The dark clouds in the sky seemed to be squeezed out of the void, constantly rolling and piling up and pressing down. Lightning jumped in the dark clouds, and thunder fell like a waterfall of thunder, hitting the cocoon of light in the middle of the mountain peak. With the bombardment of thunder, a snake shadow vaguely appeared in the light cocoon, circling and swimming in the light cocoon, as if it wanted to rush out from inside.
And just in the distance, after listening to Mo Rushi's words, Ye Zan frowned tightly, with a bit of worry in his eyes, and asked: "Old Mo, according to what you said, how successful is Xiao Jin in overcoming the tribulation this time? possible?"
Although, from the beginning, Ye Zan accepted the golden-scaled python Xiao Jin just for use. He even implanted a chip into Xiao Jin and input a lot of false memories. Moreover, after leaving the Summer Time Secret Realm, Xiao Jin's role was much smaller. He only helped once when Ye Zan of Tiandao Mountain plotted against the disciples of the Star Sect, and then he was kept like a pet.
However, pets also have feelings. This has nothing to do with Xiao Jin’s ability and usefulness. How many people really keep cats just to let them catch mice for them
Mo Rushi naturally heard Ye Zan's worries. Looking at the mountain peaks covered by the thunder waterfall, he shook his head slightly and said, "I'm afraid, there is no possibility. If that little snake is a real dragon, such a thunder disaster will naturally not happen." After all, it's a pity that it is just a snake after all. If it had turned into a dragon before, it would still have a 50% chance of surviving this dragon transformation, but... "
Snakes turn into dragons, and dragons turn into dragons. This can be regarded as a progressive relationship, or it can be regarded as a layer-by-layer evolution caused by the purification of blood. Just like the realm of human cultivation, each level of change means an improvement in strength, and it is a qualitative improvement.
Xiao Jin has not experienced the transformation into a dragon at all. Although there is a meat bag on the top of his head, he has not become a real horn after all, nor has he experienced the tribulation of transformation into a dragon. However, due to eating the dragon marrow of the ancient true dragon, the true dragon blood in Xiao Jin's body was strong enough to cause the dragon transformation disaster. This leads to the fact that Xiao Jin wants to use the body of a snake to survive the Dragon Transformation Tribulation, which is like jumping to a large realm to challenge a powerful enemy. How can he have any chance of success
Just as Ye Zan and Mo Ru were having a conversation, the light cocoon covered by the thunder waterfall also changed again. I saw that the light cocoon, with the continuous bombardment of thunder, some cracks gradually began to appear on the outer wall. The cracks grew from one or two to more and more, spreading like a spider web, and soon covered the entire outer wall.
Finally, a huge thunder pillar with thousands of thunderbolts intertwined together suddenly fell from the dark clouds and hit the light cocoon heavily. In an instant, the light cocoon shattered like a hit porcelain, and countless light cocoon fragments flew in all directions, revealing the little gold inside.
At this time, Xiao Jin already had a vague dragon shape. The two protrusions on the top of his head had turned into a pair of immature horns, and four small claws were faintly sprouted from his body.
As the cocoon of light shattered, Xiao Jin seemed to have lost his shackles. He shook his head and tail and soared into the sky, rushing towards Thunder. However, although Xiao Jin's courage is commendable, his strength is not enough to support his arrogance. I saw Xiao Jin rushing into the thunder pillar, and then he was blasted out with smoke all over his body, and he screamed and ran away to the side.
"Junior brother, this pet of yours is really..." Mo Ru glanced at Ye Zan's face and swallowed back the rest of the sentence "I don't know how high the world is".
At this time, Ye Zan's face was very dark, but at the same time, the worry between his eyebrows was also clearly revealed. He didn't pay attention to Mo Rushi's words, but asked: "Old Mo, how can I help it?"
"Junior brother, don't do anything stupid. How can others interfere with this calamity!" Mo Ru was immediately startled, and was so frightened that he quickly explained to Ye Zan: "This calamity can only be overcome by one's own strength. , if others interfere, not only will they be affected by the heavenly tribulation, but they will also arouse the wrath of heaven and bring about even more terrifying heavenly tribulations. Junior brother, please don’t do anything stupid!”
On the one hand, this heavenly tribulation is a test of Heaven's way, and on the other hand, it can also be said that Heaven's way wants to eliminate the existence that violates Heaven's way. Therefore, whether it is a human being or a demon who overcomes a tribulation, he must rely on his own ability. Moreover, anyone who interferes with the Heavenly Tribulation is like challenging the majesty of Heaven, and will inevitably attract double punishment from Heaven.
Looking at Xiao Jin's side, he was constantly hit by falling thunder. His originally shining golden body was turned pitch black, and his scales were even splashed from time to time. He let out a helpless cry.
"Is it the way of heaven? Let's see if the way of heaven recognizes this account!" Ye Zan suddenly thought of something that might be able to help Xiao Jin, so he raised his hand to offer the jade ball and released the little bully inside. Of course, he didn't ask Xiao Ba to go down and help Xiao Jin, but he wanted to use the merit monument on Xiao Ba's lower back.
The merit stele is said to be a magic weapon used by immortals in ancient immortal courts to record their own merits. And this merit was not ordered by Xianting himself, otherwise Ye Zan would not have been able to get so many merit in the first place. This merit is a reward from Heaven. Immortal Court just expresses it numerically based on its grasp of the operation of Heaven.
Xiaoba showed his figure. First he shouted "Angang" to Ye Zan very happily, but he was soon attracted by the movement of overcoming the tribulation over there. As soon as he saw the terrifying scene of thunder and rain over there, Xiao Baxia immediately opened his four claws and crawled behind Ye Zan. Then he stuck his head out from Ye Zan's waist and carefully looked at the thunder waterfall. place.
"Junior brother, what do you want to do? This is..." Mo Ru really didn't know this little bully, and he didn't know what the stone tablet on his back was, so he was very worried about what Ye Zan was going to do.
"Brother, don't worry, I know what's going on." Ye Zan said he knew what was going on, but in fact he didn't know much about it, but in order to save Xiao Jin, he had no choice but to take the risk and give it a try. Anyway, if it really causes a thunder catastrophe, the worst he can do is build the lightning protection tower again, but he doesn't know how the real thunder catastrophe in this world compares with the thunder catastrophe in the small world of Immortal Palace.
Then, Ye Zan turned around and exposed Xiaoba behind him. Xiaoba was immediately startled, and quickly tried to hide behind Ye Zan, but he was pushed to the ground by Ye Zan, and he could only scream "Ang Ang" in aggrieved manner.
However, Ye Zan didn't care about Xiao Ba's mood, and looked at the merit monument on Xiao Ba's back.
Originally, when Ye Zan first received the Merit Monument, he was overjoyed with the more than seven million merits. It's a pity that after all kinds of consumption happened one after another, only about two million merits were left. Now, the merit value displayed on the merit tablet has increased somewhat compared to before, which should be due to the emergence of spiritual rice. However, since this spiritual rice has not been widely promoted, the merit gained is not much.
Now, Ye Zan really had no idea whether the merits of more than two million yuan would be enough for Xiao Jin to successfully overcome the disaster, but now he had to give it a try.
So, Ye Zan silently recited the magic formula in his heart, raised his hand and patted the merit monument on Xiao Ba's lower back. Immediately, he saw the merit monument erupting with black and yellow light, flying up from Xiao Baxia's back and flying towards the place where Xiao Jin had transcended the tribulation.
Watching the Merit Monument fly away, Xiaobaxia seemed to feel that he was about to lose something. He flapped his four paws and screamed "Aangang", just like a child who had his favorite toy taken away.
Mo Rusi, who was next to him, watched blankly as the merit monument flew away. It was too late to stop it. He quickly took out the black jade nine-star bamboo and held it in his palm, ready to deal with the backlash of the catastrophe at any time.
Looking at the merit monument, it radiated a black and yellow light, instantly flew into the thunder waterfall, and came to Xiao Jin's head, which was beaten by the thunder. The black and yellow light was supported by the thunder that was constantly bombarding down, and the light below fell on Xiao Jin. The black and yellow light above was as thick as a cloud, and it steadily blocked the thunder without missing a trace. The black and yellow light from above fell on Xiao Jin's body, causing the scars on Xiao Jin's body that were originally struck by thunder to disappear in the blink of an eye.
However, this is not without cost. In this case, the merit value on the merit monument is constantly changing and getting smaller and smaller at an extremely fast speed.
"Junior brother, what is this?" Mo Ru asked in surprise.
It stands to reason that Ye Zan is interfering with the Heavenly Tribulation. No matter how powerful the magic weapon is, Ye Zan will definitely suffer the backlash from the Heavenly Tribulation. But now, I saw that magic weapon, so confidently blocking the catastrophe for Xiao Jin, without any intention of taking advantage of the situation, but there was no movement from Ye Zan's side.
"Well, it's a magic weapon obtained in the Immortal Palace. It's said to be called the Merit Monument." Seeing that the Merit Monument blocked the catastrophe for Xiao Jin, Ye Zan also showed joy on his face and casually replied to Mo Rushi.
"What, the Monument of Merit!" Mo Ru was immediately shocked again. Although he may have never seen the Merit Monument in his life, he has heard some legends and naturally knows some information about the Merit Monument. But just because he knew about the merit monument, he couldn't help but have another question, so he asked: "But junior brother, how important is the merit, how can you use it in this place!"
In fact, it can be said that everyone has this merit, but without a merit monument, it cannot be displayed, and it cannot be used to do anything. However, merits also play a very important role for Taoists, and it does not depend on whether there is a merit monument. That is, it will reduce the difficulty of overcoming heavenly tribulations in the future.
However, for ordinary ascetics, this merit is too difficult to obtain. It doesn't mean that you can get much merit by saving someone, especially if there is no merit monument, you don't even know how you will get merit. For example, if you save a dying person, it seems like a good thing. But this rescued person may become some kind of devil in the future, and you will be a part of all the evil he does.
In reality, many things are intertwined with each other, and it is difficult to say that one thing is just one thing, just like the butterfly effect in the technological world. It's like Ye Zan has mastered technology. If it were used in the world all at once, it would definitely not be a great meritorious thing. Therefore, those technologies may bring benefits to the world, but they may also bring disasters. They may be beneficial to some people, but they may be disasters to others.
For example, in the small world of Immortal Palace, the newly built public transportation network is a good thing for many people, but it is definitely a catastrophe for those who were originally engaged in the transportation industry. This is also the reason why Ye Zan wants to use the small world of Immortal Palace as an experimental place for the application of technology, instead of pushing technology into the Shenhua Realm regardless.
Perhaps, this is also why the ancient fairy court came up with magic weapons such as merit tablets.
In Mo Ruzhi's view, merit is much more important to Ye Zan than a monster pet like Xiao Jin.
However, Ye Zan didn't care and said to Mo Ru: "Senior brother, don't worry, I still have some merit."
"But, it can't be... Alas!" Mo Ru knew that it was useless to say anything now. After all, the merit monument had been sacrificed, so he could only sigh helplessly.
Of course, if Mo Ru knew that by "some" Ye Zan meant more than two million merit, he would definitely be even more surprised. Moreover, if he knew that more than two million merits had been used to save a monster beast, it would not be just a matter of sighing.
That's right, the merit points of more than two million were rapidly reduced in the process of resisting the catastrophe for Xiao Jin. The string of numbers is getting shorter and shorter, from one million to one hundred thousand, then from one hundred thousand to ten thousand, then to thousands... back to zero!
The light of the Merit Monument became weaker and weaker, and finally it turned into a black and yellow jade monument, flew out through the thunder waterfall, and landed back on Xiao Baxia's back. The corners of Ye Zan's eyes couldn't help but tremble. More than two million merits were enough to kill a dozen more Nascent Soul Ancestors. They actually just blocked the catastrophe for a while and then disappeared!
However, the disaster on Xiao Jin's side is not over yet.
Fortunately, after being baptized by the black and yellow light of the Merit Monument, Xiao Jin's injuries have healed, and his strength seems to have also increased. Therefore, facing the thunder that was still blasting down, it was not as embarrassed as before.
As the catastrophe continued, Xiao Jin's body began to grow, from being only the size of chopsticks, to more than one meter, and then to more than ten meters. As he grew up, the dragon characteristics on Xiao Jin's body became more and more obvious. The horns on his head branched into double forks, and his four claws became more and more powerful.
"Oh, it's a pity that its bloodline is still not strong enough. It seems that it is impossible to transform into a real dragon. It can only become a dragon." Mo Ru shook his head and said. He also didn't know how much merit Ye Zan had consumed, so he still had time to feel sorry for Xiaojin's bloodline.
"Isn't the bloodline strong enough?" Ye Zan looked at Xiao Jin in the distance. Anyway, so much merit had been consumed, and he was really unwilling to let Xiao Jin turn into a dragon. So, he gritted his teeth, took a few more bottles from the Qiankun Ring, and threw them at Xiaojin using the method of controlling objects.
These bottles of Ye Zan are exactly the bone marrow taken from the skeleton of Yaizhen in the small world of Immortal Palace. (To be continued.)