Feihu's body collapsed. Shen Qing endured the pain from her dantian and dashed back to Li Xian's side.
The wounds on Li Xian's back were not originally serious, but due to the large number of them, they looked bloody and messy, which was extremely frightening.
He fell because of the sharp pain in his meridians, making it impossible for him to stand.
In Shen Qing's eyes, Li Xian seemed to be seriously injured and on the verge of death.
"Shen Qing, I'm fine, but I... I'm about to break through," Li Xian said.
Shen Qing was all thumbs and didn't know how to touch Li Xian. Tears slowly welled up in her eyes due to panic and worry.
"How can you go through the thunder tribulation in your current physical condition?"
Running out of spiritual power, being physically injured, and still attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul stage's thunder tribulation was no different from seeking death.
For cultivators, when advancing from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage, this thunder tribulation was a narrow escape from death. Countless cultivators had perished because they couldn't withstand this tribulation.
The dark clouds above began to gather. The thick cloud layer blotted out the sky and the sun. Blue - purple lightning was gathering strength within it, ready to strike at any moment.
"Shen Qing, there's no time to hesitate. I can't go through the tribulation here. It will endanger Youlang and Chu Lanqiu!"
Shen Qing also knew the seriousness of the situation. Looking at the thick cloud layer, she feared that Li Xian's thunder tribulation would not be easy to overcome.
Why did it have to be this moment!
"I'll take you away!"
Without hesitation, Shen Qing hoisted Li Xian onto her shoulder, leaped onto Wuwang, and flew away on the sword.
Li Xian wasn't very heavy. Carrying a person wasn't difficult for a cultivator. In her panic, Shen Qing didn't think much and just ran away with him on her shoulder.
It was Wuwang that hesitated for a moment when Shen Qing stepped onto its blade.
"Shen Qing, I can..."
"Shut up!"
Li Xian thought this posture was very strange and a bit embarrassing. Just as he was about to struggle, Shen Qing roared at him sternly.
So Li Xian had no choice but to shut up and tried his best to dredge the spiritual power flowing in his meridians to ease his discomfort.
The place Chu Lanqiu had chosen was rather remote. There were few spirit beasts but many big trees. Shen Qing spread her divine sense far and wide before finding a small open space.
The two flew on their swords in front, while the thick cloud layer chased after them.
After they stopped, the dark clouds seemed dissatisfied and let out a loud thunderclap.
"We're doomed. The Heavenly Dao is angry," Li Xian said with a forced smile, trying to make a joke.
Shen Qing glared at Li Xian crossly. She laid Li Xian on the grass and sat down beside him, showing no intention of leaving at all.
Seeing that the thunder tribulation was about to strike, Li Xian was surprised and said, "Why aren't you leaving? Do you want to be struck by lightning too?"
Shen Qing closed her eyes, sat still, and felt the changes in her Golden Core.
"I'm also going to form my Nascent Soul."
After several days of fighting, Shen Qing was full of killing intent and had become rather irritable. Her words were no longer as gentle as usual.
Li Xian raised his eyebrows. "Going through the thunder tribulation together is just like dual cultivation."
Shen Qing's eyebrows twitched. There was a hint of helplessness in her eyes.
She never knew that Li Xian could be so talkative on normal days. With the thunder tribulation approaching, he still had the mind to think about such things.
But it seemed that Shen Qing had been influenced by him. She opened her eyes and stared straight at Li Xian. "Dual cultivation for a husband and wife isn't something to be ashamed of, right?"
Li Xian paused, and his face immediately started to burn. His cheeks and ears turned bright red.
Although the thunder was deafening, Li Xian couldn't feel nervous anymore. His mind was full of Shen Qing's appearance.
Seeing Li Xian close his eyes, Shen Qing thought he had started to adjust his breath. So she also closed her eyes and began to carefully sense her Golden Core.
When fighting Feihu just now, due to her intense emotions, cracks had appeared on her Golden Core. But this kind of crack was different from the shattering of the Golden Core. Shen Qing had a hunch that she could successfully form her Nascent Soul this time.
She had advanced to the Nascent Soul stage too quickly. Yu Xuzi was right. Her foundation was too weak. If she could use Li Xian's thunder tribulation to temper her Golden Core this time, she might really succeed.
Moreover, Li Xian was injured. Shen Qing was worried about him going through the tribulation alone.
After much consideration, Shen Qing still decided to stay by Li Xian's side.
But the cloud layer in the sky seemed to sense something, and the thunder tribulation didn't strike for a long time.
The two looked up at the same time and were startled by the pitch - black cloud layer in the sky. They had never seen such a dark and thick cloud layer before.
Shen Qing and Li Xian glanced at each other and felt that something was wrong.
"Could it be that the Heavenly Dao knows I'm going to use your thunder tribulation to form my Nascent Soul and is brewing a big one?"
Shen Qing looked at the clouds in the sky hopelessly and already felt pain in her body.
"Boom!!"
Lightning shuttled through the cloud layer. The sound of the thunder was so loud that the gravel on the ground was jumping.
But such a thick cloud layer also inspired the bloodlust of the cultivators.
Li Xian looked at the sky fearlessly, with no trace of fear in his eyes.
A faint smile appeared on his lips. He reached out and grabbed Shen Qing's wrist, pulling her over. The two sat facing each other. Shen Qing leaned forward and almost kissed Li Xian.
"What are you doing?"
The smile on Li Xian's lips grew wider, and the joy in his eyes became more obvious.
The handsome young man had a wanton smile on his face, which was more captivating than the lightning in the clouds above.
"The sword in my hand, the person in front of me. I'll enjoy this world freely. Why should I fear the thunderbolts?"
Li Xian stared intently at Shen Qing.
The first thunderbolt of the tribulation finally descended, accompanied by a blue - purple light and a deafening sound. It seemed as if a crack had been torn open in the sky.
The thunderbolt, with its irresistible force, struck directly at Shen Qing and Li Xian.
Shen Qing was forced to lower her head by the power of the thunderbolt. At the same time, she felt that her Golden Core was being tempered by the lightning, and the cracks were becoming more and more numerous.
Li Xian held Shen Qing's hand tightly all the time, remaining calm. His Golden Core was also undergoing the tempering of the thunderbolt.
Shen Qing held Li Xian's hand back.
The power of the thunderbolts grew stronger with each strike, even more exaggerated than when Shen Qing had advanced.
The commotion even alerted the people of the Beast Taming Sect. Real Person Kunshan looked at the thick cloud layer in the distance and quickly told his disciples not to approach rashly. He himself led elders such as Real Person Huxiao towards the place where the lightning was striking.
Inside the barrier, Youlang was sweating profusely. The egg in front of him was emitting wisps of black qi, and the eggshell had become extremely transparent. The baby demonic beast inside could be clearly seen.
Chu Lanqiu put the medicinal juice boiled from herbs into the furnace and let the steam of the medicinal juice fumigate the demonic egg.
Although the two were inside the barrier, they could still sense the situation outside to some extent.
Chu Lanqiu couldn't help but worry about Shen Qing and Li Xian.
"Don't be distracted. Trust them!" Youlang said, pulling back Chu Lanqiu's thoughts.
Youlang had absolute trust in Shen Qing. She was the one chosen by Luo Ling after all.
"Okay."
Chu Lanqiu stared at the demonic egg again, adding herbs from time to time as needed and collecting the demonic qi.
Shen Qing and Li Xian were in a sorry state in the thunderstorm.
They had lost count of which thunderbolt it was, but finally, under the thunder tribulation, their Golden Cores shattered at the same time and transformed into the shape of a small baby...