Cultivation knows no years. In the past few months, Lu Xin first refined the elixirs. After that, with the dual approach of elixirs and spirit crystals, he rapidly improved his cultivation.
Just like that, more than fourteen years passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Lu Xin finally opened his eyes, not because he had broken through, but because he was still a sliver away. However, he could break through at any time.
The reason he opened his eyes this time was to prepare to undergo the Heavenly Immortal Tribulation.
According to the cultivation technique, the Heavenly Immortal realm has three major tribulations: Wind, Fire, and Thunder, also known as the Three Disasters.
Only by passing all of them can the Heavenly Immortal realm be cultivated to perfection; otherwise, one cannot continue to improve their cultivation.
The first tribulation he had to overcome was the Wind Tribulation. This wind was somewhat similar to the Netherworld Valley Wind he had encountered, called the Bi Wind, which was sent by the Heavenly Dao.
Once it started, it would inexplicably blow in from the fontanelle on the top of the head, pass through the dantian, penetrate the lungs and viscera, and finally surge into the limbs and meridians.
If one endured it, then one's essence, qi, and spirit would be tempered. If one didn't endure it, one would naturally die and the soul would dissipate.
Extremely cruel.
Precisely because of this, most people made many preparations when undergoing the Three Tribulations, avoiding them as much as possible, just tempering themselves enough.
Lu Xin, however, did not want to avoid them. On the one hand, he had an undying body. If he failed, he could simply undergo the tribulation again until he passed it.
Moreover, he also had some confidence.
On the other hand, he wanted to use this to temper his physical body, because he had obtained too few Barbarian Vine Roots, which were simply not enough to support him in cultivating the Eleventh Transformation of the Golden Body to perfection.
Therefore, he had no choice but to resort to this last resort.
Having made up his mind, Lu Xin reviewed the contents of the Eleventh Transformation of the Golden Body once more. After confirming that there were no mistakes, he took out the Barbarian Vine Root.
He crushed it and dissolved it in a pool of clear water, then submerged his entire body in it.
"Come on!"
Gritting his teeth, Lu Xin began to circulate the Eleventh Transformation technique, absorbing the medicinal power of the Barbarian Vine Root to temper his body.
Instantly, a sharp pain arose, one that he had not felt for a long time. He quickly focused his mind.
As the medicinal power invaded and was then refined and absorbed by the technique, his physical body, which had not improved for a long time, finally began to progress.
He did not rush to trigger the Wind Tribulation, but planned to wait until he had finished absorbing the medicinal power.
Just like that, another year and a half passed in the blink of an eye. The clear water had returned to its original color. Lu Xin directly replenished the missing trace of mana, officially breaking through to the Heavenly Immortal realm, attracting the Wind Tribulation.
In an instant, the wind and clouds surged above the Dongzhen Temple, and the sky and earth darkened.
Outside, in a garden, spring flowers filled the garden.
Hua Nu was sitting listlessly on a rockery, holding a snow-white little mink, basking in the sun.
Beside her, Zi Wan was sitting on a flat boulder, intently staring at the pages of a book.
Suddenly, the light dimmed, causing them to look up together.
"What's going on?" Hua Nu asked, feeling the little mink in her arms beginning to stir restlessly.
"It should be that he is about to break through." Zi Wan looked at the rapidly surging clouds in the sky, lost in thought.
"That's great. I'm going to be bored to death here." Hua Nu was very happy, but then worried, "Will there be any danger?"
"I don't know." Zi Wan shook her head.
This commotion naturally alarmed the surrounding people. In the nearest city, a sense of unease instantly arose.
"Not good, the Wind Disaster is coming again, quickly hide underground!" Seeing the tumbling clouds, someone immediately shouted.
Without needing to be reminded, everyone consciously ran back, this was an instinct developed over the years in the face of the frequently blowing Boundary Sea Gang Wind.
Compared to those with lower strength, cultivators with higher cultivation levels could naturally see some clues.
Bai Guangxing was not large. As soon as the phenomenon appeared, it attracted the attention of several Earth Immortals.
With a whoosh, an elderly man in the late stage of the Earth Immortal realm appeared on the periphery of the cloud of mist gathered by Lu Xin.
"The wind gathers but is not gloomy and cold, but instead carries a hint of majestic intent. As expected, it is not the gloomy and cold Gang Wind in the Boundary Sea, but the Bi Wind sent by the Heavenly Dao in the Heavenly Immortal Wind Tribulation!"
He revealed a look of surprise, "It seems that a fellow Daoist is breaking through to the Heavenly Immortal realm here!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
In an instant, three more Earth Immortal powerhouses descended, obviously sensing the phenomenon and coming. When they saw the scene in the distance, they also came to the same conclusion as the old man.
"The Bi Wind Tribulation, someone is breaking through to the Heavenly Immortal realm!" The three were equally surprised.
One of them, an old man wearing a black turban, saw the person who had arrived earlier. Obviously, they knew each other, and asked:
"Fellow Daoist Qianxing, you came early, do you know who is undergoing the tribulation?"
The old man named Qianxing shook his head, "I only arrived a few breaths earlier than you, I am not clear on the situation."
"Is that so." The turbaned old man nodded. Just then, a stream of light came towards them. After seeing the figures of several people, the stream of light paused, then turned to leave.
"Junior, come over here." The turbaned old man stretched out his hand and grabbed, and the stream of light immediately flew over, revealing a figure, who was also quite old, but his realm was lower, only in the Integration stage.
"Junior Xu Daoquan, greets all the Immortal Seniors." Being caught, Xu Daoquan quickly saluted.
"You junior, why did you run when you saw us?" The turbaned old man stroked his beard.
Xu Daoquan said awkwardly, "Returning to Immortal Senior, Junior was afraid of disturbing you."
"Then what are you doing here?" At this time, an old woman asked.
Being stared at by many powerhouses with unfathomable realms, Xu Daoquan was nervous for a while, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, and quickly replied:
"Returning to Immortal Senior, Junior is the ancestor of the nearby Flying Cloud Sect. Seeing the phenomenon, I wanted to come and investigate."
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, several people released their divine senses to look, and sure enough, they saw a sect more than a hundred thousand miles away.
The old woman continued to ask, "Since you are a nearby person, do you know which powerhouse is located here?"
Xu Daoquan did not dare to hide anything, "Returning to all Immortal Seniors, Junior does not know either. I only know that this place was suddenly shrouded in an extremely thick cloud of mist more than ten years ago.
At that time, I came to check with the ancestors of the other two nearby sects, but as soon as we entered, our divine senses were restricted and we became dizzy, fortunately, we did not go far, so we were able to come out.
We all guessed that there was an Immortal Senior cultivating in seclusion here, so we never dared to disturb him again.
This time, Junior couldn't help but come over again."
He told everything in detail.
"It seems that this fellow Daoist has only recently come to our Bai Guangxing." Everyone understood.
"Alright junior, you can leave." The turbaned old man waved his hand.
Xu Daoquan was pardoned, "Thank you Immortal Senior, Junior takes his leave."
The four of them ignored him. The old woman said:
"Rumor has it that in the Heavenly Immortal Tribulation, for each tribulation, not even one out of a hundred people can successfully pass it. Do you think this fellow Daoist can pass it?"
The three shook their heads at the same time. The turbaned old man said:
"This kind of rumor only applies to rogue immortals like us. For those from large forces, they have many means of overcoming the tribulation, and they also have elders to protect them, so the chances of success are not low."
"Then this fellow Daoist ran to our Bai Guangxing to undergo the tribulation, it seems that he is the same as us." Another old man who had not spoken all along said.
"We can also observe it, but we don't know the specific situation."
The turbaned old man stared closely at the tumbling clouds. Since the Wind Tribulation ignores space and directly pours in from the top of the head of the person undergoing the tribulation, he could not see anything either.
The other three were also the same.
The old woman couldn't help but say, "Fellow Daoist Qianxing, your Thousand Light Divine Eyes can see through illusions, can you see through these clouds and see the specific scene?"
The old man named Qianxing directly shook his head and refused, "That would be very impolite."
He obviously did not want to offend a future Heavenly Immortal, even if it was not certain, and the probability of passing was extremely low.
"I misspoke." The old woman quickly reacted.
Then the four of them stared closely at the tumbling clouds, wanting to feel in advance what the Bi Wind Tribulation was like.
Just like that, several months passed in a flash. On this day, the tumbling clouds finally began to dissipate.
"It's finally over, I didn't expect this Wind Tribulation to last so long." The four had been guarding here all along, and finally obtained useful information.
"It shouldn't be." Only the old man named Qianxing felt a little uneasy in his heart.
