Zuo Zhe was caught off guard and his vest fell off. He blurted out, "How did you know?"
Zhu Changyang did not answer, but continued to look at the monitor. There was a familiar aura on it, which was consistent with the cultivation level he usually achieved through transformation with nutrient solution.
He thought of something and used his spiritual sense to open the live broadcast background. Sure enough, he saw a prompt pop up on the panel: [Monitor detected, connect? [Yes] [No]]
[yes]
A new prompt popped up on the panel: [Connecting to the monitor, the anchor interface is officially unlocked]
At the same time, the surging breath flowed into Zhu Changyang's sea of consciousness, traveled throughout his body, and quickly filled his vast dantian.
He quickly turned around and sat cross-legged under a peach tree, and began to concentrate his energy.
Jun Shu sensed the fluctuation of breath and immediately raised his hand and drew a circle to protect the area around the peach tree.
“This, this…” Zuo Zhe opened his eyes wide in surprise. He didn’t even need to use his spiritual sense to observe. He could see with his naked eyes that Zhu Changyang’s cultivation was increasing rapidly.
Or rather... recovery.
After a while, Zhu Changyang's middle Nascent Soul stage, which had been stagnant for a long time, broke through, and the sky suddenly darkened.
Zuo Zhe was stunned, looked up, and found that in an instant, the entire Yiye Kingdom was covered by dark clouds, and a muffled "rumbling" sound came from the sky.
Thunder disaster.
Obviously, Zhu Changyang's cultivation level increased too fast, which alarmed the Great Dao.
When the developer saw the faint lightning in the sky, he became very anxious. With a roar, he transformed into a tiger and stood in front of Zhu Changyang, making a "humming" sound in his throat.
This unusual movement alarmed the people of the entire kingdom of heaven.
The other five contestants who were visiting Jingtian Palace also came out from their respective courtyards. When they saw the situation in the sky, they were all shocked.
Yu Ni saw the people under the peach tree from a distance and exclaimed, "Ah!" "Isn't that fellow Taoist?"
"Not good!" Tan Tai Bu Qi took a breath of cold air, "It's Purple Lightning Mysterious Thunder!"
Purple Lightning Mysterious Thunder is the most terrifying type of small-scale thunder disaster that occurs periodically. It is extremely powerful and is said to be able to split a mountain in half.
Zuo Zhe's face changed, and he immediately retreated into a nearby courtyard, and used his cultivation to send a message to other disciples in the palace: "Raise the formation quickly."
Yiye Paradise does not have the vast and continuous mountain range like Kunlun. Although it is called paradise, its area is only a small town and a few hills.
In the past, when disciples advanced, they would at most attract small-scale thunder similar to that on a rainy day, but they had never encountered purple thunder of this scale.
If this purple lightning were to strike a few more times, I'm afraid half of the mountains in heaven would collapse.
There was a great chaos in Jingtian Palace.
A deep voice came from the void: "Don't panic, I will protect you with the six seals."
It is the Six Seal God.
As he finished speaking, a few streaks of light appeared in the dark sky, and three strange stones appeared above the small town where the people of the Kingdom of Heaven lived and above the Jingtian Palace.
The six strange stones echo each other and form a powerful barrier.
Everyone felt a little relieved, but when they saw where the lightning was pointing, their hearts began to rise again.
Ming Rusu looked panicked: "I wonder if you brothers can hold on..."
The Six Seal God can protect others, but he cannot encroach on the great way.
Zhu Changyang still needs to withstand the thunder tribulation alone.
The howling wind blew away countless petals, and the entire peach forest fell into darkness.
Jun Shu looked stern as he picked up the developer and threw him to Zuo Zhe who was far away. He then stood in front of Zhu Changyang with his sword across his body, just like he had done ten thousand years ago: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."
Zuo Zhe was hit by the one-ton-large Miss Shang and staggered. He managed to stand steady and shouted anxiously: "Mr. Jun, don't be impulsive, stay away from me-"
Before he finished his words, a dazzling purple light tore through the sky and fell straight into the peach blossom forest.
The terrifying power of the catastrophe spread out with a loud "boom", peach blossoms flew wildly, and smoke and sand rose up.
Everyone was shocked and quickly gathered their energy to protect their bodies.
But soon, Tan Tai Bu Qi lifted up the talisman on his forehead and said, "Eh, the power of the purple thunder is not that great!"
It looks like a shocking sound, but when it really hits the ground, the impact is not that great.
I feel that it is not as good as the small thunder disaster that Wanlizheng brought upon himself at the West Peak of Wenxin last time.
Others were also confused and looked towards the peach blossom forest from afar, and then:
Next to the peach tree where Zhu Changyang was, there stood a pointed metal object several feet high, with a shiny metal ball at one end.
This huge golden needle worked for some unknown reason, but it actually diverted the purple lightning that was supposed to fall on Zhu Changyang.
What was even more bizarre was that after the purple lightning landed on the golden needle, the terrifying power of thunder immediately collapsed.
The reason why they did not feel too great an impact was not because the purple thunder was not powerful, but because the lightning had long been transformed by the golden needle.
Not only that, Zhu Changyang also put on a suit made of special material, took out a lightsaber, and with a flash of sword light, the remaining lightning was shattered.
Zuo Zhe was at a loss: "What, what is this?"
Zhu Changyang laughed and said, "This is called a lightning rod."
The last time he saw Wanli Zheng passing the tribulation in Kunlun, he felt deeply the horror of thunder tribulations in the world of cultivation. To be on the safe side, he refined a number of large lightning rods in advance.
I didn’t expect to use it so soon!
No one had ever seen a "lightning rod", but as the name suggests, they understood its purpose as soon as they heard it.
Zu Qiushi's face was blank: "Can the thunder tribulation be avoided?"
Tan Tai Bu Qi was horrified: "Wait, then this thing can also avoid my lightning talisman?"
Zhu Changyang casually smashed a small thunderbolt: "Theoretically, it is possible."
Tan Tai Buqi spurted blood: "Puff—"
Just like that, everyone watched helplessly as the most terrifying purple lightning in the middle stage of the legendary advancement was drawn away by the "lightning rod" and failed to cause any waves at all.
Zhu Changyang's electric potential and lightsaber overwhelmed him and he dealt with it easily.
To be honest, this scene was not as dangerous as when he fought with Wanli Zheng in the ring.
Jun Shu had been on full alert, but was startled when he saw this, then he laughed. He simply stood farther away with the Water-Resisting Sword so as not to affect his performance.
The developer kicked Zuo Zhe, broke free from his restraints and ran to Jun Shu's side, then sat down obediently.
Developer: “Ahhh~”
Everyone: “…”
Can you, the Industrial Sect, have a little respect for the Purple Lightning Tribulation
Looking at the Jingtian Palace and the hexagonal strange stone above the small town, the barrier is still powerful, but it is completely useless.
I wonder what the Six Seal God feels.
The thunderstorm lasted for a day and a night, but caused little damage.
Later, everyone got tired of watching it and went back to their rooms, complaining about the matter to their masters through the jade tablets.
The news that Zhu Changyang used a lightning rod to survive the calamity spread like wildfire and once again became a hot topic in major chat groups.
While everyone condemned this as a crooked practice, they secretly contacted the Industrial Sect to ask if they had any lightning rods for sale.
It's very real.
Among them, the talisman master was the most nervous. You know, the lightning talisman is their most important means of attack. If the thunder can be dissolved, it will be a huge blow to them!
They never expected that when Zhu Changyang was overcoming the tribulation, they were the ones who were most seriously injured!
The thunderclouds finally dissipated in the evening of the next day.
Zhu Changyang successfully overcame the tribulation and advanced four levels in a row, entering the peak of the Spirit Severing Realm and only one step away from the Spirit Fusion Realm.
Looking at the entire cultivation world, he is definitely one of the best.
He also captured a trace of spiritual awareness from those auras and roughly determined the situation of the monitor.
Zuo Zhe's cultivation level was not enough to really penetrate the sky. The so-called "outside the boundary" he touched several years ago should actually be the boundary of the Nine Domain Live Broadcast System which was still under development at the time and had not yet been officially put into use. He accidentally caused the system monitor to fall off and entered the Piaomiao Continent first.
After falling off, the monitor turned into a snow screen that sometimes worked and sometimes didn't, and the signal from the system was disconnected. The only way was to detect the signal based on the fluctuation of spiritual power and try to reconnect to the system.
The many images that just skipped on the monitor were exactly where the live broadcast system had detected the signal.
—These are also the places that Shuo Hui visited when he traveled.
Zhu Changyang has basically confirmed that this live broadcast system was refined by "his" spiritual consciousness ten thousand years ago, and the monitor is one of the channels for storing his cultivation.
So when he touched the monitor again, those skills returned to his sea of consciousness.
After the thunderstorm.
Zhu Changyang and Jun Shu walked into the flower hall with the little black cat.
Zuo Zhe was waiting in the hall, and he bowed and congratulated: "Congratulations to all the clan leaders for their successful advancement."
"Thank you." Zhu Changyang returned the greeting and said jokingly, "Mr. Tianjizi, would you mind writing me another short article so that I can be on the front page again?"
"… "
Zuo Zhe wiped his sweat in embarrassment and explained dryly, "I just have nothing to do, so I want to share some interesting stories with my fellow practitioners in the Nine Regions and earn some funds for my sect..."
It turned out that he had been practicing the art of divination and deduction for many years, but the secrets of heaven could not be revealed, and anything involving chance and fortune could not be told to outsiders.
As time went by, he was almost going crazy.
Later, when he was traveling, he simply started a daily newsletter. Although the secrets of heaven could not be revealed, gossips about human beings could be.
As a disciple of Jingtian Palace, he is good at obtaining information and is often hired by famous and wealthy families.
Zuo Zhe’s previous job was to be a retainer in the house of the city lord of Changping.
This makes him extremely well-informed. People outside speculate that Tianjizi is a wandering sorcerer, which is actually true.
Zuo Zhe is indeed a sorcerer, he is just traveling randomly.
After accidentally obtaining a "strange stone" from outside the border a few years ago, Zuo Zhe felt like he had found a treasure, because some unclear images would occasionally appear on the "strange stone".
Moreover, the strange stones usually only appear for a moment, and the image is fleeting, making it difficult to judge the situation.
But Zuo Zhe believed that this was a revelation given to him by the strange stone. Every time he captured a new picture on the strange stone, he would immediately rush to the place where the picture belonged.
Sure enough, I always happen to come across gossip there.
Zuo Zhe was able to conduct field investigations nearby and was always able to obtain fresh first-hand information, which was detailed and occasionally accompanied by comments from local people.
The Daily News became a big seller.
At the end, Zuo Zhe couldn't help but sigh: "That strange stone is really magical. It can actually predict major events in the Nine Realms."
Zhu Changyang: “…”
It was difficult to explain to Zuo Zhe that the monitor was not predicting any major events, it was just detecting signals.
However, before Zhu Changyang traveled through time, the live broadcast system was in the testing phase, and the signal was greatly affected by the fluctuations in the spiritual power of this world.
In the world of cultivation, places with large fluctuations in spiritual energy are often where big things happen.
After Zhu Changyang traveled through time, the signals detected by the monitors were basically all on him, so Tianjizi's reports about him in the later period were always timely and detailed.
It is no wonder that Tianjizi has always praised the Industrial Sect in his recent reports. It is because he is grateful to Zhu Changyang for bringing the Goddess Hengbo out of the forbidden area.
It was an accidental success.
It was Zhu Changyang who originally joked that Tianjizi was like a paparazzi, but now looking at this guy, he discovered that he initially relied on his social connections to collect gossip, and later found clues from surveillance cameras, and then rushed to various places for on-site interviews and investigations.
It's really a paparazzi!
Zuo Zhe smiled awkwardly and said admiringly: "Speaking of which, the Sect Masters are indeed extremely talented. They knew my identity after only taking a look at the strange stone."
"Oh, that's not the case." Zhu Changyang took out the monitor and pulled up a frame of the picture. "I just happened to see your photo."
The monitor itself has a small lens. Zuo Zhe held it for so long that he accidentally triggered the camera function many times and took pictures of himself.
This is just like how old people often take photos of messy things unknowingly when playing with their mobile phones.
It’s just that Zuo Zhe was not familiar with this monitor, and the monitor had been in a snowy screen state with poor contact all year round, so he never knew that this thing could be watched back.
Zuo Zhe took a closer look and saw that there was indeed a photo on the "strange stone", which was the image of him writing furiously at his desk.
One can even see the title of his manuscript: Hua Qingdai regrets her marriage and abandons her bridegroom, Zi Jiuwen becomes lustful when seeing a beautiful woman
Zuo Zhe: “… … … ”
The author has something to say:
Six Seal God: fine.
Paparazzi: Social death on the spot.
Thunder-Attracting Talisman: Is there no one speaking up for us
(End of this chapter)