Chapter 288: Dan Tribulation

“Heavenly Tribulation?”

This Heavenly Tribulation arrived so suddenly and inexplicably that everyone was shocked. They didn’t understand why something like a Heavenly Tribulation would appear at the scene of the Dan Assembly.

Normally, a Heavenly Tribulation should only appear when a powerhouse is making a Breakthrough, approaching or exceeding the limits of a world…

“Its power isn’t that strong.”

The moment the Heavenly Tribulation appeared, many Void Profound old monsters were startled. However, upon discovering that the tribulation’s power was quite weak—roughly equivalent to the strength of a Golden Core—they breathed a sigh of relief.

Since they hadn’t triggered this level of Heavenly Tribulation, even if it affected them, it wouldn’t be much; its power wouldn’t increase significantly.

That being said, just to be safe, these old monsters still moved a bit further away.

“No need to panic.”

Then, Lin Jing, who was at the Alchemy site, spoke up slowly once more.

“This Heavenly Tribulation is actually a Dan Tribulation.”

“It has come for the pill.”

“In our unique Thunder Refinement Method, once the pill is formed, it must survive a Dan Tribulation to be considered a success.”

“So, what follows is the final step of our Alchemy—”

“It basically won’t affect Cultivators, but—as for other Medicinal Pills, I cannot say.”

As Lin Jing finished speaking, the entire audience was stunned.

Dan Tribulation?

The Three Great Pill Sects fell silent.

A Dan Tribulation was something none of them had ever heard of, but the ‘Thunder Refinement Method’ Lin Jing mentioned gave the Three Great Pill Sects pause.

Though they didn’t know what this Thunder Refinement Method was, for it to allow a Medicinal Pill to attract a Heavenly Tribulation… just what kind of pill was this Longevity Physique refining?

They were certain that any Heavenly Tribulation was not easily attracted. Even if Lin Jing and his partner’s exotic flame was the high-quality Heavenly Thunder Flame, thinking it could cause such a commotion was absolute wishful thinking.

That left only one possibility: the pill Lin Jing was refining seemed to be a forbidden type as well.

The Three Great Pill Sects originally didn’t have high expectations for Lin Jing’s pill, but now, watching the suddenly falling lightning, they felt…

That things were not so simple.

“Fuck!” Knowing it was a Dan Tribulation, the Void Profound old monsters were relieved, but at this moment, the other alchemists also at the Alchemy site were dumbfounded.

Just as Lin Jing said, this Dan Tribulation indeed didn’t affect Cultivators much, but it certainly affected the pills!

With a loud boom, the Heavenly Tribulation struck the Transformation Pill spat out by the Dragon Carp. After the startling lightning fell, this Rank 3 pill was unexpectedly unscathed, but in that instant, the tribulation lightning fluctuations descending on the Alchemy site scattered in all directions.

The residual lightning also locked onto the unformed pills of the other contestants.

Lin Jing had experimented with this Dan Tribulation; it didn’t target people, only pills. If there were other pills around a Transformation Pill that hadn’t yet passed its Dan Tribulation,

They would definitely be affected.

This resulted in the moment the Transformation Pill was formed, with a’shatter’ sound, the furnaces of the alchemists still refining at the Dan Assembly scene directly exploded!

Though they had withstood the might of the Heavenly Thunder Flame, they could not withstand the influence of the Dan Tribulation.

In this instant, the competing alchemists felt like killing someone.

Even Kikyō, who initially had no ill will toward Lin Jing, stared blankly at her exploded pill in a daze.

“God damn it—”

But immediately following that, as Lin Jing took hold of the Transformation Pill, they took deep breaths, unable to suppress their curiosity about what this pill was.

Why could it attract a Dan Tribulation?

The Dan Assembly lasted for several days, and any pill refined within those days was considered a success. Since Lin Jing had already finished, even though their furnaces had exploded, they could just refine another one next…

“Finally succeeded—”

At this time, Lin Jing, holding the Transformation Pill, revealed a smile.

He looked toward the Three Great Pill Sects and spoke, “Senior from the Sun Moon Pill Sovereign, may I test the pill now?”

“You may.” The Sun Moon Pill Sovereign expert took a deep breath and said, “I wonder what kind of pill you have refined and what its name is.”

“To attract a Dan Tribulation is unheard of. Both you and it are excellent; you truly live up to being a Dan Beast with the Bloodline of a flame Rare Beast——”

Lin Jing held the pill and said, “This pill has two names. One of them stems from its effect, but allow me to keep you in suspense for a moment.”

“The second name is ‘Death’; it is a pill that can bring death.”

Death?

The crowd was perplexed.

“Just putting on a show.” Many powerhouses waiting for the Dan Assembly to end to see Lin Jing’s final fate snorted coldly. Although Lin Jing had shown potential that could interest the Tongtian Pagoda, they didn’t believe the Tongtian Tower Master would necessarily make that choice.

The most critical point was that powerhouses from the Yin Corpse Sect and Gu God Sect also seemed to be present. If these two Great Demonic Sects were determined to have Lin Jing, then the Tongtian Tower Master would have to weigh his options.

After all, no matter how one looked at it, Lin Jing came from the Ancient Kingdom, and the relationship between the Tongtian Pagoda and the Ancient Kingdom was not very good.

As for the Yin Corpse Sect and Gu God Sect, their relationship with the Ancient Kingdom was even worse. These two Great Demonic Sects were also major powers with Asking Dao experts backing them. An enemy’s enemy might not be a friend, but there was no need to provoke them.

The Tongtian Pagoda had no deep-seated blood feuds with the Yin Corpse Sect or the Gu God Sect.

Therefore, most people believed that the Tongtian Tower Master would only protect Lin Jing in an extremely unlikely scenario.

The greater possibility was that he would only want the Dragon Carp, regardless of whether Lin Jing lived or died.

“I now need a pill tester.”

Lin Jing spoke. Before he could state the requirements for the pill tester, thunder suddenly rumbled in the distance. Accompanied by a dragon’s roar, a divine dragon bathed in lightning flew in from afar.

It quickly flew to the Alchemy site and arrived before Lin Jing.

“Me, me, me!”

“The Thunder Dragon Princess!”

Most people present were naturally familiar with the Thunder Dragon Princess, but they were very surprised. They didn’t understand why the little princess of the Thunder Dragon Clan would proactively appear to test a pill for Lin Jing.

Weren’t there rumors before that Lin Jing had defeated and repelled the Thunder Dragon Princess when she came to challenge the Ancient Kingdom’s Prodigies?

How was it that now, this Thunder Dragon Princess was willingly coming to test a pill for Lin Jing!

Was she won over by this Longevity Physique’s strength?

“Thunder Dragon, lightning Spiritual Plant, Dan Tribulation… as expected, this is a lightning-attribute pill,” some alchemists speculated.

“Alright, it’s you then.”

Lin Jing directly threw the Transformation Pill to her. The Thunder Dragon Princess swallowed it as if it were a precious treasure, completely unconcerned that this pill had been spat out by the Dragon Carp next to him.

The next instant.

The tribulation clouds that had just dispersed gathered once more.

“How the hell is it back again?” Among the Dan Assembly contestants, a small number of people who needed a long time for Alchemy didn’t dare waste time and had just restarted their fires. They didn’t expect the Heavenly Tribulation to return, and their hearts nearly collapsed.

However, this time, it wasn’t a Dan Tribulation!

With a loud boom, the Transformation Tribulation Lightning fell. For a Yao Beast Prodigy like the Thunder Dragon Princess, this level of Transformation Tribulation Lightning was nothing at all. Bathed in the lightning, she couldn’t help but let out a moan. Then, just as everyone was wondering about the pill’s effect, a scene appeared that made everyone’s pupils shrink.

Amidst the spreading brilliance, the Thunder Dragon Princess’s massive body rapidly shrank within the lightning. Then—it slowly outlined a graceful human figure!