The Heavens: Falling Ink From Douluo

Chapter 1655 The stars shine in the sky
"Danlei?"

"its not right!"

"There's no one around making medicine!"

"Where did these thunderclouds come from?"

As dark clouds gathered overhead, approaching from all directions, everyone, including Jin Shi, was stunned. They exchanged bewildered glances, and speculation arose. Some suspected the birth of some rare treasure within the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, while others suspected it contained the cave dwelling of a powerful being, and this unusual phenomenon was the catalyst for its emergence. As for the tribulation lightning triggered by a cultivator's breakthrough within the Blood Pool, everyone unanimously considered it impossible, not even worthy of mention. After all, a cultivator breaking through... Although the events were earth-shattering, none of them actually required a tribulation. The biggest incident was a Dou Sheng who forcibly broke through a barrier a few hundred thousand years ago. He lost control and exploded on the spot, tearing open tens of thousands of miles of irregular void, causing the direct deaths of tens of millions of people and indirect injuries and deaths of billions more. In the end, other Dou Sheng were alerted and joined forces to block the aftershocks, which brought the disaster under control in time. This is completely different from the power of heaven and earth. Even if it is higher than lightning tribulation in terms of power, it is still completely different in nature.

Therefore, from the very beginning, no one thought in this direction that defied common sense, and naturally, they missed the most correct answer.

However, some people speculate because they can only speculate, while others speculate because they can personally visit the site to investigate.

"Go ask Venerable Wind for his opinion."

"Send someone else to inquire with Jinshi."

"Let's see what's going on."

"Do you need any help from Burning Flame Valley?"

Tang Zhen, the master of Burning Flame Valley, looked solemnly at the thunderclouds in the distance. Without turning his head, he gave a deep order to his disciple beside him. Although these thunderclouds were nothing to him and could be dispersed with a single blow, his daughter was among the people absorbing energy in the blood pool. Moreover, she was his only child so far. Even though he had given his daughter some means of self-defense, she should have been unharmed even if struck by lightning. However, out of a father's instinct, he was still worried and felt it necessary to take some measures, even if he had to be careful.

As for the claim of providing assistance, that's just an excuse.

The core requirement is still to go in and take a look.

But if you say it openly and honestly.

Jinshi would definitely not agree.

Burning Flame Valley had no intention of clashing with the Gold-Eating Rat Clan.

It's understandable that the wording used was more euphemistic.

However, for Starfall Pavilion, and also for Venerable Feng Xian, along with the message from Burning Flame Valley arrived a message from the Valley Master of Ice River Valley, which was a test from Venerable Ice, asking him whether he should step forward or send someone to put pressure on Jin Shi.

An envoy has arrived; perhaps even metal and stone can withstand the attack.

The envoys from both sides arrived at the same time.

They can also play together.

Even metal and stone will eventually be unable to withstand it.

They will definitely give an explanation.

After all, no matter how strong Jinshi is, he is only a Dou Zong.

He dared not interfere when it involved the life of a Dou Zun's personally taught disciple.

Furthermore, the Ice Venerable's meaning is quite clear.

I'm afraid I won't be able to handle the weight of metal and stone.

As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake.

Not to mention that Jinshi is no ordinary local bully.

There is still a divide between the beastmen and humans, and many things need to be considered. This can be seen from the fact that the Burning Flame Valley and the Ice River Valley would rather seek help from forces like the Starfall Pavilion than contact the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, who is also present and stronger, or other types of magical beast races. Issues that need to be avoided must be avoided, at least on the surface. When there is a need to clash with beastmen like Jin Shi, the stance of the race needs to be clear.

Of course, this does not mean that Feng Xian will refuse to cooperate.

Burning Flame Valley was anxious because Tang Huo'er was inside.

Feng Xian was anxious because Mu Qingluan was inside.

Even though he and Mu Qingluan were not father and daughter, but simply master and disciple, and even though Mu Qingluan was his personal disciple, she was not his last disciple. Even if Mu Qingluan died, it would not affect his ability to continue taking on disciples. However, Mu Qingluan was, after all, his eldest disciple and currently his only disciple. It was impossible for him to completely ignore her.

Moreover, anything strange must have some kind of anomaly.

Since the tribulation of lightning has occurred.

This means that something must have happened inside.

It's impossible to say I wasn't flustered at all.

Furthermore, countless people on the Dou Qi Continent have died because of this kind of unfounded confidence—believing they could do it, believing their relatives and friends could handle the matter, believing their subordinates could complete the mission. Then, due to some accidents that weren't exactly unexpected, tragedies occurred. Almost every Dou Zun present had experienced these situations, and even many Dou Zong, Dou Huang, and Dou Wang had. These tragedies shaped their extreme personalities and led them to make choices they believed were right.

Like a gentle breeze.

I've woken up in a fright countless times from my dreams.

He deeply regretted the matter of Yao Lao back then.

If he hadn't been so confident in Yao Lao, if he had put aside his own affairs to accompany Yao Lao in refining medicine, even if it was just to watch from afar as a safety net, perhaps Yao Lao wouldn't have perished. After all, it's too difficult to kill Yao Lao with mere poison. Mu Gu's strength was about the same as his. Although so many years had passed and both he and Mu Gu had grown, Mu Gu, backed by the Soul Hall, was growing much faster. Back then, Mu Gu had the advantage of age and was stronger than him, but holding off Mu Gu was still easy for him. Once Yao Lao dealt with the traitor Han Feng on his own, the situation would immediately become two against one. At that point, it wouldn't be a question of whether Yao Lao would escape, but whether Mu Gu could get away. Because at that time, Mu Gu hadn't yet been backed by the Soul Hall and wasn't there on a mission from the Soul Hall to kill Yao Lao. The Soul Hall wouldn't offend Yao Lao for Mu Gu's sake.

Unfortunately, what's done is done, and further discussion is pointless.

It has already happened.

Anything said is just hindsight.

Therefore, when Burning Flame Valley, Starfall Pavilion, and Ice River Valley sent envoys after a brief discussion, intending to communicate with Jin Shi privately, they discovered that Jin Shi's side had already been surrounded by a large number of people, including the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, who all chose to come down and communicate with Jin Shi.

Jinshi was helpless in the face of this.

If it's just a group of Dou Zong.

He could still try to stop them.

If it is an extremely rare Dou Zun.

Borrowing the general idea of ​​the Orcs and Humans.

He can also force the opponent to back down.

But in front of a group of Dou Zun, or even Dou Sheng, such as the Fire Cloud Ancestor of Burning Flame Valley, he really had no confidence and dared not stop them. He was caught in the middle and had a dilemma.

Most importantly, these forces are also at odds with each other.

The main theme of Dou Qi Continent is chaos.

Certainly, these Dou Zun wouldn't attack the rogue cultivators absorbing energy in the blood pool, nor would they attack the two geniuses of his Gold-Eating Rat clan. After all, these Dou Zun had no reason to attack; there was no enmity between them, so why would they do such a thing? However, it's uncertain whether these Dou Zun would attack cultivators from opposing forces. For example, Ice Venerable attacked Tang Huo'er, or Tang Zhen attacked Gao Yu. Even though the Heavenly Demon Phoenix clan, due to Lin Chaoci's previous request, had Feng Qing'er carry out the task and wouldn't target the Starfall Pavilion where Mu Qingluan resided or the Heavenly Phoenix clan behind it (also known as the Azure Phoenix clan), just the Burning Flame Valley and Ice River Valley alone were enough to cause headaches.

Furthermore, cultivation is of utmost importance.

Extreme privacy.

Some of these techniques have quite a history.

If these Dou Zun go in...

For these Dou Zun themselves, and for the forces behind them, it didn't matter much, but for him and the Gold-Eating Rat clan behind him, it was equivalent to ruining the reputation of the Blood Pool.

Not worth the candle.

But if you try to argue with them head-on, you won't win.

Therefore, the situation reached a stalemate for a time.

Of course, it would be a lie to say that the ten cultivators in the blood pool were completely unaware. Apart from Lin Chaoci, who had anticipated this and planned to withstand it, the other nine, including Feng Qing'er, all looked up and followed the gathering of dark clouds.

To put it simply, it's about seeing which area has the thickest clouds.

The densest part is clearly the core.

The eye of the vortex resembles a whirlpool.

Then, everyone looked in that direction.

They immediately determined who had attracted this tribulation lightning.

However, what puzzled them was why the tribulation of lightning had come.

"Refining medicine?"

"It's unlikely!"

"Refining medicine in this environment is not worth the effort."

"Could he be a human form created from a medicinal pill?"

"The legendary ninth-grade elixir?"

"But that's not right either!"

Knowing that Lin Chaoci was an alchemist, Feng Qing'er poked her head out of the blood pool, and, as if soaking in a hot spring, suspiciously rested her chin on her hand and analyzed.

There was no one around.

In addition, she spoke in a normal speaking voice.

The pool of blood itself has waves.

In addition, there were occasional bursts of thunder in the sky.

It can't even travel ten meters.

There's absolutely no need to worry about being overheard.

Moreover, since she didn't reveal Lin Chaoci's name, she didn't need to worry about anyone following the clues. Even if she did reveal her identity as an alchemist, there were plenty of alchemists on the Dou Qi Continent. A first-grade alchemist was called an alchemist, and a ninth-grade alchemist was also called an alchemist. It wouldn't hurt to analyze it to herself.

Mu Qingluan was also suspicious.

However, unlike Feng Qing'er, who has a habitual way of thinking.

Mu Qingluan has a rather unconventional way of thinking.

She also has a rather lively personality.

So, after a moment of distraction, she actually deduced the correct result through a flawed logical process. Clenching one fist and supporting the other with the bottom, she lightly tapped her palm and muttered to herself, "Could it be a phenomenon caused by his breakthrough? I remember in ancient legends, there was a scene where the birth of a Dou Di was accompanied by three thousand miles of purple aura..."

Although purple aura and lightning tribulation are two different phenomena.

Purple aura is an auspicious sign.

It's hard to say what will happen with the lightning tribulation.

It will most likely be defined as divine wrath.

But both of these phenomena have one thing in common: they are both caused by human intervention!

Since someone can attract purple aura.

In ancient legends.

It even described the scene of the Dou Di's fall.

It was called a rain of blood from the sky.

Then, what is there that cannot be explained by the arrival of the lightning tribulation?

It can only be said that Mu Qingluan's thinking was correct.

Even though she didn't know that this tribulation wasn't a reward for Lin Chaoci, it was because Lin Chaoci's household registration wasn't on the Dou Qi Continent. Therefore, the Heavenly Dao of the Dou Qi Continent automatically defined him as an unregistered resident, an illegal immigrant, and an enemy from outside the world. Most importantly, Lin Chaoci didn't have a household registration in the higher world, namely the Great Thousand World. He was the kind of person who didn't even have a temporary residence permit. If he didn't cause trouble, the Heavenly Dao wouldn't notice. But now that he chose to break through, he immediately triggered the Heavenly Dao's warning line. Strike him with lightning was the most conventional way to deal with him.

Although Lin Chaoci was not afraid.

in contrast.

He was still somewhat eager to try.

His journey from Dou Qi to Dou Zhe, and then from Dou Zhe to Dou Shi and Da Dou Shi, to the Tianxuan Continent, also known as the Martial Universe, was a desperate measure. Even with his brush, his basic Dou Qi capacity determined his operational limits. Whether it was the Heart Demon Ring, the Dou Sheng Puppet, or the Human-Demon Puppet and Earth-Demon Puppet he obtained from the Dou Sheng Ruins, although they all had high resistance to lightning, activating these things would only trigger the Heavenly Dao's warning line, causing the Heavenly Dao to send down a stronger lightning tribulation as a counterattack. It was similar to a battle between a virus and immune tissues like white blood cells. Whether the host died or not was not important; the virus had to die. He was testing the waters with a 40-degree drop first. The Heavenly Dao followed the same logic. If he dared to pull a Dou Sheng up, the Heavenly Dao would send down a lightning tribulation strong enough to kill most Dou Sheng. At that time, not only would the two corpse puppets, the Taixu Ancient Dragon and the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, not be able to withstand it, but he himself would also perish under the upgraded lightning tribulation. Rather than that, it was better to honestly bear it alone.

"Perfect, let me see it too!"

"Just how powerful is the descending lightning tribulation?!"

Lin Chaoci, who had absorbed all the energy from the blood pool he was in in a short time, stood on the surface of the water, which had faded to the color of white water. He calmly looked up at the sky, examining the dark clouds and the lightning arcs dancing in them. He casually flicked his finger, and a small black hole slowly emerged from his fingertip.

Then, it ascended into the air at a seemingly slow but actually rapid pace.

It started as a small black dot.

Then, it grew stronger against the wind.

In an instant, it transformed into a black sphere the size of a human head.

Then it grew bigger and bigger.

It grew from the size of a person's body to the size of a forest, until it expanded to its maximum size. Under the watchful eyes of Feng Qing'er, Mu Qingluan, Tang Huo'er, and others, it exploded with a bang, transforming into a starry sky-like canopy that hung above the entire sky!
Not to mention that Feng Qing'er and the others were completely dumbfounded.

Even those like Jin Shi who are being discussed by outsiders.

They were all dumbfounded.

If it were merely a tearing of the void, they wouldn't be so flustered. Nor would they be surprised if a pillar of light suddenly rose from the ground and tore through the dark clouds in the sky. This shows that the cultivators in the blood pool reacted correctly and took appropriate measures.

But like it is now.

Like a large glass dome.

They trapped everyone inside.

They couldn't afford to be complacent.

Moreover, this kind of large-scale combat technique is clearly a control effect. Some Dou Zong even tried to go out, but were blocked by the space, seemingly isolated from the outside space. It is comparable to the space creation method of Dou Sheng. It is definitely not unknown in the Dou Qi Continent. However, it is not accurate to say that it is the work of Dou Sheng. Let's not talk about the fact that there is no Dou Sheng here. Lin Chao Ci does have two Dou Sheng corpses in his hands, but so far, these two Dou Sheng corpses have not shown up. Even if they did show up, there is no need to withstand the lightning tribulation in this way. It would be more time-saving and labor-saving to just shatter the dark clouds. In short, no matter how you look at it, the appearance of this starry sky curtain is strange, even stranger and more inexplicable than the dark clouds that gathered before.

However, Jin Shi and the others were unaware of this.

This is not a starry sky.

Rather, it is an anomaly.

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