"Elder Yunhua, there's a reaction in the Thunder Prison."
On a stone mountain closest to the thunderstorm, there were dozens of scattered cultivators gathered, most of them at the 5th or 6th layer of Qi Refining. However, the one in the middle, wearing a grey robe, had reached the 11th layer of Qi Refining, evidently the Elder Yunhua mentioned by the scattered cultivator.
Elder Yunhua nodded cautiously.
"Step back, be careful of the purple thunder. I estimate that an extraordinary treasure may be about to appear." At the same time, a greedy glint flashed in Elder Yunhua's eyes.
Elder Yunhua was one of the first scattered cultivators to discover this purple thunder mountain. Possessing the 11th layer of Qi Refining, he quickly gathered some lower-level scattered cultivators around the thunder mountain to act as his eyes and ears, constantly observing the changes in the purple mountain.
"Elder, do you think some important figure is transcending their tribulation here?" A scattered cultivator's eyes flashed with hesitation.
After all, the appearance of the purple thunder was so sudden. If there were any predictions, there should have been some signs beforehand.
"Nonsense! The portents of heavenly tribulation are the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder. The only one with the portents of purple thunder is the Tribulation of Shedding Mortality. Do you think the Tribulation of Shedding Mortality could have such power?" Elder Yunhua rebuked.
In Elder Yunhua's heart, there was also a speculation stemming from a peculiar book he obtained many years ago, called the Record of Extraordinary Treasures!
Among the records, there were many strange occurrences, including the purple thunder covering the sky and the appearance of extraordinary treasures. This was one of them, and this was why Elder Yunhua had insisted on staying.
"Elder Yunhua speaks wisely," a scattered cultivator flattered.
Another scattered cultivator quickly added, "Two years ago, I once saw their senior disciple Mo Feifan transcend the Tribulation of Shedding Mortality outside the Lotus Valley. The might at that time was not even one-tenth of this purple thunder mountain. Even if there were differences, they wouldn't be this significant..."
As they spoke, the purple thunder in the sky suddenly exploded.
The purple thunder extended through the air, gradually dissipating into the distance.
From then on, the purple thunder that had appeared for nearly two years disappeared completely, leaving only a completely charred stone mountain.
Elder Yunhua took the lead, stepping on the protruding rocks on the mountain, swiftly moving towards the purple mountain. Following him were dozens of rays of light, their cultivations similar to Elder Yunhua's, almost reaching the level of nearing the completion of the Qi Refining stage. However, their speed was clearly not as fast as Elder Yunhua's.
"I've been waiting for so long. How could this extraordinary treasure fall into your hands!" Elder Yunhua was the first to step onto the charred stone mountain.
As for the extraordinary treasure, Elder Yunhua had made a series of arrangements, even the escape route had been planned out. Outside the stone mountain, there was an underground passage prepared by Elder Yunhua, and the aura around the passage had been sealed by his prohibition. With this passage, Elder Yunhua was certain that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he could definitely seize the extraordinary treasure and then escape to safety.
The scattered cultivators following Elder Yunhua were encouraged by this.
"Elder's Astral Steps are indeed well-deserved. It's infinitely close to the aerial flight of a dispersed immortal."
"I doubt if anyone under the dispersed immortal level can catch up with Elder."
Elder Yunhua soon found a row of neatly arranged giant rocks on the top of the mountain, with the most eye-catching one in the middle.
Without the slightest hesitation, Elder Yunhua reached out towards the middle rock.
At the moment when Elder Yunhua's right hand touched the rock, a terrifying celestial sense suddenly erupted on the previously calm stone mountain, sweeping through like a storm. Some lower-cultivation scattered cultivators were directly scared to sit on the ground, their faces pale. Some cultivators on the periphery even turned around and fled.
The powerful celestial sense was like a storm.
Wherever it went, everyone felt as insignificant as ants under this celestial sense.
Elder Yunhua, who was closest to the rock, also felt a tremor in his heart. Beads of sweat the size of soybeans dripped down his forehead. Looking up, he saw that someone had appeared above the huge black stone, seemingly only about seventeen or eighteen years old. However, the person's aura made it impossible for Elder Yunhua to even think about fleeing.
"Eld... Elder..." Seeing the person open his eyes, Elder Yunhua's heart trembled.
It's over! This place is actually the seclusion place of a senior! And from the celestial sense, it seems that this person is not an ordinary dispersed immortal, but very likely a Nine Tribulations dispersed immortal who transcended the thunder tribulation.
A Nine Tribulations dispersed immortal!
In this area of the eastern domain, there were almost only a few Nine Tribulations dispersed immortals, and he had 'luckily' encountered one.
Thinking about this, Elder Yunhua's legs couldn't help but tremble.
The young man sitting on the black stone was Ding Yan.
The moment Ding Yan's consciousness returned, he clearly felt that his divine sense had started to transform and visibly turned into a celestial sense at an astonishing speed. More importantly, the immortal energy he forcefully melted in the third layer of Void Sky had inexplicably been brought out, leaving only a trace. But that deathly aura was unmistakable.
The remaining trace blended silently into Ding Yan's celestial sense.
Only a Seven Tribulations dispersed immortal can extract the immortal energy in the third layer of Void Sky!
A Seven Tribulations dispersed immortal.
For this world of dispersed immortals, it was a legend that had not appeared for countless tens of thousands of years. Although only a tiny part of Ding Yan's celestial sense contained it, it made his celestial sense extraordinarily powerful. Now, Ding Yan's celestial sense couldn't be compared to the average dispersed immortals, and even compared to those who had transcended the first thunder tribulation, he wouldn't be much weaker!
It was precisely because of this that Elder Yunhua had made a guess in the face of the Nine Tribulations dispersed immortal.
"Get lost!"
Feeling the scattered cultivators gathering around, Ding Yan frowned. The Ding Yan who had once achieved transcending the tribulation was subconsciously left with the aura of a superior, an aura that no one could imitate.
By means of divine knowledge, that lingering breath, with a shout, emanated an invisible force.
The voice, like ripples, spread out. The scattered immortals who heard it shook in their hearts, all fleeing in fear, afraid of being struck down by the owner of the voice if they were even a step too slow.
Retracting divine knowledge, Ding Yan's aura gradually faded.
Looking at the changes in the surrounding stone mountains, Ding Yan paused for a moment, but quickly realized that the changes in the stone mountains should be due to the thunder tribulation.
Feeling the lingering breath not dissipating like the tide, Yunhua secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to turn and flee, but an overwhelming force of suction came from behind. Turning around, he saw that the young man sitting on the stone had quietly come down and placed his right hand on top of his head.
"It's over…" Yunhua's eyes flashed with a hint of despair.
"I regret being greedy for that treasure!"
That's the difference. The Qi Refinement cultivator is like an ant in front of a scattered immortal, with no room for resistance! In the past, Ding Yan was able to escape from the hands of the scattered immortals of the Transformation Gate several times because, aside from their carelessness, the main reason was that he had far more experience and knowledge than the other party.
Mystical arts, Soul Search!
After reaching the scattered immortal realm, Ding Yan clearly felt that many of his past divine abilities could now be used. The successful use of Soul Search was the best proof.
"It's been almost two years... In three days, the so-called elder will come out of seclusion." Absentmindedly pushing Yunhua aside, Ding Yan pondered.
In Ding Yan's mind, he always remembered three things entrusted to him by the deceased owner of his body before he died.
If these three things couldn't be fulfilled, it's not just Ding Yan's problem, but just the body itself couldn't be completely integrated. Even though he had already crossed the mortal tribulation and become a scattered immortal, the life force inside his body still came from the physical body.
This influence would only completely disappear after Ding Yan completed those three things.
"I'm not dead?"
After a while, Yunhua woke up dazedly, realizing that he hadn't died, and there were no wounds on his body, giving him a feeling of escaping death.
Ding Yan's Soul Search mystic art doesn't harm the other party's soul.
This kind of Soul Search technique is like turning the other party's memories into a book and browsing through it, and unless intentional, it won't cause harm to the soul.
"The Record of Strange Treasures was left behind," Ding Yan glanced at Yunhua and said.
During the Soul Search process just now, he sensed the existence of the Record of Strange Treasures, but strangely, the Soul Search technique would become blurred when approaching that memory.