Standing nearby, Wang Defa’s lip twitched as he listened to Lu Ming and Xue Wuchang.
He couldn't help but educate them so they wouldn't embarrass themselves out in the world.
“You two, I’ve heard—just heard, mind you—that sometimes, when a female cultivator from the Joyous Union Sect meets a male cultivator she likes, she’ll actively invite him to dual cultivate. And it's the legitimate kind of dual cultivation, where both parties can increase their strength together...”
Hearing this, Lu Ming’s eyes widened.
“Are you sure you just 'heard' that? It wasn't from personal experience?”
Xue Wuchang also looked at Wang Defa in shock. “Exactly.”
Faced with their stares, Wang Defa was utterly speechless.
Did you guys completely miss the point?
Even so, he quickly explained, “Everything I said is true. I really did just hear about it...”
He was truly terrified that these two would ruin his reputation.
“Hmm... Actually, you don't need to explain. After all, your heart only belongs to Cuihua. I was just doubting the truth of that rumor.”
Lu Ming looked at Wang Defa as he spoke. After all, he had only ever heard that female cultivators of the Joyous Union Sect would suck other cultivators completely dry...
“Cough, cough...”
Just as Lu Ming finished speaking, Wang Defa began to cough fitfully.
So we're never letting this go, are we?
To hell with Cuihua, and to hell with the heartbreak...
Then, he cast a resentful gaze at the Grand Elder, wondering if this was all his doing.
Making me take the fall for him.
Meanwhile, the Grand Elder pretended not to notice Wang Defa's gaze.
“Let's depart!”
With the Grand Elder's final word, Lu Ming and the others bid farewell to the elders and boarded their respective spirit boats.
Standing on his spirit boat, Lu Ming roared at the top of his lungs, “Brothers, let's roll!”
“Woof!!”
“Alright!!”
“Clang, clang, clang... chugga, chugga, chugga...”
Accompanied by a series of strange noises, Lu Ming's spirit boat spewed black smoke and sparks as it rose into the air.
“Cough, cough, cough...”
The crowd standing by to see them off hadn't expected Lu Ming's spirit boat to suddenly start smoking and sparking the moment it took off.
In an instant, they were choked by the fumes.
Seriously, it's not like they're short on money. Can't they get a decent spirit boat?
The Grand Elder's lip twitched as he watched the spirit boat leave a trail of black smoke and flames.
How on earth did these bizarre things get passed down?
At this moment, Lu Ming was also utterly speechless. He had forgotten to instruct Diao San, who had gone ahead and prepared this kind of spirit boat for them again...
It seemed he was destined never to escape this worn-out chic aesthetic...
What a tragedy!
...
Meanwhile, inside the Thunder Pool, Tribulation Lightning and Punishment Lightning stared in terror at the center of the pool.
A powerful aura was spreading from that spot.
The two lightnings looked at each other, completely baffled by what was happening.
Boom!
Suddenly, a massive explosion rumbled from the depths of the Thunder Pool.
The violent, churning lightning liquid actually retreated all at once, as if bowing in worship to a supreme entity.
Immediately after, the two lightnings saw the center of the pool.
Purple-black and golden-white lightning gathered frantically, compressing layer upon layer.
In the next instant, a giant figure completely enveloped in lightning slowly rose. Every single arc of electricity around its body carried the aura of administering heavenly punishment.
It had no concrete form, yet it exuded a natural majesty. Just by quietly floating there, it made Tribulation Lightning and Punishment Lightning tremble all over, unable to even budge.
Feeling the overwhelming pressure emanating from this lightning figure, both lightnings were deeply shocked. They had no idea who this was.
Just then, the newly emerged figure flickered and appeared right next to them.
Crackle, pop...
“Ow, ow... Argh... It hurts, it hurts...”
Without a single word, the newly emerged lightning figure immediately gave the two lightnings a thorough beating.
The beating was so severe that the two lightnings almost dissipated.
“Do you know what you did wrong?”
Only when it saw that the two lightnings were on the verge of breaking apart did the new lightning figure speak.
“No!”
Punishment Lightning trembled all over as it replied.
Tribulation Lightning nodded in agreement. They truly had no idea what they had done wrong.
They were such outstanding lightnings; how could they possibly make a mistake?
This lightning guy must have made a mistake!
Hearing their replies, the new lightning figure raised its hand and thrashed them once more.
“My very awakening proves that you made a mistake, yet you still refuse to admit it...”
Tribulation Lightning shuddered and asked, “Who even are you?”
The lightning figure paused, falling silent for a moment before saying, “Did I not mention it?”
Hearing this, Punishment Lightning and Tribulation Lightning wished they could team up and beat this guy up.
Ultimately, they decided it was safer to just curse him out in their minds. After all, they couldn't win a fight.
At that moment, the lightning figure spoke up: “Listen up, both of you. I am the illustrious Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning.”
Punishment Lightning glanced at Tribulation Lightning. “Have you heard of him?”
Tribulation Lightning shook its head repeatedly. “Never heard of him!”
Hearing this, Punishment Lightning let out a sigh of relief and whispered, “Thank goodness I'm not the only lightning who hasn't heard of him...”
After all, the guy claimed to be "illustrious."
If they hadn't heard of him, wouldn't that make them look incredibly ignorant?
Hearing their conversation, the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning instantly flew into a rage.
They're looking down on me!
Smack! Smack!
The Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning gave them another round of beatings.
Only when it saw the two lightnings on the verge of falling apart again did the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning stop.
“Listen to me carefully. I am the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning, the ruler of all tribulations. It is precisely because of your poor professional performance that I have awakened.”
Hearing this, both lightnings cursed him to high heaven in their minds:
Whose performance is poor? Just because you're strong doesn't mean you can slander us lightnings however you want!
“Speak! Why haven't your recent targets met the quota? Why haven't those who deserved to be struck dead been killed?”
Hearing this, Tribulation Lightning instinctively retorted, “What do you mean 'deserved to be struck dead'? The Dao has fifty paths, but only forty-nine are manifest. There is no such thing as someone who 'deserves to be struck dead'...”
Zap! Crackle!
Before Tribulation Lightning could even finish its sentence, it was thrashed again by the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning.
Seeing Tribulation Lightning get beaten, Punishment Lightning was also terrified.
However, it didn't escape either and was beaten right along with it.
“Speak! Why do you always fail to meet the standard? If you can't give me a proper answer, you will dissipate...”
As soon as it finished speaking, the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning's aura surged violently, pressing down on the two lightnings so hard they were on the brink of dispersing.
The two lightnings trembled in terror.
Boohoo... Are we really going to die here today?
As for selling out Lu Ming, they never even considered it.
After all, once a big brother, always a big brother.
Since they called him big brother, they had to mean it.
Besides, this arrogant guy might not even be able to beat Big Brother!
They would just have Big Brother swallow him up later.
Tribulation Lightning's mind raced. It needed to pacify this hot-tempered guy first.
“Lord Wan Jie, spare us! We really don't know what's going on! We've been performing our duties strictly according to the mission slips...”
“Yes, yes... We followed the requirements to the letter.”
Punishment Lightning also chimed in repeatedly.
Looking at the two lightnings, the Ten Thousand Tribulations Lightning felt a bit puzzled. Could it be that there really isn't a problem?
But if there's no problem, why did I awaken?
Or did something else go wrong?
Whatever, it doesn't matter. Now that I've awakened, I'll keep an eye on things myself...
With that in mind, the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning spoke up: “Massage my shoulders...”
Hearing this order, both lightnings were dumbfounded. He's actually exploiting our labor!
The problem is, do you even have shoulders, you bastard? You think you're human?!
We really want to file a complaint!
But where the hell do we even file a complaint?
“Hmm? What's the matter?”
At that moment, the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning let out a cold snort.
“Oh... Oh... Lord Wan Jie, right away...”
Thus, the two of them obediently began to massage the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning's shoulders.
Where there is life, there is hope. We'll bide our time.
Big Brother is from the Qingshan Sect. He can definitely deal with this guy.
As they massaged, the two of them quietly communicated via electric signals:
“What do we do?”
“Find a chance to send word to Big Brother...”
...
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