the spiritual root gifted by Zu Yuan into his meridians, almost reshaping his meridians.
Planting another person’s spiritual root was like transplanting another person’s organs. The body would inevitably have a rejection reaction, let alone a spiritual root from a Void Realm cultivator who had lived for over twenty thousand years.
Ye Anping had actually planned to take the Zu Yuan spiritual root back to Xuan Xing Sect and plant it in a geomantically auspicious place after some time.
Currently, the Taibai Sect was being invaded by demonic cultivators. The sect’s grand formation could defend against outsiders but not insiders.
Demonic cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage could not enter, but those in the Core Formation stage and some demonic cultivators proficient in returning-to-origin techniques could move freely.
Although these people could not threaten the elders and high-level disciples of the Taibai Sect, the young disciples in the Taibai Sect who were only at the Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment stage could not resist them.
Moreover, the invaders were Gu Cultivators, and Gu arts were very difficult to deal with during mountain or city sieges.
When Zu Yuan left, he handed over the sect token to Ye Anping, wanting him to temporarily look after the Taibai Sect and minimize the casualties of its disciples.
However, whether it was the will of heaven or just bad luck.
As soon as Zu Yuan left, his Nascent Soul tribulation clouds had already formed.
He was currently powerless to care about what was happening outside Tian Ge. He only hoped that his junior sisters could protect Baiyujing during his Nascent Soul formation. Otherwise, once a demonic cultivator broke into Tian Ge, he would surely perish under the Nascent Soul tribulation lightning.
“Hoo…”
Ye Anping exhaled a long breath, slowly opened his eyes, and looked at the tribulation clouds above. After a moment of silence, he said:
“Six out of ten.”
The first Heavenly Lightning of the Nascent Soul tribulation was the most difficult to withstand.
As long as one could withstand the first strike, it was basically a sure thing.
However, among the late-stage Core Formation cultivators throughout history, nearly 99.9% had turned into dust under the first Nascent Soul tribulation lightning.
He had now prepared everything he could.
As for success, it’s six; the remaining four are left to luck.
“I heard that gambling has beginner’s luck, I don’t know if it’s true? This is my first time gambling on luck, hehe…”
Ye Anping exhaled softly, clasped his hands together, and poured all the spiritual energy in his body into every inch of his blood vessels. Instantly, his entire body emanated wisps of green light.
The spiritual energy within the Tian Ge cave dwelling, like fireflies, slowly converged towards the tribulation clouds above his head.
The originally disordered and formless tribulation clouds instantly spiraled inwards, forming a huge vortex.
Gales rose, and silver snakes danced wildly.
And at this moment, two small figures, one black and one gold, leaped in from the boundary of the cave dwelling.
“Darkie!!! You—”
?
Ye Anping shifted his gaze and saw Xue E flying in front with a sword, while Xiao Tian chased closely behind. His eyes twitched, but he quickly came to his senses and closed his eyes again.
He couldn’t be distracted now. Once distracted, he would surely die.
The flying Xue E glanced up at the sky and saw that the tribulation lightning was about to strike. It hurriedly slammed on the brakes, then turned and swung its wooden sword.
Crack—
Xiao Tian, not expecting it to brake, directly crashed into Xue E’s wooden sword. Then Xue E twisted in mid-air, raised its foot, and kicked Xiao Tian’s back, smashing it towards the ground.
Dong—
Xue E immediately rushed over, stepped on Xiao Tian’s back, raised its wooden sword, and began to pound its head.
Bang bang bang bang—
“Golden Fool, shut up!! Don’t disturb him undergoing tribulation, the tribulation lightning is coming soon!!!”
“Wuuu—”
Xiao Tian also reacted upon hearing this and quickly covered its mouth.
But Xue E stepped on its face and pushed it into the ground.
Thunder—
At this moment, a white light flashed in the center of the tribulation clouds.
Boom—
A thunderous roar, like a dragon’s cry, echoed for thousands of miles.
Golden lightning struck down from above, engulfing Ye Anping entirely.
A few breaths later, it disappeared without a trace, leaving behind only scorched earth and the young man standing there, looking as if he had just walked out of a winter sauna.
Rolling white smoke leaked from every pore of Ye Anping’s body, and the sect uniform of Xuan Xing Sect on him had also disappeared.
Xue E looked at Ye Anping, holding its breath and pursing its lips.
It couldn’t tell if he had succeeded or not. If Ye Anping hadn’t survived, then what sat there now would only be a body roasted by heavenly lightning.
“Anping!! Ah…”
“Shut up!!”
Xue E struck Xiao Tian’s head with its sword again, then looked up at Ye Anping.
After about ten breaths, Ye Anping’s expression moved, his eyelids trembled slightly, and he finally opened his eyes, revealing a pair of clear, deep purple eyes.
“Ha—”
He parted his lips slightly, exhaling a wisp of spiritual mist containing some Golden Spiritual Qi. A complex expression mixed with strangeness and ecstasy gradually appeared on his face.
As for success, it’s six, and now it seemed he had obtained this “six.”
The tribulation clouds above seemed to be satisfied. They spun and gradually turned into nothingness, dissipating. The cave dwelling returned to the clear blue sky it had been when Ye Anping first entered.
Ye Anping’s straightened shoulders slowly drooped, as if he had sighed in relief. However, when he glanced at Xue E, who was now stepping on Xiao Tian, his expression quickly returned to its usual calm.
“Why are you here?”
Xiao Tian quickly reached out to Ye Anping, showing a pitiful, teary expression, and shouted:
“Anping!! It… it bullied me!! Ouch—”
Unexpectedly, Xue E struck its head with its sword again:
“Shut up!! Golden Fool.”
Xue E glared at Xiao Tian, then came to its senses and said:
“Ye Anping! Come with me!! Mingxin and your foolish white have started fighting. Quickly go and persuade them.”
“…”
Ye Anping did not expect Gu Mingxin to come to Taibai Sect and was a little stunned. But after thinking about it, he pushed himself up with his knees.
After all, one matter at a time.
However, he seemed not to notice that because the tribulation clouds had burned away his clothes, Xue E, who was stepping on Xiao Tian’s back as he stood up, couldn’t help but cast its gaze towards his Tianchong. Its eyes widened slightly, and its cheeks flushed slightly.
“Mm, Ye Anping… your clothes… Ah—!”
But in a moment of carelessness, Xiao Tian seized the opportunity. With a pirouette, it kicked Xue E directly on the backside and then flipped over, clenching its fists and punching upwards.
“Oola!!”
“Ah—! Golden Fool!! Are you crazy!!”
However, Xiao Tian’s consecutive punches had only landed three times before Xue E blocked them with its wooden sword, then flipped its wrist and slashed at its forehead.
Bang—
Xue E repeatedly hit its head like striking a wooden fish.
“Golden Fool!! You shut up!!”
Bang bang bang bang—
However, in the next moment, Ye Anping, who had put on a spare set of Xuan Xing Sect uniforms, took it in his hand.
“Ah?!”
Xiao Tian seized the opportunity and delivered a flying kick towards Xue E’s head, which Ye Anping was holding in his left hand.
“Hmph!! Darkie! It’s my turn… Huh?!”
Then, it was caught by Ye Anping with his right hand.
Ye Anping looked at the two small figures, one black and one gold, and sighed earnestly before flying directly towards the exit of the cave dwelling.
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