This tribulation lightning struck for a full half-night.
A total of ninety-nine eighty-one Lightning Tribulations… not a single one missed, striking Su Qing’s body.
Because of this, for the entire latter half of the night, Su Qing was bathed in that lightning glow.
The hardship involved naturally goes without saying.
If today’s Lightning Tribulation were to be faced by other Earthly Immortals…
It’s estimated that nine out of ten would perish here.
After all, even Su Qing nearly succumbed in this Lightning Tribulation…
If Su Qing hadn’t been struck by Lightning Tribulations every now and then before.
She might really not have been able to withstand this night’s Lightning Tribulation.
However, although Lightning Tribulations are terrifying, the benefits after enduring them are also considerable.
Although Su Qing’s experience this time was arduous, she overcame it nonetheless…
Naturally, she also gained no small benefits.
At this moment, the Lightning Tribulation ended… and the morning sun began to rise.
At the same time, dense purple qi, accompanied by the rising sun, shone upon Su Qing…
Drilling into her limbs and bones!
While repairing her body… it also increased her cultivation.
Su Qing’s tribulation ended…
And Gongsun Zhixue, who had been frightened by the thunder all night, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
“Big Green Snake’s Lightning Tribulation is finally over… This Lightning Tribulation was truly terrifying.”
“When I undergo tribulation in the future, will I also be struck for so long?”
“Hiss, it’s too scary! I must cultivate diligently… otherwise, after undergoing the Lightning Tribulation, wouldn’t I not even have a tree stump left?”
Gongsun Zhixue saw how terrifying Su Qing’s tribulation was last night…
She couldn’t help but worry if her future tribulation would also be such a terrifying Lightning Tribulation.
“I wonder if Big Green Snake’s tribulation went smoothly, but since it struck all night… it should have been smooth, right?”
Gongsun Zhixue looked at the auspicious clouds in the sky and couldn’t help but think.
In the sky.
Su Qing slowly opened her eyes.
She exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.
At this time, Su Qing had already absorbed most of the purple qi after the Lightning Tribulation ended.
Naturally, there was no need to continue floating here.
The rest would be slowly digested later when she had time.
“This Lightning Tribulation was truly perilous… If I hadn’t been struck by lightning so much, gaining experience, I really wouldn’t have made it through.”
“However, what exactly happened with this Lightning Tribulation? Why was it so much stronger?”
“Is it one of the Three Calamities? No, that shouldn’t be possible… It hasn’t been five hundred years yet!”
“Tsk, what a headache. Although there are many benefits after the tribulation… the questions are just as numerous.”
Regarding this Lightning Tribulation, Su Qing could think of quite a few possibilities.
Among them, the one Su Qing felt was most likely related to cultivation techniques and incantations…
But the deeper causes and effects within, Su Qing couldn’t grasp or explain clearly.
Unable to find an answer, Su Qing could only shake her head and stop thinking.
Rather than adding to her troubles, it was better to go back and digest her gains first.
Su Qing looked at her tattered clothes and couldn’t help but smile.
She then transformed, changing into a new set of clothes.
Only then did she return to the courtyard.
Gongsun Zhixue, seeing Su Qing return, immediately spoke out:
“How was it, how did the tribulation feel?”
“Hmm… hard to say, or how about I take you with me next time?” Su Qing was startled by the question and retorted.
“I’m sorry, I was wrong. Please don’t take me with you next time! If I undergo tribulation with you, I’m afraid I won’t even have my roots left.”
Gongsun Zhixue didn’t know what she had done wrong, but she apologized first.
Su Qing gave a helpless smile and said, “Alright, I was just joking, so what exactly did you want to ask?”
“Actually… I’m just curious why you suddenly underwent tribulation again.”
Su Qing shook her head and said, “Honestly, I don’t know why myself…”
“But aren’t you the one undergoing tribulation?”
“But I truly don’t understand the cause and effect. Perhaps I cultivated too quickly?”
Although Su Qing had some conjectures, she obviously couldn’t tell Gongsun Zhixue, so she smiled:
“Heh heh, you should cultivate well! Lest you fail to pass the Lightning Tribulation in the future!”
“Hmph, who are you looking down on?!”
Gongsun Zhixue said with a dissatisfied expression:
“Oh, and one more thing! I remember, didn’t you plant a seed in the corner of the courtyard?”
“Oh? That seed sprouted?”
“Yes, last night when you were undergoing tribulation… that seed sprouted with the sound of thunder.”
Gongsun Zhixue nodded, pointing to a small sapling in the corner and said:
“That seed grew so quickly! In just half a night, it has already grown to this size.”
Su Qing looked in the direction Gongsun Zhixue pointed.
Indeed, the seed had sprouted at this moment.
And it had already grown into a small sapling.
This sapling wasn’t tall, only about thirty to forty centimeters…
And its appearance had nothing special about it, looking no different from other Bodhi saplings.
“I didn’t expect this seed to sprout last night, and grow so quickly…”
Su Qing looked at the unremarkable sapling, couldn’t help but rub her chin, and thought:
“Is there some connection between this sapling and the Lightning Tribulation? Or rather, is there some connection between the voice of Patriarch Bodhi last night and this sapling?”
Su Qing looked at the sapling… for a moment, she had no clue.
However, she could feel a faint, inexplicable connection between herself and this sapling.
This connection wasn’t very deep; she could only sense it.
Su Qing wasn’t even very clear about its use.
Shaking her head, Su Qing decided to go rest for a while first.
Too many things had happened in that half-night.
She felt her brain was a bit overloaded.
Even her brow felt a little sore…
She rubbed her brow, then chatted with Gongsun Zhixue for a couple of sentences before turning and returning to the inner room.
“Congratulations, Master, on successfully passing the tribulation!”
Leng Xiang, seeing Su Qing return, also offered her congratulations.
At the same time, she brought her the nutritious porridge she had prepared.
She had naturally noticed Su Qing leaving to undergo tribulation last night.
The reason she didn’t come out to greet Su Qing this morning when she returned.
Was because the nutritious porridge was in its final stage of cooking and couldn’t be wasted.
“Thank you…” Su Qing thanked her and took the porridge to drink.
Leng Xiang stood by, watching Su Qing with a doting smile.
As she watched, she suddenly noticed some changes on Su Qing’s face.
The vertical flower mark on her brow seemed to have become even more vibrant.
So rich that it looked as if it was about to bleed.
Leng Xiang pondered for a moment and then told Su Qing about it.
Su Qing heard this and touched her brow, but found no blood flowing out…
She raised an eyebrow and mused:
“Perhaps it’s because of the tribulation? Nothing particularly worth worrying about. This flower mark has always been there; if it’s a bit richer, then it’s a bit richer!”
The mark on her brow had existed since she was a snake.
After transforming into human form, this mark also remained, becoming a flower mark placed on her brow…
Because it was an everyday thing, Su Qing had never paid attention to it.
So, even when Leng Xiang brought up the flower mark this time, she still didn’t pay much attention.
Leng Xiang saw that Su Qing was not surprised, so she nodded.
Then she didn’t mention the flower mark again…
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