Before coming here, they had thought that Zhang Xuan was an omnipotent deity. Not only was he Yang shi's direct disciple, he was even fearful of the lightning tribulation. But when they saw it with their own eyes … that was not the case at all!
Didn't we agree to pierce through the dark clouds and make the lightning tremble?
Why … was he struck down in the blink of an eye without the slightest ability to resist?
"I think … it's because I'm not used to it yet. I'll be fine after a while …"
At the thought of Zhang Shi's ability, Zhang Yu comforted him and continued to explain.
Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Shi, who was still in the air, fell to the ground, creating a large crater. His body twitched uncontrollably.
Rumble! Rumble!
As more and more lightning bolts struck down, Zhang Xuan felt more and more exhilarated.
"Why don't we … save them …"
After a while, Elder Ge could no longer hold himself back.
He spoke so highly of himself, yet he was struck so miserably the moment he appeared. He couldn't bear to watch any longer.
"How?"
Zhan shi replied with a bitter smile.
The lightning was so powerful. If they rushed over, they would only make it stronger. There was no way they could save it!
"Then … do we just watch as he gets struck to death?"
Elder Ge swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"I don't know either …"
Zhan shi shook his head.
Even though he was the deputy sanctum head of the Sanctum of Sages, this was the first time he had encountered such a powerful lightning tribulation, so he had no idea how he should deal with it.
Everyone was at a loss of what to do. In the center of the lightning strikes, Zhang Xuan's body twitched. His eyes were lifeless, but he kept asking in his heart, "Have we found it?"
It wasn't that he didn't want to absorb the lightning tribulation, and it wasn't that he didn't want to charge into the storm clouds. Rather … it wasn't easy for him to gather such a powerful lightning tribulation, so naturally, he hoped that Vicious would be able to determine the exact location of his upper body.
Otherwise, if he were to absorb the lightning energy and scare it away, given his speed, he wouldn't be able to catch up to it even if he wanted to!
Helpless, he could only passively endure the attacks.
Fortunately, his body and primordial spirit had been tempered by lightning and had reached an extremely high level. Even though the lightning in the sky was violent, it was not easy to kill him in a short period of time.
"Master, I can clearly feel the skeleton … but I can't sense its exact location. It seems to be hidden by some folded space …"
Vicious could not help but ask.
In order to cooperate with its search, its master had been hacked into this state. It was also very anxious, but the more anxious it was, the less it could find her.
It was as if he had sensed the skeleton, but it was not in the dimension where the Sanctum of Sages was located.
"Folded space?"
Zhang Xuan was taken aback for a moment before a thought surfaced in his mind. That's possible … I heard that the Inner Sanctum of Sages is a folded space. Could it be within the Inner Sanctum?
The Sanctum of Sages was only so big. Even though he had not taken a full look around, he had still scanned the area from above, but he was unable to find any trace of the Inner Sanctum, let alone Lozosy. This could only mean that the Inner Sanctum was not within his field of vision. Most likely, it was located in some kind of folded space, just like some ancient domain.
Vicious had clearly sensed the skeleton, but he was unable to find it. Could it be that the skeleton was in the same state as well?
"That's possible," Vicious replied.
"Alright, I'll absorb the Lightning Tribulation first. I'll examine it carefully when I reach the Inner Yard …"
Knowing that he could very well be zapped to death if he were to continue searching, Zhang Xuan leaped out of the ground and dashed into the sky full of lightning.
He had gone to the Physician Guild earlier to conduct a lecture on antidotes, but after seeing so many people on the verge of achieving a breakthrough, he couldn't hold himself back any longer and began guiding them individually.
While he did not have the Saint 7-dan Heaven's Path Divine Art, he was able to point out the root of the problem in their cultivation. On top of that, with the assistance of the vines, it was not too difficult for him to help them achieve a breakthrough.
It was due to this that Elder Ge nearly fainted from fright.
As expected of a lightning tribulation formed by more than a dozen people simultaneously, it was indeed powerful. As soon as the lightning tribulation in his dantian was fully replenished, it did not take long for his cultivation to reach the very boundary of a breakthrough.
It did not take long for the lightning tribulation to recover, and it fled in fright once more.
I'm at Half-Grand Dominion realm now …
Even though the lightning tribulation had fled swiftly, it had still allowed him to overcome the bottleneck of Leaving Aperture realm and reach Half-Grand Dominion realm.
From the looks of it, it was about time for him to gather Grand Dominion realm cultivation technique manuals and push for a breakthrough to higher realms.
After entering the lightning tribulation, Zhang Xuan made use of this opportunity to change his clothes and clean up his charred body. After the lightning tribulation had fled, he descended from the sky, and it was only then that he realized that he was surrounded by a bunch of people, and they were all dumbfounded.
Sun Qiang was among them as well.
"Young Master …"
Seeing that Zhang Xuan was fine, Sun Qiang heaved a sigh of relief. He hurriedly walked up to Zhang Xuan, and with a flick of his wrist, he passed a jade box over. "These are the pinnacle spirit stones that Elder Ge has compensated me with …"
"Compensated? Pinnacle spirit stones? "
Zhang Xuan was stunned.
He had gone through so much trouble just to obtain a pinnacle spirit stone, and Zhang Chun still owed him five pinnacle spirit stones. Yet, as a butler who had not even reached Saint realm, he actually managed to find five pinnacle spirit stones …
Compensation … Why would an elder compensate you?
"Are you Yang shi's student as well?"
Zhang Xuan was just about to clarify the matter when a doubtful voice suddenly sounded. Turning his head around, he saw Hu Yiwei walking up to him with a frown on his forehead.
"He's Feng Ziyi's butler, as well as Yang shi's subordinate …" Seeing that Zhang Xuan had no idea who Hu Yiwei was, Sun Qiang introduced him with a smile.
"Yang shi's subordinate? Subordinate to you? "
Zhang Xuan felt a little light-headed.
It was already a miracle that Feng Ziyi did not suspect that the Yang shi he was referring to was an impersonator, so why would Yang shi's subordinate be here as well? Furthermore, why would he listen to Sun Qiang's orders?
"You are …"
Knowing that his butler was not reliable, Zhang Xuan turned his attention to Hu Yiwei and turned to look at him.
"I am Hu Yiwei, Yang shi's subordinate."
Hu Yiwei explained as he began examining the young man before him.
A moment later, he could not help but wonder, "Is Zhang Shi a member of the Zhang Clan?"
"He isn't."
Seeing that Hu Yiwei was doubting him, Zhang Xuan shook his head with a bitter smile.
"He isn't?"
Hu Yiwei was still a little doubtful. "Then … can Zhang Shi extend your hand over and let me examine your body? I would like to confirm a guess …"
"Extend my hand?"
Seeing that Hu Yiwei's words were a little bizarre, Zhang Xuan hesitated for a moment before stretching his hand over.
He placed his finger on Hu Yiwei's wrist, seemingly conducting some kind of examination, and the frown on his forehead deepened. "That's not right … Are you really not a member of the Zhang Clan?"
"You must be referring to my bloodline, right? I'm really not a member of the Zhang Clan. I don't have the bloodline of the Zhang Clan …"
Thinking that Hu Yiwei was doubting him, Zhang Xuan retracted his hand. He had checked Zhang Jiuxiao's bloodline previously, and there was no resemblance between the two of them. From this, he could tell that Hu Yiwei was not a descendant of the Zhang Clan.
"Then, has Zhang Shi been afflicted with …"
Hu Yiwei seemed to want to ask something, but just as the words were about to come out of his mouth, he suddenly paused and shook his head. "Forget it, I still have some matters to attend to, so I'll be taking my leave first."
After saying those words, Hu Yiwei's silhouette flickered, and he vanished from the spot.
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