Eternal Life: I Can Sell Everything

Song Ciwan stood at the other end of the boat, watching as the thunderbolt from the sky crashed down.

The small boat was only two zhang long. Although the thunderbolt was aimed at the fisherman standing at the bow, Song Ciwan, at the stern, was inevitably affected.

BOOM—

The fisherman at the bow looked up at the sky and shouted, "Come, lightning! I am willing to be baptized by the Celestial Tribulation to achieve the Golden Core Dao!"

BANG!

The thunderbolt struck. The fisherman took the hit head-on, and his body immediately erupted with electricity. CRACKLE! Tiny sparks, like electric snakes, writhed across his body.

At the same time, Song Ciwan, standing at the stern, silently activated the Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique.

’I have no desire to get struck by lightning for someone else. But since it’s coming for me and is unavoidable, what else is there to do?’ Naturally, she could only bring out the Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique again and continue to delve deeper into this Body Refining Technique.

For Song Ciwan, cultivating the Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique was now second nature.

So, while she guided the Power of Thunder and Lightning to circulate through her flesh, blood, muscles, and bones, she also spared a sliver of her attention for the fisherman at the bow.

Song Ciwan sensed that although the fisherman’s Thunder Tribulation and Gao Xiaolang’s were both Thunder Tribulations, they seemed vastly different in nature.

Gao Xiaolang’s Thunder Tribulation had been brutal and frigid, accompanied by a fire tribulation, and possessed an intensely destructive aura.

The fisherman’s Thunder Tribulation was also brutal, but it was not frigid.

On the contrary, this tribulation possessed an indescribable, majestic aura.

Furthermore, the tribulation’s power seemed to be escalating in a gradual, orderly fashion. This was also completely different from the chaos of Gao Xiaolang’s Thunder Tribulation.

The first round consisted of nine bolts of Tribulation Thunder. They seemed mighty, but their actual power was mediocre. The fisherman had no Magical Artifacts for protection, nor did he use any Magic to resist, yet he endured it steadily.

At the same time, Song Ciwan also endured the nine bolts with relative ease, and her Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique progressed slightly as a result.

Yes, "slightly" meant the progress wasn’t significant.

Clearly, the initial power of the fisherman’s Thunder Tribulation was considerably weaker than Gao Xiaolang’s.

This inevitably led Song Ciwan to make a comparison in her mind. ’The fisherman claims to have been in Cultivation for three hundred years. He’s at the Foundation Establishment Stage and is currently undergoing his Golden Core Thunder Tribulation. So, if his Foundation Establishment Stage were compared to that of a Great Zhou Cultivator, what realm would it correspond to?’

’Judging by the power of this tribulation so far, the Foundation Establishment Stage of the Golden Core Dao seems to correspond to the Qi Refining Stage for Great Zhou Cultivators.’

’As for comparing him to an anomaly like Gao Xiaolang at the Small City Level, he clearly doesn’t measure up.’

However, after the first round of nine bolts passed and the second round of nine began to fall, Song Ciwan discovered that everything had changed.

Compared to the first round, the power of the second round’s nine bolts began to grow exponentially!

The fisherman took one bolt from the second round and immediately spat out a mouthful of dark blood.

He staggered a step but still looked up at the sky, chanting an incantation: "Gather the essence of heaven and earth, ride the transformations of Spiritual Qi, command the creation within the human body, and form the five-skandha Golden Core..."

It seemed the fisherman was reciting the very incantation for transforming from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core!

He chanted ceaselessly, and countless profound principles were conveyed through the incantation. A wondrous rhythm gradually emerged between heaven and earth as the thunderbolts fell.

The fisherman’s body was still being damaged by the thunderbolts, yet the sound of his chanting grew louder and louder.

Gradually, even Song Ciwan, who was at the stern cultivating her Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique, became engrossed in listening—

It wasn’t her fault; she hadn’t intended to eavesdrop on another’s Secret Technique. After all, according to the basic logic of the Cultivation Realm, techniques were not to be transmitted lightly. Learning another’s Dharma Gate without permission was an easy way to make an enemy.

Although Song Ciwan was extremely curious about the so-called Golden Core Dao, she had no plans to secretly learn it.

But the fisherman wasn’t trying to be secretive with his chanting. Before she knew it, Song Ciwan had heard a great deal, and with her astonishing comprehension, she inexplicably felt as if she understood many of the Cultivation principles of the Golden Core Dao.

She didn’t guide it intentionally, but at a certain moment, the way the True Qi circulated in her body suddenly changed!

It shifted from supporting her body and allowing her to control her weight freely to communicating with heaven and earth, hearing the voice of the world.

In that instant, Song Ciwan felt the urge to draw the Spiritual Qi of the Spirit Realm into her body.

’No! I can’t do that!’

In that critical moment, Song Ciwan was suddenly jolted to her senses and forcibly suppressed the impulse.

For reasons she couldn’t explain, a cold sweat broke out on her back.

But she didn’t have much time to think about what had just happened. Following her instincts, she immediately mobilized the Heaven and Earth Scale to sell a ball of "qi."

This was a ball of qi from Zi Shan.

[You have consumed one thousand Primordial Pearls and sold the human desires—the shock, anxiety, and confusion of a Qi Refining Great Perfection Cultivator, weighing one jin and three taels—to obtain the Third Layer of the Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique.]

Originally, Song Ciwan only possessed the first two layers of the Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique. She had already mastered the Second Layer’s Body of Impermanence.

With the fisherman’s Thunder Tribulation descending, she could have certainly continued to deepen and solidify her Body of Impermanence, but to be honest, there was little point in doing so.

Most importantly, this consolidation was no longer enough to consume the massive amount of Thunderbolt Power.

She needed a more powerful Cultivation Technique to consume the power before her, especially to resist the encroachment of the fisherman’s technique.

The Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique was the best Dharma Gate for this very moment.

Song Ciwan’s Insight Technique panel opened, displaying: Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique (Third Layer Beginner 56/100)

When the sixth bolt of Tribulation Thunder from the second round struck, Song Ciwan’s Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique broke through!

The fisherman was still chanting his incantation nonstop. Song Ciwan cultivated her Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique while once again splitting her attention to listen.

However, with the interference of the Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique this time, she felt clear-headed and refreshed. She could listen to the incantation for what it was, but the impulse to switch her allegiance and change her cultivation path was completely gone.

Although the impulse to switch was gone, Song Ciwan still felt that she was gaining enlightenment on many principles of Cultivation from the fisherman’s incantation.

The most wondrous part was that these Cultivation principles, in some respects, could actually be cross-referenced with her Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting.

At the same time, the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting also began to circulate on its own within Song Ciwan’s body.

The Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting was extremely inclusive and could be cultivated alongside most other techniques in the world. Therefore, its circulation didn’t interfere with her Cultivation of the Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique.

BOOM!

The second round of nine bolts of Tribulation Thunder was over.

But in the sky, the deep purple tribulation clouds continued to brew. It was clear that the third round of Tribulation Thunder was about to arrive.

Sure enough, a moment later, the third round of Tribulation Thunder struck.

The power of the third round of Tribulation Thunder was double that of the second!

RUMBLE!

CRACK!

This time, when the thunderbolt struck, the fisherman’s entire body was instantly sent flying.

"AHH—"

The fisherman cried out in pain as his body was flung violently toward Song Ciwan at the stern.

Song Ciwan raised a hand, about to use the Qi Absorption Technique to catch him.

But the fisherman’s body suddenly dropped, and he cried out in alarm, "Young friend, why are you still here? Get away, quick!"

BOOM!

The fisherman’s body slammed heavily onto the planks at the stern. Song Ciwan’s figure flashed, and readily taking his advice, she immediately strode to the bow.

She discovered that while she couldn’t leave the boat, she could still move about freely within its confines.

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