Chapter Eighty-Fifth: The Deserted Island Overseas

  Jiang's body was surrounded by a mighty aura of thunder, with an octagonal bronze vase suspended high above his head. A purple glow enveloped him, and streaks of lightning flashed like water, falling down like a string of pearls, or like the sound of dripping water from the eaves, continuous and unbroken.

  Chu Ping used the Sarira cloth to bind the outer seal and knot the boundary, naturally seeing the situation inside clearly. The electric light was violent and the energy was loud, but in just a moment, it still couldn't break through Jiang Bili's defense!

  "This bronze vase, who knows where it came from, can actually refine thunder and set up a defense as strong as diamond, unbreakable, really unbelievable!"

  Chu Ping unfolded his wings in the midst of the thunderous layers, floating in mid-air, and couldn't help but think.

  However, no matter how clever Jiang's escape plan was, he had been severely injured by Chu Ping and his vital energy was damaged. If he were in top condition, he might have been able to break free, but now it seemed unlikely that he could escape with his life!

  Even if the bronze bottle is divine, it can only hold on for a moment, and it's hard to reverse the trend of decline!

  Lei Xu sat slowly in the midst of the thunder and lightning, assuming a strange posture. The electric energy within the thunder layer transformed into thin silver threads, which were absorbed by his body hair and guided to various parts of his body through countless flying swords. A dark, ink-like glow emanated from the single horn on his forehead, shooting up three feet high, absorbing the surrounding thunder and lightning, constantly nourishing his primordial energy.

  Chu Ping trapped Jiang in a desperate situation, but he didn't rush to exert his full strength to kill him. With a change of finger gestures, the massive external binding seal that had appeared out of thin air suddenly transformed into a tiny light point the size of a grain of rice. Chu Ping used his divine power to collect it and suppress it under the Yu Tower, waiting for another day to settle accounts.

  Lei Su, who was sitting cross-legged, stood up with difficulty, shaking his large cow head and said to Chu Ping in a deep voice, "Thank you, fellow Taoist, for your help. I would have died if it weren't for you. I will remember this life-saving kindness forever!"

  Chu Ping smiled ambiguously and waved his hand, "Nothing much, just can't stand the behavior of this Tian Shi Dao disciple. I still hope that fellow daoists will keep it confidential for me, don't spread it out, or it will provoke Tian Shi Dao, and things won't go well for me either!"

  Suddenly a solemn and serious expression appeared on the majestic bull's head, "It should be so, fellow Taoist rescued, how can he still be in danger because of this!"

  Chu Ping's divine consciousness slightly rotated, sweeping over the tens of millions of fine flying swords around Lei Xu's body, although he admired his ability to transform thunder and refine it into his body, but didn't show it. He thought to himself that after capturing Jiang Bie Li, there would be a way to find some refining thunder techniques, so he wouldn't waste his energy on this Lei Xu anymore.

  For nearly two years, Chu Ping has been using his spiritual sense to replace his eyes, and his use of it can be said to be magical. He swept past Lei Xu with a glance, as gentle as a clear breeze on a moonlit night, without the other party noticing anything.

  Lei Chu shook his head, "Living on a deserted island overseas with several Taoist friends, do the Taoist friends have any interest and come to the island for a short stay?"

  Chu Ping was slightly taken aback, not expecting that the Lei Xu would have another hidden chamber. Since he started cultivating, he had never had any interaction with demonic creatures, and even when he encountered refined monsters, they were mostly hostile and ended up in a battle to the death. For a moment, he became interested in the Lei Xu's invitation.

  What's more, Leixu was born with the ability to control thunder and lightning, and even summon wind and rain. As a rare spiritual beast in today's world, it is already extremely rare to find one that can cultivate together with him, let alone be a low-ranking ordinary spiritual beast!

  It is said that dragons and snakes do not live together, it's just this principle.

  Chu Ping's face revealed a hint of a smile, "Then I'll have to obey, I haven't been practicing for long and I've never been abroad, this is a good opportunity to broaden my horizons."

  Lei Zu was also very happy, his voice rumbling like thunder, "That's great."

  The two immediately left the Thunder Layer. As Lei Zu's body moved, it was also accompanied by wind and cloud, thunder and lightning were born together, making Chu Ping speechless.

  Just as they were rushing to go abroad, Chu Ping suddenly thought of something and asked aloud, "Since there are fellow practitioners on the island who cultivate together, why did no one protect the law when transforming and crossing tribulations?"

  Lei Xu shook his head, "Although we are also living on the same island and exchanging ideas with each other, there is also a competitive heart among us, seeing who can successfully cross the tribulation and transform. There is an ape on the island that has always been competing with me, I just want to get through the thunder tribulation first and win the initiative, this is also why I ran to the mainland to cross the tribulation!"

  "Wait until the calamity passes, transform back into human form, find a place to recover, and then return to show my face in front of that monkey... who would have thought I'd run into that scoundrel taking advantage of the fire..."

  Chu Ping understood in her heart and didn't ask anymore.

  The proud heart of a spiritual beast is also its nature, and the desire for fame is something that all living beings have, no one can escape from being ordinary!

  Even if it's the Buddha or Bodhisattva who has attained great enlightenment, they still argue over a single stick of incense. What about all living beings that can't escape? Even those who have transcended life and death still have poems like "Since ancient times, who has not died, leaving behind only their name and reputation". This shows that escaping life and death is easy, but escaping fame and fortune is difficult.

  This rhinoceros is just fighting for a face, compared to humans who kill and set fires for the same reason, it's much cleaner.

  He shook his massive head, let out a long sigh and said, "I didn't expect that this time I'd mess things up, the calamity isn't over yet, but there's still one more thing, going back will definitely get me laughed to death by that monkey!"

  Chu Ping was speechless.

  The metamorphic tribulation is different from the tribulation period when one's cultivation reaches a high level. After passing half of the metamorphic tribulation, one can remain and still have some accomplishments even if they haven't completed their cultivation. However, during the tribulation period, it's either a matter of life or death, with only a thin line separating success from failure, making it a hundred times more perilous.

  Chu Ping spread his wings and flew swiftly, his speed was incredibly fast. Unexpectedly, Lei Xu who looked clumsy and slow on the ground was also quite speedy in flight. The two of them flew for only half an hour before they left the coastline behind, flying thousands of miles away from the shore. They passed over countless islands, occasionally seeing spiritual energy bursting into the sky, which were all signs of some powerful spirits or cultivators who had escaped to the overseas to practice their arts, but these were just the tip of the iceberg.

  Chu Ping flew high in the sky, but could only feel the surging energy and yuan force rushing up from below. His divine sense found it difficult to scan downwards, and his heart had a vague concept of this. Along the way, there were many powerful auras, including those at the Golden Dan stage, the Nascent Soul stage, and even those who had achieved Split Spirit Cultivation. However, further up, Chu Ping could no longer distinguish them.

  When cultivation reaches the realm of unity, it is already a harmonization of heaven and man, one's own breath is in harmony with the heavens and the earth, without distinction between self and others. If there is an intention to hide, it would be very difficult for people to discover.

  Like Chu Ping practicing the Qi Tian Zong Gong Fa, at first, one step is to break the soul, transform the chaos, and evolve infinite possibilities. From the beginning, it's a state of unity between heaven and man, but it's much more profound.

  "I once heard Ling Xuzi say that overseas, the cultivation of truth is led by Penglai, just like the Kunlun Taoist sect on the sacred land of China. I have never seen the style of Kunlun, I don't know how it is, if I can see the Penglai immortal sect, it would be a great opportunity!"

  Feeling the vital energy rising like smoke from below, surging into the sky, every few hundred miles there are several strands, the density of which makes one's tongue tied. Chu Ping suddenly remembered some things about overseas cultivation and had a few ideas in his heart.

  Just as he was lost in thought, Lei Xiu suddenly spoke up beside him, "We've arrived, fellow Daoist! Let's descend together!"

  Chu Ping was taken aback, stopped thinking, and flapped his wings. The two of them instantly became like two shooting stars streaking across the sky. When they were still a hundred miles away from the sea surface, Chu Ping's divine sense was like clearing clouds to reveal the moon, or morning light dispersing fog, and an island appeared!

  The island is only a few dozen miles in circumference, floating on the sea like a large divine ark. The island is densely forested, with flying birds and beasts roaming about. Although it's cold winter, there are no flowers or grasses, and the trees are also bare and dry, looking somewhat desolate.

  In the center of the island is a small mountain, straight as a sword, piercing the sky. The top of the mountain has some rugged and strange rocks, steep cliffs, and iron pines. A narrow path winds its way to the summit, like a mountain highway, winding and picturesque.

  There is a lake in the middle of the island, but no artificial buildings or pavilions. A stream runs clear to the bottom, flowing out from the mountain and winding around several times before finally emptying into the lake.

  There are only a few natural stone caves on the mountain in the middle of the island, with several strands of air rising to the sky, majestic and powerful, like the sea and the sky. The magical power is strong, comparable to that of Lei Chu, both are at the level of completion of the demon pill, only one step away from crossing the tribulation, and then they can break the pill and become a human infant, achieving the realm of physical transformation!

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