C9

The forest was vast, and was covered by lush greenery. From high up in the sky, one could not see a single piece of land. Even the rivers that were not very wide were covered by the treetops.

Within the range of Nie Changfeng's spiritual power, countless strange creatures were growing. Although there weren't any large beasts, there were still various kinds of carnivorous creatures. Besides having a strong physical body, they often carried different attributes, and could control wind, rain, lightning, and other natural phenomena.

He was not interested in killing a few of them to eat the meat. Now that the Giant Wolf Meat was considered a snack, it was still very delicious, the more he chewed, the more fragrant it became. The spiritual energy level and quality it contained were still the highest he had ever seen.

With his current volume of Qi Sea, it was only the size of a palm and was already filled to the brim with dried meat.

Perhaps the instinct of these strengthened spiritual beasts was even stronger now, since Nie Changfeng didn't have any wild beasts running out to cause trouble for him. Therefore, it was boring for him to leave, so he could only scrape the ground as he walked.

Scratching meant that the intensity of the energy discovered by his Spirit was much higher than that found in the surrounding or other material objects. For example, plants, insects, beasts, or ores were all stored in his private space.

Space was always this willful. It was something that came out after the creation of the world. Perhaps there would be some amazing treasures. Even though he was not experienced enough, it did not prevent him from collecting more.

When he stopped to rest, he had even used his spiritual force to explore the depths of the earth, but he really had found a jade ore that was so long that it was translucent. Some of it had impurities, but there was also a pure existence that was warm and flawless like goat fat.

This strange crystal was tightly intertwined with the spiritual energy of the world under the effect of strange laws. It seemed to be solidified spiritual energy, and even when holding it in one's hand, it felt refreshed. With the spiritual energy of the Qi Sea, a small crystal would unceasingly release the spiritual energy for cultivation to absorb.

This must be the legendary Spirit Stone mine. Nie Changfeng didn't know how to divide the Spirit Stones; therefore, he didn't even know if it was true or not.

However, the real function of storing spiritual energy was to move as much as he could. So he began his first career as a miner.

In the beginning, it didn't matter if there were any impurities. After filling up half of the hundred miles of Spirit Stones, he started to store the ores without any impurities, leaving the rest to the side.

The deeper they went into the mine, the deeper they went. However, this pure ore seemed to never run out of ores. Ninety percent of the space within a two hundred mile radius was filled.

Then, Nie Changfeng was shocked by his own actions. 'Why did I become so greedy? I can't resist the temptation of digging crazily in the mines at all.'

His mental fortitude was still too poor. Thinking of this, he immediately sat down on the floor of the mine. He closed his eyes and focused his mind, allowing himself to calm down and adjust his state of mind. Unknowingly, he had entered the state of forgetfulness.

After madly digging in the spirit stone vein for nearly a year, the energy within his body had once again reached the overflowing state. This time, there were no black hole problems, only that he could not absorb any more energy.

From the state where he was crazily mining out ores out of greed to the state where he could forget everything, he didn't notice the change in his body that was full of energy. He didn't intentionally train or move the energy in his dantian and meridians, instead, the energy in his body began to circulate automatically from his dantian onwards, following some kind of unspeakable rhythm.

The energy in his dantian circulated faster and faster, and the fluctuations became more and more intense.

His Qi Sea began to boil.

His acupoints began to boil.

His meridians were boiling!

The boiling energy did not spread out, but started to contract.

The energy in his aura sea began to contract as the waves of energy surged in. Thus, a vortex of spirit energy thousands of times larger than the previous one was created with him as the center. The spirit stone mines around him instantly vaporized, emitting a blinding white light.

Within less than a day, he had completely absorbed all of the spiritual veins that had remained in Nie Changfeng's body. Even the spiritual energy that contained impurities, as well as the spiritual energy he couldn't be bothered to gather, had been completely absorbed, leaving behind only a speck of dust.

When the spiritual energy in the spiritual vein ran out, the spiritual energy in the world also flowed into the mine that Nie Changfeng had dug up, forming a spiritual energy whirlpool with a radius of a thousand miles.

At that moment, Nie Changfeng woke up from his stupor and realized that he was actually breaking through. He hurriedly entered a state of cultivation to continue improving.

The power of the heavens was vast, and the shocking phenomenon caused all living beings within a radius of ten thousand miles to tremble in fear.

The Dragon formed from the condensed spirit energy fiercely drilled into the thousand-mile long hole that he had dug, directly into his body.

In the past, the Aura Sea only looked like a surging sea of energy, but in essence, it was still made up of energy particles that were very concentrated. However, these particles were currently condensing and condensing as they shrank and collapsed, and what they formed were real droplets of energy.

Luckily, his Qi Sea was not in his Dantian. Otherwise, he would have to train his brain to enter water. Moreover, there was a lot of water, which would have caused his TCD to increase by two points.

He didn't have much time to lose himself in thought. The Heavenly Tribulation had arrived yet again.

Dark clouds billowed, lightning flashed in the torrential storm, and thunder rumbled. The lightning from the water bucket rushed into the cave, but it was soon blocked by the twisting tunnels. With a loud boom, a section of the tunnel collapsed.

However, the torrential rain from the Thousand Li Tribulation Cloud also rushed into the mine along with the huge dragon. The torrential rain, which had twisted into a water dragon, instantly enveloped the entire mine. Of course, Nie Changfeng was also trapped in his own huge hole.

Lightning struck again. The rain water that was filled with spirit energy was the best material for conducting electricity. It sent the thunder and lightning energy to him without any loss in energy.

Many years later, Nie Changfeng still stubbornly believed that this Heavenly Tribulation was a once in a lifetime tragedy. He dug a huge pit himself and got stuck in it while being blown up by the water. He couldn't even scream if he wanted to.

A lightning strike that came from all directions shattered his only wolf skin coat, causing his naked body to roll and twitch in the pit. He rolled his eyes, his head dizzy, vaguely feeling as if he was foaming at the mouth. The most pitiful thing was that 'Little Zhang Feng' was also madly ravaged by the thunder tribulation …

Every time the lightning struck, it would explode in the surroundings of Nie Changfeng. The energy was too concentrated, and the environment was also too sealed. If this area exploded, it would create another space at the same time.

He crashed into the water with the force of the explosion uncontrollably, and the lightning in the water could rush into any part of his body through the surface of his skin.

Aside from the space created by the Space Accumulation Stone, even his spiritual sea was filtered by the lightning like a comb.

He didn't have any ability to resist, nor did he have the ability to grumble in his heart.

Finally, he was blown out of the ground by the explosion and flew high up into the sky. The thunder tribulation seemed to be saying that he finally saw his face, and a thick bolt of lightning struck down on Nie Changfeng from the sky, smashing him ruthlessly into the ground like a cannonball, creating a huge crater with a radius of several hundred meters.

After that, the Celestial Tribulation slowly dispersed, and the skies once more grew clear and bright. Nie Changfeng was like a burnt tree root, lying in a weird position at the bottom of the crater.

He lamented, "Yet another trap!" Then he fainted.

His strong body was recovering by itself.

This time, his injuries were really too severe. His skin and flesh had all turned into charcoal, making it impossible for Fatty Ha to even lick him.

There was not a single piece of complete bone in his body, and even a few craters had appeared on his head. It took a full three days for his body to completely recover.

His new skin had become tender, smooth and tough, several times stronger than it had been before the injury.

While he was cultivating, he found that he was regressing and suddenly took a big step back to his original appearance of less than twenty years old. After Nie Changfeng woke up and realized this situation, he fell in love with himself in the mirror for a long time.

No matter how he looked at it, he seemed to be the legendary school grass or male god. He said to himself: I've become so handsome, so refined, and with the melancholy eyes of a middle-aged man, and the great grandmaster's great strength, and also the spirit stone of a mountain, then I'll have many encounters in the future. What should I do if I become the target of a beautiful woman's courtship?

No experience.

He looked like a piggy and was about to drool at any moment.

Nie Changfeng suddenly felt a faint chill. Hmm? It was Eggy's coolness. Only then did he realize that he was still wearing nothing. He couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

Fortunately, there was no one in the forest, and no one could run even after five thousand miles. It seemed that they were all scared to death by the thunder tribulation, and even the nearest forest was dozens of miles away. The forest around the lightning tribulation and the giant torch were all burnt to ashes.

A certain rule of this world had suppressed the mountain fire, so it didn't spread out endlessly. Instead, it was extinguished very quickly. However, Nie Changfeng couldn't even find a leaf to cover himself with.

He could only run at his highest speed, darting into the forest in just one breath, waving his hand to grab a large piece of leaves, forming an apron around his waist with lightning speed. He let out a deep breath and said to himself, "This experience of running naked for tens of miles must be kept secret, I am a man who cares about face."

Then he viciously said to Fatty Ha, "You didn't see anything!"

Fatty Ha looked confused, not knowing what he was saying.

A good deal of his energy was devoted to improving the technique of clothing.

First of all, they couldn't go naked. It was definitely inappropriate to have an apron on, and a man wearing a grass skirt didn't look good no matter how he looked at it.

Secondly, he had to be strong enough. He couldn't run so fast. The leaves would fly all over the sky before he could continue running naked. If he were to be beaten into a naked boy after a single fight, he definitely wouldn't be able to endure it.

After that, I have to look. Such a handsome me should at least have a bit of the elegance of a jade tree, like a fairy.

First, he would rub the hemp rope, then with his mana, he would easily rub out dozens of hemp ropes, and then he would take out different plants to test their flexibility, durability, and find the most suitable material to make clothes for mass processing.

However, without experience and thinking too much, the results were always not too good, especially when it was impossible to make something as sturdy and soft as the wolfskin robe.

After struggling for a few hours, Nie Changfeng gave up. He casually rubbed a bundle of hemp rope with a piece of coarse fiber and made a set of sacks for himself.

Although his clothes were uncomfortable, his skin was rough and his flesh thick, so he didn't care about the friction.

He had strengthened his defense with the rules that he was familiar with, so he wouldn't break into pieces so easily.

He was also very depressed. Legend has it that even though he suffered two thunder tribulations, he was still able to change nothing. In the legends, it was just a lie.