Chapter 70: Heavenly Tribulation

  Lin Fan finally understood the situation, Jiaoshe is a product of Jiao and snake, once cultivation is successful, it will bring heavenly calamity, passing the heavenly calamity will become Jiaolong, Jiaolong again passes a heavenly calamity, can transform Jiao into dragon, considered as merit complete. This Jiaolong has passed a heavenly calamity, now against heaven, to see if it can pass another heavenly calamity and transform into a dragon. According to the records of literature, Jiaoshe is a relatively common kind of monster, about one-tenth of them can become Jiaolong, but the literature has never recorded any successful cases of Jiaolong transforming into a dragon.

  Lin Fan flew to one side, the lightning grew more and more fierce, containing heavenly thunder, with an unmatched aura. The heavenly thunder was not a five-elemental thunder technique, nor could it be defended against by the principle of mutual restraint. Although the dragon's aura was turbulent, the thunderclouds were even denser, their momentum exhausted. The dragon was somewhat unwilling to give up, and strongly resisted the heavens. But the thunderclouds were even more overbearing, thousands of heavenly thunders that could blow an entire mountain into powder poured down mercilessly.

  The dragon was helpless and could only use its internal elixir to counterattack. The internal elixir seemed to suppress the thundercloud, and it even attacked the thundercloud, causing it to dissipate a lot. However, this move was suicidal, and in just a short moment, the dragon's internal elixir was broken, and its body turned into ashes. The thundercloud also dissipated in all directions, and soon the sea returned to its calm state with a blue sky and white clouds.

  What's going on? In this half-hour, Lin Fan was in the midst of it all, his heart shaken to the core. The dragon rising from the sea had already shocked Lin Fan, but the ruthless Heaven's Tribulation cloud made Lin Fan's heart tremble even more, causing his legs to involuntarily shake after the tribulation. He couldn't understand why the dragon would take on the tribulation. This was a self-inflicted tribulation, not a heavenly one; a self-inflicted tribulation meant that one felt they were strong enough and challenged the heavens' authority - if successful, they'd become a true dragon, but if not, they'd die.

  Lin Fan slowly flew to the place where Jiaolong went out to sea, his feet stepped on the surface of the water, he bent down to touch the water, recalling the heavenly tribulation, and could feel the arrogance of Jiaolong, roaring towards the heavenly tribulation, and could also feel the unwillingness of Jiaolong after failing in the last tribulation.

  Jiaolong left nothing behind, leaving only the majestic figure that roared at Leiyun in Lin Fan's heart. Although it was invincible, I am willing to go. A white-robed old Taoist flew from Penglai, he didn't speak, landed on the cloud head, and like Lin Fan, gently stroked the sea water, but unlike Lin Fan, with a hint of sadness.

  "A thousand-year-old dragon can live for ten thousand years, why must it still resist the heavenly way?" The old Daoist stood up and looked at Lin Fan, as if wanting to talk to someone: "He has been growing up in Penglai since he was a child..."

  This old Taoist has no official position, is a qualified mediocre lone Taoist in Penglai, and has been friends with this dragon since childhood. He often steals some mortal food for the dragon, and one person and one dragon are also carefree in Penglai. However, the old Taoist's lifespan has come to an end, and the dragon left Penglai to seek heavenly calamity. For 400 years of friendship, the old Taoist doesn't know why the dragon is seeking calamity, but it must be related to himself. Thinking about this, although he is clear-minded and desires little, he can't help but shed tears.

  If heaven has feelings, then heaven is also old... The emotions of the world are not just limited to those between men and women.

  Lin Feng quietly left, leaving Lao Dao alone. Heaven and earth are not benevolent, treating all things as straw dogs, but all things also have feelings. Heaven and earth regard all things as straw dogs, yet all things have feelings and forget their fears, do not consider themselves as straw dogs to be pitied, nor revere the power of heaven and earth.

  Lin Fan broke through the foundation and touched the golden elixir, the lotus seed in his body had transformed into a golden elixir, still hidden but not revealed. Lin Fan didn't know if it was because he was struck by the heavenly tribulation or because he had enlightened to the reason of emotions, but he didn't celebrate. The scene of the dragon fighting the heavenly tribulation earlier had left him too shocked. He felt the helplessness of being an ordinary person and also sensed the fearlessness of the dragon. Being able to witness this once, being on the spot, was also Lin Fan's good fortune. Moreover, the old Daoist's words made Lin Fan feel a bit of tragic emotion, not knowing if the dragon was seeking death or trying to become a dragon to save his friend.

  Lin Fan thought of Lin Xue Song, could he really be as emotionless and desireless as a rock?

  All the way to Jiaodong Island, Lin Fan was neither happy nor unhappy, but he had lost interest in traveling to Donghai. When they arrived at Jiaodong Island, Chengfeng Zhenren was very happy and remembered himself, letting his disciples treat Lin Fan well. After staying for a few days, Lin Fan bid farewell, and Chengfeng Zhenren asked Lin Fan to bring back gifts and even sent him off for a hundred miles.

  Lin Fan returned to Yun Qing Mountain in a distracted state, but unexpectedly a black aura burst out of the sea and wrapped around him, pulling him into the water with incredible force. Lin Fan was shocked and quickly scattered his magic beans, transforming them into soldiers that swapped positions with him, and the soldier let out a whooshing sound as he flew into the ocean.

  Lin Fan flicked his hand, throwing down a hundred embroidered needles that sank into the sea and activated the needle array. After a burst of white light shot out from the embroidered needles in the sea, there was no movement at all. Lin Fan was on guard again as another wave of black air rose up. He dodged it and condensed his true energy to touch the black air: "Nine Turns Confining Demon Seal!"

  Strange, it took only half a cup of tea to exterminate the nine demons. Although Lin Fan's realm has improved, the Nine Turns Demonic Spell is after all a low-grade technique. It seems that this monster's cultivation is not high. With a flicker of his mind, Lin Fan drew the Heavenly Eye Talisman and threw it into the sea.

  The seawater here is not too deep, only a dozen or so zhang, and there are no fish swimming in the sea. At the bottom of the sea, a giant octopus lies in wait, its eight tentacles stretching out, swaying with the seawater. Then one of the tentacles emits a black gas, Lin Fan's divine sense is disrupted, the black gas bursts out of the sea surface, and Lin Fan easily dodges it.

  After Lin Fan's positioning, he threw a hundred embroidery needles and waited for the needles to fall to the bottom of the sea before activating the needle array. This time was different, the seawater churned, the octopus floated to the surface, its eight arms emitting black gas as they grabbed towards Lin Fan. If it were someone else, they might have struggled in the black gas, but Lin Fan was accustomed to using his strengths to attack his enemy's weaknesses. He immediately shrunk the sky and earth to the clouds and then flew down with fire and stars to strike. The octopus couldn't touch Lin Fan, letting out strange cries nonstop. Lin Fan had nothing good to use against the enemy except for flying fire and stars, and he was worried that the octopus would escape into the sea, so he activated his heart symbol, and bolts of golden lightning flashed down.

  One move, two moves, three moves... occasionally adding a flying fire meteor, the octopus was beaten and lost its temper, thinking of diving into the seawater with all its heart. However, the golden thunder transformed into lightning, not only having the ability to hurt the enemy but also having the effect of immobilizing it. Unless someone like Zhang Tongyuan reverses the five elements to fire, which overcomes gold, then the golden thunder would be ineffective. The octopus was biased towards water, although it wasn't overcome by gold, it couldn't escape Lin Fan's annoying fighting style either.

  The sun sets in the west, the bright moon hangs high, the sun rises in the east, and the day has already passed... This battle lasted for a whole day and night, and Lin Fan finally killed the octopus. At first, Lin Fan was still patient, but later it was purely mechanical movements, and in the final stage, he was curious whether this octopus would die or not. Lin Fan spent so much time killing this octopus just because he thought this octopus was quite evil, and these cultivators were no exception. This place is close to inland areas, and people who often catch fish pass by, and it's inevitable that they will also be harmed.

  After the octopus died, a small inner elixir sank into the sea. Lin Fan quickly rushed into the water and grabbed the inner elixir, taking a look before throwing it into the Qian Kun ring. Only after a hundred years would this demon beast or spirit beast have an inner elixir, which could be used to refine pills and craft artifacts. Just like musk deer, if there was no musk, they wouldn't be caught by people. The Demon Sect's attitude towards demon beasts and spirit beasts led to the Western Continent having no spirit beasts.