LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 158: Tribulation
Even traveling to the Illusory Void Mountain by flying vessel would take roughly ten days. However, during this period, the situation atop the Illusory Void Mountain was far from calm.
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"Practicing inside the tower for a day is equivalent to a year outside. The resources we have should be sufficient for the two of them to use for at least ten days. Sigh, it's like spending money like water and earning money drop by drop. For a single seclusion of disciple, it takes as much as points equivalent to the four realm advancement in Void Refining Realm to support."
Chen Daoxuan clicked his tongue in amazement, marveling at the hard-earned System Points. However, the gains from this time were indeed quite substantial, and there were still plenty of heavenly and earthly treasures in the system space.
"System, exchange all the heavenly and earthly treasures in the space for System Points."
Chen Daoxuan had no intention of keeping those treasures; converting them into System Points would be more practical.
[Ding! The total System Points obtained from this exchange are: 2,439,320. The decimal points have been automatically removed for the host. Amount credited: 2,439,000 System Points.]
"Huh? System, can you please explain what the hell it means by 'decimal points removed'?! What the hell! It's called 'decimal points removed'!?"
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Chen Daoxuan had initially been immersed in the joy of receiving over two million System Points, but suddenly he sensed that something was off. Why weren't those 320 System Points treated as currency anymore?
Although his System Points had nearly reached the threshold of ten million due to this deposit, why should those 320 System Points be swallowed up!?
[Three hundred and twenty System Points have been automatically converted into three hundred and twenty years of cultivation for the host.]
"Oh? That's about right."
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Upon hearing the system's response, Chen Daoxuan couldn't help but roll his eyes, not wanting to argue further. At least he hadn't lost over three hundred System Points for nothing.
Those were hard-earned, hard-fought funds, earned through the blood, sweat, and tears of countless lives from the Luo Heaven Sect, the Ren Family, dozens of forces in the Eastern Region, and even the Jiang Family of the Western Region!
"Tsk, these System Points are driving me almost crazy with OCD. How about going somewhere to earn some more?"
[System Points: 9,981,000.]
He was just shy of the threshold for ten million System Points.
"Well, it's alright. When the Holy Mountain brings the heavenly and earthly treasures from the Eastern Region, there will be another windfall."
After stroking his chin and considering it, he ultimately decided to stay on the mountain. After all, as long as he remained within the confines of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion, his realm would automatically improve through continuous cultivation.
Expenditure of ten thousand System Points per day would yield an increase of one hundred thousand years in cultivation. For the sake of slightly more than ten thousand System Points, there was no need to leave the mountain.
A day passed quickly, and the following morning, Chen Daoxuan suddenly opened his eyes. Even Yu Youwei, who had been sleeping next to him, awakened, her gaze directed towards the slowly condensing tribulation clouds in the sky.
"Breaking through a minor realm in the Profound Sky Realm requires crossing a tribulation? This is quite strange…"
Chen Daoxuan clicked his tongue secretly. He was already quite familiar with the heavenly tribulation in the sky. However, in the past, heavenly tribulations were only triggered when breaking through major realms. Yet now, in the Profound Sky Realm, even a minor realm breakthrough would attract a heavenly tribulation.
Perhaps… each minor realm breakthrough in the Profound Sky Realm was equivalent to a major realm breakthrough for an immortal! After all, reaching a new level required a hundred thousand years of cultivation!
Without dwelling on it too much, Chen Daoxuan planned to raise his hand to disperse the gathering tribulation and go back to sleep.
"Master, can you let me have the tribulation thunder?"
Yu Youwei asked, her eyes gleaming. She looked at the gathering tribulation clouds as if they were the most delicious food in the world.
"Oh? You can eat heavenly tribulation?"
Chen Daoxuan was momentarily stunned, then slapped his forehead. He had overlooked the fact that Yu Youwei had been formed through his understanding of the rules of heavenly tribulation and thus, consuming heavenly thunder was highly beneficial for her.
"Go ahead, we probably won't lack heavenly tribulations in the future at the Heavenly Dao Pavilion…"
With a wave of his hand, he signaled for Yu Youwei to do as she pleased.
Having received the master's permission, she leaped into the air and charged directly into the tribulation clouds. Taking a deep breath, her small mouth suddenly sucked in. She managed to devour the tribulation clouds spanning hundreds of miles, along with the brewing heavenly thunder, all in one gulp!
Burp!
Rubbing her slightly distended belly, Yu Youwei let out a satisfied belch, even emitting traces of heavenly thunder.
"Thank you, Master! You're the best!"
Returning to her master's side, Yu Youwei affectionately rubbed her animal ears against his hand. She didn't need to cultivate like others; her only way of advancement was devouring heavenly tribulations to obtain origin energy.
"Rest now. If everything goes as planned, I might treat you to another meal tomorrow…"
Chen Daoxuan rubbed her animal ears and smiled. In the Profound Sky Realm, he could break through one minor realm every day. It could be said that he faced a heavenly tribulation every day. Now that Yu Youwei could devour heavenly tribulations, it was a win-win situation.
He didn't have to bother dispersing the heavenly tribulation himself, and Yu Youwei could use the tribulation to enhance her strength.
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As time passed, Chen Daoxuan would pet Yu Youwei's animal ears whenever he got bored. He would also water the spiritual rice with spiritual liquid.
The enlightening tea tree would observe this and, seeing the treatment, began to hope for a similar watering with spiritual liquid. Meanwhile, the heavenly tribulation appeared like clockwork every day, gathering above Illusory Void Mountain, only to be devoured by Yu Youwei.
"Boss Qing, where are you off to? Why are you taking your whole family with you?"
At Illusory Void Mountain, a Divinity Separation Realm monster king who had already transformed into human form noticed the green snake, also a Divinity Separation Realm monster king, passing by with its offspring and a lot of things in tow. Curiously, he inquired.
"Sigh… Don't mention it. During these few days, our mountain has been covered by heavenly tribulations every morning. Although they dissipate quickly, the pressure brought by the heavenly tribulations is too strong. My youngest was affected by the heavenly tribulation during closed-door cultivation two days ago and nearly lost his life due to a dangerous deviation.
"I can't stand being on the mountaintop anymore. I'll find a secluded spot at the foot of the mountain to stay."
The Divinity Separation Realm green snake king sighed and shook his head at the question.
"Alas, who doesn't feel the same way? Who knows what kind of existence in that pavilion is? It's really terrifying toying with heavenly tribulations every day. It's enough to scare any monster to death! We'll figure it out once Master Ao emerges from seclusion."
Hearing the words of the green snake king, the other monster king shook his head as well.
"I won't talk to you anymore. It's almost dawn, and the heavenly tribulation is about to arrive…"
Originally, Illusory Void Mountain had been sparsely populated due to the presence of monsters. They enjoyed their peaceful days, each guarding its territory. However, since the sudden appearance of the temple halfway up the mountain, everything had changed.
It had been alright a few days ago; even though heavenly tribulations appeared, they only came twice. But recently, every day, there was a heavenly tribulation. Monsters were naturally more fearful of heavenly tribulations, and now every morning, their first action upon seeing the heavenly tribulation was to cower in fear.
"When will this bitter time come to an end?"