Chapter 461: Sword Slashes Heavenly Tribulation! The Elder Doctor's Decision! The Marvelous Use of Merit Golden Light!_2
Now it seems these two truly are teacher and student, both so daring.
"That sword light, was it slashed by Mr. Chen?"
In the distance, Wei Shanhai and the others were also in a daze.
From such a distance, they couldn't see the elder doctor's figure.
But the enormous sword light that just flew out, cutting through the tribulation thunder, slicing into the tribulation cloud, was something they saw clearly.
"The one crossing the tribulation now is Mr. Chen, who else could it be?"
"Mr. Chen uses a sword, so it should be him."
"A sword slashing through a heavenly tribulation, has Mr. Chen's Sword Dao reached such a profound level that even tribulation thunder can be cut apart!"
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Wei Shanhai and the others didn't understand the taboos involved in crossing a tribulation.
But it didn't prevent them from feeling utterly shocked by the sword that the elder doctor slashed out.
On the battered mountain peak, thunder light still pervaded.
However, Lu Qing could feel that within the thunder light, although his master's aura had weakened, he could still hold on, which put him at ease.
His gaze was more focused on the tribulation cloud vortex in the sky.
Because, after the eighth tribulation thunder descended, the tribulation cloud vortex still hadn't dissipated, and lightning continued to flicker.
"Could it be, there's a ninth tribulation thunder?"
Lu Qing's heart was heavy.
He could see that the sword just now was already his master's strongest strike.
If there were a ninth tribulation thunder, he would definitely be unable to deal with it.
"No, that's not right!"
Suddenly, Lu Qing's eyes focused, staring at the tribulation cloud vortex.
He discovered that within the tribulation cloud vortex, something seemed to be amiss.
He saw that within the golden tribulation cloud, there was lightning trying to gather, but there seemed to be another force subtly preventing it.
And that force was also a golden light, but its color was slightly different from the golden lightning.
If not carefully recognized, it would be hard to notice at a glance.
"That power is... Merit Golden Light!"
Lu Qing identified the golden light at once.
It was the power of Merit Golden Light.
Earlier, his master had poured all his strength into that one sword, unintentionally slashing out with it the Merit Golden Light accumulated over many years, striking it into the tribulation cloud vortex.
Now it seemed that the power of Merit Golden Light hadn't immediately dissipated, but was instead preventing the tribulation cloud from continuing to gather lightning?
"The light of merit has such ability?"
Lu Qing stared intently at the sky, only to see the tribulation cloud vortex center, where the golden tribulation cloud was constantly churning, trying to gather lightning.
But it never succeeded, and in the end, it began to slowly dissipate instead.
Finally, after the tribulation cloud completely dissipated, a streak of light flew out from the huge vortex center, falling on the elder doctor, and the entire tribulation cloud vortex began to gradually disappear.
Soon, the sky returned to its original state, becoming calm and clear, leaving Lu Qing momentarily stunned.
"The tribulation cloud dissipated, did master successfully pass the heavenly tribulation?"
After a moment, Lu Qing snapped back to himself, smiling freely.
"I never thought the power of merit would have the ability to dissolve a heavenly tribulation, this must be the greatest reward of master's years of doing good and accumulating virtue."
He felt emotional in his heart.
Based on the previous movement of the tribulation cloud, his master clearly should have faced a ninth tribulation thunder.
However, in that sword earlier, his master had poured all his strength, along with the Merit Light accumulated over most of his life.
Unexpectedly, that Merit Light had such a magical ability.
To dissolve the heavenly tribulation, allowing the final tribulation thunder not to fall, making his master's turbulent tribulation crossing a success.
Nonetheless, this was also a matter of sowing good causes and reaping good results.
If it weren't for his master's medical benevolence throughout his life, saving lives and treating people.
He wouldn't have been able to accumulate such a dense Merit Light.
Naturally, he wouldn't have been able to dissolve this last tribulation thunder.
So all of this was still a result of his master's own kind thoughts and deeds, which accumulated such good outcomes.
"The power of merit has the ability to dissolve heavenly tribulations?"
In the Leaving Fire Tripod, "Yan" was equally stunned.
Earlier, it also believed that the elder doctor likely couldn't pass the last tribulation thunder.
It was even prepared to protect the elder doctor together with Lu Qing from under the heavenly tribulation.
But unexpectedly, the final development was so surprising.
That final tribulation thunder was dissolved by the power of merit released by the elder doctor!
Such a thing, it had never heard of before.
Even the classics of the Li Huo Sect never recorded such an event, and in the Ancient Immortal Cultivation Era, it had never heard of anyone achieving such a thing.
"No, that's not right!"
"Yan" suddenly had a revelation, recalling a possibility.
"Maybe those bald monks of the Suspended Mountain know this secret!"
Suddenly he remembered, if there was any sect in the Ancient Immortal Cultivation Era that understood the power of merit, it would certainly be the Suspended Mountain.
In fact, during the Ancient Immortal Cultivation Era, the Suspended Mountain lineage was indeed very keen on the power of merit.
Any accomplished monk often tried to travel and accumulate merit.
At that time, the cultivation world believed that the reason Suspended Mountain did this was due to their doctrine and cultivation technique.
Moreover, people with the power of merit did indeed have a smoother path in cultivation, and were more favored by fortune.
So many righteous sects also liked to eliminate demons and perform virtuous deeds.
Though not as passionately as Suspended Mountain pursued it.
Now, it seems, things weren't so simple.
Suspended Mountain likely discovered that merit light had the ability to weaken and dissolve heavenly tribulations and thus pursued it so fervently.
Thinking like this, "Yan" immediately recalled some extraordinary events from the Ancient Immortal Cultivation Era.
For example, Suspended Mountain, as one of the top sects in the Ancient Immortal Cultivation Era.
One characteristic was that it had particularly many Golden Core realm members compared to other sects, often by a large proportion.
Initially, everyone thought it was because the cultivation method of Suspended Mountain was special, increasing the chances of disciples within the sect successfully crossing tribulations.
Now it seems it might be because they had mastered the secret of merit light.
"It's just a pity, the so-called secret land of Suspended Mountain in this era doesn't seem to have inherited the ancestral rules." "Yan" immediately shared its speculation with Lu Qing.
"Perhaps, it's not necessarily that the ancestral rules weren't passed down," Lu Qing said, "I heard from Zhi Rui that over ten thousand years ago, Suspended Mountain had a good reputation.
At that time, Suspended Mountain's reputation was still very good.
Over time, perhaps it became known that the greatest use of merit light was in dissolving heavenly tribulations.
But over millennia, the world has been in a state of spiritual energy depletion.
The whole world could only cultivate to the realm of Innate Perfection.
Naturally, the greatest value of merit light, capable of dissolving heavenly tribulations, is lost.
Moreover, it's not so easy to condense merit light.
Such perseverance and good intentions aren't attributes that everyone has.
It stands to reason that a lack of continued virtuous actions will naturally lead to an inability to dissolve the final tribulation thunder.
So all of this is the result of the good deeds that master has accumulated through his own benevolent actions and thoughts, resulting in such good outcomes.
"The power of merit has the ability to dissolve a heavenly tribulation?"
In the Leaving Fire Tripod, "Yan" was also dumbfounded.
Just earlier, even it thought that the elder doctor might not be able to pass the last tribulation thunder.
It was even prepared to save the elder doctor from the heavenly tribulation together with Lu Qing.
But who could have thought that the course of events would turn out so unexpectedly?
The final tribulation thunder was actually dissolved by the power of merit that the elder doctor had slashed out!
This kind of thing, it had never heard about before.
None of the records in the Li Huo Sect's texts had ever mentioned such a thing, even during the Ancient Immortal Cultivation Era.
"No, this can't be true!"
"Yan" quickly told Lu Qing about its speculation.
"It may very well be that they did not adhere to the ancestral rules," Lu Qing said, "I heard from Zhi Rui that over ten thousand years ago, the reputation of Suspended Mountain was still very good.
But over the millennia, the world has been in a state of spiritual energy depletion.
The whole world could only cultivate to the realm of Innate Perfection.
Naturally, the biggest usefulness of merit light, being able to dissolve the heavenly tribulation, was lost as well.
Moreover, the devotion and good intentions needed to condense merit light aren't possessed by everyone.
It turns out that the actions of good and the cultivation methods of Suspended Mountain were indeed special, and this allowed the disciples within the sect to have a much higher chance of successfully crossing tribulations.
Now, thinking back, it's likely because they had mastered the secret of merit light.
"It's just a pity, this era's so-called secret land of Suspended Mountain seems to have lost the ancestral principles."
"Yan" immediately shared its speculation with Lu Qing.
It may not be that they haven't adhered to their ancestral principles, "Lu Qing said, "I heard from Zhi Rui, that over ten thousand years ago, Suspended Mountain still had a very good reputation.
Everyone thought at the time that Suspended Mountain did what they did because of their doctrine and cultivation technique reasons.
Moreover, people with the power of merit indeed found their cultivation journey smoother and more easily blessed by fortune.
So, many righteous sects also liked to slay demons and outlaws, doing good and accumulating virtue.
It seems that the merit light's biggest use is to dissolve heavenly tribulations.
Over the thousands of years when the world had been in a state of Innate Perfection due to spiritual energy depletion.
If the most significant ability of the merit light is gone.
And besides, it's not so easy to condense merit light.
Such perseverance and good intentions aren't attributes that everyone is endowed with.
It's evident that all these achievements are the results of the master's own good thoughts and deeds that accumulated over time.
"Who would have expected that the power of merit has the ability to dissolve a heavenly tribulation?"