Chapter 497

"Why, Sect Master, with my strength, a single day is enough…"

Yae Miko looked at Jiang Yan with a pleading expression, but the latter shook his head helplessly.

"For the safety of Inazuma, you are the one who cannot go."

"Miko, you are now at the peak of Refining Essence into Qi; you could break through to Refining Qi into Spirit at any moment."

"What if you go to Inazuma and the Lightning Tribulation descends suddenly?"

"Ganyu and Xiao are also avoiding any outings during this period. As you are also at the peak of Refining Essence into Qi, you cannot act recklessly."

Yae Miko pursed her lips and said softly:

"Sect Master, I have the confidence to survive the Lightning Tribulation!"

"On that point, I do believe you."

Jiang Yan smiled, but still shook his head and said:

"You are right to be confident in surviving the Lightning Tribulation, but surviving it will also cause Inazuma to be completely destroyed."

"I am not letting you leave Liyue or Shushan in order to protect Teyvat."

Yae Miko was stunned, and the others nearby also looked over with curiosity.

Regarding the matter of crossing the tribulation, everyone had prepared for it before.

Especially Ganyu and Xiao; Jiang Yan had strictly ordered them not to leave Shushan during this time—at the very least, they could not leave the borders of Liyue.

This had left everyone very confused.

Now, it seemed there was finally going to be an answer.

Only Lisa and Furina stared at Yae Miko with some indignation.

Peak of Refining Essence into Qi…

Did this vixen reach the peak of Refining Essence into Qi through diligent cultivation!

Sneaky fox spirits are the most annoying!

"Enough, since Ganyu and Xiao are also about to cross their tribulations, I will explain it to you all."

Jiang Yan said softly:

"The Lightning Tribulation from Refining Essence into Qi to Refining Qi into Spirit is called the Nine-Fold Lightning Tribulation. You have seen it before when Sect Leader Venti and Elder Alice crossed their tribulations."

"You might feel that it is just nine bolts of lightning and it doesn't matter."

"But you must also know that while cultivators find it commonplace, for the mortal world, it is a disaster."

"Furthermore, the Lightning Tribulation itself is a major event in a cultivator's life; it is a test given to us by the Dao."

"The Lightning Tribulation is capable of destroying the world."

"In the past, when I crossed the tribulation in Teyvat, if not for the protection of my ancestors, the moment the first bolt of lightning fell, the entire Teyvat would have been wiped out in an instant."

"Because… the world strength of Teyvat at that time could not resist the destructive power of that kind of Lightning Tribulation."

"Even the Nine-Fold Lightning Tribulation of Refining Qi into Spirit, if it were to bloom in Inazuma, all living beings in Inazuma would instantly die without a burial place."

"Mortals cannot see the Dao; the mortal world cannot bear the Immortal."

"When the Nine-Fold Lightning Tribulation descends, even if you, Miko, can successfully cross it, Inazuma and even all the surrounding areas will be shattered by the Lightning Tribulation."

"A corner of the entire Teyvat world will be annihilated."

"In the past, there was a cultivator who crossed the tribulation in a small mortal world; it was only a Refining Qi into Spirit Lightning Tribulation, and that small world was half-destroyed."

"Pitch-black spatial rifts tore everything apart; under the Lightning Tribulation, no mortal living being could survive."

"Therefore, Miko, if you go to Inazuma, given your current situation where you could cross the tribulation at any time, you are the true ticking time bomb for Inazuma's destruction."

"Can you guarantee that when you solve Ei's problem, no Lightning Tribulation will descend? Do you dare to gamble?"

Hearing this, Yae Miko opened her mouth and fell silent.

She truly did not dare to gamble, nor could she.

There is no benefit to winning the gamble, and if she loses, everything in Inazuma is gone.

This high-stakes gamble was too crazy.

At this moment, Zhongli spoke up.

"The Sect Master is right, Yae Miko, you must not go to Inazuma, otherwise you will be a disaster for all of Inazuma."

"When the Sect Master crossed the tribulation in the past, even with the protection of the ancestors, the aura of the descending Lightning Tribulation still made me feel suffocated."

"If the Sect Master hadn't crossed the tribulation quickly, I fear I would have already died."

"Your Lightning Tribulation is a destructive-level disaster for the mortal world."

With this, Yae Miko was completely out of options.

Ningguang frowned slightly and said worriedly:

"Sect Master, if the Refining Qi into Spirit Lightning Tribulation is so dangerous, we still have three people here at the peak of Refining Essence into Qi."

"Will Liyue…"

Jiang Yan waved his hand slightly.

"You don't need to worry about this; Liyue and Inazuma now have a qualitative difference."

Ningguang was stunned for a moment, quickly thought of the key to the problem, and her eyes lit up as she said:

"Spirit Qi?"

"Correct."

296. Will the first Spirit Vein of Teyvat be born in Liyue?

"Spirit Qi is a universal energy; apart from the Immortal Qi of the Immortal Realm, it is the highest-level energy in all the heavens and myriad worlds."

"This kind of energy is a 'jack-of-all-trades' existence; it can not only supply cultivators for cultivation."

"Many strange cultivation schools basically rely on Spirit Qi, such as your Elemental Power and Divine Power."

"These all rely on a negligible type of energy within Spirit Qi."

"Spirit Qi is also known as the cornerstone built by the world's origin."

Pausing, Jiang Yan continued to explain:

"The original Teyvat, although it had Spirit Qi, the quality and quantity of that Spirit Qi were truly unsightly."

"Later, Shushan evolved, bringing about the recovery of Spirit Qi."

"Now, the recovery of Spirit Qi has enveloped all of Liyue; although it is not as dense as Shushan, it has still transcended the ordinary mortal world."

"Elder Alice, you must have done quite a few experiments, right?"

As he spoke, Jiang Yan looked at Alice with a slight smile. The latter was stunned for a moment and asked suspiciously:

"Experiments? What experiments?"

"Didn't you take Klee a while ago and, with the help of Klee's Spirit Tool, release an earth-shattering explosion at the border of Shushan?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Alice was immediately put on the spot. She looked at Jiang Yan in a panic, just about to explain something, when Zhongli's gaze sharpened.

"So the explosion a few days ago was caused by you! I was wondering why I couldn't find any traces later; it was you using Klee's magic treasure to hide it, wasn't it?"

"This… I was… I just wanted to try it out."

Alice shifted her gaze with a guilty conscience.

Jiang Yan waved his hand and said softly:

"It's fine, it didn't cause any loss anyway, but Elder Alice, you should have discovered it."

"The difference between the spatial barrier of Shushan and the spatial barrier of Teyvat."

Hearing this, Alice became slightly serious and nodded:

"Indeed, in Shushan, I tried my best to attack, but I couldn't cause much destruction."

"Especially on the Seven Peaks of Shushan, with my strength, on the mountain peaks, I couldn't even cut out a ten-thousand-meter sword mark."

"But at the edge of the Shushan world, I could easily trigger tremors within a radius of a thousand miles."

"In Liyue, with a casual wave, I could cut out spatial rifts; as for Mondstadt, I didn't dare to continue the experiment."

"I suspect Mondstadt wouldn't be able to withstand my casual attacks."

Jean breathed a sigh of relief; that was a close call, she was almost scared to death.

She was truly afraid that Alice would get carried away and conduct a small experiment on Mondstadt as well.

Jiang Yan looked at Ningguang and chuckled:

"Now, you should understand the key to the problem, right?"

Ningguang nodded heavily.

"The density and quality of Spirit Qi affect the toughness of space."