Chapter 704 - 331: Return to Jade Star, Breakthrough to Profound Immortal_2
Yu Xin nodded at Lu Yi and chided with a smile, “You little rascal… Let’s go, I’ll take you to meet the Ancestor. The Ancestor will definitely want to be your protector in person.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Yi was also stunned.
To have an Immortal Venerable personally act as a protector during the Tribulation Crossing, surely not many in the universe received such treatment?
Lu Yi smiled and nodded, “Okay.”
Ling Luo Peak Master and Liu Ningshuang did not follow along; Yu Xin took Lu Yi and left the residence, heading to the Yu Family Ancestor’s secluded retreat.
Soon, they met the Yu Family Ancestor.
When he heard that Lu Yi was already capable of breaking through to the Profound Immortal Realm, even the Immortal Venerable level Yu Family Ancestor was stunned for a long time before he could recover his composure.
He then burst out laughing, “Good, good, good! Contemplating on the Tao Tide brought about by your last breakthrough, I’ve gained some insights into the path to the Immortal King Realm. This time your breakthrough might just enable me to take that crucial step!”
Upon hearing this, Lu Yi’s eyes brightened, “Then this youngster will first congratulate the Ancestor for taking that step.”
With this, even if the sky were to fall, there would be someone tall to bear it.
Lu Yi thought delightedly.
“You just focus on adjusting your state, and when it’s time to break through, I will protect you,” said Yu Cheng with a gentle smile, giving Lu Yi his promise.
Lu Yi nodded, “Okay!”
“You should cultivate and adjust here, no one will disturb you,” Yu Cheng pondered for a moment and then continued.
Even Yu Xin was stunned upon hearing this.
This was the Ancestor’s secluded retreat, where unless absolutely necessary, Yu Family disciples could not even enter, let alone stay here to cultivate.
Lu Yi was the first cultivator allowed to cultivate in this place, and he wasn’t even a Yu Family disciple!
One could imagine how much the Ancestor valued Lu Yi.
Yu Xin suddenly thought of his unruly daughter.
He knew that Bing Xuan had always been envious of Yi’er. Originally, relying on his daughter’s relationship with Yi’er, he had hoped to shut her up.
But it turned out that after all this time, his daughter hadn’t made any progress, and the two hadn’t taken that final step.
Yu Xin was infuriated, deciding he needed to deal rigorously with Yu Lingluo.
Meanwhile, Yu Lingluo, who had gone to sleep upon returning to the Yu Family, suddenly had a nightmare, waking up abruptly.
She gasped for breath, feeling somewhat heart-poundingly frightened, and looked around murmuringly, “Strange… I’m actually having nightmares?”
She scratched her head and lay back down to sleep.
……
Lu Yi stayed at Yu Cheng’s secluded retreat, while Yu Xin returned to the residence.
Upon seeing Yu Xin frowning and looking solemn, the Yu Family Matriarch was somewhat surprised, “What’s wrong?”
Yu Xin snorted coldly, “Where is that girl?”
“She’s gone to cultivate; has Ling Luo upset you again?” the Yu Family Matriarch asked, also surprised.
She knew that Yu Ling Luo could sometimes be disobedient.
“Humph! What do you think? Yi’er is such an outstanding child, I had specifically instructed that girl many times to find an opportunity for the two of them to come together. Now, upon returning, they still haven’t taken the final step! Now that Yi’er is about to break through to the Profound Immortal Realm, who knows how many girls in our Yu Family will be watching him,” Yu Xin grew more agitated the more he talked, and then declared, “It won’t do, has it been too long since I last spanked her?! If I don’t straighten her out today, she won’t understand our painstaking efforts!”
The Yu Family Matriarch, understanding the situation from Yu Xin’s words, quickly grabbed him, “Wait a moment!”
“You’re stopping me? It’s because you spoil her!” Yu Xin was displeased.
The Yu Family Matriarch gave him a cold glance, “You know nothing! I’ll handle this myself! What would you know, a big man like you? I’ll talk to the girl.”
Feeling the murderous intent from his wife, Yu Xin didn’t dare to speak anymore.
The Yu Family Matriarch turned into a streak of light and arrived at Yu Ling Luo’s room door, gently knocking, “Ling Luo, open the door.”
Yu Ling Luo, drowsy from sleep, opened her eyes upon hearing her mother’s voice. She opened her eyes and then the door.
“Mother? What’s up?”
The Yu Family Matriarch smiled warmly, “Let’s talk inside.”
“Oh!” Yu Ling Luo let the Yu Family Matriarch into the room, then closed the door.
Soon after, horrifying screams could be heard emanating from the room.
However, the screams only lasted a moment before disappearing completely, clearly isolated by a formation.
Nevertheless, Yu Ling Luo’s screams startled the cultivators in the adjacent room, including Liu Ningshuang and her group.
They each poked their heads out, looking toward the door, gazing at Yu Ling Luo’s room with eyes full of shocked uncertainty.
This was the Yu Family!
Who could make the Second Miss of the Yu Family scream so tragically?
Could it be an ambush?
Just as the group was about to exchange glances, considering notifying the Yu Family Master and Matriarch, the gentle voice of the Yu Family Matriarch came from inside Yu Ling Luo’s room, “You all continue cultivating, it’s fine. I am just chatting with Ling Luo.”
Chatting?!
Even the always cool and composed Liu Ningshuang was utterly bewildered, let alone the others.
Donggong Ming Yue shrank her neck, muttering, “…Master isn’t in trouble, right?”
Jian Ruyu laughed dryly, “Hahaha… Since Aunt Yu is here, we should just cultivate.”
She gestured with her eyes toward Liu Ningshuang and the other two and quickly retreated.
The other three also prepared to retreat.
Just at this moment, an indescribable, strange fluctuation suddenly emerged as if the Tao itself was pouring forth, and everything in the world had ceased to move.
Then, a powerful aura rose from the distance. Although it was merely the aura of the Profound Immortal Realm, the terrifying pressure made one’s heart tremble with fear.
Yun Xi’s expression changed, and she looked in the direction from which the aura was coming, then smiled, “It’s Lu Yi!”
Liu Ningshuang’s lips curled into a smile, “The junior brother has broken through.”
The door to Ling Luo Peak Master’s room also subsequently opened, and the Yu Family Matriarch and Yu Lingluo walked out one after another.
The Yu Family Matriarch looked in the direction of the aura, her face filled with astonishment, “… He broke through already? How is it so fast?!”
She knew well that Yu Xin had only taken Lu Yi there not long ago, not even a full day had passed!
In such a short time, even if Lu Yi was just a step away from his breakthrough, adjusting his state this quickly was too fast, wasn’t it?
When the four individuals around Liu Ningshuang looked behind the Yu Family Matriarch, they saw Yu Lingluo grimacing, floating in the air instead of standing on the ground, constantly rubbing her buttocks.
The four of them: “…”
They very tacitly turned their heads away from Yu Lingluo.
All of them took flight and rose into the sky, looking toward the direction from which the aura was coming.
Yu Yuanwu and Yu Xin also flew over.
Seeing Yu Yuanwu and Yu Xin approaching, Yu Lingluo quickly stopped rubbing and faced forward seriously as if the grimacing had not been her doing just moments before.
However, her face was still somewhat pale.
Yu Yuanwu, noticing Yu Lingluo’s somewhat ugly face, asked in confusion, “Sister, what’s wrong with you?”
Yu Lingluo coldly glared at Yu Yuanwu, “Mind your own business, I’ll beat you to death later!”
Yu Yuanwu: ?????
He was utterly perplexed, What the hell? I’m just showing concern, and you want to beat me to death?
Is there no justice left in the world?
Moving to Yu Family Matriarch’s side, Yu Xin’s expression was also filled with shock as he looked toward the direction from which the aura emanated.
“He broke through?”
“Yes, he did.”
Afterward, the two ceased to communicate, merely watching quietly as the aura in that place rapidly transformed.
It wasn’t long before they saw an aura appear in the void far away.
Endless, savage sounds of thunder followed, and a terrifying destructive power emerged within the vacuum.
“He’s starting the Tribulation Crossing!”
“Let’s go take a look!”
The group transformed into streaks of light and flew toward the vacuum.
Not just them, from various regions on Jade Star, all direct lineage powerhouses of the Yu Family, feeling the presence of this strong aura, also rose into the air and headed for that area, eager to see who was undergoing the Tribulation Crossing.
……
In the vacuum.
Clad in white, Lu Yi stood with a slight smile on his handsome face, surrounded by Immortal Light, like an unparalleled Immortal King deigning to touch the earth.
He had finally broken through to the Profound Immortal Realm.
He looked up at the Heavenly Tribulation above.
The Heavenly Tribulation did not contain a single dark cloud but was completely formed from Exotic Heavenly Thunder.
Inside were dense presences of Immortal Artifacts, Immortal Beasts, and even Immortals, a terrifying pressure he had never felt even from cultivators who had just entered the Golden Immortal stage.
“…”
His expression numb, although he had anticipated it, he was still somewhat speechless; this was too exaggerated.
Fortunately, he felt that such Heavenly Tribulation posed no danger to him.
Not far from Lu Yi, Yu Cheng also stood aloft.
He looked at the Heavenly Tribulation above Lu Yi’s head, his expression just as numb, his mind filled with question marks.
Even as an Immortal Venerable, a genius once considered amongst the finest in the entire universe, he had never seen such a scene.
Heavenly Tribulation made entirely of thunderbolts, without a single thundercloud—what was going on?!