Chapter 521: The Signs Of Heavenly Tribulation (1/2)

Lin Mu observed Alchemist Bilao from one of the walls of the residence. The middle aged man was deep in meditation and had a still expression on his face.

From what Lin Mu knew, the man was over two hundred years already, but still looked quite young for his age. Until one reached the adult soul stage of the Nascent soul realm, their body would still age, albeit at a much slower rate.

For them, ten years were the same as one year, thus the time required for them to look one year older would take ten years. But for core condensation realm cultivators, it was less than that.

For them, three years was equivalent to one year. Thus considering that Bilao should have looked like someone who was in his sixties. But he looked like someone who was in his forties instead.

Lin Mu could only attribute this to him eating certain alchemical pills, which allowed him to maintain his condition far better than another cultivator. Once he reached the nascent soul realm, his aging would slow down to ten years, and he would be able to maintain this for far longer.

But that was not all he saw on Bilao. Lin Mu could see an almost imperceptible energy around Bilao.

'What is this…' Lin Mu wondered and squinted his eyes along with focusing his spirit sense.

This led him to use his spatial perception on instinct and he saw the faint spatial abnormalities around him.

”This… what is this… it's like the space around him is getting unstable?” Lin Mu muttered.

”Oh? You were able to see the spatial disturbance caused by an impending heavenly tribulation?” Xukong questioned.

”You know what that is, senior?!” Lin Mu asked.

”Indeed. What you is one of the signs of a heavenly tribulation.” Xukong answered.

”One of the signs? But why would there be spatial disturbance caused by it?” Lin Mu asked, feeling confused.

”This is more like the heavenly tribulation observing Bilao and not letting him hide from it. Hiding from a heavenly tribulation is immensely difficult. Even if you hide within the void, the heavenly tribulation will break through the space itself to come to strike you.” Xukong explained.

”Truly senior? Is it really this terrifying?” Lin Mu questioned.

”Of course. Why do you think nearly everyone fears it and wants to do a lot of preparations before attempting it?” Xukong replied.

”I see…” Lin Mu muttered and continued looking at Bilao.

Except for the spatial disturbance around Bilao, Lin Mu did not find anything of importance there. Alchemist Bilao wasn't even cultivating and was just meditating there with no change.

Though now that he had learned about the spatial disturbances, he wondered if there were any spatial disturbances around his body. Alas! No matter how much he looked, there was none around him. The spatial fabric was as strong as every around him.