Immortal Road.

Chapter 203 Thunder Punishment
Along with the phantom of a golden thunder pool, it appeared in the distant sky.

The Dai family’s Jindan Zhenren and the Black Skull Demon Lord on the scene were all stunned. This scene seemed inexplicably familiar, as if it had appeared in Wangyue City a month ago?

Is there anyone who is trying to overcome the tribulation and break through to the Nascent Soul stage?

Could it be that he was planning to break through today, so he specially left Wangyue City and found a deserted place?
No wonder the Juesha Tiankeng here is a forbidden area. Breaking through inside can not only conceal some movements, but there are also few people around, so the heavenly calamity will not affect innocent creatures. It is indeed a good place to overcome the calamity.

Did we just happen to catch up?

However, if someone else was the one who survived the tribulation, then wouldn't the ancestor of the Li family, a family of cultivators in Wangyue City, have died unjustly?
Dai Family Jindan Zhenren and Black Skull Demon Lord were acting suspiciously here, looking around for the person who was undergoing the tribulation, fearing that a third party would interfere and ruin their good deeds.

Lin Shan, however, was excited and looked up to admire his "masterpiece" for the first time.

Under the stimulation of the blue-green magical power seed deep in his soul, the phantom of the thunder pool in the sky emerged, and tornadoes and hurricanes that connected the sky and the earth began to rotate.

“Hulala~Hulala~Boom~”

There were lightning and thunder in the sky, and dark clouds were forming. A tornado was moving rapidly upwards. Huge grey funnels sucked up everything, whether it was the dust and gravel on the ground or the evil aura around, all of which were pulled over by the powerful centripetal force.

The strong wind brought sand and rain all over the sky, mixed with gray and black evil spirits. The whole sky looked like a gray and yellow curtain. The sun had long disappeared, and only the eerie whistling sound could be heard in the darkness.

"Crack!——"

A huge thunderbolt stretched across the sky, suddenly illuminating the darkness. The Dai family's Jindan Zhenren in the Five Ghosts Yinsha Formation discovered that all the sky-high tornadoes, hurricanes and thunder disasters
Everything,
seem,

They're all directed at him!
The feeling of being isolated by heaven and earth and locked in a thunder pool is as if one is at war with the whole world.

"???"

Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family was confused. Why did the heavenly tribulation target me instead of others who were undergoing the tribulation and breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage?
Is there something wrong with the thunder penalty lock? Why do I have to bear it?
Is it
That big man who was about to transcend the tribulation and break through to the Nascent Soul stage used some secret technique, similar to the methods of changing the stars, transplanting flowers and trees, and replacing peaches with dead bodies, and regarded me as the person who would take the place of the tribulation? ! !
Dai family's Jindan Zhenren was so scared that his face turned green!

I am just a newbie who just broke through the Jindan stage more than ten years ago. How can I withstand the thirty-nine thunder tribulations of the Yuanying stage?

Isn't this fun?

But the phantom of the thunder pool above the nine heavens didn't care about all this. A thick bolt of lightning directly descended and struck the formation, and the tornadoes and hurricanes around it roared and gathered together.

“Whoosh whoosh~ boom boom boom~ snap!——”

"ah!!--"

A terrifying scream was heard. Lin Shan and the Black Skull Demon Lord, who were watching the show outside the formation, couldn't help but cover their ears at the same time and lay on the ground trembling all over. It was not because they were timid, but because their bodies could not help but react instinctively when they encountered the thunder punishment from the sky due to their low cultivation.

They were already trembling with fear outside the formation, so one could imagine how miserable the Dai family's Jindan Zhenren was inside the formation.

"Hiss~~ This time, Master Dai is finished. After being locked in the thunder pool, there is no escape anywhere in the world. Moreover, he was already seriously injured. Now he probably became the scapegoat of some big boss!"

The Black Skull Demon Lord was muttering to himself. He was naturally no exception to the thirty-nine thunder tribulations, a necessary process for breaking through the Nascent Soul stage. He had a deep understanding of its power. The experience of being struck by lightning in the past was still vivid in his mind, and he was still frightened.

However, as for the origin of the thunder tribulation, he never thought of Lin Shan.

After all, this kind of heavenly tribulation, even if it was not endured by a human being, was at least a magical power displayed by the Nascent Soul stage. How could it be caused by this kid? Moreover, to display the magical power, one must at least recite a few mantras and make a few hand seals, right?
But how could it know that Lin Shan had already condensed the seeds of magical powers. It could be said that he could control and release them at will, and it was integrated into instinct. There was no need for all those fancy preparatory steps. He could use his magical powers just by thinking about it. It's just that his spiritual power was leaking out rapidly now, so outsiders didn't notice it.

The Dharma image behind the Black Skeleton Demon Lord had long been collected by it, and the soul fire in its skull was dim. It almost sacrificed this clone just now, but fortunately it was pulled back by Lin Shan at the critical moment.

As for why Lin Shan could know that a thunder tribulation was about to come, he attributed it all to the function of the innate spiritual treasure, the Xuxing Plate. The Xuxing Plate could survey celestial phenomena and determine feng shui. It could predict the signs of a thunder tribulation in advance and give warnings at the same time. Isn't that a piece of cake?
After the skeleton monster secretly thought about it, he felt that it made sense and he couldn't help but covet this magical treasure even more.

At this time, the field was filled with flying sand and rocks, hurricanes, and a gray haze that made it impossible to see what was happening inside. This time, even Lin Shan's phantom eyes did not work. He could only vaguely hear the screams of the Dai family's Jindan Zhenren and the roars of the four Jindan-stage ghost generals.

That’s right, the sinister Black Skull Demon Lord was not honest in this situation and gave orders from afar to beat the man who was down.

The Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family was enjoying a bath in the Nine Heavens Gale while accepting the baptism of the Thirty-Nine Thunder Tribulations. He also had to continue to be beaten by four Jindan-stage ghost generals. How tragic was the scene?
After the first thunder tribulation, the second one came immediately. The phantom of the thunder pool in the sky was still gathering thunder power continuously. Lin Shan felt that the spiritual power in his body was like a flood. He hurriedly stuffed a pill to restore his spiritual power into his mouth, and took out two medium-grade wind spirit stones with his left and right hands and began to absorb them.

"Crack!——"

The surroundings were illuminated again, and the second thunder across the sky leaped down. Taking advantage of this moment of illumination, one could clearly see that the Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family in the formation was in tatters, his face was pale and his chin was covered in blood, and he was jumping left and right with four Jindan stage ghost generals.

When he saw the second thunderbolt coming down from the sky, the grief and anger on his face became more intense, and he couldn't help but shout out:

"Which senior is messing with me?"

No one answered his question.

The area around the Juesha Tiankeng turned dark again in an instant, and the gray evil covered everything again. The Nine Heavens Strong Wind was still swirling in the formation, and the sounds of ghosts howling and people screaming were endless. It was as eerie as the abyss of purgatory.

The Black Skull Demon Lord was lying outside the formation, laughing loudly, secretly thanking the big guy who had moved flowers and trees to transfer the thunder tribulation. Not only did he rescue them directly, but it seemed that the Dai family's Jindan Zhenren would not be able to withstand the heaven's punishment sooner or later.

After all, there are twenty-seven thirty-nine thunder tribulations, which is just a small part of the whole process. There will be a lot of suffering in the future, so take your time and don't be in a hurry.

But when it turned around, it saw Lin Shan holding the middle-grade wind spirit stone in his left and right hands and sucking it madly, and even holding a spirit stone in his mouth. It looked extremely weird.

"what are you doing?"

"Mmmmm. Oooo."

Lin Shan had no time to pay attention to him. He was madly absorbing spiritual energy while his stomach was still transforming elixirs. He found that he had thought too simply about the sect's magical power. He thought he could do whatever he wanted with the magical power seed. However, he forgot that this kind of unique skill was originally prepared for the great masters in the Nascent Soul stage!

The Nascent Soul stage can mobilize the power of heaven and earth, which is why it has the ability to summon twenty-seven thunder tribulations.

He was just a small fry in the late foundation building stage. Not to mention the increasingly terrifying thunder tribulations that progressed in the later stages, it was difficult for him to even summon the first few "appetizers"!
“Boom boom~Crack!”

The third thunderbolt descended, and the darkness was instantly dispelled. The two people outside the formation seized this moment again, and hurriedly looked at the situation inside the formation with cat's eyes. They found that Dai Jia Jindan Zhenren's whole body was bleeding crazily, and he was covered with wounds by the Nine Heavens Gale. Some parts even showed white bones. The black umbrella magic weapon on his head was twisted and deformed, and was almost remade by the thunderbolt!
The four Jindan stage ghost generals were not having an easy time either. The Nine Heavens Strong Wind swept through them indiscriminately. Their bodies were all illusory and they could not hold on for long. Fortunately, they were the products of the Five Ghosts Yin Evil Formation and they were fearless and just surrounded and beat the enemy.

The sadness on the face of Dai Family Jindan Zhenren grew stronger. He was puzzled. When had he ever offended such a person? Why did he deliberately transfer the thunder tribulation to him? How big of a grudge must this be? Or did he just happen to encounter it here? Or was all this a trap set by the two people from the "Lin's Chamber of Commerce"?
Looking at the third thunder striking down, he was already seriously injured. He had previously fought with the five ghosts and consumed a lot of mana. Later, he forcibly used his own magic weapon, which caused a backlash. Now he was successively harassed by the Nine Heavens Gangfeng, the Thirty-Nine Thunder Tribulations, and the suicidal attacks of four Jindan-stage ghost generals.

I couldn't help but shout in despair: "No!!!——"

"Bang! Huahuahua~~~~"

Rows of waves spread out in all directions, and the Five Ghosts Yin Evil Formation struggled to hold on, blocking the aftermath within the formation. Lin Shan outside knew that the Black Skull Demon Lord had long since died, and now it should be Xiao Xin, the spirit of the weapon that served as the formation plate underground, who was maintaining the formation.

This is why the Black Skull Demon Lord is obsessed with spiritual treasures. Having a highly intelligent spirit weapon by his side can always help the master at critical moments.

After the third thunderbolt, the world suddenly became quiet.

It was quiet inside and outside the formation, and at the same time, it was plunged into darkness. No one could see one's hand in front of one's face. No one knew what had happened inside, nor did they know whether the Dai family's Jindan Zhenren was dead or not.

Only Lin Shan was still frantically swallowing pills and absorbing spirit stones. He felt that in order to trigger the fourth thunder tribulation, the spiritual energy he needed to invest was simply a bottomless pit. With his own cultivation level, it seemed that he was not enough. No matter how much spiritual energy he input, it seemed to be bottomless.

"In the world of cultivation, the 39th thunder tribulation is the first tribulation in the life of all cultivators. Every three thunders form a small hurdle, and every nine thunders form a big hurdle. The first three thunders may not be able to kill the Dai family's Jindan Zhenren, but I think the fourth one is more than enough to deal with him."

The Black Skull Demon Lord was still talking to himself, seeming to be very confused as to why the fourth thunder tribulation had not yet arrived.

Lin Shan, who was standing next to him, secretly groaned in his heart, and quickly contacted Xiao Xin, the spirit in the formation, to help him check whether the Dai family's Jindan Zhenren was dead or not.

The results are obvious.

The Black Skull Demon Lord's estimation was correct. He learned from Xiao Xin's short-distance soul transmission to him that although Dai family's Jindan Zhenren was in a miserable state and even his defensive magic weapon, the black umbrella, was smashed into a lump of iron, he still survived in the end!

The Black Skull Demon Lord outside the formation was already exhausted. He had consumed too much soul power and had no fighting power at all. He was also almost drained by the sect's magical power and had no ability to make a finishing move. What's more, no one knew whether the Dai family's Jindan Zhenren was still able to move.

If I fail to kill him today, he will be a huge threat to me in the future!

Lin Shan suddenly made up his mind. If he hesitated at the critical moment, he would be defeated. If he hesitated, he would suffer the consequences.

Fight!

He gave orders remotely through his soul, and the spiritual treasure Xu Xing Pan in the formation flew out of the formation. The Black Skull Demon King next to him was still staring at the sky in a daze for a long time, wondering why Lei Jie wanted to back down. Suddenly he saw the Xu Xing Pan returning to Lin Shan, and he was even more confused.

"What are you"

"No time to explain!"

Lin Shan sat cross-legged, with the Void Star Disc spinning above his head. Light arrays fell down in an instant, and the spiritual energy around him swarmed in like mountains and seas. There were also streaks of starlight falling from the sky, like flowers scattered by a fairy.

With the assistance of the Spirit Gathering Array and the Star Gathering Array, countless spiritual powers and star powers flowed in and out of Lin Shan's body wildly. The meridians and pores all over his body burst with blood because they could not withstand the wash. However, he ignored it and gritted his teeth to absorb it. Finally, he put it all into the sect's magical power, "Thunder Storm". The gradually disappearing golden thunder pool in the sky slowly became clear again.

"Rumble~~~"

The dark clouds that had just shown signs of dispersing appeared again, blocking out the sky and howling in the wind.

At the same time, countless silver snakes were shining in the sky and gathered into the golden thunder pool. After gathering to a certain extent, in front of the expectant eyes of the Black Skull Demon Lord on the ground, the fourth huge thunder as thick as a bucket leaped down!

The haze between heaven and earth was swept away, and the boundless darkness was instantly illuminated.

In this moment of light, the scene inside suddenly appeared.

Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family in the formation rubbed his head, and just stood up staggeringly, holding a piece of black scrap iron in his hand, he was awakened by a piercing roar. He looked up at the sky in astonishment, the heavenly calamity coming at the speed of light reflected in his eyes, and endless unwillingness flashed across his body. He could not help but make his last sound in the world!

"Do not!!!"

“Crack! —”

Endless darkness enveloped the area once again, the surroundings were covered by haze again, and vision was lost once again.

Under the impact of the huge air wave, the Five Ghosts Yin Evil Formation was directly shattered, and the sound of "crashing" was heard in the darkness.

"Om~~"

The long-lasting tinnitus occupied my hearing, my eyes were blurred, time seemed to be stagnant, and the eternal nothingness lasted for three breaths.

The world was quiet, and there was no sound around. Lin Shan and the Black Skull Demon Lord outside the formation breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

They knew that under this thunderstorm, the people inside would have no chance of survival.

Among the thirty-nine thunder tribulations, the fourth thunder tribulation was more powerful, with a destructive force far exceeding the previous three. With the state of the Dai family's Jindan Zhenren, he was simply unable to withstand this heavenly punishment.

I just don't know if it will be blown to pieces.
Thinking of this,
The Black Skull Demon Lord suddenly cried out in shock, then quickly jumped up, limped, and rushed into the fog ahead, fearing that his future "body" would be missing.

The golden thunder pool in the sky also disappeared in an instant after losing the life breath of its target.

Lin Shan ignored the Black Skull Demon Lord, but swayed twice and almost fell down. He was really too tired, his soul and spiritual power were severely depleted. At this time, any cultivator in the Qi training stage would dare to bully him.

Of course, that doesn't include the spiritual treasure spirit guarding him.

……

A quarter of an hour later, the clouds and fog dissipated, and the sun shone on the pit again.

After taking some healing pills and using several healing talismans, Lin Shan barely regained the ability to stand up and walk.

In the misty and gloomy distant sky, the Black Skeleton Demon Lord was waving a bone banner and commanding a group of skeleton minions to roam around and help him collect the remaining spiritual materials from the two large formations.

"it is finally over"

Lin Shan breathed a sigh of relief. This ambush on the Jindan stage cultivator was full of twists and turns and was very exciting. Fortunately, he relied on his advantages of magical powers and magic treasures to win the victory with great difficulty in the end.

After a quick cleanup over there, the Black Skull Demon Lord ran back to Lin Shan excitedly. Judging from his relaxed pace, the result must be good.

"How about it?"

"Haha, not bad. The flesh and blood of the Dai family's Jindan Zhenren were melted by the Nine Heavens Gale, and most of the damage from the thunder tribulation was borne by the Black Umbrella magic weapon. The skeleton is still intact, and the bone marrow essence has not been lost too much. It should be no problem to use it to help me recover to the Jindan stage."

"That's good"

Lin Shan nodded. If the Black Skull Demon Lord could recover to the Golden Core Stage, he would have a high-level combat power, which would indeed be a great joy.

"By the way, brother, what do you think this is?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord threw two things and a storage bag at him and laughed strangely at him.

Lin Shan reached out and took it in his arms. It was his previous magic weapon, the Broken Water Sword, which he had lost and now found again.

The other item is a small golden lock, which is the natal magic weapon of Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family.

The reinforcement panel popped up:

【Phantom Gold Lock】

Quality: Magical weapon

Introduction: A magic weapon of the second series of gold and wood, containing twelve levels of magic prohibitions, made from a series of main materials such as phantom gold stone, rhenium gold stone, phantom spirit wood, etc. It can conceal the body shape and breath, or make the opponent fall into an illusion.

Enhancement required: 64 points

……

"Illusion magic weapon!"

Lin Shan couldn't put down the small golden lock. The strengthening panel introduced it very clearly. This magic weapon has two functions, one is concealment and the other is confusing the enemy. Both are very practical functions.

Because the original owner, Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family, had died, the treasure became ownerless, and Lin Shan nodded and accepted it with a smile.

Once he breaks through to the Jindan stage and has the magic power to drive it, he can use it.

It’s a pity that the defensive magic weapon, the black umbrella, was directly smashed into pieces by the Sanjiu Thunder Tribulation. However, I think the lump of iron can be recovered, so let the Black Skull Demon Lord deal with it himself.

As for the storage bag of Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family, Lin Shan briefly checked it and found that except for some necessities for going out, the rest were empty and penniless.

I think he used up all his savings in order to break through the Jindan stage and refine his own magic weapon, and they were all gone.

But when he saw two piles of jade plates in the corner, he took them out out of curiosity.

"Huh? What is this?"

The Black Skull Demon Lord came forward and examined the two piles of jade discs with him.

One of the piles was full of what was equivalent to an "IOU" or something like that, with the following inscription on it:

[Owed a loan of 50,000 spiritual stones to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Wangyue City]

[I owe three fourth-level spiritual materials to Master Zhao of Bailu Academy]

[I owe Elder Ma of the Jinyan Sect ten bottles of Jindan-stage elixirs]

[I owe Master Wanyan of Bailian Mountain five refining materials and 100,000 spirit stones for refining expenses]

……

This is not over yet, there are still a lot of things to come.

[Sixty years of tribute owed to the Dai family (advance payment)]

[I owe Dai Zonghui, the elder of the Dai family, 8,000 spiritual stones]

[I owe Dai Lingcheng, the head of the Dai family, five thousand spirit stones]

[I owe Dai family steward Davinson three thousand spirit stones]

[I owe Dai family disciples one thousand five hundred spirit stones that they cannot bear]

[I owe my classmate Zhu Duiyou 800 Lingshi]

……

There were densely packed names listed below, and jade plates and IOUs piled up as high as a person. The heavy atmosphere made it hard to breathe.

"This"

Lin Shan and the Black Skull Demon Lord looked at each other in bewilderment. Not only was the Dai family's Jindan Zhenren a poor man, he was also heavily in debt. Now all his wealth had been inherited by Lin Shan and the other two!
This time, they surrounded and killed the Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family, but they did not gain any extra benefits. Instead, two people were seriously injured, and the two Jindan stage formations were completely broken. The lost formation materials were worth hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, not to mention that seven or eight fourth-level spirit materials "Phantom Wood" were burned!
If Lin Shan hadn't obtained the magic weapon "Phantom Gold Lock", and the Black Skull Demon Lord hadn't obtained the Jindan stage corpse, this battle would have been a complete loss!
"Wori."

Lin Shan couldn't help but feel a toothache. He was not afraid of being targeted by others, but he was afraid of being targeted by poor people!

You say ignore him, but he came all the way here to mess with you. You say go get rid of him, but he's still a poor guy!
The two of them cursed and looked at the other pile of jade butterflies. This time they couldn't help but open their mouths wide.

This pile is no longer an IOU, but the "property deeds" of Wangyue City.

These are the public properties of the Dai family, a mining giant in the State of Lu and a family of cultivators. Since the Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family was sent to stay in Wangyue City, they are temporarily handed over to him for safekeeping.

Because it was not his personal property and he had no power to use it, he placed it in the corner of his storage bag, separate from the IOU and ignored it.

[Land Deed Wangyue City Dai Family Refining Pavilion]

[Land Deed Wangyue City Dai Family Metallurgical Workshop]

【Land Deed Wangyue City Daijia Ore Processing Plant】,

[Land deed to the Dai family's spiritual material storage warehouse in Wangyue City]

【Land Deed Wangyue City Dai Family Reception Office】

[Land Deed Wangyue City Dai Family Magical Instrument Repair Building]

……

"???"

"This is the Dai family's property in Wangyue City?"

Unexpectedly, there is always a ray of hope after a dark cloud. The Jindan Zhenren of the Dai family still has this thing in his hands.

As a member of the Dai family, he didn't dare to have any thoughts about these industries. But for a lone ranger who roamed the world, where he shot and moved to another place, why should he care about all those trivial things?
Lin Shan and the Black Skull Demon Lord looked at each other again, and both saw the "money-grubber" excitement in each other's eyes. As people who valued money more than their lives, a crazy and bold idea suddenly came to their minds.

Lin Shan: "I think we need to go back to Wangyue Fairy City again."

Black Skull Demon Lord: "Yes, we seem to have left something behind!"

Lin Shan: "Lin's Chamber of Commerce needs to find someone to take over."

Black Skull Demon Lord: "The formation materials also need to be replenished."

Lin Shan: "Also, can't we sell off our metallurgical processing chain industry chain before we leave?"

Black Skull Demon Lord: "That's right, let's not rush to run away. This is the result of our hard work over the years, how can we just abandon it!"

The two guys showed an inexplicable expression at the same time, with green, hungry wolf-like light flashing in their eyes, and then they smiled at each other.

"Jie Jie Jie~"

(End of this chapter)