Chapter 503: Zi Ling Overcomes the Tribulation
"It's okay. Master has already made preparations." Qin Ziling said.
"Yes!" Upon hearing this, Lian Changfeng instantly regained his confidence and straightened his back.
"Let's talk about the second thing."
"The five-year tribute deadline is approaching."
"Oh." Qin Ziling was slightly startled when he heard this, and then asked: "Are the tribute items ready?"
Qin Ziling naturally had no intention of competing with the Fire Ape Kingdom now, so he still had to pay tribute.
"Master, everything is ready." Lian Changfeng replied, a hint of heartache in his eyes.
"Let me see the tribute list." Qin Ziling said.
Lian Changfeng quickly presented the gift list with both hands.
Qin Ziling took it and took a look. He saw that the number of immortal stones alone required the conversion into five thousand low-grade immortal stones, and there were also many other spiritual herbs, immortal medicines, pills, minerals and other resources. He couldn't help but frowned slightly.
He has made a lot of money recently, so it is easy for him to take out these resources, but for Qingyun Fairy Island, this is definitely a huge amount of money. I am afraid that he will have to take out almost half of the savings of five years.
"What the Fire Ape Nation is asking for is a bit harsh!" Qin Ziling said.
"Yes, every year we work hard to manage Qingyun Fairy Island and the nearby islands, looking for natural treasures everywhere, cultivating medicinal yam gardens, digging for ores, and refining pills and weapons. We have finally accumulated some resources and wealth, but we are reluctant to share them with the people below for cultivation. Instead, we hand over most of them to the Fire Ape Nation.
If it weren't for the need to pay tribute every five years, with so many resources left to cultivate people, Qingyun Fairy Island would definitely be much stronger than it is now. It's just a pity that the Fire Ape Nation is so powerful If we want to keep Qingyun Fairy Island, we have to pay tribute honestly. "Qu Zhong took over and said.
"This is also a means of ruling by the Fire Ape Nation. They sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor, becoming stronger and stronger, while you are exhausted from running around and toiling all day long to pay tribute, and are barely able to maintain your daily practice. Unless there is an opportunity, it will be difficult for you to make great progress, and naturally it will be difficult for you to have the opportunity to shake their position." Qin Ziling said in a deep voice.
"Yes, even if there are some who occasionally show up, they are quickly suppressed. It is said that eight hundred years ago, a true immortal appeared on Wuhui Fairy Island. He was extremely powerful and wanted to break away from the jurisdiction of the Fire Ape Country and set up his own sect. It is said that at that time, Fukong Patriarch and others were eager to join forces with him.
As a result, King Zhu Run personally led the four generals and the army to land on Wuhui Fairy Island and killed him. Since then, Fukong Patriarch and others have stopped thinking about it and have been paying tribute to Pingyu Mountain every five years. "Qu Zhong said with emotion.
Qin Ziling was shocked when he heard this, and nodded, "Zhu Run is a third-rank immortal who has ruled the Pingyu Mountain blessed land for thousands of years. He has an extremely deep foundation. If you want to fight against him and set up your own sect, you must at least be able to suppress Zhu Run's strength in terms of personal strength."
"King Zhu Run is a third-grade True Immortal, and it is said that he has the blood of the ancient ferocious beast Zhu Yan. His combat power is amazing. To be able to suppress him in terms of personal strength, one must be at least a fourth-grade True Immortal! The fourth-grade True Immortal is too far away for people like us. I dare not even think about it!" Qu Zhong shook his head repeatedly when he heard this.
"Everything depends on human efforts. If we don't even dare to think about it because it's too far away, then we have no hope of becoming a fourth-grade immortal, let alone a true immortal in this lifetime!" Lian Changfeng said after hearing this, his slightly childish face revealing a calmness and determination that was not in line with his age.
"You have such ambition and knowledge at such a young age. Very good, very good!" Qin Ziling's eyes lit up when he heard this and he patted Lian Changfeng's shoulder with satisfaction.
Hearing this, Qu Zhong looked at Lian Changfeng and thought of the former island owner. His eyes could not help but turn red, but he quickly suppressed the emotions in his heart and said to Qin Ziling: "We have almost prepared the tribute. Logically speaking, General Gou Huan of Zhenxi should not embarrass us.
By the way, our Qingyun Fairy Island is located to the west of Pingyu Mountain Blessed Land and is under the jurisdiction of General Zhenxi. Our tribute must also pass through his hands. As long as Gou Huan nods, we can continue to own Qingyun Fairy Island. If he is not satisfied and reports to the king, Qingyun Fairy Island will be in danger of changing hands.
We are not worried about these. We will prepare generous gifts to pay tribute to Gou Huan in private. What we are worried about now is that the journey to Pingyu Mountain is long. It is OK on the way to pay tribute, no one dares to intercept the tribute. But it is difficult to guarantee the return journey after paying tribute.
In previous years, the old island master personally led people to the Fire Ape Country. The old island master was powerful and accompanied by many strong men, so naturally no one dared to intercept him halfway. But this time is different. The old island master is gone, and we have made a big enemy with the Blood Cloud Island..."
"When are you planning to leave?" Qin Ziling waved his hand to interrupt Qu Zhong.
He already knew Qu Zhong's concerns.
"Fifty days later." Qu Zhong replied.
"Fifty days?" Qin Ziling stroked his chin and calculated the time. He felt that he should have survived the catastrophe by then and rushed back to Qingyun Fairy Island. He also wanted to take this opportunity to visit the Fire Ape Kingdom in Pingyu Mountain, so he said, "I'll go with you."
"Sir, you are of noble status, so how dare I trouble you to accompany us in person? The island owner and I came here this time because we actually want you to send two masters to accompany us." Qu Zhong said.
The outside world did not know that there were many earthly immortals and human immortals living in seclusion in the Five Elements Mountain Cave Heaven, but Qu Zhong knew a little about it.
"Lian Changfeng is my disciple. He hasn't grown up yet. As his master, it's my duty to protect him. Besides, I also want to go to the Pingyu Mountain blessed land to broaden my horizons and meet the strong men of the Fire Ape Nation." Qin Ziling said lightly.
"Thank you for your care, Master!" Upon hearing this, Lian Changfeng quickly stood up and saluted.
Seeing that Lian Changfeng was only eleven years old but acted and spoke like an adult, Qin Ziling couldn't help but think of his past life. He was also an orphan at that time, so he became sensible very early and lacked the innocence and of course happiness of a child.
"Don't be so reserved in front of your teacher." Qin Ziling said, touching Lian Changfeng's head.
"Yeah." Lian Changfeng nodded.
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A few days later, Qin Ziling and Xiao Qing quietly left Qingyun Fairy Island again, taking away four Hades Immortals including Sishou and the high-level Hades Pill Corpse Leopard.
Qin Ziling's tribulation is no small matter. If it accidentally alarms the True Immortals, he will need Xiao Qing and the Four Dark Immortals and Dark Dan Corpses to help protect him.
Yuan Er and Xiong Da went through the Dark Immortal Tribulation a few days ago.
The power of the Netherworld Immortal Tribulation was enormous and extremely difficult to overcome, but Qin Ziling was in tune with their minds, and he brought in thunder and the Five Flavors True Fire for tempering in advance, and also provided them with many resources, so they were able to overcome the tribulation without any danger.
The zombie underworld immortal calamity is difficult to overcome, but once it is overcome, the combat power of the early stage underworld immortal will be close to that of the middle stage immortal infant.
Qin Ziling comprehended a formation from the Avenue of Life and Death, called the Five Directions Annihilation Battle Formation.
The four Nether Immortals and one high-level Nether Pill Corpse are connected with Qin Ziling's mind and spirit, as if they were one. Once this Five-Directional Nether Annihilation Battle Formation is set up, even an Earth Immortal in the late stage of the Immortal Infant will be able to defeat them.
On this day, disaster clouds gathered over an isolated island in the sea near Xuanming Continent.
A terrifying aura emanated from the calamity cloud. Not to mention all the creatures in the sea near the isolated island, all of them felt as if a disaster was about to happen. Even many people on the Xuanming Continent felt inexplicably palpitations, as if some disaster was about to befall them.
"This aura is even more terrifying than the ninety-five human tribulation that Xiao Qing went through some time ago. Oh, God, you really think highly of me and arranged a ninety-six celestial tribulation for me! Come on." Qin Ziling looked up at the sky with a defiant look on his face.
"Boom!" A bolt of lightning tore through the calamity cloud and struck down.
"You are tickling me! Do it again!" Qin Ziling let the thunder hit his body and laughed out loud.
"Boom!" Another bolt of thunder struck down.
The next day.
The entire isolated island was almost razed to the ground. No, to be more precise, many large pits appeared.
In a huge pit hundreds of meters deep, there was a man holding a big knife, kneeling on one knee, with disheveled hair, trying to support himself from falling.
His body was covered with wounds, and there were electric sparks popping from the wounds, emitting bursts of meaty aroma.
His breath was weak, but a pure, new and powerful force was rising in his body.
Dantian, or should we say the Immortal Palace, is where seven immortal infants are sitting cross-legged.
Five of them were surrounded by rosy light, and two immortal infants sat in the middle, one as white as snow and the other as black as charcoal.
The seven immortal infants looked extremely weak at this moment, as if they were extremely malnourished, but they each breathed in and out, and the breaths converged in the immortal palace, forming a mysterious and endless cycle, giving people the feeling that even without any external energy coming in, these seven immortal infants could be immortal and even grow slowly.
"The Yin and Yang and the Five Elements are so mysterious!" Qin Ziling felt the changes in the Immortal Palace, and a trace of enlightenment arose in his heart. Many of the mysteries of Yin and Yang, life and death, and the Five Elements that he did not understand before, suddenly became clear to him at this moment.
Heavenly calamity.
It is a disaster, but also a great opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of heaven and earth.
After crossing it, not only will your strength increase greatly, but your understanding of the great Dao of Heaven and Earth will also become more profound.
As for Qin Ziling, because he cultivated the seven immortal infants of Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and had a powerful soul that could keenly perceive the changes in the way of heaven, he also went through the ninety-six heavenly tribulations, and could comprehend and perceive more mysteries of heaven and earth.
Therefore, once he had passed the heavenly tribulation, the heavenly way that Qin Ziling had comprehended and understood was far beyond what other people who had passed the immortal infant tribulation could achieve.
However, because Qin Ziling had passed the ninety-six heavenly tribulations, he relied heavily on the power of his physical body and martial arts in the end. So even though he had passed the ninety-six heavenly tribulations that were equivalent to the true immortal tribulation, now in terms of Qi refining alone, he was actually still not as good as a true immortal. Only with the addition of physical body and martial arts could he be considered comparable to a true immortal.
Once the physical body has also survived the heavenly tribulation, it will be a completely different scene.
Time passes slowly.
As Qin Ziling continued to comprehend the mysteries of yin and yang, life and death, and the five elements, his injuries were slowly healing. Even his broken meridians were healing again, emitting a new breath of strength.
Two days passed in a flash.
It turned out that Qin Ziling relied on his understanding of the true meaning of yin and yang, life and death, and the five elements, and after the catastrophe, he was reborn like a phoenix from the ashes and fully recovered.
However, the seven immortal infants in the immortal palace are still weak, as if they are severely malnourished.
Qin Ziling, whose injuries had fully recovered, did not leave the pit immediately. Instead, he curled up a smile, took out a Wuchen Immortal Pill and threw it into his mouth.
This Dust-Free Immortal Pill was refined by the Fire Dragon using the energy from the Blood Qilin Demon. It is almost as powerful as the immortal power that a mid-stage Immortal Infant Earth Immortal has cultivated through a lifetime of hard work.
There are a total of twenty-five such dust-free elixirs.
A dust-free elixir entered the mouth and turned into a torrent of immortal power that surged down.
