This Young Master is not Cannon Fodder

Chapter 209: Daoyi Enters the Nascent Soul Realm

Chapter 209: Daoyi Enters the Nascent Soul Realm

“Huh? Don’t you need to prepare? It seems a bit hasty to me,” Tianyi said after processing what Daoyi said. “Besides, shouldn’t you wait for Mother to supervise your Heavenly Tribulation in case an accident happens?”

“I didn’t plan to either, but after seeing your clone advance, I feel as if my current state is the best to advance,” Daoyi said. Also, I feel that my prestige is on the line if I let a clone catch up to me.

Tianyi considered it for a moment. Aside from ample preparations, the next most crucial aspect in undergoing heavenly tribulations was the state of mind. He knew that Daoyi had already made ample preparation so she could advance at any time, just that her announcement was too sudden. Since she was confident, Tianyi nodded his head.

Daoyi gave a smile that was as beautiful as a blooming flower. “I also believe that you can disperse the heavenly tribulation if I was under any danger.”

Tianyi blinked before smiling in satisfaction. Although Tianyi technically got stronger after entering the Singularity Realm, the number of things he could accomplish dramatically decreased, making him feel useless. Daoyi’s sentence made him feel more confident again.

The group moved to another spot on Jade Peak that Daoyi had long prepared for her Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation. Tianyi was especially interested since this would be his first time witnessing a soul cultivator’s Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation.

In the distance, Tianyi watched as black clouds began to gather above Daoyi’s head, high in the sky. As if in response, he saw eight pillars rise from the ground and form a formation in the shape of a protective dome.

The first bolt of tribulation lightning descended and struck the dome, but it only scattered around the dome and entered the ground. Within the dome, Daoyi was sitting in a lotus position with her eyes closed as if she was unaware of such matters, even as the lightning continued to strike her defensive formation.

Not long after, the final bolt of the first set of nine tribulation lightning struck the dome. Under this lightning strike, the dome shuddered, but aside from that, the formation was not harmed in the slightest bit. Then the first bolt of the second set of lightning strikes began, and as the time it took for the lightning to descend increased, so did the power and color.

From afar, Tianyi could tell that Daoyi’s formation could still handle the lightning from the third set, but he wasn’t confident in it withstanding the power of a bolt from the fourth set of tribulation lightning. Still, Daoyi’s formation surprised Tianyi. He had never realized that Daoyi was so proficient in formations, but thinking about it, Tianyi realized that it was only natural. His mother, Xi Mengfei, was a master in formations, so it wasn’t weird that her disciple would be skilled in formations even if she didn’t have much talent in it.

Time slowly passed, and the third set of tribulation lightning began. Now, the formation-produced dome was shuddering with every bolt of lightning. Sometimes there would even be cracks in it, but it would soon heal. Under Tianyi’s keen eyes, he could tell that the formation was still going strong, puzzling him.

Soon, Tianyi discovered the reason. The formation was actually converting a portion of the tribulation lightning into energy for the formation! With this feature, the heavenly tribulation would have to either unleash consecutive strikes to prevent the formation from draining the tribulation lightning and repairing itself, or the heavenly tribulation would have to unleash a single bolt to destroy the formation instantly.

Tianyi’s eyes flashed with light and recalled a miscellaneous piece of memory. It was over ten years ago, his mother had summoned him and asked a strange question. The question was naturally how to convert tribulation lightning into energy.

Experts could convert lightning to energy and qi, but it was another story for tribulation lightning that carried tribulation essence. If Tianyi claimed to be number two in absorbing tribulation lightning, then no one would dare to claim number one. At least among the mortal cultivators.

Along with the five elemental essences, Tianyi could discern that Daoyi was absorbing a sixth essence. Yin essence?

The end result was that Daoyi’s nascent soul had fifty percent yin essence and the remaining five elemental essences comprising about ten percent each, forming a peculiar balance. With the essence absorption finished, Daoyi’s nascent soul and spiritual core returned to her body, and a rosy blush appeared on her pale cheeks.

Daoyi didn’t move and still sat in a lotus position. She had just entered the Nascent Soul Realm, so she had to consolidate her cultivation. Normally, she would have done it at Jade Peak Palace, but inspiration struck her, so she wanted to grasp onto it and not let it escape. Plus, with Tianyi present and being on Jade Peak, she was confident in her safety.

A week passed like this.

During the week, a storm had passed, resulting in Tianyi getting soaked due to not being prepared. If he could still use his qi, he could easily form a barrier, but now he couldn’t. Even Daoyi could easily erect a barrier while still cultivating. Tianyi looked at the sky and sighed. “You only know to appreciate what you have after you lost it.”

Tianyi pretended not to hear his clone’s snicker as Su Bojing formed a barrier against the rain around Tianyi while apologizing for not being prepared enough. This only made Tianyi feel worse.

While Tianyi was waiting, his mind began to wander towards Daoyi’s nascent soul. He had only heard of one-colored to five-colored nascent souls but never a six-colored nascent soul. Hmm, maybe I should devise a soul cultivation method using seven colors for all the elements and yin yang. It feels interesting. I wonder how a six or seven-colored nascent soul compares to a five-colored nascent soul.

After thinking a while, Tianyi gave up. Compared to spiritual and martial cultivation, his mastery of the soul was lacking. In addition, he needed to focus on his own cultivation and didn’t want to split his attention.

Finally, Daoyi was done consolidating her cultivation, and she opened her eyes. “Thank you, Tianyi.”

Tianyi blinked and looked at Daoyi. Although he knew that Daoyi was beautiful, he suddenly felt that Daoyi was extra beautiful right now. It wasn’t a glaring beauty but subdued like the moon, making him want to keep looking.

Hm? Is it just me, or is Daoyi taller? Tianyi glanced at Daoyi’s boot to see her platform-style shoes. Tianyi was really pleased that he was half a head taller than Daoyi with her shoes, but now, it seemed he couldn’t lower his guard. It has to be my imagination. Yep, has to be. Better advance to the Immortal Realm as soon as possible, just in case.

“You’re welcome.” Then Tianyi asked a question he had been wondering ever since Daoyi’s heavenly tribulation. “How did your soul manage to block the tribulation lightning?”

“It’s nothing much. I’ve had a lot of practice.” Daoyi said as she gave a meaningful smile at Tianyi.

Tianyi shrugged without much understanding, and the four of them returned to Jade Peak. Halfway, Tianyi blinked and glared at Daoyi. “Hey!”

Daoyi covered her mouth with her sleeve and giggled at Tianyi, making him even angrier.

After a while, the quartet reached Jade Peak Palace, and Tianyi looked at Daoyi. “I forgot to say this earlier, but congratulations on ascending the Nascent Soul Realm, Grandmaster Jiang.”

“Actually, I have a daoist title now, so it’s not Grandmaster Jiang.”