The system favors me so much, I get eight meals a day while escaping from famine

Old Mrs. Jiang was a little disappointed. “She should repay you. She hunted wild boars on the way to escape famine, fed us, helped us avoid the plague, found herbs to save you and Xiaojie’s life, found a big house for us to live in, let our family settle down, and taught you how to do the braised food business. Now she has bought a farm so that we don’t have to worry about food and drink. Have you forgotten all these things?”

How long do you want her to repay you? If it weren't for Xiaowu, our family might have died of plague before we even entered the city. Do you think you can still complain here?

"Old Third Wife, remember this clearly. Xiao Wu doesn't owe us anything now. If you can't figure it out in the future, don't blame Xiao Wu for not recognizing you."

Old Mrs. Jiang's words were quite harsh and she always defended Jiang Qingyi, which made Zhao feel very uncomfortable.

But facing her majestic mother-in-law, she could not say anything to refute. She just nodded blankly and went back to her room.

After Zhao returned to her room, she cried bitterly. Jiang Dahai was sent out by Old Lady Jiang to buy New Year's goods, so she could only hug Xiaojie and cry.

Xiaojie reached out his hand to wipe her tears, and one word popped out of his mouth, "Mom..."

Zhao, who was in a depressed mood, heard her son shouting, and her expression froze instantly, "Xiaojie, son, what did you say? Now you can speak, shout again!"

Xiao Jie continued to speak obediently, "Mom..."

Zhao responded happily, then hugged Xiaojie into her arms.

The next moment, she thought of Jiang Qingyi, who left home without telling her. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and she seemed to have made some decision in her heart. After letting Xiaojie go, she let out a long breath.

The Jiang family was busy all day and bought chicken, duck, fish, meat, and frozen pears from outside.

Because they had to offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God in the evening, Old Lady Jiang took the initiative to buy half a pound of mung bean cake. The price was too expensive, so Old Lady Jiang could only afford to buy half a pound.

On the other side, Jiang Qingyi ran at the fastest speed in her life. Passersby could not see her figure, they only felt a gust of wind passing by.

After leaving the city, she headed towards the mountains west of the capital, which was the same direction as Zhuangzi.

I heard that there are ferocious beasts such as longworms and black bears in the deep mountains over there, so ordinary people would never go there.

This was exactly the place Jiang Qingyi wanted to find. With a clear goal in mind, she gathered her spiritual energy into her legs and headed towards the depths of the mountains.

The temperature in the mountains is lower than in the city, and the snow here hasn't even melted.

After entering the mountain, Jiang Qingyi walked inside for nearly an hour and found a slightly flat place near the top of the mountain and sat down.

It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon. She didn't plan to advance during the day. Although she didn't know what the thunder tribulation in the foundation-building period was like, the noise would definitely not be too small.

With nothing to do, Jiang Qingyi simply stayed in the space.

After dark, the Jiang family in the city lit oil lamps and began to worship the Kitchen God. Only after the ceremony did they gather together to eat.

At the top of the mountain, Jiang Qingyi swept the snow off a stone and sat cross-legged on it.

The spiritual energy in the mountains is slightly richer, and the three types of spiritual energy - water, earth and wood - are much more than the other two.

The bits of spiritual energy in the air rushed into Jiang Qingyi's body as she practiced her skills.

She gathered all her spiritual power into her dantian and crashed into the invisible barrier again and again.

Jiang Qingyi kept repeating this action as if she never got tired, and she didn't know that her spiritual power was becoming more and more solid and powerful.

I don’t know how much time passed, but the barrier cracked like a spider web.

Dark clouds gathered in the sky, with faint flashes of lightning rolling inside, and the sky was getting lower and lower.

Jiang Qingyi seemed to sense something, opened her eyes and stood up from the stone.

She looked up at the layers of thunderclouds, a trace of fear rising in her heart but then instantly suppressed.

Before Jiang Qingyi was ready, a thick purple lightning flashed with lightning and fell from the sky and landed on her.

Her whole body was stiff and her hair was all blown up. If her body hadn't become stronger after training, she might have been ripe by now.

Only then did Jiang Qingyi deeply realize that this thunder tribulation was no joke to her.

The path of cultivating immortals is to go against the will of heaven. Heaven will not allow such an existence, so it sends down thunder disasters to block it.

Jiang Qingyi gathered her thoughts and mobilized all the spiritual energy in her body to prepare to resist the next thunder.

After the second thunderbolt fell, Jiang Qingyi felt a chill in her heart. She lay weakly on the ground. The stone had been shattered by the thunderbolt and no longer existed.

She felt like all the organs in her body were broken and even breathing was painful, so she didn't dare to breathe heavily. She could only prolong her breath so that she could slow down a little.

She couldn't withstand two thunderbolts already, and if she got another one she might die, not to mention she didn't know how many more there would be.

God really doesn't want people to live!

Jiang Qingyi's mind was in a whirlwind of thoughts. She wanted to try another method to resist the thunder tribulation.

Before the third bolt of lightning struck, she straightened herself up and raised one hand.

She drew lightning into her body, and used her spiritual power to carry it through her tendons and veins, thereby achieving the effect of tempering her tendons and veins.

Just as Jiang Qingyi thought, every time lightning passed through her veins, her veins widened a little, and could accommodate more spiritual power.

Although this method is effective, only Jiang Qingyi, who has experienced it personally, knows the extent of the pain.

However, the thunder tribulation did not give her time to breathe. It came one after another, and each thunder was more powerful than the previous one.

Lightning and thunder resounded across the mountain. The noise was so loud that even people far away in the capital could feel it.

Some even speculated that this was a punishment from God to warn the world.

After the twelfth thunder fell, a golden light fell from the upper layer of the thundercloud and went straight into Jiang Qingyi's body.

Then the thunderclouds gradually dissipated.

The charred ginger soup with a layer of crispy shell was lying on the ground in a straight line, looking very peaceful.

The golden light traveled through Jiang Qingyi's body, repairing her body bit by bit. She lay there without any movement.

The next day, someone reported the sudden thunder from the sky last night to the emperor, and a group of ministers quarreled with each other during court.

The two sides held different opinions. One side suggested that the emperor send a team of soldiers to check it out, while the other side said it was just normal lightning and not to take it seriously.

The emperor thought that this had never happened to him since he was a child, and that he should send someone to check it out.

Most people here are superstitious, and the emperor is no exception. This time the thunder fell in Kyoto. Maybe it was a warning from God, wanting him to do something, so he better find out.

Jiang Qingyi lay on the charred mountaintop for a day and a night.

On the second night, she finally opened her eyes slowly. The moment she opened her eyes, a tiny purple lightning seemed to flash in her eyes, and then disappeared.

She moved her arm slightly, and the black crispy shell wrapped around her skin made a crisp sound. Jiang Qingyi felt a little toothache when she heard it. She simply stood up from the ground and moved her arms in a big way, and the crispy shell on her body fell off.