FS-novel #317 - Hmm? Lao Qin, why are you still here?
#317 - Hmm? Lao Qin, why are you still here?
The lightning tribulation descended one after another.
Each strike collided with the divine light.
The deafening explosions momentarily illuminated the gray surroundings.
But the divine light around Bai Xiaocui's snake body grew even more brilliant.
Her scales shimmered with an even more dazzling light under the baptism of the lightning, and her form seemed to become more agile with each tempering.
Gradually, a hint of divine radiance emerged.
Xu Chengxian's divine sense swept over, and he saw that more and more people were alarmed and heading towards Song Family Village, with a continuous stream of people arriving.
There were also more people, filled with fear, watching from a distance.
Standing outside the strong winds and torrential rain.
Boom!
Rumble!
The seventh!
In mid-air, the contest between the white snake and the lightning tribulation seemed to have entered a feverish stage, with each confrontation making people tremble with fear, yet unable to resist wanting to witness this miraculous sight.
The snake scales, bathed in glorious light, slowly changed from flat to raised and rounded, overlapping each other.
Subtle changes appeared in her head, and two bulges grew on the top of her head, which then transformed into two small, pointed horns amidst the seventh bolt of lightning.
Upon seeing this, the people clasped their hands together, praying for the white snake under the tribulation lightning in mid-air.
Harboring a simple feeling of gratitude, they hoped that the benevolent White Maiden, who averted disasters and protected the people, could overcome this lightning tribulation.
The power of faith, like a surging tide, continuously flowed towards the divine statue and the divine seat.
Constantly providing Bai Xiaocui with the power to resist the lightning tribulation.
Boom!
Rumble!
Another tribulation lightning was brewing within the swirling vortex of the tribulation clouds.
Only two more tribulation lightning bolts remained.
"Roar!"
The white snake raised its head.
A spot of emerald green between her brows was dazzling and captivating.
Crack!
Boom!
With an earth-shattering roar, the eighth heavenly lightning tore through the night sky like a dragon, biting towards Xiaocui.
But seeing her body slightly move, a dazzling divine light suddenly bloomed around her once again.
In this thrilling contest, the divine light grew even more brilliant, shining like a torch in the darkness, as if a celestial phenomenon, illuminating and even reaching thousands of miles away.
Attracting countless gazes.
Finally, as the last heavenly lightning crashed down, the white snake, in an almost sacred posture, raised its head and coiled in the clouds, the divine light around her reaching its peak at this moment.
"White Maiden!"
"Congratulations, White Maiden!"
"White Maiden has successfully overcome the tribulation!"
When the last bolt of lightning dissipated, the tribulation clouds dispersed, and the sky gradually cleared.
Strands of warm sunlight penetrated the clouds, scattering upon the earth.
The people were very excited, in this battle between heaven and man, the divine light on the White Maiden's body was witnessed by all.
In other words, didn't they help the White Maiden?
"Roar!"
The white snake roared towards the sky.
Her voice was full of the joy of cultivation advancement.
The divine light gradually converged, and Bai Xiaocui's snake body was completely revealed to the public.
She was no longer an ordinary snake demon, but a righteous god who had obtained the people's worship and was recognized by heaven and earth, and also a dragon seed who had completed the difficulty of scale covering.
Subsequently, auspicious clouds descended from the sky.
A radiant spiritual pillar transformed from auspicious light enveloped the white snake.
Clusters of spiritual energy transformed into rain and mist, falling with rustling sounds.
In an instant, all things recovered, full of vitality.
… …
"Haha!" Xu Chengxian couldn't help but laugh.
Because the roar of Bai Xiaocui just now was clearly saying to him.
Big cub!
Mother has successfully overcome the tribulation!
"This lightning tribulation is indeed as easy as Ling Xiaoyunzi and the others said."
Even the power of the last tribulation lightning bolt was only about the same as the fifth tribulation lightning bolt he had endured during his tribulation.
The divine light transformed from the power of the people's faith was of great help.
"So, is this what it means to have divine assistance?" He couldn't help but think to himself.
Under the divine light, Bai Xiaocui was even absorbing the power of the lightning tribulation, converting some of it into her own cultivation.
And the power refined from the tribulation lightning was clearly helpful for the cultivation of the Dragon Transformation Technique.
Xu Chengxian recalled again in his heart the records concerning the cultivation of the Dragon Transformation Technique in the jade slip left to him by Ling Yunzi.
Dragon Transformation inevitably involves four difficulties.
Scale Covering, Horn Growing, Foot Growing, and Walking the Jiao.
After growing dragon scales, dragon horns, and four claws, and then dredging the world's water veins and mastering the method of controlling water during the Walking the Jiao, one can ascend to the heavenly realm and enter the Dragon Transformation Pool.
Under the washing and refining, one will completely transform into a dragon.
Among the four difficulties, it is not a process of completing one difficulty before entering the next, a process with clear boundaries.
But although there must be a sequence, they can also advance together, with all four difficulties proceeding simultaneously.
When one is confident of completing one of the difficulties, one can trigger the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and induce the lightning tribulation.
If one has the ability, it is not impossible to pass through all four difficulties and undergo four consecutive lightning tribulations.
Or, to merge the four lightning tribulations into one.
"Cultivating the Dragon Transformation Technique and undergoing tribulation, is it so… so humanized?" Xu Chengxian discovered that not only was the heavenly tribulation easy, but there were also many methods that could further reduce the difficulty of the tribulation.
The divine seat gathering the power of the people's faith to transform into divine light was one of them.
Bai Xiaocui had a divine seat and nurtured divine light, and when undergoing the tribulation, she directly had divine light added to her body, but the tribulation lightning did not increase in power because of this.
This was different from him, Ling Xiao, and Ling Yunzi.
"Wait, is there a possibility that the tribulation lightning of this Dragon Transformation Technique itself has the effect of helping to cultivate this technique, transforming into a Jiao Dragon?" He couldn't help but have a logical association.
Their wanting to fleece the lightning was just borrowing lightning fire tempering to improve the realm of their physical body and divine soul.
It depended on their own mana to withstand it.
He was also taking the risk of pricking his mouth, swallowing and refining a little lightning, relying entirely on his thick blood energy.
But Xiaocui didn't have to do anything, the divine light directly helped her 'take' all the benefits that could be sponged from the tribulation lightning.
"But why is that?"
He didn't quite understand.
"Could it be that the heavenly realm is short of dragons?"
It was no wonder he would have such an idea, mainly because Xu Chengxian saw in the jade slip that Ling Yunzi mentioned several ways to help Xiaocui reduce the difficulty of the tribulation, besides the power of faith they were using now.
For example, mana enlightenment.
For example, going to Leap Dragon Gate.
It is said that within the East Sea, there is a Dragon Gate.
Successfully flipping over the Dragon Gate, one can directly go to the Dragon Transformation Pool.
"It can't be that the gods in the sky are really short of ingredients, right?" Xu Chengxian thought of the conspiracy theory that had emerged before.
But after thinking about it, it shouldn't be the case.
But he still decided that when Xiaocui ascended, he would go and take a look with her.
"Dragon Transformation Ascension can bring family members."
Of course, before that, he had to become stronger.
"Otherwise, wouldn't that be delivering food?" Thinking of this, he couldn't help but calculate how long it would take for Xiaocui to cultivate to ascension.
This time, Bai Xiaocui would complete the Dragon Scale Covering under the lightning tribulation.
That is, transforming the tightly connected snake scales into overlapping dragon scales.
At the same time, she took a slight step towards breaking through to growing claws and horns.
Moreover, in this heavenly tribulation, she was almost unharmed, and she basically confirmed the use of divine light.
After cultivating for a period of time, she could induce the second lightning tribulation at any time.
"Letting her cultivate on her own may not be very fast, but if…" Xu Chengxian suddenly had a thought and thought of the Qiankun Cauldron hidden in his snake's abdomen.
If he could use this thing to collect the power of the people's faith and turn it into spiritual liquid for cultivation…
"It seems I have to ask someone about it." He pondered.
Not only could he swallow and refine it to refine his blood energy, but he could also give a little to Xiaocui to help her ascend to the heavenly realm.
If it could be done, the time would definitely be greatly shortened.
"So it's best to bring Ling Xiao and Yunzi back before that."
Then a family of snakes can ascend to heaven together.
Bringing two external cheats, so as not to be bullied in an unfamiliar immortal life.
"Daoist Priest?"
"Daoist Priest Xu!"
At this time, Xu Chengxian heard someone calling him.
His divine sense swept over, and it was Qin Hong who had been waiting at the foot of the mountain.
"Huh?" He couldn't help but smile, "Old Qin, why are you still here?"