Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 10: Breakthrough? Death?

"Da Huang, the three of you stay away from me, or you might get struck by lightning."

In the forest behind the Meiyu Gate, the originally clear sky was slowly covered by dark clouds, the gentle wind became rapid, and the branches and leaves kept swaying wildly in the strong wind, making a rustling sound.

The inky black clouds rolled in the sky like surging waves, slowly piling up and squeezing, as if the air had solidified, so stuffy that it was almost impossible to breathe.

Low bursts of thunder came from the distant sky, like war drums, the sound became louder and louder, and closer and closer.

Below the clouds, Xiao Yichen tied himself to the tallest tree and wore an iron hat on his head, which was specifically used to attract lightning.

The three ferocious beasts, Dahuang, kept roaring and howling under the tree, trying to call the fool on the tree to come down quickly, but their voices were covered by the surrounding strong wind and could not reach Xiao Yichen's ears at all.

With a loud bang of thunder, Dahuang and the others were scared away and hid back in the cave. Xiao Yichen glanced at the sky above his head which was getting darker and darker, and swallowed involuntarily.

"I've waited for half a month, and finally it's a thunderstorm. Success or failure depends on this. Come on, God, strike me to death if you're so powerful." Just as the words fell, a dazzling lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the entire forest like daylight. A loud thunderbolt from the sky suddenly fell to the ground, and a nearby big tree was instantly split in half.

In the cave in the distance, Dahuang, Xiaobai and Xiaohua all lay on the ground, trembling all over, and were very frightened of the scene outside.

Xiao Yichen swallowed his saliva, looked at the stump of a large tree still burning in the distance, and said with a guilty conscience, "How about we do it step by step?"

But things went against one's wishes. Even making wishes should be based on the principle of first come first served. It won't be too late to make wishes later after he is killed.

A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, striking straight towards Xiao Yichen who was at the highest position. The lightning instantly illuminated his face, and the powerful electric current passed through the iron cap on his head and entered his body, like thousands of arrows piercing his heart. His body was paralyzed by the electric current, making it impossible for him to scream, and he could only passively endure the baptism of nature.

The muscles all over his body were tense and veins bulged. In just a moment, the surface of his skin turned as black as charcoal.

Immediately afterwards, as if to punish him for his previous rude remarks, another bolt of lightning fell from the sky, and the target was surprisingly the same. Xiao Yichen, who had not yet recovered from the first bolt of lightning, was hit hard again.

"Hmm..." Unable to bear it any longer, a painful groan came from his throat. The hair on his body turned into powder when the first lightning struck and was washed away by the rain.

After only two lightning strikes, Xiao Yichen could clearly feel that his internal condition was very bad at the moment. His internal organs were shaking violently, as if they would explode at any time because they could not withstand the power of thunder and lightning.

He clenched his teeth tightly and thought, "Look, I must not faint like this, otherwise everything will be ruined." He kept holding on in his heart. Every time he was about to be unable to bear it and wanted to faint, he would bite the tip of his tongue hard to briefly wake up his consciousness.

When he caught his breath, another electric current entered his body. At this moment, his body no longer looked human at all. Lightning ran wildly in his body, impacting his internal organs and meridians. It felt like countless very thin silver needles constantly stabbing into the bones, making him live a life worse than death.

"........."

In addition to the surface of his body, what worried Xiao Yichen even more was his internal body. He felt that his internal organs were about to be burnt. Fortunately, the electric current did not have much effect on the charcoal, allowing him to temporarily relieve himself. But now, he was obviously breathing less and even less.

He wanted to bite the sugar-coated pill in his mouth to break it into pieces to recover from his injury, but he suddenly found that the originally soft sugar coating was like a stone and could not be bitten at all. Due to the influence of the electric current, saliva no longer flowed out of his mouth, and he could not dissolve the sugar coating at all.

"Fuck..." Xiao Yichen cursed inwardly, sighing in despair, "How could I not have thought I would be injured like this? I was too careless."

At this moment, he was tied to a tree branch. The strong wind blew him up and swayed him, making his already wounded body even more uncomfortable. When he was about to faint, lightning flashed across the sky again and hit the iron hat still on his head, but the iron hat had already been pierced through.

The moment the lightning entered his body, his heart suddenly stopped for a moment, and then he felt that other organs began to slowly lose their vitality. Xiao Yichen felt the situation in his body and closed his eyes in despair:

"It's over, Yaobai is ready."

His head slowly dropped, and the tree trunk beneath him could no longer bear the weight. It broke with a snap, and his body fell to the ground with his back facing the sky, allowing the rain to continuously hit his back and wash away the scars on his body. Unfortunately, with his face facing downwards, the rain could not enter his mouth at all, and could not dissolve the sugar coating covering the pills.

Gradually, the dark clouds dissipated, and the sunlight shone through the clouds onto the earth. Everything began to come alive again. The small animals slowly walked out of the cave and came out to look for food. The three big yellow beasts carefully dragged Xiao Yichen's body into the cave, expecting a miracle to happen.

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In the Meiyu Sect, Xiao Yichen has been missing for half a month. Yunmei and Liu Qingqing have been looking for him everywhere, but they have searched almost the entire sect. They even asked the guards in some forbidden areas, but still could not get any news about Xiao Yichen.

"Senior Sister, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have let him take me out to play. When we came back, I was too tired to play and fell asleep. He must have taken this opportunity to escape from the sect."

Looking at Liu Qingqing squatting on the ground and sobbing, Yunmei was a little overwhelmed for a moment. After a long while, she slowly squatted down, gently patted Liu Qingqing's head, and said, "No, the gatekeeper sister saw you two come back, he must still be in the sect. He may have strayed into somewhere and is temporarily trapped. We will definitely find him."

Hearing this, Liu Qingqing seemed to have thought of something and cried even louder.

"Brother, you didn't break into some forbidden area of ​​the sect, did you?"

Liu Qingqing's tears kept dripping down, and a large area of ​​the ground was soaked with her tears.

"Brother, I don't have a brother anymore..."

Looking at Liu Qingqing who was crying even harder, Yun Mei didn't know how to comfort her. She could only sigh softly and look towards the room in the distance that originally belonged to Xiao Yichen. It seemed as if a mystery in her heart suddenly broke, and her eyes gradually became misty.

"Where on earth have you been..."

In the back mountain, outside the cave, a drizzle was falling, covering the earth. Raindrops fell and hit the leaves beside the cave entrance, making a rustling sound.

Dahuang held Xiao Yichen, who had turned into charcoal, in his arms. Looking at the barbecue grill that Xiao Yichen had built in the cave, a trace of sadness appeared in his eyes. He continued to use his body to warm the person in his arms.

Day after day, time passed slowly, but no one knew that in Xiao Yichen's pitch-black body, his heart, which had been burned to the appearance of charcoal, had a drop of bright red in the center, which was spreading outward at a weak speed. Next to it, a wisp of invisible energy surrounded this weak life force, constantly swimming, repairing, and slowly growing stronger.