The Two Sages of the West, Di Jun, and the other mighty figures all decisively withdrew their divine senses upon seeing this.
Laozi was gratified to see how sensible Luo Xuan was.
He stroked his beard and said, "Luo Xuan, I noticed that you were completely unable to deal with the lightning tribulation when you underwent it. How can that be?"
"You should know that resisting a lightning tribulation with lightning Divine Abilities makes things much easier."
"Don't focus only on pill refinement in your daily life. I'll teach you the Taiqing Divine Thunder. Work hard at cultivating it from now on."
Laozi appeared to be scolding Luo Xuan, but his tone was full of affection.
"Thank you, Master." Delight flashed in Luo Xuan's eyes.
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Laozi and Nuwa transformed into streaks of rainbow light and left.
Only then did Luo Xuan return to Shouyang Mountain.
"Thank you, Ancestor. Thank you, everyone." Luo Xuan sincerely expressed his gratitude.
Suiren Shi patted Luo Xuan. "You're back. It's good that you're back."
Seeing Luo Xuan safe and sound made Suiren Shi happier than ever.
Suddenly, a deep voice came from the distance.
"Where's the lightning tribulation?"
Zhu Rong manifested his Ancestor Witch true form and looked around, but he could not see any sign of the great lightning tribulation.
The other Ancestor Witches appeared right behind Zhu Rong.
Qiang Liang, the Thunder Ancestor Witch, scratched his head. "Strange. Did we come to the wrong place?"
As they spoke, they saw Luo Xuan flying toward them.
When Luo Xuan saw the Twelve Ancestor Witches, he guessed the purpose of their visit.
He smiled and said gratefully, "Thank you for coming, Ancestor Witches, but the lightning tribulation has already passed."
"Is that so?"
Di Jiang and the others looked disappointed, leaving Luo Xuan speechless.
He even began to wonder whether the Ancestor Witches had come to help him.
Hou Tu also sighed at Luo Xuan's strength.
Then she smiled and said, "It's fine. Didn't you say earlier that the Demon Race would come? We came to arrange the manpower."
At the mention of this, Zhu Rong's disappointment vanished. He looked toward Luo Xuan.
However, Qiang Liang beat him to it.
"That's right, Brother Luo. I'll go first this time!"
"And me! Brother Luo, let me tell you—if the Demon Race doesn't come, I'll have a good spar with you... No, I mean, settle the score!"
Xi Zi, the Lightning Ancestor Witch, chimed in.
Seeing the two of them looking as if they had been injected with stimulants, Luo Xuan felt a little uneasy.
You're not here to help humanity. You're undercover agents sent by the Demon Race, aren't you?
"Please do as you wish, Ancestor Witches. I gained some insights from enduring the lightning tribulation and plan to enter seclusion for a while."
With that, Luo Xuan vanished from the spot.
Seeing Luo Xuan leave, Hou Tu said angrily, "Do you two know how to talk? If not, then shut up."
Zhu Rong also roared, "Exactly! Didn't we agree that you two wouldn't participate this time?"
Qiang Liang looked aggrieved. "You can't blame me. This time, there was a very familiar feeling inside Luo Xuan's body. It was just like my Law of Thunder."
"Exactly. My Law of Lightning was also stirring restlessly." Xi Zi protested.
They had sensed correctly.
After using the lightning tribulation as a furnace, thanks to the wonders of the Primordial Pill Body,
Luo Xuan had successfully merged the lightning within it into his own body.
However, the Law of Thunder within the lightning tribulation was too powerful, and Luo Xuan had trouble controlling it.
That was why he was overjoyed when Laozi passed down the Taiqing Divine Thunder.
Immediately after leaving the Ancestor Witches, Luo Xuan returned to his room and began his seclusion.
This seclusion lasted for more than ten years.
Not far from Shouyang Mountain,
the originally lush forest had long since been completely cleared. It had now been turned into medicinal fields for humanity.
A burly man returned to Shouyang Mountain from the medicinal fields with a bamboo basket on his back.
A boy of around ten years old followed beside him.
"Father, do you think the Pill Ancestor is still here?"
As he spoke, the boy gazed toward the dome above Shouyang Mountain.
The burly man chuckled. "He is. He's definitely still here."
The boy asked, "Then why haven't we seen any movement after so long?"
The burly man fell silent.
Ever since Luo Xuan entered seclusion, he had been cultivating lightning Divine Abilities and refining the lightning within his body.
However, he occasionally refined pills as well, and only showed signs of activity once every few years.
As they continued their question-and-answer exchange, the two gradually walked away.
Rustling sounds came from the grass they had just passed.
A centipede as huge as a python crawled out.
It watched the direction in which the two had left, a sinister, humanlike smile appearing on its face.
"It's been more than ten years. There must not be any mighty figures in the Primordial World paying attention to humanity anymore."
"After waiting for so long, I can finally taste human flesh."
As soon as it finished speaking, the Centipede Demon transformed into a black shadow and sped toward Shouyang Mountain.
The Centipede Demon had followed the father and son all the way to Shouyang Mountain.
The Centipede Demon hid beneath the eaves and against the walls, its dark body blending perfectly into its surroundings.
The Centipede Demon dripped a drop of dark green liquid into a clay jar.
"Drink up. Once you're poisoned by my venom, you're all as good as dead."
The Centipede Demon thought smugly.
When it saw the boy drink the water from the clay jar, it watched him excitedly.
But after waiting for a long time, the boy showed no reaction.
"Strange. My venom was refined from essence blood for a thousand years. How can a human withstand it?"
The centipede refused to believe it and kept watching the boy's every movement.
It was not until midnight that the boy finally showed signs of something wrong.
His entire body was burning hot, and his consciousness was hazy.
The Centipede Demon let out a cackling laugh.
"I knew it. Mere humans are nothing more than food for us. How could they possibly withstand it?"
The Centipede Demon was just about to leave and poison all the humans when the boy's parents noticed that something was wrong with him.
Then they took out a bottle of pills and fed them to the boy.
Before long, the boy returned to normal.
"How is this possible?"
The Centipede Demon was shocked. It stretched out its head and only then discovered that the jade bottle contained a sixth-grade pill.
"Damn humans!"
At that moment, the boy opened his eyes and suddenly froze.
He pointed at the roof. "What a huge centipede."
The boy's parents looked up and indeed saw a python-sized centipede clinging to the roof and staring straight at them.
If not for the boy noticing it, they would not have discovered it.
"The Demon Race?"
Before the Centipede Demon could become enraged, it saw that not only were the two humans unafraid, but their eyes were shining as they stared at it.
Why does it feel like they want to eat me?
The Centipede Demon was startled by their abnormal reaction.
"Come quickly! There's a member of the Demon Race!" the woman shouted.
"Where? Where's the Demon Race member?"
"Don't move! This one is mine!"
"Bullshit! Whoever kills it gets it!"
Shouyang Mountain instantly erupted into chaos.
The Centipede Demon was startled by the aggressive display and hurriedly fled.
But only after it had run two li did it realize what had happened.
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