Chapter 88: The Spirit of the Instrument

  Whether it is a cultivator or a loose immortal, when their own energy exceeds the limit that they can bear, the Great Dao's laws will bring down a trial, which is also known as the Heavenly Tribulation. Similarly, the cultivation of heterodox beings will also bring down the Heavenly Tribulation. It is clear that Sun Ming's refinement of these two yin and yang bottles this time has reached this boundary.

  Almost everyone in the valley was startled by the commotion caused by Sun Ming, and for a time, the not-so-large area around where Sun Ming stood was filled with onlookers who were magic cultivators. After all, even cultivators were once ordinary people, and watching excitement is human nature.

  "Everyone retreats, Lingming's heavenly tribulation can only be crossed by yourself, if we participate, it will only make the power of the calamity more severe." The Blood Sea Demon said loudly.

  "I despise you, old demon head. Let me cross the heavenly tribulation myself. I'm only at the Golden Elixir stage, and even if I fail, it won't be a fatal blow." Sun Ming cursed in his heart, but his hands didn't dare to slow down, constantly taking out crystal stones of varying quality from the Na Xuan ring and quickly setting up the formation. His speed was so fast that it made the surrounding cultivators' eyes dizzy.

  "What secrets are still hidden in this mysterious device? This formation is clearly a highly advanced defensive formation, and it complements the Spirit Gathering Formation perfectly." Lan Ying murmured as she watched Sun Ming's movements.

  "What a pity, I don't understand the principle of this cloth array at all?" The Blood Sea Demon was also somewhat puzzled. After all, helping Sun Ming through his tribulation wasn't a difficult task. Even if the power of the tribulation increased, it wouldn't pose any threat to the Blood Sea Demon's absolute strength in the Nine Tribulations Scatter Demons. This was just a test for Sun Ming. If he really encountered any difficulties, the Blood Sea Demon wouldn't stand idly by. After all, he still had his hopes pinned on Sun Ming refining the 'Ghost Bone Flag'.

  The ominous pressure accompanied by the dark clouds gradually intensified, and Sun Ming became somewhat short of breath. A thread of electric arc flashed at the edge of the cloud layer, looking quite frightening. Sun Ming took out his refined mid-grade spiritual flying sword, drew it out, and asked the heavens, with a demeanor that seemed to say "with this sword in hand, I am unmatched under the heavens". Fortunately, Sun Ming had already passed through the Golden Elixir Tribulation once, so he still had some experience with heavenly tribulations. Between his eyebrows, an excited expression actually appeared.

  Almost without warning, a bowl-mouthed thunderbolt swiftly chopped down towards Sun Ming. The dazzling lightning was so beautiful, but the beauty in it was also so ominous. Fortunately, the formation that Sun Ming had just set up took effect, and before this thunderbolt could chop towards the twin vials that Sun Ming had just refined, wave after wave of spiritual power fluctuations formed from the formation under Sun Ming's feet, and under the effect of Sun Ming's spell, they welcomed the attack.

  It's estimated that this Thunderbolt was also stifled, and before it even fell, Sun Ming had already reduced its power to almost nothing. In the end, Sun Ming casually struck it down with one sword, leaving the surrounding cultivators looking at each other in shock.

  "I didn't know one could get through tribulation like this, I've learned something new." Yu Gong looked at Sun Ming who was standing there with a stinky fart and muttered to himself. After all, cultivators usually rely on magical artifacts or spiritual elixirs to get through tribulations. This formation, he had never seen before, and it was so mysterious that it could actually be used in conjunction with magic spells to launch an attack.

  "It seems that I too will have to ask this youngest Grandmaster of the Cultivation Realm for guidance, this formation is truly wondrous." Lan Ying praised.

  Sun Ming didn't have much feeling. After all, these formations were taught by Yun Zhongzi's master. The first time using them was just excitement and relaxation. At the same time, there was also some expectation. Expecting himself to reach the Lingqing realm, that... Vertical Golden Light Method, Purple Dusk Thunder Method, Five Elements Escape Method... Just thinking about it is exciting.

  However, a bolt of lightning broke Sun Ming's evil thoughts. It was Yun Zhongzi who had refined the protective wrist and body armor in the clouds. Sun Ming was also struck by lightning, his whole body charred black like charcoal, causing the surrounding cultivators to burst out laughing.

  However, Lan Ying and Xue Hai didn't think so at this time. After all, he was able to withstand a first-level tribulation thunder with great difficulty. Although it was weakened. But Sun Ming's current state is too normal, right? Although his clothes were like charcoal, but his body didn't suffer much damage.

  "Blood Haoyue brother, it seems that Sun Ming has some kind of treasure on him. This lightning strike didn't even harm him in the slightest. It looks like the disciples of the Ling Spirit Sect are really wealthy indeed." Lan Yun Old Dao said thoughtfully.

  "Wait until this treasure is refined. Whether it's the Qilingshan Sect or the Holy Alliance, I'll come and go as I please. For now, let this kid refine it well. Once he succeeds... Hmph." The Blood Sea Demon's sinister smile made Lan Ying frown slightly.

  "Ling Ming, this kid is really a pity to kill. Don't you demons have many methods of controlling souls? Do you understand what I mean?" Lan Yue smiled and said. Xue Hai Old Demon just nodded slightly.

  The dark clouds in the sky seemed to be getting thicker and more turbulent, rolling non-stop. Sun Ming knew that this should be a sign of the last and most severe tribulation thunder among the three tribulations in the instrument world. Sun Ming held his flying sword, trembling with fear, after all, if things didn't go well, he might suddenly attack again, leaving himself no time to prepare. Getting injured was nothing,

  But losing face in front of so many people is a big problem.

  Finally as thick as a water bucket

  It came down with a swift and fierce momentum, and Sun Mingxin made a horizontal move, flying his sword to meet it.

  The value of a mid-grade spiritual artifact in the cultivation world is hard to estimate. Let me give you an example. For one mid-grade spiritual artifact, two small sects can engage in a fierce battle. With just one mid-grade spiritual artifact, you can hire a cultivator at the Congealing Phase as your bodyguard. Even the geniuses of the top ten sects in the cultivation world, like Ling Tian Sect, may not necessarily possess a mid-grade spiritual artifact. The value is evident from this. Of course, using a spiritual artifact to defy heavenly tribulation is something that only someone who views extreme-grade spiritual artifacts as dirt, like Sun Ming, can do. Even Loose Immortals wouldn't do such a thing, let alone Sun Ming, a small fry at the Golden Dan Phase. Therefore, Sun Ming's actions immediately triggered dissatisfaction and jealousy among the onlookers.

  "No wonder the masters said that cultivators have many magical treasures, I didn't expect that recently one of them is indeed extraordinary, actually using a mid-grade spiritual instrument to withstand the heavenly tribulation, this is impressive." said Mo Xiu, a demonic cultivation disciple.

  "Yes, yes, the seniors all said that without flying swords and treasures, the righteous path will give us wealth. Indeed, it is true that a Golden Elixir stage disciple is so wealthy. I think those masters must be covered in treasures, I'm getting impatient to go to the Star Domain of Cultivators and plunder them." The demonic cultivator Yi excitedly looked at Sun Ming and said.

  This guy's words happened to reach Sun Ming's ears, and upon hearing them, Sun Ming's arm that was wielding the sword quivered with a sudden tremble. He thought to himself: "So it seems that even in the Cultivation Realm, they also say that hatred should be cultivated from childhood... But isn't this going too far? The Righteous Path is creating enemies for us, and we've become their treasure trove of emotions." Of course, this was just a fleeting thought; after all, when facing the Heavenly Tribulation, no one could afford to be careless.

  In the Xianxia world, there was once a particularly boring senior immortal who did some unbelievable things, such as measuring how hot stars were, why it snowed in winter, and so on. This senior also conducted an experiment to study the speed of lightning. According to legend, in order to catch up with the speed of lightning, this old man specially asked the alchemy master of the Xianxia world at that time to refine a flying sword for him, named "Chase Lightning". It was a treasure of the immortal level, and its greatest feature was its speed. However, in the end, it still couldn't catch up with the lightning, showing just how fast the lightning was. At this moment, the flying sword that had been following Sun Ming for many years suddenly shone brightly and collided with the heavenly thunderbolt.

  A loud "bang" sound, the flying sword and void disappeared, the calamity was extinguished between heaven and earth. The two bottles of yin and yang in Sun Ming's ring flew out of control into the air, suspended above Sun Ming. A colorful light like a rainbow after rain flew out from the void, shining on the two bottles.

  Two bottles, one white and one black, one yin and one yang, constantly rotating in the colorful light, as if digesting the energy contained in the colorful light. Sun Ming sat cross-legged, seemingly having already concluded everything, but suddenly two childish voices appeared in his mind.

  "Master, we want to thank you for your creation blessings, please accept them." Two voices, one gentle and the other rough, but both very childish, just like children who have just learned to speak, extremely cute.

  "Who are you?" Sun Ming silently asked in his heart. Although he was somewhat certain, it was still good to confirm.

  "Hmm... I'm Xiao Xiao Bai." said that gentle voice.

  "Hmm, I'm one of those two bottles you refined. The black one in the bottle, my name is Xiao Hei." That rough voice said.

  Sun Ming was overjoyed in his heart, never expecting that he could actually refine a divine artifact. These two voices were clearly the legendary artifact spirits.

  "Hmm, hehe, you two can be called Little White and Little Black from now on, but what's going on? What's being accepted?" Sun Ming asked. However, it was clear that this question was unnecessary, as a beam of colorful light had already descended from the top of the two bottles and shone down on Sun Ming's body.

  For a moment, an inexpressible feeling floated in Sun Ming's mind, it was a kind of realization that only appeared when one's cultivation reached a certain level. It felt as if the entire natural world was within his own heart. Sun Ming suddenly found that his senses were incredibly sharp, and even his eyesight had greatly increased, allowing him to see the true bodies of those cultivators who didn't have any arrays on their faces. Sun Ming took one glance at You Tong, immediately closed his eyes, and muttered "I've sinned, I've sinned".

  Sun Ming, who had already formed the Golden Elixir long ago, suddenly felt that the purple Golden Elixir in his Dantian was stirring and rapidly rotating. The colorful light shining on his body converged into strands of energy in his Dantian, pouring towards the Golden Elixir like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.

  Suddenly, a "crack" sound echoed in his mind, and Sun Ming smiled wryly to himself, "I'm actually going to break through to the Infant Transformation stage in front of so many people."