Chapter 392: Two Lin Xuns

The fifth Pill Tribulation was less a tribulation and more like a scroll painting.

Above the thunderclouds, the lightning was predominantly blue, depicting mountains, rivers, kingdoms, and the mortal world.

The entire scroll unfurled, reflecting the scenery of Tianji City as if it were truly real.

People in the city looked up and could see within that “scroll” drawn by lightning: street vendors shouting, children playing, and Elders playing chess.

The entire scroll was like a mirage in the desert, or a true city in the heavens inhabited by celestial beings.

Two cities.

One in the heavens, one in the mortal world.

Each was the other’s reflection.

Only the black-clad man stood between them, untainted by a speck of dust.

It seemed as if he was the one separating heaven and earth, making him someone the world could not tolerate.

“Sizzle.”

A bolt of lightning streaked across the heavenly scroll.

The lightning was like a sharp knife, tearing the scroll apart.

Then, the heavenly city gradually blurred.

To be precise, it was gradually melting.

It was as if the blue ink used to draw this scroll was being melted by thunderfire, and even the canvas was turning into lightning water.

Melting, condensing, taking shape.

A blue longsword hung high above Lin Xun’s head.

Without any warning, the blue lightning longsword plunged toward the crown of Lin Xun’s head!

What a magnificent bolt of falling lightning!

Everyone felt, in unison, that once the light faded, the black-shirted man holding the long spear would have his body and soul obliterated.

But no one expected what happened next.

In just the blink of an eye, the falling lightning came to a halt.

The trail of light from the longsword remained, but at its tip, it was met head-on by the black long spear.

Spear tip against sword tip.

The longsword wanted to pierce the ground of the manor and destroy everything.

But a man with a long spear blocked its path!

It couldn’t advance an inch; it could only tremble incessantly.

Finally, under the violent trembling of the lightning sword, an oval of brilliant white bloomed at the tip of the black spear.

On either side of the brilliant white oval, thin lines sliced through the black sky like the break of dawn, like the light of creation.

Everyone quickly closed their eyes.

Even so, they still felt the brilliant white light forcing its way into their vision, threatening to bleach their eyeballs white!

After a long time, when the light that illuminated heaven and earth vanished, everyone opened their eyes one after another.

He was still in the same position; the man’s figure hadn’t moved an inch.

But the longsword formed from lightning had already vanished.

“Condense!”

Inside the courtyard, the refinement of the Medicinal Pill continued.

The sixth Heavenly Tribulation fell accordingly.

The Pill Tribulation took the form of a galaxy of lightning.

Holding his spear, Lin Xun leaped into the galaxy.

Holding the long spear with both hands, Lin Xun thrust dark brake straight down, its black spear light piercing through the galaxy.

But it wasn’t over yet.

Lin Xun gripped the spear shaft tightly as his arms suddenly exerted force, his sleeves tearing open.

From bottom to top, as if delivering a final blow, he sliced through the endless lightning.

The massive Spear Qi formed a hundred-meter-high wave, directly cutting the galaxy apart.

“Absorb Spirit!”

Must Not Die shouted once more.

As soon as Must Not Die’s voice fell, the Spirit Gathering Magic Formations set up in the courtyard began to operate frantically, as if they were going to run themselves into destruction within these ten breaths.

Indeed, as spiritual energy surged madly into the Pill Furnace, the Spirit Gathering Magic Formations built at great expense began to crack and disintegrate one by one!

The seventh Heavenly Tribulation was a woman formed from lightning.

She wore a Ruqun, her eyes were deep blue, devoid of sorrow or joy, and she was exceptionally beautiful.

In Lin Xun’s eyes, she looked one part like Qinger, one part like Wang Xing, one part like Wang Chen, one part like Bai Luoxue, one part like Su Ying, and one part like Nong Qin.

In short, she shared a resemblance with every beautiful young woman Lin Xun had ever met.

Yet, in the eyes of others, she looked completely different.

Regardless, everyone in Tianji City who saw her was entranced.

It was as if her appearance perfectly matched their own personal preferences.

But just as everyone was immersed in the lightning woman’s beauty, Lin Xun showed no mercy.

With a single thrust of his spear, before the lightning woman could make a move, she perished, turning into countless spots of light that scattered in the air.

Lin Xun thought she would do something and had even braced himself.

It turned out the lightning-formed woman really did just vanish, leaving Lin Xun somewhat bewildered.

“Form Pill!”

Must Not Die, his clothes completely soaked in sweat, let out a loud shout.

The eighth Pill Tribulation arrived.

Above the thunderclouds, Divine Beings beat drums, dancers waved their sleeves, goddesses played the zither, young girls played the flute, and men danced with swords…

The next moment, all these “people” suddenly turned their heads to look at Lin Xun.

The sound of drums turned into birds, the long sleeves into a river, the zither music into a lightning Dragon, the flute notes into thunder, and the longswords left the men’s hands.

They all lunged toward Lin Xun.

“Emerge from the furnace!”

Before the eighth Pill Tribulation had even ended, following Must Not Die’s shout, everyone performed hand seals, and the Cauldron slowly opened.

At this moment, whether it was Must Not Die, Zhu Ling, or the other Elders of the Medicine King Valley, bright red blood flowed from all seven of their orifices.

This was the result of them refining their pill-controlling techniques to the absolute limit, putting an immense burden on their bodies and Spiritual Veins.

At this moment, all the Cultivators of the Medicine King Valley were like a bow drawn to its absolute limit.

It was highly possible for any string to snap at any moment.

And in this final step of emerging from the furnace, if anyone made even the slightest mistake, all their previous efforts would be in vain.

The Pill Furnace opened fully, and Medicinal Pills emerged one by one.

In an instant, the entire Tianji City Lords Manor, and even the whole of Tianji City, was filled with a faint, refreshing fragrance.

Aside from the main pill, the other Medicinal Pills melted into liquid and continuously gathered toward the pill above the main furnace.

Meanwhile, Lin Xun dealt with the eighth Pill Tribulation.

The eighth Pill Tribulation was not easy.

Lin Xun felt extremely uncomfortable, especially since the eighth Pill Tribulation had actually affected the Dao, dragging out his old injuries.

But Lin Xun wasn’t given any time to catch his breath.

The ninth Pill Tribulation arrived.

In the eyes of the millions of Cultivators in Tianji City, a man stepped out from the thunderclouds.

He also wore a black shirt.

He also held a long spear.

He also wore that Shura mask.

He stepped down, one pace at a time.

And stood before Lin Xun.

“Two Lin Xuns?”

Sikong Jing looked at the scene in the sky in disbelief.

Lin Xun took a deep breath and gripped dark brake tightly.

dark brake let out a trembling hum.

Lin Xun knew that the other “him” before him was a lifeless entity formed from lightning and the Dao.

But even though it was such a lifeless thing.

Lin Xun clearly saw his former self in it.

The former self who had not yet suffered the great dao injury, was at the Spirit Refining Realm Perfection, and was about to Merge with the Dao.