The True Self as Master, Resonance of Man and Heaven (1)

"What was going on?"

Zhu Wenying's voice remained fairly steady, but the faint tremor at the end ruined the overall effect.

Bai Lian said nothing. She silently watched the two remaining green lotuses sway amid the resonant tremors, their petals falling one by one. She could feel that opportunity slipping away from her palm.

If she disregarded all consequences, she could protect Yu Ci better for the moment. But then she herself would fall within Heaven's grasp. Setting the tribulation changes in motion was one thing; she might even cause Yu Ci to die faster.

By now, a layer of gray-white frost had veiled Yu Ci's half-open eyes, burying his vitality. Now and then, a glimmer flashed within them, revealing the flow of tribulation Baleful Intent and reflecting fragments of the Heaven and Earth Law Will. This was a marvelous experience that even cultivators at the True Person realm rarely encountered, symbolizing an imprint of insight upon the path of cultivation. Yet it had come far too early for Yu Ci.

A summer insect speaking of ice was laughable enough, but if it truly lived until winter and saw the vast expanse of white snow, would that not be an arduous and terrifying thing for it as well?

Bai Lian sighed softly. "To hear the Dao in the morning, to die in the evening may... be enough?"

"Bullshit!"

Yu Ci had actually heard her. He squeezed out two words through clenched teeth. Bai Lian froze, then said no more.

Thanks to the Qian Jin Killing Tribulation, he could no longer feel any pain. He could only hear faint rustling noises inside his body, as though ice grains were grinding against one another.

The extent of the damage to his fleshly body remained uncertain, but serving as the crossbow frame for