All Wang Yue could say was that Taishang Laojun's pills were incredibly powerful. The instant after he put them in his mouth, lightning struck him.
The pills melted on his tongue, and their immense medicinal power instantly flooded every part of his body!
Together with the earlier pill he had yet to fully refine, they restored his nearly destroyed body in an instant. Only his exterior remained charred black.
This process took a long time to describe, but it happened incredibly fast.
The lightning destroyed most of the vitality in Wang Yue's body, even wrecking his meridians, while the medicinal power of the three Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs constantly repaired the damage.
As for the impurities expelled from his body, some dissipated during the lightning tribulation, while others came out in the mouthful of smoke Wang Yue had exhaled.
That was why Sun Wukong had seen Wang Yue smoking. Those impurities pouring out of his body looked just like smoke.
Although the intervals between lightning strikes were short, they still gave the Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs enough time to restore his body.
The entire lightning tribulation was therefore a process of tempering Wang Yue's body anew. It was simply an extremely painful one.
Then again, no method of tempering the body was ever particularly easy.
Fortunately, enduring lightning strikes during a tribulation was like certain other things. Once the painful first time was over, he gradually got used to it.
Because of that, Wang Yue took several more strikes like a tough guy, without making a single sound.
After the lightning tribulation passed, a beam of golden light descended from the sky and fell upon Wang Yue!
His whole body charred black, Wang Yue felt that power and could not help widening his eyes.
Watching from a distance, Sun Wukong noticed two