Chapter 31 (2/2)

The old lady kept away the invitation card and shouted, “Take your time as you leave, frontline warrior. We shall not send you off.”

Jokes about the Dragon Palace sparked throughout the Immortal Du Sect instantly.

The four inner sect elders had an internal discussion before leaving the mountain to confront the dragon. Exalted w.a.n.g Qing would play the bad cop, the old Daoist priest would threaten the dragon, and the old lady would play the good cop.

These three Heaven Immortals had staged a play on their own and played the arrogant general from the Dragon Palace.

The dragon originally wanted to establish an opening gambit to the Immortal Du Sect. However, he had thoroughly made a joke out of himself. He did not even dare to say any harsh words and left dejectedly.

Dragons could shape the clouds while tigers could shape the wind. It was a rare and spectacular sight to see the azure dragon move through the clouds.

“Senior Brother, so this is the world of the powerful?” Lan Ling’e asked softly.

Li Changshou shook his head slightly and transmitted his voice to her, “They could only be considered as experts. They are not yet the most powerful cultivators…”

Afterward, the senior brother and junior sister duo recalled what happened previously. They lowered their heads and looked in front of them simultaneously.

Beside the Faraday Cage, Qi Yuan was silently closing the wooden door of the cage and was prepared to escape from the sides.

Lan Ling’e continued staring at the skies and pretended that she did not notice her master’s actions.

Meanwhile, Li Changshou closed his eyes and was in deep thoughts. He appeared as though he was amazed by the rare battle between the expert cultivators that he had just witnessed.

Qi Yuan knew that his two disciples did so to protect his pride.

A few black vertical lines appeared on his wrinkled forehead. His face fell, and his lips twitched, but no words came out from his mouth.

“Cough! Umm… Cough!

“No one is allowed to laugh!

“This is the first time I am experiencing Tribulation Transcendence. I lack the experience!

“I shall… first head back to secluded cultivation!”

After he finished speaking, Qi Yuan turned around, covered his face, and walked away. He was extremely fast on his cloud.

The senior brother and junior sister duo held their laughter until Qi Yuan returned to the straw hut and reinstated the layers of array formations.

This mistake could be treated as a Tribulation Transcendence drill.

Fortunately, they did not alert the disciples from the other peaks, so there was no other audience. Moreover, the dragon had attracted all the attention. Otherwise, Qi Yuan would now be… He might wish that he was dead.

…

It was also a good thing that they did not experience a sudden Tribulation Transcendence.

After the situation died down, Li Changshou started to worry if his master would take out and inspect the precious pill that he gave him.

However, thinking from another perspective, his master might not even recognize the Immortal-Melting Pill, even if he were to inspect it.

Qi Yuan was not proficient in concocting pills. He was only proficient in array formations.

Since 1,000 years ago, when he first entered the sect, Qi Yuan had spent most of his time improving his cultivation level. However, because of the damage in his Dao base, his cultivation road had been tough.

The main reason why Qi Yuan did not have a high possibility of surviving the Heavenly Tribulation was because of the damage in his Dao base.

Li Changshou’s third strategy to help his master survive the Heavenly Tribulation was to repair his Dao base.

However, although the third strategy seemed to be able to solve the problem from its roots, in reality, it was the most dangerous and toughest strategy yet.

The damage to his Dao base was due to an injury he had when he was younger.

Li Changshou had tried asking his master several times about the exact reason for the injury, but Qi Yuan had never answered those questions directly. He had merely responded that he had made some mistakes during his cultivation.

After that injury, the seniors from the sect had used many pills to save his life.

During that time, Qi Yuan was the only person in the Little Qiong Peak. His Martial Grandmaster had left the mountains to travel about 900 years ago. He had never returned.

While Qi Yuan had been repairing his Dao base, the sect had offered him many healing pills. However, they were short of a few precious treasures.

After the injury to Qi Yuan’s Dao base had stabilized, he had cultivated for another couple hundreds of years. It appeared as though he had fully recovered. However, the damage to his Dao base was irreversible, and it was almost impossible to repair the damage done.

When a tree grew in a crooked direction, and it continued growing it that position, it would ultimately become an old crooked tree.

The Dao injury that Qi Yuan suffered was similar to that.

To replenish Qi Yuan’s Dao base, Li Changshou had to destroy his cultivation level that he had acc.u.mulated for hundreds of years. He had to carefully tear open the Dao injury that had already sealed up and heal it using rare treasures.

Not only would the process be perilous, but it would also cause Qi Yuan to suffer from immense pain. Moreover, it was hard to find rare treasures, and Li Changshou was also not completely confident that he could amend the Dao injury.

Therefore, Li Changshou prioritized the first two strategies. He kept the third strategy and the other six alternative strategies to himself and decided to use them only when the situation required him to.

After the incident, Qi Yuan underwent another two more months of secluded cultivation.

Two months later, Qi Yuan wanted to reestablish his authority as the master and also answer the few questions that Li Changshou had previously asked.

However, Li Changshou was prepared for that. After he heard Qi Yuan’s explanations, he asked a few more new questions. Qi Yuan was once again unable to answer those questions. He headed back to the straw hut, started on his secluded cultivation again, and continued improving on his Dao.

During that period, Li Changshou thought of a few more tools that could be used during Tribulation Transcendence.

When his master came out from secluded cultivation, Li Changshou could sense wisps of aura changes that were surrounding him.

That was a sign that he had been targeted by the Heavenly Dao and was about to experience Tribulation Transcendence.

In no more than two years, his master would definitely start to fight the Heavenly Tribulation. He would not be of any help then.

After all, Tribulation Transcendence was his master’s matter. Others could not step in.

Therefore, after a year and nine months…

Qi Yuan’s Heavenly Tribulation was like an old lady who had just been married. It appeared shy and hesitant at the beginning. However, at the crucial moments, it came like a storm.

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