10. How Can I Be Worthy?
The clear sky, cloudless for miles, suddenly became overcast, and a faint rumbling could be heard from afar.
The rumbling seemed to be just ordinary thunder. In this season, a sudden thunderstorm was not unusual.
But after this clap of thunder, Gong Yiling couldn’t help but freeze. As if by a mystical sense, she couldn’t help but look up.
Although she was inside and couldn’t see the outside…
“Thunder tribulation?” Yan Chuyue, also noticing her state, stood up in disbelief. “How can it be a thunder tribulation!?”
The tribulation Gong Yiling was facing could have been water, fire, wind, or any other element, but why was it the most unlikely, the thunder tribulation!?
Gong Yiling frowned and asked, “In your original setting, you didn’t write about the possibility of a thunder tribulation when advancing to the Earthly Nether realm, did you?”
“No.” Yan Chuyue shook her head firmly. “I thought having only thunder tribulations was a bit boring, so I added the five elements tribulations.”
“These tribulations were actually quite interesting to set up, and they were much better to write than just a simple thunder tribulation. And my editor didn’t object—”
So, for her to encounter a thunder tribulation at this realm, the probability was lower than stepping on dog poop.
“Rumble—!”
The second clap of thunder came, and the sky lit up with a brilliant light. The dazzling colors stunned everyone, because this light was actually… golden.
Now, no one would mistake this for an ordinary thunderstorm.
A golden thunder tribulation, undoubtedly a thunder tribulation, and one that only appeared when a genius who could become a great leader was undergoing a tribulation.
This scene also made many of the Hundred Paths Mountain disciples who were still in the border city want to find out who this person was.
On the one hand, they could get to know this person in advance, so they could ask for a small favor in the future.
On the other hand, they also wanted to find some outstanding cultivators. If they could recruit such a cultivator into their own sect, they would also get some rewards.
Until—the thunderclouds in the sky became more and more numerous, so much so that the entire border city was covered by a vast black cloud.
It was as if “the black clouds are pressing down on the city, and the city is about to be destroyed.”
The scale of this thunder tribulation had far exceeded that of an ordinary golden thunder tribulation. Even the nine-fold golden thunder tribulation they had seen before was not as grand as this.
This… what kind of tribulation was this? And who was undergoing it?
Could it be that after today, a supreme cultivator of the Venerable rank would appear in this world?
For such a person to appear in this border city was like a dream to them.
However, they certainly wouldn’t have thought that the woman who had caused this celestial phenomenon was looking at the increasingly exaggerated thunderclouds outside the window, her mouth forming an “O.”
What the hell was this? She was just advancing to the mere Earthly Nether realm. A sudden thunder tribulation was already absurd enough, and the scale of this thunder tribulation was heading towards the ninety-nine-fold heavenly thunder tribulation. Was this trying to kill her?
“System, get your ass out here!” Gong Yiling roared at the system in her mind. “Are you kidding me? What kind of person are you, making me go through this!?”
The system said slowly, “The Heavenly Saint Technique of the Myriad Paths is a heaven-defying art. And the host’s body has both Daoist and demonic cultivation techniques, which is not tolerated by heaven and earth. It’s normal for the heavenly thunder to want to eliminate the host in advance.”
This?
This guy’s ability to speak so nonchalantly had probably reached a new level.
“I suspect you’re just trying to kill me.” Miss Gong complained speechlessly. “Normally, at this time, you should be trying to find a way for me to get through this. Even if you just made up some nonsense, I would have thought you tried.”
The system still maintained its original tone, or rather, it had always only had one tone. “When soldiers come, generals block. When water comes, earth covers. The host’s thunder tribulation can only be solved by the host herself. And—this is not without a solution.”
Honestly, this was quite irresponsible.
How could the system know that the danger she was facing had reached a fatal level? But on the other hand, why was the system so sure that the saying “when soldiers come, generals block, when water comes, earth covers” could be applied to her?
Perhaps…
“The wind is soughing, and the river is cold~” Seeing that the thunderclouds in the sky seemed to be on the verge of erupting, Miss Gong suddenly said, “What’s the next line?”
Yan Chuyue was still thinking about how to salvage this situation, but hearing Gong Yiling’s question, she instinctively replied, “Once the hero is gone, he will never return. No, why are you saying such an unlucky thing?”
“You have to be prepared before you can face this thundercloud.”
Gong Yiling took a deep breath, then turned and smiled at Yan Chuyue. “I want an extra dish for dinner tonight. I’ll have to trouble the nutritionist.”
“You—”
As Yan Chuyue was about to say something, she saw the confidence shining in the girl’s eyes, a confidence she had always seen.
Many impossible things had become reality after this. And now, perhaps it would be no different.
“It’s still too early for dinner. We’ll talk about it when you get back.”
As she finished speaking, she tossed a bottle of pills to Gong Yiling and continued, “These are some quasi-Immortal grade healing pills and Heaven-grade, top-grade body-protecting pills I found among those pills. Don’t worry about how many there are. I can refine them anyway.”
“Have I ever been polite to you?”
“That’s true.”
After their tacit exchange, the two couldn’t help but smile at each other. The next moment, Gong Yiling jumped out the window and, alone, looked up at the flashing lightning and churning golden light.
Although she wasn’t panicking, facing this thunder tribulation, she did feel a suffocating pressure.
“I’m probably the first cultivator in this world to face a ninety-nine-fold heavenly thunder tribulation with a Soul Origin realm body, right?” Gong Yiling took out the heart sword from her mind, and as the sword’s light shone, most of the pressure on her heart dissipated.
“It’s very likely that the host will also be the cultivator who will face the nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-fold thunder punishment with an Earthly Nether realm body.”
Gong Yiling: “…Although I know you’re joking, can you not say such a terrifying thing when I’m trying to cheer myself up?”
“I’m telling the truth.”
“Come to think of it.” Gong Yiling shrugged. “If I take your good words, then it seems I have to work harder.”
