TBIP: Chapter 32 Part 2

No matter how Lou Xingyao looked at this pattern, it didn’t fit Wen Hanshan’s personality.

Thinking about it, Lou Xingyao couldn’t help casting a puzzled look at the other person.

“This golden-red pattern is carried in the Sword Dao Stone itself and I don’t know what it is.” This pattern was indeed not in line with Wen Hanshan’s personality.

In the process of polishing it, he also thought about removing it but it never worked.

“Maybe it is the peculiarity of the Sword Dao Stone itself.” Lou Xingyao pondered for a moment and couldn’t think of why.

Then he thought about the special features of this Sword Dao Stone. It didn’t seem strange that there were some peculiar places.

“Well, it doesn’t affect the attributes.” Wen Hanshan nodded. At the same time, he also had a premonition in his heart. Once his natal weapon was fully formed, he would be able to know the whole picture.

After realizing this, he stopped competing with the decorative pattern.

Buzz.

Lou Xingyao and Wen Hanshan only exchanged a few words, but the Sword Dao Stone couldn’t help letting out a buzz again. It was as if it was expressing dissatisfaction with Lou Xingyao’s neglect.

For a while, Lou Xingyao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He couldn’t help reaching out to lightly tap on the hilt of the sword. “I thought you had become sensible?”

Buzz. The Sword Dao buzzed again before flying behind Lou Xingyao.

“You can’t say anything now?” Lou Xingyao couldn’t help chuckling as he turned around and faced the Sword Dao Stone once more.

The Sword Dao Stone seemed to want to fly behind Lou Xingyao again, but endured it.

Then it flew in front of Lou Xingyao and trembled. Buzz.

“Okay okay, you are good, good!” Lou Xingyao hurriedly coaxed it.

The Sword Dao Stone really had the heart of a child. The moment it heard these words, it shook up and down in front of Lou Xingyao again.

Even if it couldn’t speak, the cheerful emotions in its heart were easily felt. It was obviously coaxed by Lou Xingyao’s words.

This cute appearance made Lou Xingyao laugh again.

At this moment, the Sword Dao Stone couldn’t leave Wen Hanshan’s dantian for too long.

After playing with Lou Xingyao, it returned to Wen Hanshan’s side. The next moment, its figure shook and it disappeared into the air.

The Sword Dao Stone hadn’t wandered in front of Lou Xingyao for a long time, but it was enough for him to clearly see that the Sword Dao Stone had been completely polished.

Lou Xingyao realized this and understood that Wen Hanshan’s chance to build the foundation tomorrow might indeed be affected by Ye Hantian, but more than that, it was to follow the flow. Therefore, he didn’t say anything else.

—

Boom!

In a hidden place at the outskirts of the Endless Forest, the sky was covered with dark clouds that stretched out for miles. Thunderclaps could be heard from the center.

Those with a bit of experience would know at a glance that this was the manifestation of someone in the midst of the thunder tribulation.

The thunderstorm was huge. This might be an extremely remote place, but many onlookers were attracted.

Due to the rules of the Heavenly Dao, everyone didn’t dare to cross the line. Still, it didn’t stop them from gathering together in twos or threes not far from the range of the thunder tribulation.

Anyone who concentrated for a moment could hear the conversation of the onlookers.

“Someone is actually going through the thunder tribulation here.”

“You’ve only been here for a short time, haven’t you? There are many people who pass the tribulation in the Endless Forest. You can see one almost every few years.”

“It is true that I just came here. However, why do I feel like I haven’t seen this type of thunderstorm before? Is it the golden core tribulation?”

“It isn’t like that. The golden core tribulation is much more powerful than this. At most, it is foundation building.”

“Hiss. Can a foundation building tribulation be so big?”

“It is indeed a bit rare. I also asked a foundation building senior before I determined the level.”

“Can this person handle it?”

“Heaven is ruthless. Who can say for sure?”

……

Perhaps it was a matter of putting oneself in another’s shoes. Unless it involved a deep grudge, cultivators rarely speculated recklessly about the outcome of someone else’s tribulation. At most, they would say something vague, just like the people not gathered outside the tribulation range.

Even so, many people could hear some clues from the other person’s tone.

Most people weren’t optimistic about the person going through the thunder tribulation.

They couldn’t be blamed for being like this. The thunderstorm this time was really a bit huge.

For an ordinary foundation building thunder tribulation, the tribulation clouds only stretched out for around a mile or so.

Those with outstanding talent or had a negative causal burden might experience a stronger one, but most of them were only three miles.

Meanwhile, the thunderstorm in front of them was almost five miles.

Even if the first heavenly thunderbolt hadn’t fallen yet, the cultivators could see that the terrifying power contained in the tribulation clouds was completely beyond the strength of qi condensation cultivators.

Lou Xingyao, who was standing in the crowd at this moment, naturally listened to these conversations. For a while, he became more and more anxious as he stared into the eyes of the person standing in the center of the thunder tribulation.

That’s right. The person standing in the middle of the tribulation clouds at this moment and preparing to cross the tribulation was Wen Hanshan.

As early as when he had a premonition of the timing of his foundation building, Wen Hanshan had already made a choice about the place of the tribulation.

Yesterday, when discussing the time to build the foundation with Lou Xingyao, the two of them didn’t delay much. After simply cleaning up, they came to this Feng Shui treasure land selected by Wen Hanshan.

During this period, after putting up layers of protective formations on the outside, Wen Hanshan let go of the power suppressed in his body.

Almost the next moment, there were clouds in the sky that converged on top of Wen Hanshan.

In less than half a day, the thunderclouds that gathered together had already covered a cloudless sky.

During this period, the range of the clouds continued to expand so that Lou Xingyao had to retreat several times.

Unlike Lou Xingyao’s apprehension, Wen Hanshan seemed to have expected this situation.

Even at this moment, the thunderclouds gathered overhead were already flashing with lightning. The fierce style didn’t make Wen Hanshan’s expression change in the slightest.

It wasn’t known if the thunderclouds finally gathered or if it really couldn’t stand Wen Hanshan’s indifferent expression.

Finally—

Boom!

As everyone was making comments, dazzling lightning flashed in the black, oppressive thunderclouds. Then a thunderbolt fell.

The momentum was so great that the hearts of the onlookers couldn’t help trembling. Immediately, someone couldn’t help exhaling. “Isn’t it just the first thunderbolt? How can it be so powerful?”

Yes, this was the first thunderbolt!

As everyone knew, the thunderbolts during the tribulation would become more powerful. Once it came to the last one, it was often several times stronger than the first one.

Now, the first thunderbolt faced by Wen Hanshan was already comparable to the intensity of the last thunderbolt of some cultivators.

Even among the onlookers, many of whom were well-informed people, what they were witnessing now was something entirely unheard of.

Many of them even started to speculate that Wen Hanshan was an extremely vicious person riddled with cause and effect. This was why he attracted such an exaggerated thunder tribulation.

Lou Xingyao no longer had the energy to pay attention to these groundless rumors. All his energy was attention by the person in the middle of the clouds.

The thunderbolt hit the ground and the stones on the ground were shattered to powder. He couldn’t help clenching his fists.

Finally, after the light of the first thunderbolt dissipated, Lou Xingyao also saw Wen Hanshan’s current appearance.

The thunderbolt was strong but it didn’t seem to have much impact on him.

Wen Hanshan still had a straight back line in the beginning. Lou Xingyao could even see a bit of relaxation on his face.

After realizing this, the tense emotions in Lou Xingyao’s heart gradually relaxed a bit.

However, he wasn’t given any time to relax. The next moment, another thunderbolt that was no different from the one just now followed.

Boom!

Lou Xingyao’s just relaxed heart tensed up again.

Nevertheless, a thunderstorm of this intensity obviously couldn’t have any impact on Wen Hanshan.

After the thunderbolt dissipated, Wen Hanshan was the same as just now.

This happened again and again, and Lou Xingyao’s mood gradually relaxed.

As he relaxed, the conversation of the person next to him entered his ears again.

“Hiss… Is this person so powerful?”

“Look at him, crossing the tribulation is almost the same as playing. Then look at us…”

“Don’t say it. It is all bitter tears.”

……

Lou Xingyao couldn’t help smiling as he listened to the praises of Wen Hanshan around him. A sense of honor appeared in his heart.

Before Lou Xingyao could experience it carefully, he heard a cry from someone else.

“What do you think he is doing?”

The disbelieving tone made Lou Xingyao instinctively shift his gaze back to Wen Hanshan.

He happened to catch the sight of this person being hit by a thunderbolt.

Boom!

Only this time, after the light body to the thunderbolt dissipated, countless fine and dense currents appeared on Wen Hanshan’s body.

The currents were like small snakes winding around Wen Hanshan’s body.

Then with the passage of time, the small snakes seemed to gradually decrease.

This appearance didn’t seem like it dissipated naturally.

Just as Lou Xingyao was feeling puzzled, an exclamation entered his ears again. “This person can’t be absorbing the power of the thunderbolt?”

There was an uproar the moment these words were spoken.

The cultivators on Tianming Continent were all afraid of the thunder tribulation.

Even when it came to breakthroughs, they often made full preparations. They prepared protective things early on and strove to avoid the thunderbolt hitting them at all during the tribulation.

There might be people who resisted the first few thunderbolts like Wen Hanshan, but most of them were short of money and the things they prepared were insufficient.

After weighing it, they chose to resist the first few slightly weaker thunderbolts. Then they would leave the protective items for the last critical moment to use.

Therefore, during the first few thunderbolts, everyone wasn’t surprised when they saw Wen Hanshan resisting it.

Casual cultivators were like this. Even if they emptied their pockets and tightened their belts, they still had to suffer a bit.

It wasn’t until they saw Wen Hanshan’s current actions that they realized what they just thought didn’t seem to be quite right.

How could this man be short of money?

Instead, it was clear that he didn’t take the thunder tribulation seriously.

However, someone objected. “Impossible! How can the power of thunder and lightning be absorbed by ordinary people?”

“What if it is a cultivator with a thunder spiritual root?”

“Impossible! That is the thunder tribulation!”

These words spoke to the hearts of many people.

This was the thunder tribulation!

It contained the power to destroy the world and destroy everything.

It was unbearable for an ordinary cultivator to touch it, let alone take it into his body?

Due to this, most people had a judgment in their hearts. It was most likely a special cultivation method of the cultivator crossing the tribulation that caused the power of thunder and lightning to appear all over his body.