Shen Yuan Ring

Chapter 156 The confrontation between father and son

After losing the bet, Yan Yi was too ashamed to stay any longer and led his clansmen to leave first. The others also took their leave and departed.

Ji Hai watched the departing crowd but did not choose to leave with them. He turned around and said, "Let's go back to our camp to rest!"

Before long, Ji Daoyi and the others followed Ji Hai back to their camp.

After returning to the camp, everyone else was arranged to rest in their respective rooms, while Ji Daoyi was called into Ji Hai's room for questioning.

Ji Hai also specially set up a shielding array to prevent eavesdroppers from behind the walls.

"Ayi, let me ask you, is Puyu truly receiving the swordsmanship inheritance?" Back at the camp, Ji Hai asked Ji Daoyi with a serious expression.

Ji Daoyi said, "I'm sure, what I just said is the truth. Father, have you ever seen me lie?"

"No, that's not true. It's just that Qi Wei has never used swordsmanship in the outside world, so I doubt that it's just me; others would find it hard to believe that she's receiving swordsmanship inheritance. After all, it would be more believable if she received Qi Wei's inheritance."

"That old bastard Qi Wei is just a nominal disciple of Senior Li Yifeng. Moreover, taking him on as a nominal disciple was only to help him find a suitable successor. I didn't expect that this old Bi Deng would also want to covet the sword inheritance." Ji Daoyi said indignantly, while also belittling Qi Wei, since Qi Wei almost possessed Ji Daoyi.

"Ah Yi, judging from your tone, you're not very fond of Qi Wei. Is it because he didn't pass on his legacy to you?" Ji Hai thought his child was angry because he hadn't received his legacy.

"Of course not! I hate him because he almost killed me. If I hadn't been lucky, you probably wouldn't be seeing your son me now, but that old Bi Deng Qi Wei."

Ji Daoyi felt a chill run down his spine when he recalled the previous scene. As a Body Refinement Realm cultivator, he had no power to resist the remnant soul of the Divine Realm cultivator.

Of course, it could also be because he was suppressed by the formation; otherwise, why would Qi Wei, who could possess bodies at will, have led him to the secret chamber?

Upon hearing this, Ji Hai was first shocked, then roared in anger, "Qi Wei dared to harm my son! I'll go and destroy this secret realm and grind him to dust!"

"Alright, Father, you can't go in. Besides, that old Deng is as dead as can be. What good would it do you to go in?" Ji Daoyi quickly stopped his father, who wanted to avenge him.

"Didn't you say he had already left? How come he's dead again!" Ji Hai was completely confused by Ji Daoyi's words.

"I just didn't want to reveal my cultivation level. In fact, Qi Wei spread the news that he left behind a legacy only to seize another body and live a second life. And that test was just a pretext to select the target for possession."

"I was lucky to make it to the end. He was supposed to succeed in possessing me, but for some reason, his consciousness was suddenly erased by someone, and I broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm as a result, and at the same time, I condensed my sea of ​​consciousness to form spiritual power. Moreover, his remnant soul is constantly merging into my sea of ​​consciousness, and my spiritual power is constantly growing stronger."

Listening to his son's fantastical narration, Ji Hai finally understood why he was able to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm so quickly, and why there were fluctuations of spiritual power on his body.

He didn't think his son would lie to him. As for why Qi Wei failed to possess someone, he already had the answer in his heart, but he didn't intend to tell him at this time.

After all, some secrets are unknown even to oneself, so how could others possibly know them?

Ji Hai said sternly to Ji Daoyi, "Ayi, from now on, you must keep this matter to yourself and not tell anyone. Understand?"

"Don't worry, Father! I'm not stupid. I know what I should and shouldn't say."

Having received Ji Daoyi's assurance, Ji Hai patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction.

"By the way, don't reveal your cultivation level! I'll arrange a post for you at a garrison later, so cultivate diligently there. If you can break through to the late stage within two years, I'll take you to see your grandfather!"

"Grandpa? Isn't he in seclusion?" Ji Daoyi asked in confusion, knowing that his grandfather, whom he had never met, didn't have much time left.

“He broke through recently and is now in the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm. He can live for another 400 years without any problem. However, we have just established a foothold in Daoshu City. If the news of your grandfather’s breakthrough spreads at this time, it may be very detrimental to the development of the family.”

Ji Daoyi asked in confusion, "Isn't Grandpa's breakthrough a good thing? How could it be detrimental to the family?"

"Of course, other families are afraid that we will become too powerful. They will definitely unite to suppress us, and then we will be in trouble. Moreover, the family has too few high-end combat forces. The elders are all getting old. If they do not seize the time to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, they will turn into a pile of yellow earth in a few decades."

Ji Daoyi suddenly realized how much pressure his father was under.

He thought that even if the Ji family was in dire straits, it was still much better than those second-rate forces. He never expected that his grandfather was the one who supported the family.

Before Ji Daoyi could even make up his mind to cultivate diligently and reduce the pressure on his father, Ji Hai added, "However, I won a bottle of Cleansing God Pills today, which is enough to add a few more Divine Realm experts to the family in the next few years."

"Father, does the family not possess any elixirs for this purpose? Or is it that they lack the formula?"

"There are no spiritual herbs. These herbs are basically monopolized by them, with very few flowing to the outside world. Also, no one in the family can refine them, although they have been trying. Of course, some big cities will definitely hold auctions for these kinds of pills, but there are still far more applicants than available ones, and they are often auctioned at a premium!"

Ji Hai was also quite helpless. Despite being at the peak of the Divine Realm, he was still at a loss.

Of course, breaking through to the Divine Realm doesn't necessarily mean you have to use pills, but using pills makes the breakthrough much easier and reduces the chance of failure.

The reason why the family steward did not choose to break through on his own was that he had not yet reached the pinnacle of cultivation, and opening the Niwan Palace was not so simple. Without external help, it would be difficult to break through on his own.

Especially for those with poor cultivation talent, they can only have a chance to break through to a higher realm by relying on the power of elixirs.

"Oh, right, Father, please return our elixirs to us. We risked our lives to obtain them, you can't just take them away like that!" Ji Daoyi suddenly remembered the elixirs that Ji Hai had put into his pocket earlier.

"Is your father that kind of person? Me, the dignified head of the Ji family, would I care about a little bit of spiritual medicine? What a joke!"

"Then give it back to me!"

Seeing Ji Daoyi's anxious look, Ji Hai impatiently returned the storage bag to him.

Ji Daoyi also used his mental power to check the quantity of the spiritual herbs before leaving Ji Hai's room with satisfaction.