Chapter 222 The So-Called Disaster

People were coming and going on the street. Chen Luo was squatting in the market with three big fish in front of him. It has been half a year since he entered the inner demon tribulation. During this time, Chen Luo thought of many ways. But he still couldn't find the whereabouts of Elder Rong Ling. This 'Heavenly Tribulation' was more difficult than he expected, and it turned out that the problem was not solved by force.

He felt like he was almost becoming a real fisherman.

After selling the fish, Chen Luo packed up the copper coins he earned today and put them into the purse in his waist. He rolled up the fish bag on the ground and walked towards his home. After walking a few steps, Chen Luo saw an old man making dough.

The exquisite little-faced figures cost two cents each. For some reason, Chen Luo thought of the woman at home and the two-cent wooden hairpin. Even though he knew that this was the world of inner demon calamity and that it was all fake, he still couldn't help but think about and forget some things.

Even if he is a 'Heavenly Tribulation', let alone Elder Rongling, it is estimated that the person who has overcome the tribulation has even forgotten who he is.

Stopping and walking to the stall, Chen Luo and his old man bought a noodle dish. The old man's skills were very good, and the face he made was very delicate, with a lifelike expression, and even the smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Xiaoyun, look what I bought you back?"

Opening the door, a smile appeared on Chen Luo's face. After half a year of living, it was already difficult for him to regard this woman as an illusory derivative of heavenly calamity.

"Second brother is back?"

A familiar voice came, but the difference was that this time there were two more people in the yard. His eldest brother Zhang Dalin and nephew Zhang Ronling. The moment he saw his 'nephew', Chen Luo finally found his target. Unexpectedly, the elder Rongring he had been searching for for half a year turned out to be his nephew.

He had heard women mention this nephew many times. The hope of the old Zhang family was to only read the books of sages and never leave the house.

Today's Elder Rong Ling doesn't look like the old demon who has perfected the Foundation Establishment outside. He was wearing a green shirt, his hair was neatly combed, he looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, and there was a trace of the arrogance of a scholar between his eyebrows.

"Rong Ling, meet your second uncle soon."

The eldest brother Zhang Dalin also saw Chen Luo entering the door, and immediately called his son to stand up and salute. This time he came to ask for help, so he must have a good attitude.

"I've met my second uncle."

Zhang Ronling bowed respectfully to Chen Luo.

Looking at the childish Zhang Ronling in front of him, it was difficult for Chen Luo to connect him with the scheming elder Ronngling.

What is his obsession?

Chen Luo really wanted to see what Zhang Ronling's obsession was, how his inner demons would work, and how he would go through the tribulations.

"I came here for one thing."

Zhang Dalin looked at his brother and knew that his life was not easy, but he still had to speak up when there were things he needed to say. For the sake of his son's lifelong future, how much was his old face worth?

"Autumn is coming soon. Rongring was selected by the master of the school last year and has achieved fame. This year he wants to go to the prefecture to take the exam."

Chen Luo was listening, but most of his attention was on Zhang Ronling. Unlike him, Elder Rong Ling, as a person who has overcome the tribulation, has all his memories blocked by the tribulation. For him now, this is real life. His father is Zhang Dalin, and his second uncle is Zhang Erlin, both from Beiyu County. A fisherman whose family has been poor for generations.

Reading is not cheap these days. Each type of pen, ink, paper and inkstone costs a lot of money. In order to study for him these years, Zhang Dalin had already accumulated a lot of debt and owed a lot of debt. This time, in order to go to Fucheng to take the exam, Zhang Dalin sold the only cow in his family. The money he collected was only enough for simple expenses, and the expenses for the transportation and the exam were not yet settled. The father and son spent a long time at home, and finally they could only ask Chen Luo again.

"We are still short of ten taels of silver, so I want to borrow some from you first. When Rong Ling becomes successful in the future, I can repay you, my second uncle."

Zhang Dalin finished speaking, and then looked at Chen Luo.

He really had no choice.

As the eldest brother, he had a much better life than his brother Zhang Erlin. But since Zhang Ronling went to school, the family's living standards have plummeted, and the family cannot make ends meet. Zhang Ronling's mother had no money to take care of her when she fell ill a few years ago. In the end, she died. The father and son are now relying entirely on one breath. Without this breath, they would have collapsed long ago.

"Do you really want to take the science test?"

Chen Luo asked. As he talked with Zhang Ronling, he could clearly feel that the power of heavenly calamity in his body was much more active. As an 'inner demon', he drew a lot of power from Zhang Ronling.

As long as Zhang Ronling fails to overcome the tribulation, his entire cultivation will turn into running water, become part of the 'Heavenly Tribulation', and be absorbed by the inner demons.

"I beg my second uncle to fulfill my wish. Rong Ling will never forget his kindness in the future."

"good!"

Chen Luo nodded in agreement. When the woman next to him heard this, her expression darkened, but she still forced a smile on her face and returned to the room to take out her family's savings. A total of eight taels of money, which is what the couple saved over the years.

Although it is still a little short of the ten taels of silver Zhang Dalin mentioned, it is barely enough.

After the Zhang family borrowed the money, they quickly went back to prepare things for the exam. Chen Luo stood at the door, looking at the direction in which Zhang Ronling disappeared. He vaguely saw the calamity energy escaping between heaven and earth. He finally found the direction to overcome the calamity.

It's just that he has to think carefully about whether to help others escape or lead them into disaster.

The Heart Demon Technique also needs to be studied well. The mystery of this technique is beyond expectations. No wonder it was favored by the mummy brain.

"Second brother."

"It's okay, I'll take care of everything."

Looking back at the woman behind him, Chen Luo smiled and replied.

Three months passed in a flash.

This process seemed to be accelerated. Chen Luo seemed to have forgotten the purpose of coming here. He repeated the same life every day, fishing and selling fish. Until one day, Zhang Rongling, dressed in a green shirt, came to the Zhang family. Zhang Rongling at this moment was very different from a few months ago. He passed the provincial examination again and is now a juren master and a member of the gentry class.

"Second uncle, I am going to Beijing to prepare for the imperial examination a few years later. After entering Beijing, the environment is not as good as the countryside. Some things can only be done by my family to be assured. I hope my second uncle can help me."

Zhang Rongling said sincerely.

His father is old and had a serious illness a few days ago. Now he can't travel far. Zhang Rongling looked around and found that he only had a trustworthy relative, "Second Uncle".

He went to the door as before, and in response to his request, the 'Second Uncle' still only asked one question.

"Do you really want me to go to Beijing with you?"

"Please help me, Second Uncle."

Zhang Rongling nodded again.

"Okay."

Chen Luo looked at the breath coming out of Zhang Rongling, and the power of the Heart Demon Tribulation became clearer and clearer. He could feel that the Heart Demon Jue he practiced was stronger, no longer existing only in theory like before, and using the inherent formula to perform.

This year, the uncle and nephew went to Beijing.

The woman stayed in the countryside and sent them to the suburbs.

Half a year later.

With the help of Chen Luo, the second uncle, Zhang Rongling quickly gained a foothold in Beijing, and then prepared for the exam wholeheartedly. At this time, Chen Luo followed him like a shadow, observing everything about him.

The woman also came to Beijing in the past six months. She was as frugal as before, and she was reluctant to eat and drink. Compared with this capital, the woman was like a country person who didn't fit in. She was not used to the life here, but for her husband, she still came.

Chen Luo saw Zhang Rongling's 'tribulation'.

'Wealth and honor.'

He didn't expect that this great cultivator who had completed the foundation building would actually desire this. As a cultivator, Zhang Rongling's 'wealth and honor' must be different from ordinary people. What he needs is the same status, resources and power as the Black Stone Ancestor. Driven by this desire and ambition, he took that step. In the Heart Demon Tribulation, this 'tribulation' became a disillusionment with wealth and honor. If Zhang Rongling could finally see through wealth and honor and let go of the empty fame and fortune, he could break the tribulation and become a Jindan cultivator. If he failed to pass the tribulation, he would sink into the Heart Demon Tribulation and be burned into black ash by the heavenly tribulation, and his life and death would disappear!

Every time Chen Luo saw the breath gathering in the sky, it was coming out of Zhang Rongling's body, which meant that Zhang Rong was sinking deeper into the Heart Demon Tribulation.

Outside, he lost more power.

A few years later, Zhang Rongling was twenty-six years old!

This year, he successfully passed the imperial examination and was noticed by the bigwigs above, so he stayed in the capital.

Although he was just a small official in the capital, his achievements had surpassed most people, and he officially became an important figure in the village. The Zhang family ancestral temple was also repaired, and some collateral relatives gathered around him, forming a huge "Zhang family".

Chen Luo still followed Zhang Rongling, and this second uncle seemed to have become a housekeeper, the person Zhang Rongling trusted the most.

Twenty-six-year-old Zhang Rongling grew a beard, wore a blue official uniform, had neatly combed black hair, and a pair of particularly bright eyes. He had a temperament that ordinary people did not have, which attracted the attention of many ladies, and many officials in the capital began to extend olive branches to him. Zhang Rongling did not even look at these people's goodwill, because he had a childhood sweetheart.

He swore that he would marry that woman when he became successful.

Night.

Zhang Mansion.

Zhang Rongling sat at the table. He rarely looked at the amulet that the woman gave him. Instead, he held an invitation card. His hands kept shaking, as if he had encountered a major decision.

"Rongling, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Chen Luo looked much older. He had read a lot of books with Zhang Rongling over the years. He no longer had the traces of a fishmonger and became like a master of a wealthy family. As for Zhang Rongling's father, he died two years ago. Now Chen Luo is Zhang Rongling's only relative in this world.

From this moment on, the power of the Heart Demon Tribulation was truly revealed.