Chapter 1423 - 1019: Wind and Thunder Escape

The pitch-black thunderclouds covered half the oasis, with lightning flashing in the sky, clearly indicating that the thunder tribulation was quite extraordinary.

Ye Jing Hu also arrived at the Ye Family’s tribulation crossing site. Because the thunder tribulations would stack on one another, Ye Jing Hu, Lei Hu, and the Thunder Flood Dragon each undertook their breakthroughs separately.

Among them, Ye Jing Hu and Lei Hu entered two separate Tribulation Crossing Mountains that were equipped with the Five Elements Profound Pure Celestial Spirit Array, while the Thunder Flood Dragon entered another spare Spirit Mountain, where the array was only a Tier Four Thunder Tower Array.

The former was naturally more stable, as even Nascent Soul cultivators could cross the tribulation without much issue. The latter, the Thunder Tower Array, was somewhat lacking, but when Ye Jingcheng broke through to Golden Core and both Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan crossed their tribulations to Golden Core, they all used the Thunder Tower Array, so there wasn’t much of a problem.

After all, the Thunder Flood Dragon was already skilled in controlling thunder and had an exceptionally strong physique. Even without the array, the chance of successfully crossing the tribulation was very high.

If the Thunder Flood Dragon failed at the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation, that would indeed be unusual.

The momentum of the three concurrent tribulations was much greater than for a single one, leading many uninformed low-tier cultivators to believe the Ye Family had another Nascent Soul cultivator breaking through.

Ye Haicheng’s divine sense already sensed the presence of other cultivators from various forces passing by the outskirts of the Desert Sea, all stopping in respect and awe.

Amid the rolling thunderclouds, the Ye Family also activated their Mountain Protection Array, and countless cultivators flew out to act as guardians for Ye Jing Hu and the two demon kings.

Among these cultivators and spirit beasts, the most prominent were two Thunder Rocs, cawing incessantly, one with a wingspan exceeding a hundred zhang, the other with an eighty-zhang wingspan.

These two Thunder Rocs were spirit beasts belonging to Ye Jing Hu. Of course, the one that was Tier Four was borrowed from the family for Ye Jing Hu’s breakthrough, to aid his communication with beast spirits, while the late-stage Tier Three Thunder Roc was the spirit beast Ye Jing Hu himself had cultivated.

The thunder tribulation didn’t delay for long, as it was merely a Golden Core Thunder Tribulation. After just two periods of time, a thunder tribulation formed, striking down with a crash.

The most dangerously thrilling was Ye Jing Hu. Although his control over the thunder secret technique was not weak, the thunder damage from the tribulation seemed much stronger than that experienced by an ordinary cultivator during tribulation.

In a moment, after activating his secret treasure, Ye Jing Hu tried to use his own body, capable of absorbing thunder attribute true essence, to withstand the strike, only to spit blood with a "puff."

"It’s still too much." Ye Jing Hu acted this way because both Ye Jingcheng’s Roc Fish and Jade Qilin Flood Dragon performed the act of devouring the tribulation.

In his opinion, as a Thunder Spirit Root cultivator, trained in thunder attribute spiritual techniques, the tribulation would have a better effect on him.

But evidently, he underestimated the power of the tribulation, resulting in considerable injury as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Even, the blood he spat out continued to flash with thunder light, emitting a sizzling sound in the air.

This was enough to show the power of the thunder tribulation.

After crossing the first thunder tribulation, Ye Jing Hu continuously took elixirs and no longer relied solely on his strength, beginning to use the array to fend it off.

What surprised Ye Jing Hu was that Lei Hu, at this moment, displayed an extraordinarily terrifying speed.

The spirit patterns on the tiger skin began to exhibit a greenish hue.

This was not due to Lei Hu’s lack of strength.

Rather, this Lei Hu unexpectedly manifested wind attribute true essence.

This Lei Hu was originally a gift from the Zhong Family, initially a Luoyun Tiger by species.

This type of Luoyun Tiger is born with dual attributes of wind and thunder, with its wings being known as the Wind and Thunder Wings.

However, the Luoyun Tiger could, at best, reach the third tier of great demon. This one had a decent bloodline, and with advancement pills modified by Ye Jingcheng, its thunder attribute talents greatly increased, fully transforming it into a Thunder Tiger.

And now, under the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation, it seemed the wind attribute true essence began to emerge once more in this Luoyun Tiger.

Even, seeing the mingled blue-green spirit patterns emerging on Lei Hu’s surface, they hesitated.

"Is this a Wind Tiger?" Even those watching from a distance, like Ye Haicheng and others, were astounded.

It should be known, in their original expectations, this spirit tiger could advance at most to the fourth tier, unless very lucky.

But if it truly shared the same bloodline as the Wind Tiger, breaking through to Tier Five wouldn’t be much of an issue.

Moreover, the escape speed of the wind and thunder wings’ Wind and Thunder Escape is especially renowned among avian creatures.

If it truly practiced Wind and Thunder Escape, whether it was confronting an enemy or as a contingency for fleeing, it would be a remarkable ability.

Ye Jing Hu was naturally overjoyed.

And soon enough, with the wind and thunder wings present, Lei Hu found it much easier to withstand the tribulation. Even when strikes landed, they were effortlessly deflected by its wings.

The Thunder Flood Dragon, on the side, made it look even simpler. It had a thunder horn, with spiritual aura fluctuating on it.

Suddenly, in the air, there appeared a thunder spear, thunder sword, thunder bead, thunder axe...

At this moment, everyone began to wonder who exactly was undergoing the tribulation.

Once the thunder tribulations of the person and two beasts dispersed, all three had condensed Upper Grade Golden Cores.

Hence, for the Ye Family, an eighth Golden Core appeared, not counting Ye Jingcheng as the eighth Golden Core cultivator.

"Congratulations, Jing Hu!" Ye Haicheng clasped his hands in congratulations.

All the clan members were filled with envy.

"Thank you, Grandfather. This time, it’s not Jing Hu’s achievement alone. This is clearly Eleventh Brother’s accomplishment." Ye Jing Hu chuckled bitterly.

Originally, he thought his breakthrough was a sure thing, but he almost suffered a significant setback during the Heart Demon Tribulation prior to the thunder tribulation.

He became obsessed with the illusion of leading the family to ascend into an immortal family, unable to extricate himself.

If not for the Gold Condensing Pill and the Primordial Demon Crystal Jade Bed’s effect of concentrating heart and guarding spirit,

he might have already failed.

Although he typically didn’t want to admit it, he still felt regret and frustration about not becoming the rightful patriarch of the Ye Family, a figure to be praised by Ye Jingcheng.

What he calls ’letting go’ is undoubtedly a reluctant acceptance of the situation, yet if given a second chance, he would still strive to become a qualified patriarch of the Ye Family.

Fortunately, after this deeply ingrained training of the Heart Demon Tribulation, Ye Jing Hu’s temperament matured considerably.

The most crucial part is that now both his spirit beasts have broken through to Tier Four; currently, in his view, his combat power isn’t far from Ye Jingyu and Ye Haige.

"Has Yun Xi broken through yet?" Ye Jing Hu, after contemplating, couldn’t help but ask.

"Already broken through and, in addition, Jingcheng has now also broken through to Nascent Soul. In six years, the Nascent Soul ceremony of the Desert Sea will be held, which will also count as your Golden Core ceremony."

"At the same time, the family’s absolute protection for the affiliated clans of the Desert Sea will be canceled, and you’ll make some rule announcements at that time," Ye Haicheng added.

A hundred years ago, the Ye Family took over more than fifty affiliated forces.

They promised to protect them for a century, but over this time, some forces have indeed developed rapidly. For example, the Ma and Wan Families, now both families have over three hundred members, with five or six Foundation Establishment cultivators, as well as many promising cultivation seedlings, contributing a fair amount of annual tribute to the Ye Family.

But there are also affiliated forces that have long lost the initiative they had in the past. Sitting idly by in the oasis allocated by the Ye Family, they neither develop nor cultivate, wasting the oasis, with even the mortal population not growing significantly.

Such families and oases naturally cannot be overly tolerated.

Otherwise, it would go against the original intention of the Ye Family’s land division.

And now the Ye Family will soon have a teleportation array. In the future, they may assign these affiliated families to explore along the other three directions of the Desert Sea.

The Ye Family has also been exploring over the years, but with limited results; the range of the Desert Sea is indeed vast enough.

For the Ye Family to fully grasp all information about the Desert Sea, it’s still very necessary to delegate some tasks to these affiliated families.

"Alright!" Ye Jing Hu nodded. In exchange for the Gold Condensing Pill from the family, he naturally had to shoulder the family’s responsibilities.

As a Golden Core True Master with a thunder attribute, he can deter some cultivators more effectively.

"As for the rest, first consolidate your cultivation." After saying a few more words, Ye Haicheng asked Ye Jing Hu to consolidate his cultivation further.

Once the clan members departed, the elders, hall masters, and peak masters of the Ye Family began to plan the Ye Family’s future strategy again.

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