Six Tribulations of Life and Death

Ten years later, Cang Lan, who had turned sixteen, was required to participate in the clan's grand competition. This competition was specially organized by the Cang Clan for clan members who had just turned sixteen. Those who achieved excellent results or had cultivation talent would receive strong support from the Cang Clan.

As a member of the Cang Clan, Cang Lan, who had been forgotten, was Sheer Force to participate despite not having cultivated. The final result was inevitable: the weak and petite Cang Lan, who had no cultivation whatsoever, was beaten bloody by her fellow clansmen and was ridiculed by all the clansmen below the stage.

"Boom!"

At this moment, the sky began to repeat the scene from the previous two times: first lightning and rumbling thunder, then blood rain began to fall from the sky.

"This is the third time..." A cultivator looked up at the blood rain falling from the sky and muttered to himself.

"It seems that this scene occurs every time the Grand Dean suffers some kind of emotional trauma," a cultivator remarked with a puzzled expression.

"Yes! It's as if this blood rain came from the Grand Dean himself." An old man who hadn't used a light shield to block the blood rain felt it dripping onto him and couldn't help but sigh. The blood rain wasn't cold; on the contrary, it had a warm feeling that was particularly comfortable to feel on his body. However, beneath this comfort lay endless desolation.

As the third blood rain fell, Ma Feifei ran into the Bookstore again to feel the energy contained in the Four Spirit Pillars once more, and sure enough, it had diminished a bit more.

At the same time, the three beams of light that shot into the sky were noticeably thinner than before, but because everyone's attention was not on them, only Ma Feifei noticed them for the time being.

"If this continues, and a few more times, the energy inside the Four Spirit Pillars will be completely exhausted. Without the pillars of light, the Tribulation Book World should disappear completely, right?" Ma Feifei returned to the rooftop, looking at the projection in the sky, feeling somewhat worried.

"Father, my sister is so pitiful!" Liuli, sitting next to Ma Feifei, said, pulling on his arm, her voice filled with heartache.

Ma Feifei patted Liuli's hand and comforted her, "That's all an illusion, not real."

"Father is lying, it's clearly true," Liuli said Doduo.

"Uh..." Ma Feifei was taken aback, then remembered that the whole thing about Tribulation Book was Liuli's doing. Could he really fool her with nonsense?

However, Ma Feifei's mind immediately lit up again, because he thought of a question. He took Liuli's hand and asked softly, "My dear daughter, what kind of tribulation is this Tribulation Book World about to undergo? Why are all the backgrounds showing scenes from Cang Lan's childhood?"

Liuli tilted her head and glanced at the projection in the sky, saying, "The Tribulation Book is like undergoing tribulation. Those who enter the Tribulation Book World will experience different and varied tribulations. For example, the tribulation that Sister Cang Lan is undergoing now is called the 'Memory Tribulation'."

"Memory Tribulation?" Ma Feifei frowned slightly, looking thoughtful.

Liuli nodded and said, "The Tribulation Book World will evolve the past of the person undergoing the tribulation, which is equivalent to the person undergoing the tribulation experiencing their own life again, and Memory Tribulation. There is a saying that there are Six Tribulations of Life and Death. The so-called Six Tribulations of Life and Death are the strange phenomena that we just saw from the sky. Each lightning strike signifies one tribulation."

"Six Tribulations of Life and Death, so the three bolts of lightning that have struck her so far mean she has already experienced three tribulations?" Ma Feifei asked.

"Father is so smart," Liuli said, hugging Ma Feifei's arm.

"Hehe... my dear daughter, please continue." Ma Feifei didn't know what to say, so she could only give an awkward smile. Could this be called clever? Anyone could have thought of that.

"Father is right! We've already gone through three tribulations, but Sister Cang Lan's mindset isn't good. So after each tribulation, the Four Spirit Pillars have had their energy reduced by an equal amount. If she can't control her mindset, at this rate, the energy contained in the Four Spirit Pillars will be completely destroyed after at most five tribulations." As she said this, there was some worry in Liuli's eyes.

"What will happen after they all disappear?" Ma Feifei asked in a somewhat heavy tone.

Liuli hesitated for a moment, then said, "The opening of the Tribulation Book World relies entirely on the energy bestowed by the Four Spirit Pillars. Originally, if all Four Spirit Pillars were activated, Sister Cang Lan could have persevered to the sixth tribulation no matter what. However, because only three pillars were activated, if she cannot adjust her mindset for the fifth tribulation, then once the light of the Four Spirit Pillars dissipates, it will mean that her tribulation has completely failed, and she will perish."

"Wow..." After hearing Liuli's words, Ma Feifei subconsciously glanced at the three pillars of light in the sky. So these three pillars had this kind of effect? According to this, hadn't he tricked Cang Lan? Because one of the Four Spirit Pillars in the Bookstore was missing Qilin.

"Sigh, I can only wish you good luck." Ma Feifei thought to himself as he looked at the Cang Lan sky projected onto the screen.

The story continues. Cang Lan, who is participating in the clan's grand competition, adopts a mocking and dejected stance. Not a single person comes to help her up, and Cang Xiong doesn't even glance at her.

Cang Lan could only drag her injured body away from the competition venue and head towards the Cang Residence.

"Let's take a walk, have a look, and see! I just caught a Water-type mermaid, a boon for Water-type Cultivation Method cultivators! It can not only enhance the master's combat abilities but also accelerate the master's cultivation speed of Water-type Cultivation Method!" A burly man was pushing a cart along the street, shouting loudly. On the cart was a cage, and inside the cage was a Water-type spirit beast mermaid with a human head and a fish body.

The State of Zhao State has many rivers and is close to the Qiong Sea, so it has a large number of Water-type spirit beasts, among which Water-type are the most common.

However, these Water-type spirit beasts are not very strong, usually below the third rank. Although mermaids are of low rank, they possess intelligence that is no less than that of high-rank spirit beasts, which is why they are quite popular among cultivators.

The handsome men and beautiful women of the mermaids, in particular, have become treasured possessions for some practitioners with special interests.

"How much is this mermaid?" Soon, the burly man was surrounded by a group of people, all asking about the price.

"Ten thousand Spirit Crystal, no cheating!" the burly man shouted.

"So expensive? Mermaids only cost around three thousand on the market, right?"

"Yeah! You're ripping people off, how can it be sold at such a high price?"

"Shady businessman!"

The burly man, Beat Up, turned red in the face and argued, "What do you know? This is a noble, a king among mermaids, of course it's more expensive."

"Come on, someone even said before that the mermaid he was selling was the Mermaid King."

"Exactly, anyone can make things up, but you need to provide proof!"

"Stop talking nonsense, are you selling it for three thousand or not? If you are, Laozi 'll take it!"

Amidst the commotion, the burly man and the onlookers began to haggle over the price.

The mermaid was trapped in a cage, staring blankly into the distance, completely indifferent to everything.

Slowly, a thin, Tangled Feet figure came into her view.