Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 193 Xiaohua's Tribulation
"This is just a setback on the road of cultivation. Don't take it to heart. Now hurry up and heal your wounds." Xuan Tianhen looked at the disciple in front of him with some heartache.

"No need, Master. I heard that you have accepted a new junior brother. He is very talented. From now on, please let him fulfill your wish for me." The young man smiled. He knew his own situation best. In order to seek the immortal elixir, he performed some forbidden techniques before breaking through to increase his own foundation.

And the result was very good. He successfully reached the level of condensing the immortal golden elixir. If everything goes well, he will become a top genius who possesses the immortal golden elixir.

Unfortunately, the breakthrough was interrupted by someone. Although the young man seemed to be in good condition, he knew that the backlash of the forbidden technique could not be reversed.

The loss of vitality in his body could not be stopped, and the young man thought that it was better this way. Instead of living a rotten life and letting his master find all kinds of precious treasures for him, it would be better to just let it go.

Using all resources to train the junior fellow apprentice is the best option, but he has not yet met that junior fellow apprentice.

"Traitor, you are giving up on yourself."

Feeling the vitality of the young man's body dissipate, Xuan Tianhen's voice became stern. Xuan Tianhen could naturally see the young man's situation. Although the backlash of the forbidden technique was very serious, as long as he still had faith in life in his heart, there was still a chance of survival. As long as he was alive, there was still hope.

Facing the angry Xuan Tianhen, the young man stood up with difficulty and kowtowed three times to Xuan Tianhen. After the last kowtow, the young man never raised his head again.

"Hoo~~ho~~"

Feeling the complete disappearance of the young man's vitality, Xuan Tianhen's eyes turned bloodshot and his body was filled with murderous intent. These were signs of the growth of a demon in his heart.

The young man was a disciple raised by Xuan Tianhen since childhood, and the relationship between the young man and Xuan Tianhen was very deep. Xuan Tianhen also spent a lot of effort on the young man. This can be seen from the fact that the young man has a strong foundation to condense the immortal golden elixir, which shows how huge the investment Xuan Tianhen has made in him is.

You have to know that the Dayan Sword Sect today is considered to be at the bottom among the Nascent Soul Sects. With such a foundation, it is hard to imagine the effort required to cultivate a disciple who can condense the Immortal Golden Elixir.

But at this moment, Xuan Tianhen lost the disciple on whom he placed his hopes for inheritance. This blow was so huge that it gave birth to a demon in Xuan Tianhen's heart.

"master!"

Gu Mo rushed to the central area of ​​the sect and was shocked when he saw Xuan Tianhen's condition and shouted hurriedly.

"cut!"

Hearing Gu Mo's cry, Xuan Tianhen suddenly woke up. The next moment, a sword formation emerged, and then a sword light condensed from the sword formation and slashed towards Xuan Tianhen himself.

As the sword slashed down, Xuan Tianhen spat out a mouthful of blood, and then his eyes regained clarity.

Xuan Tianhen was, after all, a Nascent Soul Sword Master, and his sword heart was already clear. Gu Mo's shouting made him realize that something was wrong with him, and he quickly killed the demon in his heart.

"It's okay to be a teacher."

Xuan Tianhen waved his hands, but at this moment Xuan Tianhen was filled with sadness.

Gu Mo looked at the young man kneeling on the ground, knowing that he was the senior brother who had made a breakthrough this time, but... Since he practiced wood-based skills, Gu Mo's perception of life breath was naturally extremely sharp.

"Disciple, bury your brother properly." After being stunned for a moment, Xuan Tianhen turned around and went outside.

"Master, where are you going?"

Gu Mo said quickly.

"Practice well here. When I come back, I will test your progress in practice." Xuan Tianhen did not answer Gu Mo's words, but from the murderous intent in Xuan Tianhen's eyes, Gu Mo could roughly guess what was going on.

Xuan Tianhen left. Before leaving, Xuan Tianhen handed the sect leader's token to Gu Mo, which meant that during the time when Xuan Tianhen was away, Gu Mo would be the acting sect leader of Dayan Sword Sect.

Gu Mo looked at the sect leader's order in his hand, feeling a little dazed. At this moment, a sword beam whizzed over and slashed directly towards Gu Mo.

It was obvious that after the spy from the Demon Sect knew that Xuan Tianhen had left, he couldn't wait to kill another disciple of Xuan Tianhen.

However, the sword light was blocked by the light curtain emitted by the Sect Master's Order. Xuan Tianhen gave the Sect Master's Order to Gu Mo before leaving because of this situation.

As long as Gu Mo holds the sect master's order, no one in the Dayan Sword Sect can hurt him.

"This Dayan Sword Sect has really been infiltrated like a sieve." Gu Mo swung his sword and a bright sword light flashed, directly killing a Jindan elder of the sect who had launched a sneak attack.

This time, Gu Mo once again used the power of immortality. Anyway, he had no shortage of the power of immortality, so he could use it at will.

The situation of Dayan Sword Sect is indeed a bit tricky. The demonic methods are too difficult to deal with. The two elders who took action are usually the elders of the sect and are loyal to the sect, but the demonic methods have long been planted in their bodies.

This caused the elders of the sect to die as traitors to the sect. What a huge humiliation this was. And it was unknown how many disciples of the sect had been planted with the devil's methods.

Gu Mo glanced at the sect members who had rushed over. At this moment, the disciples, deacons, and elders of Dayan Sword Sect were all looking at Gu Mo with awe. Obviously, Gu Mo's terrifying sword just now shocked everyone.

"Have it!"

Suddenly, Gu Mo thought of a way to dissolve this magic method, Yaoyang Pill. This pill can dissolve the devilish energy, and the magic method planted by the Demon Sect is obviously based on the devilish energy. If the devilish energy is dispelled, then this magic method will naturally be useless.

As Gu Mo's thoughts came to mind, the original body in Shennong Valley immediately began to refine the elixir.

Moreover, in order to ensure the effect, Gu Mo did not use the power of the sun, but directly used the essence of the sun to refine the Yaoyang Pill.

With the blessing of the three kinds of strange fire, Gu Mo's refining of the Yaoyang Pill went very smoothly and the pill was soon completed. The Yaoyang Pills refined with the essence of the sun are almost all of the best level.

After working overtime to make a batch of top-grade Yaoyang Pills, Gu Mo next needed to think about how to send the pills to Dayan Sword Sect and let his incarnation come to get them. Obviously, it would be inconvenient. At this moment, the spies of the Demon Sect were watching, and if the incarnation left the sect, he would definitely be attacked.

Gu Mo was naturally not afraid of ordinary Jindan cultivators, but he was afraid of Yuanying Zhenjun. This time, his senior brother still failed under the protection of the master. It was obvious that a demon cultivator at the level of Yuanying Zhenjun had taken action. Otherwise, a Jindan-level demon cultivator would not be able to do anything to a Yuanying Sword Lord.

The avatar couldn't come out, and the real body couldn't go there either. Gu Mo didn't want to run into the Demon Sect's Yuanying Zhenjun. And he wasn't too sure about letting others deliver him, after all, these top-grade Yaoyang Pills were a little hard to explain.

"Well, let's wait a little longer."

Not finding a suitable opportunity, Gu Mo planned to wait and let his incarnation sort out the situation of Dayan Sword Sect during this time. It would be best if he could lock down a range. After all, it was impossible for Gu Mo to use the Yaoyang Pill on every disciple of Dayan Sword Sect.

He needs to screen out key targets, and then have them take the Yaoyang Pill to neutralize any possible demonic methods in their bodies.

"Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo!"

A cheerful voice woke Gu Mo from his thoughts. It turned out to be Xiaohua and Xiaoli, who came to Gu Mo with the collected solar power to exchange for solar essence.

Seeing this, Gu Mo casually took out two doses of Sun Essence and handed them to the two little guys. Then he heard Xiao Hua's excited cheers. Hearing this, Gu Mo didn't care. Master Xiao Hua has always been easy to coax. "Master, Master, I want the same as Xiao Hua." Xiao Li's voice woke Gu Mo who was lost in thought again. At this time, Gu Mo found that the Sun Essence he gave to Master Xiao Hua was level 4.

"Xiao Mo, you can't regret giving something to others." When Xiao Hua saw Gu Mo's eyes sweeping over, she quickly swallowed the 4th level solar essence in her hand.

"I go!"

Seeing Xiaohua swallow the 4th level solar essence in one gulp, Gu Mo became energetic. In fact, Gu Mo had long planned to give Xiaohua the 4th level solar essence to see if the 4th level solar essence could help Xiaohua break through.

Xiaohua is now at the peak of level 3. She is only one opportunity away from a breakthrough, and the level 4 solar essence may very well be that opportunity.

However, Gu Mo didn’t know whether now was the right time for Xiaohua to break through, so he never gave Xiaohua the 4th-level solar essence.

but now……

"Uncle Xiaohua, are you feeling unwell anywhere now?" Gu Mo asked nervously.

“I’m a little full!”

Xiaohua touched her belly and looked dizzy. Seeing this, Gu Mo let out a long sigh. At the same time, he felt a little regretful that the 4th level solar essence did not bring a breakthrough opportunity to Master Xiaohua.

"Boom!"

As Gu Mo had this thought, suddenly, a terrifying spiritual pressure burst out from Xiaohua, and then the sky was covered with dark clouds.

"Who in the sect has achieved a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage?"

As dark clouds appeared, the elders of Shennong Valley showed up one after another. Naturally, they could tell at a glance that this was the Nascent Soul Tribulation.

In just a moment, several elders locked onto the source of the breath. Then, Hou Chunyu appeared first. He looked at Xiaohua in disbelief.

It was actually Xiaohua who triggered the Nascent Soul tribulation. Xiaohua had been stuck at the peak of Level 3 for many years, and today she finally found an opportunity to break through.

However, this was obviously not a good place to overcome the tribulation. Without hesitation, Hou Chunyu grabbed Xiaohua and left the ancient tree in a flash.

Shennong Valley naturally has a place specifically for disciples to break through. Seeing this, Gu Mo quickly followed there.

When Gu Mo arrived at a valley, several elders and many disciples who had reached the great perfection of the Golden Core had already arrived. For those disciples who had reached the great perfection of the Golden Core, observing the Nascent Soul tribulation would be of some reference value for their future tribulation.

Of course, Xiaohua is a spiritual plant, and the tribulation she is going through is the transformation tribulation, which is slightly different from the Nascent Soul tribulation of human cultivators, but it is also worth watching.

Everyone was standing outside the Tribulation Valley, while Xiaohua had been brought into the valley. At this moment, Hou Chunyu was arranging means to resist the thunder tribulation. From Hou Chunyu's smooth movements, it was not difficult to see that Hou Chunyu had already made preparations and was just waiting for Xiaohua to find an opportunity to break through.

After completing the arrangements, Hou Chunyu quickly left. If he stayed with Xiaohua, he would be struck by the heavenly tribulation. Even though Hou Chunyu was a True Lord in the late Nascent Soul stage, he did not want to be struck by the heavenly tribulation.

"Xiaohua has finally achieved her goal." As Hou Chunyu returned, several elders couldn't help but congratulate her.

Facing everyone's congratulations, Hou Chunyu's face was also full of smiles. Then, Hou Chunyu glanced at Gu Mo. He had a vague feeling before that Xiaohua's opportunity for breakthrough would lie with this disciple, and now it seemed to be true.

"Master, can Senior Uncle Xiaohua succeed?" Gu Mo asked Hou Chunyu with some concern.

"It shouldn't be a problem."

Hou Chunyu could not hide his nervousness at this moment. Although he had prepared for this day for a long time, no one could predict whether he would be able to overcome the tribulation.

"here we go!"

I don't know who said it, but suddenly, a dazzling bolt of lightning fell from the sky and directly hit Xiaohua's delicate body.

"it hurts!"

The dazed Xiaohua was struck by lightning and couldn't help but cry out in pain. Then, Xiaohua instinctively took root in the earth, and the next moment, Xiaohua absorbed endless spiritual power from the earth.

Thunder strikes came one after another, Xiaohua curled up her body and tried hard to resist the thunder strikes. Whenever Xiaohua was about to give up, a large formation would appear around her to help her resist the thunder strikes.

These are naturally Hou Chunyu's methods. Spiritual plants that survive the tribulation are not like human cultivators who would use various magic weapons and formations to resist the tribulation of thunder. However, spiritual plants take root in the earth and rely on the power of the earth veins. This method is something that human cultivators cannot do.

"It's almost done!"

Everyone silently counted the number of thunder tribulations. Both the Nascent Soul tribulation and the transformation tribulation had nine thunder tribulations in total. It was not possible for someone with a strong foundation to attract more thunder tribulations. After all, this was only the Nascent Soul tribulation.

It is said that only the legendary calamity of becoming an immortal will form calamities of different powers according to the foundation of the one who undergoes the calamity. However, in the Tianyuan Realm, the calamity of becoming an immortal has long been a legend.

"Boom!"

As the last bolt of thunder fell, Xiaohua's whole body turned black, but she still successfully survived the transformation tribulation. From this moment on, Xiaohua was a 4th-level demon king.

"Ok!"

Just when everyone was rejoicing over Xiaohua's successful tribulation, Gu Mo saw an illusory thunder directly hitting Xiaohua. This illusory thunder was silent and even the Nascent Soul elders present did not notice it.

But Gu Mo saw it, and that illusory thunder made Gu Mo feel a shudder in his heart. It was a power beyond his imagination.

If Xiaohua was hit by this illusory thunder, she would definitely die.

However, at this time a figure appeared above Xiaohua's head. It was a woman wearing a laurel crown and a white and green long skirt. The woman looked like Xiaohua when she grew up.

But at this moment, the woman did not have the cuteness of Xiaohua. Instead, she had an ethereal aura. The woman gently raised her hand and caught the illusory thunder. Then, the woman's body quickly collapsed. At the moment of collapse, the woman glanced at Gu Mo and nodded slightly to him.

Afterwards, some more memories appeared in Gu Mo's head. In his memory, Gu Mo saw a towering ancient tree. The tree was so huge that the ancient trees in Shennong Valley seemed like a small grass in front of it.

And on that ancient tree, there was a small flower. One day, the small flower suddenly fell from the ancient tree and disappeared into the void.

Then endless darkness engulfed the ancient tree.

(End of this chapter)