Chapter 326: Chapter 7: Promotion to Foundation Establishment, How Can There Be a Celestial Tribulation?
RUMBLE...
The wind and clouds churned. The sky, as dark as if stained with ink, pressed down with an oppressive weight that felt like the heavens themselves were collapsing. As an Array Master, Luo Zhiwei had seen such sudden, strange phenomena before. She had even experienced them firsthand.
But it was precisely because she understood the implications behind this strange sight that the astonishment on her brow was almost palpable. Her bright eyes, which could see through the principles of arrays, were filled with disbelief.
"Thunder Tribulation!!!"
"But how can this be?!" Luo Zhiwei’s voice trembled, her fingertips subconsciously tightening around the Array Plate in her sleeve. "Zhong Ming is only advancing from Qi Cultivation to Foundation Establishment. Why would he trigger such heavenly might? This is clearly a trial of the Celestial Dao that only descends when one breaks through from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core!"
It was incomprehensible, unbelievable. The worldview-shattering shock washed over her heart like a tidal wave, causing this usually composed Array Master to lose her composure.
However, after recovering from her shock, she subconsciously gazed at the cross-legged Zhong Ming. At this moment, aside from the endless astonishment on her face, a faint glimmer of curiosity and anticipation quietly kindled in the depths of her eyes.
"Though I don’t know how you managed it, to be able to summon a Thunder Tribulation during Foundation Establishment... you brat, you really are beyond any ordinary Child of Heaven’s Will... Heh, I’m eager to see just what kind of heaven-defying path you’ll carve out for yourself!"
After muttering this, her fingertips formed a hand seal, and the spiritual energy around her surged like a tidal wave.
This wasn’t an attack. She was activating the arrays of her own small courtyard and the Immortal Martial Daoist School.
She did this both to protect Zhong Ming and prevent outsiders from disturbing his breakthrough, and because she didn’t want anyone to see what was happening. Triggering a Thunder Tribulation while advancing to Foundation Establishment was far too shocking—even more so than Zhong Ming winning first place among the younger generation of the Frost Moon Immortal Dynasty.
After all, while those who could dominate the younger generation of the Frost Moon Dynasty were rare, over the centuries, there had always been a few.
But triggering a Thunder Tribulation at the Foundation Establishment Realm? Throughout the entire history of the Cultivation Realm, such an event was as rare as a phoenix feather. It was enough to pique the curiosity of even a Nascent Soul expert.
Not wanting Zhong Ming to be disturbed, or worse, assassinated at all costs by Demonic Fiends or Evil Spirits, she prepared to cover up the matter.
However, although she acted quickly and the arrays she deployed were intricate, she hadn’t anticipated this. The Immortal Martial Daoist School’s array managed to block the scouts who had followed Chu Hanzhen and Xiyue, intercepting their gazes and various detection methods.
But for Chu Hanzhen and Xiyue, who had already entered, it was beyond her reach to stop them.
At this moment, the two women had yet to realize the severity of the situation. They had, of course, noticed the immense change in the heavens and the earth, as well as the heavy, oppressive aura.
In fact, both Chu Hanzhen and Xiyue recognized it as a sign of an impending Thunder Tribulation.
It was just that, at this moment, they couldn’t possibly connect such heavenly might with Zhong Ming, who was merely in the Qi Refining Stage.
"This is... a Thunder Tribulation! Did Zhiwei create something amazing?" Chu Hanzhen was the first to speak, her face filled with admiration, yet also tinged with an indescribable melancholy. "The difference in our Talent is truly that of clouds and mud."
Beside her, Xiyue also raised a delicate eyebrow, a flicker of emotion flashing through her cool eyes.
"To trigger a Thunder Tribulation with just a Refining Array... no wonder the Princess is trying everything to win over this Array Master."
Seeing the Thunder Tribulation, the two women subconsciously attributed the entire event to Luo Zhiwei.
This reaction was perfectly normal. After all, the idea of someone in the Qi Refining Stage triggering a Thunder Tribulation while advancing to Foundation Establishment was simply too fantastical. Even the Array Master Luo Zhiwei had never seen such a thing and was stunned by it, let alone the two women.
Their subconscious refused to believe something that so defied common sense, forcing them to seek a more rational explanation.
And blaming everything on the Array Master Luo Zhiwei was the most logical explanation.
They weren’t the only ones who thought so. Outside the Immortal Martial Daoist School, the scouts who had followed the two women also saw the sudden change in the sky and the hastily erected array, and they too attributed it all to Luo Zhiwei.
"A Thunder Tribulation... Master Luo truly lives up to her reputation, doesn’t she?"
"What now? Fairy Xiyue has entered the Daoist School, and we can’t see inside. Should we use a Magic Technique to probe?"
"Get lost! You idiot, if you want to die, don’t drag me with you! A Master who can trigger a Thunder Tribulation... even if the Princess herself came, she would have to greet her with the etiquette of a disciple. If you dare disturb Master Luo’s experiment and displease her, Her Highness will tear you limb from limb!"
The threat of the Thunder Tribulation made the outsiders value Luo Zhiwei even more. Even though the array was activated in haste and wasn’t particularly powerful, the crowd, unwilling to displease this Master, didn’t dare to recklessly use their various detection methods to peer inside.
Of the group of scouts who had originally come to observe, some returned to their masters to report the situation to Shen Wanshang and Ji Yao. The rest waited quietly outside the Immortal Martial Daoist School like obedient disciples.
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SWOOSH—
Chu Hanzhen considered herself Luo Zhiwei’s peer, so she wasn’t as intimidated by the latter.
While the people outside waited with bated breath, she, filled with curiosity, walked toward the interior of the Immortal Martial Daoist School, toward Luo Zhiwei’s small courtyard.
Xiyue followed her.
The Merfolk, a tribe living among the Sea Race, mostly possessed the ability to foresee storms.
And as one of the most outstanding among the Mermaids, Xiyue’s Talent was even more terrifying. Her foresight wasn’t limited to predicting storms; like a prophecy, it could also sense certain special things.
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