Good question. They wanted to ask that too, but... forget it. If they kept thinking about it, they might lose their composure. Better to watch the tribulation and hope Junior Brother Bian succeeded in one fell swoop.
The disciples watching were all on tenterhooks for Bian Chunchou. The man himself, however, was carefree beyond belief. While waiting for the Tribulation Lightning to form, he was still thinking, So this is the legendary Tribulation Lightning of the Cultivation Realm. I wonder if it hurts when it strikes?
He had heard that the Core Formation Lightning Tribulation consisted of only three bolts. Unlike the rosy light of Foundation Establishment, which tested a cultivator's Dao Heart, it simply and brutally tested their resistance to lightning strikes. As a university student with a higher education, Bian Chunchou naturally understood exactly how lightning formed.
But this is the Cultivation Realm. Surely science doesn't apply here, right?
But if it does... I have a Fire-Water Spiritual Root, and water conducts electricity. Suppose... suppose I make a lightning rod with my bare hands and ground the Tribulation Lightning. Theoretically, wouldn't that count as withstanding it?
Just as he entertained this outrageous thought, a tiny, transparent bolt of lightning tapped him on the skull. A tingling sensation ran through his whole body, and the idea of making a lightning rod was promptly squashed.
Oh. So that won't work. What a shame.
Still, there are no shortcuts in cultivation. It's only fair. If I succeeded, everyone would copy me, and Tribulation Lightning in the Cultivation Realm would become a mere formality.
But it's still such a shame.
As he lamented this, the Tribulation Clouds above him finally finished forming.
Bian Chunchou didn't know what anyone else thought, but he suddenly felt rather honored. Of all the clouds under heaven,