Chapter 119 The Calamity Cloud Dissipates
Tribulation cloud?
Ruan Xing looked up at the sky.
The thick gray-black clouds have gradually begun to dissipate.
She frowned, "Something seems to be wrong. Can the Golden Core Tribulation be so fast?"
She remembered that when she was simulating the tribulation, the three thunderbolts did not fall so quickly. It took almost two hours from the beginning to the end.
Although everyone's Jindan tribulation cannot be generalized, Meng Hui's tribulation will not end so quickly, unless...
Qin Taihe had obviously thought of this possibility as well, his face turned pale instantly, he stood up and rushed out with a little stagger, he took a deep breath and jumped lightly, the white wolf then lowered its head tacitly and got under him and carried him up, then ran towards the direction where the calamity cloud had dissipated without hesitation.
"Wait, I'm going too!" Ruan Xing also hurriedly followed on his sword.
When the two arrived, a circle of people had already gathered on the top of the peak.
In addition to the fellow disciples that Meng Hui had originally invited to guard the formation for her and other viewers of the ceremony, there were also some disciples nearby who came to see what was going on.
They stood in twos and threes on the periphery, leaving the ground in the middle empty. The flat stone bricks became bumpy after being destroyed by the thunder. A charred figure lay there silently, with her clothes torn to pieces. There were tiny flashes of lightning in the rolling flesh and blood. The snow-white soft smoke gauze became tattered and draped over her wrist.
Two disciples were squatting on the side to check on Meng Hui's physical condition. A tall male cultivator with a round face tapped his hands in the air a few times, and a mirror-like magic weapon circled a few times in the air before being taken back. He then shook his head and said to the Tianyan Peak disciple standing by to protect the formation, "It's no good. All of her meridians are shattered, and her spirit bones seem to be broken as well. She can't be saved."
The two Tianyan Peak disciples lowered their heads, and the female one had slightly red eyes. "Can he still survive?"
The round-faced monk paused and said, "But there is no need. She is almost seventy years old. If she has no cultivation, she will be a mortal and her life span will end in a few years. Why should she lie in bed and suffer for a few more years as a useless person?"
If the spiritual bones are damaged, one will be unable to absorb spiritual energy and one's cultivation will not make any progress. If the meridians are broken, it will take a long time for the spiritual energy to slowly nourish and recover. If both are destroyed, one will just be a mortal with no cultivation.
A mortal man can only live a hundred years at most without any illness or disaster. Even if a huge amount of resources are spent to save a woman who is nearly seventy years old, she will not live long.
Cheng Bi showed reluctance, turned to the round-faced monk and said, "Brother, at least... let her say goodbye to her fellow disciples, don't let her leave in such a miserable way."
"You are quite generous." The round-faced monk glanced at him, thought for a moment, and then took out a pill. "Huitang Pill, it can isolate the pain and allow people to regain their vitality. The effect will last for two hours at most. You can call her close relatives over to talk to her."
The female cultivator from Tianyan Peak choked up a little and said, "Thank you, Junior Brother Cheng Shuo. After we have sorted out Junior Sister Meng's belongings, we will send the reward for this Huiyang Pill to Shenshui Peak."
Cheng Shuo nodded, "Well, then I will take Cheng Bi back first and won't disturb you anymore."
Cheng Shuo and Cheng Bi happened to be nearby. When they saw the calamity clouds dissipate, they knew that the person who was trying to overcome the calamity had failed, so they rushed over to see if they could save him.
There are two reasons for failure in transcending the tribulation. One is caused by external forces, such as someone messing with the cultivator during the tribulation, which basically means that the cultivator cannot be saved. The other is insufficient ability, or the preparations before transcending the tribulation are not done well, and the power of the tribulation thunder is misjudged, resulting in the inability to resist. In this case, the cultivator can still be saved, and at most his cultivation will regress by a few small realms, and he can just recuperate and practice again.
The female cultivator from Tianyan Peak took the Huiyang Pill and went aside to use the sect's jade token to send a message to someone. Meng Hui was kind and outgoing, and could get along with anyone. She had a good relationship with people, and there were many disciples from Yaoguang Peak and Tianyan Peak who were familiar with her.
Another male cultivator from Tianyan Peak stood in place, guarding Meng Hui's body and preventing anyone from getting close. There were still a lot of flashes of lightning in Meng Hui's body. When Cheng Shuo examined her just now, he didn't dare to touch her easily and could only use magic tools to check. This was because Meng Hui was extremely fragile now. The slightest touch might cause her secondary damage from the lightning. What's worse, if the person who touched her didn't have a high level of cultivation, he would also be harmed by the residual power of the thunder tribulation.
Qin Taihe took a few steps forward, slowly opened his mouth, and said after a while: "...Brother Hu, what happened when she was undergoing the tribulation?"
The male cultivator at Tianyan Peak was named Hu Zhun. Of course, he also knew Qin Taihe, but he was not very familiar with them. However, he knew that Meng Hui had invited Qin Taihe to come and protect her with them. However, before she passed the tribulation, Meng Hui suddenly received a message from Qin Taihe, saying that her master had something to ask him and he could not come.
Hu Zhun shook his head and said softly, "Although you didn't come, the three of us are enough to protect Junior Sister Meng. We won't let anyone get in. Besides, this is inside the Xuanbing Sect. How could anyone be so bold as to disrupt the disciples' tribulation? I saw her doing fine when she passed the first tribulation. She was just inexperienced and suffered some minor injuries. It won't affect the subsequent tribulation."
"But... before the second thunderbolt, she suddenly looked in pain while practicing her energy to recuperate, as if something went wrong with her spiritual energy. I shouted to her outside the formation not to be stubborn, and told her to abandon her cultivation if she felt she couldn't resist, and lower her cultivation by one or two small realms to let the thunderclouds dissipate, and then cultivate again later to overcome the thunderbolt again. But she said she was fine and wanted to continue to overcome the thunderbolt. When the second thunderbolt came, she just used her magic weapon to resist it, and suddenly there was a flash of lightning, and the soft smoke net was broken. Lightning arcs were densely wrapped around her body, and she rolled on the ground in pain, and then the thunderclouds dissipated."
"There is no external force involved... After she takes the Huiyang Pill, I can ask her what happened. However, even if we find out, it will be too late. Alas..."
Hu Zhun sighed, his eyes somewhat sad.
Soon, rapid sword lights flew towards this side.
Except for those who were away from the sect, all the disciples who got the news and were familiar with Meng Hui came to see her off for the last time.
The small peak was filled with disciples in the Jindan and foundation-building stages. Ruan Xing took a look around and found that most of them looked familiar. They were disciples from Tianyan Peak and Yaoguang Peak, and there were also a few from Lianqi Peak. There were actually fifty or sixty of them.
She sighed in a low voice, "Senior Sister Meng has so many friends."
In fact, she really admired people with Meng Hui's personality, who could get along well with others wherever they went. But she was not like that. Not to mention the intrigues everywhere in the world of immortal cultivation in this life, she had never made good friends in her previous life. It was very difficult to treat someone sincerely.
"Yes, she has a lot of friends." Qin Taihe said in a low voice, "So I don't want her to die for me. If she dies, many people who care about her will be sad, but if I die, no one will cry for me."
Qintai He lowered his head, and his crow-feather-like eyelashes drooped, hiding the emotions in his eyes.
His identity is really embarrassing in the eyes of the Xuanbing Sect's top leaders. His master openly asked the Sect Master in the hall to use Meng Hui to replace him to go to the space-time rift. Is there anyone who doesn't want this?
He asked Ruan Xing, "Do you think her failure in overcoming the tribulation was an accident, or... because of me?"
His voice was as light as a feather, but he spoke each word with great hesitation.
He seemed to be trapped in a self-trapped trap. If the master had not tried to protect him in the hall, would Meng Hui have been able to successfully overcome the tribulation and become a Jindan cultivator?
Thanks to high school girl Zhou Yingting for the tip~
(End of this chapter)
