Chapter 68: The Great Yin-Yang Master, Xiao Qingyu!
At this moment.
Ji Yan was recalling the past, recalling more than eight hundred and sixty years ago.
Back then.
He was still a high-spirited young man, ranked among the geniuses of the Three Purities Immortal Sect. Although he couldn't be considered one of the top ten true disciples, he was still a role model admired and looked up to by countless junior brothers and sisters, possessing an incomparably bright future.
He had a great mindset too, a sunny and cheerful big boy.
It was a pity.
Later, the army of the Demon Race invaded, and countless geniuses fell right before his eyes. Among them were many whose talents were even higher than Ji Yan's.
However.
They all fell. Surrounded by thousands of times their number in demons, they exhausted their mana and died of exhaustion.
Ji Yan was fighting in that battle too, but unfortunately, facing the endless Demon Race, his life-or-death struggle seemed so laughable.
Even when fighting with his life on the line, he remained insignificant in this war, unable to influence the situation in the slightest.
Finally, he was struck down, defeated by the Demon Race.
He was stepped on by that demon, watching as it raised its butcher knife high, feeling his exhausted body, unable to rise even the slightest strength to resist.
He knew he had lost, a crushing defeat!
His talent wasn't strong enough, his cultivation wasn't high enough, he was too weak. Relying on himself alone, he simply couldn't contend with the countless demons!
If a senior brother from the same sect hadn't arrived in time, he, Ji Yan, would have died eight hundred and sixty years ago.
But he was saved. He survived.
The senior brother who saved Ji Yan, however, exhausted his mana and died in battle during the subsequent siege by the Demon Race. Ji Yan could only watch helplessly, powerless to save him.
Those scenes from many years ago.
Seemingly long past, were actually hidden deep in Ji Yan's heart all along, becoming his inner demon and heart block.
All these years.
Ji Yan had been busy having children and recruiting young geniuses.
On the surface, he seemed to be working hard for the expansion of the Thunder Vein, but even he hadn't realized that he was escaping.
Escaping pressure, escaping responsibility, escaping the fight against demons!
He lacked confidence!
He felt that since so many supreme geniuses had died at the hands of the Demon Race, how could he, with his mediocre talent, possibly carry this banner?
How could he possibly rely on his own strength to fight against the endless Demon Race!
Because he felt that he couldn't do it no matter what, he pinned his hopes on the next generation, hoping his sons would become dragons.
Therefore.
He would work to cultivate the next generation almost 'paranoically,' even constantly pushing them, transferring the pressure that was originally on himself onto his descendants.
He subjected all his sons to harsh training, resorting to corporal punishment at the slightest provocation.
This kind of 'self-denial'.
Had always been hidden at the very bottom of Ji Yan's heart before, so deep that even he hadn't noticed it.
But it was precisely because of this 'self-denial' that after Ji Yan's cultivation reached the Ninth Heaven of the Soul Departure Stage, he could no longer advance an inch, forever unable to take that most important step.
After all.
An existence in the Manifestation Stage resides in a divine statue for the world to worship and revere. How could a person who denies himself allow others to have faith in him?
Now.
Wang Xiu had successfully cultivated the Heavenly Tribulation Incantation in just '5 days,' dealing a huge blow to Ji Yan.
Under this intense stimulation.
The 'lack of confidence' and 'self-denial' regarding his own talent, hidden deep in his heart, were thoroughly triggered.
It was like a snake shedding its skin to become a dragon.
If he could overcome the demonic barrier in his heart, he would naturally be reborn, reaching a higher stage with a limitless future!
If he couldn't overcome it.
His Dao heart would collapse, his cultivation would be greatly damaged, or he might even succumb to Qi deviation, dying body and soul—not impossible.
But obviously.
At this moment, Ji Yan was far from ready to face his inner demon. After being stimulated and the inner demon being drawn out, his Dao heart had already been severely damaged, and his state was grim.
If this possession by the inner demon wasn't handled well, it would likely be a situation of nine deaths and one life!
Ah~!
Ji Yan looked up to the sky and let out a long whistle. Terrifyingly powerful lightning energy instantly swept through the Zhao Manor, thoroughly turning the already ruined Zhao Manor into fine powder.
The last shred of reason remaining in his heart made Ji Yan realize that he couldn't go on a rampage in the city and harm the innocent.
He violently tore open the void and stepped into it in large strides.
As the rift in the void healed again, the aura of this Thunder Vein Head also completely disappeared without a trace.
The entire Zhao Manor once again fell into absolute silence.
...
Even Wang Xiu himself didn't know that his single cast of the Heavenly Tribulation Incantation not only directly struck a Golden Core Stage cultivator to death.
It also indirectly crippled a supreme great power at the peak of the Soul Departure Stage!
At this time, he had already stepped onto the Black Tortoise Mirror, flying towards Dragon Head Peak of the Three Purities Immortal Sect at the fastest speed possible.
After all.
The final deadline for the mission to send off Merchant He's father with a proper burial was yesterday. In other words... he was overdue again.
Moreover.
What was even more serious than being overdue was that he had ignored Senior Sister Qingyu's transmission messages.
The wind is bleak and cold at the Yi River; the hero goes forth never to return. This time returning to the Mission Hall on Dragon Head Peak to turn in the mission could truly be described as full of peril and little hope for survival.
Soon.
The Mission Hall of Dragon Head Peak was already in sight. Wang Xiu stepped into it and quickly discovered Xiao Qingyu in the main hall.
"Senior Sister~"
Wang Xiu walked over, squeezing a smile onto his face: "I'm back."
You're back?
Xiao Qingyu turned around, glanced at Wang Xiu, and said indifferently: "This junior brother, may I ask your name?"
Wang Xiu: (awkward face)
Xiao Qingyu: ￣へ￣
Seeing other disciples around looking over, Xiao Qingyu turned and walked towards the True Disciple reception room: "Junior brother, let's talk inside the room."
The door to the reception room closed, immediately causing countless disciples to whisper.
"Tsk tsk~"
"Senior Sister Xiao is known as the Smiling Flower of Dragon Head Peak. Even when facing outer sect disciples, she always wears a smile. Why is she so cold today?"
"He's done for, I'm telling you, this guy is done for!"
"Having offended Senior Sister Xiao, he definitely won't have any good days ahead of him in our Three Purities Immortal Sect!"
...
Inside the reception room.
Xiao Qingyu smiled with a fake smile: "I remember now. It turns out it's Junior Brother Wang Xiu. Let me check what your mission is."
"Ya~!"
Xiao Qingyu covered her mouth, a look of surprise appearing on her face: "The ritual burial mission is overdue again? Don't tell me you were held back by some little vixen at the foot of the mountain?"
Wang Xiu smiled apologetically: "Please don't be angry, Senior Sister. I encountered an accident, that's all, so I went to help out at the Zhao Manor!"
Help out?
Xiao Qingyu smacked her forehead and sighed: "Hai~!"
"Look at my memory, I almost forgot. It seems a Golden Core Stage demon head appeared in Maple City."
"Originally, I was worried that Junior Brother's cultivation was too shallow to participate in that kind of struggle. I didn't expect that this little sister had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai."
"Junior Brother is only 15 years old, yet his cultivation has already reached the Core Formation Stage. That is truly remarkable. I wonder why you needed to hide your cultivation and disguise yourself as a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator?"
"Ai~"
"It makes me, your Senior Sister, worry for nothing. What a meddlesome fool I am."
Good lord.
Senior Sister Xiao in this state is simply too terrifying!
The Way of Yin and Yang.
It's maxed out, right?!
Knowing he was in the wrong.
Wang Xiu hurriedly took out a jade box from his spatial ring and placed it in front of Xiao Qingyu: "Senior Sister, don't be angry. Here is the Soul-Nourishing Lotus I promised to give you before."
"Look, I specially brought it back for you this time!"
After saying that.
Wang Xiu opened the jade box. The one with the best appearance and most beautiful bloom among the dozen or so Soul-Nourishing Lotuses was displayed before Xiao Qingyu, emitting a faint fragrance.
It seemed as if it could soothe any negative emotions in a person's heart.
Soul-Nourishing Lotus~
Looking at the Soul-Nourishing Lotus before her, with its flowing radiance and graceful posture, Xiao Qingyu couldn't help but freeze slightly. She then said faintly: "This flower, is it for me?"
Wang Xiu hurriedly smiled and said: "Naturally, it is for Senior Sister."
"Senior Sister Qingyu has helped me so much; what is a mere flower? Even if Senior Sister wanted the stars in the sky, I would have to cultivate into a True Immortal and pluck them down for you."
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Puchi~
"You brat, you just know how to talk sweet and make people happy!"
Xiao Qingyu ultimately couldn't hold back her cold face any longer and burst out laughing. In that instant, her charm was limitless, causing even the Soul-Nourishing Lotus to seem as if it had lost its color.
(End of Chapter)