Mo Tianliao was so scared when he realized that Qingtong had suddenly rushed over that he threw Taishi up in a hurry. It did not matter if it was useful or not, but he didn’t expect that this guy actually could handle the lightning tribulation!
In this world, there had never been a magic weapon that could help cultivators avoid the lightning tribulation. At most, like the previous storage bracelet, it could only resist lightning tribulation by itself, but it could not protect the cultivator from it. If Mo Tianliao were to prepare in advance, he would only refine something similar to the lightning-inducing array method, which could only resist the tribulation a little.
After passing the tribulation, Mo Tianliao suddenly laughed as he watched Taishi screaming above his head. Divine weapon, divine weapon, ah. He only felt that although this weapon he crafted knew a lot, it was not even as powerful as an immortal tool. But now he finally understood the real reason why divine weapons have been flocked by cultivators since ancient times, it was because it could resist lightning tribulations!
The Nine-Lightning Tribulation was accompanied by great dangers because the lightning bolt infused within the body would cause great harm. It could be said that only very few could escape death by a whisker. Those with a divine weapon, only needed to throw the divine weapon out when the last lightning struck and ascension would not be a problem at all!
Mo Tianliao blinked and looked down at Qingtong nestled in his arms. Qingtong’s feet didn’t touch the ground at all because he held him in his arms too tightly. At this moment, Qingtong hung on his body, with his head buried in his chest, without making a sound.
“Baby, it’s okay.” Mo Tianliao patted the body in his arms.
Qingtong slowly raised his head, looked around, and then looked at Mo Tianliao. He suddenly wrapped his arms around his neck tightly, buried his face between his neck, and rubbed hard.
Qingtong felt as if his heart was suddenly grabbed tightly by someone, he felt a bit of sorrow and pain, but it was also full of happiness. Qingtong never thought about living alone since the start. He felt like this in the Death Valley, and still felt the same now in face of the Death Tribulation.
“Silly cat…” Mo Tianliao felt that something was choking in his throat, he could only spit out these two words in a dumb voice, and could not say anything else.
The two of them were speechless for a while. After a moment’s silence, Qingtong pushed Mo Tianliao away and said, “I’m so stupid, I was almost electrocuted to death.” After speaking, he turned and flew away, leaving Mo Tianliao standing alone on the slender stone pillar.
“Ah, Qingtong…” Mo Tianliao stretched out his hand, but didn’t catch him, and let him slip away. He watched the snow-colored figure disappeared into the night in a daze, then retracted his hand with a bitter face and smacked his lips. He had just exhausted his spiritual power in the fight against the lightning and was injured. At this moment, he didn’t even have the strength to fly back to the Palace.
Squatting down on the top of the pillar, Mo Tianliao silently wiped off the blood spilling from the corner of his mouth and stared at the chattering Taishi in front of him.
“Master, you still have to carry things like the Lightning Tribulation by yourself. You will ascend through the tribulations and be reborn. If you don’t suffer from this bitterness, how can you become an Immortal…?” Taishi‘s big mouth flew around Mo Tianliao a few times, complaining bitterly.
“I made you with my spirit. If I die, you will also dissipate from the world.” Mo Tianliao said coolly.
Taishi was struck by the comment and opened and closed his mouth for a long time and finally said, “That was not what you said before! You lied!”
Mo Tianliao took out a spirit stone and slowly absorbed it, “You also know I cheated you.”
The big mouth closed shut and turned into a tortoise-shell chrysanthemum, with its petals falling one by one.
Mo Tianliao twitched the corner of his mouth, “What is this for?”
“Paying respects to my grave in advance,” Taishi lamented. While sprinkling petals, he was singing a little song in Mo Tianliao’s sea of knowledge. “I was a good family son. I had bad luck and I have suffered disasters. I hope this lord won’t mind this miserable one, and listen to a song of the East Wind, Yier, Yier, Yier….”
Qingtong went back to the inner palace and buried his face in the pillow, covering his reddish eyes. Such a humiliating appearance, certainly must not be seen by people, especially Mo Tianliao.
After waiting for a long time, Mo Tianliao didn’t come back. Qingtong sat up slowly and looked at the tiger rug on his feet, “Where’s Mo Tianliao?”
The big tiger heard his Master called him, he immediately got up and put his head on the bedside, “I just went to see him. He is still in the previous place, maybe he’s exhausted and can’t come back.” As soon as he finished speaking, he got a slap in the head.
“Don’t you know how to carry him back if he can’t come back?”
So, a moment later, Mo Tianliao was carried back to the Master’s bed by the gorgeous tiger.
Next day, the news spread quickly that the Venerable Lord Duantian was reborn and then killed by lightning.
Hearing this news, the Demon Lord Shi Di, who was fighting with a big black lion, staggered and fell to the ground, and the big lion sat on his head. He slapped the pet away and spit out a mouthful of hair, “Go and find out what’s going on.”
The other Demon Lords were not much better. They were shocked and sent people to inquire about the news, and suddenly, Duantian Mo Palace’s front yard became very lively.
Mo Tianliao opened his eyes in a daze. His body was still aching everywhere, but his strength had recovered. He circulated all the inexhaustible power of wood around his veins for a week, and only then he was able to repair a lot of internal injuries, making his body lighter. It was snowy white in front of his eyes and the tip of his nose was full of the fragrance of sunshine and vegetation. He couldn’t help but curl his lips slightly as he moved closer to the sweet place, and rubbed against the warm body.
Qingtong, who was lying on his side, was awakened by a huge head trying to squeeze into his arms, and immediately slapped him.
The head stopped moving immediately, keeping the posture of burying his face and slowly exhaling hot air. The spring shirt Qingtong was wearing was originally thin, and this warm breath had scattered directly on his skin, making it itchy.
Feeling a finger poking on his forehead and slowly pushing back, Mo Tianliao simply couldn’t pretend to be asleep, so he put his arms around the flexible waist and said, “Baby, you are awake.”
“No less than a hundred people have gathered outside the palace door, don’t you want to go and see?” Qingtong said coolly.
“Huh?” Mo Tianliao was taken aback for a moment, and immediately released his spiritual sense. Sure enough, many cultivators had gathered outside the Duantian Mo Palace, and some people were even knocking on the gate.
Suddenly, a voice transmission talisman flew over from the air.
Mo Tianliao raised his hand to catch it. This voice transmission talisman was made of jade. Standing in front of the door, the holder could pass it through the mountain protection array to reach him. People who were under Duantian usually had such a jade slip.
“This subordinate is named Hou Jing, please let me see His Lordship.” Sweeping through with spiritual power, a voice that was just and peaceful came from the jade slip.
Mo Tianliao raised his eyebrows, sat up half leaning against the head of the bed and turned the jade slip in his hand, “Remember this person?”
Qingtong yawned and stretched out on Mo Tianliao’s chest, “The one who sells things?”
“Yeah,” Mo Tianliao flicked his finger and beat the voice transmission talisman back. There was a temporary seal of his divine consciousness on the jade slip, which would allow the jade slip holder to pass through the gate. Then he looked at the snow-colored long haired person in his arms and asked, “Do you want to see him?”
“I will check out what he wants.” Qingtong slid off from Mo Tianliao and turned into a snow-colored kitten. He stretched his paw forward, flicked his tail, rolled over and went back to sleep.
Mo Tianliao smiled, leaned over and kissed that furry mouth, and quickly got up before his cat opened his mouth to bite back.
He took a shower and changed clothes, putting on a gorgeous black robe. Mo Tianliao thought for a while, turned around and picked up the cat on the bed, and carried it in his arms.
Standing outside the gate of the Duantian Mo Palace, Hou Jing was very nervous. He had heard the news of the resurrection of the Venerable Demon Lord Duantian a few days ago. No matter if it was true or not, he immediately rushed over. As soon as he got here, he heard people outside the Palace saying that the Demon Lord was smashed to death by Lightning Tribulation last night. After feeling joy and sorrow, he still decided to try and contact the Demon Lord by touching the gate of the Mo Palace with one hand, and sent a voice transmission talisman in.
“You are really loyal,” said the cultivator who knew Hou Jing. Looking at him standing in front of the gate, he couldn’t help laughing. “I didn’t expect that the monkey spirit ancestor was also a nostalgic person.”
Hou Jing had been Mo Tianliao’s subordinate for hundreds of years. He was in charge of the entire Mo Palace’s Treasure Pavilion, and was responsible for selling the treasures refined by the Venerable Lord Duantian to the outside world. This man was born in a mortal merchant family who knew how to do business and was the best at it. He was given the nickname of “monkey spirit” by the Venerable Lord Duantian. He was very proud of it, so he simply took it as his own name. Now, because his cultivation level had reached Nascent Soul, he was now called “the monkey spirit ancestor”.
Hou Jing had well-regarded facial features. He looked very decent, not like a shrewd businessman. He turned his head and glanced at the man, saw that it was an Elder of a demonic sect, and just smiled kindly without saying much.
“The Venerable Lord Duantian came back from the dead, but only got to live a shorter life than in his previous life.” People who came to join in the fun talked a lot.
“I thought he was the darling of the Heavens, and he only had to go through the legendary Seven Lightning Tribulations. Unexpectedly, it was a Death Tribulation! Going against the Heavens and robbing another’s body really was not tolerated by the Heavens.”
“Monkey spirit, a bereaved dog, is also pitiful.” Someone tut tut.
Hou Jing turned a deaf ear and stared at the gate for a moment. Suddenly, a flashing red jade slip shot out from the door, and he immediately raised his hand to catch it. On the white jade slip, there was a clear red flame symbol.
“My Lord!” Hou Jing was so excited, and before everyone could react, he squeezed the jade slip and quickly stepped in.
The crystal stone steps behind the door moved upward spontaneously. In the grooves of the wall, there were spiritual stones with abundant spiritual power. Passing through the steps, you could enter the outer palace. Along the way, the pavilions were neatly decorated with colorful flowers and willows. Even the ruins left by the fighting had been completely repaired.
With flying beasts carved beams and painted buildings, the entire Duantian Mo Palace had regained its former vitality. The Qibao Linglong Tower that was on Qingyu Cliff was shining, showing that there was an endless profitable business beckoning him.
Hou Jing couldn’t help speeding up. When he saw the man in the hall, who was wearing a black brocade robe, standing with his hands clasped behind him, just like how, the Lord Duantian usually did, he couldn’t help the tears in his eyes, he rushed forward and hugged Mo Tianliao’s robe hem “My Lord, you are finally back!”
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The author has something to say:
Mini Theater:
“What does subordinates do”
Carpenter: I finally became a domineering CEO again
Xiaoshao: What’s the use of becoming a CEO?
Carpenter: The CEO can have many subordinates
Xiaoshao: Are the subordinates to be eaten, meow?
Subordinates: o (>﹏<) o Don’t ah!
Carpenter: … the subordinates are used to exchange for cat food.