lcionline Chapter 477 Breaking Through the Void Refinement Stage: A Tribulation of Inner Demons
Chapter 477 Breaking Through the Void Refinement Stage: A Tribulation of Inner Demons
Xuanheng: ...
He wondered if he had misheard.
"Junior Sister Rong, you're very brave."
They defied the rules and committed the crime.
Only Rong Shu would dare to do that.
Or perhaps, Rong Shu entered the school late, unlike other senior students who were in the same year as Xuan Heng or only a few years apart. He had suffered under Xuan Heng and experienced what it meant to be "in deep water and hot fire".
In private, whenever an older student mentions Xuan Heng, they can't help but curse him as "dog-like," "worse than a pig or a dog," or "a beast manifesting itself"...
Rong Shu maintained an innocent expression and smiled in response: "I was just mentioning it. Senior Brother Xuanheng is so wealthy and generous, perhaps he doesn't need such a small discount..."
As he spoke, he discreetly put away all the storage bags. The flying sword beneath his feet seemed to drift a little "unsteady," and was blown away a tiny bit by the wind.
She wasn't afraid of Xuan Heng at all.
Strictly speaking, Xuan Heng actually suffered a loss at her hands during the newborn ceremony.
"Ahem." Xuan Heng cleared his throat twice: "Listen up, everyone. Junior Sister Rong's time is very precious. If anyone wants to ask her to buy pills on their behalf, the quantity of each type of pill cannot exceed thirty bottles."
"They're all Nascent Soul stage cultivators, do they really need those spirit stones to buy pills? If word gets out, aren't they afraid of losing face for the academy?"
Upon hearing this, everyone lowered their heads in shame.
But some people muttered under their breath, dissatisfied: "Senior Brother Xuanheng, I really need..."
Xuan Heng replied expressionlessly, "No, you don't need it."
"I……"
"If you're short, go home and ask your mother for it!! Xu Zhu, I remember your hometown is near the border!" Xuan Heng glared at the student in annoyance.
When he doesn't understand?
Xu Zhu was afraid that someone would borrow his spirit stones or win them under the guise of a "challenge," so he simply sent most of his spirit stone possessions home to his mother to manage!
As a Nascent Soul cultivator, one doesn't need to eat, drink, or relieve oneself like ordinary people. Instead, one can spend all day in seclusion in a cave, saving spirit stones wherever possible.
You can't kill him with that!
After the troublemaker was suppressed, no one objected anymore. Xuan Heng's gaze swept over the crowd again, finally landing on a certain lucky person. He then changed the subject: "Hey you... Li Yang, you have so many spirit stones, so why don't you also order thirty bottles of Five Elements Spirit Pills for me? I'll put the bill on your tab and pay you back another day when I have time."
"Ah...no, I..." The student named Li Yang was struck dumb, as if he had been hit by lightning.
Xuan Heng didn't give anyone a chance to refuse and turned to leave.
Li Yang was left alone, on the verge of tears. His friend patted him on the shoulder sympathetically and said, "Take it easy... At worst, you can just go to Yun Shu for spirit stones."
Rong Shu was puzzled. Seeing that Xuanhe had flown back, he hurriedly asked in a low voice, "Senior Brother Xuanhe, what's going on?"
"Junior Sister Rong Shu, don't you know that fortune tellers all have three shortcomings and five flaws?"
"Diviners, who seize the creation of heaven and earth and calculate the vicissitudes of fate, are very likely to be punished by heaven. Therefore, the more proficient a cultivator is in divination, the more likely he is to lose something."
“Take Xuanheng, for example. He has lost his luck with money. Any money that passes through his hands will inevitably be lost within a few days due to various natural disasters or man-made calamities.”
Rong Shu was stunned. "But Senior Brother Xuanheng usually likes to play with three ancient bronze coins the most?"
Xuanhe's expression was strange, a mixture of amusement and apprehension. "...Do you think Xuanheng doesn't play with a few more copper coins? Is it because he doesn't want to?"
Rong Shu: ...Goodness, this is an angle she never thought of before.
Xuanhe: "Those three ancient bronze coins, it is said that Xuanheng went to great lengths to refine them into magical treasures so that they could be kept by his side to this day."
"Don't be fooled by his fancy clothes, he doesn't have many spirit stones left in his pocket."
Rong Shu was stunned: "That's terrible..."
Just by immersing herself in that situation, her million spirit stones vanished without a trace, all spent to avoid further trouble... She'd go crazy on the spot! She crawled in the shadows!
"So, what Senior Brother Xuanheng meant by keeping accounts... is like throwing good money after bad? Borrowing without ever getting it back?" No wonder Senior Brother Liyang, who was forced to borrow spirit stones, looked so miserable.
Xuanhe shrugged: "It's alright. Xuanheng knew long ago that he couldn't save any money or spirit stones, so if he got any rare treasures, he would basically leave them with Yun Shu. Asking him to return the spirit stones? It's better to just ask Yun Shu directly."
"But Yun Shu is not someone to be trifled with either; no one wants to go near her for no reason."
Upon hearing the inside story, Rong Shu was both amused and exasperated.
Then she remembered that Si Chenbi had also started practicing divination, and she couldn't help but worry about her: "Senior Brother Xuanhe, are all divination masters unlucky in wealth?"
"Well... it varies from person to person. Some people may even lack one of the five senses, or lack emotions, etc." Since he had nothing else to do, Xuanhe gave Rong Shu a science lesson.
"The tribulation lightning that a diviner faces when breaking through a major realm is ten times more terrifying than that faced by an ordinary cultivator."
"I reckon the reason why Xuanheng's cultivation has been hovering at the late Nascent Soul stage, close to the Great Perfection, is that he is not yet prepared to deal with the inner demon tribulation that will occur when he breaks through to the Void Refinement stage."
"When breaking through from the Nascent Soul stage to the Void Refinement stage, in addition to the usual tribulation of lightning to temper the body, there is also a tribulation of inner demons. If you are not careful, you will not only fail to break through, but also lose your cultivation and cause your realm to drop. Even worse, if you develop inner demons as a result, you may never have any hope of breaking through to the Void Refinement stage in this lifetime."
"Junior Sister Rong Shu, although you are not a diviner, the inner demon tribulation is still quite torturous. If you ever cultivate to the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, you must remember this: make thorough preparations before attempting to break through your realm!"
Rong Shu, whose true cultivation level was already at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, felt inexplicably a little guilty.
She is going to Buzhou Domain.
The entire Buzhou Domain is filled with nightmare energy...
When her Primordial Spiritual Root came into contact with Nightmare Qi, it was like a cat encountering catnip—it frantically inhaled and absorbed it!
Rong Shu was genuinely a little worried. Would this journey to Buzhou Domain be like the one in the Big Dipper Secret Realm where he accidentally absorbed too much Nightmare Qi and his cultivation level skyrocketed?
It shouldn't be... right?
At that time, I was only at the Golden Core stage and couldn't withstand the absorption.
She's now in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, so she should be quite resistant to being drained, right?
It shouldn't be that easy to break through to the Void Refinement stage, right?
Regardless, Rong Shu was determined to resist the urge to absorb the nightmare energy!
Because she really wasn't ready!
Breaking through to the Void Refinement stage in the Buzhou Domain, facing the inner demon tribulation without any preparation... just thinking about it makes it seem very risky!
This kind of distress, which had no one to confide in, continued until Rong Shu and his group arrived at the border town separating the Shenfeng Domain and the Buzhou Domain.