Chapter 191: Xiu Wakes Up
Shi An’an took out the seed and scattered it around.
Then, one after another, extremely gorgeous flowers appeared around them.
“Roar!”
“Awoo awoo…”
“Cheep!”
……
Seeing the beautiful flowers, all the star beasts excitedly circled around the flowers.
Xiao Lu hurriedly ran over and roared at the other star beasts, afraid they would trample the flowers.
Shi An’an looked at the large chunks of spirit stones, waved her hand, and all the spirit stones became the size of a palm.
She put away some of them and left some for Wali to use for cultivation.
Then she went up onto the boulder and placed some spirit stones around Xiu. She felt that Xiu was about to wake up.
About a week later, suddenly one day there was lightning and thunder. Shi An’an opened her eyes and looked at the thick black clouds overhead, a flash of surprise in her eyes.
Sure enough, Xiu opened his eyes.
“An’an…”
The first thing Xiu saw when he opened his eyes was Shi An’an guarding in front of him.
“If you didn’t wake up soon, I was going to leave by myself!” Shi An’an pretended to be angry as she said.
A smile appeared on Xiu’s refined face, gentleness in his eyes as he looked at Shi An’an and firmly said, “No, you won’t abandon me.”
Hearing this person’s firm tone, Shi An’an angrily glared at him.
“Boom!”
The thunder in the sky rumbled loudly, annoyed that the people below were ignoring it.
The two heard the sound and looked up at the sky.
“Your tribulation lightning has come.”
Shi An’an praised while worrying.
If Xiu succeeded in this tribulation, he would reach Nascent Soul Stage—so fast!
However, this lightning tribulation would be very powerful. When she previously underwent the Nascent Soul Stage tribulation lightning, it was already very powerful.
Xiu slowly stood up and looked at Shi An’an. “Stay here. I’ll go and come right back. Wait for me!”
“Okay.”
Seeing Xiu’s confident appearance and recalling his Golden Core Stage tribulation back then, the worry in her heart dissipated.
Xiu flew up and headed toward the edge land.
“Boom!”
A bolt of tribulation lightning struck down abruptly, hitting Xiu directly.
Xiu was struck by the lightning but felt nothing at all. It was completely absorbed by the disc inside his body.
He flew over the earthen wall that Shi An’an had set up at the edge line and flew into the dark dark land.
The tribulation lightning chased him into the dark land.
“Boom!”
A thunderclap rang out, and a blinding flash of lightning instantly illuminated the dark land.
In that instant, Xiu clearly saw the situation here.
He saw poisonous snakes writhing all over the ground, hissing faintly.
Big snakes, small snakes, and snake eggs…
Snakes devouring snakes, snakes devouring eggs, snakes mating…
Xiu looked at this scene and, even as a man, felt disgusted by it.
Xiu cut his finger and let the flowing blood drip to the ground.
The snake group, smelling the scent of blood, all rapidly crawled toward him.
“Boom!”
Another bolt of tribulation lightning struck Xiu directly.
Three bolts of tribulation lightning in a row struck Xiu’s body.
Xiu looked at the surging snake group below and communicated with the disc, telling it not to absorb the tribulation lightning but to redirect it to the snake group below.
He wanted to use this lightning tribulation to eliminate all the poisonous snakes in the dark land, to prevent another giant flood dragon from appearing.
“Boom!”
A thick bolt of tribulation lightning struck at Xiu’s feet, directly blasting the surging snake group on the ground to pieces.
The snake group, sensing danger, immediately scattered in all directions.
Xiu controlled the snake group below, herding them to one spot, and then the tribulation lightning struck down…
Xiu continued flying deeper into the dark land, eliminating all dangerous creatures here.
Shi An’an stood in midair, watching the tribulation lightning in the distant dark land. She understood Xiu’s intention.
The star beasts including Xiao Lu below huddled on the ground, sensing the dangerous aura and trembling in fear.
Wali also felt the overwhelming pressure and felt some fear in his heart.
This was the tribulation lightning that Master had mentioned, the one that had to be endured during tribulation.
If one could not pass it, it would mean soul dissipation and body death…
Thinking of this, Wali looked at the distant lightning and thunder, lost in thought.
Shi An’an keenly noticed Wali’s abnormality and immediately flew to his side.
“Wake up!”
Shi An’an reached out and patted the top of Wali’s head.
Wali, snapped awake by Master, looked at Master in a daze.
Shi An’an looked at Wali with a serious face. She hadn’t expected that a single lightning tribulation almost caused Wali to fall into an inner demon.
“What are you thinking? Afraid of this lightning tribulation?” Shi An’an looked into Wali’s eyes.
Wali opened his mouth, then shook his head.
“Cultivators are originally defying the heavens.
If you fear lightning tribulation, then you might as well give up this path now. Otherwise, with an inner demon in your heart, you definitely won’t pass the lightning tribulation!”
Shi An’an’s voice was full of sternness, and there was some disappointment in the gaze she directed at Wali.
Noticing Master’s disappointment, Wali suddenly woke up.
He hurriedly said, “Master, I’m not afraid!”
He was not afraid!
Wasn’t it just death?
Back on Garbage Star, when he couldn’t eat his fill or sleep warmly, wandering in garbage heaps all day, he wasn’t afraid of death.
When he was captured and strapped to the experiment table, when they cut open his body with knives, he still wasn’t afraid of death!
Now, he had been taken as a disciple by Master and taught cultivation…
For this little bit of tribulation lightning, he wasn’t afraid!
He wanted to become stronger, he wanted to become stronger!!!
Shi An’an looked at Wali in surprise. He had achieved enlightenment?!
Shi An’an shook her head with a smile. Turning disaster into fortune? Fine, fine, this was a good thing. She hoped he could figure it out.
She glanced at the sky in the distance still flashing with light, then withdrew her gaze. She set up a barrier around Wali, sat on the ground to meditate and cultivate, guarding Wali.
Xiu eliminated all the filthy and dark things in the dark land and welcomed the final bolt of tribulation lightning.
“You don’t need to help me. For the final bolt of tribulation lightning, I’ll take it myself!” Xiu looked firmly at the brewing tribulation lightning.
“Boom!”
The final bolt of tribulation lightning struck fiercely at Xiu, and Xiu charged against the wind, directly taking it head-on.
The final bolt of tribulation lightning tempered his flesh and meridians even tougher.
The black clouds dissipated, and spiritual rain washed over the dark land for the first time.
It dispersed the miasma and the darkness, and this planet slowly began to rotate.
From then on, there was no distinction between dark and light. Spiritual energy slowly permeated the entire planet…
Xiu recovered his body and looked at the lion cub form of his nascent soul inside, his face darkening.
At the time of nascent soul formation, he had merely thought of An’an’s favorite form in a fleeting moment, and then his nascent soul took that form.
“Meow!”
The nascent soul meowed at Xiu.
Xiu: ……….
Xiu closed his eyes and took back the nascent soul, hoping An’an wouldn’t see it, or she would definitely laugh at him…
He got up and flew back, using his spiritual sense to search for An’an’s figure. However, when he found her, his face darkened again.
Shi An’an sensed the familiar aura, opened her eyes, and saw Xiu landing.
“Congratulations, you’ve successfully advanced to Nascent Soul.”
Xiu glanced at Wali enlightening himself nearby, gritted his teeth, looked at Shi An’an, and put on a face full of grievance.
“What’s wrong?” Shi An’an looked at Xiu’s aggrieved expression and asked.
