Chapter 22: The Handsome Monkey King Watches the Thunder and Has a Feeling; Sun Wukong Descends the Mountain

  And this time, Sun Yuan's tribulation, during the first heavy thunderbolt tribulation, the high-standing lightning rod strangely guided some of the energy from the ninth heavy thunderbolt tribulation underground. This was insignificant when the nine heavy thunderbolts had not yet taken shape, but when Sun Yuan passed through the sixth heavy thunderbolt tribulation and the seventh took shape, the ninth heavy thunderbolt tribulation also took shape simultaneously, changing the situation.

  At this time, the Ninth-Order Thunder Tribulation suddenly discovered that it was missing a piece. How could this satisfy him? So, without hesitation, he drew in the Eighth-Order Thunder Tribulation closest to him. The drawn-in Eighth-Order Thunder Tribulation would not sit idly by, and it immediately targeted the Seventh-Order Thunder Tribulation. This formed a chain reaction, causing the Seventh-Order Thunder Tribulation to eerily revolve between formation and non-formation, ultimately dispersing away.

  After the seventh heavy tribulation was unbearable and finally dissipated, the ninth heavy tribulation continued to torment the eighth thunderbolt. After refining the eighth thunderbolt according to the law, the ninth heavy tribulation, which had absorbed an excessive amount (as thick as a mountain peak), found that it was still imperfect. A part of its loss was due to the existence of the foundation, and it was not until then that the ninth heavy tribulation noticed this point.

  His current situation is like a building that has already been built, but it was discovered that the foundation was missing a piece. So, he had to disperse his body and recast it, but this block of calamity couldn't withstand his tossing about. Very quickly, after being tossed about, the calamity dispersed, and the Ninth Heavy Thunder Calamity deeply harbored resentment and was somewhat unwilling to give up. However, due to losing its support, it had no choice but to disperse in the heavens and earth, and thus there was the result of Sun Yuan successfully passing his tribulation.

  It wasn't easy to get up, but Sun Yuan carefully examined his own body. He didn't know until he looked, and when he did, he was shocked. His current state could be described as being on the verge of collapse without exaggeration. If Sun Yuan hadn't been clear-headed, he might have thought he had already died.

  The physical suffering is not worth mentioning, and at this time, the demon pill in Sun Yuan's dantian had shrunk to an extreme point. The original pigeon egg-sized demon pill had shrunk to the size of a grain of rice. Fortunately, the result was still stable, otherwise if the demon pill dissipated, Sun Yuan didn't know if he would have the confidence to cross the thunder tribulation again. After all, that mountain-like thick lightning had brought him enormous psychological trauma.

  Apart from the severely damaged Yao Dan, almost all the meridians in Sun Yuan's body were completely broken at this moment, and there was not a single one that could run the Yao power smoothly. After checking, Sun Yuan, who was in a miserable state, endured the severe pain and slowly crawled into the cave, took out some wine and water to fill his stomach, leaned against the wall of the mountain and fell asleep. He was really too tired!

  At this time, under the Flower Fruit Mountain, the monkeys were quiet, until the dark clouds dispersed, and the scene was silent. If it weren't for Sun Wukong's prestige being enough, these little monkeys who had been frightened out of their wits might have run away long ago. This apocalyptic scene brought them a deep spiritual shock, and it can be said that after watching this thunderstorm feast, the monkeys' spirits were also baptized to some extent.

  Although the little monkeys were very afraid at first, they were able to persevere and wait until the danger had passed. After that, these little monkeys suddenly became excited again, and many discussion topics emerged among them, all of which were about this lightning strike. The one with a thickness comparable to a mountain peak was the most popular topic.

  The little monkeys were ignorant and fearless, but the beautiful monkey king had a gloomy face. No one dared to speak, even Sun Wukong himself, who was usually fearless, felt a pang of fear when facing the lightning bolt as thick as a mountain peak.

  If they were so shocked when watching from a place far beyond the mountain peaks, extremely far away from where the lightning struck, how could Sun Yuan bear it?

  The Taiping leader's face changed color, looking extremely unpleasant. Even if he had confidence in Sun Yuan, at this moment he couldn't think of anything good. Suddenly, the Taiping leader didn't say a word and rushed up the mountain path.

  "Long hair, don't be impulsive, what's the use of going up now? Can you cross over that high rocky wall? We should choose to believe in the two great kings now, we are all with surplus heart but insufficient strength!" Sun Wukong flashed and blocked Long Hair's way.

  However, the feeling in Sun Wukong's heart was absolutely unbearable. For the first time, he felt the great power of heaven and earth, a seed of pursuit of power took root in his heart, deeply rooted in his heart.

  After staring at the beautiful monkey king for a long time, suddenly the long-haired one let out a long sigh and said, "Forget it, I'll just wait for the yellow monkey at the foot of the mountain. Who knows, maybe he'll come down tomorrow!"

  "This is right, little ones light up the torches, prepare the fruits, we temporarily move in here to live, waiting for the second king's return." The beautiful monkey king shouted loudly, and instantly the monkey group surged forward.

  This wait is just a week. Within a week, no matter if it's windy or rainy, the monkeys did not leave and are still waiting at the foot of the mountain.

  Within a week's time, Zhang Mao and other leaders climbed to the top of the mountain several times, but looking at the high rocky fence, everyone was at a loss, and could only helplessly go down the mountain.

  A week later, Sun Yuan woke up from his meditation, and after a week of effort, the meridians in his body were finally smoothed out. The demonic dan in his body also burst forth with radiance at this time, no longer resembling its previous state where it was about to dissipate.

  His appearance, which had been struck by thunder, improved after a week of recuperation. The scorched fur on his body fell off, and new hair grew out. At this time, Sun Yuan's body had made a significant recovery. To say nothing of other things, the meridians in his body, which had originally been severed, had reconnected under the nourishment of the demon power within him over the past few days. However, it was still impossible to mobilize the demon power, and these newly connected meridians were simply too fragile!

  He stood up, carefully checked his body, and a wry smile appeared at the corner of Sun Yuan's mouth. This thunder calamity was a huge blow to his physical body, and after this incident, Sun Yuan temporarily couldn't actively absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and could only rely on his own body to breathe in and out the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

  It seems that he needs a considerable amount of time to recover and reconnect his meridians, otherwise, if he suddenly resumes cultivation, what awaits him might be a broken meridian.

  Taking a deep breath, Sun Yuan mobilized the little remaining demon power in his body, pinched a key, and moved the boulder away. He walked down the mountain step by step, as his current physical condition couldn't even withstand the Black Wind, so he could only choose to go down the mountain using the method he had abandoned for a long time, walking along the winding path once again.