A Common Sight
"Do you still remember who that person was?" Lin Xiao quickly asked.
Unfortunately He Yi shook his head.
"I was too young then, so I only have a vague impression. Actually, I was only three or four years old at the time, and I don't remember many things very well. But for some reason, when I see these patterns, I think of the ones I saw on the stone wall back then, and the memory is still very vivid and clear."
Lin Xiao naturally couldn't provide an answer to this question either.
"Can you ask your dad?"
He Yi chewed on the word "father" in his mouth, feeling extremely awkward.
He glanced at Lin Xiao.
"Of course I can ask, but I can't go back now. That Spiritless Land is not easy to traverse." What he really meant was, "Are you going to let me go back now? Aren't you afraid I'll reveal that the Lingxian Sect's cultivation method doesn't require Spirit Root?"
But I held back from saying it.
Since he knows he wouldn't do that, why bother making others wary of him?
Lin Xiao, however, seemed to understand what he hadn't said, and frankly replied:
"I have a way to get you to the Immortal Cultivation Realm, but you've only just joined the Lingxian Sect and haven't developed a strong bond with our sect yet. What if we let you go back and you go back to the Talisman Sect? I think this matter, although urgent, isn't really that urgent. Why don't you wait until we're preparing for the auction, and then go back and ask your father about it?"
He Yi clearly thought so too; he smiled, nodded, and said nothing more.
After asking his questions, Lin Xiao left Azure Cloud Peak without disturbing his cultivation.
With the arrangement of the Execution Stone finalized, he could temporarily set aside his concerns and leave it alone.
The most important thing right now is to prepare for the construction of the city.
Just as Lin Xiao was about to head to the Formation Hall, a strong wind suddenly swept around them, causing the Spirit Plant in the field to bend their heads almost to the ground.
The sky was filled with ever-changing clouds, and layers of dark clouds gathered above the Lingxian Sect!
Lightning could be faintly seen flashing through the dark clouds.
This is clearly the appearance of Lightning Tribulation!
Someone from their sect is about to undergo a tribulation and break through? How come I haven't heard about it?
Lin Xiao was somewhat puzzled, but the purpose of the thundercloud was clear. He used his Divine Sense to probe the center where the thundercloud was gathering and soon found out.
Upon investigation, they discovered it was actually on a floating island!
It was none other than Sun Yigao, who was meditating in front of the Heart-Rectifying Mirror!
Lin Xiao rushed over and saw that Sun Yigao had his eyes closed and his expression was stable, so he didn't seem to be in any serious condition.
The Spiritual Qi around him seemed to be drawn into his body, layer upon layer, circle upon circle. Moreover, gradually, the Spiritual Qi actually showed a tendency to transform into Origin Qi, becoming a state between Spiritual Qi and Origin Qi.
Lin Xiao set up a barrier around Sun Yigao to prevent others from accidentally disturbing him.
Looking up at the thunderclouds in the sky, Lin Xiao was somewhat worried that Sun Yigao would be struck by lightning and turned into charcoal.
"Master, will Yigao be alright?"
After all, in his spare time over the past two years, he would occasionally flip through storybooks and had seen many examples of people being struck by Lightning Tribulation and reduced to ashes.
[Friendly reminder: After the system upgrade, the host can copy the Nature Platform's Lightning Tribulation guidance function into the Mountain-Protecting Grand Formation to prevent sect disciples from unexpectedly breaking through.]
I didn't know it had this feature!
"How do I copy it?" Lin Xiao asked immediately.
Before the system could even reply to his question, Lin Xiao slapped his forehead, realizing he had been foolish.
He immediately logged into the system and entered the control panel of the Mountain-Protecting Grand Formation. Sure enough, there was a plus sign there.
Click the plus sign, and you'll find the option to copy content, including the function of guiding Lightning Tribulation through the Nature Platform.
Without hesitation, Lin Xiao clicked "OK" on the Nature Platform's function to guide the Lightning Tribulation.
Thus, he could wait at ease and watch as the first disciple of his sect, besides himself, broke through to the Nascent Soul stage.
This extraordinary celestial phenomenon attracted the attention of many disciples of Azure Cloud Peak. Not only them, but even the Xiushui Village at the foot of the mountain became lively.
However, the Xiushui Village calmly explained to them: This is an immortal from the mountain breaking through the Lightning Tribulation; don't be alarmed.
No wonder they were calm; it was because they had witnessed several Lightning Tribulation of varying degrees over the past few years.
After all, several people from the Lingxian Sect have broken through to the Golden Core Stage in the past two years.
The Lightning Tribulation at the Golden Core Stage is relatively minor; it's just a bit more intense than thunder and lightning in ordinary weather, but that's about it.
Therefore, the villagers of Xiushui Village were used to it.
Although the villagers also felt that this Lightning Tribulation looked much more frightening than the previous ones.
This seems to be almost as bad as when the Lingxian Sect encountered problems during their last Heart-Questioning Road drive, specifically when Wenxinlu had issues.
Because Lin Xiao emerged from seclusion just as the Heart-Questioning Road had undergone a change, many onlookers assumed the Heart-Questioning Road phenomena were due to that event and did not consider the possibility that someone was breaking through to the next tribulation.
After hearing the villagers' explanation, the tourists in the village felt somewhat more at ease.
But they couldn't help but look up at the chains of electricity lurking in the thunderclouds, still feeling horrified.
A bolt of lightning that thick would kill anyone!
I never imagined the immortals on the mountain could withstand such blows.
No, wait, I never thought that even immortals would get struck by lightning.
It's only at times like this that people feel somewhat fortunate to be mortals, at least they don't have to be struck by lightning.
Jiang Youfu and the others were also alerted and rushed over.
"Brother Xiao, is Yigao about to break through?" Jiang Youfu didn't dare to breathe loudly and whispered to Lin Xiao to ask him.
"Yeah, by the way, Fuzi, was it like this outside when I broke through?" Lin Xiao asked him telepathically, but his gaze never left Sun Yigao.
"It seems about the same." Jiang Youfu nodded.
Liu Yunan, standing to the side, looked up at the sky and asked with concern:
"Brother Xiao, is it really alright if such a thick bolt of lightning strikes? He's not at the Nature Platform."
"It's alright. I've incorporated the Lightning Tribulation mitigation function of the Nature Platform into our Mountain-Protecting Grand Formation. From now on, everyone won't be struck by lightning too severely when breaking through in the sect," Lin Xiao explained.
Upon hearing this, the others who had rushed over were relieved and quietly waited by the side for Sun Yigao to break through.
However, after looking around, Lin Xiao suddenly realized that one person was missing.
Someone who, normally, would never be absent from this event.
It's Senior Liao!
As Sun Yigao's master, he usually takes Sun Yigao's affairs very seriously, so why didn't he see a single figure—no, a mere shadow—this time?
Lin Xiao found it a bit strange.
Although Everbright Mountain is quite far away and there are some barriers due to the formation, it shouldn't be so great that we wouldn't have noticed such a commotion.
Suddenly, the system spoke:
[If disciple Sun Yigao successfully breaks through to the Nascent Soul, then the host, as the sect leader, will have a cultivation level nearly equal to his. Doesn't the host feel a sense of urgency?]