Chapter 119: Chengyi, do you want to…

What is the formation of the heavenly tribulation? Before I could react, I heard the sound of thunder from the ground one after another… I turned around and saw that these muffled thunders were one after another, pounding on the formation that Uncle Wang had almost finished drawing. While destroying the formation, a series of mysterious lines that seemed to have no rules gradually took shape in the formation.

I didn’t understand what was going on, but I was subconsciously worried that Master Wang’s formation would be destroyed.

But looking back, Uncle Wang was not worried at all. Instead, he was laughing like a madman. He didn’t even have time to wipe the blood from his mouth, but he was alone, moving between the thunder and lightning, his brush constantly moving, and the lines of the formation were actually following the traces left by the thunder and lightning, constantly taking shape.

At that moment, I felt that Uncle Wang had gone mad, but at the same time, I felt that the formation seemed to have come to life.

“Chengyi, there has always been a legend that in this world, once a cultivator (not just humans, but also animals and plants) has achieved a certain level of success, they will encounter a thunderstorm. This is a tribulation, but also a refining process. After the tribulation, the cultivator will be refined by the thunder and lightning, eliminating the karma and grievances, and becoming crystal clear. What is recognized by the heavens will eventually undergo the test of the heavens. The meaning behind the formation of the heavenly tribulation is that this formation has already been in accordance with the heavens, and is undergoing the test of the heavenly tribulation… Don’t worry about your uncle Wang. This is almost the pinnacle of what he has pursued in his life. Sometimes, in order to reach the limit, people always have to go crazy.

Having reached this level, does a formation have to be tested by the tribulation? I suddenly realized that I could no longer understand my previous generation of masters. I thought I was moving very quickly, but to what extent had they actually reached?

Before I could say anything, I heard a loud roar from Master Hui. I turned around and saw that Master Hui’s muscles were shaking uncontrollably, and his body was a strange red color.

This is the temperature visible to the naked eye, because Master Hui’s body was actually rising up with steam. At this time, after the rain, there was still a trace of cold air, which collided with Master Hui’s hot skin, causing the situation.

I naturally understood the key to the secret technique that I had passed on to him. I was shocked by the abnormal situation of Master Hui, and couldn’t help but cry out, “Thirteen Gates.”

Opening the door is opening the door. How could Master Hui open thirteen doors? This is the limit of what I can imagine…

Xiao Laoba, who was also standing next to Master Hui, was in the same state of shock. He seemed to be more reserved and did not make any earth-shattering roars, but his whole body kept trembling and steam was rising from his body. Eleven gates!

This unremarkable Xiao Laoba also opened up to the eleventh door.

“It’s so great… the Vajra is here.” Master Hui shouted, then he clenched his hands repeatedly. With the movement of his hands, the familiar Vajra appeared behind Master Hui again.

Unlike before, this time the angry-eyed Vajra was as solid as a rock. Even without the Heavenly Eye, I could see the angry-eyed Vajra clearly. What was even more amazing was that Master Hui was completely red, as was the angry-eyed Vajra, and he was also holding a demon-subduing staff in his hand.

It was awe-inspiring the moment it appeared, but Master Hui didn’t seem satisfied with that. At this time, his hand gestures kept changing. The angry-looking Vajra that had originally been condensed behind him seemed to start moving on its own. Gradually, the angry-looking Vajra condensed into a solid form, and in the midst of Master Hui’s repeated pinching of his hand gestures, it began to move freely.

“Go!” Grandpa Hui shouted.

With this command, the furious-eyed Vajra suddenly ran towards the monster’s remnant soul that had appeared at the beginning… and Master Hui followed closely behind.

I felt a suffocating sensation, as if the atmosphere of the confrontation had suddenly been pulled to the brink of a melee by Master Hui, so I was suffocating with tension.

But this was only the beginning, because I discovered that Xiao Laoba, who I had not noticed, had eight shadowy images of powerful mountain gods behind him, all rushing towards the monsters that had gathered on that side. Xiao Laoba also followed in the footsteps of Master Hui, rushing out like an arrow.

At this time, the monsters had already finished dividing up the bodies of the Qingpao people. When Master Hui and Xiao Laoba rushed over, they almost looked up at the same time, their cold and greedy eyes looking at us, and then… roaring, they also rushed over!

The first to bear the brunt were the gray-eyed people, and the great witch among the gray-eyed people began to chant the ancient and strange incantation again.

The monster’s remnant soul and the furious-eyed Vajra met, colliding head-on, unceremoniously and unrelentingly… The collision of the two great spiritual forces caused the heavens and earth to tremble. Although it was only a collision of power on another level, it was so powerful in the past that it finally triggered a resonance in the heavens and earth.

This sound of resonance is the prelude to the war that has finally begun…

Master Hui and the gray-eyed man met… and Xiao Ba and the gray-eyed man met… the most direct bloody battle began.

There is no need to be merciful to the cruel. If there is no hope of saving them, then kill them. To bring the cruelty of killing to the extreme of mercy, is not that what Master Hui has been pursuing since he became a martial arts monk?

My chest began to boil, as if the exhilaration of the battle in the rain had just overflowed my chest cavity again… But at this time, my master held my trembling arm and said to me, “Trust them. Wait a moment. This is the moment when you and I will perform the technique together… You and I, as master and disciple, will walk together on the path of the universe. Next, do you remember the third secret technique passed down by your master?”

After saying this, my master smiled at me, and I looked at him in surprise and said, “You mean, we are going to complete the third secret technique together?”

I only have to pass on the secret technique, but I actually don’t even dare to deduce it. I always think that it will work in theory, but in reality there is no way to complete it. Now my master is actually saying this to me?

Before my master could say anything, Wu Liyu and the others from the same lineage came forward and said to my master, “Then we should do something, too.”

“Well, it’s time to act.” The master replied lightly, then turned and glanced at the still-ecstatic Wang Shifu over there, not knowing what he meant.

“Chengyi, I will perform the body substitution technique. You explain the key points.” Uncle Chen, who had been silent, also spoke up.

After all, with the foundation of the technique of turning injuries, it is only appropriate for Uncle Chen to perform the technique of a substitute body. However… this secret technique requires a sacrifice of longevity. I looked at Uncle Chen hesitantly.

He still had a faint smile on his face, and took out three dolls from his bosom, each about the size of half a hand, and placed them on the ground. He said to me, “Don’t ask what this is, but one doll can replace ten years of your life. Don’t worry.”

“Don’t worry.” Master also agreed.

What kind of doll can replace ten years of life? I can’t imagine such a thing existing. What did the older generation go through? But I had no reason to doubt their words, so I didn’t hesitate and explained the key to the body replacement technique to Uncle Chen.

The sound of the fighting was getting more and more deafening. In front of me, in the midst of the raging wind, Wu Liyu and his followers were casting spells together, causing the earth and sky to become unstable.

Grandpa Hui and Xiao Laoba were covered in blood, and in front of them, there were countless gray-eyed people lying on the ground… But at this moment, Grandpa Hui was already fighting with one of the monsters that looked like it came from the water. It felt like two giant dinosaurs from ancient times were constantly colliding, and the entire platform was actually cracking one after another.

As for the one covering him, it was Xiao Laoba. Master Hui had given him his back with complete trust. They were so in sync, and it must have taken a long time of fighting together to achieve such a level of understanding.

Is this really within the realm of human ability? When I was passing on the teachings, I had this illusion… I even felt that the masters standing in front of me were no longer the masters I was familiar with. They had reached a realm that I could not understand. There was a kind of life force burning most vigorously, which had already been sublimated into a feeling of another kind of existence.

I only passed on the teachings for a few minutes, because I only needed to explain a few key points. After I explained it, Uncle Chen’s understanding of the art of substitution was even more comprehensive than mine. I felt that the three secret arts of the master were not prepared for me at all, but for everyone in this battle.

A loud thunderclap echoed behind us. I, who had just finished teaching the secret art, was startled by the sound of the thunder. I turned to look, and Uncle Wang was standing in the middle of the formation, his face still wearing a crazed smile, with blood hanging from the corners of his mouth. Suddenly, he fell to the ground.

“Uncle Wang.” I couldn’t help but shout, but then I heard a dull roar in front of me. I turned my eyes and saw a simple-looking but familiar door appear behind Wu Liyu and the others.

My eyes were almost too busy to use, and I was worried about Uncle Wang. At the beginning of this battle, I was inexplicably confused.

But at this moment, a warm hand rested on my shoulder: “Chengyi, are you willing to walk with me through the world?”