Otherwise, it wouldn't be so awkward now.

"I didn't expect that I would still need to fight with a sword."

He gripped the long sword, gritting his teeth as a strand of five-colored halo flowed from his soul, covering the sword, and then directly charged into the thunder tribulation clouds.

Li Ye certainly did not know any profound swordsmanship, but the basic sword skills were enough for him.

Just simple slashing and thrusting, the sword qi poured down like torrential rain, slicing through the thunder directed at him, so by the time it reached his body, it naturally had little power left.

With the protection of the Merit Golden Light from the Four Seasons Sect, he could freely wield the Merit Sword from Celestial Vein Sword Mountain, like golden lightning amidst the thunder tribulation clouds, causing the three people watching below to look at each other in disbelief.

"So much merit, those sword cultivators really intend to steal talents."

"Usually, a sword cultivator with a Golden Core wouldn't obtain this much merit for protection."

"Has True Man Lingye always been like this?"

The last speaker was Li Yuan.

His face was full of confusion: "I remember divine techniques and arrays should be able to resist, so why use so much merit to forcibly resist the celestial tribulation?

That is merit, after all."

"Hmm hmm."

At this moment, a gentle female voice hummed and said: "How would a brute like you understand that using merit to resist thunder tribulation is the best way to restore the vitality of this land."

A voluptuous woman with two small white flowers on her head suddenly appeared, ordinary-looking but increasingly pleasing the more you looked at her. She looked at Li Ye in the heavenly dome, slightly wrinkling her high nose.

With a face full of intoxication:

"Truly fragrant."

"I wonder how many harvest joys and spiritual objects' affections left such a wonderful scent on him."

"Why did he go seeking the Wen Yaoyu instead of us?"

She looked somewhat resentfully at True Man Chen Mo, who awkwardly smiled at once—It was he who gave Senior Brother Youtian the Wen Yaoyu token when there was no Dangkang token available at the time.

"Oh, thought you were hiding at home afraid to come out."

Li Yuan gazed intently at the woman, smiling with two tiger fangs showing: "Feng Yue, how could you bear to come out?"

The woman named Feng Yue was the Golden Core of the Dangkang clan.

She looked at Li Yuan and suddenly shouted: "Sister Yan, save me! There's a tiger trying to eat me!"

Everyone: "..."

"Hoo!"

A woman in a red robe appeared instantly, blocking in front of Feng Yue, her face cold as she said to Li Yuan: "What do you want to do? Dare to bully Yue'er, and I'll skin your tiger hide and marinate your tiger bones in wine!"

"..."

This time Chen Mo truly fell into silence.

He suddenly wondered if calling so many people over was a bad idea, and wondered about Li Ye…

"Hmm!?"

"Where did my junior brother go!?"

His voice immediately drew everyone's gaze upward.

In the heavenly dome, the tribulation clouds had entirely dissipated, but Li Ye's figure was nowhere to be seen, and even the array that trapped Yang Sha and the Mica Scorpion on the distant ground had seemingly vanished.

The pit lay empty, leaving only them there.

Their expressions changed instantly.

It was known that although they seemed to be "arguing," it was merely a daily banter, with their Divine Senses all focused above.

For someone to take a Golden Core True Man away in their presence.

Impossible.

...

At this moment, Li Ye stood calmly gazing at the young man in silver armor before him, clicking his tongue in wonder:

"Taoist Friend Yangsha."

"It seems you truly are a master at playing the fool to catch the tiger."

Not far away, Yang Sha, whose features had been unclear, now had a human face—one filled with heroic spirit and distinct features.

He smiled bashfully, with a kind of youthful exuberance:

"I also apologize for hiding some things."

"But only this way can True Man Lingye see what I want you to know."

With that, he stepped aside.

Behind him was a dragon seemingly carved from white jade, exquisitely crafted and lifelike, with a pearl in its mouth burning with dazzling flames.

[Name]: Jade Dragon Spirit Vein

[Mood]: Pain

[Condition]: All Spiritual Power blocked by Tribulation Fire, if the Tribulation Fire stops, it will immediately explode from accumulative Spiritual Power; if Tribulation Fire cannot be stopped, it will continue to burn until all Spiritual Power is lost.

"Spirit Vein."

"There's actually a Spirit Vein here?"

Li Ye almost suspected he was seeing wrong, since this was the underground of Dongcang Town, part of the Four Seasons Sect's territory. Such a high-level Spirit Vein here undetected…

He couldn't imagine how those responsible for this part of the Earth Vein's inspection would be questioned if word got out.

"It is actually its power." Yang Sha showed a Mica Scorpion on his fingertips, stroking it, and said: "The Cloud Divination Sect has already sided with Hell Path, seeking a way to refine Tribulation Ash.

I was sent by Hell Path to assist the Cloud Divination Sect, but with its help and a senior's aid, I managed to escape with my life."

"A senior?" Li Ye asked keenly: "What kind of senior?"

Yang Sha replied seriously:

"He claims to be the senior brother of the Su Xing lineage."

"He asked me to tell you he is currently trapped in Hell Path and cannot return, merely sending you some Tribulation Ash as a gift."

"This is his proof."

He extended his palm, and floating in it was a small light sphere, emanating the Yin Yang glow, resonating with the cycle of life and death shared with "Nine Songs Mountain Ghost."

This was the power of "Nine Songs Grand Master of Fate!"

Inside it was pure and untainted, his sense confirmed it as genuine.

Even though Li Ye had somewhat anticipated it, hearing it still made him sigh, knowing the senior brother shouldn't be completely controlled, perhaps undertaking some cultivation.

Using Hell Path to temper his Dao Heart.

He even doubted if that darkened senior brother had split a Yin God using the Grand Master of Fate's power.

"That senior asked you not to tell your master." Yang Sha added another line.

Then he knelt on one knee before Li Ye, clenching his fists respectfully: "I have some minor abilities, willing to lead the charge against Hell Path to repay your kindness in purifying Dongcang Town."

"Very well." Li Ye looked at him for a moment, nodding: "Stand up, I don't need you to call me master, let's interact as peers instead.

After passing the Transformation Tribulation, you should be able to become human.

For now, stay by my side."

Yang Sha immediately took the position behind Li Ye like a guardsman.

A Golden Core level help, capable of shifting between human and Yang Sha, who knows what senior brother was thinking, even forbidding telling master.

He sighed helplessly, extending his fingers to the Jade Dragon Spirit Vein.

"Come!"

The Tribulation Fire was instantly guided by his Spiritual Power, pouring into his Golden Core World, like all rivers aligning into a sea, merging with the slowly burning Tribulation Fire in the Small Thousand World.

Such control over the Tribulation Fire only he could manage.

No one else could replicate it.

Once Li Ye extinguished the Tribulation Fire from the Jade Dragon Spirit Vein, the Dragon Pearl released a gratifying dragon roar, and viscous Spiritual Power akin to Jade Paste began to flow out.

As this Spiritual Power merged with the soil, it slowly transformed the soil's Spiritual Power, enveloping Li Ye.

He looked at the bead in his hand, now a dusty yellow after passing through the Transformation Tribulation, which shot out a brilliant ray.

Rays of Spiritual Light flashed crazily.

The light shot towards the Heavenly Dome.

Piercing the chaotic sky, sending down countless rain of light.

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