Chapter 73: The Strange Beast Crosses the Tribulation

  Just as Xiao Zhi Shuang buried her head in the quilt and didn't dare to see anyone, Mother's scolding arrived on schedule: "You child, not only did you make the room all wet, but also made a mess of the bathroom, and there is still a layer of yellow mud that hasn't been washed clean. How can Mom be at ease with you like this... Ah!"

  After finishing, the filial mother walked into the bathroom with a shake of her head, first taking out a mop to wipe the water marks in the room, and then cleaning up in the bathroom for a while before closing the door and leaving.

  Xiao Yixiang was somewhat stunned, what's going on? What made her even more incredulous was that after Xiao Mu left, Li Mang wrapped in a quilt walked out from inside, with a calm face, as if nothing had happened just now.

  "... Didn't my mother see you?" Xiaoyi Shuang asked incredulously, her mind still unable to turn around even now.

  "I was hiding behind the curtain, so your mother didn't see me." Li Mang gave a very far-fetched explanation.

  "That curtain is so small... *sigh*, anyway, it's good that no one found out, I was scared to death!" Although she felt something was off, Xiaoyi didn't investigate further. At this moment, she was covered in cold sweat. She dared not imagine what would happen if her mother discovered a man hiding in her bathroom, and he was still taking a bath... The thought sent shivers down her spine.

  ……

  Xiao Zixiang lay on the bed, only sticking her head out of the quilt, and looked at Li Mang who was blowing clothes with a hair dryer in front of her, asking: "Li Mang, how did you climb up my window?"

  Li Meng's name, she saw it on her ID card, and because it was simple, she could remember it at once.

  "Jumped up." Li Mang said without turning his head back.

  "Jump up?" Xiaoyi Frost looked at him in surprise, and couldn't help but climb out of bed, staring with a pair of round eyes: "Can you do martial arts?"

  "Yes!" Li Mang's answer was concise and simple. The secular world had a better acceptance of martial arts, so it wasn't prohibited from being leaked out. However, supernatural powers and cultivation were not allowed.

  "Really?" Xiaoyi Shuang became even more curious.

  "Really." Li Mang said with a tinge of annoyance.

  "Can... can't you act it out for me?" Xiang Yifeng's expectant plea.

  "......Can't." Li Mang shook his head.

  Xiao Yifeng pouted and lay back on the bed, feeling stifled. She had been taken advantage of by Li Mang in every way, and now this cold-blooded man wouldn't even agree to her small request, it was really hateful.

  Actually, Li Meng wasn't being petty, he just thought it was unnecessary to show off his skills. Was he supposed to perform acrobatics? And besides, he was only wearing a sheet on his body now, if it fell off accidentally, wouldn't that be completely embarrassing? This thought made him feel a chill down his spine and even more determined.

  "Rustle... Boom!"

  The thunder outside continued unabated, the heavy rain kept falling non-stop, and such bad weather had been going on for several hours.

  It's just spring now, and it's unusual for this kind of weather to appear, but the sky wants to rain and the daughter wants to get married is a principle, no one can stop this heavenly power.

  In a small inn room in Tianmen Village, the hunchbacked old man looked out of the window at the weather and slightly furrowed his thick eyebrows, muttering to the black-clad figure in front of him: "Captain, this weather is very abnormal. It has been going on for several hours, the rain is getting heavier and the lightning is getting more frequent. This is a once-in-a-century event."

  "It's indeed abnormal, the severe weather only occurs in the Tianmen Mountain area, especially the lightning in the mountain is the most dense, as if something is attracting the lightning...". The black-clad man's voice was still eerie and intimidating, but his words were thought-provoking.

  "What does the captain mean? Is there a treasure born?" The hunchbacked old man muttered to himself, and his originally dull eyes suddenly shot out two beams of light.

  "Hehe." The evil-looking man just chuckled and didn't explain anything, then changed the subject and asked: "Have people from Yanhuang arrived too?"

  "Here, first is the Ninth Group's Leng Mian Cheng Wei, a strong ancient martial artist with sixty years of cultivation, but has a crippled leg, so his strength is slightly discounted." The hunchbacked old man replied without hesitation.

  In another small inn, Cheng Wei was also watching the lightning and heavy rain outside the window, his cold eyes flashing with something unusual. Although he was just a martial artist, due to the shared data of the Yan Huang Academy, there was no lack of knowledge in his mind.

  "The strange beast is undergoing a transformation tribulation!" Cheng Wei said in a low voice, his face not calm, excited, but more solemn.

  The level of spiritual beasts is clearly divided, from high to low are Tian, Di, Xuan, and Huang. Ordinary animals that want to evolve into spiritual beasts need to pass the tribulation to enter the Huang level, and the evolution from the Huang level to the Xuan level also requires passing the tribulation. Each time they evolve, they will encounter various calamities, and if they pass through, they can enter a higher level. If they fail, they will be lightly injured or mostly die.

  Cheng Wei was able to confirm that it was a strange beast crossing the tribulation because he remembered Li Meng's mission this time, and the livestock in Tianmen Village disappeared without reason, probably related to this strange beast.

  Since entering the Dharma Ending Age, the spiritual energy of the Earth has been constantly dwindling, and the current environment is even more harsh than ever before. The number of demonic beasts that can be encountered today is not ordinary, and it's difficult to encounter one in decades. For cultivators, every part of a demonic beast is a treasure, and if they can take advantage of the situation to subdue it, its preciousness can be imagined.

  "This time it's going to be big!" Cheng Wei's face was all solemn. He understood that Tianmen Mountain would stir up a bloody storm. He reported the situation here to the main house at the first time, but he didn't expect to get any help. The distance is too far, and distant water can't quench present thirst. Moreover, judging from the situation, the alien beasts in the mountain are about to cross the tribulation, whether they win or lose now depends on these few people.

  "Bang... Boom!"

  Another violent lightning strike, many power lines began to emit thick smoke, and at the same time, every household in Tianmen Village was plunged into darkness. The power facilities were damaged by lightning strikes, causing a blackout in the villages around Tianmen Mountain.

  "Ah……" Xiaoyi Shuang felt a little scared, the whole room was plunged into darkness, although the lightning could bring some light to the room from time to time, but this vast heavenly power also brought psychological pressure. The thunder seemed to come from above her head, pressing down on her heart and making her worry that the lightning would shoot in through the window.

  Although she had buried her entire body under the quilt, Xiaozhi Shuang was still trembling.

  Not only did she seem like an ordinary girl, but even Li Meng gradually felt a sense of heavenly power pressing down on him, as if it was irresistible, striking his heart and making him feel insignificant.

  "Are there candles?" Li Mang broke the silence.

  "There... is, in the first drawer of the desk." Xiaoyi Frost tried to calm down, but this intermittent voice had already betrayed her heart.

  With the help of the lightning, Li Mang found a candle and lit it quietly, placing it on the bedside table. The faint, yellowish light gave Xiaoyi a great sense of security.

  "Knock knock."

  "Zhī fēng, the power is out, do you have candles in your room?" The door was knocked on, a rough middle-aged male voice came into the room.

  "Dad, no need, I've already slept," Xiao Yifeng hastily replied.

  "Oh, that's good." Xiaofu was just worried about his daughter and came up to ask, got a response and then stepped down the stairs.

  Seeing Li Mang walking towards the window and looking outside, Xiao Yixiang's heart tightened inexplicably, worriedly asking: "It's raining so heavily and thundering, you're not going out again, are you?"

  "Uh-huh, I'm going out for a bit." Li Meng nodded, picked up the freshly dried clothes and went to the bathroom to put them on before leaving.

  “……” Xiaozhen couldn't understand Li Mang's madness, it was raining so heavily and he still wanted to carry out some task, this would really cost lives! But she had no reason to stop Li Mang, seeing him open the window and about to jump down, she couldn't help but shout: "I'll leave the window for you!"

  "Good!" Li Mang did not refuse, and with a response, he jumped out of the window. It was raining so heavily that he didn't want to get wet outside either. Moreover, it was unknown whether this trip would have any results, and coming back afterwards wouldn't be bad for sheltering from the wind and rain.

  He can also enter the Shan Hai Jing space to avoid the rain, but he cannot know the news of the outside world inside, which is also the reason why he chose to stay in Xiaoyi Shuang's room.

  Xiao Zixiang suppressed her fear of the thunder and lightning, barefoot, she ran to the window and saw Li Mang's figure walking forward in the heavy rain after he landed. She was shocked, not only by Li Mang's abilities but also by his determination and madness, which made her unable to help but mutter to herself: "Madman..."

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