Lin Xuan's expression was spectacularly grim, gloom filling his brow.
How could something so terrifying appear here?
"Yue'er, are you mistaken? Aren't tribulation clouds supposed to form only when Lihe-stage cultivators ascend?" Lin Xuan said, enunciating each word.
"This little servant wishes she were mistaken too, but judging from the scene before us, I'm seventy to eighty percent certain." The girl sighed faintly, her somewhat helpless voice entering his ears.
"But..."
"I know what Young Master wants to say, but according to ancient records, this sort of situation is possible. You know as well that aside from those old monsters at the Lihe Late Stage, Lihe cultivators at the early and middle stages actually find it very difficult to successfully undergo tribulation. Most are reduced to scattered ash and dispersed smoke beneath the Heavenly Tribulation. Depending on their cultivation and treasures, the time they can hold out differs as widely as heaven and abyss. And so situations arise where the vast spiritual power within the tribulation cloud simply hasn't been fully released."
"Generally speaking, once the cultivator undergoing tribulation falls, the tribulation cloud will slowly disperse with the passage of time. That spiritual energy scatters into the surroundings and transforms the nearby area into a decent Spirit Vein."
"Ah?" Lin Xuan was greatly astonished. He had never imagined that some Spirit Veins were actually formed like this.
"However, the laws of heaven and earth are wondrous beyond compare. Sometimes, because of certain unexpected reasons, the tribulation cloud won't disperse. Instead, it slowly gains sentience..."
"Gains sentience?" Lin Xuan could be considered experienced and knowledgeable, but what the little girl was saying was something he had never heard before.
"That's right. It absorbs the essence of the sun and moon, and a wondrous change occurs with the spiritual power remaining inside