Li Yan was flying towards Xiaozhu Peak while thinking in his heart.
"After half a year of preparation, I think that Senior Brother has reached the best peak state in all aspects. With the help of the 'Dustless Pill', he will start to work on the Golden Pill."
Thinking of this, he looked back again and saw the rolling thick clouds that were dozens of miles in radius.
"This is the precursor to the pill tribulation when condensing the golden elixir. The pressure alone is extremely terrifying. Even before it lands, it makes me feel frightened and invincible."
Li Yan is no longer a young boy who has just entered the path of immortality. He now knows a lot about the ways of cultivating immortals. When a cultivator succeeds in condensing Qi and building a foundation, only his own rumbling sound will be heard, and it will not cause any strange phenomena in the outside world.
Once it reaches the stage of forming a pill or forming an infant, it will cause strange phenomena in heaven and earth, which cultivators usually call it the pill tribulation or the infant tribulation.
The main reason is that the cultivators at this time have truly embarked on a path that goes against the will of heaven. When they successfully build their foundation, their life span is only two hundred years.
Such a long lifespan is achievable in the mortal world. For example, Taoist Qigong practitioners in the mortal world, with the help of elixirs, can live to be 150 to 200 years old.
There are also some top martial arts masters, as well as royal emperors, who all have their own set of health-preserving methods. Although they are not immortal cultivators, they also yearn for longevity, and through other means, they can greatly extend their lifespans.
For example, in the mortal dynasty under the jurisdiction of Shibuyuan, ten thousand years ago, there was an emperor named Qin, who was an extremely powerful martial arts master with internal skills that had reached the highest level.
He would occasionally swallow Taoist health-preserving pills, and unexpectedly lived to be 209 years old, becoming an emperor with a huge influence in human history.
After a cultivator has established his foundation, he can successfully condense the golden elixir within two hundred years, and his lifespan can instantly reach a terrifying five hundred years. This is not allowed by the rules of heaven and earth. It is a path to defy the will of heaven and change one's destiny.
This will cause the rules of heaven and earth to suppress, preventing the cultivator from forming an elixir. If the cultivator can overcome the shackles of heaven and earth under this power of heaven, he can then truly embark on a heaven-defying path of cultivating immortals.
Otherwise, at most they would live a few more years than most mortals, but would usually die within two hundred years. Only a very small number of people might live a little longer due to martial arts or elixirs, but usually they would not live more than two hundred and fifty years, and would be certain to die by then.
There are a total of thirty thunder tribulations in the Golden Core Tribulation, each one more powerful than the last. The reason why Golden Core cultivators are so rare is that the vast majority of Foundation Establishment cultivators will perish under the thirteenth to seventeenth thunder tribulation when they try to achieve the Golden Core, and only a very small number of people can succeed.
Therefore, once a cultivator intends to condense a golden elixir, he will often choose a relatively safe place and then ask one or two golden elixir elders for help, so as to increase the chance of forming a golden elixir.
When the foundation-building cultivators of the Wangliang Sect are trying to reach the golden elixir stage, they are often assisted by the golden elixir elders or the peak master of the peak. This time, Li Wuyi suddenly reached the golden elixir stage and failed to notify Wei Chongran in time, which only shows that his golden elixir formation was rather sudden.
This is actually a common thing. Many cultivators will have an inexplicable feeling before they reach the Golden Core stage, and they will roughly know the time when they will reach the Golden Core stage.
That is a kind of mysterious induction. It will be impossible for you not to reach the Golden Elixir stage when the time comes. However, the time of this induction is not very accurate, but generally the difference will not exceed seven days.
Li Wuyi suddenly caused the weather phenomenon this time, and Wei Chongran failed to show up in time. This only meant that Li Wuyi's perception was deviated, and he was unable to suppress the breakthrough, which led to the initial chaos in Xiaozhu Peak.
But fortunately, this was within the Wuliang Sect. Yan Longzi and the others quickly noticed the abnormality in Xiaozhu Peak and rushed over immediately. This was the advantage of a large sect, as there was no shortage of Jindan and even Yuanying masters.
What's more, a Jindan cultivator is the backbone of the sect. Anyone who condenses a golden elixir will shake the sect, even a giant like the Wuliang Sect.
While Li Yan was thinking, he had already flown a hundred miles away from Xiaozhu Peak. He saw Wei Chituo and the others from afar, as well as hundreds of foundation-building monks standing densely around them.
The flying speed of these people was of course much faster than his. Apart from the three nephews and a dozen servants who were captured by Wei Chituo, the one standing in the air with the lowest cultivation level was himself.
Seeing no less than hundreds of foundation-building cultivators, Li Yan, on the one hand, marveled at the strong foundation of the Wuliang Sect, and on the other hand, he also knew the purpose of these people coming here, which was to observe others from close range as they strive to achieve the Golden Core and overcome the Dan Tribulation.
This is something that every Foundation Establishment cultivator is very concerned about. This kind of observation will bring unspeakable benefits to oneself when one is striving for the Golden Core in the future. However, for Qi Condensation Stage disciples, seeing these will not be of much use.
Because they could not feel the exact direction of the spiritual energy in the air, and did not have the understanding of the pill tribulation that the foundation-building cultivators had, Li Yan thought that he was just watching the fun.
The last time the Wuliang Sect encountered a pill tribulation was forty years ago. This kind of opportunity is absolutely hard to come by, so everyone wants to observe it at the closest distance.
But Yan Longzi and the others would never allow such a situation. The pill tribulation affects a large area, and people within the range might all be killed at once. If it were too late to rescue them, it would be a lot of fun.
Li Yan took a rough glance and noticed a few people. These people were all in the Fake Dan realm. Their expressions were particularly solemn now. They didn't talk to anyone at all. Instead, they opened their spiritual senses with their eyes fixed on the Danyun Leijie area on Xiaozhu Peak.
For example, Baili Yuan, Wang Tian, Gong Chenying and others, this is no less important to them than their own breakthrough to the Golden Core stage.
Of course, there were also people whose expressions were extremely solemn, or even worried. However, their focus was not on whether the impact on the golden elixir would be successful or not, but on their worry about Li Wuben himself.
You must know that the consequences of failing to reach the Golden Core stage are, at the very least, severe backlash injuries, and at the worst, a drastic drop in cultivation, or even direct death.
These people included Li Yan and his fellow apprentice brothers, as well as Li Changting who looked anxious, and Zhao Min who looked even paler.
Except for Miao Wangqing who was also in seclusion and knew nothing about the outside world, Li Yan and the others all looked nervous. Li Wuyu's position in Xiaozhu Peak was unbreakable. He was gentle and thoughtful, and took good care of his fellow junior brothers and sisters.
Everyone knows how deeply Li Changting loves Zhao Min. At this moment, his pair of delicate hands would occasionally lift up a few strands of her black hair, but it was obvious that his arms were trembling slightly from time to time. Zhao Min had been raised by Li Wuyi since she was a child. In Li Wuyi's own words, they were as close as brother and sister.
Zhao Min hugged Li Changting's shoulders, who looked terrified. At this moment, she seemed like Li Changting's senior sister. Li Yan did not go to join Wei Chituo and Gong Chenying, nor did he go to Li Changting. Instead, he chose a more remote place and silently watched everything in front of him, while whispering in his heart.
"Big Brother, you can do it!"
Li Yan and his companions did not know that Wei Chongran and his wife had hurried out of confinement, otherwise, they might have felt a little more at ease.
Just as some people were whispering around, the dark clouds in the sky above the southeast corner of Xiaozhu Peak were rolling more and more violently, and the wind was howling loudly. Lightning was constantly flashing from the dark clouds in the sky, followed by a series of loud thunders rolling in.
Moreover, with Li Wuyi's courtyard as the center, the thick clouds, which had already reached dozens of miles, were still expanding outward. In the dark sky, in just a moment, it had expanded to nearly seventy or eighty miles.
At this time, looking from afar, dark clouds hung down from the sky, supporting the sky above and the earth below. The thickest cloud at the bottom was only about ten feet away from the roof of Li Wuyi's courtyard.
Just as everyone had different expressions, a blinding white light suddenly appeared from the dark clouds. The white light was so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it. The white light fell from the sky. It was a huge lightning bolt about hundreds of miles long.
Li Yan and all the cultivators around him who were watching took a deep breath, their scalps tingled and their minds were unsettled.
The terrifying huge lightning flashed in the sky without making any sound, but the light was even more dazzling, and the whole world that was illuminated by it changed color.
Then, a thunder that seemed to tear the sky and earth apart exploded in the air, causing all the cultivators hundreds of miles away to feel dizzy. Many foundation-building cultivators with lower cultivation bases were shaking as they stood on their flying magic weapons.
Many people were on the verge of falling. Li Yan's feet also shook. With his mind roaring, the flying sword suddenly lost control and fell directly down.
Just as he was falling, Li Yan's powerful spiritual sense, comparable to that of a foundation-building stage, burst out, forcibly suppressing the dizziness in his sea of consciousness. The magic power in his body suddenly exploded, and the flying sword below was sucked to his feet again, which allowed him to stabilize his body.
Li Yan was horrified. He didn't expect that he was standing a hundred miles away, but was still struck by a thunder tribulation and lost his mind. Moreover, this was only the first thunder tribulation, and the first thunder tribulation was just forming.
Just as Li Yan was barely able to keep his body steady, many screams were heard all around him. Li Yan looked up and saw that the surroundings were like dumplings being dropped into the ground, with many cultivators falling directly to the ground below.
Obviously, these foundation-building monks were unable to withstand the initial pressure from the thunder tribulation and had already lost their minds.
Li Yan frowned upon seeing this. He took a quick glance and saw a cliff not far away. He quickly flew over on his sword.
The place where he was standing in the air just now was extremely remote, so few people noticed Li Yan. Although Li Yan stabilized his position in the air, he did not want to attract other people's attention.
Looking around, there were at least forty or fifty Foundation Establishment cultivators who had fallen. Those should be cultivators in the early stages of Foundation Establishment. Li Yan didn't want to be pointed at and criticized. How could a Qi Condensation cultivator like him be able to float in the air
Moreover, he thought that after the real thunder tribulation began, he would not be able to withstand the pressure, so it would be better for him to land directly on a mountain. If he still felt the pressure was too great later, he would quietly move away again to a farther mountain.
Just as Li Yan landed on the top of the mountain, he turned his head suddenly because he felt two powerful spiritual senses following him.
What Li Yan didn't want most was to be seen by others about his cultivation level, so he frowned and looked in the direction of the spiritual sense. Then a bitter smile appeared on his face. He was very familiar with the owners of the two spiritual senses. One was Gong Chenying, and the other was Zhao Min.
When seeing Li Yan looking over there, Gong Chenying nodded to him, then retracted his gaze and looked at Jie Yun again.
Zhao Min had a strange look on her face. She couldn't imagine that Li Yan's cultivation had reached such a level that he could even float in the air when the thunder tribulation was first formed.
On the other hand, Gong Chenying was not that surprised. When the first sound of thunder was heard, she thought of Li Yan first, fearing that he would not be able to resist. However, when her spiritual sense swept over Li Yan, she saw that he had stabilized his body and immediately flew towards the mountain.
She couldn't help but feel relieved. As for Li Yan's cultivation level, she didn't even consider Li Yan as a Qi Condensation cultivator. Li Yan had given her too many surprises, so she focused her attention on the thunder tribulation again.
Watching these thunder tribulations would be extremely important in helping her to achieve the Golden Core stage in the future. Now that she had also reached the False Core stage, this opportunity would be able to provide her with crucial help in the future.
Just as the first thunder tribulation was forming, a powerful voice was heard, which seemed to be unaffected by the shocking thunder, and it also resounded in all directions amidst the thunder.
"Wuyi, just do it, everything will be your teacher."
The sound rolled in, seemingly even more domineering than the first thunder tribulation.
Li Yan was shocked when he heard this and couldn't help but whisper.
“Master!”
Wei Chituo and others in the distance also heard the voice, and they couldn't help but show joy on their faces. Although they knew that even if the master was not there, the head master and others would help, after hearing Wei Chongran's voice, they immediately felt reassured.
Li Changting felt relieved when she heard Wei Chongran's thunderous voice. Although she had her aunt's assurance before, she felt more at ease at this moment.
Even Zhao Min, who had been frowning beside her, just curled her lips at first after hearing this voice, but it was obvious that her brows slowly relaxed afterwards.