66: Chapter 66 What Tribulation?

Zhao Yi couldn't be bothered to count the Spirit Stones and directly summoned the System.

"System."

【Miner: Zhao Yi】

【Cultivation: Mid Nascent Soul Stage (Can be upgraded)】

【experience points: 4946 / 1600】

【Reward: None】

Gulp.

Zhao Yi felt his mouth go dry.

"Hehe~"

He looked at the System panel, chuckling dryly.

"Six pieces of White Iron Stone, ninety experience points."

"And..."

"Thirty-five High-Grade Spirit Stones."

Thirty-five fist-sized Spirit Stones piled together, the visual impact...

"1, 2, 3..."

Zhao Yi placed the High-Grade Spirit Stones into his Storage Pouch one by one; this sense of achievement was truly intoxicating.

"Eh? Why are there only thirty-two?"

Zhao Yi had put them into the Storage Pouch one by one; he definitely hadn't miscounted.

He turned to look at Approximate.

"Did you eat them?"

Approximate kept its head low, constantly scratching at the rocks beneath its feet.

Zhao Yi...

"Doggy, I didn't mean it last time. Who the hell knew that if you didn't eat Spirit Stones, you wouldn't be able to manifest..."

"Besides, during that time, I was blocked by a Soul Transformation Cultivator for three or four months; summoning you would have just been sending you to your death."

"So..."

"Just take the Spirit Stones out."

As a result, no matter how much Zhao Yi tried to persuade it, Approximate simply didn't react.

Three High-Grade Spirit Stones, if exchanged for Medium Grade Spirit Stones, would be three hundred, and if exchanged for Low-Grade Spirit Stones, it would be a staggering thirty thousand.

And to maintain Approximate's manifestation time, one Low-Grade Spirit Stone a day was sufficient.

"Forget it."

"You Silly Dog, those three High-Grade Spirit Stones can count as your reward."

Zhao Yi didn't know when Bai Yucheng would return to the mine, so he dared not waste any more time.

In the sub-mine.

Zhao Yi used the excavated rocks to block the entrance of the mine.

Although this didn't do much, what he was seeking was merely psychological comfort.

"You guard outside the mine. If someone comes, roar to wake me up."

Regardless of whether Approximate understood, Zhao Yi sat cross-legged on the rocks and began to upgrade his cultivation.

"I hope my Breakthrough speed is faster than the time it takes for Bai Miyao to finish Undergoing Tribulation."

"System, upgrade cultivation!"

The numbers on the System panel rapidly decreased by 1600 points.

A moment later, a massive amount of Spiritual Qi appeared out of thin air inside Zhao Yi's body.

"It has begun."

Setting aside Zhao Yi's Breakthrough to Late Nascent Soul Stage in the mine, at Yellow Earth Ridge outside Anning Prefecture, Bai Miyao's Lightning Tribulation had descended.

The Formation that Bai Yucheng had hurriedly set up was instantly reduced to ashes by the first Lightning Tribulation, having no effect whatsoever.

"This..."

"This is definitely not a Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation."

Ordinary Cultivators must undergo a One-Nine Lightning Tribulation when achieving the Golden Core, and a Three-Nine Lightning Tribulation when achieving the Nascent Soul.

The Lightning Tribulation corresponding to Soul Transformation is the Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation; the range and power of this Lightning Tribulation of Bai Miyao's are clearly not a Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation.

High in the air, purple-red lightning struck one after another; no one could see what was happening inside.

Outside Yellow Earth Ridge, the expressions of the Bai Family Cultivators grew increasingly grim.

The dark clouds in the sky had been drifting for three full days, and the Lightning Tribulation had changed from one strike after another to now only descending once every half day.

However, the increasingly low black clouds and the increasingly bright lightning all signaled to the watching Cultivators that the power of the Lightning Tribulation was growing ever greater.

"It has already been fifty-four strikes, exceeding the number of a Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation."

"What on earth is this tribulation?"

"Is the side effect of cultivating the Nine Beauties Wedding Garment Art this great?"

Bai Yucheng's mood had gone from great joy to great sorrow.

Looking at the tribulation cloud that was almost pressing against the top of his head, he estimated that the possibility of Bai Miyao successfully Undergoing Tribulation was extremely slim.

"What a pity!"

Although he was very disappointed, he did not leave Yellow Earth Ridge; until the very last moment, Bai Yucheng always held a sliver of hope in his heart, just in case.

...

Great White Spirit Stone Mine, in the sub-mine.

Zhao Yi let out a long breath.

Inside his Dantian, another Zhao Yi stood tall, supporting the sky and earth.

The Nascent Soul of the Late Nascent Soul Stage, except for being slightly illusory, was almost identical to his physical body.

"Is this already the Late Nascent Soul Stage?"

"Next is the Soul Transformation Stage, where one can live for two to five thousand years."

Breaking through from Late Nascent Soul Stage to Early Soul Transformation Stage required double the experience points, three thousand two hundred points.

A strange look flashed in Zhao Yi's eyes; his experience points... seemed to be enough!

"System."

【Miner: Zhao Yi】

【Cultivation: Late Nascent Soul Stage (Can be upgraded)】

【experience points: 3346 / 3200】

【Reward: None】

In the Early Soul Transformation Stage, cultivation shifts from the Nascent Soul to the mysterious Primordial Spirit; the first step is to Cultivate the Primordial Spirit within the Sea of Consciousness.

The general outline of the Azure Spirit Scripture states: "If the heart is like black ice first congealing, all thoughts are silent, leaving only the divine light of the true self."

"Leaving only the divine light of the true self!"

Zhao Yi muttered this sentence and silently said in his heart: "System, upgrade my cultivation!"

Dealing with the Primordial Spirit was indeed different from cultivation before the Nascent Soul.

Zhao Yi's eyes went dark, and he lost consciousness.

However, his whole body emitted white light, like a deity, majestic and imposing.

"Wuwu~"

From the moment Zhao Yi began to break through to Soul Transformation, Approximate seemed to have been frightened.

It no longer guarded the mine entrance, but hid in a corner, lying on the ground, whimpering, as if begging for the deity's forgiveness.

When the white light on Zhao Yi reached its peak, illuminating the entire sub-mine, it finally could not resist, turning into golden characters that submerged into Zhao Yi's Sea of Consciousness.

Yet Zhao Yi had no awareness of breaking through to Soul Transformation; he felt as if he had returned to his mother's womb, swimming in amniotic fluid.

The exhaustion from years of cultivation was swept away, and his entire being felt indescribably light and agile.

Just as Zhao Yi was enjoying this lightness, a great terror suddenly arose in his heart.

"Is it the Soul Transformation tribulation!?"

Zhao Yi opened his eyes; he did not see the band of light floating behind the head of the Primordial Spirit in his Sea of Consciousness.

"The mine is a Forbidden Formation area; I must get out of the mine immediately."

Having suffered a loss once, Zhao Yi naturally would not make the same mistake again.

At the time Zhao Yi exited the mine, the people of Anning Prefecture witnessed the greatest spectacle of their lives.

The tribulation cloud over Yellow Earth Ridge had not yet dissipated, and now dark clouds were gathering over the Great White Spirit Stone Mine.

"Hmm?"

"Formation?"

As soon as Zhao Yi exited the mine, his body felt as if it had sunk into a quagmire, and his reactions slowed down significantly.

Although Zhao Yi had not yet Undergone Tribulation, he was now no different from a Soul Transformation Cultivator.

Therefore, after just a pause, he walked out of the Formation.

"Eh, it's good that you're here; it saves me from having to go find you."

Zhao Yi was in a rush, and before Gao Ling could see clearly, Zhao Yi had already appeared in front of her.

"These are the Spirit Stones I dug in the mine."

"Seventy percent to be handed over to the Cultivation Academy: 34 High-Grade Spirit Stones and over 180,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

"The 10 High-Grade Spirit Stones count as my subsidy from the Cultivation Academy; as for the Low-Grade Spirit Stones, never mind, I don't want them."

"Give them to me quickly."

"There is no time left."

Zhao Yi looked up at the increasingly gathering dark clouds, getting a bit anxious.

Gao Ling...

Her mind was blank, and coupled with the sense of oppression that Zhao Yi brought, she mechanically took out 10 High-Grade Spirit Stones and handed them to Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi took the Spirit Stones and instantly vanished.

"Leave this place quickly; the tribulation is about to descend."

"Tribulation?"

Gao Ling shuddered, as if waking from a dream.

"Tribulation?"

"What tribulation?"