Chapter 716 - 524: Golden Core (2)

The Purple Thunder Halberd was visibly shrinking, but just as everyone started to relax, they heard a crack sound as a long crack appeared on the Thunder-Avoiding Bell!

Then a sharp shattering sound filled the air, and the runes on the Thunder-Avoiding Bell emitted their last faint glow before exploding with a boom, scattering into a sky full of dazzling light!

The Thunder Halberd continued to crash down. Wu Yan extended her hand to guide it, and thirty-two torrents condensed once more, winding around like giant serpents. Yet, with a rumbling roar, they split the electric light a bit before being blown apart into a sky full of water droplets by the Celestial Thunder.

The remaining Purple Thunder Axe, now the size of a person, carried an unstoppable momentum, slashing toward Wu Yan's head!

At this moment, the Primordial Pearl Spirit almost leapt up, and Lin Le shouted out. Many people nervously closed their eyes.

But they saw Wu Yan raise a sword-pointing gesture, slicing forward as a deep brilliance flashed in her clear eyes. Inside her dantian, the Spirit Flower shook wildly, while in her Sea of Consciousness, various insights surged to her mind, and a mysterious ripple flickered in the air.

At the instant the Thunder Halberd approached her, in the incredibly thin space remaining between the thunder and Wu Yan, spatial ripples suddenly arose. For a moment, although the Thunder Halberd was only a hair's breadth from Wu Yan, it seemed as though separated by mountains and seas, untouchable.

In the next instant, the space slightly twisted, as if an invisible hand brushed it lightly, wiping out most of the Thunder Halberd!

Lu Qian knew exactly what this was.

This was Wu Yan's trump card, a pseudo-divine technique pre-derived from the Great Dao Dream Butterfly Celestial Book!

The pseudo-divine technique flashed by, and Wu Yan finally exhausted her strength, managing only to summon a final stream of water to protect herself. The remaining scintilla of thunder crashed onto her, knocking her down from the sky.

The Yunshan disciples exclaimed continuously, Lin Le rushed toward the falling figure, but Lu Qian's heart relaxed, and he smiled.

An elusive, ethereal, yet grand and all-encompassing spiritual pressure rose!

The Spirit Vein of Minglong Mountain trembled violently, with torrents of spiritual energy erupting like a geyser, surging toward the sky and into the falling figure.

Within the massive swirl of spiritual energy, Wu Yan steadied her descent, slowly rising upward.

When the spiritual energy dissipated, the faint glow scattered, and Fairy Jiaojiao stood quietly in mid-air without relying on anything external. She was shrouded in a soft, luminous aura, her celestial beauty surpassing her prior allure.

The Yunshan disciples stared blankly at the figure, a cheer suddenly erupted, then grew into a unified wave like a tidal sea.

Wu Yan had crossed the Golden Core Celestial Tribulation, achieving the Golden Core Realm!

Another Golden Core Master has joined our Yunshan Sect!

The scouts around Minglong Mountain hastily relayed this news layer by layer; the news of Wu Yan attaining the Golden Core in Yunshan Sect would soon spread across Cangzhou.

Moments later, Wu Yan opened her eyes, sweeping her Golden Core Divine Sense across. Her figure flickered as she flew before Lu Qian, expressing her utmost gratitude and kneeling.

"Master, your disciple has succeeded, achieving the Golden Core Realm."

"From a poor girl in the marketplace to attaining the Golden Core today, it all relied on Master saving me from the sea of suffering, guiding me into the Daoist Sect, teaching and nurturing me day and night. The gratitude for this rebirth and profound kindness is beyond words!"

Tears welled up in her eyes as she deeply kowtowed.

Lu Qian helped her up, feeling a warm current in his heart, his eyes slightly wet. For a moment, he found himself at a loss for words, then slowly said after a pause, "That you have this sense of gratitude fills me with comfort. You must continue to forge ahead vigorously. The future of Yunshan Sect will ultimately rest on all of you."

The elders of Yunshan came forward with great joy, offering sincere congratulations, and Wu Yan humbly thanked them one by one. The disciples flocked around, loudly expressing their admiration and envy.

When Wu Yan turned around, she immediately saw Lin Le standing quietly among the onlookers at the foot of the mountain, gazing up at her.

Wu Yan stood atop the peak, while Lin Le stood below, their eyes meeting as if time had stopped.

"Little Yan." Lu Qian spoke suddenly, startling Wu Yan back to reality. Lin Le had already left.

"Master, please instruct me."

Lu Qian suppressed his joy, becoming somewhat serious: "Originally, your attainment of the Golden Core was a great occasion, and we were going to invite our peers for a grand banquet to celebrate, along with choosing a Daoist name for you. But something has changed recently, which you were unaware of during your tribulation."

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At the Spirit Beast Sect's Mountain Gate, in the grand hall, Yuan Xu Spirit Monarch sat in the main seat, with six Golden Core Masters seated below, all discussing animatedly.

The topic of discussion was naturally related to Lu Qian's message. Given the seriousness of the matter, Lu Qian feared being held accountable afterward, so he dared not conceal anything and fully disclosed Guh Niqiang's unique status.

What Lu Qian didn't know was that aside from his message, there was also a notice jointly issued by Ningzhou Star Origin Palace and Lanshan Island. It announced that Qiming Spirit Monarch of Lanshan Island had entered Cangzhou in pursuit of wanted criminals Guh Niqiang and Dong Chengjun, requesting cooperation from Daoist peers in Cangzhou and so on.

Just then, new intelligence arrived, and Yuan Xu Spirit Monarch's brow furrowed slightly: "Wu Yan of the Yunshan Sect has already successfully crossed the Celestial Tribulation of Golden Core and attained the Golden Core."

Below, one of the Golden Core Masters recalled his near-death experience with the sevenfold Thunder Tribulation and snorted: "This was expected, with a Celestial Spiritual Root favored by Heaven, who can't overcome a triple Thunder Tribulation?"

Another Golden Core remarked sourly, "A Celestial Spiritual Root is bound to reach the Golden Core, and there's an eighty percent chance of entering the Nascent Soul. Isn't it so? Cultivation speeds like this, taking only eighty or ninety years from entering the Golden Core to achieve Golden Core Perfection, with plenty of time to prepare for the Heart Demon Tribulation."