Chapter 358: Conjecture

“Yes, it’s a pity that she is not a member of our Alchemist Association. There’s nothing we can do. It can only be said that the Qinglian Sword Sect is not good at alchemy.”

The woman who heard his words said helplessly. If this little girl was in their association, they would definitely not sit idly by and watch her go down this path. But it was a pity that she was not a member of their association, and they couldn’t control it.

“Yes! It’s a pity.” The red-faced old man nodded in agreement.

The thunder and rain in the sky became heavier and heavier, and then fell down with crackling sounds. The alchemists who were refining pills below began to take out various magic weapons to block the thunder tribulation, lest their refined pills be struck and their many days of hard work be reduced to ashes.

“This thunder tribulation isn’t very strong, is it? It seems that the refined pills haven’t reached the fifth-order best quality.”

Hong Fu, who was blocking the thunder tribulation, muttered as she looked at the sky. The higher the grade of the pill, the stronger the thunder tribulation it would suffer.

Although this thunder tribulation was already very powerful, it was still far from her expectations.

She didn’t know if she could get into the top few this time. If she couldn’t, wouldn’t she have come in vain?

Thinking of this, Hong Fu couldn’t help but feel a little absent-minded.

“Ahhhh~”

“My pill~”

At this moment, a scream came from around. The thunder that fell from the sky directly struck the floating pill and turned it into ashes. The alchemist below couldn’t help but scream when he saw this.

At this time, a giant hand suddenly grabbed him. It was like grabbing an ant: “You fool, at a time like this, you still care about your pill that has been struck by lightning. Do you want to be struck by lightning yourself?”

“Boom!”

After the giant hand grabbed him, the thunder that had shattered the pill followed closely behind. But after only leaving silvery white marks on the giant hand, it disappeared.

“Thank you, Senior.” The alchemist held in the giant hand couldn’t help but feel a burst of fear after seeing this. He quickly bowed to the owner of the giant hand and said.

“You’re welcome. Your alchemy skills are not bad, but your methods of dealing with it are a bit lacking. If you are well prepared, you may not be able to protect your pill.” The tall figure withdrew his hand and said indifferently, his eyes looking towards the sky.

The thunder that pills experience during the tribulation is much smaller than that of cultivators, but alchemists are not good at fighting, and it is not uncommon for both the pill and the person to be destroyed.

In his opinion, these alchemists had put the cart before the horse. The purpose of alchemy was to increase strength and break through realms.

But these people only focused on alchemy and did nothing else, which led to the improvement of their realm, but their strength did not follow.

Otherwise, such a simple thunder tribulation would not be so troublesome at all.

Thinking of this, he immediately withdrew his gaze.

But at this moment, he heard the people around him shouting:

“I didn’t expect that this Alchemy Demon’s alchemy skills are superb, and his strength is actually so powerful. Everyone’s thunder tribulation hasn’t been dealt with yet, but he has already passed it safely.”

“Yes! Judging from the thunder tribulation that the pill has gone through, it’s probably at least fifth-order. I wonder if the pill that was refined this time counts? After all, judging from the appearance of the thundercloud, it’s probably another poison pill.”

“That’s not clear. In my opinion, the association is a bit too rigid. Who said that a fifth-order poison pill is not a pill?”

“Yes! That makes sense.”

“Boom boom boom~”

“Boom boom boom~”

As they were talking, the thunder and lightning in the sky became even stronger. And there was a faint terrifying aura echoing. Suddenly, the expressions of all the cultivators changed.

“This… this aura is a Void Return thunder tribulation?” The red-faced old man’s face couldn’t help but change, and then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face:

“Is it the right time to break through to Void Return? Is it a fellow cultivator from the Alchemist Association?”

The thunder tribulation was so close, it must be a fellow cultivator from their Alchemist Association. After all, there were many cultivators at the peak of Deity Transformation in their association who were in seclusion.

Calculating the time, it was indeed time to step into Void Return.

“It could be Fellow Cultivator Fanchenzi or Tiandanzi.” The woman beside him heard this and speculated, rubbing her chin.

If there were any fellow cultivators in the Alchemist Association who could enter the Void Return level so quickly, it could only be these two. After all, their talent and ability were first-class.

“Hmm!”

Hearing this, the red-faced old man didn’t refute. He just nodded and looked at the sky, waiting for the person undergoing the tribulation to appear.

“The Alchemist Association is really amazing. Another Void Return cultivator has appeared. I wonder who is undergoing the tribulation this time?”

“Yes! It’s really curious.”

The cultivators who came back to their senses couldn’t help but say enviously.

A Void Return cultivator! This was the goal they looked up to in their lifetime. They didn’t know when they could step into this level.

“Meow meow, what the hell? My pills haven’t been taken yet, and the heavenly tribulation has come?” Li Li looked at the sky with a speechless expression. Although he knew that after taking these waste pills, his strength would break through by leaps and bounds and he would soon become a sixth-order creature, he didn’t expect it to come so quickly.

Moreover, this thunder tribulation appeared in the lair of the Alchemist Association.

If he underwent the tribulation at this time, let alone whether they would discover that he had stolen the waste pills, just the lightning that struck down would be enough to smash the Alchemist Association to pieces, right?

Thinking of this, Li Li immediately flew up from the sea of pills and rushed outside. He had to go to a secluded place outside to undergo the tribulation.

He must not undergo the tribulation here, otherwise, if the lightning smashed the waste pill room later, he would have nowhere to cry.

And as Li Li left, the thunder tribulation that stood above the Alchemist Association also moved.

After the cultivators who were watching the sky discovered this, they couldn’t help but be stunned:

“Eh! What’s going on with this thundercloud? Why did it suddenly fly away? Isn’t the person undergoing the tribulation a member of the Alchemist Association?”

“Yes! Although this is a Void Return cultivator’s thunder tribulation, under the Alchemist Association’s grand formation, it can still help resist it a little. If he flies away now, is he planning to face the thunder tribulation alone?”

There were many cultivators in the Alchemist Association who had undergone the tribulation, but this was the first time they had seen someone leave the Alchemist Association to undergo the tribulation.

What did he mean by doing this? It really made them confused.

“Swoosh swoosh”

“Swoosh swoosh”

Just as everyone was puzzled, they heard the sound of wind breaking through the air. Many Deity Transformation cultivators, Nascent Soul cultivators, and Void Return cultivators all left their seats and flew towards the direction of the thunder tribulation.

And there were still many cultivators on the seats who were calling their relatives and friends and disciples to leave:

“Fellow Cultivator Zhongzheng, let’s go and watch this senior expert undergo the Void Return thunder tribulation. It won’t be long before we reach the Void Return level. If we can observe it on site, we might be able to comprehend something.”

“I have the same intention. Please, Fellow Cultivator Duling.”

“You little guys come here quickly. I’ll take you to see the Void Return thunder tribulation. Although you little guys have low strength and may not be able to reach this level, observing it from a distance will also be of great benefit to you.”

“Let’s go, let’s see if this person can become a person of the same path as us.”

“Why does this thunder tribulation aura feel like Little Glutton’s?” Hong Fu, who took the pill that fell from the sky, looked at the sky with doubt and muttered, “Did I sense it wrong or what? Didn’t Little Glutton just go through the Deity Transformation thunder tribulation not long ago? He shouldn’t have welcomed the Void Return thunder tribulation so soon.”

She knew that Little Glutton’s strength and upgrade method had no bottleneck in cultivation. As long as there was a massive amount of energy to support it, he could keep advancing. But the question was, where did Little Glutton get so much energy in such a short time?

Unless! Hong Fu’s eyes suddenly narrowed as she thought of this. Her gaze turned to the pitch-black hole beneath her feet. This hole was the one that connected to the Alchemist Association’s underground waste pill room.

If he wanted to obtain such a massive amount of energy, besides stealing the pills that the Alchemist Association had refined over the years, there were only the waste pills in the waste pill room.

After all, the former, as the foundation of the Alchemist Association, was guarded by Void Return cultivators. It was impossible for Little Glutton to succeed with his current strength. As for the latter, although it was also quite important, not many people paid attention to it.

With Little Glutton’s ability and buying some treasures to conceal his aura, it would be easy for him to get in, right?

Thinking of this, Hong Fu couldn’t help but support her forehead because the more she thought about it, the more she felt it was right. With Little Glutton’s fearless personality, it was absolutely possible for him to do such a thing.

Otherwise, where did Little Glutton get so many resources for Little Matthew to sell? He relied on his extraordinary skills and daring.

“This aura is a bit unfamiliar. It doesn’t seem like the aura of Fellow Cultivator Danchenzi or Tiandanzi. Could it be that other fellow cultivators were strolling near our association and suddenly realized something, so they are preparing to ascend immediately?”

The red-faced old man frowned and said after sensing the aura that appeared under the thunder and lightning.

Besides the perfection of the law, the most important thing for cultivators to ascend was to comprehend the Dao. And no one could say for sure when they would comprehend the Dao, so he made this guess.

“It’s possible, but it’s not ruled out that because too many thunder tribulations have descended, it has triggered the situation where he is about to undergo the tribulation.” The woman beside him said.

After reaching a certain level of strength, cultivators would naturally attract thunder tribulations. And some cultivators would suppress the thunder tribulation if they felt they were not sure of dealing with the thunder.

But if they were too close to the place of the thunder tribulation, it might cause their aura to become unstable and undergo the tribulation in advance.

This was also why many cultivators who were about to undergo the tribulation tried to stay away from other people’s thunder tribulations.

“This situation is also possible.” The red-faced old man nodded. Then he heard a loud explosion in the distance, followed by a somewhat mocking voice.

“Your thunder is too small, too bland. It’s far from enough to strike this cat. Did you not eat? You’re so weak, you’re basically just tickling this cat.”

Li Li, who was struck by a bolt of lightning, not only didn’t fall down, but he also soared even higher.

He even swallowed all the thunder that struck his head in one gulp and transformed it into his own energy, allowing his strength to rapidly stabilize.

The main focus was on mutual growth, turning the power of lightning into his own power, and then using it to deal with the thunder tribulation.

“Boom boom boom~”

“Boom boom boom~”

As Li Li’s voice fell, the thunder and lightning in the sky seemed to be enraged, becoming even more powerful. The lightning that struck down was also even more dazzling.

But Li Li charged head-on, like a tireless stubborn stone.

After the cultivators who came over saw this scene, they couldn’t help but reveal surprised expressions:

“Uh, why is it a demon race undergoing the tribulation? I thought it would be a human cultivator.”

“Yes, and this demon race seems a bit strange. He has already become a Void Return cultivator, but he still maintains his beast form. Could it be that he is still taking the path of the ancient demon race?”

“It should be right. This demon is also amazing. He actually doesn’t transform and insists on using his original appearance to charge into the thunder. I have to say, it’s really terrifying.”

All things in the world were born with spirits, and the human race had the most spirituality and cultivated the fastest, so most demon races would choose to transform into human form to cultivate.

Of course, there were also demon races that did not transform into human form. They took the path of the ancient gods and demons. This path was the most difficult, but it was also the most powerful.

And this demon race that was undergoing the tribulation obviously took this path.

“Fellow Cultivator Feng, are there such determined and talented fellow cultivators in your demon race? Why haven’t I heard you talk about them before?” Looking at the figure in the sky who was using the thunder to temper his body and constantly attacking the heavenly tribulation,

the red-faced old man asked a standing figure not far away. As a member of the Celestial Phoenix Clan, she should know who this fellow cultivator undergoing the tribulation was, right?

With such powerful strength and such a stubborn path, he didn’t believe that he would be an unknown person in the demon race.

“I would like to tell you, but I don’t know this guy at all.” Feng Lan’er, who was asked, stared at the chubby three-eyed cat and said. She recalled it, but she didn’t have anyone who matched this figure.

Let alone telling them, she didn’t even know the origin of this guy.

“Impossible! How could such an amazing and resolute person be unknown in the demon race?”

“Yes! Look at his posture of charging into the thunder. The Void Return thunder tribulation doesn’t pose any threat to him at all.”

The other Void Return cultivators also spoke after hearing this.

Such strength didn’t have any presence in the demon race? How was this possible?

“Fellow Cultivator Feng is not joking. This guy looks like a cat race, but the cat race has always been physically weak. I’ve never heard of such a fellow cultivator.” Just as everyone’s voices fell, a burly man exuding a primordial aura appeared in front of everyone.

After everyone saw him, their expressions couldn’t help but change slightly and said:

“So it’s Fellow Cultivator Longxiang who has come. Since Fellow Cultivator has said so, then this Fellow Cultivator Cat who is undergoing the tribulation seems to be really unknown.”

“Yes! I wonder what the origin of this Fellow Cultivator Cat is?”

“I don’t know his origin, but looking at him like this, his physical path is extremely terrifying.” Daoist Longxiang muttered as he looked at the sky, “He’s clearly just a cat, but his physique is actually stronger than my ancient Dragon Elephant Clan? Could it be that he has such an extraordinary bloodline in his body?”

Their Dragon Elephant Clan was known for their unparalleled physique, but they didn’t dare to walk in the thunder tribulation like him.

“Could it be the Qiongqi bloodline?” Feng Lan’er beside him couldn’t help but guess after hearing this.

If the cat race was related to any ancient bloodline, the first thing that came to mind was naturally the Qiongqi, known as one of the Four Fiends of Antiquity.

“I don’t know. The power of bloodlines cannot be seen by others. It can only be seen after using one’s innate divine ability.” Daoist Longxiang shook his head and said, his eyes flashing with a strange light as he looked at the sky.

At this time, the thunderclouds in the sky began to churn again. Bolts of colorful lightning swam in the sky, illuminating the sky with colorful lights and emitting fluctuations that made all the cultivators palpitate.