120: Chapter 120 What?! Is the lightning tribulation even more severe?

Mo Zixing closed the window.

He looked back at Jiang Yuwei, who was sound asleep.

His Junior Sister was still wrapped in the quilt, her small breaths coming evenly.

He walked over and gently tucked her in.

Then he turned and quietly closed the door behind him.

Using the Nine Heavens Swift Thunder Fire as a Breakthrough material...

The more he thought about it, the more feasible the idea seemed. He desperately wanted to confirm it with Sect Master Bai Ruotong immediately.

But as he walked into the courtyard,

Mo Zixing realized belatedly,

He didn't actually know which room Sect Master Bai Ruotong had chosen to stay in.

Helpless,

He could only search the rooms one by one.

The nearest room was Liu Qingyan's.

He pushed the door open and took a look; it was empty.

She had likely returned to Qingdan Peak.

The second room was Su Li's.

The door was slightly ajar.

Rustling noises came from inside.

Oh, right.

Mo Zixing remembered.

Su Li was the one who had taken Sect Master Bai Ruotong to choose a room, so he could just ask her.

With that thought in mind,

Mo Zixing casually pushed the door open.

“Who is it?!”

Su Li sat up abruptly from the bed, her voice tinged with a hint of panic.

When she saw it was Mo Zixing, she breathed a sigh of relief, but her face instantly turned bright red.

She instinctively hugged her pillow tightly against her chest.

She had just finished bathing and was only wearing thin sleepwear.

She had been wrapping herself in the quilt, 'exercising' while thinking of Mo Zixing.

She hadn't expected that he would actually push the door and walk in so suddenly.

Because she had sat up too quickly, the quilt had slipped down quite a bit.

Her damp long hair was draped over her shoulders, and droplets of water from the tips of her hair slid down her skin into her collar.

“Zixing, why are you here?”

She looked away, not daring to meet Mo Zixing's eyes.

“I came to ask which room the Sect Master moved into. I have something to ask her.”

Mo Zixing's gaze swept over her exposed shoulder, and he raised an eyebrow.

“And you, what are you doing?”

“Ahem, nothing.”

Su Li said hurriedly,

“Wait for me a moment. I'll take you to her once I've put on some clothes.”

“Okay.”

Mo Zixing nodded and leaned against the doorframe, having no intention of stepping out to give her privacy.

He felt that there was no longer any need for such formalities between them.

Su Li bit her lip and could only helplessly pull her outer clothes from the bedside into the quilt.

The quilt formed a small bulge.

She rustled around inside as she dressed, squirming from time to time and revealing a wrist or an ankle.

After a good while, she pulled back the quilt and stood up from the bed.

She had casually tied up her long hair, leaving only a few strands hanging to one side.

The blush on her cheeks hadn't faded yet, making her features appear a bit more soft and seductive.

“Let's go.”

Keeping her head down, she gave Mo Zixing a tug and took the lead out of the room.

The two walked side by side for a couple of steps.

Then they stopped in front of the neighboring door.

Mo Zixing's mouth couldn't help but twitch as he said helplessly,

“She's just right next door?”

“You could have just told me. You didn't have to get dressed just to lead me here.”

As soon as he finished speaking,

The door in front of them was pulled open.

Sect Master Bai Ruotong poked her small head out. Seeing the two standing side by side outside the door, she raised an eyebrow.

“Looking for me?”

“Yes, I have something to tell you.”

Mo Zixing nodded and walked in, stepping aside to let Su Li in as well.

Then he casually closed the door.

“Sect Master, you are the only Cultivator here who has reached the Golden Core stage.”

He pulled out a chair and sat down, looking at Sect Master Bai Ruotong solemnly.

“I have a brilliant idea for breaking through to the Golden Core stage, but I don't know if it's feasible, so I wanted to ask you.”

“What idea?”

Sect Master Bai Ruotong hopped onto the table and sat down, her legs swinging back and forth in the air as she asked curiously.

“Didn't you say that to form a Heavenly Dao Golden Core, it's best to have one to three Heaven And Earth Treasures corresponding to one's own Spiritual Root attributes?”

Mo Zixing said,

“I've already obtained the wood marrow lotus, which corresponds perfectly to my Wood Spirit Root.”

“But lightning-attribute and fire-attribute Heaven And Earth Treasures are too hard to find. I thought about it for a long time before I suddenly thought of something.”

“Wait.”

Sect Master Bai Ruotong suddenly interrupted him and jumped down from the table.

“What do you mean by 'other Spiritual Roots'? Don't tell me you have Multiple Spiritual Roots?”

She circled Mo Zixing a few times, sizing him up carefully from top to bottom, her face full of disbelief.

“That's impossible, isn't it?”

“Cultivators with Multiple Spiritual Roots have mixed and chaotic Qi in their bodies. Their Cultivation speed is deathly slow; it's already considered good if they can live to the Foundation Establishment stage.”

“How could you have reached the Crystallization Stage at such a young age?”

As she spoke, she turned to look at Su Li beside her.

“Did you already know? Don't you find it strange?”

Su Li shook her head and said calmly,

“I was indeed very surprised when I first found out, but there are so many surprising things about him that I'm used to it now.”

“Fine, I'll admit you're impressive.”

Sect Master Bai Ruotong curled her lip and tilted her chin slightly at Mo Zixing.

“Continue. What did you think of?”

Mo Zixing didn't waste any words and raised his hand, palm up.

A wisp of restless flame, laced with arcs of lightning, slowly rose from his palm.

“This is my Nine Heavens Swift Thunder Fire. I got it back in the Domain of Blazing Flame, and I'm currently using it as my Alchemy Fire.”

Mo Zixing looked at the dancing flames in his palm and said with some excitement,

“I was thinking, this thing has both lightning and fire-attributes, and it's essentially a Heaven And Earth Treasure formed by the world. Could it be counted as a Breakthrough material?”

Sect Master Bai Ruotong looked at the Thunder Fire in his palm, her expression becoming even more surprised.

“Alchemy Fire?”

“You want to use your own Alchemy Fire as a Breakthrough material?”

This was the first time she had ever heard of such a thing.

A rare Alchemy Fire was the lifeblood of an Alchemy Cultivator; many sought it but could never find one.

This guy actually wanted to refine it and use it as a Breakthrough material?

But thinking about it carefully,

This kind of thing was originally a Worldly Exotic Fire, indeed a top-tier dual-attribute treasure of lightning and fire.

And since he could already use it as an Alchemy Fire, it meant he had already refined most of it.

There wouldn't be any rejection reaction when using it; it might even achieve a more perfect Fusion with his own Qi.

Thinking about it this way, it actually seemed feasible.

“You guy, your head is always full of strange ideas.”

Sect Master Bai Ruotong looked at Mo Zixing and shook her head repeatedly.

“Other Alchemy Cultivators treat their Alchemy Fire like a treasure, but you, you actually want to refine it.”

She paused, her playful expression replaced by a serious one.

“However, it should be worth a try.”

“As long as you can balance your Qi, forming a Heavenly Dao Golden Core shouldn't be a problem.”

“But...”

Sect Master Bai Ruotong's tone shifted, becoming grave.

“The risk of this is much greater than you imagine.”

“One reason for using Heaven And Earth Treasures during a Breakthrough is to use their aura to mask yourself, thereby reducing the power of the Lightning Tribulation.”

Sect Master Bai Ruotong glanced at the flame again.

“If you use an Alchemy Fire that you've already refined as a material to Breakthrough your Realm, it's equivalent to bringing your own Qi to the highest platform during the Breakthrough.”

“It might make the Lightning Tribulation even more terrifying.”

“Zixing, it's too dangerous.”

Su Li also frowned, reaching out to grab Mo Zixing's arm, her voice full of worry.

“How about we think of another way? At worst, we can search other Secret Realms. We'll eventually find a lightning or fire-attribute Heaven And Earth Treasure.”

On the contrary, Mo Zixing himself

Didn't seem afraid at all. Instead, he looked as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders.

What?

Is it just that the Lightning Tribulation will be fiercer?