CXnovel #700 - How can a golden fish be kept in a pond?
#700 - How can a golden fish be kept in a pond?
"Crack!"
Accompanied by the re-gathering of the thick tribulation clouds in the sky, another lightning tribulation descended upon the world at the tribulation site behind Mount Taibai.
Such a phenomenon of heaven and earth caused by human individuals should have been a very rare spectacle in this world.
In the past, it was rare to encounter one even in a hundred years, but in recent years, it has appeared frequently.
Although these spectacles only appeared in a few specific places, the emergence of this trend is undoubtedly demonstrating a reality to the world.
That is, more and more strong individuals are being born...
Consequently, it is not difficult for many people to deduce a conclusion that a great era is coming~
Soon, a night passed quickly in the clamor of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.
When the glow of dawn gradually broke through the twilight in the sky, the fishy smell remaining in the air, along with the moist atmosphere, was all reminding people that last night's thunderstorm was very violent~
Although the number of lightning tribulations has been relatively high in the past decade or so, for these cultivators, it is still a rare battle between man and heaven, worthy of remembrance and observation.
Therefore, when the signs of lightning tribulation first appeared, they quickly took their positions and appeared on the edge of the back mountain of Mount Taibai, setting up telescopes and observing as usual...
Liang Yue, as an indirect participant in this lightning tribulation, naturally witnessed the entire process from the sidelines.
Facts have proved that his decision yesterday was correct. The lightning tribulation and heavenly punishment for demons and strange cultivators such as foxes, snakes, and weasels are indeed different.
Although they are both Four-Nine Minor Heavenly Tribulations, the tempering from the will of heaven and earth looks particularly ruthless.
Not only has the number of lightning tribulations increased by one, but the power has also been greatly enhanced.
Liang Yue estimates that this may be because of the huge body of the demons, and the fact that they have to undergo an additional transformation lightning tribulation when advancing in rank.
The ten Foundation Establishment Pills that he gave to this Green Scaled Serpent before seemed a bit too much and wasteful, but fortunately, these pills helped provide a large amount of medicinal power and vitality under the might of the heavenly thunder.
Otherwise, with five consecutive lightning tribulations descending, it would have been quite difficult for it to withstand them with its spiritual snake body alone.
Fortunately, this great serpent had already used the effect of the Foundation Establishment Pills to break through the limits of its own species before.
If Liang Yue's observation was correct, the great serpent had already shed its old body and transformed into the legendary Jiao before the tribulation.
Although it was only a nascent Jiao, and it had only just transformed in front of him not long ago, the advancement in species level did bring it many unexpected benefits.
Especially the short horn on top of its head, which seemed to possess some power related to lightning, and had some connection with the lightning tribulation in the sky.
And it was able to protect itself from being completely obliterated under the heavenly thunder at a critical moment.
In short, although the flesh and skin were torn apart by this lightning tribulation, and the epidermis, muscles, and even part of the bones were directly turned into coke, it finally successfully survived this tribulation.
In a mess of flesh and blood, it re-shed its new body!
However, compared to its previous burly figure of several dozen feet long, with a snake head of ten feet, and a Jiao body of more than ten feet, it had undoubtedly shrunk by two circles at this time.
It was probably only eight or nine meters long, and a Jiao head was about the same size as Liang Yue's...
But as the saying goes, the condensed is the essence, and this standard is obviously also applicable to the newborn Jiao dragon in front of him.
"Sizzle~"
After successfully passing the heavenly tribulation, this mountain guardian beast of his Heavenly Sect was obviously exhausted.
It took a lot of effort to crawl out of the charred and carbonized flesh.
When Liang Yue came near, it was already in a dying state, and the entire Jiao body was slumped on the rocks, looking like a soft-footed loach.
In addition, after experiencing the fifth heavenly thunder strike, the second half of the Jiao body seemed to have gained the ability to transform into legs...
It's just that it doesn't seem to have mastered this ability very well, and it has been changing back and forth between legs and tail~
Seeing this, Liang Yue was too lazy to talk nonsense, and with a wave of his sleeve, he took a palm-sized ball of water droplet energy from the mountain gate of the Heavenly Sect.
With a gentle wave, this energy instantly turned into thousands of rain mists reflecting colorful light in the sunlight, and quietly merged into the Jiao dragon's body.
The next moment, a large amount of surging creation power began to rise around it, quickly repairing the Jiao's originally dilapidated and weak body.
For a time, lost teeth were restored, flesh and skin were reborn, scales were renewed, and broken bones were reconnected...
In just a few breaths, this Jiao regained its vitality and looked alive and kicking.
"Awoo~~~"
After a while, the Jiao dragon coiled its limbs on the top of the small mountain, its Jiao head facing the sky, and a howl resounded throughout Mount Taibai.
The sound traveled hundreds of miles, and its might pressured all directions, carrying a strong sense of joy and delight.
"With horns but no claws, it can only be called a half-Jiao for now. Why don't you call it Jin Lin (Golden Scale) in the future?"
"As the saying goes, golden scales are not things in a pond, they transform into dragons when they encounter wind and clouds."
"I hope you can also encounter wind and clouds in the future and transform into a complete dragon body."
...
Three days later, the small mountain village in the stronghold world.
After temporarily settling the matter of the Jiao dragon, Liang Yue flashed back to his own private world.
In the past few years, a group of disciples under his command have been successively selected by him and Senior Sister Saeko, and given the status of natives.
They were able to break away from the shackles of the original DC world and travel between several planes through the transfer of this stronghold world.
Therefore, this world in front of us has finally begun to become lively.
The small mountain village, which used to have beautiful mountains and clear waters, has begun to see prosperity after being managed and unintentionally transformed by a group of disciples.
In fact, it's not just his disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect, even Elizabeth, who has been hiding in the British Isles and tinkering for most of the time, has taken in three apprentices after years of accumulation.
In addition to this, during Liang Yue's retreat, Teacher Shizuka, Hinata, and Arwen finally made preparations, and while running the mountain gates of the two worlds, they did not forget to improve their own strength.
After several joint discussions, they made a decision to open a new instance...
That is, the "Suikoden II" instance that Liang Yue drew from the system before~
That is a very wonderful epic-like plot, which has been divided into three difficulties: normal, warrior, and hero level after being transformed by the system.
In terms of power level, although it is not necessarily higher than Diablo 2, it is definitely a good place to train yourself!
Among them, various combat skills, magic, joint skills, crests, etc., undoubtedly have a considerable degree of inspiration for everyone.
Especially for Elizabeth, Sam, Gwen, Peter, and others~
Therefore, when the women made a decision and wanted to open this instance, Liang Yue naturally had no reason to stop them. After thinking about it, he directly agreed.
Now, after several years of continuous tackling, this large instance has been cleared twice in a row.
Just a few days ago, everyone joined forces again to open the highest hero difficulty instance and entered it with great enthusiasm~
At the same time, this instance also has a characteristic, that is, it does not limit the number of people and accepts group entry.
Whether it is Senior Sister Saeko and the others, or Peter, Sam, and others, once they enter it, they will be defaulted to be the same mercenary group, and the degree of freedom is very high.