boom!
The thunder that shook the sky rolled to the top of the mountain. The blue-white lightning accompanied by the thunder illuminated the entire mountain range. The forest shook wildly, and leaves fell from the branches and flew through the barrier that ordinary people could not see. Someone walked out of the attic and raised his face.
"This thunder is a little strange..."
The man looked for a moment, turned around and ran into the attic built against the mountain wall behind him. He nodded to the believer guarding the door and pushed the door open. There was a brocade screen with mountains and rivers across the first chair, and two rows of seats on both sides of the red stone pillars. When he walked over, he saw three people talking in low voices with solemn expressions.
"The Qing Guardian seems to be dead."
"I left home yesterday morning and headed for Junyang City, where we usually go. How could he suddenly die? Have any of you cultivators come to the city?"
"I don't know. I haven't received any news."
"I'm afraid Jiang Liying has also met with misfortune..."
"Should we report this to the Master?" "No, the Master is in retreat. If we disturb him, we will be punished."
While the three were talking, the last one heard footsteps coming in, glanced at the Fire Prayer who came in, took a sip of tea.
"What is it?"
The believer walked over, bowed, whispered something in front of the three guardians, and pointed to the night sky outside.
"This thunder is a bit strange. It seems that the barrier set up by Mingzun has been affected."
The three guardians looked at each other, then hurriedly stood up, walked past the man, and left the attic hall. They looked up at the night sky. Blue-white lightning flashed frequently, and they could vaguely see a fluorescent yellow light blooming. The cultivation base of the three of them was above the Golden Core stage, barely touching the last major realm of the Nascent Soul stage. They had also experienced thunder tribulations, so they naturally recognized the meaning of the fluorescent yellow light.
"Thunder tribulation?"
"Who is going through the tribulation outside... Could it be some casual cultivator?"
"He is simply asking for his own death. Go down the mountain and arrest him. If he is a casual cultivator, that's fine, give him a quick death. But if he is a Dharma protector, arrest him and dig out his spiritual veins to make a miraculous medicine!"
As they were talking, they also wanted to check on other people. Suddenly, a thunder tribulation came. Now they couldn't observe the size of the thunder tribulation or judge the cultivation level of the person who was going through it. But if they went out, they would definitely be affected by the cause and effect. They would be mistaken by the thunder as the person who helped to go through the tribulation. Then they would be so wronged that they would have no place to cry.
"Or we can just wait inside the barrier. If the person who is undergoing the tribulation is not dead, we can look for him later!"
"I also think it's a good idea to pay attention. First observe the size of the thunder tribulation, and then you can know the person's level of Taoism."
One of them had already taken out a huge two-finger iron claw hook, holding one in his left and one in his right hand, frowning: "What if we disturb Ming Zun's retreat?"
Boom—
The thunder was getting closer to Ziling Mountain. The moment the three hesitated, a black shadow seemed to fly in from outside the barrier, with black sleeves fluttering, and under the swaying long skirt, two feet stood firmly on the treetop.
"That's what the old demon said... Then what should we do? Call him out?!"
He blinked his eyes and looked at the flowing Dharma light. After a moment, his originally curious expression gradually turned cold as he felt the barrier in front of him. He felt a familiar sense of disgust in his heart, his fingers were clenched, and he suddenly roared.
"Holy Fire Master—"
Demonic power filled the air, shaking the invisible barrier. The night wind howled and became violent, causing the nearby mountains and forests to shake violently.
"Who is that woman?!"
"I've never seen it, but it has a strong demonic aura!" "She dares to call me Ming Zun!"
The three of them looked at each other, and no one had the intention to go forward. The demonic aura was overwhelming, and it kept calling out Holy Fire Master, so it must not be an ordinary demon. If they rushed out recklessly, they might lose their lives before they could figure out what was going on.
After practicing Taoism for so long, how could these three people not even understand this little principle
"Banyan monster... you actually found your way here!"
At this time, the mountain wall behind the three people shook, and suddenly a voice was heard, a low roar like a lion or tiger, majestic without being angry, the words penetrated the mountain wall slowly and resounded through the sky.
"I was looking for you before, and now you are at my doorstep!"
The three guardians near the water pavilion below hurriedly turned around to face the mountain wall, knelt on one knee and lowered their heads.
"We are waiting to welcome you, Master Ming."
boom-
The rocks collapsed and a gap appeared in the towering mountain above. A figure flew out from the broken and flying rocks. He wore a red robe with white mane that fluttered in the wind. He had a gray beard like a halberd and a dignified face. He swung his arm and the spirit of fire spread around his body. He glanced at the thunder coming from the night sky and frowned.
"The Heavenly Thunder of the Golden Core Realm."
Feeling somewhat fearful, he cast a stern look at the slim woman in the black dress.
"Tree demon, it's been a long time!"
Outside the Zishan Temple barrier, the black-skirted tree demon clenched her fingertips, staring at the figure suspended in the air, with inexplicable anger rising in her heart, but she still remembered Lu Liangsheng's instructions. She suddenly threw the thing in her other hand over, turned around and jumped, and plunged into the darkness.
The flying package hit the barrier with a bang. When it fell, Holy Fire Master stretched out his hand and waved it, and the thing deviated from the falling direction and flew into his hand.
Looking at the face under the package, it was the head of one of his bodyguards.
"hehe… "
I couldn't help but chuckle, "Luring the tiger away from the mountain, hehe..."
Having lived for a hundred years, he had seen all kinds of conspiracies. He knew the other party's plan at a glance. However, now that his Disha Yinhuo technique had reached perfection, he did not take it seriously at all. It was a good opportunity for him to chase the other party and avoid the thunder tribulation that was about to take shape.
He tilted his gaze and looked at the three guardians below.
"Just a thunder tribulation, you guys deal with it, I will capture this thousand-year-old tree demon."
Without waiting for them to speak, the fire spirit energy enveloped the Holy Fire Master, dragging a beam of fire that rushed out of the barrier, like a meteor across the night, disappearing in the blink of an eye, leaving only a little light flashing at the end.
Three people: “…”
They looked at each other in silence. Some of them wiped the cold sweat from their faces. They knew that being involved in the cause and effect of thunder tribulation would not benefit their cultivation at all, but they had to obey the words of Saint Fire Master.
"Actually... I don't think the thunderbolt can reach us. It's estimated to be more than ten miles away."
"Well, besides, there is the barrier set up by Ming Zun. How can the heavenly thunder of the Golden Core Realm break it?"
boom-
As soon as two of them finished speaking, there was a horrible roar of thunder. Fluorescent yellow lightning spread along with the clouds, illuminating the three people and even the faces of the believers in the church, scaring everyone so much that they shrank their necks.
Tap tap tap~~~Ah ah—
Mixed in with the thunder, there was the faint sound of hooves running on the mountain road and people shouting hysterically.
The next moment.
An old donkey spread its hooves and ran up the blue brick stone steps along the mountain path, its long tongue dragging at the corner of its mouth as it ran. On its back, the Taoist priest lay crosswise, shouting and yelling, and came to the front of the mountain gate. Looking at the people standing on the stone steps holding magic tools, the old donkey flapped its long ears and neighed with a grin.
He shook the Taoist priest off his back, turned around and disappeared into the nearby woods, leaving Sun Yingxian sitting on the ground, looking at the unfriendly looks from the people from the Qihuo Sect.
"Gu~"
The Taoist swallowed his saliva, spread out his hands, and forced a smile.
"You may not believe me, but I didn't do it on purpose."
boom!
Dark clouds gathered and swirled into a vortex. Lightning flashed between the clouds and streaks of lightning were flowing through the clouds. After a moment, thunder roared and bright yellow lightning broke through the vortex of clouds and struck down.
The entire darkness between heaven and earth was pushed aside, revealing a fluorescent yellow.