The Ji Family's Pride

Chapter 101 Meeting between the geniuses

"Is this the feeling of being surrounded by a breeze?" Ji Xiaoshan's mind moved, and a wisp of wind with a hint of Taoism quietly wrapped around his fingertips. "It's easy to comprehend the Way of the Breeze."

After more than ten years in the North Sea, his mind had been tense all the time, but now that he was back at the Black and White Academy, he suddenly relaxed.

Seeing the breeze blowing gently across the lake, at that moment Ji Xiaoshan's body and mind were one with the heaven and earth. He felt the wind, felt the lotus leaves by the lake... and naturally discovered the Taoist rhyme contained therein.

Ji Xiaoshan chuckled, and then dispersed the wind lingering around his fingertips, "A guest is coming."

In the distance, a young man wearing black animal skins was standing at the bow of a boat, steering a magical weapon, and a big snow-white dog was standing beside him.

"Oh? It's my cousin Ji Ning who's here!" Ji Xiaoshan raised his eyebrows. Although he had never seen what Ji Ning looked like when he grew up, he was very familiar with the iconic animal skin coat and the snow-white hair Bai Shuize beside him.

Ji Xiaoshan waved his hand and two tables appeared under the shade of the trees. He waved his hand again and a pile of spiritual fruits, meat and fine wine appeared on the tables.

The young man in animal skin saw a man standing by the lake, who also looked like a young man, wearing a green Taoist robe with wide sleeves. He immediately put away his magic weapon, landed, and said respectfully. "Ji Ning greets my clan brother!"

Ji Xiaoshan grew up before him, and was the first member of the clan to step out and study at the Black and White Academy. Ji Ning had seen the watermarked portrait of this clan brother in advance. The black-robed young man holding him in his memory gradually overlapped with the figure in front of him, and he recognized Ji Xiaoshan at a glance.

"Yes. You are Ji Ning, right? The little kid from Uncle Yichuan's house?" Ji Xiaoshan looked at the boy in black animal skin in front of him and teased with a smile. "I held you in my arms when you were just born! I didn't expect you to grow so big in the blink of an eye!"

Ji Ning was speechless. The brother in front of him, who was wearing a green Taoist robe, looked like a teenager like him. But he could say such old-fashioned and arrogant words. However, Ji Ning did not feel disgusted at all. Instead, he felt a little bit of intimacy from it.

The most important thing is that he also remembered that this cousin really held him in his arms when he was just born.

Ji Ning exchanged a glance with the snow-white dog Bai Shuize beside him, then laughed and said, "My clan brother teased me as soon as we met, but he is not at all like the powerful cultivator I imagined who could kill Taoist Xue Yu in a moment!
“Hahaha.” Ji Xiaoshan laughed. “Even powerful immortal cultivators can still tease the rising stars in their clan. What’s more, what I said is not a lie. If you don’t believe me, ask Bai Shuize! I really held you when you were born, when you were still a tiny baby!”

Ji Ning and Bai Shuize on the side both laughed.

Ji Ning looked at Ji Xiaoshan and said, "Brother, I have always heard about your deeds when I was growing up. Even after I entered the Black and White Academy, I can still hear your legend. I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time."

"Legend?" Ji Xiaoshan smiled dumbly, "What legend? They are all just empty reputations spread by my senior brothers and sisters. You and Bai Shuize sit down first. You are the first to come to my Xiaoyao Zizai Peak after I returned to the academy."

As Ji Xiaoshan spoke, he waved his hand, and the two tables under the shade of the trees flew directly to Ji Ning and Bai Shuize respectively.

"Ji Ning, today is our first official meeting! When I returned to the clan this time, the clan leader praised you very much!" Ji Xiaoshan smiled, and controlled the wine pot with his Yuanli, and then poured a glass of wine for Ji Ning. "You are very good! I heard that when you first entered the Purple Mansion, you were able to kill the Ten Thousand Elephants Master of Snow Dragon Mountain with your initial cultivation level, and you also turned the tide on the Yuanshi mine, making a great contribution to the clan."

"Speaking of this, if it weren't for the essence fluids that my brother left in the clan, I would have found it difficult to break through to the Purple Palace, not to mention killing Master Xu Li, which would have been a fantasy." Ji Ning recalled the thrilling day and was also a little silent. "Although I killed Master Xu Li that day, it's a pity that my father was disheartened after my mother's death and passed away not long after that battle. If they knew that you, my brother, had directly attacked Snow Dragon Mountain and forced it to bow its head..."

"My condolences!" Ji Xiaoshan sensed Ji Ning's sadness and was silent for a moment. Then he smiled and said, "Practice hard, Ji Ning! If you survive the calamity and become an immortal, you will have the opportunity to retrieve the souls of Uncle Yichuan and your mother, and rebuild their bodies so that you can embark on the path of cultivating immortals again."

"Can I survive the heavenly tribulation and find my father and mother? Heavenly tribulation..." Ji Ning suddenly thought of a lot at this moment. He thought of his parents, the Ji family, the Water Palace, and the Taoist Sanshou. "Heavenly tribulation, can I survive it?"

Ji Xiaoshan looked at Ji Ning and smiled. "With your talent, I believe that day will not be too far away. After all, I was still an innate creature when I was sixteen, not to mention killing Wanxiang Zhenren with my Purple Mansion body."

Ji Ning picked up the wine glass and drank the wine in front of him, and then calmed down. "When I mentioned my father and mother, I couldn't help but feel emotional for a moment. I'm sorry to embarrass you, brother."

Three years after leaving Yanshan, Bai Shuize had been the only one to accompany him, but in his eyes, Bai Shuize was his elder. Now that he saw Ji Xiaoshan, this easygoing brother, his true feelings suddenly emerged.

"You can say these things in front of me, which means you don't treat me as an outsider. How can I laugh at you?" Ji Xiaoshan looked at Ji Ning and said with a smile, "I just said that you have made great contributions to the clan, and that was not a joke. Although I am not the clan leader, I am the one with the highest cultivation in the clan. You have made contributions to the clan, and you are the first clan member to join a large sect after me. I am both your clan brother and your senior brother. I was unable to return in time for your initiation ceremony, so now that we meet, I naturally have to express my gratitude. If I am not mistaken, you have already reached the perfection of the Purple Mansion, right?"

"It is the perfection of the Purple Mansion. Before I came to visit my clan brother, I had already been recognized by my master and could go out to explore." Ji Ning mentioned this, and a smile appeared on his face. "Your progress is much better than I was back then." Ji Xiaoshan smiled slightly, "Since you have already achieved the perfection of the Purple Mansion, I think you will not be far from the Myriad Realm. Then, on behalf of the clan, I will give you a set of magic weapons!"

"Give me a set of magic weapons?" Ji Ning was shocked after hearing this. "Brother, this is not allowed. The support from the clan has been great, but we cannot take your magic weapons. Besides, brother is now a Wanxiang Zhenren, and he needs resources to practice."

"Have you forgotten why I am famous? Don't look at me as just a Wanxiang Zhenren. Even the Taoist Xueyu of Xuelong Mountain, a cultivator with a perfect soul, died in my hands. The protective formation accumulated by generations of Xuelong Mountain was also shattered by me. I am not an ordinary Wanxiang Zhenren." Ji Xiaoshan looked at Ji Ning with a gloomy face, "I told you to keep it, so keep it!"

Before Ji Xiaoshan finished speaking, he directly handed over a set of magic weapons. Most of the earth-level magic weapons in his hand were kept by the master for his own use.

When he killed Taoist Xue Yu, although Xue Long Shan was not as rich as Immortal Bu Yi, except for a few heaven-level magic weapons, the rest were almost all earth-level magic weapons or treasures, and his entire fortune was only worth 60,000 to 70,000 kilograms of Yuanye. Among them was a set of earth-level magic flying swords, a set of ninety-six swords, which he directly took out and gave to Ji Ning.

"Is this an earth-grade magic weapon? Or a complete set of top-grade earth-grade magic weapons?" When Ji Ning felt the aura of this set of magic weapons, he was stunned where he was. He didn't have many earth-grade magic weapons in his hand, and the only two were the most common earth-grade magic weapons he got after killing Master Xu Li.

Ji Ning secretly smacked his lips. This cousin of his was really generous. He gave him a set of ninety-six top-grade earth-grade flying swords just as he asked. However, he practiced Xiao Qian swordsmanship and had a great demand for magic flying swords.

“A top-grade earth-level magic weapon!” Bai Shuize, who was enjoying a meal nearby, was also stunned when he heard this. He then sent a message to Ji Ning, “Ning’er, your brother is very optimistic about you, but this set of magic weapons is too expensive…”

"Yes. Uncle Bai, I know." Ji Ning also reacted and refused. "Brother, this set of magic weapons is too valuable. I can't accept it."

"Earth-level magic weapons are nothing to me. I got this set when I killed Taoist Xue Yu. Giving it to you will be a way to make full use of them." Ji Xiaoshan said with a smile. These magic weapons were really nothing to him. The three immortal-level magic weapons he got from the Golden Crow Immortal alone were enough to drive ordinary earth immortals crazy.

"This..." Ji Ning hesitated for a moment, "Then I would like to thank my clan brother."

"That's right." Seeing Ji Ning accept the magic weapon, Ji Xiaoshan smiled and said, "Drink! Drink!"

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Just as Ji Xiaoshan and Ji Ning were drinking, eating and chatting, a clear voice suddenly came from the air above Xiaoyao Zizai Peak and instantly echoed throughout the entire Xiaoyao Zizai Peak.

"Junior Brother Qingping! I, Sanpang, am here to enjoy your fine wine."

"Huh?" Ji Xiaoshan was stunned. Is this the sloppy Senior Brother? And Minghong? Ji Xiaoshan looked at them carefully, then stood up and said with a smile, "Since the sloppy Senior Brother is here, of course there will be plenty of wine and meat!"

"Qingping, this is not very kind of you. How come we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, but you only have eyes for sloppy senior brother? You even ignore me and don't even look at me. I came here because I heard that you have good wine." Wan Nianfeng also laughed.

"Is there still a distinction between you and me between us? Senior Brother Sloppy is the guest, and you are half the host here, and you don't even bother to entertain me." Ji Xiaoshan was not polite after hearing this, and then teased.

"Hahaha. I just like Junior Brother Qingping's generous character. Junior Brother Minghong, did you hear me? Quickly fill my glass." Sloppy Master was also happy. He looked at the two figures below, "Junior Brother Beiming is here so early too? Junior Brother Minghong and I came together, so we are a little late."

"He arrived just a moment earlier than you." Ji Xiaoshan then looked at Ji Ning and introduced him, "Ji Ning, I don't need to introduce the sloppy senior brother, I'm sure you know him. The red-haired guy is Minghong Zhenren who entered the Black and White Academy with me, and he is also my good friend who has been with me."

"Brother Minghong!" Ji Ning stood up and looked at Wan Nianfeng, then smiled and said, "I have met Brother Minghong in Yanshan. I still can't forget the time when he fought Taoist Xueyu."

Ji Xiaoshan was startled, then he remembered the whole story, shook his head and laughed, "I forgot you had met before."

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(End of this chapter)