The Ji Family's Pride

Chapter 220 Mental effort
In the void, Ji Xiaoshan had to pause after every step he took.

The further you go, the stronger the murderous intent contained in this pressure becomes!

Suddenly, Ji Xiaoshan, who was immersed in endless murderous intent, suddenly opened his eyes.

"This murderous intent is getting stronger and stronger. I have only walked a hundred feet away, and the murderous intent here is so terrifying."

"If this level of killing intent was placed at the edge... if it was me who first stepped into this pressure, I would have been lost in the endless killing intent. Under the overwhelming killing intent that impacted my soul, I would have probably become an idiot..."

"Even...directly die and disappear." Ji Xiaoshan murmured, "After all, if the heart is dead, no matter how strong the divine body is, it is like a tree without roots and water without a source, and it will die along with the heart."

"Ok?"

"Heart?"

"The heart dies... and the spirit perishes?"

Ji Xiaoshan was stunned for a moment.

If it were before, he would have taken the next step as soon as he woke up, and then walked through an even more intense murderous intent, sinking in the endless murderous intent and then waking up, improving his Tao heart, and repeating the cycle over and over again.

"So... this is the heart? The power of the heart?"

He had an idea in his mind, and he put two fingers together and made a sword finger. The inexplicable power that he had just realized was immediately attached to the sword finger.

Wow~~~
As soon as the invisible force attached, when Ji Xiaoshan was about to swing his sword, the invisible force only stayed for a moment and then suddenly dissipated.

"Heart power, this is heart power!"

Ji Xiaoshan showed a faint smile on his face, "Although this illusory power is only attached to my sword finger and only lasts for a moment, I can clearly sense that this invisible power is mental strength!"

"My mental strength...finally, under the pressure of this endless killing intent, has entered the realm of enlightenment."

Although Ji Xiaoshan had only practiced for less than a hundred years, his experience was incomparable even if a true immortal came. He had experienced so much, and the endless murderous intent contained in the invisible pressure emanating from the skeleton of the ancestor god Mu Feng...

The entry of the heart power was a natural process. After all, ordinary immortals returning to the void or even the gods and true immortals did not have such an opportunity to have the remaining killing intent of the ancestor god to sharpen their heart of Tao.

"But the reason why my mental power cannot attach is probably because my mental power has just been born, there is no corresponding method, and it is too weak..."

"But this is also a good start. It seems... this thousand miles of pressure is not only not an insurmountable barrier for me, but even a smooth road to train my mental strength?" Ji Xiaoshan smiled and took a step forward.

Ji Xiaoshan suddenly moved one step away and was stunned.

"Hmm? It's useless?"

He sensed it carefully, "It seems that it is not useless, but after I mastered the mind power, the effect of these murderous intentions on me has been minimal!"

"Then let's go on and give it a try. The test from an ancestor god shouldn't be limited to this!"

……

"Hmm! After this kid walked forward a hundred feet, his speed did not decrease but increased instead. It actually increased by such a huge amount?"

The bald young man in black robe looked at Ji Xiaoshan who was moving forward with great interest and said with a smile, "This must be the beginning of mental power! However, the beginning of mental power... although it is not impressive, it does increase the possibility."

"Let's go! Let's go! Go faster!" The black-robed bald boy had a look of gloating on his face. "This first mile shouldn't be a big deal for a guy who's just starting to learn mental strength."

"But...what's next is interesting."

The bald young man in black robe kept his eyes on Ji Xiaoshan. Time passed, and an incense stick of time passed in the blink of an eye.

This endless murderous intent in the outermost area has almost no effect on Ji Xiaoshan now, and he naturally does not want to stay outside for a long time.

Looking from afar in the void, Ji Xiaoshan was walking very fast, almost without stopping at all.

Soon, Ji Xiaoshan, who was walking in the void, completed the one mile distance at the beginning.

As Ji Xiaoshan took another step forward, he suddenly froze in place.

“Hahaha!” The bald-headed young man in black robe burst into laughter upon seeing this. “What did I just say? This is called riding a horse galloping with great success, hahaha!”

"Just this alone should be enough to make this kid drink a pot of wine! After all, I am a dignified divine weapon of Tao. In the world where the ancestor god Mu Feng lives... there are only a few of them in the whole world. It is not so easy to get one."

"However, in the end, it all depends on how far he can go! After all, there are still 998 more illusions like this one!"

The bald-headed young man in a black robe laughed heartily. He had been alone for nearly an entire chaotic era, drifting in this extremely monotonous sea of ​​void all day long, which was quite boring.

And this Mu Feng Ancestor God was his previous master, and he knew all of his unique skills and abilities. Naturally, he also knew what was contained in the thousand-mile pressure emanating from the last remaining white jade skeleton of Mu Feng Ancestor God.

"This thousand-mile pressure, the first mile is just the most pure killing intent. As long as you have the mental strength to get started, it will be easy to get through. But the following 999 illusions..."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"

"Interesting! It's really interesting!"

……

When Ji Xiaoshan, who was under pressure, took another step, the surrounding environment suddenly became blurry.

Wow~~~
The endless sea of ​​void suddenly disappeared from his surroundings. Ji Xiaoshan looked at everything in front of him and found that it was no longer the endless desolate void, but a world with singing birds and fragrant flowers.

There is a beautiful valley in this world. In the valley there is a village. In the village there are some villagers. Ji Xiaoshan is now an ordinary young man from the mountain village...

Outside the mountain village, there was a big river with a swift current, so he spent his days fishing...

"Didn't I just pass through the oppressive land left by the corpse of the ancestor god Mu Feng? Why did I suddenly appear in this world?"

"Is this...an illusion?"

Ji Xiaoshan was no longer wearing the blue robe, but a coarse cloth with patches on it. He was holding a big fish in his hand and looking around with some doubt.

There is a river not far away. Although the river is turbulent, you can faintly see big fish jumping out of the water one after another. The splashing water sparkles under the sunlight, and the scales of the big fish are also clearly visible under the sunlight.

And under my feet, there is a winding path with wild grass on the side of the road. There are dewdrops on the grass leaves, and the dewdrops are even more crystal clear.

"Huh?" Ji Xiaoshan was suddenly stunned, "What was I doing just now?"

"Where is this place?"

"It seems...my memory is becoming blurry..."

"Daniu, Daniu!" A young girl was shouting in the distance. The girl was dressed simply and ran over directly, with a smile on her pretty face.

"It's Xiaoyu calling me." This thought suddenly emerged in Ji Xiaoshan's mind.

"But... who is Xiaoyu? Among the practitioners I know... there seems to be no one called Xiaoyu." Ji Xiaoshan murmured.

"Wait...what is a cultivator? Am I...not a great one?"

Ji Xiaoshan now has no memory of anything about the outside world. He only knows that he is Daniu, a young man from a mountain village who makes a living by fishing.

The girl came to Ji Xiaoshan in a short while and said happily, "Daniu, you are really amazing! You caught such a big fish today. If my mother saw it, she would definitely praise you for your ability again!"

"Hehe!" Daniu laughed, "In the whole village, no one can compare to me when it comes to fishing. When I marry you in the future, we can have fish to eat and fish soup to drink every meal!"

"Hmph!" The plain girl stamped her feet repeatedly, saying angrily, "Who said I want to marry you? I won't pay any attention to you!"

The girl said this and ran away quickly.

time flies.

Ji Xiaoshan transformed himself into a young man from the mountain village, Daniu, and after getting the consent of the girl's parents, he successfully married the girl Xiaoyu.

Marry a wife...bridal chamber

Give birth to a child...add to the family.

As the days passed, Ji Xiaoshan gradually grew from a young man to a middle-aged man, but he still spent his days fishing. However, a young man began to follow him.

The boy was his son with Xiaoyu, and also his only son.

"Shuisheng, your father has been fishing for most of his life. Now that you are going to start a family, it's time for me to hand over my fishing net to you." Ji Xiaoshan, who turned into Ah Niu, smiled and taught the young man step by step how to cast a net and how to catch fish.

"Father, when I get married, I will pass on the skills you taught me to my son..." the young man's eyes were bright.

"OK!"

Gradually, as the years passed, he gradually changed from a middle-aged man to an old man.

Following in his father's footsteps, his son also began to fish in the big river next to the mountain village for him, and he got married and had children in the village.

Ah Niu, who no longer fishes, becomes older and older as time goes by.

Until one day. Ah Niu was old and could no longer walk. The young man who once could cast a fishing net easily now even had difficulty getting out of bed...

"Father, I brought your grandson to see you!" Shuisheng said sadly. He pulled the young man beside him and knelt beside the bed.

The old man on the bed had his eyes slightly closed, exuding a heavy aura of death.

"Am I... on my deathbed?" The old man on the bed opened his eyes with great effort, silently looking at Shuisheng, who was already a middle-aged man sitting in front of the bed, and silently looking at the young man who was also kneeling beside Shuisheng, who was his offspring.

"Father. Are you awake?" Shuisheng hurried forward and tightly supported the old man who was in his dying moments and trying to sit up with great effort.

"I'm awake now." The old Ah Niu sighed softly, "If you don't wake up now, you will never wake up again!"

As the extremely old Ah Niu spoke, he sat up more agilely, and his extremely cloudy eyes gradually became clearer.

"The eight sufferings of life are birth, old age, sickness, death, love, hate, separation and sorrow." Ah Niu struggled lightly with his arms and easily freed himself from Shuisheng's supporting hands. He suddenly sat up.

Aniu, or Ji Xiaoshan.

He shook his head gently and said, "I am Ah Niu, and also Ji Xiaoshan. I am the Ji Xiaoshan who was exiled to the outer void and struggled to survive in the Baiye Star Sea."

"And this life is really long. Although it is only a short sixty years for me, it is also just the life of Ah Niu, the young man from the mountain village!"

Ji Xiaoshan said this and walked directly down from the bed.

"Father...you..." Shuisheng, who was kneeling in front of the bed, suddenly widened his eyes and was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

He looked at his old and dying father and walked down. Although he still looked extremely old, his movements were becoming more and more vigorous...

"Father, how come you can... walk straight away?" Shuisheng said hesitantly.

"Grandpa...are you okay?" The young man next to Shuisheng also widened his eyes.

"Ok?"

Ji Xiaoshan's eyes were calm and brighter. He glanced at the two people in front of the bed, and a smile appeared on his old face.

"This illusion... is so real. It can continue to evolve even after I wake up..." Ji Xiaoshan said softly, "However, if I continue, I might really sink into this illusion and die in it!"

"Then let's end it here!"

"Break it for me!" Ji Xiaoshan shouted in a deep voice.

Boom~~~

As Ji Xiaoshan's voice fell.

All of a sudden, all the objects in the room began to shake, and the two figures in the room began to become illusory. Then the whole room, and even the whole world, began to shake.

"Break! Break!" Ji Xiaoshan's will began to roar.

Rumble~~~
Houses, mountain villages, the entire fantasy world full of birdsong and flowers suddenly had huge spider-web-like cracks. The fantasy began to collapse, and everything was shattered in an instant...

"Ok?"

Ji Xiaoshan opened his eyes again, and what he saw was nothing but the boundless void above, below, left and right. In the distance, nearly a thousand miles away, there was a huge white jade skeleton floating quietly, emitting a faint glow.

"This illusion is so terrifying. I was immersed in it for ten full breaths..." Ji Xiaoshan was a little shocked.

Ten breaths are enough time for even a day immortal to make a thousand attacks.

Ji Xiaoshan actually spent ten full breaths in this illusion before he was able to break free. If he had fought with a cultivator, he would have died countless times.

……

(End of this chapter)