Empress in her second playthrough: Something's not right with this plot!

The more Duan Zhang looked, the more he felt something was wrong; it seemed like the lightning bolt was heading this way.

He hurriedly reached into his sleeve to pull out a talisman, but as soon as his hand touched the golden talisman, everything went white and he could see nothing at all.

With a deafening roar, the bolt of lightning struck his roof.

Three houses in a row were razed to the ground and reduced to ruins.

Suddenly, a hand radiating golden light emerged from among the bricks and tiles.

"Pah! Pah..."

Duan Zhang crawled out from under the collapsed roof beams, shaking the dust off his head.

"Fortunately, I had a backup plan, and that girl didn't steal all the talismans."

However, before Duan Zhang could figure out why he was being struck, a second lightning tribulation was already forming in the sky.

Duan Zhang looked up and his lips twitched.

Without thinking twice, he immediately took out ten golden talismans from his sleeve and stuck them all on his body.

"Senior brother, help me!"

With a light step, he soared into the air, leaping dozens of feet away, heading straight for the main peak.

Click!

The second lightning strike knocked him down from mid-air.

With a scream, Duan Zhang, whose body radiated golden light, fell to the foot of the mountain.

Upon landing, his Taoist robe was found to have two large holes.

The Golden Light Mantra's ability to withstand power is also limited; it cannot withstand the full force of such a powerful lightning tribulation.

"Brother!"

Ignoring the pain in his body, Duan Zhang dared not linger for a moment and immediately headed straight for the summit of the main peak.

On the main peak.

Li Yunsheng, who was staying there temporarily, stood at the window, completely dumbfounded.

He thought he just saw a golden light shoot up from the mountain peak next to him, heading towards the main peak.

As a result, he was struck down by lightning halfway down.

Immediately afterwards, bolts of lightning struck down, striking all the way up to the main peak.

He looked at his hands as the seventh lightning bolt struck.

"This is really not my fault."

I am a frail and sickly scholar who has only just begun to form my seal.

Duan Yun was already waiting in front of the Sanqing Hall.

A large, dark hand reached out from the steps in front of the square.

Having already endured seven tribulations of lightning, Duan Zhang finally climbed up.

Rumble.

On the steps, Duan Zhang looked up.

"Anything else?"

The power of each lightning tribulation grew stronger than the last, and he dared not hold back in the slightest.

He spat a mouthful of blood onto the talisman, formed a hand seal, and transformed into a streak of light as he rushed into the Sanqing Hall.

"Grandmaster, save me!"

The eighth lightning bolt struck straight down towards the Sanqing Hall, but Duan Yun reacted swiftly.

"Junior brother, be careful!"

Snapped!

He kicked Duan Zhang, who was rushing towards him, back, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Be careful not to destroy the Sanqing Hall."

In the square, Duan Zhang cursed loudly, but his words were immediately drowned out by the lightning tribulation.

boom.

After a burst of bright light, a huge crater appeared in the square in front of the Sanqing Hall.

Inside the pit, Duan Zhang's Taoist robe was tattered, his hair stood on end, and he smelled burnt.

Duan Yun gracefully landed in the pit and took out the pills she had prepared beforehand.

"Junior brother, come on, eat this Lesser Rejuvenation Pill."

With only half a life left, Duan Zhang opened his mouth and a puff of black smoke first.

"why?"

Duan Yun stuffed the pill into his mouth and explained.

"Prime Minister Li is both a cursed lone star and a noble person, how can we possibly benefit from his good fortune without suffering any consequences?"

cough cough.

After taking the medicine, Duan Zhang finally caught his breath and asked with tears in his eyes.

Why am I always the one who gets hurt?

"Since you obtained Prime Minister Li's calligraphy, the cause and effect should naturally be attributed to your junior brother."

Duan Zhang raised his charred hand and pointed at his senior brother.

"You knew this calamity would come all along."

Duan Yun grabbed his hand and said earnestly.

"Don't blame me, senior brother, my body can't withstand this tribulation of lightning."

He sighed again as he spoke.

"Who knew that you also cheated Li Xiang out of 620 taels of silver? Do you think it's so easy to take advantage of him?"

"Why do you think your senior brother gave away the small golden core? It was to shield you from disaster, hoping to reduce the power of this tribulation lightning."

Upon hearing this, Duan Zhang realized that he had been tricked by his senior brother again.

He struggled to sit up.

"You're having such a leisurely time, leaving me to manage the money. We need to spend money everywhere on this mountain."

Besides, you didn't tell me I couldn't take advantage of him.

Duan Yun muttered something to himself.

"I told you, would you still dare to go?"

"What did you say!"

Li Yunsheng poked his head out of the pit.

"Master, are you alright?"

Inside the pit, the two turned their heads at the same time.

Duan Zhang pointed at Li Yunsheng and shouted loudly.

"Don't come any closer!"

Li Yunsheng, who was about to step down, immediately withdrew his foot.

"I'm not going over there. What exactly was that lightning tribulation you just experienced, Daoist Master?"

He counted them; there were eight lightning tribulations in total, exactly eight hand seals he had formed.

You might think this has nothing to do with you, but it just so happens to be an eight-strike lightning tribulation.

You might think this has something to do with you, but it shouldn't.

He came here to find out what exactly was going on with this lightning tribulation.

Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to form hand seals so easily.

Upon hearing this, Duan Zhang was furious. The instigator even came over to ask him what was going on.

Duan Yun quickly covered his mouth.

"It's just that my junior brother did too many bad things and was punished by heaven."

"It's alright, Prime Minister Li, you should get some rest."

"Are you really alright?"

"I'm sorry to have startled Prime Minister Li, but I'm really fine."

After Li Yunsheng left, in the pit, Duan Zhang pulled away the hand that was covering his mouth.

"You're the one who deserves divine retribution!"

After saying that, he climbed out of the pit.

A night breeze blew, and suddenly I felt a chill on my bottom.

Turning his head, he discovered that the back of his Taoist robe was torn down to just a few strips of cloth.

"then!"

At this moment, Duan Yun stood up and threw the prepared cloak out.

snort!

Duan Zhang sneered, "Don't think I'll thank you!"

After saying that, he put on his cloak and disappeared into the night.

Li Yunsheng did not immediately return to his room, but stood in front of the Sanqing Hall waiting for Daoist Duanyun.

Duan Yun turned around and saw that he hadn't left yet.