"Damn it!"
Hearing this voice, Ye Feng was overjoyed.
Although he had inferred that there would be quite a few space rift fragments in the giant ruins, and he could trade with those explorers then, his usable points might not be enough...
After all, expanding the space warehouse by 1 cubic meter requires not only 20 space rift fragments but also 200 usable points. And as his strength increased, more usable points were needed for each upgrade...
On the way to these giant ruins, he had already consumed a considerable amount of usable points...
...
As night had almost completely fallen,
Wu Ye Lin finally returned, followed by a dusty Liu Lao Shai and Lei Jian, as well as some injured explorers...
After a brief discussion between Wu Ye Lin, Liu Lao Shai, and Lei Jian, Liu Lao Shai and Lei Jian led the injured explorers away to set up camp.
"Sister Lin, here, a freshly baked egg tart!"
Xiao Xiao handed Wu Ye Lin a steaming egg tart.
"Okay, thank you!"
Wu Ye Lin smiled slightly and took it.
"Ye Feng, how are you?"
Wu Ye Lin asked Ye Feng while eating the egg tart.
"Oh, I feel great!"
Ye Feng nodded, then looked at the members of the Explorer Guild setting up camp in the distance, "Are Liu Lao Shai and Lei Jian alright?"
"They're fine!"
Wu Ye Lin shook her head slightly. "When the giant ruins began to collapse, they sensed something was wrong and started to retreat. They weren't injured!"
"Is that so~"
...
After dinner,
Wu Ye Lin seemed a bit down. After a brief chat with Ye Feng, she returned to Liu Lao Shai's camp.
Ye Feng lay on the grass, curiously gazing at the sky. He was very interested in the tribulation fire that had appeared during the day...
"Ye Feng, here!"
Just then, Qiao Ying walked up and handed Ye Feng a crystal that emitted wisps of ice-blue light, resembling white jade. It was indeed the Eternal Frost.
At this moment, the Eternal Frost, which had been used by Qiao Ying and the other two girls to resist the tribulation fire during the day, had shrunk from the size of a palm to only half its original size.
"Oh, okay!~"
Ye Feng reached out and put the Eternal Frost into his space warehouse.
"Speaking of which, Ye Feng, why did you think of directly resisting the tribulation fire with your body instead of using the Eternal Frost?"
"That was too risky!"
Qiao Ying looked at Ye Feng with great confusion.
"This... I'm not too sure myself... It was a kind of intuition!"
Ye Feng scratched his head. He was also a bit confused about the situation at the time.
"Intui... Intuition..."
Qiao Ying's mouth twitched. "Your approach... If other cultivators knew about it, they would definitely be stunned..."
"Facing tribulation without any treasures... This is simply suicidal..."
Qiao Ying looked at Ye Feng with surprise.
"Right, Qiao Ying, what's the situation with the tribulation fire that came out of the tribulation clouds?"
"Why did it suddenly target me?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly, asking the question in his heart.
"Cultivation is quite special. Cultivators encounter something called Heavenly Tribulation, and the appearance of Heavenly Tribulation is marked by tribulation clouds..."
"And what falls from the tribulation clouds seems to be a bit different..."
At this point, Qiao Ying paused. "What fell from the tribulation clouds today should be tribulation fire. Tribulation clouds can also drop other things..."
"To be honest, I had only heard of it before, but this is my first time seeing a Heavenly Tribulation with my own eyes!"
"Heavenly Tribulation is extremely dangerous. At best, it causes serious injuries, and at worst, it leads to instant annihilation... Because of this, cultivators are very rare..."
"Although cultivators are stronger than Oxiu practitioners of the same level, few people would actively choose to become cultivators... The number of cultivators is small, it's difficult to get guidance, and the cultivation is difficult, not to mention this terrifying thing called Heavenly Tribulation..."
"Facing Heavenly Tribulation, even with all sorts of treasures, one may not be able to withstand it..."
As she spoke to the end, Qiao Ying looked at Ye Feng with concern.
"Is that so..."
Ye Feng's brows furrowed tightly.
"However, not all cultivators will encounter Heavenly Tribulation... Most of them will not encounter it again after experiencing it once!"
After a pause, Qiao Ying added.
"Qiao Ying, your understanding of cultivators and Heavenly Tribulation is not limited to this, is it?"
Ye Feng directly ignored Qiao Ying's last words of comfort. He looked at Qiao Ying very seriously.
"This..."
Hearing this, Qiao Ying frowned. She remained silent for a while before slowly saying, "Ye Feng... I didn't tell you earlier... because I was afraid it would affect your determination to cultivate... After all, you know the power of tribulation fire very well..."
"Determination to cultivate?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly. "You mean if I continue to cultivate, I will encounter Heavenly Tribulation again?"
"Mm!"
Qiao Ying pondered for a moment and nodded. "I know many ambitious and powerful cultivators who, after experiencing one Heavenly Tribulation... were so scared that they gave up cultivating... simply because they knew that continuing to cultivate would lead to encountering Heavenly Tribulation again..."
"Will I encounter it again later?" Ye Feng muttered, extending his index finger, where Zhenli's light flickered.
"Ye Feng, you don't need to worry too much. This time you were unprepared, and the Eternal Frost was not used in time, so you fell into such a dangerous situation!"
"We can collect some treasures, and we can handle it well!"
Seeing Ye Feng's silence, Qiao Ying immediately said.
"Oh, we'll talk about that later~"
Ye Feng looked at the Zhenli on his finger with a distant expression.
For some reason, he didn't really want to use treasures or anything to resist the tribulation fire. He felt something strange, but he couldn't quite articulate it...
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng's eyes lit up.
"Ye Feng, you... your Zhenli..."
Qiao Ying's surprised voice followed closely. Her large eyes were filled with astonishment. "Ye Feng... I... I'm not mistaken, am I... In your Zhenli, there is a trace of tribulation fire?"
"It... it seems so!~"
Ye Feng's eyes widened. He was equally surprised. In his originally white Zhenli, there was now a golden thread, which was the tribulation fire.
However, this trace of tribulation fire did not cause him any harm. In Ye Feng's perception, it was no different from his Zhenli...
Without hesitation, Ye Feng's gaze sharpened. He controlled the trace of tribulation fire and scraped it across a nearby stone. The stone instantly cracked and charred...
"Holy cow..."
Seeing this, Ye Feng exclaimed.
Qiao Ying also looked astonished, staring at Ye Feng like a curious baby.
...
Late at night,
With Qiao Ying's help, after a series of experiments, Ye Feng finally confirmed that there was a trace of tribulation fire in his Zhenli.
"This is absurd..."
Inside the tent, Ye Feng looked at the golden thread in his Zhenli on his finger, still quite amazed. "Perhaps... it's because I felt that trace of peculiar aura in the tribulation fire during the day?"
After thinking for a long time without any clues, and feeling restless, Ye Feng simply opened the Survivor Channel to check the news.
"Huh?"
Soon, Ye Feng's attention was drawn to an interface.