Chapter 1057 Mahayana
Li Zhirui's expression remained unchanged, and the mana in his body gushed out, all of which turned into thunder and hit him head-on. The next moment, a large amount of water curtains were propped up in front of him, and the giant trees intertwined into a canopy to protect the whole person.
Boom!
The thunder offset most of the thunder, and the broken lightning fell on the giant tree. The purple light and the green light continued to fight, and finally the thunder dissipated, and part of the canopy was stained with charred black.
Li Zhirui injected mana to restore the canopy's defense, and at the same time began to brew magical powers to fight against the next thunder.
The thunder was violent and powerful, and even had a trace of fire.
It collided with Li Zhirui's magical power, and suddenly turned into thousands of sparks and fell, igniting a raging fire around him. The weakened thunder also struck the giant tree, and the fire quickly suppressed the green light, and the canopy was completely ignited.
"Heh!"
Li Zhirui sneered, and made hand gestures. The water vapor in the area of dozens of miles gathered quickly, forming a huge lake in the air, which was slightly pouring and emitting cold air. The lake water roared down like a giant dragon, and the raging fire was extinguished not long after.
"The last thunderbolt!" Li Chengshuo murmured, with expectation, tension and worry intertwined in her eyes.
The same was true for Jiang Fengwu, Li Chengsheng and others.
The clansmen behind them were even more excited, and many of them had joy on their faces. In their opinion, Li Zhirui could easily deal with the eight thunderbolts in front, and even if the power of the last thunderbolt increased, it would not cause any harm to him.
As for the inner demon thunderbolt, let alone, with Li Zhirui's Dao heart, he would definitely be able to get through it soon.
As long as it takes a while, the Li family will be able to go one step further and become the only Mahayana force in the surrounding states!
By then, they will have more face and be more respected when they train outside.
Crack——
The appearance of the last thunderbolt seemed to tear the whole sky apart. The thick thunderbolt smashed down directly from the nine heavens without any pause in the process.
The speed was so fast that the tribesmen who were watching from a distance could not react.
Fortunately, Li Zhirui had a backup plan in advance. When the thunderbolt fell, several black dragons flew out of the lake around him in an instant, spewing ice and rapids from their mouths, and some even rushed in directly to consume the thunderbolt with their own bodies.
This gave Li Zhirui a chance to breathe. He immediately took a bottle of ten thousand years of jade, and his magic power was madly poured out. The power of the cave heaven was fully blessed. Although he had not yet broken through, he gave people a feeling that he had already reached the Mahayana stage.
A giant Dharma image of a hundred feet high appeared behind Li Zhirui, surrounded by colorful five-color spiritual light, and the five elements flowed, forming a huge millstone in the air, turning very slowly.
The originally terrifying thunderbolt could not break free from this millstone, and was sucked into it, crushed into dots of lightning, and dissipated between heaven and earth.
The seemingly slow millstone only took half a minute to grind away the huge thunderbolt that penetrated the sky and the earth.
The moment the last bit of lightning dissipated, Li Zhirui also retracted his Dharma image, his face was terribly pale, as if he had been soaked in water for a long time.
His current state is very bad, because the last Five Elements Great Mill is an imperfect magical power, so it consumes a lot of Li Zhirui, not only in terms of mana, but also in terms of soul.
If it is like this now, it will become quite difficult to overcome the inner demon tribulation. Fortunately, Li Zhirui had prepared some precious pills to restore the soul before, and he didn't care too much, swallowed several of them in one gulp, and hurried to refine them.
"Hiss!"
"What a terrifying magical power!"
Everyone really didn't expect that it was obviously the most powerful thunderbolt, but Li Zhirui only used two magical powers to solve it.
"Dad may have hidden a lot of tricks." Li Chengshuo recovered and said with a gleam in his eyes.
"Yeah, who would have thought that Brother Nine was so proficient in the Five Elements Magical Power!" Xiao Cang's tone was full of emotion.
He knew that Li Zhirui had similar magical powers, but that was constructed with the divine light of water and wood, and its power was far less than this Five Elements Great Grinder.
They all saw Li Zhirui's actions just now, and knew that he was recovering his soul, so their originally uneasy hearts calmed down at this time.
Because they trusted Li Zhirui's Tao heart very much, they would never be bewitched by the inner demon.
Other clan members had similar ideas. If they were not worried about disturbing Li Zhirui's breakthrough, they would be so excited that they wanted to roar to the sky to vent their joy.
But just when everyone was looking forward to Li Zhirui overcoming the last inner demon tribulation and achieving the Mahayana realm, a large number of unfamiliar cultivators suddenly appeared around Wanxian Mountain.
Li Chengshuo, who had the highest cultivation, was the first to notice it, and immediately called Jiang Fengwu, Li Chengsheng and others, and at the same time told the new clan leader to be careful and alert, and not to let anyone disturb Li Zhirui's tribulation.
Although the Li family detained all the spies and undercover agents they had found before for safety reasons when Li Zhirui was undergoing the tribulation, there was no guarantee that there would be no more.
"I wonder why you fellow Taoists suddenly came to visit me?" Li Chengshuo said calmly.
The head of the Qingzhu Sect glanced at the tribulation clouds in the sky, his mind was racing, and then he said sincerely: "I heard that a fellow Taoist of the Li family was breaking through to the Mahayana stage, so we wanted to come and observe and gain some experience, but we didn't expect to miss this opportunity."
In fact, both parties knew the purpose of these cultivators rushing here.
It was not as simple as they said, but they wanted to disrupt Li Zhirui's tribulation.
But when the time came, seeing the change in the situation, the head of the Qingzhu Sect did not dare to take any more risks, because he saw that all nine thunderbolts had fallen, leaving only the last inner demon tribulation!
If they broke off relations with the Li family at this time, and waited for the Li family member to resolve his inner demon and break through to the Mahayana, even if he had just entered the Mahayana, he would not be familiar with himself and would not be able to fight against them.
Although there is no essential difference between the three realms of fusion, Mahayana, and tribulation, there are still significant differences in the amount and quality of mana.
In addition, with the fusion cultivators such as Li Chengshuo, they might not be able to return!
Not only would they lose their lives, but they would also implicate the family and sect behind them.
So the head of the Qingzhu Sect changed their purpose, and changed the original plan to destroy the tribulation to come to observe and learn.
"Is that so? It's a pity that you all came a step too late. The thunderbolt has already passed."
Li Chengshuo changed the subject and said with a smile: "It won't be long before my father can solve the inner demon. You all hurried here. You might as well go into the mountain to rest for a while and attend the family banquet."
Her words were a further warning to them not to have any bad thoughts.
"We are outsiders, so it's inconvenient to disturb the banquet within the Taoist family. Let's wait for the Mahayana ceremony after Senior Li's breakthrough. Don't forget to send an invitation then." The head of the Qingzhu Sect said with a smile.
"Naturally..."
Li Chengshuo wanted to say something else, but the calamity cloud behind them had begun to turn into rich spiritual energy, which meant that Li Zhirui had solved the inner demon and successfully broke through to the Mahayana!
The cultivators of the Qingzhu Sect and others were shocked. This inner demon that blocked the way was solved so quickly?
You know, when they could see the Wanxian Mountain from afar, they happened to see the black light transformed by the inner demon falling, and now it has been no more than a quarter of an hour!
Such a fast speed made them think that their inner demons were so unbearable.
But this was just a thought, and they had experienced inner demons before.
At the same time, they couldn't help but feel lucky that they didn't take action just now, otherwise, they would really become sinners of the family/sect.
If they had taken action before, it would be impossible to solve the fusion of the people in front of them within a quarter of an hour.
And by then, they might face a Mahayana directly!
"The Li family is busy, we don't want to disturb them, goodbye."
After saying that, without waiting for Li Chengshuo and others to speak, he turned into a spiritual light and left in a hurry.
Li Chengshuo glanced at their figures, and then returned to Wanxian Mountain with others to wait for the end of the spiritual energy backflow.
However, the three cultivators who were leaving quickly put aside their previous grudges and sat in a spiritual ship.
"You two, I wonder what you think?" The head of the Qingzhu Sect spoke first.
"What can you think? As long as the Li family doesn't go too far and obediently offer their own offerings, are you planning to compete with the Li family for something?" The head of the He family saw the other party's unwillingness and sneered.
Not only was the head of the Qingzhu family unwilling, but the other two were also willing to be inferior to others? Especially hundreds of years ago, they were far inferior to their own cultivators, but now they had to kowtow to please the other party.
But the gap in strength made him quickly recognize the reality.
"Being obedient is the best way out."
No one was stupid enough to stand out and offend the Li family. Everyone was silent, and the cabin became particularly quiet.
"Alas! It's a pity that we are late. If we were earlier, it wouldn't be the ending."
The head of the Qingzhu family sighed and got up with several of his own people to leave.
When the others heard the last sentence, they also felt it was a pity. If they could arrive half an hour earlier, the current situation would have changed dramatically.
——
The rolling calamity clouds turned into pure spiritual energy, which poured back for a quarter of an hour.
The more powerful the thunder tribulation is, the more rewards you will get after successfully passing it. The spiritual light backflow is just the beginning.
Boom!
A terrifying Mahayana pressure enveloped all the clansmen. While everyone was afraid, they were more happy.
"Congratulations to Daddy/Zhirui/Ninth Brother/Ruizu for breaking through the Mahayana!"
After Li Zhirui took the initiative to restrain the pressure, many clansmen were able to move freely.
The first words they spoke were like they had rehearsed many times in advance. The sound resounded through the world and spread more than ten miles away before it could not be heard.
"Congratulations." Li Zhirui was very happy.
"I want to retreat to consolidate my cultivation. If there is anything, I will talk about it in detail after I come out of retreat."
After that, he entered the cave and opened the formation.
The protagonists were gone, and the clansmen naturally dispersed.
The clan leader, elders and others came to the family hall to discuss the family's next matters.
"Rui Zu has broken through to the Mahayana stage. Apart from the Dongyuan Sect in the south, the Li family is the strongest. We can make other forces vassalized to achieve the goal of expanding the territory and increasing the luck." An elder spoke first.
"That's right! The Li family now has the strength to make the Qingzhu Sect and other forces bow their heads and surrender."
Other elders spoke up one after another, as if they couldn't wait to solve other forces and incorporate them into their own territory.
"You are too anxious!" The patriarch at the top knocked on the table to calm the hot-blooded elders.
The new patriarch is named Li Taichang, also a refining cultivator. Although he just took over the position of patriarch from Li Taiyao, his methods make the elders very afraid.
Strict!
Li Taichang is the most strict among the more than ten patriarchs of the Li family. He looks very pedantic and has always acted according to the family rules.
However, it was this kind of character that allowed him to quickly become the clan leader and control many things in the clan.
So even if some elders heard Li Taichang's words and wanted to refute, they finally shut up.
"Rui Zu has just broken through to the Mahayana, and his realm has not been consolidated yet, you are thinking about grabbing territory everywhere, and don't think about whether the clan has such strength."
"How can it not be? Rui Zu can solve a large number of forces by himself, and then other forces will definitely take the initiative to come to the door for surrender."
Li Taiyao's eyes showed a trace of disappointment. How could these elders be so stupid and only think about the immediate interests.
The current strength of the Li family looks strong, but in fact it is strong on the outside and weak on the inside!
In addition to Li Zhirui, who has just broken through to the Mahayana, there are only a dozen people in the combined clan, which is far less than those old combined forces.
And the most important thing is that you can't bully the weak!
Li Zhirui is now a Mahayana cultivator. If he expands outward, he can't take action unless there is a Mahayana on the other side.
Of course, this is the public statement. In fact, as long as no one finds out, it doesn't matter what you do in private.
But Li Zhirui couldn't kill all the monks who had seen him, so he couldn't do anything.
Li Taichang's words calmed the elders down. They didn't think there was anything wrong with the ban. After all, they had enjoyed the benefits it brought before, and they would have them now and in the future.
Until the Li family became the most powerful force, the ban would be truly useless.
"There's no need to be so anxious. Many small forces will take the initiative to join the family. With step-by-step planning, they can occupy larger and more territories." Li Taichang said meaningfully.
After temporarily putting aside the expansion of the family's territory, everyone talked about the second thing.
That was Li Zhirui's Mahayana Festival!
The family's idea was to hold a grand ceremony, not only to celebrate Li Zhirui's breakthrough, but also to invite various forces around to come and let them see the family's strength.
No one had any objections to this matter, but a quarrel broke out, but the content of the quarrel was the scale of the ceremony.
Most of the elders hope that the ceremony can be held in a grand manner, so that those forces can see the family's foundation and speed up their joining.
However, some elders think that it is too extravagant. If the family holds such a luxurious ceremony, all the family's income this year may be used, and it may not even be enough. (End of this chapter)
