Chapter 39
Chapter 39: Strange Events One After Another
Author: Guang Zhi Yueding
Updated: 2023/5/16 7:22:41
Word Count: 2364
Complaints aside, once the disciples recovered to a normal state, they all discovered that their physical strength had clearly increased.
“Huh? Why does it feel like my physical strength has increased after being struck by lightning? And look at this skin—after tearing off the charred layer on the surface, it feels like my body has become much purer. My physical strength has increased by at least ten percent,” one disciple said in astonishment as he stood up and clenched his fist.
“Yes, I feel it too. This scene feels strangely familiar… Oh, I remember now. A few years ago there was that heavenly rain containing the power of ice and fire. It also helped people improve their cultivation and break through realms. This time the heavenly thunder clearly was not meant to kill us. It feels more like it was helping us temper our bodies,” someone quickly recalled the incident from three years ago.
With that comparison, many disciples began to feel that everything happening now resembled the heavens favoring the Yunxia Sect.
Although the lightning had made them look extremely miserable, it had also brought them unexpected benefits.
When the ancestor of the Yunxia Sect saw the tribulation clouds dissipate, he frowned slightly. His figure flickered, and in the next moment he appeared before Yun Yun and the others.
The moment Yun Yun and the others saw the silver-haired young man, they immediately bowed.
“Master.”
“Old Sect Master.”
When Yun Yun saw her master, she immediately ran over like a little girl and grabbed his arm.
The others naturally did not dare behave so casually.
Yun Yun was Yun Tian’s personal disciple. When she had still been an infant, Yun Tian had brought her back from the mortal world to the Yunxia Sect. Their master–disciple relationship was extremely close.
Yun Yun had also lived up to expectations. In terms of talent, she had even surpassed Yun Tian, reaching the early stage of the Out-of-Body Realm within the Dao Palace Secret Realm in just three hundred years.
Meanwhile, Yun Tian had been stuck at the peak of the Out-of-Body Realm for many years and had been seeking a breakthrough.
“Hmm. In recent years, several strange things seem to have happened within the sect. Three years ago there was the rain of ice and fire, and today there was thunder descending from the Nine Heavens. Yun’er, can you figure out what might be causing all this?” Yun Tian asked with a smile.
Yun Tian was already very old—over four hundred years. Normally, cultivators at the Out-of-Body Realm could live only about five hundred years. His lifespan was nearing its end, which was why his hair had turned completely silver.
“Master, I truly do not know,” Yun Yun said helplessly. “At first I thought a powerful expert might be attacking the Yunxia Sect with some kind of technique. But although the phenomena were extremely grand in scale, their actual power was very small. They were clearly not intended to destroy our sect.”
“Afterward, many disciples who experienced the disaster not only suffered no lasting injuries, but even broke through their cultivation realms. I also just observed those who were struck by lightning earlier. They looked miserable, but none of them were in life-threatening danger. Instead, their physical strength increased. So at the moment, I truly have no clue what is happening,” Yun Yun said with a puzzled expression.
Yun Tian nodded.
He himself had absorbed many lightning strikes earlier, so he naturally knew that the lightning’s power was not great.
“What about the rest of you? Do any of you have an idea?” Yun Tian asked, glancing at Yun Ling and the other elders.
“Old Sect Master, since there appears to be no harm involved, this should be a blessing from fate. I believe this is a kind of heavenly grace bestowed upon our sect. Otherwise, there is simply no explanation,” Yun Ling said solemnly.
The other three elders agreed with Yun Ling’s reasoning.
When strange phenomena descended from the heavens, if they were not disasters, then they must be blessings.
With their current cultivation realms, they could not yet comprehend the laws of heaven and earth. It was perfectly normal for them to be unable to discern the will of heaven.
However, just as they concluded that this was a heavenly blessing—
Dark clouds began gathering above the Yunxia Sect once again.
“Huh? Why are dark clouds gathering again?” Yun Yun and the others noticed the sunlight suddenly dimming and immediately looked up toward the sky.
RUMBLE… RUMBLE… RUMBLE…
As the clouds gathered, thunder roared endlessly.
The disciples of the Yunxia Sect were startled, but those who had benefited from the lightning earlier did not run for shelter this time.
Instead, they walked out into open areas, looking up at the clouds and shouting excitedly.
“Heavens above! Let the lightning come even more fiercely! Just do not strike me dead!”
Unfortunately for them, lightning did not fall this time.
Instead, rain began to pour down.
The rain did not contain the power of ice and fire like before, but it seemed to carry an extremely dense life essence.
Wherever the rain fell, countless flowers and grasses began to grow.
Even on people’s bodies, flowers and plants began sprouting rapidly.
“This… what is happening now? Why are flowers and grass growing on my body?” Cries of alarm echoed throughout the Yunxia Sect.
Having plants grow from one’s body was certainly not a good thing. The disciples quickly searched for places to avoid the rain.
As for Yun Yun and the others, they used their magical power to block the rain.
Unlike the falling lightning earlier, this rain could be resisted and defended against.
“Another strange phenomenon,” Yun Tian said as he watched Yun Yun and the others hurriedly shake off the flowers and plants that had grown from their bodies.
They had not reacted in time earlier and were briefly soaked by the rain. After realizing something was wrong, they quickly raised protective barriers of spiritual power.
Before long, the normally solemn Yunxia Sect looked like an ancient ruin that had gone centuries without maintenance.
Flowers and grass grew everywhere—along the roads, across the buildings, and throughout the sect grounds.
The once dignified Yunxia Sect now looked rather ridiculous.
This time the disciples were not happy at all.
With flowers and grass sprouting from their heads and bodies, who could remain calm?
Fortunately, the roots of those plants had not grown into their bodies. Otherwise, it would have been truly embarrassing—everyone would literally have “green” growing on their heads.
“Damn it! Master, regardless of whether these events are good or bad, if such strange phenomena keep happening, how can the disciples focus on cultivation? The constant thunder is deafening. Even if it is a blessing, it will turn into a nuisance,” Yun Yun said irritably.
But Yun Tian shook his head.
“Yun’er, your state of mind still needs improvement. A true cultivator should remain as unmoved as a mountain even if standing in a sea of fire. Yes, the thunder is irritating. But if one can cultivate calmly beneath the thunder, it may become an opportunity to temper one’s state of mind.”
“Well then, I will return to my seclusion. Since we cannot stop these phenomena from occurring, the only thing we can do is adapt. Let us hope that all of this is not harmful to the sect,” Yun Tian said with a sigh before disappearing from the spot.
This life-infused rainfall lasted only five minutes.
Five minutes later, the clouds dispersed and sunlight returned once more.
Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun had also finished refining another pill.
This time she had produced a water-blue pill.
“Master, did something strange happen outside again?” Ye Liuyun asked after finishing the refinement, noticing that Lin Qingyou was once again staring out the window.
But this time Lin Qingyou seemed to have realized the cause behind these strange phenomena.
“Yes. It should be the power of the Myriad Elixir Immortal Cauldron. It infuses the pills you refine with immortal energy. Once something becomes tainted with immortal energy, it is no longer an ordinary object. The birth of an immortal pill has triggered changes in heaven and earth,” Lin Qingyou explained.
Ye Liuyun froze for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
It did seem reasonable.
But at the same time, it also felt somewhat unreasonable.
After all, she had only used ordinary medicinal herbs. Yet they had produced immortal pills capable of triggering heavenly phenomena. The situation still felt rather strange.
“Let us not worry about that for now. Take a look at this new pill I just refined,” Ye Liuyun said with a grin.
Lin Qingyou immediately turned around and looked at the pill in Ye Liuyun’s hand, which emitted a deep blue glow.
“It contains an extremely dense life force. This should be some kind of healing pill,” Lin Qingyou said.
Hearing that, Ye Liuyun immediately used her own strength to cut open her wrist.
Blood began flowing instantly.
Without hesitation, she swallowed one of the pills.
The moment the pill entered her mouth, a rich surge of life energy spread rapidly through her body.
The wound on her wrist began healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
However, the effects of this pill were clearly far greater than that alone.