The Past

As everyone remained puzzled, the scenery in the sky continued to change, and the plot unfolded continuously.

Spring passed and autumn came, and in the blink of an eye, the crying baby had grown into a little girl with a ponytail. Every day, she and her mother stayed in their own little yard, planting vegetables and weeding, living a very carefree life.

Laughter and cheerful conversation often brew something unpleasant.

As she grew older, Xiao Cang Lan's Covet for the outside world grew stronger. She would often secretly carry her mother out of the small courtyard and enjoy playing in the vast Cang Residence, or even outside of Cang Residence.

Fortunately, although Cang Lan and her mother were not favored, they were still the masters of the Cang Residence. The servants still had to serve them respectfully. So even though Cang Lan was lively and liked to play around, she never encountered any bullying or suppression from the servants.

One day, Cang Lan bumped into a Beautiful Woman who was six months pregnant. This woman was Cang Xiong's newly acquired concubine, and her status had risen rapidly because of her pregnancy. Cang Lan's bump left the woman completely disoriented and terrified a group of people on the spot.

"Looks like we're in trouble." The cultivators below felt a chill run down their spines at the sight. By now, they all knew more or less the general situation within the Cang Residence. Cang Xiong had many offspring but no sons, yet he continued to take concubines every year, which was enough to prove how much he Covet for his concubines to bear him a son.

Therefore, in the Cang Residence, pregnant concubines were the most favored during that period. Now that Cang Lan has directly knocked down a pregnant concubine, it will surely cause panic throughout the Cang Residence and enrage Cang Xiong.

"Judging from this situation, the baby in her womb may not survive." A doctor looked at the concubine in the sky who had been suddenly knocked down and was now lying on the ground screaming, with a pool of blood slowly seeping out from beneath her.

"The Grand Dean and her daughter were never favored, and now they're probably in trouble." The cultivators below shook their heads and sighed, especially some of the female cultivators, whose faces showed anxiety.

"Let's just run away. Anyway, Cang Xiong doesn't take the Grand Dean and his daughter seriously," a young female cultivator said.

"Yes, the Grand Dean is already six years old, and that Cang Xiong hasn't even glanced at him once. It's outrageous. We'd rather not have a father like that. We might as well run away with the mother," another female cultivator chimed in.

"Alas, my poor Grand Dean..."

Ma Feifei, who had run to the roof of the Bookstore to watch, couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard the group's conversation.

What kind of people are these? Is that even the point? Instead of focusing on why the Grand Dean Cang Lan's past is mentioned, they're all giving her advice on how to leave the Cang Residence Grand Dean her mother?

What, how much free time do you guys have? You enjoy watching these melodramatic sitcoms, don't you?

And you know what? Ma Feifei was right. The scene that just happened sparked a heated discussion throughout Dubian Town, even more so than the commotion caused by Cang Lan's birth. Clearly, these cultivators from another world really enjoy this kind of storyline.

However, the plot didn't unfold as they described. Xiao Cang Lan definitely wouldn't take her mother away, and the ending naturally wasn't good either; the concubine miscarried, and the child died in the womb.

Most importantly, the doctor who examined him, whether he had received a bribe or not, insisted that the miscarried baby was a boy. This made Cang Xiong, who was already Rage, even more angry, and he lost his mind. He looked at Xiao Cang Lan, who was trembling in her mother's arms, and slapped her across the face.

Spiritual Power swirled around his palm; this palm strike actually carried Spiritual Power!

Although Xiao Cang Lan is over six years old, he has not yet begun his cultivation, so he is just an ordinary person. If this palm strike lands, he will definitely not survive.

"You bastard!"

"You thief, how dare you!"

"Don't want...!"

Some practitioners with insufficient willpower cried out, but this was, after all, a thing of the past, and no one could stop it.

Just as the palm was about to strike Xiao Cang Lan's face, in the blink of an eye, Xiao Cang Lan's mother, who was holding her, suddenly wrapped her body around Xiao Cang Lan, and the palm struck her forehead instead.

"Bang!"

"Click~~"

This palm strike sent her flying, and everyone could even hear the sound of bones cracking.

The result was self-evident: Xiao Cang Lan's mother was killed by Cang Xiong with a single slap...

"Boom!"

Another sudden clap of thunder rang out, and the entire sky trembled.

"Click~~"

A bolt of lightning struck the massive backdrop in the sky, splitting it in two. Unlike the first time, this time the endless cracks in the middle were clearly visible.

This time, the crack was more than twice as big.

"Is it going to rain again?" one of the cultivators couldn't help but remark upon seeing this.

"Splash splash~~~"

Sure enough, no sooner had he finished speaking than a torrential downpour began to fall from the sky. It was still 'blood rain,' but it was even more intense and heavier than the last time!

"There seems to be something wrong here?" The fact that this had happened twice in a row attracted the attention of most cultivators, who all frowned as they looked at the blood rain falling from the sky.

"I remember the last time this strange phenomenon occurred was when the Grand Dean was born. This time it was the Grand Dean's mother who was beaten to death. Both seem to be related to the Grand Dean. What does this mean?" A big shot silently Analytic.

Seeing this, Ma Feifei, who was sitting on the roof of the Bookstore, jumped off the roof, ran into the Bookstore, went to the Four Spirit Pillars, placed his hand on them, and sensed the energy inside once again.

"It's gone again, just as I suspected." Ma Feifei said in a deep voice after sensing for a while.

"Each time lightning and blood rain occurs, the energy on the three pillars supporting the Tribulation Book World diminishes. Does this mean that once the energy on the three pillars is completely depleted, the Tribulation Book World will disappear?"

"If that's the case, does that mean Cang Lan's tribulation has failed?"

"But how exactly can we break this calamity?" Ma Feifei was completely baffled. The people and things that appeared in the Tribulation Book World were all from nearly a thousand years ago. That was already in the past. Not to mention human power, even immortals could not change what had already happened.

Throughout the entire ordeal, Ma Feifei never saw Cang Lan appear in the Tribulation Book World. How was she supposed to overcome this tribulation?

"But then again, why do I have such a bad feeling?" Ma Feifei shook his head as he walked out of the Bookstore, returned to Bookstore rooftop, and looked at the story inside, muttering to himself.

The following events were rather tragic. After killing Xiao Cang Lan's mother, Cang Xiong did not harm Cang Lan, thus saving her life.

However, from that day on, Xiao Cang Lan's personality changed drastically. She became taciturn and stopped even leaving her own courtyard.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.