Chapter Seventy-Five: Hurry Back on Horseback

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  "Slap!"

  One day later, in a sealed hotel room in Yanhe County, with a crisp metallic sound, Guo Zhengyang, lying on the bed, lit a cigarette and did not close the lighter in his hand. Instead, he took a puff of smoke, put his left hand in front of his eyes, and placed the lighter under his left hand with his right hand.

  "I've been thinking about it, but I don't know what method to use to counter the heavenly tribulation. Is it really only possible with my fists? But if I use my fists, even if I'm holding onto a spiritual artifact to defend against the heavenly tribulation, on that day when I gave up on breaking through, I heard a lot of thunderous sounds - was it a lightning tribulation? Can my left hand withstand the lightning?"

  Another day passed, and today is the day the Guo family moves to the city. However, in his past life, on this very same day, his parents encountered that car accident while heading to the city. This incident had long been etched into Guo Zhengyang's soul, so he absolutely would not let such a thing happen again today."

  So, this morning when his parents were packing their luggage to move house, Guo Zhengyang made up an excuse, saying he had forgotten something at a classmate's place and asked his parents to wait for him while he went to retrieve it before heading to the city together.

  The car accident in the previous life occurred at more than 10 o'clock in the morning, and Guo Zhengyang found this excuse when a family was about to set off, planning to delay for an hour and avoid going to the city during this time period.

  Thanks to his excellent performance in the college entrance examination, he suddenly "remembered" that he had left something with a classmate when he was about to leave, delaying his journey. Not only did his mother not notice, but even his father didn't say a word of blame, just telling him to hurry up and come back quickly.

  With this excuse, Guo Zhengyang initially just wanted to casually stroll around the streets for a couple of hours to drag out the time until the car accident happened.

  But as he wandered around, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and then he opened a room in a hotel on the street.

  This idea is related to crossing the tribulation.

  As for the tribulation that will be encountered during the breakthrough, Guo Zhengyang had been thinking about it for several days and still couldn't think of a good solution. No matter how he thought about it, with his current abilities, what he could do was probably just to grab onto the spiritual artifact and try to withstand the heavenly tribulation head-on.

  Relying on his left hand, relying on the material power of the spiritual instrument itself to resist the heavenly calamity.

  Then a very critical issue arises.

  Last time the heavenly tribulation was about to appear, dark clouds filled the sky, and thunder rumbled in the cloud layer. This seemed to be a thunder tribulation. If he used his hand to grab the spiritual instrument to resist it, would this left hand have the ability to block the electric current?

  If he had the ability to block electric currents, this method might still be worth a try. After all, his current physical body's strongest part is his left hand. This left hand, even if he uses all his strength to transform it into a divine weapon with the crooked calabaza, can't pierce through its surface. The hardness is indeed terrifying, but apart from his left hand, any ordinary person can easily stab him with a slightly sharp knife.

  If the thunderbolt really comes down, the left hand cannot block the lightning, and the lightning is transmitted to the whole body, at that time the danger degree will absolutely increase several times.

  So Guo Zhengyang suddenly wanted to try, to see if his left hand could withstand ordinary electric current. If he couldn't even withstand ordinary electric current, then wanting to withstand heavenly thunder would be a fool's dream. Only by withstanding ordinary electric current would he have some confidence to give it a try.

  Of course, he wouldn't be stupid enough to directly let his left hand grab the electric wire for experimentation. Testing the electricity with a flame first is also a good method.

  "Delicious!"

  The flame of the fire machine jumped and danced under his palm, and a hint of joy also appeared in Guo Zhengyang's eyes.

  His hand had undergone five cycles of sin and refinement, strengthening not only its hardness but also making it immune to the flames that spewed out from the fire machine.

  This is a very good result.

  He kept holding the lighter burning for two or three minutes before closing it, then he put his left hand in front of his eyes to examine it carefully, and as he did, his smile grew bigger.

  He quickly got up and walked to the bed, squatted against the wall and removed an electrical outlet cover, looked at the structure inside, and then Guo Zhengyang directly reached in.

  This time he probed, his speed was very fast, and after touching the metal piece inside the socket, he quickly withdrew, with a pause of less than one second in between.

  The result was equally surprising, and he continued to experiment several times, each time increasing the length of time his fingers touched the metal piece. Finally, in the last test, Guo Zhengyang's fingers were pressed directly into the socket.

  "The purification of sin has indeed made this palm very strong, not only can it withstand knives and guns, but ordinary flames and electric currents also cannot harm it. These household appliances, for me, only have a slight tingling sensation, almost imperceptible."

  The result of the experiment was indeed surprising, at least now he had a little more confidence in resisting the heavenly tribulation with his left hand holding the Ling instrument.

  However, amidst the surprise, a sudden ringtone from his phone sounded, and Guo Zhengyang quickly withdrew his hand and took out his phone.

  "Xiao Zheng, why haven't you come back yet?"

  The phone call was from his mother. As soon as she finished speaking, Guo Zhengyang couldn't help but smile. He glanced at the time and saw that it was already 11:30. He smiled and replied, "I'll be right back."

  It's been almost an hour since we avoided the car accident, should be fine now.

  After hanging up his mobile phone and putting the outer casing back on, Guo Zhengyang quickly walked out of the guest room.

  "What's taking you so long, kid?"

  "That house is a bit far away, never mind, let's go."

  …………

  A moment later, when Guo Zhengyang arrived at the gate of the county committee's residential compound, his mother, who had been waiting outside in the car, complained reluctantly, but only for a sentence or two, and didn't ask Guo Zhengyang what he was going to get. Guo Zhengyang was naturally happy to be let off easy, although he had already thought about how to answer, but since neither of his parents asked, he didn't bother to say more.

  Followed by getting on the car with her mother, the car also started under Guo's father and headed towards the city.

  Actually, the Guo family is moving, and there are still many things to move, after all, they have lived in the county for many years. However, one car had left ahead of time earlier, and this sedan is now the mother's private property, so it would be driven by Mr. Guo, who has just become a deputy mayor.

  In the previous life, Guo Zhengyang had to rush back when moving house. Most of the family's belongings were already on another vehicle because his parents had to wait for him, so they parted ways with that vehicle and only set off in their car after he returned.

  This time, his parents were still waiting for him in their private car, the only difference being that Guo Zhengyang had been kept waiting twice.

  The car gradually drove out of the county town and rushed to the urban area. As it got closer to the city, the ground became increasingly wet and slippery. The memory of this heavy rain was not a storm that swept across the entire Mingchuan City, but only fell in half of the city. Yanhe County had been sunny all along, and it only rained heavily near the urban area around 12 o'clock, but the rain had stopped long ago by then.

  As a family approached a big bridge, the car finally came to a stop due to congestion ahead.

  Private cars are blocking the road, and police cars and ambulances can be vaguely seen parked on the bridge ahead. Many people are running along the wet roadside.

  "What's wrong?"

  "Will there be an accident?"

  ……

  When Guo's father and mother stopped the car and looked ahead in shock, Guo Zhengyang had already leaned against the window and heard the private conversation between the owners of the congested cars in front through his keen sense of hearing.

  There was a car accident. A cargo truck broke through the guardrail and plunged into the river under the bridge during the heavy rain just now. Rescue efforts are underway, and it seems that only the driver of the cargo truck fell into the water with his vehicle.

  Kuang Zhengyang just listened quietly, his expression didn't change at all.

  But in his heart, he knew that the trajectory of his family's life had completely escaped the shadow of their previous life.