The Goddess Chronicles: Starting by Holding the Fairy's Fate in His Hands

In a small private room on the second floor of a teahouse in the southern part of Bao'an.

Two rattan chairs were placed facing each other, with two girls sitting on the left and right.

"Sister Zhilei, what wind blew you here today?"

Guan Jia Hui, the eldest daughter of the Guan family, smiled so much that her eyes curved into crescent moons as she personally poured Xin Zhi Lei a cup of spiritual tea.

Xin Zhilei took the cup, but didn't drink immediately. She lightly touched the rim with her fingertips and sighed softly. "Jia Hui... has your Guan family been arranging a Daoist partner for you lately?"

"A Daoist partner?"

Guan Jiahui raised one eyebrow. "I wasn't even planning on finding one! I should walk my own path; why should I drag a man along?"

“That’s great…”

Xin Zhilei looked down at the tea, "But the martial arts I practice require two people to work together to succeed."

"The longer it drags on, the harder it is to break through to a higher realm."

"Finding someone you get along with and who can shoulder responsibilities together... isn't that easy."

Guan Jiahui leaned forward. "Hey, I heard someone say the other day that the Xin family arranged a marriage for you, didn't they?"

"That disciple from the Xuanjian Sect who just became a true disciple is said to be quite handsome!"

Xin Zhilei paused, then pursed her lips and asked, "Jia Hui... do you think he would look down on me if he knew... I'm no longer a virgin?"

"What?!"

Guan Jiahui's hand trembled, and two drops of tea spilled out. "Sister Zhilei! You're not kidding, are you?!"

Having said it, Xin Zhilei no longer held back.

She told her the whole story of how she was tricked and how she ended up with Lin Yi in a daze.

After hearing this, Guan Jiahui stood there stunned. "What?! That person's name is Lin Yi?"

"Taking advantage of your injuries? And you're just a newbie in the Qi Refining stage?"

"Even the Holy Maiden Ye Qingwan thought he was useless and dumped him?!"

"Sister Zhilei...why is your life so miserable!"

Listening to her best friend's tirade, Xin Zhilei felt a surge of anger for no apparent reason.

That person is bad, arrogant, and unreasonable—they have a sharp tongue and a violent temper...

But if it weren't for him, she would have died long ago.

Moreover, after dual cultivation, the cultivation bottleneck that had been pressing down on her for three years was broken through overnight.

Besides, he is indeed quite good-looking.

She exudes an indescribable, refreshing scent of herbs and plants; getting close to her is almost intoxicating…

I really hate it, but... it doesn't seem that hateful?

The moment the thought crossed her mind, Xin Zhilei was startled.

She actually seems to want to see him?

"Sister Zhilei! Why is your face red?!"

Guan Jiahui reached out and touched her forehead. "You wouldn't... really have fallen for that scoundrel, would you?!"

"Nonsense!"

Xin Zhilei immediately waved her hand, but her ears turned even redder.

……

Lin Yi squatted at the entrance of his cave, carefully checking it three times from all sides, and then set up five layers of restrictions before gritting his teeth and standing up straight.

"Alright, let's go big!"

He grabbed the medicine bottle on the table and poured two hundred Foundation Building Pills and twenty Vitality Nourishing Pills into his mouth!

In an instant, it felt like a volcano had been stuffed into my stomach, and then it all exploded with a bang!

"Snap!!!"

Outside the cave, the sky suddenly turned dark!

Dark clouds rolled in and churned, and rumbling thunder came, making my feet go numb!

A heavy sense of oppression crashed down, and the surrounding area remained silent for a second.

The commotion was so great that all the nearby cultivators ran away.

Many people in Bao'an City flew out of the city and looked up in disbelief.

"What's going on? A treasure has appeared? Or is someone undergoing tribulation?!"

"Something's wrong! This is... a calamity cloud?!"

A Golden Core cultivator's eyes widened. "A Foundation Establishment junior attracting such a celestial phenomenon? Even when I formed my Core, there wasn't anything like this!"

Xin Zhilei and Guan Jiahui, who were chatting privately, were also distracted by the sudden darkening of the sky outside the window.

"Hurry! Let's go see!"

Xin Zhilei grabbed Guan Jiahui's wrist, and the two of them rode the wind, heading straight for the densest part of the cloud formation.

Beneath the clouds of calamity.

Lin Yi's figure was completely exposed.

The first bolt of lightning struck, engulfed in raging flames.

Then came the second thunderbolt, the third thunderbolt... each one more devastating than the last.

Each one has a different attribute, a total of nine!

They're all after his nine spiritual roots!

"Ninefold lightning tribulation?!"

"Ancient books record that even the most exceptional geniuses only attract lightning after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, and at most six bolts! Nine bolts? I've never even heard of that!"

"It's over, it's over, this kid is doomed! Even a Golden Core cultivator would be kneeling before him!"

Standing at the edge of the crowd, Ren Tianxing narrowed his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Lin Yi, you're dead this time!"

He secretly gathered his strength, waiting for the last bolt of lightning to strike before delivering the final blow to Lin Yi.

"puff……!"

As the sixth bolt of lightning struck, Lin Yi coughed up a mouthful of blood.

His entire body was charred black and smoking, with his bones exposed!

"Holy crap! God, are you serious?!"

Lin Yi roared, his face covered in blood, but his eyes burned brightly.

At this moment, Xin Zhilei and Guan Jiahui squeezed to the outer edge of the crowd.

She recognized him at a glance—the man whose face was covered in blood amidst the lightning.

It was Lin Yi!

Watching him get knocked to the ground time and time again, only to get back up again and again.

Xin Zhilei's palms tightened, as if something was gripping her chest tightly.

The eighth bolt of lightning struck down fiercely!

Lin Yi collapsed to the ground like a shattered clay sculpture, clinging to life with only a breath left.

"Cough...cough cough...still a long way off?"

He was panting heavily when he pulled a small jade bottle from his pocket.

Pull out the stopper, tilt your head back, and pour down a drop of pure spiritual spring water!

"boom!"

A violent aura suddenly exploded out.

The broken bones and flesh are growing and repairing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Lin Yi swayed, his blood-stained black hair flying wildly.

He tilted his head back, facing the dark, heavy clouds in the sky, and roared at the top of his lungs, "Come on! You damned heavens! Just one last thing!"

That fierce determination, like someone who wouldn't even dare to kick someone if they came, silenced all the onlookers.

But the ninth lightning bolt got stuck.

The dark clouds in the sky suddenly contracted, condensing into a black sphere the size of a fist.

It turned silently, and just staring at it made people tremble.

Outside the arena, the cultivators were all holding their breath, their necks stretched longer than geese.

At this point, Lin Yi was no longer recognizable as a human being.

His face was covered in scabs of blood, his arms and legs were covered in peeling skin, and only his chest was slightly heaving.

Ren Tianxing's eyes turned red, and his killing intent surged up instantly!

"We can't wait any longer! What if he survives..."

He activated his dantian, and with a hiss, a cold sword aura condensed in his sleeve.

Just as the black ball was about to fall...

"You little bastard! Today I'll send you on your way!"

Ren Tianxing suddenly flicked his sleeve!

The sword energy shot towards Lin Yi's back!

"Shameless!"

"Who did this?! To sabotage someone during their tribulation?! They're worse than animals!"

The crowd erupted in uproar.

But then, at that very moment.

"Buzz!!!"

The black ball looked like its tail had been stepped on!

The lightning suddenly surged, and a burst of black light exploded three zhang high!

It didn't hit Lin Yi's head completely; instead, it shot out a bolt of lightning.

First, seize Ren Tianxing's sword energy, then slap him across the face!

"Uh... Pfft!"

Ren Tianxing's vision went black, his internal organs all shifted, and blood mixed with bits of flesh spurted from his mouth.

He took out a Blood Escape Talisman, slapped it, and with a whoosh, it turned into a red light and slipped away without looking back!

Lin Yi, on the other hand, endured the remaining lightning force.

Blood trickled down his lip, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

But he didn't fall.

Before he lost consciousness, he stared in the direction Ren Tianxing had fled, forcing out three words through gritted teeth, "Ren... Tian... Xing..."

This scene unfolded before Xin Zhilei's eyes.

It felt like her heart was being torn apart, and tears streamed down her face.

"Sister Zhilei? Why are you crying? Do you know that person?"

Guan Jiahui tugged at her sleeve.

Xin Zhilei did not respond.

With a light tap of its foot, the ice-blue figure darted out and rushed straight to the center of the scorched earth!

She had only one thought in her mind.

Anyone who dares to lay a finger on him, I'll chop them off!

Almost at the same second.

From the other side of the sky came an urgent command: "Seal off! Unauthorized personnel, get out of the way! Anyone who approaches will be killed without mercy!"

Tao Mengdie rushed to the scene with two Golden Core experts. Her face darkened instantly when she saw Lin Yi lying on the ground, his body mangled and bloody.

"Brother Lin Yi! You didn't even tell me you were at the Foundation Establishment stage...Are you stupid?!"

She waved for the guards to form a line and clear the area, then crouched down and pounced on Lin Yi's side.

She deftly took out a pill, gently pried open his mouth, and fed it to him.

She placed her fingertips on his wrist, using the gentlest spiritual energy to protect his breath in circles.

"Let's go! Back to the alchemy workshop!"

With two Golden Core cultivators supporting him from either side, Tao Mengdie lifted Lin Yi up in her arms.

With a flash of light, it sped towards Bao'an City.

Seeing the person being taken away, Xin Zhilei stood frozen in place, her face still deathly pale.

Guan Jiahui quickly supported her, "Sister Zhilei...who exactly is that person?"

Xin Zhilei didn't hear her at all, her eyes glued to the horizon where the disappearing light had vanished. "Let's go! They went to Bao'an City, we need to go back immediately!"

……

On the other side, a beam of light shot through the air at breakneck speed.

Lin Yi's consciousness sank into darkness, and his body ached as if he had been cut eight hundred times with a knife.

Just as my consciousness was about to be dragged away by the darkness, a warm medicinal fragrance wafted over, and a small face, pale with anxiety, flashed before my eyes.

Tao Mengdie!

"It's... Sister Mengdie..."

With a sigh of relief, he completely fell into a coma.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Yi opened his eyelids a crack.

The excruciating pain seemed to seep from the very marrow of my bones.

He struggled to open his eyes; the room was elegantly furnished.

A small incense burner sat by the window, emitting a sweet herbal scent.

Tao Mengdie was asleep on the edge of the bed, her face buried in her arms, her eyelashes still wet.

Lin Yi felt a surge of warmth in his heart.

She seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up.

Seeing Lin Yi open his eyes, she froze for a moment, then her eyes instantly welled up with tears. "Brother Lin Yi! You're awake? You're really awake?"

"Sister Mengdie..."

His voice was hoarse. "I owe you another life."

"Don't say that!"

She waved her hands repeatedly, "Do you know? You've attracted no ordinary heavenly tribulation, but the legendary Ninefold Tribulation!"

"As soon as we returned to the alchemy workshop, we set up a sky-covering formation and told everyone that a rare treasure had appeared and caused an unusual phenomenon. We managed to cover it up."

"Otherwise, the moment you wake up, you'll be skinned and dismembered by a bunch of old monsters for research!"

Lin Yi felt a chill run through his body.

Correct!

A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime!

Once his talent is exposed, major sects will either capture him as a research subject or destroy him directly.

"Understood, Sister Mengdie, thank you."

The next second, a cold glint flashed in Lin Yi's eyes, "Ren Tianxing pretends to be a gentleman on the surface, but he wants to stab me in the back while I am undergoing my tribulation."

"However, he interfered with my tribulation... and he's probably been crippled by the lightning now!"