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Ch. 135 - A Treat for Everyone

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"All disciples, listen up! Form the Azure Cloud Sword Formation!"

Several elders looked up at the menacing purple tribulation clouds in the sky, their faces filled with dread, and shouted in unison.

This tribulation's power was terrifying. 

If they didn't stop it, not only would the Scripture Pavilion be destroyed, but even Flying Sword Peak might be reduced to dust!

"Yes, Elder!" The disciples responded, and countless flying swords shot out from their hands, streaking across the sky like shooting stars.

"Azure Cloud Sword Formation!" With another shout from the elders, the flying swords weaved through the air, forming a complex and profound sword formation.

They focused their minds and poured their spiritual energy into the formation, attempting to withstand the impending Heavenly Thunder.

"Rumble!" The sky roared like a stampede of horses. 

Then, a bolt of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, carrying a world-destroying aura, descended like a giant dragon!

The terrifying power was unstoppable, shattering the Azure Cloud Sword Formation in an instant.

"Argh!" As the formation crumbled, several elders groaned, their bodies flung back like broken kites, their souls damaged, blood spraying from their mouths.

After this devastating strike, the tribulation clouds finally began to dissipate.

As if the ammunition depot had been emptied.

"Ugh!" Elder Ziyun crashed to the ground, his previously pristine Daoist robes now covered in dirt and soot. He struggled to sit up and looked around.

Disciples were either dead or injured.

The Scripture Pavilion was completely gone, not just the pavilion, but all the surrounding buildings had been leveled.

"How could this be?!" Elder Ziyun's scorched beard trembled.

The Scripture Pavilion, the foundation of Flying Sword Peak!

Why?!

Disciples from other peaks rushed over, their faces filled with shock, seeing the devastation.

This…

How could this have happened?

"Quickly, help the injured!"

"Hurry!"

Amidst the rubble, Ye Chuan was being helped up by a disciple, his face covered in soot, clutching his chest with a pained expression. "Thank you, Senior Brother…"

"Are you alright?" the disciple asked.

"I'm fine, thanks to the elders' efforts in resisting the Heavenly Thunder, I managed to survive," Ye Chuan said, his body swaying slightly.

Elder Ziyun, seeing Ye Chuan, frowned and asked sharply,

"Huang Haotian, where were you?"

He felt that Ye Chuan was somehow the source of this disaster. 

Why had the cultivation techniques disappeared as soon as he entered the Scripture Pavilion?

And then this strange Heavenly Thunder!

Something wasn't right.

"Master, I was on the third floor when I suddenly encountered a shadowy figure. I was no match for it and was knocked unconscious. When I woke up, I saw that terrifying Heavenly Thunder," Ye Chuan said innocently, shaking his head, feigning fear.

A shadowy figure?

"You…" Elder Ziyun still felt something was amiss. What a convenient coincidence.

He reached out, about to forcefully search Ye Chuan's soul, but a wave of weakness washed over him, and he coughed up blood.

"There!" Ye Chuan suddenly pointed in a certain direction.

Elder Ziyun looked and saw a shadowy figure rapidly fleeing.

"Stop it! That's the culprit!" Elder Ziyun roared.

If they didn't catch it, he wouldn't be able to explain this to the Sect Leader!

The other disciples and elders, seeing this, summoned their magical treasures and chased after the shadowy figure!

But their attacks seemed to have no effect on the shadow, not even a ripple.

The shadow burrowed into the ground and disappeared before their eyes.

"Argh!" Seeing the shadow escape, Elder Ziyun, enraged, coughed up more blood and collapsed.

"Master! Are you alright, Master!" Ye Chuan cried out, and the disciples quickly carried the unconscious elder away.

…

Several hours later, Ye Chuan returned to his cave.

"Senior Brother Huang, are you alright?" Jiu'er asked, seeing Ye Chuan's soot-covered face, clearly frightened.

The thunder and lightning had been terrifying; she hadn't dared to leave her cave.

Fortunately, the elders had managed to intercept the Heavenly Thunder, but it was a pity that the Scripture Pavilion and the surrounding buildings were destroyed.

"I'm fine, Junior Sister, you can go back now. Let me rest and recover," Ye Chuan said, taking out two spirit stones. 

"Here, this is for explaining things to me earlier."

"Thank you, Senior Brother!" Jiu'er's eyes lit up, seeing his generosity, and she left.

After Jiu'er left, Ye Chuan's feigned exhaustion vanished.

He sat down, crossing his legs leisurely.

"A Crystallization tribulation actually made those Nascent Soul elders so flustered?" Ye Chuan took out his phone and checked his status.

[You have entered the Early Crystallization realm.]

[Status: Idle cultivation in progress, 30 days until Mid Crystallization (Cultivation efficiency is affected by manual, spiritual root, constitution, etc.)]

Ye Chuan looked inward and indeed saw a condensed crystal in his dantian.

This was the characteristic of the Crystallization realm. He would continue to condense his spiritual energy until it formed a core.

Having broken through a major realm, Ye Chuan felt an endless surge of spiritual energy within him.

A good Crystallization Pill truly made a difference.

"Not bad, the next major realm is Qianshuang's Golden Core," Ye Chuan nodded in satisfaction.

Such a fast cultivation speed was undeniably satisfying.

And then there was the newly acquired divine ability.

[Divine Ability: Nine Fire Avatar

High-Grade Divine Ability

Summons a Nine Fire Avatar, enhancing all techniques and spells.]

Oh?

Like a giant flaming Buddha? (TL: A reference to common imagery in Chinese mythology and cultivation stories)

Seemed like a good ability, he'd try it out sometime.

"That old Ziyun probably won't suspect me for now, since my shadow clone is still out there running around," Ye Chuan thought.

Even if he was suspected, soul searching wouldn't work on him.

He was immune to magic.

And even if he died, it didn't matter; he would just respawn somewhere else in the Tianxuan Continent.

Next time, he would enter the Qingyun Sect as "Green Haotian" (TL: 绿昊天, Lǜ Hàotiān, a play on Huang Haotian's name).

He'd give everyone a little treat.

He was considering staying at the Qingyun Sect for a while.

When he reached Golden Core, he would trigger a Golden Core tribulation and strike the main hall and the elders. 

If it was powerful enough, he might even be able to destroy the entire Qingyun Sect.

A Crystallization tribulation was, after all, just a Crystallization tribulation, not powerful enough.

Although it could severely injure Nascent Soul elders and other disciples across two major realms, it wasn't truly devastating.

[Holographic Adventure: You have successfully completed Day 1. Return to the real world? (Leaving will not affect your progress.)]

"Good, time to go back," Ye Chuan said, stretching.

He wondered what little Qianshuang's expression would be when she saw his new cultivation level.