159: Is the person more important, or the sword?

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The thunderclouds in the sky grew thicker and thicker, gradually forming a huge vortex, with endless lightning surging within it.

But, until now,

the Lightning Tribulation had yet to descend.

“Master, what exactly is going on? We’ve all run out, so why hasn’t this Lightning Tribulation fallen yet?!”

Xie Xuan couldn’t understand.

Half an hour had already passed, and the Lightning Tribulation still hadn’t descended. Logically speaking, a Lightning Tribulation shouldn’t hold back for so long.

“You ask me, who am I supposed to ask?”

Sect Leader Liang was also a bit bewildered at this moment.

What kind of Lightning Tribulation keeps brewing and brewing, but just doesn’t descend?

At this moment, the Grand Elder asked from the side, “All of our Shen Jian Sect Disciples are out, and the Elders are basically in position. Is there anyone else who hasn’t come out?”

As soon as these words came out, the Disciples and Elders looked at each other.

They also didn’t know who was still inside.

However, Xie Xuan immediately thought of Chu Mo, who was still in the Sect Master’s main hall and hadn’t come out in time.

“Brother Han, he’s not Undergoing Tribulation, is he? But he’s only at Nascent Soul. Even if he’s trying to Breakthrough to Soul Transformation, this Lightning Tribulation shouldn’t be so terrifying. It’s practically leaving no way to survive!”

Xie Xuan thought of many things at once.

Among them, the most fitting explanation for the current situation was that the other party had done too many insidious things, thus accumulating too much karmic debt, to the point where Heaven itself couldn’t tolerate it and wanted to erase him.

But, that wasn’t right either!

“Although Brother Han is petty, lacks martial ethics, likes to take advantage, likes to trick people, likes to lie... (omitting ten thousand words here), he is still from a prestigious Righteous Path sect, the leader of the Righteous Path, the Xuanxiao Sect. He shouldn’t be so utterly evil, right?!”

The other Disciples heard Xie Xuan’s murmuring, opened their mouths, but didn’t know what to say.

This isn't utterly evil?

Even those from the Demonic Path wouldn't commit all the things you mentioned.

This tribulation lightning really came to the right place!

After about another stick of incense’s time, the tribulation clouds finally moved.

A dazzling bolt of lightning erupted in the pitch-black sky, illuminating the entire world.

However, this was not the end.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

One bolt of lightning fell, followed by the second, third, fourth... until the ninth bolt of lightning descended.

Nine bolts of lightning fell simultaneously. This wasn’t a simple one plus one equals two calculation. Each additional bolt of lightning doubled the power.

With nine bolts of lightning falling together, there was no chance given whatsoever; it was a strike to kill.

This was completely leaving no way for anyone to survive.

Everyone’s faces were filled with horror. Their spiritual Qi circulated involuntarily under the heavenly tribulation lightning, and they instinctively gripped their Dharma Swords.

This was instinct.

When one fears something to a certain extent, the body will instinctively adopt a defensive posture.

Even though everyone was not within the range of the Lightning Tribulation, they could still feel the terrifying power of the Lightning Tribulation.

Crack—!

“Boom!”

Just as the nine bolts of lightning were about to strike the Sect Master’s main hall, an incredibly powerful Sword Intent suddenly surged from the entire main peak.

Then, the people of Shen Jian Sect saw countless Dharma Swords rising to meet the tribulation lightning.

One exquisite Dharma Sword after another collided with the Lightning Tribulation in the sky.

Sword light, lightning... The entire world was filled with the collision of Sword Qi and lightning. This was a confrontation between man and the power of Heaven and Earth.

Upon seeing this scene, the Shen Jian Sect Disciples were completely stunned.

“Undergoing Tribulation, can it be done like this?”

“Damn! What a rich bastard! Seeing these Dharma Swords breaking one by one in the tribulation lightning, my heart is practically shattering!”

“My heart has already shattered!”

“Which young master came here to Undergo Tribulation? Are these Dharma Swords free? Give them to me, I’ll help you Undergo Tribulation!”

“Brother, are you serious? If you go up there, you’ll probably turn to ash!”

“Damn it! What if I turn to ash? I can’t just watch these swords perish under the Lightning Tribulation. Don’t stop me, all of you, don’t stop me. Even if I die today, I must save a sword.”

“.......”

No one cherishes the sword in their hand more than a Sword Cultivator, and no one can stand the act of destroying swords like throwing away trash more than a Sword Cultivator.

These Shen Jian Sect Disciples rolled up their sleeves, one by one, ready to step into the Lightning Tribulation range to save the swords.

This greatly worried the Elders of Shen Jian Sect. They all stood in front of the Disciples.

And reprimanded them.

“Which is more important, swords or people?”

“You need to understand one thing: those aren’t your swords, they have nothing to do with you!”

Well, that seemed to make sense!

But their hearts ached!

Their hearts ached to the point of being unable to breathe!

Just then, a Disciple exclaimed.

“Holy crap! My sword!”

As his voice fell, more and more Disciples cried out in alarm.

“Damn it! My sword was sucked away!”

“MD, this sword is my entire fortune! My entire fortune!”

“Why were our swords taken away?”

“Myriad Swords Return to the Origin, it’s Senior Brother’s Myriad Swords Return to the Origin!”

“But isn’t Senior Brother here?”

“If Senior Brother is here, then that means someone else has learned Myriad Swords Return to the Origin!”

“Never mind Myriad Swords Return to the Origin for now, my sword!”

“.......”

When their Dharma Swords flew uncontrollably from their hands into the range of the Lightning Tribulation, the scene completely spiraled out of control.

All the Disciples of Shen Jian Sect went completely mad.

“Enough!” Sect Leader Liang blocked their path, using his powerful spiritual Qi to push everyone back.

“It’s just a mere sword, isn’t it? When this is over, just go to the Sword Pavilion to claim...”

He stopped mid-sentence.

He suddenly realized that the Sword Pavilion of Shen Jian Sect had now become a mere decoration.

It had nothing?

Even a thief going in would leave a copper coin with tears in his eyes.

The Grand Elder also walked out with a stern face, once again educating everyone from his perspective as an experienced person.

“You only have one life...”

“If you lose your life in this lifetime, you can reincarnate in the next, but if my sword is gone, it’s truly... Damn! My sword is gone!”

Under the gaze of the Shen Jian Sect Disciples, their Dharma Swords, under the Lightning Tribulation, turned into a sky full of fragments, scattering throughout the Shen Jian Sect territory.

At the same time, their hearts shattered too.

Meanwhile, the perpetrator of it all was still in the dilapidated main hall, providing ‘fuel’ for the Blazing Sun.

“Hurry up! Suck it up!”

“Once you’ve sucked enough, go up and resist the lightning; I can’t hold on much longer!”

Chu Mo felt like he was truly being squeezed dry by the Blazing Sun.

In order to condense a Sword Spirit for this sword,

he had already lost tens of thousands of Dharma Swords, although most of them were made by Huo Tianyi, a portion of them were also forged by him personally.

Now, they were all destroyed.

So much so that he even had to use Myriad Swords Return to the Origin to use the Shen Jian Sect Disciples’ Dharma Swords to make up for the deficit...

To be honest, he didn’t feel guilty.

It was just that in his current state, he really couldn’t last much longer.