Chapter 255: Standing tall, he was like a majestic peak. (Part 2)

Chapter 255: Standing tall, he was like a majestic peak. (Part 2)

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The silence in the room was so profound that one could hear the beating of hearts.

Ji Jingqiu was curious about them, and they were curious about him, wondering why the Federation's most dazzling martial arts star would appear in a place like this.

In the ruins, several figures emerged from the void, and Yuan Tongcun of the Moro Sect frowned, "We missed him again."

"Sima Clan..." Ji Jingqiu murmured.

Including Cheng Xin.

Ji Jingqiu had interacted with him before.

Even if life was filled with hardships, they remained optimistic and upward-looking.

The Pei Clan was not one of the Hundred Lineages, but their ancestral star was also in the west.

At this moment, Yue Yourong felt an indescribable impulse in her heart.

As he passed through the city, a blood-colored sword light pierced through the air, its blade as red as blood. This sword was so fast that it was like trying to see flowers in the mist, making it impossible to capture the trajectory of the sword!

...

The world's shackles were but a dream, formless and selfless.

Sometimes, even staying alive was a luxury.

"Being young is great, always so ignorant of the world."

Only then did Ji Jingqiu wake up, his face pale, thanks to Mu Chengde's timely intervention.

He stepped out of the bunker and back onto the streets, wandering aimlessly.

Ji Jingqiu shook his head, "Thank you, Uncle Luo. I just figured out some things, and I'm going to do something next."

Suddenly, the heavens and earth echoed with the sound of the wind.

In the courtyard, there were boys reading, some learning ancient methods of meditation, and others playing and chasing each other in a corner. Such a harmonious scene was enough to make people relax.

Ji Jingqiu had heard a saying that the western part of the Federation produced more geniuses.

A familiar figure appeared, a boy from the Luo Clan, Luo Tianyou.

Always just one step away! It was as if Ji Jingqiu knew of their existence but was unwilling to meet them.

Watching his departing figure, Huang Fuxing felt a bit worried, "Master, I feel like Jingqiu's state isn't quite right."

When he didn't speak.

There was also a logistics company that took the risk of transporting living supplies to refugees.

"These photos will definitely help the citizens of the western Federation! Mr. Ji, please help us!"

"Where is he? What are the Luo Clan and Sima Clan doing?"

In the time it took for a breath, Ji Jingqiu asked, "Why can't the Transcendent find him even if they're deployed?"

"Who goes there?!"

The girl curiously asked Ji Jingqiu about his current realm.

Using the Mind Flame as the flame and the light of wisdom as the root, he illuminated the four directions and swept away everything in his path! In the astonished gaze of Huang Fuxing, Ji Jingqiu tried to guide and calm the mental tide in front of him with the Mind Flame Ten Thousand Lamp.

Suddenly, Ji Jingqiu seemed to understand what the Four Divine Lords truly wanted him to see.

...

Just then,

He spoke.

"Others believe that with proper guidance, the human heart will rise, and the heart ocean will not only not be a hidden danger but will become the greatest support for the Federation, leading it to a brand new path of evolution..."

Like the so-called mineral resources, the powers here were already accustomed to obtaining their goals through barbaric means.

On this day,

Ji Jingqiu paused for a moment before asking, "Is this Mind Storm here because too many people have died?"

"Some believe that the human heart is downward-facing, and the heart ocean will only exacerbate this. At that time, without external forces, the Federation will destroy itself."

"To become a sun is not to hang high in the sky and illuminate the world, but to shine upon the land around you, our very own pure land."

Another Heart Phase Martial Artist's brows furrowed in concentration.

He awoke from his confusion, lifted his head, and raised his fist to meet the sky. The fist seal hovered in the air, resonating with the heavens, and the force of his punch spanned tens of kilometers, instantly obliterating the missiles that flew from above! The explosion high in the sky set off a shockwave that swiftly swept through the city. He stood alone in the middle of the street, his disheveled hair blowing in the wind, his robes fluttering.

He remained silent for a long while.

He continued on this path without hesitation.

At this moment, his mind was like a full moon, golden and radiant, emitting a brilliant light. All doubts vanished from his heart. In Buddhist scriptures, this was a sign of enlightenment for those who had attained the Dao.

The Seven Generals of ten thousand years ago.

Cheng Xin doted on them, stroking their heads, distributing food, and then patting their shoulders, sending them to the inner room.

"How could he break through the information blockade in the West?" someone questioned.

"Interesting, does this kid really want to be our enemy at a time like this?"

He seemed to have heard...

Qiu Zhao, the patriarch of the Jiu Long lineage, smiled as he introduced Ji Jingqiu. He watched the youth reading, practicing, and meditating in the courtyard, and his weariness seemed to dissipate.

He could sense that this person sincerely advised him to leave.

Ji Jingqiu's aura was pristine and flawless, fierce as fire. It surged and swelled within him, erupting from every pore, converging into streams and rivers, intertwining in the heavens and earth, merging with the world.

"Big Brother Ji, come with us!"

Even the Tianren couldn't compare!

On his journey, he had come to understand one thing clearly: the chaos and warfare in the West were not the doing of just one or two forces but the result of many powers from the Federation intertwining in a complex web.

"Were those attackers just now the nearby rebels?" Ji Jingqiu asked.

Ji Jingqiu's black hair fluttered in the wind as he gazed into the distance at the horizon where the sun rose, yet he felt not a hint of warmth.

In the Sea of Suffering, he underwent Nirvana and rebirth, his hands clasped in prayer, chanting softly.

Standing in the fiery glow of the sunrise.

He was a Battle Buddha.

He had always believed that if a person with boundless selfishness gradually became great, and their selfishness expanded from themselves to encompass the entire world...

Was he a hero?

"The Qin Clan follows the will of Heaven, mending the flaws of the world!"

Later, a girl led him to a tombstone and proudly declared that her father lay within, once one of the Federation's most talented Martial Artists, just like Ji Jingqiu.

Yin Tianping looked at his junior disciple before him and said solemnly, "You're going to the West? Do you know what that means? Even in some areas, Tianren might face danger."

In the inner landscape, Hera's expression turned grim, as if she were witnessing Ji Jingqiu walking down a path of no return, almost roaring at him.

The Pei Clan was a thousand-year-old Martial Arts family in the Federation, and this generation's standout was named Pei Jing. In the Heavenly Mechanism Dojo, Zhuang Yanxing described him as a young man with white hair, a cold demeanor, and a repressed personality.

He hoped that one day, the youth would become a slightly more selfish sun.

"Because no one responds to them except the True Buddha," Mu Chengde sighed.

"Seeing these scenes, there's no need for sadness or dejection. There's no need because, in the future, as you grow and experience, you'll encounter even more intense scenes. This is just the first 'novel' experience of your life."

An invisible life field expanded from him in all directions, shaking the heavens and earth! "This is a life field?!" someone's voice distorted.

Perhaps some things have been clear from the start.

Ji Jingqiu nodded and responded in his heart: Okay.

Cheng Xin paused, nodded silently, and said softly, "That day, I seemed to see my brother. He was still as inarticulate as ever, like a rock, but through his gestures, I saw a ray of heaven falling into the lower realm. There's still a path in this world, as long as someone leads the way."

At the end of the street, a figure seemed to be sitting with their back to him on the bench next to the sleeping youth.

The world was cruel.

"Are you Ji Jingqiu? The genius of the Dragon Tiger Dojo?"

His eyes were filled with deep fatigue, piercing through the void, seeing a majestic figure like a mountain, with a look of relief, murmuring:

The man lying in the grave had also been a Martial Artist with boundless energy and ambition.

It was unclear if the fiery glow was blinding or if his brilliance at this moment was too dazzling for others to look at.

...

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He was determined to bring peace to the West.

A mangled corpse flew from a distance and landed heavily at the entrance of the Sima Clan's mansion.

Cheng Xin had once been just one step away from the fifth limit of Tianren. Even though he cultivated the Middle Multiplicity Body, he should have completed the Upper Multiplicity Body by now.

Until this day.

Along the way, he had learned that the so-called rebels were mostly a cover, and some forces were secretly stirring up warfare under the guise of rebels.

Although he had no connection to Tianren, he was still a Heart Phase, and the aura emanating from Ji Jingqiu made his bones chill. Ji Jingqiu was still at the Shackles Realm! In such a short time, he seemed to have advanced another step, but during this period... Where did he get this power? Luo Shangye said solemnly, "Jingqiu, come with us for now. Although the Sima Clan hasn't taken direct action, they've hired top-ranked experts from the Blacklist to clear out this area. Moreover, we've received news that a group has been tracking your footsteps with ill intentions!"

Ji Jingqiu knew that the Federation's physical qualities were at a complete disadvantage compared to other races, with almost no bloodline inheritance.

Ji Jingqiu laughed and suddenly said, "That's about to change."

Golden Pohala flowers silently swayed around him, blooming in the void, blooming in the air.

The two ran into an underground safe house, where many young faces looked at him timidly.

She stared at Ji Jingqiu, stubbornly repeating:

The ancient temple was spotless, as if the Six True Words were resonating.

This level of unity with the heavens...

The low rumble of the Heart Ocean.

On this day.

But at this moment, he discovered that his Divine Perception couldn't sense the existence of these shackles.

He vaguely sensed that Ji Jingqiu seemed to have triggered the heart-storm of this planet...

Under Huang Fusheng's concerned gaze, he shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

Were they confiding in him? He stood in place, enduring a long night, until the dawn when he heard the rising clamor.

In the underground shelter, the two sat inside, chatting like long-lost friends.

It was only then that they had time to talk.

After that, they chatted for a long time, discussing the situation in the Supreme Buddha Sect and the state of the Western Region.

He raised his head, and the heart-moon shone brightly, as if the planet was responding to his heart, fulfilling all his needs.

Ji Jingqiu learned from them that the daily necessities here were all provided by a logistics company that happened to pass by.

6.9.Book.Bar

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"Those people don't charge money, saying that their boss is doing good deeds, they're all good people..."

Ji Jingqiu took the first step.

They could disregard outsiders, but they couldn't ignore their family's attitude.

Cold Blade had already seen those photos on the terminal, and he just nodded quietly, his expression calm.

Ji Jingqiu paused briefly.

Ji Jingqiu sincerely thanked him for his kindness.

Some sneered, believing that youth meant potential, but also meant that the potential had not yet been realized.

Ke Tianjin didn't even lift his eyelids as he said, "The Ke family not stopping it is wrong."

He gazed at the boundless city under the dim night, and the pupils that had been confused for a long time suddenly became clear.

"How long do you plan to stay here? Don't you have other places to go?" Cheng Xin playfully lifted the hair that had been blown by the wind, and asked.

Daybreak didn't necessarily mean brightness.

In the final moments before their separation, Ji Jingqiu suddenly asked, "Why do they believe in the Supreme Buddha?"

The myriad spirits of this planet were crying, and even the planet itself was wailing.

"You're crazy! Do you know what you're doing? You're absorbing the power of the people's faith and wishes!"

The girl resolutely nodded, saying that her goal was the same as her father's—to obtain the title of the Sky Sword.

This was also related to the "curse" of the Three Fiends.

Because this wasn't an evil delusion.

So, let's change it.

"Not just that," Huang Fusheng added solemnly, "Any large-scale chaos or negative mental trends can trigger a 'response' from the Heart Ocean." This was why the Federation strictly controlled the population of inhabited planets.

He abandoned his originally bright future and embarked on a path against the current, only to fall along the way.

"Big Brother Ji, why are you getting yourself into a quagmire for people who have nothing to do with you? Is it really worth it? Is it more important to pursue what's right, or is it the chaos that's right?"

After a night, the rebel army attacked again, which was the Federation's standard combat method—first, they bombarded the area with artillery fire, and then martial artists cleared the field.

At some point.

He hadn't forgotten that night when Cheng Xin stood in the lower level, looking up, and in the narrow, crowded steel forest, a ray of sky light fell straight into her eyes.

Ji Jingqiu took out a large medicinal herb from his small suspended world and forcefully left it with the elder despite his refusal.

Ji Jingqiu remained silent.

At first, many people thought that Ji Jingqiu's "disappearance" was just a young man's whim.

Life had always been fragile.

Throughout his journey, he had heard this name many times.

"You are... Ji Jingqiu?"

Just then, the guardian deity gently opened his palm, and the vast power of faith and wishes, as if finding its home, surged towards it.

Under his gaze, the Tianren quietly disappeared into the shadows.

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Yin Tianping looked deeply at his junior disciple, then suddenly laughed and said decisively,

Zhang Zhongba rushed into the shelter and found Cold Blade, his expression both excited and worried.

Ji Jingqiu connected to the heart-link terminal and found the martial artist's information on the web as described by the girl. A photograph of a smiling face appeared before his eyes.

He stood in the midst of an impending storm.

"It's really you?!" The young woman exclaimed joyfully, "Yes, I'm Chengxin. Do you still remember me?!"

For the Six Great Families who inherited their ancestors' glory, not participating was not blameless, but not stopping it was a sin.

Suddenly, Ji Jingqiu used his own terminal account to publish a post, which instantly caused a huge uproar in various circles of the Federation.

"Not only that, even ordinary people can trigger heart-storms, so what about those martial artists with out-of-control hearts?"

He looked down at everyone, saying calmly, "Ladies and gentlemen, just now, the myriad spirits helped me break free from the seventh shackle and complete the unification of my physical body. Do you know what this means?"

Mu Juncheng's expression was dazed. What was going on?

Some people sensed this latent threat and began to get involved.

...

Ji Jingqiu felt a little sad.

...

A strong member of the Sima family stepped forward, and upon seeing the true face of the corpse, he was instantly filled with a mix of shock and anger. Who dared to kill a heart-phase martial artist from the Sima family?! Sima Long's voice carried for miles, from far to near.

Luotianyou suddenly spoke up, mustering his courage to look directly at Ji Jingqiu and ask,

He hoped that Ji Jingqiu could give him an answer.

It was said that martial artists from the Western Region often surpassed those from other regions in heart cultivation, and there were also those who took a unique path.

Ji Jingqiu walked past a half-ruined city on foot, which had just suffered an attack by the "rebel army."

Just as everyone's souls were about to escape and they were about to flee, the figure standing in the firelight opened his eyes.

At this moment, Ji Jingqiu was undergoing a transformation.

This explanation left Luotianyou even more perplexed.

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Ji Jingqiu patted his shoulder and said only three words:

Huang Fusheng and his disciple were.

He said that he was a journalist from the central region, and they had taken many photos here, but since the Western Region had already implemented an information blockade, they wanted to use Ji Jingqiu's channel to send them out.

Nowadays, Chengxin was still at the True Seed Realm and hadn't chosen the Upper Multiplicity Body, which puzzled Ji Jingqiu.

Ji Jingqiu shook his head.

The vast void essence energy, which only Tianren could extract, poured down at this moment, flowing into his body.

In Ji Jingqiu's third month of traveling in the Western Region, he passed by a once-flourishing city. Under the night sky, it was deserted as if it had been trampled by the wheels of the gods.

Qin Family.

Furthermore...

"Thank you, Senior Pei, for your assistance," Ji Jingqiu sincerely expressed his gratitude, wiping away the blood from the corner of his mouth, having sustained some injuries during the brief clash just now.

So, who will be their pillar of support? "Big Brother Ji, are we going to save the people in this city and also fight against the Star Pirates of the Sima Family?"

In this contemplation, he gradually lost his way halfway.

He rubbed his forehead, as this was the autonomous cultivation of the Divine Embryo. He had reached the end of the conventional Shackles Realm but had not yet reached his own limits.

Ji Jingqiu's eyes shone with clarity. The Federation had nearly a hundred star systems under its command, but its population was only in the billions, which might also be related to the Mind Ocean.

In the Western Region, all sentient beings with spiritual awareness resonated, as if a candle was lit, not praying to the gods, but instead, with a shared hope, they converged towards a certain direction.

He felt that this was the posture in which many things came to an end.

"Please understand, the Ke Family has not directly participated in the Western Region's affairs. Ultimately, the historical reasons are still the main driving force behind the situation here." An elderly Tianren from the Ke Family sighed.

But how could this be possible?! Ji Jingqiu suddenly smiled with relief.

The reason he had been startled earlier was that he suddenly remembered the suspended journey on the ancient road.

When he passed by, a middle-aged man, his eyes filled with disbelief, tremblingly reached out and firmly grabbed him.

The world was vast and crowded, but there was no light, and there was no place for them to speak out.

As it turned out...

"Follow me!"

Cheng Xin smiled, revealing a smile at the corner of his mouth.

The next moment, amidst the shocked gazes of Yuan Tongcun and the others, he seemed like a moth flying into the flame, turning into ashes in Ji Jingqiu's Life Field.

He had also seen a girl holding a doll, kneeling in front of a collapsed building, screaming. Her mother had been buried underneath, unable to escape, with only one arm protruding from the rubble...

Not a faint light, but a beacon of hope.

Ji Jingqiu agreed to his request and, through his terminal, sent these photos to the Martial Arts Forum. This move caught everyone off guard, as most of the Western Region's external channels had been blocked.

But his father said that this was helplessness and reality. Sometimes, being right was not important; tradition was. The Luo Family had no choice but to adapt.

Over the past ten thousand years, the Western Region had become the Federation's "dumping ground" and a place for resolving conflicts from all sides.

Although there was no guidance to eliminate them, it possessed the power to soothe the waves.

"Is this how it is?" His gaze shifted towards the children in the depths.

A few years ago, if someone had told him, "Ji Jingqiu, don't be anxious. Before you become the mountain you can rely on, there will always be someone willing to be your mountain."

"Look at me."

The Sima Family was just one part of it.

Cheng Xin looked at him in confusion and asked, "What realm are you in now?"

It was an afternoon on a summer street.

Ahead, there was still a road.

An elder murmured.

Whether it was the light of sentient beings, the planet, or the response of the Mind Ocean, it guided him towards the path to the seventh set of Shackles.

But as this period of time grew longer, a day, a week, half a month, a month...

Qin Qingjue's gaze swept across the crowd in the hall, and she spoke slowly and deliberately:

At this moment.

When he had first left his hometown and was still in the East Third Radiant Star, he had once carried out a mission for the Security Bureau with his senior brother, Yang Yao.

Ji Jingqiu continued on his journey.

When he saw Cheng Xin.

Seeing the other's face, he rarely hesitated.

Cheng Xin spoke softly, "It seems that even the Federation's top genius has a lot of worries."

So fragile that the aftermath of the bombardment could easily take countless vibrant lives.

Cheng Xin pulled him, and they quickly ran towards the front.

Senior Yan was.

This encirclement and suppression operation was far from as smooth as they had expected.

One of them concealed their identity, hiding in the shadows, and directly attacked Ji Jingqiu. Facing a Tianren Martial Artist, Ji Jingqiu immediately prepared for a life-or-death struggle.

What did this round of Mind Moon represent?...

There was no unusual sound in the entire hall.

A hesitant voice came from behind.

It reverberated throughout the ancient temple, like a grand bell resonating, solemn and majestic.

The faint glow of fireflies, willing to be its light.

"After all, you are the Federation's current top Martial Arts star, and your attitude will attract people's attention!"

When this silence continued to brew silently, it was like the gathering storm behind the clouds. You couldn't see it, nor could you hear it, but you could sense a certain danger.

When he heard about this Mind Lantern ability, which could exempt certain disasters within the Mind Ocean, Huang Fuxing wasn't concerned. The Supreme Buddha's Eternal Bliss Pure Land could already make the members of the Supreme Buddha Sect immune to most of the Mind Disasters.

At this moment, the wind in the city followed an unknown trajectory, gathering from all directions and forming a slowly descending wind vortex in the sky.

In their shocked gazes, this spreading Life Field alone effortlessly crushed the blood-red sword light! Luo Cang, the 11th on the Black Ranking, twisted his face like a madman. The Divine Armament he had nurtured for half his life was suddenly broken by this young man's Life Field? How could this be possible?! And at this moment.

The word 'war' itself was a synonym for original sin.

Here, the Federation's laws did not apply.

At this moment.

Over this period, he had walked out of the Luo Family's door, witnessed the real world, and encountered many confusing crossroads. The education he had received since childhood told him that they should take action.

The wind rises from the tips of the reeds.

Just like a majestic mountain peak.

"Go, use the mortal world as your crucible, temper your Sword Heart, and then come back alive."

That figure was once as unshakable as a divine mountain, shielding him from the brief storm.

"I... am invincible."

When the Sima Family's Mind Phase Martial Artist looked towards the distance, he was startled.

Is this Ji Jingqiu?! No way! That figure approached from afar, crossing the sky, as if connecting heaven and earth. The rolling Void Essence Energy surged around him, grand as heavenly might.

He stepped in the void, leaving behind footprints, and calmly said, "Visiting, to discuss the Dao."

What convinces people is never reason.

(End of Chapter)

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