Chapter 831: Xuanwu’s Blood Essence

Shan Du didn’t expect that the Moon Goddess was willing to use an extremely rare blood essence of the Black Turtle Divine Beast. This is something even the royal members of the Lei Clan and other big families would scramble for. Here it was being used on him by an ordinary servant of Shan Clan who served the lineage of Ancestor Yuhuang.

He immediately felt it’s a waste for him to use it."Princess, this blood essence is too rare. I can’t use it!"said Shan Du.

The Moon Goddess looked at Shan Du with a bit of confusion. She didn’t understand why he would say such a thing. It can be said that this blood essence is the lowest tier among the others in her possession. If not for the fact that his body cannot bear more than this one, she would have given him a dragon blood essence instead. She honestly informed Shan Du about this.

"No problem. I have more. Plus, if not for the fact that your body cannot handle the blood essence of a dragon, I would have given you that instead. The Xuanwu’s blood essence is milder compared to a dragon and it greatly increases one’s defense. With it, your body would be able to bear as you try to absorb lightning,"said Yue Xuexia."Alright. I’ve explained it to you. Please enter the pond so I can begin changing your physique."

Upon hearing the explanation of the Moon Goddess, Shan Du was stunned at first and finally delighted at second then a bit disappointed at the third. After all, who doesn’t yearn to have a physique comparable to that of a dragon. Sadly, his body is too weak to be able to bear the change brought by the blood essence of a dragon. However, Xuanwu is also good. Among the four main divine beast bloodlines, this is the beast with the strongest defense. He followed the instructions of the princess and entered the pond seated close legs at the center. Sitting on the pond made his whole body soaked under the water except for his head.

Yue Xuexia instructed,"Slowly absorbs the effects of the concoction."She also poured the blood essence of Xuanwu into the water, giving it an emerald gold hue.

A silhouette of Xuanwu suddenly appeared above the water which was blocked by the formation of the mansion, preventing those others outside the house from knowing what was happening. However, this phenomenon cannot be ignored by anyone inside the house. In just a while, children had started running towards the pond and saw the scene where the bloodline of Xuanwu was being absorbed by Shan Du who was meditating in the middle of the pond. His expression was that of pain, and his whole body started showing emerald gold lines which slowly spread all over his body.

Huan Li and Lei Liye panicked when they saw that it was their Senior Shan Du inside the pond.

"Senior Shan Du!?"

The two tried to run over only to be stopped by the Blue Lotus flower spirit, Yue Huashui. They were warned about what is happening and what would have happened if they distracted that senior with his current progress of changing his physique.

Yue Huashui said,"Don’t go over there. If you distract him now, it would be bad for him and he might get crippled!"

"What a strong bloodline? What is this?"Yue Zhiya asked in surprise.

Yue Huaxue, this Snow Lotus flower spirit, answers to one of the youngest in the group."This is the blood essence of Xuanwu."

"Though it’s a bit mixed, the core of this bloodline is still pure,"Yue Hualei, the Lightning Lotus flower spirit, said.

In her arms, the little toddler, the Golden Merit Lotus flower spirit, Yue Hualei was clapping his hands. This little baby like the gold color and the Xuanwu silhouette that is now showing had that golden shade making this small one delighted to see it. As for Lei Liye and Huan Li, they had finally calmed down after hearing this explanation from Yue Huashui. The children decided to watch the process of this physique exchange. Just when Shan Du is halfway in the progression of his physique change, the sky above the mansion has suddenly turned dark followed by the sound of thunder and lightning it brings. Even the children were surprised.

"This is... Lightning Tribulation?"Lei Liye asked in disbelief. Though he had seen all kinds of tribulation, this is the first time he had witnessed something this close.

The purity of the lightning made Lei Liye and Yue Zhiya with purest connection to lightning be attracted to it. It was not actually just them, Yue Hualei and Huan Li, also felt that this lightning tribulation was something they could absorb. They instinctively wanted to come closer to that place but were once again stopped by their elder brother.

"Don’t come over there. This lightning is something that Senior need to bear. He needs it to temper his newly changed physique. If there are some leftovers, Mom would give it to you. So stay here for now."Yue Huashui as he used his vines to stop the children from coming over to the pond.

When Shan Du noticed the tribulation gathering above his head he was worried that the mansion would be destroyed by it and said,"Princess, let me change location to avoid destroying your house."

"No problem. There is no need to change places. I can protect your surroundings with formations. Just complete your tribulation in this place,"said Yue Xuexia.

The Moon Goddess controlled the formation around the mansion and expanded its protective measures within the house. Only the area of the pond was suddenly removed from its protection which had exposed Shan Du to his tribulation.

Rumbles~

Shan Du looked up at the dark sky as he was ready to bear the tribulation with his newly awakened physique. When the first lightning struck him, the pain had spread all over his body and felt like it was burning. The tribulation lightning for changing physique had always been ruthless to those that tried to change their original fate. Yue Xuexia who stood near him was always hit by some lightning making his tribulation stronger which she intentionally had done.

However the children watch the scene unfold and are both amazed and terrified. They were a bit frightened when they saw Shan Du’s skin screams as he felt his skin was a bit burned by the first strike of the lightning. On the other hand, they were also stunned by the nonchalant gesture of Yue Xuexia who absorbed the divine punishment as easy as breathing. The wild and aggressive lightning that struck her is now circulating around her almost refined in an instant waiting for her to absorb it in her body. However, the Moon Goddess didn’t absorb this lightning even after it was refined.

Yue Xuexia frowned when she saw what foolish thing Shan Du was doing."Have you forgotten how to handle lightning? Don’t just let it strike your body. Grasp it, control it, refine it and then absorb it. Transform the original water nature of Xuanwu and mutate it to a lightning element!"

Shan Du amidst the pain vividly heard the stern voice of his princess and woke up from his confused state. This is when the second lightning strike came down on him. This time he didn’t recklessly let the lightning hit him and used the cultivation technique he had always been using to catch and refine the lightning though the pain is still there, it didn’t seem as painful as the first one. He was alright absorbing light for twice or thrice more than that was a bit too much for him. Shan Du was able to bear for at least the fourth time but he is almost losing his consciousness at the fifth one. This time Yue Xuexia had interfered. She jumps towards the sky above the pond and blood the fifth lightning strike which seems to be the last strike.

The last lightning tribulation strike took the shape of a big fist as if wanting to smash Shan Du. But with Yue Xuexia’s intervention she was able to crush this fist with her small hand and refined it. The last lightning strike was refined by Yue Xuexia and with a casual wave of her hand the refined lightning she had gathered was split among Shan Du, Lei Liye, Huan Li, Yue Zhiya and Yue Hualei.

Yue Xuexia said,"Absorb it."

Those who had received it had meditated immediately to absorb the lightning and Shan Du wasn’t the only one. After the fifth lightning strike, the sky had slowly returned to its clear state and the Xuanwu bloodline in Shan Du had finally merged. He had awakened a mutated physique of water and lightning Xuanwu. Once the tribulation was finished, Yue Xuexia noticed the approaching figures and among them was Shan Xu who hadn’t left the town with Pei Ju.

Sensing him, Yue Xuexia had sent a message through Divine consciousness and said,{Shan Xu handled the rest. I don’t want strangers around my house.}

{Yes! As you wish, Princess!}Shan Xu responded and with Pei Ju, they blocked all people who wanted to run over to the area where they felt the aura of Xuanwu.