My Wife Is The Final Boss-Chapter 796 - 0448 Mao’Er’s Crisis (Two-in-One)_2

Xiaohua’s ears twitched slightly.

It needs to start cultivating as a qualified pet.

Absolutely must not be abandoned.

Thinking this, Xiaohua shivered and pondered... Should it try to please that terrifying woman?

Let out a scared "meow".

The cat was simply afraid at the thought of being held by Yun Qian.

No matter how it burrowed back under the covers, that fear couldn’t be stopped.

It must be... it must be because it’s still too young.

Xiaohua thought, even though it’s of the Demon Race, once it grows up... and can even transform, it surely wouldn’t fear that terrifying woman any longer.

What it needs to do now is to avoid being discarded by its designated master before it’s fully grown.

One last reluctant crawl out from under the covers.

Since the mistake has already been made, Xiaohua, having been raised under Xu Chang’an’s tutelage, wouldn’t bother hiding anything. It opened up its Talent Space with its little paws and took out a few of its "treasures," placing them neatly on the table.

This was an apology.

A round stone that had been picked up and washed smooth.

A shiny, semi-transparent fish pearl.

And a still fresh red-tailed fish stolen from the lake.

Having done all this, Xiaohua reluctantly looked at its own treasures, then turned its head away and left the room, returning to its soft perch on the courtyard walls to wait for Xu Chang’an to return.

During this time, it glanced in the direction of Wen Li’s compound.

Just as Wen Li could sense Xu Chang’an’s presence through it, Xiaohua could vaguely perceive Wen Li’s condition.

’Meow~’

There was a faint dissatisfaction in its tone, but... there was also a hint of expectation.

Someone capable of undergoing a tribulation must be very powerful, so for the time being, it could hold back from calling Wen Li a bad woman.

It wondered if, after Wen Li underwent a tribulation, she could confront that terrifying woman.

——

At this moment, in Xiaohua’s heart, Yun Qian’s presence almost equated to that of an "enemy."

But the term "Yun Qian’s enemy" held no real meaning.

She would never have any true enemies.

In this world, even if someone genuinely bore hostility towards Yun Qian or sought trouble with her for whatever reason, they would be quietly dragged into the darkness and disappear without a trace.

Not even the Heavenly Dao could tolerate the existence of something that opposed Yun Qian.

But...

Xiaohua was different.

Called "Xu Xiaohua," in Yun Qian’s eyes, Xiaohua was regarded by Xu Chang’an almost as a daughter.

So, however it viewed Yun Qian.

An enemy is an enemy.

Yet, there’s another odd thing in this world.

If Xiaohua was Xu Chang’an’s daughter, then... what does that make Wen Li?

Miss Yun hadn’t figured this out.

No one could figure it out.

——

In Beisang City.

A Celestial Tribulation is a mechanism of the world to temper all things, and thus, one doesn’t need to be at the Void Tribulation to encounter Thunder Tribulation... Essentially, as long as a cultivator reaches a power level incongruous with their realm, they will encounter a Thunder Tribulation.

This principle applies not only to cultivators, but to everything, which is why sometimes treasures appear accompanied by Thunder Tribulation.

Zhu Pingniang even assisted Li Zhibai in resisting the aftermath of a Pill Tribulation, hence...

She watched the flickering thunderclouds gathering over Wen Li’s head and had an irreverent thought.

Is this Tribulation Thunder targeting a person or an object?

Is this Tribulation Thunder treating Wen Li as a cultivator, or as an object incongruous with its realm?

If it’s the latter, then the so-called Tribulation Thunder can still be resisted using external aids. If it’s the former... then one must rely solely on the cultivator’s own strength to face the trial. Otherwise, they risk incurring heavenly wrath and being stripped of their sanity in the Thunder Tribulation, becoming a mindless puppet, regressing from a person to a "thing."

There’s no choice.

Truly, in Zhu Pingniang’s mind, Wen Li no longer counted as human.

Zhu Pingniang couldn’t fathom how a person could have such a disparity, triggering a Void Tribulation with a Mingxin Realm cultivation was unimaginable to her.

"Even if... even with that cat from Muyu Peak, you wouldn’t reach the Cloud Soaring Realm." Zhu Pingniang’s eyes twitched slightly.

How is this possible?

Even knowing that the Thunder Tribulation wouldn’t truly descend, Zhu Pingniang was still amazed by Wen Li’s talents.

"...Hu." Wen Li breathed steadily, slowly opening her eyes.

At this moment, she remained in a special state.

"What do you think, Master?" Wen Li asked.

"What do you think?" Zhu Pingniang glared at her.

All the Spiritual Qi within the vicinity had been utterly absorbed by Wen Li, leaving the whole of Beisang City in a temporarily spirit-less state.

"How did you do that?" Zhu Pingniang was at a loss.

"I don’t know." Wen Li shook her head decisively.

She didn’t know why she could so effortlessly absorb Spiritual Qi in this whale-like manner, but she just could.

"It’s not just about the speed of absorbing Spiritual Power." Zhu Pingniang clenched her clothes, then slowly released them.

To pour Spiritual Qi into one’s body so rapidly, let alone whether it could truly be transformed and absorbed to enhance cultivation, not being torn apart in the process was already a stroke of luck.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Pingniang briefly analyzed Wen Li’s current state.

"So, now you can directly consume all the surrounding Spiritual Qi in one go, to temporarily reach... the Void Tribulation?" Zhu Pingniang said, her mouth twitching involuntarily.

"Just the amount of Spiritual Power." Wen Li clarified, "I can merely utilize this immense Spiritual Qi, the specifics of the Void Tribulation... are still unclear."

"That’s enough, more than enough." Zhu Pingniang looked at Wen Li like she was a monster.

Even though Xu Chang’an’s cultivation speed was enough to amaze everyone and could even cause a Spiritual Power vortex more astonishing than Wen Li’s... Xu Chang’an couldn’t utilize this immense Spiritual Qi directly like Wen Li could.

"Ultimately, you can forcibly elevate your realm temporarily to the Void Tribulation because..." Zhu Pingniang said seriously, "You already have enough power with your Sword Intent to contend with someone newly entered into Taixu."

Wen Li had already fully unlocked the power to reach the Void Tribulation, hence the temporary elevation in realm could only be explained this way.

"Master Su, I don’t understand any of this." Wen Li shrugged.

Only recently had her cultivation speed suddenly increased dramatically overnight. Even with simple meditation, the speed of absorbing Spiritual Qi was a hundred thousand times faster than before.

She could even easily surpass the boundaries of the Mingxin Realm.

But asking her to comprehend her own transformation, that was naturally beyond her.

"I think I get it." Zhu Pingniang noted this down mentally, then asked, "This kind of... talent...?"

She could only temporarily call it a talent rather than a phenomenon.

Zhu Pingniang looked at her with curiosity, "Did this talent appear concurrently with your considerable advancement in Sword Dao?"

"Yes."

"...Hmm."

Zhu Pingniang grew more curious.

Exactly what kind of event had caused such a substantial change in Wen Li.

"Could it be, you’re really... the daughter of the Heavenly Dao?" she couldn’t help but say.

Wen Li: "..."

"Alright, Master Su won’t say anymore." Zhu Pingniang shook her head, "About your matter, tell your teacher and the others clearly when you get back."

Wen Li nodded, ceased cultivating, and Zhu Pingniang could distinctly feel Wen Li’s cultivation gradually receding; the Spiritual Qi she had absorbed originally couldn’t stay in her body for long, only temporarily utilized.

As Wen Li stopped her cultivation, the Spiritual Qi gradually dispersed, as did the heavenly Thunder Tribulation overhead.

The downpour continued unabated.

Zhu Pingniang looked at Wen Li, who had returned to the peak of the Clarity Heart Realm, at a loss for words.

She had never seen such a Secret Technique.

To seamlessly absorb Spiritual Qi far beyond one’s capacity without any side effects.

The key was, the Spiritual Qi would come and go obediently, to her command, in and out without resistance.

She still felt this was nothing short of being the daughter of the Heavenly Dao.

"Ah Li." Zhu Pingniang pointed jade-like fingers at Wen Li’s face.

"Either you have a problem, or your other half has an issue, that’s what I’m saying."