Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

Chapter 674: Surviving the Heavenly Tribulation, Lü Ci Cried with Joy

Lu Ci stared at the sky blankly, his mind full of thoughts.

But suddenly, with a "boom", a blazing bolt of lightning struck down on his head, hitting a big tree a few meters in front of him and splitting it into a piece of charcoal.

"Oh no, the thunder is getting stronger and stronger, it has already reached here, retreat quickly!"

Lu Ci's face went numb as he watched, and he dared not think any more. He kicked his legs against the tree, and his body suddenly flew backwards, creating a great distance between them in an instant.

And just a few breaths after he left, a lot of tiny bolts of lightning fell from the sky, blasting the big trees in the area where he was previously into charcoal and burning a raging fire.

Lu Ci looked back and was still frightened. If this happened to him, he would be seriously injured even if he didn't die.

"Be careful. Brother Zhang who survived the thunder tribulation may be fine, but I am going to be struck to death just by watching this. Then Lu Jin will laugh to death!"

When Lu Ci thought of that scene, he felt a chill in his heart. He quickly moved some distance away and went to a place without trees to watch.

As he watched, he felt that the black smoke produced by the burning trees in front of him was rising into the air and obscuring his vision, so he used his Ruyi power to put out the flames that had not yet grown stronger.

Then, he continued to look up, only to find that just a moment ago, the scene in the clouds and thunder had become slightly different.

The thunderclouds before were whirlpool-like, and although they were emptying out wave by wave, they had a regular pattern.

The thunderclouds now have no rules and are churning violently as if they were boiling.

And in the very center of the boiling clouds, a human figure with a faint golden light was flashing. Lu Ci knew that it was Senior Brother Zhang. He watched Zhang Zhiwei's every move.

Soon, he discovered that Senior Brother Zhang was actually practicing boxing in the thunder clouds, and the reason why the thunder clouds were boiling was because of this.

"Practicing boxing in a thunderstorm? What kind of heroic spirit is this? What kind of shocking boxing style is this? Senior Brother Zhang's hoeing skills have benefited me a lot before, I wonder if there will be any benefits this time?"

Lu Ci was excited, and immediately focused his Qi on his eyes, with a gaze as sharp as a torch, to see every detail clearly.

He was somewhat unable to understand the true meaning of the boxing techniques that Zhang Zhiwei was practicing. He only felt that every time Zhang Zhiwei made a move, there was an unstoppable and unrivaled momentum.

Even if I can't learn Senior Brother Zhang's spirit, it would be good to learn his form... With this idea in mind, Lu Ci wrote down all the moves that Zhang Zhiwei practiced.

In the clouds, Zhang Zhiwei was indeed practicing boxing. He was practicing Bajiquan from martial arts. The reason for practicing this was to speed up the efficiency of thunder body tempering.

Practicing martial arts is different from practicing Taoism. Practicing martial arts emphasizes cultivating the internal Qi and external training of the muscles, bones and skin. Authentic boxing techniques have a strong effect on strengthening the body.

Physical training is to increase the strength of muscles, bones and skin, while cultivating "life" is to improve all-round physical skills, including nerve reaction speed and so on.

Although the two cannot be completely equated, they do have many similarities. Even some extremely advanced martial arts can cultivate one's "life" while strengthening one's muscles, bones and skin.

Such people who practice martial arts are generally called those who have entered the Dao through martial arts, and they are often very powerful.

Of course, although there are advantages and disadvantages between the two, those who practice Taoism are not necessarily stronger than those who practice martial arts. After all, cultivating both body and soul is slow, while tempering muscles, bones and skin is fast. If one only practices for one or two years, a martial artist may be able to kill a Taoist with one punch.

With Zhang Zhiwei's current level of cultivation, whether he goes from Taoism to martial arts, or from martial arts to Taoism, it is only a matter of thought for him.

He practiced Bajiquan because he saw the authentic Bajiquan's effect on the body. After all, there is a saying that Baji can kill people in a year, but Tai Chi can keep people away from home for ten years. In this respect, it is indeed extraordinary.

But as he practiced, he began to deviate from the scope of Bajiquan. In this thundercloud, he added some of his own ideas to Bajiquan.

As he incorporated more ideas, the boxing style he used became more different from Baji. It not only strengthened his muscles, bones and skin, but also took into account the training of life.

Especially when Zhang Zhiwei performed it at this moment, he entered a state of forgetting both himself and the world, and achieved the effect of taking the heaven and earth into his heart and integrating himself into the heaven and earth.

In this state, the effect of Thunder Tempering is stronger, but the damage to the body is lower.

As Zhang Zhiwei's boxing practice became more advanced, the movement in the clouds became louder and louder, so loud that even Lu Ci, who was observing from below, felt frightened.

Because Senior Brother Zhang's punches were getting stronger and stronger. Every time he threw a punch, the thunderclouds would shake. Even though there was tremendous thunder in the sky, it was still shattered by his punch.

This was an extremely shocking scene. Although he could not hear any sound below, he felt as if there was a sound of bells and drums hitting his head, which made his head dizzy. He stared blankly at the dark clouds that were like a black volcano collapsing and disintegrating bit by bit.

Yes, the "volcano" is collapsing, and there is no more thunder inside the dark clouds that were blown out, but it has not dissipated either.

These dark clouds were originally the product of the gathering of water elements between heaven and earth. Now that they no longer generate thunder, they naturally turned into water and fell down.

Soon, it started to rain heavily, and the fire on the back mountain caused by lightning was completely extinguished by the heavy rain.

Lu Ci circulated Qi around his body, blocking the heavy rain, but the dense rain lines like a bead curtain still blocked his vision, making it difficult for him to see the movements in the thunderclouds.

"Damn it!" Lu Ci was anxious and regretted that he didn't have a pair of X-ray eyes. He adjusted several positions, but got the same result.

Just when he was extremely anxious, the thunder that had been exploding like drumbeats suddenly disappeared, and the whole world seemed to become quiet in an instant.

Above the sky, the cloud mountain formed by the gathering of dark clouds also completely dispersed, turning into seemingly ordinary dark clouds that spread in all directions. These dark clouds brought heavy rain to the small area of ​​Longhu Mountain.

And in the depths of the dark clouds, a ray of golden light suddenly appeared, cut through the sea of ​​clouds, and disappeared in an instant.

After that, there was no more thunder, only heavy rain falling continuously.

Lu Ci looked up at the sky, but could no longer see that majestic figure.

"Could Senior Brother Zhang...have ascended to heaven?" Thinking of this, he began to feel anxious.

Although ascension is what practitioners dream of, if Lu Jin were here, he would definitely be happy for Zhang Zhiwei, but who doesn't have some selfish motives?
If Senior Brother Zhang ascends to heaven, how can I improve myself in the future? Lu Ci felt uneasy.

Through Zhang Zhiwei, he saw a higher mountain, and through this mountain, he saw a more distant scenery.

If I had continued to practice step by step according to the family plan as before, I don’t know how many years it would take to reach my current state.

He really wanted to improve.

But at this moment, he felt an extremely terrifying aura, like a natural disaster, appearing not far away.

Lu Ci subconsciously felt a chill in his heart and goose bumps all over his body, but after feeling it carefully, he suddenly felt happy.

"This is... Senior Brother Zhang didn't ascend?"

He stepped forward, and a very long purple line was drawn in the rain, heading towards the location of the terrifying aura.

The reason why Lu Ci could sense Zhang Zhiwei's Qi was because Zhang Zhiwei had just passed the thunder tribulation, and the Qi in his body was fully activated and had not yet calmed down. For someone like him whose human body's small world is too powerful, if he is not restrained and stands in the world, his Qi will be as conspicuous as wind, fire, and wolf smoke in the eyes of those who can sense Qi.

In the plot, Ding Daoan, one of the two heroes of later generations, after seeing through his Qi, the first thought that flashed through his mind was "natural disaster".

However, ordinary people who are not sensitive to Qi would simply feel that the person in front of them is extremely powerful and would not dare to look directly at him.

Lu Ci followed Zhang Zhiwei's breath and soon found him.

Zhang Zhiwei landed in a fire-ravaged forest, his body charred black, his Taoist robe torn to pieces, only covering his vital parts, and his long hair like a waterfall burned, revealing his bald scalp.

When Lu Ci saw Zhang Zhiwei, he was quite excited and had a smile on his face, but when he noticed his current state, his smile froze.

He didn't even have time to hide the smile on his face before tears started falling. He thought Zhang Zhiwei had died in the thunder.

When he came here, he thought of many possibilities: Senior Brother Zhang had survived the thunder and ascended, Senior Brother Zhang had survived the thunder and was about to ascend, Senior Brother Zhang had survived the thunder and was forcing himself not to ascend...

But no matter which possibility it was, he never thought that Senior Brother Zhang would not be able to survive the thunder and die.

He cried not because he was a tearful person. As a man with an extremely strong mind, not many things could make him cry. However, Zhang Zhiwei was not only a person he admired, but also his guide on the road to truth and his beacon.

But now, this signpost was gone. He felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife. He felt extremely uncomfortable and could hardly breathe.

Looking at Zhang Zhiwei who was almost turned into charcoal, Lu Ci's knees softened and he knelt in the rain, shouting at Zhang Zhiwei: "Zhang..."

Just as he shouted a word, the figure that was almost turned into charcoal slowly turned his head, narrowed his eyes, his eyes were bright, and a familiar voice came out.

"Stop howling, Erbi, why are you like Lao Lu, crying whenever something happens? Can such a small scene kill me?"

Lu Ci's expression froze as he cried out at the top of his lungs. His heart was instantly filled with great joy, and then immediately filled with a strong sense of shame.

Who am I... Where am I... What am I doing...

And... Senior Brother Zhang... you're not dead yet... why are you standing there like a piece of charcoal...

Lu Ci was secretly complaining in his heart, and could only argue: "Who cried? I didn't cry!"

"Is that tears of joy?" Zhang Zhiwei asked.

Lu Ci: “…………”

"It's rainwater, all rainwater!"

He continued to quibble, and soon he saw Zhang Zhiwei's body shook slightly, and the charred skin on his body fell off.

Instead, there was skin as white as topaz, with almost no pores, just like the legendary gilded body.

This is Senior Brother Zhang practicing his profound skills... He reacted and quickly shut his mouth, holding his breath, not daring to disturb him in the slightest.

Afterwards, he heard the blood in Zhang Zhiwei's body rushing, making a sound like a great river. A layer of dense black hair grew on his head, growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few breaths, it grew to the same length as before.

Zhang Zhiwei did not use red hands, this was the effect of his adjustment of the human body structure.

The reason why he was standing there like charcoal just now was that he was digesting and absorbing the remaining power of heavenly thunder in his body.

After digesting the remaining heavenly thunder in his body, Zhang Zhiwei shook off the dead skin, grew new hair, restrained his own Qi, took out a brand new Taoist robe from his wallet and put it on.

It was still raining, but when the raindrops falling from the sky hit his head, they were attracted by the Qi and separated automatically.

Zhang Zhiwei looked at Lu Ci. When Zhang Zhiwei was recovering himself, Lu Ci had already stood up. He used his Qi to evaporate the moisture from his body, and condensed the purple Ruyi Power into an umbrella shape, hovering above his head to block the rain.

At this moment, she was leaning against a tree, looking at him with a cool expression, without any trace of her previous embarrassed look of kneeling in the rain, crying at the top of her lungs.

In fact, Zhang Zhiwei was quite touched when he saw Lu Ci like that before, but he didn't want to make it awkward, so he said that. Now seeing Lu Ci like this, he didn't expose him, but asked:

"Erbi, why are you here?"

Seeing Zhang Zhiwei reveal what happened just now, Lu Ci stopped pretending and quickly replied:
"I was practicing in the fields in the back mountain when I suddenly heard a big noise in the sky. There were dark clouds covering the sky, and there were thunder and lightning. In addition, there was a figure ascending to the sky. I was curious, so I came to take a look. When I looked, I found that it was Senior Brother Zhang. Senior Brother Zhang, were you going through the heavenly tribulation just now?"

Zhang Zhiwei nodded and said, "I am going through one of the three disasters, the thunder disaster, which fits the description of the heavenly tribulation in the legend!"

Thunderstorm... Lu Ci was shocked and asked quickly: "It is said that one can become an immortal after overcoming the heavenly tribulation. Have you become an immortal now? If you have become an immortal, why haven't you ascended to heaven? How long do you plan to ascend..."

Lu Ci was a man of few words, but at this moment, he couldn't suppress his curiosity. He looked excited and kept asking questions.

Zhang Zhiwei: "…………"

Looking at the chattering Lu Ci, he thought to himself, should this Erbi be renamed Erha?

"It is a tribulation, but it is not an immortality!" Zhang Zhiwei said concisely: "In the final analysis, I am just using the thunder to temper my life!"

Overcoming tribulation... Heavenly thunder... Tempering life... Lü Ci could understand these words individually, but when they were put together, he was confused.
Is it a literal meaning? Or is there another deeper meaning? After all, how can the thunder of heaven temper life? Aren't you afraid of being crushed by the thunder?

In his understanding, tempering life is an extremely difficult and cautious thing. Why does he dig the ground every day without getting tired of it? Isn't it to temper life?
He asked tentatively: "To temper your life by being struck by lightning?"

Zhang Zhiwei nodded.

Lu Ci opened his eyes wide: "The thunder is pouring down on your body, aren't you afraid, Senior Brother Zhang?"

"Why should I be afraid?" Zhang Zhiwei said calmly, "I am not afraid of heaven, nor of nature. There is nothing in this world that is worth my fear!"

"Then...where is the Heavenly Master?"

Lu Ci said it subconsciously, and he regretted it right after he said it. Isn't this asking for trouble?

"I respect my master, not fear him!"

Zhang Zhiwei glanced at him and thought to himself, if you dare to say something nonsense again, I will beat you.

Lu Ci still understood the situation. He shrank his neck and changed the subject: "Brother Zhang, what was the result of your use of the Heavenly Thunder to refine your life this time?"

"Want to know?" Zhang Zhiwei said, "Come on, try to attack me!"

(End of this chapter)