The thunderclouds outside grew increasingly violent. Soon, a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, pierced through the Yunxia Sect's Formation, and struck an Outer Sect Disciple.
"Ah..." It was all too sudden; the Disciple had been completely caught off guard.
Moreover, the fact that the Yunxia Sect's mountain-protecting Formation had no effect proved that this was indeed Tribulation Thunder.
"Pfft! What is going on? I haven't even reached the Realm for Undergoing Tribulation yet!" The Disciple who was struck by the lightning convulsed all over, hair standing on end, and spat out a puff of black smoke as he lay on the ground.
The rest of the Disciples were also startled.
"Damn, so it was you, kid. If you were about to undergo a tribulation, why didn't you go into seclusion? Why are you still walking around outside?" some Disciples nearby complained.
But immediately, lightning began to descend frequently from the thunderclouds in the sky, accurately striking the Disciples of the Yunxia Sect.
Several more people were struck by lightning and knocked down on the spot, but this lightning did not have the power of true Tribulation Thunder, so it couldn't kill them.
As the thunderclouds erupted, lightning fell upon the Yunxia Sect like rain. At this moment, everyone became a target of the lightning's attack, including Yun Yun and the others.
However, Yun Yun and the others had high cultivation levels, so they could resist when the lightning struck them. The rest of the Lunhai Disciples did not have this ability.
"This, this, this... what on earth is happening?" The high-ranking members of the Yunxia Sect turned pale.
Yun Yun swatted away a bolt of lightning with one hand and then used her Divine Sense to observe the situation in the Sect. She discovered that all the Disciples were within the target range of the lightning.
Or rather, any Cultivator within the coverage of the thunderclouds would be attacked by the lightning. The key was that the intensity of this lightning was not high and varied from person to person.
Under normal circumstances, only Cultivators in the Dao Palace Realm would be attacked by Heavenly Tribulation when breaking through to the next Realm, but now, even Cultivators in the Early Stage of the Lingxi Realm were locked onto by the lightning.
This lightning didn't kill them; it just let them experience the feeling of being struck by lightning.
Several Elders of the Yunxia Sect were rushing toward Yun Yun, but every time they flew a certain distance, they were attacked by lightning. However, even if this lightning struck them, it couldn't harm their bodies; at most, it left them feeling numb and disheveled.
Grand Elder Yun Ling looked quite disheveled at this moment. He had been struck by lightning while Cultivating, and his beard and hair were scorched.
"Damn it, Sect Master! What is going on? This doesn't feel like Tribulation Thunder, but if it isn't, why does it ignore all objects and the defense of the Formations?" Yun Ling asked, exasperated.
But how could Yun Yun answer Yun Ling's question? She could only say that something strange had happened again.
This time, even the Old Ancestor of the Yunxia Sect flew out from his place of seclusion. The Old Ancestor of the Yunxia Sect was a seemingly young man with white hair, dressed in a white robe, standing beneath the thunderclouds.
Seeing someone dare to get so close, the thunderclouds frantically gathered lightning to attack the young man.
But this silver-haired young man didn't care about the lightning attacks at all, allowing the Heavenly Tribulation to land on his body.
"Master? Why has Master come out? Could this Heavenly Tribulation have been drawn out by Master? Is Master about to step into the Siji Secret Realm?" Yun Yun and the others said in surprise as they watched the figure standing in the sky.
That's right; the white-haired young man was indeed Yun Yun's Master, named Yun Tian, who was at the Peak of the Soul Emergence stage of the Dao Palace Realm.
This lightning was very strange; it would keep attacking anyone who hadn't been knocked down by it. If you fell down, it wouldn't attack you anymore, but as long as you were standing, it would keep raining down lightning.
Even Lin Aoxue in the Wind Sword Valley was struck. But strangely, after Lin Aoxue was hit by the lightning, she didn't feel any discomfort; on the contrary, her body absorbed the power of the Heavenly Tribulation.
"What is going on? Why does lightning keep striking me? The key is, this lightning doesn't seem to have any power?" Lin Aoxue was puzzled as she watched the lightning crawling over her body.
Time passed slowly. A few minutes later, Ye Liuyun's Medicinal Pill was successfully refined. Ten purple pills flickering with lightning rolled out of the Medicine Cauldron. These pills were permeated with a force of lightning, and it was unclear what effect they had.
"It's finished. Hey, Master, what are you staring at outside the window?" Ye Liuyun asked in confusion after refining the Medicinal Pill.
At this moment, Lin Qingyou's expression was as strange as it could be, because she could tell that this thundercloud was definitely drawn by the Medicinal Pill Ye Liuyun had refined.
But although the thundercloud looked like a Heavenly Tribulation, its power was pitifully small; it couldn't even kill a Cultivator in the Lingxi Realm.
"Eh? You kid, didn't you hear the thunder outside the whole time you were refining the medicine?" Lin Qingyou asked.
"Ah? Did it? Why didn't I feel it?" Ye Liuyun hurriedly walked to the window and looked outside, but the sky was clear and bright; there wasn't even a single dark cloud.
That was because, at the very moment Ye Liuyun's Medicinal Pill came out of the furnace, the dark clouds had suddenly disappeared. These dark clouds came and went quickly, which was why she hadn't seen them.
"While you were refining the medicine earlier, there was a lightning storm outside. It seems the Medicinal Pill you refined attracted the Heavenly Tribulation." Lin Qingyou said.
"A lightning storm? Wow, it's not that exaggerated, is it? Well, how is the Sect? No one was killed by lightning, right?" Ye Liuyun asked, looking shocked.
"Rest assured, no one was killed by lightning. This lightning has very little power and can't kill anyone." Lin Qingyou shook her head.
Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that as long as it couldn't kill anyone, it was fine.
"That's good. Master, take a look and see what this Medicinal Pill is for." Ye Liuyun took out the Medicinal Pill she had refined and showed it to Lin Qingyou.
But after looking at it, Lin Qingyou still shook her head.
"It should be some kind of Body Tempering Pill, judging by the Medicinal Herbs you used. That should be the case, but you'll have to eat it yourself to test the specific effects." Lin Qingyou suggested.
Ye Liuyun nodded, then opened her mouth and popped one of the lightning-flickering pills into it. As soon as the pill entered her mouth, an invisible, muffled thunderclap descended from the sky, pierced through the house where Ye Liuyun lived, and struck Ye Liuyun.
"Ah..." Ye Liuyun screamed as she was electrified on the spot. Then, her eyes rolled back, she spat out a puff of black smoke, and fell to the ground, convulsing uncontrollably.
"I, damn, is this a Lightning-Attracting Pill? It's so uncomfortable, and the key is, it won't even kill me." Ye Liuyun said, stuttering as she lay on the ground.
Lin Qingyou was observing the condition of Ye Liuyun's body.
"It is indeed a Body Tempering Pill. This draws down the lightning of the Nine Heavens to temper the body, and the lightning that falls is just right; it won't take a life. It's a good thing. Let's call this pill the Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Pill." Lin Qingyou exclaimed.
This pill was very interesting; it only had an effect on the physical body, and even her clothes were not damaged.
Ye Liuyun was electrocuted for a while until the skin on her body was completely charred and then cracked, revealing the fair and tender skin underneath, like that of a newborn, before the tempering stopped.
The lightning power on her body dissipated, and Ye Liuyun climbed up with a look of comfort. As she climbed up, the charred skin on her body began to fall off.
"Ah! Comfortable! Master, it was very uncomfortable when I was first struck by lightning, but after a while, it felt great. And I feel that my physical strength has even increased a bit." Ye Liuyun looked at the large patches of dead skin on her body, quickly took off her clothes, and tore off the charred skin.
"For someone like you who cannot increase spiritual power, this pill is definitely a top-tier pill. Cultivating with this pill in the future should allow your physical strength to increase faster." Lin Qingyou said.
Ye Liuyun agreed with Lin Qingyou's words. Just after Ye Liuyun finished tearing off the charred skin, she discovered that her Realm had improved again, from the physical strength of the Peak of the Lingxi Realm to the physical strength of the Early Stage of the Linghe Realm, and her Divine Sense had also reached the Linghe Realm.
"My Realm has improved, too. Sigh! It's a pity; my spiritual power hasn't improved at all. It's frustrating. Without an increase in spiritual power, I can't fly." Ye Liuyun didn't feel any joy at breaking through to a new Realm.
"It doesn't matter. If you can't fly, you can hop. As long as your body is strong enough, you can hop thousands of feet. As long as your speed and reflexes are fast enough, even walking on clouds won't be a problem for you." Lin Qingyou comforted her.
This Cultivation Technique was just like that; it would absolutely not increase the strength of spiritual power, which meant that Ye Liuyun could not control Magic Treasures or fly on the wind.
"Sigh! Boring. Let's continue refining pills. This time, I'll try Rongling Flower + Water Spirit Grass + Marrow Cleansing Fruit." Ye Liuyun put on her clothes and refined medicine again.
As for the Disciples outside who were struck by lightning, they also climbed up one after another. Their situation was similar to Ye Liuyun's; they had an extra layer of charred skin on their bodies that came off in large chunks when torn.
"Dammit, has the Heavens gone crazy? Why is it suddenly raining lightning and striking us?" the Yunxia Sect Disciples grumbled.
But soon, someone discovered that after their bodies had been tempered by the Tribulation Thunder, there was a noticeable increase in their strength.