As Jie Yun dissipated, Mo Wen collapsed to the ground, having lost consciousness. At that moment, his injuries were visibly healing at an astonishing rate. After confirming that no further anomalies would occur, Old Lu quickly stowed away the Symbol Array and rushed to Mo Wen's side. After a brief examination confirmed that Mo Wen's life was not in danger, he picked him up and vanished from the desolate land.
Three days later, Mo Wen awoke to find himself lying on a tree stump in front of a wooden cabin. Old Lu, unusually, was not roasting meat or drinking but was seated cross-legged on his designated stump, watching as Mo Wen regained consciousness. Xiao Hei stood nearby, nudging Mo Wen with its head, seemingly worried that he might not wake up again.
"Old Lu, didn't you say that during the Xuan Tian Jie, only one Heavenly Tribulation descends each time?" The first thing Mo Wen did upon waking was to question Old Lu. The Xuan Tian Jie he experienced clearly differed from what Old Lu had described; had he not been well-prepared, he might have perished under that Heavenly Tribulation.
"Yes, what's the problem?" Old Lu looked puzzled by Mo Wen's sudden and strange inquiry.
"But why did I experience multiple Heavenly Tribulations?"
"Where did you get the idea that multiple Heavenly Tribulations descended at once? I was right there watching," Old Lu replied, even more confused. He had been observing closely and had not noticed the situation Mo Wen described.
"Let me put it this way: my second lightning tribulation clearly had two bolts of heavenly lightning strike down. Doesn’t that count as two Heavenly Tribulations?" Seeing Old Lu's apparent inability to grasp his point, Mo Wen decided to provide a concrete example.
"Who told you that? I never said such a thing. What I said was that there is one Heavenly Tribulation each time, not one Thunderfire. Besides, your Xuan Tian Jie was relatively weak; the strongest is the Nine Nine Xuantian Tribulation, where each tribulation contains nine Thunderfires. The person undergoing the tribulation must endure eighty-one Thunderfires for each one, not to mention the final Wind Thunder Fire Calamity." Old Lu suddenly understood; it turned out this kid had mistaken a single Heavenly Tribulation for a Thunderfire.
"Ah! Can anyone survive under such a Heavenly Tribulation?" Upon hearing Old Lu's explanation, Mo Wen felt a chill run down his spine. If he hadn’t personally experienced the power of nine bolts of heavenly lightning and nine Tian Huo, he might have found it hard to imagine such a scene. Just recalling his feelings at that moment made his scalp tingle.
"You've already gone through one Heavenly Tribulation; after more experiences, you'll naturally understand its intricacies. But let's not dwell on the Heavenly Tribulation for now. You’ve stirred up quite a commotion this time; trouble may be coming our way, so we need to plan ahead." Mo Wen sensed someone approaching during his tribulation; before entering this Cloud Mist Forest, he had thoroughly researched and found that there were no cultivators of such a realm in the three nearby Empires.
"Stirring up trouble just from undergoing a tribulation? Besides, it seems quite far from where I faced my tribulation, and with you here, there shouldn’t be any issues," Mo Wen replied, unaware of what kind of trouble Old Lu was referring to but having absolute confidence in Old Lu’s realm.
"The higher the realm, the stronger the sensitivity to changes in heaven and earth. Although your Xuan Tian Jie’s range is small, it still represents a change in heavenly principles and will be sensed. While I’ve made some preparations, if someone finds us in the end, it will still be troublesome. Also, let me remind you again: never speak to anyone about your tribulation or any of the many things I’ve warned you about before. Otherwise, you might find yourself in grave danger." Old Lu refrained from informing Mo Wen about sensing other cultivators because doing so would only make him anxious without serving any real purpose.
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