The Ji Family's Pride

Chapter 202 Two options
The east of heaven.

A young man in black armor was flying high in the sky on a cloud at an extremely fast speed. Not far away from him was a floating fairy island suspended in the sea of ​​clouds in the sky.

There is a stone tablet at the highest point of the fairy island, with the words "Qing Ping" written on it.

It was Ji Xiaoshan’s cave in the Taoist sect in the heavenly realm, Qingping Fairy Island.

Suddenly, a Taoist priest in a gray robe flew over from the sky, and at the same time, a voice rang out from the sky, "Junior Brother, Junior Brother Qingping."

"Huh?" Ji Xiaoshan was stunned and turned his head sharply, "Is it Senior Brother Qingxu?"

At this moment, Taoist Qingxu came directly to Ji Xiaoshan.

Taoist Qingxu looked at Ji Xiaoshan and slowly said, "Junior brother."

"Senior Brother Qingxu." Ji Xiaoshan saluted and said, "I didn't know that Senior Brother came to see me..."

The main hall of the Eight Scenery Palace was filled with powerful people at the level of True Gods and Dao Ancestors. Ji Xiaoshan stayed for a while and then left. After all, he was only a Returning Immortal at this moment, and had not yet reached that level, so it was naturally not suitable for him to stay in the Eight Scenery Palace all the time.

"Junior brother, why don't you invite me to your cave?" Daoist Patriarch Qingxu showed a gentle smile on his face. "I did come to see you for something. How about we go to your Qingping Fairy Island and talk about it in detail?"

"Okay." Ji Xiaoshan smiled slightly, "Senior Brother Qingxu, please!"

……

In the courtyard of the fairy island, Ji Xiaoshan and Taoist Master Qingxu were sitting in front of a desk each.

“Junior brother…” Daoist Patriarch Qingxu had a hint of apology in his eyes, “If I had pulled my hand out quickly in that far north…”

"This..." Ji Xiaoshan immediately understood the purpose of Taoist Qingxu's visit.

"There are limits to human power. Junior brother understands." Ji Xiaoshan shook his head. "Being targeted by the gods and immortals, under such circumstances, unless you stay in the Taoist sect and don't take a single step out, there are dangers everywhere. Moreover, in the far north, the black-armored beast is even more difficult to deal with. I don't blame you, senior brother."

The black-armored beast was extremely powerful, and its huge body looked like a magic weapon and was extremely sturdy. Ji Xiaoshan had seen it with his own eyes, so it couldn't be false.

Moreover, in the Bajing Palace, he saw Lü Dongbin who came to support him. But Lü Dongbin was also entangled by several experts among the gods and immortals.

Just for the last strike of the Three Pure Ones, they risked starting a decisive battle with the Wuxian Sect...

Ji Xiaoshan had nothing to resent. If he had to blame anyone, he could only blame himself for being too weak. If he had to blame anyone, he could only hold the hatred against the Wujian Sect.

"This level of beast requires me and Venerable Kasyapa to fight it. If we want to win... we have to keep grinding until the beast can no longer hold on. Only then will we have a chance to kill it."

Taoist Qingxu smiled and said, "But it was also thanks to Master's strength that the powerful people of Wuxian Sect were afraid of him, so he was able to kill the black-armored beast with one sword and deter the villains."

"Yeah." Ji Xiaoshan nodded.

He had some vague guesses in his mind.

"This familiar method of attacking the mind can only be used by the black-robed God King of Wuxian Sect. Only a powerful person at the level of Daozu can command these gods and immortals."

“Besides, Daoist Master Xiaoyao said in Bajing Palace that our master Daoist Master Sanqing fought with Daoists of Wujian Sect in the Primal Chaos Void, and was able to slash with a sword in the end… I guess one of those two powerful men must be this black-robed God King.”

Ji Xiaoshan had a myriad of thoughts in his mind, but when all the clues were combined, they all pointed to the same powerful Wujian Sect master, the black-robed God King.

"And there is also the Taoist Master Mozhu who blocked Senior Brother Qingxu's way..."

He put away his thoughts, raised the wine cup in front of the table and said with a smile, "Brother Qingxu, let's not talk about these things. I'll toast you a glass!"

"Okay. Drink this cup!" Taoist Qingxu also smiled. He picked up the wine cup in front of him and drank it all in one gulp.

Taoist Qingxu didn't have to come this time. After all, what happened outside the Far North was that the black-armored beast was indeed too powerful.

Even with the combined power of him and the Buddhist master Kashyapa, as well as so many gods and immortals, they could only fight against the black-armored beast after it exploded.

There was nothing wrong with all of this, and there was no need for him to come to Ji Xiaoshan to explain it all, but he came anyway.

Taoist Master Qingxu put down his wine cup and handed over a storage magic weapon. "This is the magic weapon left behind by the Blood Snake God and the Purple Pearl Immortal after they were killed by Master. All the troubles came from these two people. Master will not want these magic weapons, and I will not accept them either. I will accept them for you when I return to Bajing Palace."

"Now that you have lost your original body, your second soul needs resources to survive the catastrophe. These magic weapons are left for you."

"For me?" Ji Xiaoshan was stunned.

"Yes!" Daozu Qingxu nodded, "For you."

"Junior brother, even if you only have the second soul left, you are still the direct descendant of the Three Pure Ones of our Taoism. There are also many powerful people who practice qigong in the Three Realms. I hope that you can overcome the heavenly tribulation as soon as possible and stand at the top of the Three Realms as soon as possible."

"This... is also the expectation of my fellow disciples and I."

In the entire Three Realms, although most of the top strong men practice both divine and demonic body refining and have gone further in divine and demonic body refining, those who practice qigong to a deep level can also be extremely powerful.

Now that the intentions of Wuxian Sect have become clear, and the Three Realms are on the verge of turmoil, Taoist Qingxu, even the Taoist Patriarch of the Three Pure Ones, hopes that Ji Xiaoshan will grow up quickly.

"Yeah." Ji Xiaoshan nodded in response.

……

It seemed like a long time had passed.

In the silver-white vortex of the void, there are circles of ink-stained rings that continue to extend inward, forming a dark passage that seems to have no end.

In the dark passage, there was a bloodstained corpse floating in the air. The corpse was wearing a tattered green robe, and its eyes were tightly closed. Only the slightly undulating green blood vessels showed that the life force of the body had not yet disappeared.

call!
suddenly.

The green-clothed figure's fingers moved slightly, and his eyes opened quietly.

Ji Xiaoshan's mind returned in an instant, and countless memories continued to flood into his mind.

He sat up immediately. "My original body is still alive..." Ji Xiaoshan whispered softly, "Is this in the vortex of the void? This vortex... doesn't seem to be filled with the strangling force from all directions..."

"But... I can't sense the existence of the second soul now, and I can't sense the existence of the entire Three Realms."

Ji Xiaoshan's heart moved, and his eyes suddenly lit up with a candlelight.

Eyes of the Candle Dragon!

He immediately looked in all directions, investigating with his spiritual sense and observing with the Eye of Candle Dragon.

"The spiritual consciousness can only be projected a little bit? It can't be too far away from the body? Ten feet in radius should be the limit, but with the naked eye alone, you can see farther."

Ji Xiaoshan showed a bitter smile on his face, "I can't feel the power of the moon and the sun at all. And there is only about 10% of the divine power left in my body. If there was not some residual divine power before, after entering the void channel, most of it would have been consumed to restore the divine body..."

"Now I'm in trouble. The divine power in my body has run out, and my strength has been reduced by half. And this void vortex passage seems to have no end..."

He had previously used his powers of the Universe in His Sleeves and Three Heads and Six Arms madly, which had already consumed a huge amount of divine power. He also had to repair his damaged body time and time again, so there was not much divine power left in his body.

He then directly entered into the vortex of the void, and fell directly into a state of thoughtlessness and unconsciousness. Divine power flowed in his body, independently recovering his broken body.

"The treasures in my hand can restore the earthly immortal energy. There are Yuanye and immortal-level elixirs, so there is no worry that it cannot be restored. But this divine power... cannot sense the power of the moon floating in the void, the power of the sun, and even the power of various stars cannot be sensed at all..."

"Trouble!"

Ji Xiaoshan frowned.

"Forget it. Let's go back first! Since the black-armored beast can enter the Three Realms from the Void Vortex, I might be able to find a way to go back directly. I hope... everything goes well."

Ji Xiaoshan's mind moved, and he waved his sleeves. A black boat appeared directly in the vortex channel. Ji Xiaoshan got on the boat, and with a whoosh, the boat flew to one end of the vortex channel.

Although Ji Xiaoshan's power was at its lowest, he was a god who practiced body and qi cultivation, so he still had a lot of earthly immortal energy in his body. Moreover, before coming out, he had exchanged a lot of immortal-level elixirs in Wanbao Palace, so he didn't have to worry about replenishing his energy.

call.

Soon, a small boat was flying in this huge tubular passage.

……

now.

Flying in this vortex channel, Ji Xiaoshan has only two options.

If you are lucky enough, you can return along the original route and, like the black-armored beast, you can go directly back to the Three Realms through this vortex channel.

Or maybe he went in the opposite direction. After all, the entire passage was in darkness, front, back, left, right, and all around. There was no difference.

If you choose the wrong direction, you will be further and further away from the Three Realms, and finally step out of the vortex passage of the void, go to an extremely remote and unknown place, and then try to save your life.

Time passes day by day.

Ji Xiaoshan sat cross-legged on the small boat, concentrating on managing the flying boat.

At first, the dark passage was very peaceful.

But soon Ji Xiaoshan could feel a sense of distortion in the dark... It made him feel very uncomfortable, even his soul felt very uncomfortable, and he felt suffocated and oppressed.

"This is so uncomfortable... Let's go faster!" Ji Xiaoshan murmured, enduring the discomfort and flying quickly forward.

one day.

Two days.

January.

Two months.

One year.

Two years...

Ji Xiaoshan kept moving forward, feeling that time was passing by.

He was distracted in controlling the magic flying boat which was flying dully. Even his extremely rich earthly energy was almost exhausted. His face looked extremely ugly.

"I was in a state of ignorance and had no idea how long I had been floating in this dark passage. How long was this void vortex passage? From what I could sense, several years had passed, and I hadn't even reached the end of this passage yet."

In the vortex passage of the void, there is eternal darkness and loneliness, coupled with a sense of distortion in the dark, and every second seems as unbearable as a year.

“If I hadn’t perfected my Muchi swordsmanship and improved my Dao heart while fighting with the Blood Snake God and the Purple Pearl Immortal… I would have probably gone crazy.” Ji Xiaoshan thought, his face regaining its composure.

"I hope... I can get out!"

……

Time keeps passing, and it seems like many years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Ji Xiaoshan was quietly steering the flying boat through the void vortex channel, when suddenly a hint of joy appeared on his face.

There was a faint flickering of candlelight in his eyes. He looked up ahead and saw some light in front of the extremely dark passage.

Moreover, the dark passage seemed to have no end, and it did not extend any further in the light, as if it had reached an end.

……

(End of this chapter)