Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 68: Lightning

"Good! Good! It seems the Su family has become arrogant! They even dare to go against everyone as if we are nothing!" Cheng Hao shouted with an ugly face as he glanced at the red token, which hovered in the midair and suppressed his strength.

"The Su family is bullying too much!"

"Yeah, how could you not allow us to witness the tribulation when it doesn’t belong to a breakthrough?"

"I think they must be doing some crime, and that’s why they are trying to hide it."

"Yes, the Su family must be guilty of crimes!"

Many cultivators shouted angrily, not caring about the truth and lies. All they cared about was benefits and nothing else.

Ding!

Suddenly a metallic sound echoed in everyone’s ears, and they all turned to look at the Buddhist bronze bell, which appeared beside the Su family’s red token.

"I am Wei Sun from the Buddhist temple, and I advise everyone not to trespass on the Su family estate; if not, I will support the donor Su with all my ability!"

Wei Sun’s voice rang out like thunder.

Don’t look at how good-tempered Wei Sun was; he was also ruthless when it came to killing, especially the evil sects.

So how could they not be shocked after knowing someone like him was supporting Su Qiming?

However, this didn’t stop here, and with a swoosh, a blue token appeared in the midair with the words Blue Moon Pavilion Manager written on it.

"I, Hong Fang, will not repeat the words."

That’s all he said, but everyone understood he was supporting Su Qiming.

Now everyone was silent, and no one dared to say anything.

It was already difficult to deal with the Su family since they have protection from the royal family, not to mention someone from the Buddhist sect and the mysterious Blue Moon Pavilion.

"Humph! Get lost from here since you have got another chance to live!" Su Ming snorted with a disdainful look.

Hearing him Cheng Hao’s face turned black, but he couldn’t do anything to him.

"Just wait; your Su family will regret it soon," he stated and disappeared from his place.

The cultivators outside the gate also took their leave, knowing it was useless to stay here. Only a few of them stayed to gather information.

…

"Prince Ji Feng ,aren’t you interested in tribulation caused by the Su family?" A middle-aged man with a bulky body inquired with a respectful expression.

If anyone saw his clothes, they would immediately know he was a royal guard protecting the safety of a royal family member.

"Even if I am interested, I don’t think Su Qiming would tell me. Moreover, I suspect this is related to his daughter, so it’s useless no matter how you try," Ji Feng, a young man at the age of twenty with golden eyes and hair, spoke.

He was staying inside the core area and could see the Su family estate from his window; hence, he had witnessed everything from the start.

It’s just why humiliate yourself when you already know how it’s going to end.

"Prince Ji Feng, do you think his daughter would be cured this time?" The royal guard inquired.

In response, Ji Feng smiled mysteriously and looked up at the terrifying vortex.

"I don’t know, but let’s see what happens," he said.

…

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

As the terrifying vortex appeared, the air inside Su Ying’s courtyard became violent as if warning of an upcoming calamity.

"Don’t look too much, or it will hurt you," Zhen Yunqi reminded Li Mei and Lan Ming.

While knowingly or unknowingly, she glanced at Jing Xiao, making her stunned.

’Did she break through the Nascent Soul Realm?’ She thought with a doubt.

At this moment Ye Chen made a gesture, and the cauldron lid flew up to the side.

The red blood essence, which was filled with silver luster, slowly yet surely flew up.

Ye Chen had no choice but to do this after all; the cauldron was just a tier-7 grade and was not made to withstand the tribulation.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The moment blood essence flew up, thunder started to crackle loudly while the vortex of dark clouds spun furiously.

Crack!

Suddenly the wooden rooftop started to crumble.

The target of the tribulation was the blood essence, and since the rooftop was between them, tremendous pressure descended on it.

Watching this, Zhen Yunqi didn’t hesitate and waved her hand, forming a protective shield around Ye Chen and others.

Naturally, she omitted the droplet of blood essence.

Boom!

It didn’t take too long, and the wooden rooftop crumbled into small pieces, finally giving everyone a clear view of the terrifying vortex.

"It’s scary," Li Mei murmured with an innocent look.

"Yes, it is." Lan Ming agreed with a nod.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With nothing between the blood essence and tribulation, the vortex crackled even more furiously as if brewing something terrifying.

This event lasted for a minute, and then suddenly everything went silent.

The whole mystic city was now quiet, and everyone’s attention was fixed on the vortex, which was still swirling furiously.

It was at this moment the whole vortex, which had covered half of the southern province, lit up with purple light, illuminating everything below.

Then a deep rumble echoed through the heavens, and a purple lightning wove together, casting deep fear into anyone who looked at it.

Even Su Qiming, Wei Sun, and Hong Fang felt threatened, and they were all sweating.

The only person who remained calm was Ye Chen, and his gaze was filled with excitement.

BOOM!

Once the purple lightning was woven together, it hesitated no more and directly descended to obliterate whatever was in the way.

But how could Ye Chen allow this to happen? Hence, he made a gesture, and the liquid spiritual Qi from the cauldron flew up.

Just as the lightning bolt struck the blood essence, the liquid spiritual Qi reached the blood essence from the bottom.

Then, rather than getting destroyed, the blood essence hummed with a sound and started to devour the purple bolt.

In response, the bold purple reacted furiously and cackled in anger.

"Suppress!" Ye Chen shouted at this moment using spiritual consciousness at its fullest.

In this instant, a few ancient symbols appeared in the air and started to aid the red blood essence.

However, was it that easy to suppress tribulation lighting? Of course not! The purple bolt only crackled a few times, and the ancient symbols immediately were destroyed with a poof.

Ye Chen saw all of this; however, rather than getting panicked and nervous, he let out a smile.

The lightning couldn’t see him, but suddenly it shivered and started to run back. However, before it could, a golden light erupted from inside.

If anyone took a closer look at it, they would discover this light belonged to the strange character, which flew in the skies at the beginning.

Just now Ye Chen used other symbols to distract the lightning, which was enough for the golden characters to take it over. These characters were not simple, as they originated from a pill formula of unknown grade, which meant it was higher than tier-9.

In front of it, this tribulation was just low grade; moreover, it had summoned the tribulation by itself, so how could it not even take over such lightning?

Although the purple lightning still struggled, it was all useless as it got ruthlessly devoured by the blood essence without any trouble.

Inside the city and the courtyard, a moment of silence ensued.

Everyone thought a fierce fight would happen and many things would get destroyed. However, nothing like that happened.

Moreover, inside the courtyard, everyone had just witnessed the tribulation lightning getting devoured. Zhen Yunqi and others couldn’t even believe this, and they wondered if such a thing was possible.

Except for Ye Chen and Li Mei, everyone else was thinking of this.

Lan Ming had heard a few things about the lightning, so she knew how powerful it was.

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As for Li Mei, she just thought of it as a scary shiny thing that was going to help her senior brother with whatever he was doing.

Although it was dangerous, she didn’t think there would be any problem with so many powerful people.

But how could she know that all these powerful people were afraid of the so-called scary shiny thing!

Don’t look at how Ye Chen subdued it; if anyone else tried, they would guarantee the person would end up in ash.

Crackle!

At this moment, red blood essence let out a small rumble as the purple lightning flowed inside and on top of it.

If anyone used their spiritual consciousness now, they would discover the drop of blood essence turning into a pill and even had a grade of tier-1.

It’s just that this wasn’t visible to naked eyes, as the grade of the pill could only be appraised by its core, where the small rings are formed.

If there was one ring, then it was tier-1; if there were two, then tier-2 and then further on.

Of course the pill was yet to form fully, and Ye Chen wanted to make it tier-9; hence, he did not hesitate and continued attracting more lightnings.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With deep rumbles, the lightning kept heading into the Su family estate before disappearing as if it were nothing.

This urged every cultivator to go and see what was happening, but no one dared to do so as they saw two tokens and a bronze bell still hovering in the midair.

Nevertheless, it made many people curious, and they all started to speculate if it was related to Ye Chen or anything else.