Feng Xianyue and Qin Wuchen stood with their backs facing eachother, their swords aimed at the hostile cultivators.
Just as the battle was about to erupt, the deafening clap of thunder tore through the sky.
Everyone instinctively looked up.
Only two bolt of heavenly lightening remained.
Yet the tribulation was far from over.
The black clouds churned violently as arcs of lightning surged through them like furious dragons.
Stray bolts lashed out in every direction striking nearby cultivators to death.
Panic spread among the cultivators.
“Raise the barrier”
The cultivators hastily joined forces, erecting layers of protective formation while the less courageous fled down the mountain without a second thought.
As the eighth lightening struck, Feng Xianyue and Qin Wuchen collided with it half way in the sky.
The overwhelming force crashed into her like an invisible mountain.
Blood flooded her mouth, Feng Xianyue gritted her teeth in pain as several bones in her body cracked under the immense pressure.
“The…last bolt”,” Qin Wuchen said, his strained voice barely audible amid the raging thunder.
“you have to face it alone.
He glanced at her briefly before continuing.
“Only by enduring it alone can you receive heavens tempering, if I interfere, the tribulation will lose its meaning”
Feng Xianyue nodded in understanding, he had already done more than enough.
“Thank you” she whispered.
Qin Wuchen gave a slight nod before retreating beyond the range of the tribulation.
The storm gathered over her like the wrath of the heavenly Dao itself.
Soon Feng Xianyue stood alone, beneath the darkened heavens, suspended in midair.
Closing her eyes, she drew in a slow breath, tightening her grip on the hilt of the divine sword.
Then she opened her eyes once more.
They shone with an unwavering resolve as she silently waited for the final bolt of lightening.
When the final bolt descended Feng Xianyue channeled the the overflowing freezing yin qi churning within her into the sword.
Then she swung the sword to meet the violent bolt of lightening which clashed into her with an overwhelming force.
Stray bolts that she couldn’t fend off struck her body.
Feng Xianyue trembled at the intense pain that flooded her, but she held on, tightening her grip on the sword and pushed back with a battle-torn cry…
As the last bolt of lightening shattered against Feng Xianyue’s sword, a staggering silence descended.
The oppressive pressure that has weighed upon the mountain vanished.
Then from the dark clouds countless droplets of violet-colored rain descended.
Each drop shimmered with spiritual radiance, wherever it landed, scorched earth regained it vitality and withered flowers bloomed once again.
When the violet rain landed on Feng Xianyue’s skin, it dissolved into streams of spiritual essence, healing her broken bones and tempering her body.
The barrier erected by the cultivators was immediately leveled and they all rushed to be drenched by the heaven’s blessing.
What was accustomed for geniuses after a tribulation was an emerald -colored rain, so seeing the purple -colored rain usually showered on heaven defying geniuses was staggering.
It had been lose for centuries but very recently there was a rumour that it was spotted in the void severance dao sect and celestial moon dao Sect.
Obviously no one had believed it then.
However the crazy phenomenon that day didn’t stop at that because the moment the last drop of rain vanished the clouds parted and ribbons of silver and violet light unfurled across the sky flowing like silk from horizon to horizon.
They danced silently above the mountain illuminating the heaven and earth with an ancient radiance.
The crowd looked up in stunned silence.
“A heavenly yin aurora” someone said
Landing next to Qin Wuchen Feng Xianyue parted her lips in wonder looking at the sky.
She had never seen something so beautiful.
Feng Xianyue didn’t know what it meant so she didn’t dwell on it, what more, the comical expressions of Feng Yue and her cronies was far more amusing.
‘Feng Yue ah Feng Yue, once I get my hands on your pretty face, you will regret ever daring to scheme against me’
Feng Xianyue’s eyes glinted with cold amusement.
Feng Yue felt shivers run down her spine as though a predator has marked her as a prey.
There was a saying that good things never last because the next moment ten black clothed individuals flew from the crowd sending a barrage of attacks towards Qin Wuchen.
Feng Xianyue’s heart sank, they were all peak nascent soul cultivators, ten of them!They had been hiding among the crowd this entire time waiting for the right moment.
This was not a spontaneous attack, this was an ambush.
She couldn’t remember offending such masters.
Bearing the attack of a nascent soul cultivator was devastating and soon Qin Wuchen’s quick defence showed some cracks.
He was completely overwhelmed.
“Brother Qin”Liu Yang and his fellow sect brothers exclaimed in worry.
Though Feng Xianyue just had an increase in strength she was no match for a nascent soul two realms higher than her, so Qin Wuchen while defending both of them took more damage.
Noticing how injured he was, Feng Xianyue became determined to create an opportunity for them to excape.
Summoning her oppressive yin energy Feng Xianyue sent a sword attack that encased the crater in a frozen like barrier.
With a single glance at Feng Xianyue Qin Wuchen understand and immediately activated an artifact that suddenly appeared on his palm.
A burst of light shone through the crater and Feng Xianyue and Qin Wuchen disappeared from the mountain.
When the ice barrier was finally destroyed, they were met with an empty crater.
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Feng Xianyue opened her eyes to find herself in a very familiar house.
It was the same dilapidated house she fell into when she first met Qin Wuchen, the roof was still broken.
Now that she thinks of that day, it was really an embarrassing moment.
Just then the sharp blade of a sword was aimed at her neck and Feng Xianyue had a sense of deja vu.
“Huh” a useless sound escape from her lips staring at the increasingly pale Qin Wuchen, whose sword was aimed at her. Follow the newest chapters on g.com.
“What now?
were you just pretending to help me only just to kill me” Feng Xianyue asked narrowing her eyes at Qin Wuchen.
It was one thing after the other, just when she thought she could finally breathe she was met with this.
“Since meeting you, i have only been met with trouble”
Shrugging her shoulders Feng Xianyue said, “How is that my fault?
you chose to play hero…I didn’t ask for your help”
“Y..
you…”Qin Wuchen began but suddenly started coughing into his sleeve.
As his hands shook his sword mistakenly nicked Feng Xianyue’s neck and she let out a yelp glaring daggers at him.
Qin Wuchen was startled, and his eyes shook momentarily.
He began withdrawing the sword but immediately returned it, aiming it back at her neck.
“W…
what….are you doing?”Feng Xianyue asked sharply, “still not removing it?”
Squinting his eyes Qin Wuchen said breathing harshly, “The dagger…give it back”
Feng Xianyue widened her eyes in shock.
All this while he was playing hero….it was for the dagger.
She felt a bit disappointed.
Humph, how boring.
“Sell it to me, I will pay for it”
“You…you shameless and….ungrateful woman…” Qin Wuchen words stumbled as he coughed aggressively, and soon fainted, collapsing on Feng Xianyue.
“Hey…
hey, don’t die on me” Feng Xianyue said in panic.
She was caught off guard and didn’t know what to do.
No matter how much healing pills she fed him, no response came from him.
Upon examining his body Feng Xianyue gasped at how severely injured he was, yet he still stood there pretending to be strong.
He faced three bolts of that monstrous lightning for me…
and then defended me against Nascent Soul cultivators…
“Yueling….Yueling, what should I do?
we can’t let him die, he helped us retrieve the divine sword after all” Feng Xianyue said laying Qin Wuchen on the ground.
“I know of a quick method, but it might be risky, are you willing sister Xianyue” Feng Yueling said after digging through his inherited memories.
“It doesn’t matter, I don’t want to owe anyone….
with this, we are even” Feng Xianyue said supporting Qin Wuchen’s body to sit cross-legged.
Mauh!
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