Chapter 260 The Sea of Suffering Is Endless, Turn Back Now!
Just as Zhang Wei and Chi Lian were doing this day after day, the outside world was also shaken by the dramatic changes in Xinghai City.
Because of Jia Chenming's self-willed decision, Jinxing Island, which was supposed to receive 3 billion taels of gold, did not receive the due compensation, and Xinghai City, which was under construction, was also destroyed by others, which dealt a heavy blow to the newly established Xinghai Merchant Alliance.
Although Zhang Wei killed a peak Nascent Soul cultivator on the spot and forced back the incarnation of a powerful God-transforming cultivator, this still had some impact on the newly established reputation of the Xinghai Merchant Alliance.
For a time, many forces and strong men who had originally wanted to join them suddenly became hesitant, which made some elders in Xinghai City very angry.
This also led to a sharp decline in the treatment of Jiang Shaorong and others who were hostages but had not been abused.
Seeing this, Jiang Shaorong was full of doubts, and then he saw Mu Xue who was beaten up and thrown into prison, and learned the details of the incident from her.
Then let the prince shout.
"Uncle is harming me!"
Don't play it like this.
Originally, as long as they come over to apologize and show their weakness, and then pay money to cooperate, they can turn hostility into friendship. But after Jia Chenming intervened, it became a relationship that was only one step away from a life-and-death struggle. Jiang Shaorong immediately had the urge to cry to death in the toilet.
He knew that his role as a prince was over!
Don't you cheat your nephew like this, uncle!
As expected.
Half a month later, when rumors against the Xinghai Merchant Alliance were gradually fermenting outside, a spaceship under the name of the King of Pinghai of the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty arrived at the ruined Xinghai City.
A general of the Pinghai Palace in the late Yuanying period personally apologized to Yuan Bin and other elders of the Xinghai Merchant Alliance, and sent treasures worth 10 billion taels of gold as compensation for the two incidents.
Not only that.
This late Yuanying cultivator also made a promise that in the next 500 years, all taxes on all business activities of the Xinghai Merchant Alliance entering the Pinghai King's territory will be exempted, and all business activities of the Xinghai Merchant Alliance in the future will be treated preferentially in the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty.
As soon as these words came out, the whole Xinghai was in an uproar.
That was the Pinghai King, the only god in the East China Sea region of the entire Great Qi Immortal Dynasty, with an extremely noble status. Now he showed such goodwill to the Xinghai Merchant Alliance, and even had a bit of a humble taste. It can be seen that the background of the Xinghai Merchant Alliance is so strong that even a strong king like the Pinghai King can only give in!
So after this incident, the outside world's original suspicion of the Xinghai Merchant Alliance disappeared immediately.
And with the successful convening of the Xinghai City Auction, the reputation of the Xinghai Merchant Alliance has risen to a higher level, and it seems to be the uncrowned king of the surrounding seas.
And just when the outside world was in turmoil, three years passed quietly, and Zhang Wei's second body, who was in seclusion on Leiming Island thousands of miles away, also ushered in a critical moment.
With the experience of the original body, Zhang Wei's second body refined the Emperor Flowing Juice and the Posuo Golden Lotus even faster.
At the moment when the original body and Chi Lian completed the yin and yang harmony, the second body far away in Leiming Island was also affected by a force from the dark.
The half of the Posuo Golden Lotus was refined in an instant, directly transforming the soul of this body into the Yuanshen, and even his cultivation reached the level of the Infant Transformation Realm at this moment, and he was only one step away from the real Yuanying Realm.
Zhang Wei did not hesitate and directly took out all the means he had obtained to assist in the Yuanying Heavenly Tribulation.
Then Zhang Wei took out the Dingling Pill and put it in his mouth, and then took out ten drops of Emperor Flowing Juice and swallowed it together with the Dingling Pill.
Boom———
At the moment when the Emperor Flowing Juice entered his stomach, a terrifying wave of mana surged out instantly, sweeping across the entire cave like a wave.
Rumble———
The sky roared continuously, and then a five-colored calamity cloud covering thousands of miles, almost including the entire Leiming Island, suddenly appeared, emitting a terrifying pressure that shocked everything within a radius of tens of thousands of miles.
Jiao Pei, who was sent by Zhang Wei to be the second guardian and the housekeeper's maid, was crushed to the ground with other people on the island the moment the calamity cloud appeared, and many people were in a very ugly state.
Some cultivators thousands of miles away were also terrified, feeling that there was something terrible in the depths of the calamity cloud that was about to be born.
But even so, many people still took the initiative to fly over.
"This scale... Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation?"
Ten thousand miles away from Leiming Island, there is a Tianqing Water Palace in the sea. This place is occupied by a great demon king of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, the Green Water Blue Bull, and is an old friend of the Lei family of Leiming Island.
Now seeing the spiritual energy fluctuations of the Nascent Soul's calamity coming from the direction of Leiming Island, he couldn't help but exclaimed.
Then he stood up and floated out of the sea, looking at the looming five-colored calamity cloud in the distance, with a hint of interest in his eyes.
As a neighbor of the Lei family, he naturally knew about the destruction of the Lei family in the past.
But after that incident, the Lei family's Leiming Island was not occupied by any Yuanying Zhenjun.
Instead, it was given to a person whose depth was unknown, and the other party did not show his head after settling in Leiming Island, which made him think.
However, out of caution, he did not immediately test the depth of his new neighbor, but planned to observe it again.
After this period of observation, Bishui Qingniu did not find that there were other Yuanying on Leiming Island, and there were only three Jindan cultivators living there.
Now it seems that the other party is just a thunder cultivator in the Infant Transformation Realm who is trying to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm. I don’t know what price he paid to get the ownership of this Thunder Island from those people.
Even if he successfully breaks through the Nascent Soul Realm, he will be the weakest after passing the tribulation. His magical powers will remain at the level of the Golden Core Realm. How can he compare with himself who has been immersed in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm for nearly a thousand years?
If he takes advantage of the weakness of the other party to suppress him, he will most likely get a Nascent Soul Realm thunder cultivator slave, and also get the ownership of the fourth-level spiritual vein of Thunder Island...
The Green Water Bull was very excited.
Rumble---
At this moment, above the sky of Thunder Island, the five-colored tribulation cloud has completely taken shape, and the many strange phenomena formed by the rumbling thunder are constantly moving in the tribulation cloud, as if the heavenly soldiers have descended.
"It's started!"
The Green Water Bull's eyes flashed with a sharp light.
The next moment, the entire Thunder Island began to tremble, and the spiritual energy accumulated in the fourth-level thunder spirit vein lurking under the Thunder Island was fully mobilized at this moment, turning into a countercurrent waterfall rushing up to the sky!
Boom———
When the thunder roared, a thunder beam of light formed, reaching the sky and the earth, and directly penetrated into the five-colored calamity cloud in the sky.
The next moment, countless thunders in the calamity cloud rioted together, and gathered towards the thunder beam that offended the power of heaven.
For a moment, it seemed that a giant tree had grown on the Thunder Island.
The five-colored calamity cloud was the tree crown, and the thunder beam was the tree trunk.
The calamity thunder in the calamity cloud was now the branches of this giant tree.
This scene made the Green Water Bull in the distance stunned.
Which ordinary Jindan cultivator is not cautious when passing the Yuanying Heavenly Tribulation? But this guy in front of him took the initiative to provoke!
Is he a skilled person who is bold or does he have no fear?
Just as Bishui Qingniu was thinking this, he saw a five-colored golden pill with a diameter of one foot slowly rising from the thunder column, like the heart of the Thunder God, commanding the thunder in all directions, swallowing the thunder of the calamity with an absolute attitude!
Bishui Qingniu's eyes suddenly widened.
He washed his eyes carefully with sea water, and then he was sure that he was not mistaken.
What did he see?
A golden pill with a diameter of one foot?
My bezoar is not so big!
"Something is wrong, very wrong, this kid has a problem, can't be easily provoked, see the situation and decide whether to do it or not!"
Bishui Qingniu muttered in his heart, and then silently retreated more than a thousand miles.
At the same time, in the sky, as the thunder of the calamity continued to pour in, Zhang Wei's golden pill also slowly changed.
A shadow gradually emerged in the golden elixir, and then slowly grew larger, just like a developing chick, slowly evolving limbs...
Not long after, a curled up human-shaped shadow appeared in the golden elixir.
When this human-shaped shadow condensed, the speed of the surrounding heavenly tribulation thunder pouring in suddenly accelerated.
But if you look closely, you will find that this is not the heavenly tribulation that actively descended, but the human-shaped shadow in the golden elixir that actively pulled the heavenly tribulation thunder into its body!
He is devouring!
The heavenly tribulation thunder that was originally avoided by others has now become a tonic for Zhang Wei's golden elixir!
For Zhang Wei now, the mere Yuanying heavenly tribulation can no longer pose any threat to him.
What he really needs to worry about is the heart barrier!
Time passed by, and as the heavenly tribulation cloud dimmed, Zhang Wei's golden elixir gradually transformed in the endless thunder cleansing.
The human-shaped shadow inside has completely taken shape, and the outermost shell of the golden elixir has gradually become transparent, revealing the image of the human-shaped shadow inside.
It's just very young, like a child.
At this moment, this "child" has a peaceful look on his face, just like he is asleep, and there is an inexplicable infectious power, even in this thunderous situation, it gives people an inexplicable sense of security.
Although the situation of each cultivator's Yuanying Heavenly Tribulation is different, everyone can guess that when this "child" breaks out of the shell, it symbolizes that the other party has completely successfully formed a baby and become the new Yuanying True Lord of the Xinghai Region, enjoying at least 3,000 years of life.
So for a while, many of the onlookers were envious and yearning. Of course, there are also jealous people among them.
But in the end, these people still did not have the courage to disturb the progress of a cultivator's Yuanying Heavenly Tribulation at this critical juncture.
Unless it was a Nascent Soul demon who had cultivated magic skills to the point of having a hole in his brain, who would be so stupid as to do such a thankless task at this time?
Everyone was quietly waiting for the final result.
Including Bishui Qingniu.
But compared to those cultivators and demon kings who were only at the highest level of Jindan, Bishui Qingniu, as a great demon king who had experienced the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation, knew.
The real danger of the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation has never been the thunder above the nine heavens, but the test from the heart of the person who crosses the tribulation.
The test of the heart!
At this moment, Zhang Wei also came to one of the most important nodes in his life.
At this moment, a road appeared in front of him, and there was a white mist on both sides of the road.
At the end of the road was a white light hole like a door.
Zhang Wei had a feeling that as long as he walked through this road and walked into this door, he would be able to jump in the sea from then on!
That door symbolizes the Nascent Soul!
Zhang Wei's heart moved, and he strode forward.
Step~~
After taking a step, Zhang Wei found that the white fog on both sides of the road retreated an inch.
At the same time, there were voices buried in memory.
With the power of the soul, the mind of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul and the effect of the Dingling Pill, Zhang Wei could easily keep himself awake.
So he was unmoved and continued to move forward.
"Zijie!"
"My child, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are so big now."
"Dawei?"
"Is it you? Dawei?"
"My son!!!!!!!"
As soon as he took a step, four voices from his childhood came from behind Zhang Wei, one was majestic and vicissitudes, one was gentle and kind; one was simple and old, and one was sad and heartbreaking...
It was his biological parents in this life and the previous life!
What did they look like?
He still had an impression of his father and mother in this life, but the appearance of his parents in the previous life seemed to have gradually blurred in his memory...
Zhang Wei's lips trembled, and he suddenly had an urge to look back.
Just look, it's okay, just look at their appearance is enough, it won't affect my passing this damn test of conscience!
There seemed to be a voice in my heart tempting me like this.
But Zhang Wei took a deep breath, and then continued to walk forward, no matter how touching the call of his parents behind him was, he didn't look back.
After walking two more steps, the white mist on both sides of the road dispersed again.
"You are... Zijie? I didn't expect you to embark on the road of cultivation, and become a golden elixir... Unlike me, I'm old..."
An old female voice that was also in his memory sounded at this moment, causing Zhang Wei to stop again.
He remembered that this voice was the object of his childhood admiration, and also Sister Liang Junqiu who took care of him a lot in Luyang Academy. He didn't know how she was doing in Xuefeng Valley now.
Even if she cultivated to the Purple Mansion, she would probably be old now, right?
Then this voice is quite consistent...
After a slight pause, Zhang Wei raised his feet again and continued to move forward.
"Zijie, how is the family?"
At this time, an old but full-of-energy voice came, this is the voice of Uncle Three Zhang Hui...
"Second Master, do you have any instructions?"
A rough and somewhat flattering voice came, this is Zhang Da's voice...
"Xiao Fan... Long time no see..."
"Xiao Fan..."
"Uncle Xiao Fan!"
This time it was Brother Xiao and Sister Qin's family...
"Xiao Fan, my spiritual essence, my spiritual essence, I want to become a foundation builder..."
This is Jiang Shun...
"Get out, get out! You are a child of aristocratic family, I don't need your pity!!!!!!!"
This is Si Junpeng...
Then came old friends Gu Man, Miao Ling, Ma Bi, Tang Qin, Chen Wu, Lin Xin...
As Zhang Wei continued to move forward, the voices of the familiar people he met along the way all emerged in his ears.
First the Five Domains, then the Star Domain, and then the land of the Snow Country...
Familiar friends who have fallen in time, or friends and beauties who are still alive and have formed a deep friendship with him.
At this moment, they all appeared here, calling out the names of Zhang Wei, Zhang Xiaofan, or Gui Li...
And Zhang Wei's steps became faster and faster, and he just ran when he got to the back!
But looking at the road in front of him, Zhang Wei had never felt how long this road was!
No matter how he ran, no matter how far he ran, the voices of those people behind him seemed to be still not far behind him, tempting him to look back and see what they looked like.
Zhang Wei forced himself not to listen, not to think, just to hurry on.
Finally, he arrived at the door.
Seeing that he was about to succeed and was about to walk into the light door, a steady call sounded, like a thunderbolt, stopping Zhang Wei from taking any further action.
"Zijie."
Hearing this voice, Zhang Wei's eyes widened.
"Big...brother..."
He would never hear this voice wrong, it was Zhang Xiong who had been taking care of him since he was a child!
Among all the blood relatives now, Zhang Xiong is the one who has been with him the longest.
Because of this, his position in Zhang Wei's heart is extraordinary and one of the softest places in his heart.
This call made Zhang Wei's memories of getting along with his brother come flooding back like a tide, and he couldn't hold it back at all.
Look back...
Just take a look...
Zhang Wei's face showed pain.
The inner demon is like this, even if you know it's all fake, you still instinctively want to believe it...
Just when Zhang Wei was struggling, Zhang Xiong's voice came again from behind.
"Go forward..."
Zhang Wei paused, and couldn't help but recall the letter Zhang Xiong gave him when he left the Zhang family for the last time...
"Huh..."
Zhang Wei calmed down, and then looked at the white door in front of him, standing for a long time without saying a word.
"Go forward, Zijie."
Zhang Xiong's voice came again from behind, and Zhang Wei also smiled at this moment.
Zhang Wei did not listen to Zhang Xiong's words behind him, but asked a question without thinking.
"Brother, do you know what is the best way to deal with difficulties?"
The voice behind him paused, as if he didn't expect Zhang Wei to ask such a question.
But soon, Zhang Wei asked himself and answered: "That is to face it!"
After saying that, Zhang Wei laughed heartily, then resolutely turned around and looked behind him, smiling at the existence that he was most unwilling and afraid to face.
There was no one behind him.
It was completely different from the excitement when he didn't look back before.
Whether it was his parents, childhood sweethearts, or the Taoist friends and beauties he met on the road of cultivation, they actually didn't exist.
And this was actually the thing he didn't want to face the most in his heart.
What he feared the most was actually loneliness...
Zhang Wei looked at the nothingness in front of him and sneered.
"The sea of suffering is boundless, is it time to turn back?"
After saying that, Zhang Wei strode forward without looking back.
At this moment, Zhang Wei seemed to have broken through a thin film.
And Zhang Wei in reality also suddenly opened his eyes.
Rumble---
The endless calamity clouds in the sky were instantly dispelled by the boundless power, and the thunder light column formed by the spirit vein of Thunder Island also subsided, leaving only Zhang Wei's five-color golden pill that had reached the last step.
Kaka---
As if breaking free from the shackles of freedom, Zhang Wei's Yuanying in the golden pill suddenly opened his eyes, and then stretched his body.
The body also expanded thousands of times, turning into a thunder giant that stood tall and straight!
Yuanying appeared, and the mind image appeared!
Then, an invisible wave spread out from Zhang Wei's Yuanying body, instantly sweeping the world within a radius of 100,000 miles.
Within a radius of 100,000 miles, all the cultivators looked up in the direction of Thunder Island, and then Fu Lin Xin Zhi said.
"Congratulations, senior, you have advanced to the Yuanying!" (End of this chapter)