Chapter 1142: Divine Thunder Bureau
It’s already too late?
What does that mean?
The female immortals contemplated a dismal possibility.
"Have you already had a dispute with that Cloud Wave Extreme Saint?"
"He’s someone you can’t afford to offend!"
"If he bears a grudge, the consequences are severe."
"No, it’s not that..."
Brother Cheng waved his hand, and hearing him deny it, the female immortals breathed a small sigh of relief.
As long as they didn’t offend him, it’s fine.
Then they heard Sect Leader Jiang’s next sentence.
"That Cloud Wave Flowing Rain Beast has already been slaughtered by me."
To prove it, he dug around in his ring and pulled out a round demon pill emitting a green glow.
"This is all that’s left, even if he resents me, he won’t have the chance anymore."
Seeing the demon pill, the female immortals were dumbstruck.
After a while, they exploded into chaos.
"You, you, you, did you really kill him?"
"Yep."
Brother Cheng proudly raised his eyebrows.
"One move and it’s over."
With even the demon pill revealed, questions were unnecessary.
"My heavens, the Cloud Wave Extreme Saint is dead!"
"This, this, this is unbelievable."
"Oh dear, we’re done for now..."
Though they said it’s over, many female immortals hid a sense of delight and excitement in their eyes.
Clearly, that Cloud Wave Flowing Rain Beast brought back many bad memories for them.
Hearing of his death, their hearts were secretly relieved.
But at the same time, they were anxious.
Bai Yan had already lost her composure.
"This time, we’re really finished. How could you kill it? It must absolutely not be killed!"
"Why?"
Brother Cheng was actually asking knowingly.
In his mind, it was nothing more than an immortal official that must not be killed.
But he’d done this before.
Back in the Abandoned Land, he’d already taken down an immortal official.
"Cloud Wave Extreme Saint is not an immortal official..."
Compared to Bai Yuan Yue Zhi and other girls who were full of panic and worry, Nan Zhuo remained calm.
Calmly stepping back ten or so feet, keeping a bit of distance from Jiang Cheng.
This gesture made Brother Cheng a bit melancholic.
Girl, don’t be so blunt. Even if I caused trouble, I can handle it.
No need to draw a line with me so soon?
"Since he’s not even an immortal official and his power is only that of a venerable, why are you afraid of him?"
Still accompanying Brother Cheng, Yue Zhi whispered, "He’s Venerable Shang Lian’s mount, usually left to roam freely at Luoyan Lake, a status higher than us eighth and ninth-grade immortal officials."
The other female immortals chimed in noisily.
"That’s why we usually don’t dare provoke him."
"Yet he often oppresses us occasionally..."
"Today you’ve killed him, Venerable Shang Lian will surely be furious with thunder!"
Sect Leader Jiang wondered what the big deal was.
After all, it was just a supreme.
Not to mention the mount, even if it was him personally, so what?
"No worries, no worries, just a supreme, you guys can relax!"
"But Venerable Shang Lian is a fifth-grade immortal official!"
"And he’s a key member of the Divine Thunder Bureau that governs the thunder tribulations!"
"You’re only a seventh-grade immortal official, this time we’re really in trouble..."
These female immortals truly treated him as one of their own, each showing anxious and sympathetic looks.
Already ’honored’ as the Hidden Emperor, Brother Cheng didn’t see this as a big deal at all.
What concerned him was another matter.
"Governing thunder tribulations?"
"Are there still thunder tribulations these days?"
He had experienced a thunder tribulation once in his life, that was during ascension from the Lower Realm to the Immortal Realm, facing the Immortal Ascension Thunder Tribulation.
Afterword, no matter how his power rose, becoming an Immortal King, Quasi-Emperor, Emperor Realm First and Second Layer, he’d never heard anything about thunder tribulations.
"Yes, from Emperor Realm Ninth Layer breaking through to Celestial Venerable, one experiences a thunder tribulation!"
"There’s such a thing?"
Sect Leader Jiang was a bit confused, how come he never heard the likes of Ice Extreme Saint Venerable speak of this before?
"Celestial Venerables undergoing tribulations? That’s quite peculiar!"
The female immortals looked at him, stunned, even Yan Yi was no exception.
As if his words were so amateurish.
"Not only becoming a Celestial Venerable, but becoming a Supreme, Daoist Venerable all requires undergoing tribulations, don’t you know?"
These female immortals were a bit suspecting if this guy was purposely playing dumb.
Isn’t this common knowledge in the Primordial Immortal Realm?
"Why undergo tribulations?"
"It’s specified by the Heavenly Dao, naturally."
This...
Jiang Cheng finally realized.
The previous Immortal Realm had nobody capable of ascending to Celestial Venerable.
And though the True Realms had Celestial Venerables, they had no Heavenly Dao.
So he never encountered such a thing before.
Now, with the complete Primordial Immortal Realm filled with experts aplenty, the appearance of thunder tribulations was no surprise.
Only...
"Then it’s the Heavenly Dao sending down thunder tribulations, what’s it got to do with the Celestial Palace, establishing a Divine Thunder Bureau."
"Could it be the thunder tribulations are under their control?"
Bai Yan nodded solemnly.
"The thunder tribulations of the Evil Immortal Realm and the Forbidden Land are naturally sent by the Heavenly Dao, extremely dangerous."
"But the thunder tribulations on our Celestial Palace side are controlled by the Divine Thunder Bureau."
"The Ten Celestial Emperors jointly govern the Heavenly Dao, naturally possessing the authority to act on behalf of heaven, the Divine Thunder Bureau receives the Thunder-Expelling Secret Treasure granted by the Celestial Emperors, and thus can master the thunder as heaven would!"
Yan Yi, who had been silent, couldn’t help but speak sourly: "The Celestial Palace has taken a lot of advantage over the years."
"The Celestial Dao Thunder Tribulations are very terrifying, many of our Evil Immortal elites have failed during breakthroughs."
"Meanwhile, the Celestial Palace deliberately weakens the thunder tribulations, letting their Celestial Venerables pass easily, it’s practically cheating, truly shameless!"
She seemed to be quite indignant.
Given that one side undergoes normal tribulation and the other continuously lets up.
Over time, the Celestial Palace side’s advantage in the number of Celestial Venerables would grow ever larger.
Upon hearing her words, the female immortals were stunned.
This Wolf Girl is actually an Evil Immortal?
How did she get into the Celestial Palace?
And hearing them explain, Sect Leader Jiang was completely enlightened.
He finally understood why the Divine Thunder Bureau was so important.
Imagine if you disobeyed, they can deliberately make your thunder tribulation fiercer.
Fail to break through, you perish, body and soul extinguished.
But if you maintain a good relationship with them, that tribulation could be weakened, a mere formality, easily crossing over, isn’t it marvelous?
No wonder these female immortals previously didn’t dare offend even its mount.
"Is the thunder tribulation very severe?"
Already a Celestial Venerable, Bai Yan shuddered: "Of course it’s severe, ordinary Celestial Dao Thunder Tribulations cause half of the venerables to fall during breakthroughs!"
"That severe?"
"Indeed, for the Celestial Palace’s immortal officials, the Divine Thunder Bureau usually relaxes it a bit. But if you’ve offended them, that can’t be guaranteed."
"Dying under the thunder tribulation is seen as lacking strength, and even the Law Enforcement Department doesn’t mind."
They look at Brother Cheng like they’re looking at someone on their deathbed.
Clearly, in their eyes, Sect Leader Jiang had seriously narrowed his path.
But Sect Leader Jiang had accomplished many major feats, why would he care about such small matters?
"Don’t worry, I can settle this!"
"Alright, alright, let’s start the banquet, celebrate the completion of my cave mansion!"